Summer Stories | Job; The Suffering of Man
August 18, 2022

Job 1:1–5 (NLT)*
In every way, Job was a rich man

He was rich in

.
He was rich in his .
He was rich in .
This was Job’s practice.

Job 1:6–12 (NLT)
Satan

the saved before God.
Had Job known about this conversation, he would have had no room for doubt or concern. But he did not know what was happening in the councils of heaven; therefore, he had to take his trials by .
Satan had to get permission to attack Job.
Job lost he possessed in one day.

Job 1:20-22 (NLT) Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship. 21 He said, “I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The Lord gave me what I had, and the Lord has taken it away. Praise the name of the Lord!” 22 In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God.
Job did not

God, he worshiped and praised God.
The Book of Job shows us how the should deal with suffering.

James 5:10–11 (NLT)
Hebrews 5:7–8 (NLT)
Job 4–37
The problem of human suffering is too deep and complex for the simple answers the three friends gave.
Jesus never

, yet He suffered more than any person!

Job 4–37 In his first speech, Eliphaz argues that Job is a sinner (4:7–11).
Job 7:1–5 (NLT)
Job 8:5–7 (NLT)
Job received

encouragement from the people around him.
Job 19:25–27 (NLT)
: “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. 26 And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! 27 I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!
Will you trust God even when you do not understand what God is doing?

Job 38–42 We now reach the climax of the book and God Himself steps on the scene!
Job 38:1–3 (NLT)

God asks Job a series of

questions about the universe and its operation.
Job 40:1–5 (NLT)*
Job 42:1–6 (NLT)

Job is in the mighty presence of the almighty God.

Job 42:7–10 (NLT)
Job

for his friends.
God Job.
The secret of Job’s life was endurance (James 5:11); he trusted God in spite of Satan, circumstances, friends, or loved ones.