I'm going to bring you a message
today from the 14th chapter of Job. If you'll take your Bible
and turn to the 14th chapter of Job, this is a very interesting
chapter. The title of the message is,
Man that is Born of a Woman. Man that is Born of a Woman.
Now look at the first two verses of Job 14. The first two verses
1 and 2. Job begins this way, man that
is born of a woman. What does this imply? Well, it
implies that all who are born of woman are born in sin. That's
what the scripture teaches, born in sin. David explained it this
way in Psalm 51. He says, Behold, I was shapen
in iniquity, in sin my mother conceived me. And in chapter
58 of the Psalms, verse 3, he said, the wicked are strained
from the womb. They go astray as soon as they're
born, speaking lies. We're born in sin. Being descendants
of Adam, we're born in sin. For the scripture says, by one
man, sin entered the world, and death by sin. So death passed
upon all men, and the way death passed upon all men, is by imputation
in Adam and by impartation through our parents. We're born in sin. Paul describes that sinful nature
this way in Romans 7. Now, Romans 7 is Paul a believer
writing, and he talks about these two natures, the nature he received
from his parents, which is a sinful nature, and the nature he received
from the Holy Spirit in regeneration, which is a spiritual nature.
And he says in Romans 7 verse 21, I find then a law that when
I would do good, evil is present with me. When I would do good,
evil is present with me. He says in Galatians chapter
5, there are two natures. There's a spiritual nature and
a fleshly nature and these war one against another. So when
Job begins this chapter and says, man that is born of a woman,
He's saying that we're born in sin, because that which is born
of the flesh is flesh. That's what our Lord said. If
we're born of God, we're born of the Spirit. But when we're
born of our parents, we're born of the flesh. And to be born
of a woman is to be born in sin. Notice the second thing. He says,
man that is born of a woman is a few days. Our life here on
earth, the Scripture says, is like a vapor. What is your life?
It's a vapor. It's just a mist. And then in
Psalm 90 verse 10, David said, the days of our years, the days
of our years are three score and 10. And if by reason of strength,
they're four score yet is their strength, labor and sorrow for
it is soon cut off and we fly away. Man born of a woman is
born in sin and he's a few days. few days. Job 8 says this, We
are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on
earth are a shadow, and our days are swifter than the post. The
post refers to the way they used to carry the mail. They would
ride an animal and go to a certain designated spot and they'd have
a fresh animal waiting. And they'd do that all the way
till they got the post delivered And that's the way our lives
are, one year to the next, one year to the next. Swifter than
a post, they flee away. I often quote that old hymn.
I love it. Swift to its close, ebbs out
life's little day. Earth's joys grow dim, its pleasures
fade away. Change and decay in all around
me I see. O thou that changest not, abide
with me. Job says, man that's born of
a woman is a few days, and he says, and he's full of trouble,
full of trouble. You see, if we're born in sin,
we're full of trouble, because sin and trouble go together.
Sin and trouble always go together. When man sinned, death entered
the world. Death entered the world, sin
entered the world, trouble entered the world, sorrow entered the
world. All these things came when we sinned. Sin and trouble
go together man born of a woman is a few days and full of trouble. It started in the garden when
God said to Adam he said God said to Adam because You have
eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to eat Cursed is the
ground for your sake Cursed is the ground because of you and
in sorrow you'll eat of it all the days of your life man born
of a woman born in sin a few days and full of trouble and
you'll eat of it in sorrow God said in sorrow all the days of
your life in the sweat of your brow you'll eat bread till you
return to the ground for out of it you were taken and to dust
you shall return so this is the mark of our lives It's sin, it's
a few days, and it's full of trouble. Trouble's like what? Sorrow. God said, in sorrow you'll
eat, the sweat of your brow you'll earn your bread. Sorrow, pain,
tears, crying, and then death. That's man's existence on this
earth. But see, in heaven, he said,
I'll be their God, they'll be my people, and I'll wipe all
the tears away, and there'll be no more sorrow. tears, crying,
death, for the former things have passed away. So man born
of a woman, few days full of trouble. And then he says in
verse 2, watch this, if you have your Bible, look at verse 2.
We come forth like a flower and we cut down. Several times in
the word of God, man's life on earth is compared to a flower.
Often, over in Isaiah 40, He talks about our lives are like
here on earth are like grass, the flower of the field. The
grass wither, the flower fadeth because the Spirit of God blows
on it. But here he says, Job says, we
come forth like a flower. How does a flower come forth?
Why would he compare my life to a flower? Well, I'll tell
you, a flower came from the earth and that's where we came from.
Dust thou art, to dust thou shalt return. God made Adam, our father,
from the dust, and we're going back to the dust. So a flower
comes from the earth, and our life is like a flower. Secondly,
a flower comes from the seed of another flower, just like
it. Now, if you read Genesis 1, there's a real key here. It does away with evolution completely. Everything brings forth after
His kind. If you read Genesis 1 and 2,
over and over again, it says, after his kind, after his kind,
the birds after his kind, the beast after his kind, the flowers
after his kind. And so every flower brings forth
from a seed, and the seed, it says here, is in itself. Everything
that reproduces has the seed in itself, and it reproduces
an identical one. So when Adam had his first son,
He's born in sin, born of one, born in sin. Like a flower has
the seed in itself and produces a flower just like the one that
did the producing. So that's how we're like a flower.
First, we're from the ground. Secondly, we're from another
flower, seed. And thirdly, our lives are like
flowers in that they're beautiful at first, nothing prettier, sweeter,
tender than a baby, a beautiful little fellow. And that little
girl, they're just like a bud, and then a bloom, a flower, but
wait a while, it begins to wither, and wrinkle, and fade, and wilt,
and then it's dead. And that's us. We come forth
like a flower. He says, we shall soon be cut
down like the flowers, like the grass, and wither like a green
herb. Man, born of a woman, few days,
full of trouble. comes forth like a flower, beautiful,
tender. After a while, he's wilted, withered,
and dead. And then he said, man fleeth
as a shadow and continueth not. Well, how is life on this earth,
our human life, like a shadow, like the evening shadows? Well,
you know, you can answer that question yourself. A shadow's
an empty thing. It has no real substance. There's
no substance in a shadow. And actually, this human life
really has no substance. It's just a thing that's only
seen as gone. And then not only does it have
no substance, but a shadow doesn't last very long. When night falls,
the shadow disappears. It doesn't last long. And when
night falls, it will disappear. And then another thing about
a shadow, it not only has no substance and it doesn't last
long, but a shadow leaves no mark when it's gone. You can
walk on the ground and leave a footprint, but a shadow does
not leave a mark. The place thereof shall know
it no more. So man born of woman, born in
sin, is a few days full of trouble, comes forth like a flower, and
flees as a shadow. And in the light of these facts
about all of us, it's true of you and me, all of us, frail
creatures of the flesh, Job asked several questions. And this is
the heart of my message now. In the light of what we are, how we come here, and how we
leave, Job asked several questions. Now here's the first one. Look
at it in verse 3. He says, Lord, he addresses the
Lord God of heaven, Lord, do you open your eyes upon such
a one? Such a worthless, temporary,
frail, sinful, vile creature, do you open your eyes upon such
a one? He's not asking, Lord, do you
see us? God sees us. He sees everything. The eye of
the Lord is in every place beholding the evil and the good. But what
Job is asking here is this, Lord, do you have any interest in us?
Do you have any interest? Do you open your eyes with with
interest upon us? Do you regard us, these sinful
creatures? Are you mindful of these people? Well, David said he is. David
said he is. In Psalm 8, he said, Lord, when
I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon,
the stars, the sun, the things which thou hast ordained, what
is man that thou art mindful of him? God is mindful of us. That's what David said. What
does the word mindful mean? If you study in the Bible, it'll
help you to get a concordance and be able to look up these
words in the Hebrew and the Greek and find out what they mean.
The word mindful, when David said, what is man that are mindful
of him, here's what mindful is. To be mindful of one is to think
upon that person so as to remember them. To be mindful of a person
is to mark him. Mark him with your attention
so as to remember him. This is what the thief on the
cross asked of Christ. He said, Lord, I'm getting what
I deserve. You've done nothing amiss. You're
not going to stay dead. You're coming into a kingdom.
Would you remember me? What is mindful? To mark, so
as to remember. To think upon, so as to remember. Would you remember me? That's
what he's asking him, to be mindful of him. Does God have any interest
in these shadows, flowers, failed creatures, sons of Adam? Does
God regard us? Is he mindful of us? Let me answer
from the scriptures. Listen to this psalm, Psalm 111.
God has made his wonderful works to be remembered. The Lord is
merciful and gracious and full of compassion. Listen, He will
ever be mindful of His covenant. He'll ever be mindful of His
covenant. That's what David said in his
last words. He said, The Lord hath made with
me a covenant, an everlasting covenant. And God will be mindful
of His covenant and He'll show His people the power of His works. Is He mindful of us? Does God
regard us? Have any interest in us? Listen
to this scripture. You might want to turn to this
Psalm 115. Deliberately, plainly, David said, The Lord is mindful
of us. There it is right there. Psalm
115. The Lord is mindful of us. He
will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel.
He will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless all them that fear
the Lord, both great and small. Job's question, Lord, dost thou
open thine eyes upon such a one? Do you have any interest in men
and women? Do you regard them, those that
are born of woman, yes? The answer is yes. And here's
the strongest argument. Galatians 4 verse 4 and 5 here's
the strongest argument that God Almighty Who reigns in heaven
the heavens can't even contain him the earth is his footstool
the Holy God He's mindful of us. He says in Galatians 4 verse
4, but when the fullness of time was come God sent forth his son
made of a woman not born of a woman, not born of a man and a woman.
If that were true, he'd be born in sin. But he's made, the Son
of God came down here and God Almighty made him a body in the
body, in the womb of that woman, made of a woman. He was made
of the seed of David, he's declared to be the Son of God. But he's
made of a woman and made under the law. For what purpose? To
redeem them that were under the law. that we might receive the
adoption of sons. Is God mindful of us? When the
fullness of time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a
woman, made under the law, to redeem us, that we might be sons
of God. Listen to I John 14. Herein is
love. Not that we love God. He loved
us. We love Him because He first
loved us, but He loved us. Sent his son. This is proof of
it that God's mindful of us that God regards us that God is interested
that God has chosen a people He sent forth his son to be a
propitiation for our sins That's proof of it in it. How about
John 3 14 through 16? Everybody listening to my voice
can quote John 3 16. Let's start with John 3 14 Here's
the remedy. Here's the remedy As Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be
lifted up, crucified. Christ said, if I be lifted up,
I'll draw all men to me. That's the remedy. As Moses lifted
up the serpent, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up.
Here's the results. That whosoever believeth on him
should not perish, but have everlasting life. Now here's the reason.
For God so loved the world, He gave His Son to be crucified.
So this is a faithful saying, Christ Jesus came into the world
to save sinners, of whom I'm the chief. Here's the second
question that Job asked. He says, will you bring me into
judgment with you? Does God open his eyes upon such
a one and will he bring such a one into judgment with him?
Here's what he's saying, Lord, are you going to bring me into
judgment, me, a frail, sinful, weak creature? Are you going
to require that this frail creature stand before you in judgment
and give an account of everything that I've done? Lord David said,
if you mark iniquity, who can stand? Dost thou bring me into
judgment with thee? You know, I hear preaching today
and folks talking about various judgments for everybody. They
talk about the general judgment and the judgment of nations Judgment
of Israel and the judgment of the church and the judgment for
rewards and me and all standing before God Christians unbelievers
wicked believe wicked and also saved standing before God is
the judgment. Let me tell you something None
of you Either in the world right now out of the world either in
the church or out of it Either in religion or out of it. None
of you want to face God in the judgment in any kind of judgment
You don't want to face God in judgment concerning anything
you've said, done, or thought. David said this, I want nothing
to do with judgment. I want nothing to do with judgment,
and neither do you. David, the man after God's own
heart, wrote this. Hear my prayer, O Lord. Psalm
143, 1 and 2. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and enter
not into judgment with me. I don't want any part of standing
before you to give any kind of account. For in your sight shall
no man be justified. Now let me read that again. David,
the man after God's own heart, hear my prayer, O Lord, and enter
not into judgment with thee. I want no part in any kind of
judgment. For in thy sight no man can be
justified. You do not want the Almighty
God to judge you, either your good deeds or bad deeds, either
your sin or your righteousness, either your good thoughts or
bad thoughts, for all have sinned and come short of His glory and
short of His judgment and short of His requirements and short
of His law. We've got not a leg to stand
on. Now, I know there's going to
be a judgment. Listen to me. Don't go away. Listen. Brother
Man says there's not going to be a judgment. I did not. I said,
believers are not going to be judged. There's going to be a
judgment. The small and great will stand before God, and the
books will be opened, and every man, woman, will give an account.
He must. God must punish sin. God must
judge sin. But there's a way out. There's
a mediator. If a man sins against another
man, the judge will judge him. But if a man sins against God,
who's going to judge him? Who's going to stand for him?
Well, here's one. We have a hope. If any man sin,
we have an advocate, Jesus Christ the righteous. We have a high
priest before God making atonement for our sins, interceding for
us. There's one God and one mediator between God and man. And the
Lord Jesus has taken our sins and faced the judgment and paid
the penalty and set us free. And there is therefore now no
judgment, no condemnation, to them who are in Christ Jesus."
Now, men out of Christ, they'll be at the judgment. We may be
there, but we're going to be there as spectators, not participators. There is therefore now no judgment
to them who are in Christ Jesus. Paul said, who will lay anything
to the charge of God's elect? It's God that justifies. Actually,
our sins are forgiven. They're put away. They're cleansed. They're paid for, and we don't
have any sins for which to be judged. Who can lay anything
to the charge of God's elect? He challenges heaven, earth,
and hell. Who can lay anything to the charge
of God's elect? It's God that justified us in
Christ. So there is no judgment. There is therefore now no condemnation
to them who in Christ Jesus. And Romans 8, 34 says this, Who
is he that condemneth? It's Christ that died. Yea, rather
is risen again Who is ascended to heaven who is seated at the
right hand of God who makes intercession for us? God's throne is threefold
There's a throne of God's majesty and you couldn't look upon it
the seraphims around his throne covered their faces covered their
feet and Flew around crying. Holy. Holy. Holy couldn't look
the throne of God's majesty There's a throne of God's judgment against
sin, and you don't want to be there because no man's going
to stand. If God should mark iniquity,
no man could stand. No man could survive that judgment.
And the third part of His throne is the throne of grace. So let's,
having a high priest over the house of God, let us come boldly
before the throne of grace that we may find mercy and grace to
help. in time of need. Well, here's
the third question, verse 4. Who can bring a clean thing out
of an unclean? Man born of woman, full of sin,
born in sin, has no righteousness of his own, but who can do anything
about it? Job 25 says, how can man be justified
with God? How can he be clean as born of
a woman? In Job 15, what is man that he
should be clean? He that's born of a woman, that
he should be righteous. While the heavens are not clean
in God's sight, how much less man that is a worm. How can a
sinner be clean? David answers. Listen. Psalm
51. You need to read this. David
answers and says, Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, born of a
woman, came forth speaking lies. In sin my mother conceived me.
Behold, God, you desire truth in the inward parts. In the hidden
parts, you require wisdom. So purge me with hyssop, and
I'll be clean. Purge me with hyssop, and I'll
be clean. Wash me and be whiter than the
snow. The word hyssop, first time it's mentioned in the Bible,
is Exodus 12. And that's when the Passover
lamb was slain. And they took that little branch
of hyssop and dipped it in the blood, sprinkled it on the door. And God said, when I see the
blood, I'll pass over you. And the high priest came into
the holy of holies with the blood of atonement on the day of atonement.
He'd sprinkle, he'd put that hyssop in the blood of the lamb
and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and atone for sin. And that's how we're cleansed.
We're cleansed by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. And in 1 Corinthians 6, Paul
says, Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom
of God? neither fornicators, nor adulterers, nor idolaters,
nor thieves, nor drunkards, and such were some of you. But you're
washed. You're washed. You're sanctified. You're justified in the name
of, through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Who can bring
a clean thing out of an unclean? Job says, not one. Oh yes, there's
one. the blood of Jesus Christ, God's
Son, cleanseth us from all sin." That's right. Peter said, we're
not redeemed with corruptible things, such as silver and gold,
from our vain conversation received by tradition from our fathers,
but with the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ as a lamb
without spot and without blemish. Yes, that unclean thing can be
made clean by the blood of the Son of God. Now, if you want
this tape, You write for it. It's called, Man That Is Born
A Woman. A few days full of trouble, cometh
forth like a flower is cut down, flees as a shatter and continues
not. And Job asked these three important questions. Dost thou
look upon such a one? Oh, don't bring me into judgment.
Well, how can I escape? Through a mediator, Christ Jesus.
Man born a woman. Till next week, may God bless
you, everyone.