
Introduction:
I. Setting the
a. The cosmic
b. Round two of
c. The first bit of
I. Three primary areas of suffering
a. Suffering in the
b. Suffering in the
c. Suffering in the
THIS IS MY SUMMATION OF ALL THEIR THOUGHTS AND ADVICE: Eliphaz, Bildad, Shuhite, Zophar and Elihu provide their insight on suffering. Suffering is seen as a result of sin, understanding this requiring humility; innocent people do not suffer, and so Job deserves it. Job, of course, debates and defends his position; those exchanges go on throughout the following chapters 4-37.
III. God answers Job, not about his
IV. Job’s response: Job 42:1-6
V. Jesus is that suffering servant
Practical Application
VI. Do you know Him? John 14:5, Phil 3:8,10
Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going; how do we know the way?” —John 14:5
8 More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them mere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ… 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; —Phil 3:8,10
VII. You can trust Him in all circumstances: Psalm 18:30, Proverbs 3:5-6
As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the LORD is refined;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. —Psalm 18:30
Trust in the LORD with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight. —Proverbs 3:5-6
VIII. Remember this: Isaiah 25:8-9 NIV
he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The LORD has spoken.
9 In that day they will say,
“Surely this is our God;
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the LORD, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.” —Isaiah 25:8-9
Colossians 1:
a. For
b. For the
We can go and serve with this hope: Romans 8:18
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. —Romans 8:18
1 Cor 13:4-8
4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with. —1 Cor 13:4-8
Closing Thoughts: