…. united kingdom – part 2 job why do men serve god?
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United Kingdom – Part 2
JobWhy Do Men Serve God?
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Wisdom Literature
English Poetry -> Cadence of Sound
Hebrew Poetry -> Cadence of Thought
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Timing – Much Debated
Language -> David/Solomon (Psalms)
Story -> Patriarchs• Father Ruled (Sacrifices)
• Age
*We simply don’t know for sure
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Overview
• Language is difficult to understand
• Round One: Get the Main Point• Poetry = Repetition of thought (helps)
• Don’t Neglect a Detailed Study
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God Highlights JobJob 1:1 …that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.Job 1:5 …he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings … For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did regularly.
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Satan Attacks Job’s Character
500 Yoke 500 Female
7,000 3,000
7 Sons3 Daughters
This man was the greatest of all the people of the East.
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Satan Attacks Job’s Character
• Job Mourned Then Worshiped• In all of this Job did not sin nor charge
God with wrong (1:22)
• God Highlights Job Again
• Satan Responds, “Skin for Skin!”
• Satan struck Job with painful boils!
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Satan Attacks Job’s Character
500 Yoke 500 Female
7,000 3,000
7 Sons3 Daughters
Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!
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Job’s Despair
His Friends Come and They Sit’s In Silence for Seven Days
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Job’s Despair
• I Wish I Had Never Been Born
• I Wish For Death To End This
• Why Did This Happen? (Never Answered)
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Overview
• The First Round (4-14)• Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar speech & Job Response
• The Second Round (15-21)• Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar speech & Job Response
• The Third Round (22-31)• Eliphaz, Bildad speech & Job Response
• Elihu speech (32-37)
• God speaks, Job Repents & God Restores (38- 42)
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Round 1 - Eliphaz
• You have instructed others now it is you that needs instruction
• Key: The innocent don’t suffer, the wicked do!
• Accept the chastening and God will bless him and take this suffering away.
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Round 1 - Bildad
• Key: The innocent don’t suffer, the wicked do!• If Job’s son sinned, they were killed for
their transgression
• Repent and God will restore
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Round 1 - Zophar
• Rebuke’s Job for his words questioning God
• Repent and God will restore
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Round 1 - Job
• Complains because of grief
• Rebukes his friends
• Where have I sinned? He maintains innocence's of sin
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Round 1 - Job
• Views this as God’s judgement as well and is confused as to why• Fire/Wind from Heavens
• Wants to reason with God (Mediator)
• Wants to Die
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Round 2 - Friends
• Speeches are Shorter
• Tempers are Getting Short
• How Long Will You Continue to Refuse to Repent?
• Repeats Suffering = Sin
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Round 2 - Job
• You are “miserable comforters”! • How long will you torment my soul?
• God is “gnashing” at him
• Job asks for relief
• Job affirms his faith
• The wicked don’t always suffer but sometimes prosper
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Round 3 – Friends (no Zophar)
• Rebukes Job for maintaining his innocence.
• Accuses him of great wickedness (with no proof offered)
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Round 3 - Job
• Longs to speak with God to plead his case and ask “Why?”
• Continues to maintain his innocence• This includes chapter 31 (I have made
a covenant with my eyes… along with many other points)
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Elihu
• He is young (I waited for my elders) but his anger burst forth at Job and his friends
• Job should be looking at suffering as a disciplinary measure from a loving God, not as a punitive measure from one's enemy (33:8-33) – Mark Copeland
• Job is justifying himself instead of God
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Elihu
• His arguments are around Job “attacking” God for what he allowed to happen.
• He feels he can help Job
• Though his approach is brash his heart appears noble
• Is He Ever Rebuked By God
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God’s Response
• God speaks from a whirlwind
• Job has now gotten his audience with God• He will quickly wish he hadn’t
• Where were you when I laid the foundation? (creation, nature, animals) (34:4-39:30)
• Shall you contend with the Almighty?
Job Tries to Repent and God Continues
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God’s Response
• Shall you contend with the Almighty?
• LeviathanJob 41:8
Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle
Never do it again!Job Humbles himself before God and
Repents (42:4-6)
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God’s Response
• God rebukes Job’s Friends
• God restores Job’s Friends (Sacrifices through Job)
• Job is comforted by his relatives
• Job’s latter days are more blessed than his former• Double the possessions
• 7 sons & 3 beautiful daughters
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Thoughts
• We Can’t See Into God’s Activities, Therefore We Should Assign Meaning• Careful when we elevate our self to question “Why?”
• Job did not sin until his friends “consoled him”
• Are there consequences for sin?
• Does consequences mean sin?
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Thoughts
• Does blessings mean righteousness?
• We must be careful to never assign meaning to another's tragedy
• Normally tragedy causes us to focus on the wrong things. Job maintained his faith!
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