Suffering in Sovereignty
Angelo Frazier
June 22, 2025

Introduction:


I. Setting the : Job 1:1-12


a. The cosmic begins Job 1:13-19


b. Round two of Job 2:7


c. The first bit of Job 2:9


I. Three primary areas of suffering


a. Suffering in the , Job 13:15, though He slay me


b. Suffering in the , Job 13:15b, I will trust Him


c. Suffering in the , Job 13:16 Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him. This also will be my salvation,


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 but rather His chapter 38-41


IV. Job’s response: Job 42:1-6


V. Jesus is that suffering servant : Isaiah 53:7-12, Matthew 26:39


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

suffering is
b. For the suffering is


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: