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Job 26:1-14

Contents: Job's answer to Bildad. His faith in God.

Characters: God, Job, friends.

Conclusion: God is infinite and incomprehensible; man's capacities to understand Him and all His ways are weak, therefore the full discovery of God's glory is reserved for the future state. Let us meanwhile be content with His revelations to us.

Key Word: God's power, Job 26:14.

Strong Verses: Job 26:14.

Striking Facts: Job 26:3. We are often disappointed in the counseling of our friends for they demand what we cannot produce and we need what they cannot give. Our Comforter, the Holy Spirit, never mistakes in His operations or misses in His ends.

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