What Job LearnedWhat Job LearnedThrough SufferingThrough Suffering

What Job LearnedWhat Job LearnedThrough SufferingThrough Suffering

Blameless & Upright

Feared God

Wife – 10 children

Livestock

JOB SUFFEREDJOB SUFFERED

Livestock all killed

All 10 children killed

Boils on his flesh

“In all this Job did not sin with his lips.” Job 2:10

Friends cameto comfort

I. Job Learned about I. Job Learned about his Friends his Friends

Fair weather friends

Miserable Comforters - Job 16:2

Sin cause of suffering 4:7 8:6

Suffering to keep from sin

Suffering ShowsSuffering ShowsSomething about Something about

FriendsFriends Some are fair weather

friends

“...there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.” Prov. 18:24

“A friend loves at all times” Prov. 17:17

2. Job Learned About 2. Job Learned About His Wife His Wife

Not very encouraging

“Curse God and die” Job 2:9

Not a help

But a hindrance

We learn about Our We learn about Our CompanionCompanion

A good wife is a rare jewel

Prov. 31:10, Prov. 31:12

Help meet for man – Gen.2:18

3. Job Learned About 3. Job Learned About HimselfHimself

Testing is essential

Tested by suffering

“though He [God] slay me, yet will I trust Him.” Job. 13:15

We learn about ourselvesWe learn about ourselves

We do not know if faith is strong until tested

“When I am weak, then am I strong” 2 Cor. 12:10

We learn about ourselvesWe learn about ourselves

We do not know if faith is strong until tested

“Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.” Jas. 5:11

4. Job Learned About 4. Job Learned About GodGod

Learned more in this short time than a lifetime

Job was very serious about his relationship with God

We Learn About GodWe Learn About God One side of God we learn only

through suffering We learn that:

He CaresHe loves usBeing right with God is most important

“No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”

1Cor. 10:131Cor. 10:13

What Job LearnedWhat Job LearnedThrough SufferingThrough Suffering

What Job LearnedWhat Job LearnedThrough SufferingThrough Suffering

I walked a mile with pleasureShe chatted all the way

But left me none the wiserFor all she had to say.

I walked a mile with sorrowAnd not a word said she.

But O the things I learned from herWhen sorrow walked with me.

In the End, all was restored

erfect manrosperous man

raying man

opular man

roven man

Job 14:14Job 14:14

“If a man die, shall he live again?”

Yes No

If he is a childOf God

If He is a Sinner

Tough times don’t last,

tough Christians do...

What Job LearnedWhat Job LearnedThrough SufferingThrough Suffering

• HearHear John 12:48John 12:48• BelieveBelieve John 8:24John 8:24• RepentRepent Luke 13:3Luke 13:3• ConfessConfess Matt. 10:32-Matt. 10:32-

3333• BaptizedBaptized Mark 16:16Mark 16:16• FaithfulFaithful Matt. 24:13Matt. 24:13