Job 7:16 - Homiletics

I would not live alway.

I. THE CRY OF BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT . Exemplified in the case of Elijah ( 1 Kings 19:4 ) and of Jonah ( Jonah 4:8 ).

II. THE WAIL OF GREAT SORROW . Illustrated by the experience of Job.

III. THE VOICE OF REMORSEFUL DESPAIR . As with Ahithophel ( 2 Samuel 17:23 ) and Judas ( Matthew 27:5 ).

IV. THE LANGUAGE OF AN AWAKENED CONSCIENCE . Witness the jailor of Philippi ( Acts 16:27 ).

V. THE UTTERANCE OF FAITH . As employed by St. Paul ( Philippians 1:23 ).

Learn:

1 . The necessity of departing from this life ( Hebrews 9:27 ).

2 . The importance of preparing for another (Itch. Job 11:10 ).