The Book of Job Why do the righteous suffer? Job’s Character Blameless Upright Feared God Turned...
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Transcript of The Book of Job Why do the righteous suffer? Job’s Character Blameless Upright Feared God Turned...
God’s Evaluation of Job
• My servant• None like him on the earth• Blameless & upright• Fears God• Turns away from evil
Job’s Blessings
• 10 children• 7000 sheep• 3000 camels• 500 yoke of oxen• 500 female donkeys• Very many servants
Job’s Blessings10 children 7000 sheep
3000 camels
500 yoke of oxen
500 female donkeys
Very many servants
“The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of
the LORD.”
Job’s Blessings10 children 7000 sheep
3000 camels
500 yoke of oxen
500 female donkeys
Very many servants
“But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will
curse you to your face.”
EliphazRemember: who that was innocent ever
perished?Or where were the upright cut off?
As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
By the breath of God they perish,and by the blast of his anger they are
consumed. 3:7-9
Bildad
If you will seek Godand plead with the Almighty for mercy,
if you are pure and upright,surely then he will rouse himself for you
and restore your rightful habitation.8:5-6
Zophar
For he has crushed and abandoned the poor;
He has seized a house that he did not build.
20:19
EliphazIs not your evil abundant?
There is no end to your iniquities.For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing
and stripped the naked of their clothing.You have given no water to the weary to drink,and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
The man with power possessed the land,and the favored man lived in it.
You have sent widows away empty,and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
22:5-9
Conventional WisdomFor inquire, please, of bygone ages,and consider what the fathers have
searched out.For we are but of yesterday and know
nothing,for our days on earth are a shadow.Will they not teach you and tell you
and utter words out of their understanding?
8:8-10
Conventional WisdomHave you listened in the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?What do you know that we do not know?What do you understand that is not clear
to us?Both the gray-haired and the aged are
among us,Older than your father.
15:8-10
Wisdom from Observation
• As I have seen… 4:8• I have seen… 5:3• Behold, this we have searched out; it is true.
Hear, and know it for your good. 5:27• What I have seen I will declare… 15:17• Do you not know this from of old…? 20:4
Direct Revelation
Now a word was brought to me stealthily;my ear received the whisper of it.
Amid thoughts from visions of the night,when deep sleep falls upon men,
dread came upon me, and trembling,which made all my bones shake.
A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.
Direct Revelation
It stood still,but I could not discern its appearance.A form went before my eyes; there was
silence, then I heard a voice:“Can a mortal man be in the right before
God?Can a man be pure before his Maker?”
4:12-17
Wisdom of Youth
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he. And
when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he
burned with anger.32:4-5
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
42:3
I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;therefore I despise myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.42:5-6
1. There are no easy answers.
2. It’s wise to reserve judgment.
3. Presence, not counsel, is the best form of comfort.
4. If you’re suffering unjustly, you’re not alone.
5. Fear God.