JOB 40:6-9

JOB 40:6-9Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said, "Now gird up your loins like a man;

I will ask you, and you instruct Me. "Will you really annul My judgment?

Will you condemn Me that you may be justified? "Or do you have an arm like God,

And can you thunder with a voice like His? (Job 40:6-9 NASB)

JOB 40:6-9Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said, "Now gird up your loins like a man;

I will ask you, and you instruct Me. "Will you really annul My judgment?

Will you condemn Me that you may be justified? "Or do you have an arm like God,

And can you thunder with a voice like His? (Job 40:6-9 NASB)

"WILL YOU CONDEMN ME THAT YOU MAY BE

JUSTIFIED?":

"WILL YOU CONDEMN ME THAT YOU MAY BE

JUSTIFIED?":JOB 40:8JOB 40:8

EXCUSES FOR SIN CONDEMN GOD

This is apparent if we consider:

God condemns ALL sin, therefore there is no excuse (i.e. a justifiable reason) for sin.

Accordingly, nothing can be sin for which there is an excuse, or else God is wrong!

Hence, EVERY excuse for sin charges blame upon God!

COMMON EXCUSES FOR SIN

Inability

Perhaps no excuse is more common

Does God not know what men can and can’t do? Exodus 4:10-12

Charges God of being a tyrant. Exodus 5:6-21

“My yoke is easy and My burden is light” Mt 11:30, I Jn 5:3

Easy compared to Law of Moses (Read Leviticus!)

Is being a Christian easy? I Cor 10:13, James 1:12

Easy compared with yoke of sin. Romans 5:16-19

COMMON EXCUSES FOR SIN

Inability (continued)

Presbyterian Confession of Faith says -

"No man is able, either by himself, or by any grace received in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God; but doth daily break them in thought, word, and deed."

This declaration is in direct opposition to God’s word and it condemns God! Titus 2:11-14

We condemn God every time we use the excuse of inability!

COMMON EXCUSES FOR SIN

Not enough time

Another often made excuse

Again, we charge God with tyranny

We charge God with being unreasonable 2 Pet 3:9,14-15

“Are you telling me God would allow a person who desired to be saved to die and be lost just because he wasn’t baptized???”

COMMON EXCUSES FOR SIN

Not enough time (cont.)

What about a mother of father who claims they don’t have time to be Christians because they are so busy taking care of and providing for their families? Lk 9:57-62

What about a person who says they don’t have time to serve God because they must work? Mk 1:16-18

COMMON EXCUSES FOR SIN

'I was born this way'

If this excuse doesn’t condemn God, nothing does?

We can help it! And, we must! Rom. 8:5-8

COMMON EXCUSES FOR SIN

Its not my fault

Adam excused himself and blamed Eve

Eve excused herself and blamed the serpent

Truth is, both condemned God. Rom 2:5-11

WILL YOU CONDEMN ME THAT YOU MAY BE

JUSTIFIED?It is abominable for the sinner to excuse himself and blame God

Excuses add insult to injury

Excuses render repentance impossible

No one lives a single hour in sin without some excuse to justify his or herself

Are you willing to abandon all excuses?