And tonight, we continue in our study through the book of Job.

Lord willing, I say this very carefully and even very prayerfully, we're going to get from

chapter 32 through to chapter 35.

Tonight we are going to be introduced to a very interesting young man.

And that's a very diplomatic and tactful way to say

that we're going to be introduced to a very interesting young man tonight

by the name of Elehu.

So why don't we pray and then we'll jump in to God's word together.

Loving Heavenly Father, we're so thankful to you for this midweek Bible study that we have.

And it's just really a time for us to put aside all the busyness of our lives and all the busyness of the

week and focus our attention on you and your word and what you have for us here in your word. Lord,

we want to have ears to hear, want to have eyes to see. We want to have hearts to receive.

So, Lord, will you minister to us tonight, especially with some of the tough stuff that we're going to

really tackle tonight? So, Lord, thank you in advance for what you're going to do in our time together

in your word tonight. We pray. In Jesus' name, amen. All right, let's jump in. You ready?

Okay, hang on. Verse 1, chapter 32. So these three men ceased answering Job, speaking of Job's, as I refer to them, so-called friends, because, and here's the reason, interesting, he was righteous in his own eyes. That's another way of saying, you can't tell him anything. He knows it all.

And he's just self-righteous, wise in his own eyes. So what more is there to say? He's not going to

heed it anyway. Verse two. Then the wrath of Elhu, the son of Barakal, the buzite of the family of Ram,

was aroused against Job. His wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God. In other words, he had maintained

and justified his innocence at the expense of gods. And that apparently is the problem

that this elhu has with Job and all that he has heretofore said.

And not only Job, but as we're going to read in verse three, also against his three friends,

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