1. JOB.
  2. Job was a prosperous man of outstanding piety. Satan acts as an agent provocateur to test whether Job’s piety is rooted merely in his prosperity. But faced with the appalling loss of his possessions, his children, and finally, his health, Job still refuses to curse God. 
  3. These are: (1) God vindicates Himself in the end; (2) God is sovereign over suffering; (3) Expressing our faith through lament; (4) Don’t be like Job’s friends; (5) Learn from what they did right; (6) Be patient with the sufferer; and (7) Accurately apply Scripture to your counselee’s life.
  4. Two major themes of the book are suffering and faith. Suffering: Job was cursed with both physical and mental anguish as Satan tried to take away his family, wealth, and even his health.
  5. Exodus shows us that God is concerned with saving his people. It shows us that our God is working, often in the background and beyond our knowing, to save us in ways we could never imagine. As you read Exodus, focus on how God saves his people each step along the way.
  1. The eternal problem is unmerited suffering, named after its central character, Job, who attempts to understand the sufferings that engulf him.
  2. OB challenged God’s justice, and God responded that Job doesn’t have sufficient knowledge about our complex universe to make such a claim. The job demanded a full explanation from God, and what God asked Job for was trust in his wisdom and character.
  3. Ultimately, God restored all that Job had lost and gave Job twice as much as before.
  4. The infinitely vexing, unanswerable question of theodicy: “If God is good, then why is there so much evil in the world?” The book’s creative, metaphorical response to questions about the nature of God, humanity, and life is literature at its best.
  5. The Book of Job points to a God who always acts with goodness and justice, even when people are experiencing or causing pain. A person’s suffering does not automatically mean he or she is receiving divine punishment, but the book implies that suffering is God’s punishment for human sin.
  6. God restores Job’s fortunes. Job, a righteous, God-fearing man, experienced severe trials and afflictions. He lost all of his property, his children died, and he suffered great physical agony. Amid his suffering, three friends visited him. Though Job’s friends intended to comfort him, they accused him of transgression.
Job did not defy death just because he had some harsh sufferings or because he was a godly man ( Ezekiel 14:14). Job repents and is eventually rewarded with a new family, wealth, and a long time. The Book of Job is a morality tale that shows that people must trust God, even in the face of adversity, because everything happens for a purpose. Christ, you KNOW IT IS difficult TO BE hosted BY GOD TO DO AN EVENT  MOSES. 1. The story of Moses appears in the Bible’s books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Exodus contains most of Moses’ early story, including his childhood and his leading the Israelites out of slavery, while Deuteronomy functions as his farewell address to the Israelites.
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Vern Bender
AUTHOR ARETURNING CHRISTIANITY TO IWHAT IT ORIIIGIONALY WASND HISTORIAN