How should we respond?
The book of Job ends with an epilogue of sorts, showing us how each of the characters were affected by God’s self-revelation. It is important to the greater narrative, because in it we see that all of God’s actions, including allowing suffering, rebuke, and the process of repentance, all lead to restoration. We are focused […]
Who shall contend with the Almighty?
God speaks. This whole book, Job has been pleading with God to answer Him; to make sense of his situation. When God finally does speak, Job gets more than he bargained for. God’s response to Job makes it clear that Job does not have the wisdom to put God on trial. More than that, he […]
What good is earthly wisdom?
A mysterious fourth friend of Job enters into the conversation to set the record straight. Elihu rebukes the other three friends and prepares Job to hear from God. His speech is placed here to build the anticipation for God to speak and to ask some questions that others have been avoiding.
Where shall wisdom be found?
Job gives us his final thoughts on his suffering. He gets mad at his friends, he laments to God and he spends a chapter celebrating the wisdom of God, In this he makes it clear that while he is not satisfied with the answers he has gotten, He trusts God more than his struggle.
Does God care?
Job continues to lament his situation and the state of the world. His friends keep trying to turn the conversation back to Job’s guilt, but Job is looking for God in the midst of this world. Job claims that God seems distant and silent, and Job wants Him to speak. In the end, while Job […]
Why do the wicked prosper?
As Job’s friends continue to pile on, he takes a slightly different approach; rather than defend himself against their accusations, he decides to entirely dismantle their argument. He takes on their idealistic view of justice and points out that the world does not actually function in the way they imagine.
What’s the point of all this?
Job continues the discussion with his friends, pushing back against their accusations, and putting his ultimate hope in the Redeemer. Job can not make sense of what he is suffering and so rather than holding on to some incomplete description, Job puts himself entirely at the mercy of God.
Can you find out the deep things of God?
Job’s third friend steps in to ‘help’ him. His counsel quickly turns to condemnation. He is not listening to Job or truly understanding Job’s pain. Instead, he chooses to speak down to Job, simplifying his struggle and giving him easy answers. Job chooses to struggle with God. It isn’t that Job wants to continue in […]
Does God pervert justice?
As Job continues to lament, he continues to get ‘help’ from his friends. His friend Bildad uses the concept of God’s perfect justice to condemn Job and his children. Job responds with his frustration toward God’s justice. The main idea that Job seems to be grappling with is one of authority, of who gets to […]
Why do good people suffer?
Job’s friends approach him in his suffering in an attempt to help him make sense of it. This begins with the oldest: Eliphaz. His point to Job is that God is perfectly just, so Job’s suffering must stem from sin. While many of the things Eliphaz points out are true, he connects the dots in […]
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