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Pray the Word with David Platt

Resist Temptation (Job 36:21)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Christian, Bible, Baptist, Devotional, Spirituality, John Piper, Prayer, Bible Study, Religion & Spirituality, Louie Giglio, Christianity, David Platt, Pray, Radical

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Pray the Word on Job 36:21, David Platt encourages Christians to resist temptation rather than turning to sin.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Be the word with David Platt as a resource from Radical.net.

0:04.0

Job, chapter 36, verse 21,

0:07.2

Take care.

0:08.6

Do not turn to iniquity.

0:11.7

For this you have chosen rather than affliction.

0:16.4

I want to lead us to pray according to this verse

0:20.1

because of this counsel that is given to Job

0:26.0

in the middle of his suffering.

0:27.9

Take care.

0:30.0

Do not turn to iniquity.

0:33.6

So these miserable comfortors in the book of Job

0:36.7

have constantly said, Job, you're suffering because of your sin.

0:39.4

And we know that's not specifically why Job was suffering.

0:43.6

That was clear to us in Job 1 and 2.

0:46.3

God makes that clear to us at the same time.

0:51.1

There is definitely a temptation

0:55.4

in the middle of suffering to turn to iniquity, to turn to sin.

1:01.7

We certainly saw that in Job in the very beginning when

1:06.2

he did not sin with his lips when all of these horrible things

1:10.4

were happening in his life and to his kids and with his wife

1:14.0

and in his health, he didn't turn to sin.

1:18.4

But we should realize that when we walk through suffering,

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