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Job Sermon Outlines

Text: Job 1:1-5

Title: The Greatest of Men in the Worst of Times: An Introduction to Job

Main Idea: Introduction to Job

Date: 06/16/2019

Outline:

I. Setting the Stage for Disaster, Part 1 (v. 1)

A. This is a Story About a Man Named Job

B. Job Lived in a Place Called Uz

C. The Events Took Place a Long Time Ago

D. This is Also a Story About a Man of Faith and Character

* The "fear of God / Lord" = “A reverential awe that results in worship and humble obedience fueled by love.”

II. Setting the Stage for Disaster, Part 2 (vv. 2-5)

A. Job’s Three-Fold Blessing:

1. Job’s Paternity — Children (2)

2. Job’s Possessions — Wealth (3a)

3. Job’s Prominence — Good Reputation (3b)

B. Job’s Practice — Spiritual Integrity (4-5)

1. The Occasion

2. The Intercession

Text: Job 1:6-12

Title: Setting the Stage for Disaster

Main Idea: Will disaster derail your devotion?

Date: 06/30/2019

Outline:

I. A Scene in Heaven: Setting the Stage for Disaster (1:6-12)

A. The Council (6)

B. The Characters (6-7)

1. The Sons of God (Hebrew Bene Elohim)

2. The LORD (YHWH)

3. The Satan

C. The Conversation (7)

D. The Consideration (8)

E. The Characterization (8)

F. The Challenge (9-11)

G. The Condition (12)

Closing Observations:

1. The Picture is Bigger than the Frame

2. God is Bigger than the Picture

3. Suffering is Bigger than Satan

4. God is Bigger than Affliction

5. Our Hope is Bigger than Earthly Life

Text: Job 1:13-22

Title: When Calamity Comes Knocking (Part 1)

Main Idea: True worship survives the fires of affliction

Date: 07/21/2019

Outline:

I. The Stage is Set: A Family Gathering (13)

A. We Have Another Scene Shift (the book of Job as a story . . .)

B. When/What/Where?

C. The Picture (connection to v. 4)

II. Calamity Strikes: An Appointment with Tragedy (14-19)

A. The Four Horsemen of Doom (14-19)

1. The First Horseman: Raiders (Sabeans) (14-15 )

2. The Second Horseman: Natural Disaster (Lightening) (16)

3. The Third Horseman: Raiders (Chaldeans) (17)

4. The Fourth Horseman: Natural Disaster (Wind) (18-19)

III. Job’s Conduct: 5 Verbs (20)

IV. Job’s Confession: 5 Statements (21)

V. Closing Commentary (22)

Closing Observations:

Text: Job 2:1-10

Title: When Calamity Comes Knocking (Part 2)

Main Idea: True worship survives the fires of affliction

Date: 08/04/2019

Outline:

I. The Council in Heaven Convenes Again (2:1-6)

A. The Council Convenes (1-2)

B. Job’s Character Confirmed (3)

1. Who Caused Job’s Suffering?

C. Satan’s Consequent Challenge (4-5)

II. More Calamity Concerning Job (2:7-8)

A. Chronic Sores from Head to Toe (7)

B. Cruciation on an Ash Heap (8)

III. A Curse Called for by Job’s Wife (2:9)

A. The Curse Called For

B. Consideration Given to Her

IV. Job’s Correction and Confession (2:10)

A. Job’s Correction (10a)

B. Job’s Confession (10b)

C. The Author’s Confirmation (10c)

Text: Job 1-2 & Selected Scriptures

Title: Interlude: God and the Existence of Evil

Main Idea: God gives meaning to suffering and evil

Date: 08/18/2019

Outline:

I. Introduction and Review

A. Three Things We Noted About Job in Chapter 1

1. Job is a converted man || 2. Job is a prosperous man || 3. Job is spiritually sensitive man

B. Job is Also a Man (like us) Who is Not Immune From Calamity

C. Review of 1:14-19

1. The Four Horsemen of Doom (1:14-19)

2. More Calamity Concerning Job (2:7-8)

II. What is God's Relationship to Suffering and Evil?

A. How Do We Define Evil?

1. Evil as a lack of true good

B. God is Not the Author of Evil

C. God and Evil: Free Will Defense?

III. A Multidimensional Perspective on God and Evil (compatibilism)

A. Four Considerations as it Relates to God and Evil

1. God’s Decree is Not Simple, it is Complex (God’s passive decree or will)

a. Examples (Job 1-2; Luke 7:30; Acts 14:16; Luke 22:31-32)

2. God’s Will is Not Simple, it is Complex (God's Revealed vs Secret Will)

God may thereby be spoken of as the final or ultimate cause as it relates to all that occurs within his creation. When it comes to evil, however, secondary agents serve as the efficient, or blameworthy cause. This is an essential distinction.

3. The Existence of Evil is Really a Problem for Those who Reject the Bible

4. We must Keep in Mind that God is not Required to Offer us any Explanations

To summarize, we must remember that:

• God is perfectly holy, sovereign, and hates evil

• While God permits evil for his purposes, he is not the author of it

• There are aspects of God's sovereignty as it relates to evil that are beyond our understanding

• God's relationship to evil is not simplistic; it is multifaceted

• We live in a fallen, sinful universe that contains moral and natural evil

• God has a good reason for creating a universe that contains evil.

• God entreats us to simply trust him

IV. The Cross . . .

Text: Job 2:11-13

Title: Weep With Those Who Weep

Main Idea: True friends care enough to simply be there

Date: 09/29/2019

Outline:

I. Three Comforters Arrive (2:11-13)

A. Job’s Adversity is Made Public (11a)

B. Three Friends Arrive from Afar (11b-13)

1. Their Names (tell us where they came from)

a. Eliphaz the Temanite

b. Bildad the Shuhite

c. Zophar the Naamathite

2. Their Reaction (12)

a. From a distance they did not recognize Job

(1) Remember Job is now at the town dump

(2) But he was not recognizable!

(a) Isaiah 53

b. These are signs of great anguish, of entering into someone else’s sorrow

3. Their Compassion (13)

a. 7 days and nights of silence

(1) This silence is taken different ways by different commentators

Text: Job 3:1-26

Title: The Solitude of Sorrow

Main Idea: The loneliness of lament

Date: 10/27/2019

Outline:

Introduction: Job Chapter Three as a Lament

I. WHY Was I Born? (1-10)

II. WHY Did I Live? (11-19)

III. WHY Am I Alive Now? (20-26)

Text: Job 4:1-5:27

Title: The First Address of Eliphaz: Bad Things Don’t Happen to Good People

Main Idea: Bad things do happen to good people

Date: 11/10/2019

Outline:

I. The Observations of Eliphaz (4:1 - 5:7)

A. His Experience as it Relates to Job (4:1-6)

B. His Experience as it Relates to Nature (4:7-11)

C. His Experience as it Relates to a Vision (4:12-21)

D. His Experience as it Relates to Fools (5:1-7)

II. The Opinions of Eliphaz (5:8-17)

A. Seek God (8-16)

B. Accept His Discipline (17-26)

C. Believe Our Report (27)

Closing Thoughts:

• Leave Room in Your Theology for Innocent Suffering

• Leave Room for Imperfection

• Don’t Make General Principles Absolute

• Be Patient With Sufferers

• Eliphaz’ Contention in 4:7 is Flat Out Wrong

• Sometimes Bad Things Do Happen to Good People

• The Cross Answers the Question of 4:17

Text: Job 6:1-30

Title: Job’s Reply to Eliphaz: My Hope is Dim But I Endure (Part 1)

Main Idea: The light of the gospel cannot be extinguished by the despair of hopelessness

Date: 05/24/2020

Outline:

I. Horizontal: Job Complains to His Friends (6.1-30)

A. IF ONLY You Knew My Suffering (6:1-7)

1. Suffering is Suffocating

2. Suffers are Rarely Silent

a. Careless, impetuous words

b. What Happened to the Job of Chapter 1?

c. What happened to the Job of Chapter 2?

B. IF ONLY My Life Would End (6:8-13)

1. Job longs for death - We see that in 7:15

2. When the hope of death seems to be the only hope there is . . .

3. But there’s a little bit of light left in Job’s soul

C. IF ONLY You Were Loyal (6:14-23)

1. Job longs for loyalty from his friends, particularly Eliphaz at this point

2. “Kindness” = Hesed - One of the great Hebrew words of the O.T.

3. Second half of verse 14 - difficulty in translation

4. Job gives an illust. of how his friends were acting in vv. 15-20

5. He points the finger directly at them in verse 21

6. Job continues to defend his innocence in vv. 22-23

D. IF ONLY You Were Compassionate (6:24-30)

Conclusion: These Four Main Points Bring Us Back to the Cross in that they Mark the Ministry of Jesus

1. IF ONLY you knew my suffering . . .

2. IF ONLY my life would end . . .

3. IF ONLY you were loyal . . .

4. IF ONLY you were compassionate . . .

II. Vertical: Job Complains to His God (7:1-21)

Text: Job 7:1-21

Title: Job’s Reply to Eliphaz: My Hope is Dim But I Endure (Part 2)

Main Idea: The light of the gospel cannot be extinguished by the despair of hopelessness

Date: 06/07/2020

Outline:

I. Horizontal: Job Complains to His Friends (6:1-30)

II. Vertical: Job Complains to His God (7:1-21)

A. WHY is Life Full of Vain Suffering? (7:1-8)

B. WHY Don’t You Leave Me Alone? (7:9-16)

C. WHY Is This Happening To Me? (7:17-21)

Text: Job 8:1-22

Title: The Black and White World of Bildad |

Main Idea: In a black and white world there is no room for the living color of the Gospel

Date: 07/12/2020

Outline:

I. Truism: The Immutable Character of God (1-3)

A. Hello, I’m Bildad

B. Here’s my Axiom (Plumb Line)

II. Crooked Wall #1: Bad Things Happen to Bad People (4)

A. Sin = Retribution and Retribution = Sin (4)

B. Job Still Has a Chance to Live (5-7)

III. Crooked Wall #2: Tradition Says . . . (8-10)

IV. Crooked Wall #3: Lessons from Nature (11-19)

A. The Papyrus and Reeds (11-12)

B. The Spider’s Web (13-15)

C. The Grounded Plant (16-19)

V. Crooked Wall #4: A Faulty Conclusion (20-22)

A. God will Not Reject a Blameless Man (20)

B. God will Bless the Blameless Man (21)

C. God will Curse the Blameless Man’s Enemies (22)

VI. A Straight Wall: Our Closing Application

A. Understand the Difference Between Retribution and Discipline

1. Believers NEVER get Retributive Justice

2. Believers ALWAYS get Discipline

B. There is No Necessary Correlation Between Personal Sin and Suffering

1. Example of Jesus Christ

C. If There is No Undeserved Suffering Then There is No Redemptive Suffering

Text: Job 9:1-24

Title: In the Courtroom with God (Part 1)

Main Idea: The windy words of a sufferer won’t leave the believer condemned in the courtroom of God

Date: 08/09/2020

Outline:

I. In the Courtroom With God: How Can Job Possibly Be Exonerated? (9:1-35)

A. Job’s Agreement: I Know This is So! (1-2a)

B. Job’s Argument: How Can Anyone Dispute with God? (2b-24)

1. God’s Wisdom and Power (3-10)

a. God’s Wisdom Demonstrated in Cross-Examination (3)

b. God’s Power Demonstrated in Creation (5-10)

2. God’s Sovereignty (11-24)

a. God Is Free to Move and Act (11-15)

b. God Is Awesome in Power and Righteousness (16-21)

c. God Is In Control of the Wicked (22-24)

(1) Sudden Disaster

(2) Free reign of the wicked

(3) Judicial Injustice

Text: Job 9:25-35

Title: In the Courtroom with God (Part 2)

Main Idea: The windy words of a sufferer won’t leave the believer condemned in the courtroom of God

Date: 08/23/2020

Outline:

Introduction: Despondency . . .

I. In the Courtroom With God: How Can Job Possibly Be Exonerated? (9:1-35)

A. Job’s Agreement: I Know This is So! (1-2a)

B. Job’s Argument: How Can Anyone Dispute with God? (2b-24)

C. Job’s Affliction: I Am Most Miserable (25-35)

1. Hopeless Days (25-26)

2. Meaningless Existence (27-29)

3. Helpless Cleansing (30-31)

4. Nameless Mediator (32-35)

5. Relentless Discipline (34-35)

Conclusion: Lessons from the Despondent Life

1. The windy words of a sufferer won’t leave the believer condemned in the courtroom of God.

2. During times of despair we will, like Job, vacillate in our faith.

3. Fight for faith before you fight for joy.

4. Let’s encourage the fainthearted.

5. Be thankful for that Mediator and let’s relish in a Savior who suffered for us.

Text: Job 10:1-22

Title: In the Courtroom with God (Part 3)

Main Idea: The windy words of a sufferer won’t leave the believer condemned in the courtroom of God

Date: 09/07/2020

Outline:

I. In the Courtroom With God: How Can Job Possibly Be Exonerated? (9:1-35)

A. Job’s Agreement: I Know This is So! (1-2a)

B. Job’s Argument: How Can Anyone Dispute with God? (2b-24)

C. Job’s Affliction: I Am Most Miserable (25-35)

II. In the Courtroom With God: Job Resigns Himself to a Sentence of Death (10:1-22)

A. When Suffering Resist the Temptation to Complain (1-2)

1. Lament vs. Complaint (cf. Job in chapter 3)

2. “Windy words” and C.S. Lewis . . .

B. When Suffering Resist the Temptation to Question God’s Purposes (3-12)

1. The Word ”Favorably” = “to have a glowing face, to be radiant or to smile”

2. Why doesn’t Job see his depravity - that he is utterly sinful?

C. When Suffering Resist the Temptation to Question God’s Goodness (13-17)

1. Verse 13 is the door that opens up to verses 14-17

D. When Suffering Resist the Temptation to Give Up Hope (18-22)

1. Job questions why he was ever born (18-19)

2. Job wants God to leave him alone do die (20-22)

Conclusion: “The ‘F’ Factor” (Faith not Fear)

Text: Job 11:1-20

Title: Zophar’s Zingers: His First Reply to Job

Main Idea: God’s grace wins even when everything (and everyone) fails

Date: 09/20/2020

Outline:

I. Zophar’s Zingers: His First Reply to Job (11:1-20)

A. Job It Should Be Worse (11:1-6)

1. Fourfold Rebuke (2-3)

2. False Accusation (4)

3. Feckless Desire (5-6)

B. Job You Are an Idiot (11:7-12)

1. God’s Transcendent Greatness (7-9)

2. God’s Immanent Awareness (10-11)

3. Job’s Sinful Idiocy (12)

C. Job Just Repent Already (11:13-20)

1. Protasis: Zophar’s fourfold advice (13-14)

2. Apodosis: Zophar’s Promise of Hope (15-19)

3. Zophar’s Concluding Warning (20)

Seven Final Thoughts:

1. Be Thankful for Good Friends–Especially During Difficult Times.

2. There Is a Friend Who Sticks Closer than a Brother -- and There Is a Friend Who Sticks the Knife

3. Beware of the Brashness That Often Comes with Youth

4. Beware of Doctrinal Legalism

5. Be Thankful That We Don't Get What We All Deserve

6. God's Grace Wins Even When Everything (and Everyone) Fails

7. What a Friend We Have in Jesus (cf. James 2:23; John 15:14)

Text: Job 12:1-13:2

Title: Job’s First Reply to Zophar: Though He Slay Me I Will Trust Him (Part 1)

Main Idea: I may not know, but I know I may trust

Date: 03/14/2021

Outline:

I. Job’s Complaint Against his Friends (12:1–12; 13:1–2)

A. Connecting the Context to Chapter 11 (12:1-3; 13:1-2)

B. Job Defends His Epistemic Equality (12:3)

C. Job the Joker (12:4)

D. Job Wonders Why He Suffers Needlessly (12:5-6)

II. Job’s Confession of God’s Sovereignty (12:7–25)

A. Defined:

“God’s sovereignty means that He is the King who is in complete control of His creation. His Kingship encompasses the doctrines of predestination and providence.”

B. God is Sovereign Over the Animal Kingdom (12:7–9)

C. God is Sovereign Over Mankind (12:10–12)

D. God is Sovereign over World Affairs (12:13–25)

Dr. Wayne Grudem defines the theological doctrine of “concurrence” as, “[God’s cooperation] with created things in every action, directing their distinctive properties to cause them to act as they do.” [Systematic Theology]

Text: Job 13:3-14:22

Title: Job’s First Reply to Zophar: Though He Slay Me I Will Trust Him (Part 2)

Main Idea: I may not know, but I know I may trust

Date: 03/28/2021

Outline:

I. Job’s Complaint Against his Friends (12:1–12; 13:1–2)

II. Job’s Confession of God’s Sovereignty (12:7–25)

III. Job’s Cry to God for Deliverance (13:1–14:22)

A. The Elusivity of God (13:3-28)

1. Job's Desire (13:3)

a. God is Personal

b. God is Approachable

2. Job's Dilemma (13:17-23)

3. Job's Disgust (13:3-12)

B. The Brevity of Life (14:1–6)

C. The Finality of Death (14:7–17)

D. The Fragility of Hope (14:18–22; 13:15-16)

1. Job's Despair (14:18-22)

2. Job's Determination (13:15-16)

Closing Thoughts . . .

1. God is Personal and Approachable

2. There are Times When God May Appear Elusive

3. The Answer is Jesus Christ

Text: Job 15:1-35

Title: The Second Speech of Eliphaz: No Grace for the Grieving

Main Idea: We all deserve God’s death penalty

Date: 04/25/2021

Outline:

I. The Indictment of Job (1–13)

A. Job’s Words are Empty (1-3)

B. Job’s Worship is Empty (4-6)

C. Job’s Wisdom is Empty (7-10)

D. Job’s Way is Empty (11-13)

II. The Incrimination of Humanity (14-16) We All Deserve God's Death Penalty.

A. The Theological Doctrine of the Total Depravity of Man

III. The Instruction of History (17–35)

A. The Wicked Get What They Deserve (17–35)

1. Past Opinion (17–19)

a. From Eliphaz (17)

b. From Others (18-19)

2. Present Woes (20–26)

3. Future Grief (27–35)

Summation of 12 afflictions faced by the wicked according to Eliphaz:

(1) Pain—particularly emotional anguish (v. 20)

(2) Terrifying sounds (v. 21)

(3) Attack by destroyers (v. 21) Heb. word may be translated “marauders”

(4) Destined for the sword (v. 22)

(5) Without food and desperate, aimless wandering (v. 23)

(6) Distress and anguish hound him (v. 24)

(7) Ruin, forced to live in desolate towns (v. 28)

(8) Loss of possessions (v. 29)

(9) Darkness (death) with perhaps the loss of children (v. 30)

(10) Emptiness (v. 31)

(11) Premature death (v. 33)

(12) Childlessness and consuming fire (v. 34)

Closing Observations:

1. Job the man is an imperfect picture of the innocent sufferer

2. Job the man is a picture of someone who is falsely accused

3. Job the book shows us that we all deserve God’s death penalty

Text: Job 16:1 - 17:16

Title: Job's Second Reply to Eliphaz: Despair Over Divine Destruction

Main Idea: Job’s distress demonstrated in his disgust with his friends and disillusionment with his God

Date: 05/16/2021

Outline:

I. Job's Second Reply to Eliphaz: Despair Over Divine Destruction (16:1 - 17:16)

A. Job's Disgust with His Friends (16:1–6; 17:2,5,10)

1. They are Sorry Comforters (16:1-3)

a. Job Could Do Better (16:4-6)

2. They are Mockers (16:20; 17:2)

3. They are Betrayers (17:5)

4. They are Unwise (17:10)

B. Job's Disillusion with God (16:7-14; 17:4)

1. God has Exhausted Job and Decimated His Family (16:7)

2. God has Emaciated Job (16:8)

3. God Hunts Job Down Like a Defenseless Animal (16:9)

4. God Has Made Job His Target (16:12b-13)

5. God Hands Job Over to Mockers (16:10-11)

6. God Shakes Job Out of a Peaceful Existence (16:12a)

7. God Has Conquered Job Like a Defenseless Army (16:14)

8. God has Blinded Job's Friends (17:4)

C. Job's Distress Over His Plight (16:15-17; 17:1a,6-8,11-16)

1. Deplorable Job (16:15-17; 17:7-8)

2. Dreams Shattered (17:1a,11-12)

3. Derided by Others (17:6)

4. Death Welcome (17:1b,13-16)

D. Job's Desire for Hope (16:19-22; 17:3,9)

1. Job's Protector (16:19)

2. Job's Plea (16:21-22)

3. Job's Pledge (17:3)

4. Job's Perseverance (17:9)

Concluding Observations:

1. Job was Mocked as was Jesus (16:10,20, 17:2; Cf. Matt. 27:27ff.)

2. Job was Spit Upon as was Jesus (17:6; Cf. Isa. 50:6; Matt. 26:67, 27:30)

3. Job was Slapped as was Jesus (16:10; Cf. Mark 14:65; Matt. 26:67)

4. Job was Handed over to the Wicked, as was Jesus (Job 16:11; Cf. Luke 24:7; Acts 2:23)

5. Job was Betrayed, as was Jesus (17:5; Cf. Matt. 26:21, 27:9; Mark 14:10)

6. Job was Disfigured, as was Jesus (16:8, 17:7; Cf. Isa. 52:14, 53:3; Psalm 22:17)

7. Job was Crushed by God, as was Jesus (16:12b-14; Cf. Isa. 53:4-5; 2 Cor. 5:21)

8. Job Faced Sheol (the grave), as did Jesus (17:13-16; Cf. Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:24ff.)

Text: Job 18:1 - 19:29

Title: Round Two with Bildad: The Fate of the Wicked and the Hope of the Righteous

Main Idea: When the accuser of the brethren strikes, take refuge in the Redeemer

Date: 06/06/2021

Outline:

I. Bildad's Second Speech: The Future Fate of the Wicked (18:1-21)

A. Bildad: "Job you are Egocentric and Dumb" (18:1–4)

B. Bildad: "The Wicked face Eventual Doom" (18:5–21)

1. His Light is Extinguished (18:5-6)

2. His Plans Bring Him Down (18:7)

3. His Capture is Certain (18:8-10)

4. His Life is Dominated by Fear (18:11)

5. His Battle is Lost (18:12)

6. His Life is Ended (18:13-16)

a. His Demise (18:13)

b. His Death (18:14-16)

7. His Memory is Erased (18:17-20)

8. His Doom is Sealed (18:21)

II. Job's Reply: The Eternal Hope of the Righteous (19:1-29)

A. Job's First Reaction: The Brethren Accuse Me (19:1–6)

B. Job's Second Reaction: Why God? (19:7-19)

1. Why Do You Remain Silent? (19:7)

2. Why Do You Attack Me? (19:8-12)

a. Metaphor of an Impenetrable Wall (19:8)

b. Metaphor of a Crown Removed (19:9)

c. Metaphor of an Uprooted Tree (19:10)

d. Metaphor of a Consuming Fire (19:11)

e. Metaphor of an Unconquerable Army (19:12)

3. Why Do You Turn Others Against Me? (19:13-19)

a. His Friends and Relatives Have Deserted Him (19:13-14, 17-19)

b. His Servants Have Deserted Him (19:15-16)

C. Job's Third Reaction: I Am Pitiful (19:20-22)

D. Job's Fourth Reaction: An Eternal Witness (19:23-24)

E. Job's Fifth Reaction: Sanity (19:25-27)

1. Hope in a Redeemer (19:25)

a. I Know He Lives (19:25a)

b. I Know He Stands (19:25b)

2. Hope in Resurrection (19:26-27)

a. I Know I Will See Him (19:26-27)

F. Job's Sixth Reaction: A Warning to His Three Friends (19:28-29)

Text: Job 20:1-29

Title: Zophar’s Parting Shot and Job’s Rejoinder (Part 1)

Main Idea: When accused (or suffering) unjustly flee from God to God

Date: 07/18/2021

Outline:

Introduction: False Accusations and the Believer

"The most treacherous enemy in the church is the tongue." [Charles Swindoll]

I. The Last Words of Zophar (20:1–29)

A. The Wicked Die Young (20:4–11)

1. Note the metaphors Zophar uses in verses 6-11

a. From Distinction to Dung (6-7)

b. Like a fading Dream (8-9)

c. Death (v. 11)

B. The Wicked Have Temporary Pleasure (Job 20:12–22)

1. Zophar uses several metaphors for eating

a. Two conditions and a conclusion in vv. 12-14

b. Verses 15-16 continue this eating metaphor

(1) Picture is that sinful pleasures look, taste, feel good—for a time

2. Job's sin specified in verse 19

C. The Wicked Die Painful Deaths (Job 20:23–29)

1. Preparation for Destruction (v. 23)

2. Picture of Death (vv. 24-25)

3. Permanent Destitution (vv. 26, 28)

4. Predestined Decree (vv. 27, 29)

Concluding Observations:

1. Find your Conscience

2. Forsake Gossip

3. Forgo being Defensive

4. Fly to the Cross

5. Flee from God to God

Text: Job 21:1-34

Title: Zophar’s Parting Shot and Job’s Rejoinder (Part 2)

Main Idea: When accused (or suffering) unjustly flee from God to God

Date: 07/25/2021

Outline:

I. The Last Words of Zophar (20:1–29)

A. The Wicked Die Young (20:4–11)

B. The Wicked Have Temporary Pleasure (Job 20:12–22)

C. The Wicked Die Painful Deaths (Job 20:23–29)

II. Job's Rejoinder (21:1–34)

A. The Wicked Do Live Long Lives (21:7, 14-15, 16-21)

1. They live on and become strong (v. 7)

2. They reject God and His ways (vv. 14-15)

3. They seem to avoid calamity (vv. 17-18)

4. They seem to escape judgment (vv. 19-21)

B. The Wicked Do Live Pleasurable Lives (21:8-13, 16)

1. They have healthy children (vv. 8, 11)

2. They don't experience the discipline of God (v. 9)

3. They have material success (v. 10)

4. They have joy (v. 12)

5. They are prosperous before they quickly die (v. 13)

6. They don't recognize that all they have is due to God (16)

C. The Wicked Do Die the Same as the Righteous (21:22–34)

1. God knows all (v. 22)

2. Death for All (vv. 23-26)

3. Job's Accusation (vv. 27-28)

4. Job's Answer (vv. 29-33)

5. Final Question (v. 34)

Conclusion:

1. Not everything Job claims is Correct

2. There is a Theological and philosophical necessity for judgment

3. Why the godless prosper and the godly suffer is an age-old question

4. A child of God dies differently than those who don't know Christ

5. God is with us; He's good and just—even if we don't feel that way

Text: Job 22:1-30

Title: Disorder in the Court: The Last Words of Eliphaz

Main Idea: You cannot apply right what you know wrong

Date: 01/16/2022

Outline:

I. False Assumptions: The Depth of Job's Sin in Light of God's Indifference (22:1-5)

A. God's Assumed Indifference (1-3)

B. Job's Assumed Sinfulness (4-5)

II. False Accusations: The Delineation of Job's Sin in Light of Three Categories (22:6-11)

A. Job's Sins Enumerated (6-9)

1. Against the Brethren (6)

2. Against the Weary and Hungry (7)

3. Against Widows and Orphans (9)

B. Eliphaz commits "The Fallacy of Assuming the Cause" (10-11)

III. False Allegations: The Defiance of Job's Sin in Light of God's Transcendence (22:12-20)

A. God's Transcendence (12)

B. Job's Alleged Defiance (13-17)

IV. False Applications: The Direction of Job's Sin in Light of God's Restoration (22:21-30)

A. Repentance (21-24)

1. Submit (21)

2. Learn (22)

3. Return (23-24)

B. Restoration (25-30) Note the "If/Then" conditions

1. God Prized Above All (25)

2. God Cherished Above All (26)

3. Prayers Heard (27a)

4. Vows Kept (27b)

5. Decisions Confirmed / Life Illuminated (28)

6. Usefulness to Others Promised (29-30)

Text: Job 23:1-17

Title: When Life is Unfair and God Seems Not to Care (Part 1)

Main Idea: Trust and obey for there IS no other way

Date: 01/30/2022

Outline:

Introduction . . . Trust and obey for there IS no other way!

I. Job Believes He Cannot Find God (23:1–9) - Will I Trust God when I Don't Perceive Him?

A. For Job - God is Absent (1-9)

1. What was the darkest hour that ever struck this earth?

2. Job envisions what would happen if he could get a legal hearing before God

II. Job Believes He is Innocent (23:10–12) - Will I Trust God when Life Seems Unfair?

A. Job's Declaration of Innocence (10-12)

1. Throughout the book so far we’ve seen two things:

a. Job is innocent (he did nothing to deserve his calamity)

b. The three friends assume he’s guilty (his calamity must be the result of his sin)

2. Job knows he didn’t commit crimes that caused his calamity:

a. Based on God’s knowledge (10)

b. Based on Job’s knowledge (11-12)

(1) “How did Job know “the words of God’s mouth?”

III. Job Believes God's Sovereignty is Capricious (23:13–17) - Will I Trust God in His Wise Sovereignty?

A. We see an Accurate Portrayal of God’s Sovereignty (13-14)

B. But for Job - God’s Sovereignty Seemed Capricious (15-17)

C. God’s Sovereignty is Good—Because God is Good

Text: Job 24:1-25

Title: When Life is Unfair and God Seems Not to Care (Part 2)

Main Idea: Trust and obey for there IS no other way

Date: 02/20/2022

Outline:

I. Job Believes He Cannot Find God (23:1–9) - Will I Trust God when I Don't Perceive Him?

II. Job Believes He is Innocent (23:10–12) - Will I Trust God when Life Seems Unfair?

III. Job Believes God's Sovereignty is Capricious (23:13–17) - Will I Trust God in His Wise Sovereignty?

IV. Job Believes the Wicked Triumph (24:1–17) - Will I Trust God when Evil Triumphs?

V. Job Believes Righteousness will Eventually Prevail (24:18-25) - Will I Trust God in His Timing?

Text: 25:1 - 26:14

Title: Bye-Bye Bildad

Main Idea: God’s greatness in what He does is but a whisper in comparison to the thunderous greatness of

Who He is

Date: 03/06/2022

Outline:

I. The Last Words of Bildad (25:1-6)

A. Establishing the Greatness of God (25:1-3)

B. Contrasting the Fallenness of Man (25:4-6)

II. Job’s Reply to Bildad (26:1–14)

A. Bildad Misses the Point (26:1–4)

B. God’s Greatness in what He Does (26:5–13)

1. God’s Greatness Over Death and the Underworld (vv. 5-6)

2. God’s Greatness Over Life and the Creation (vv. 7-10)

3. God’s Greatness Over Adversaries and the Satan (vv. 11-13)

C. God’s Greatness in Who He is (26:14)

“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; and how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?” —Job 26:14

Text: Job 27:1-23

Title: Job's Defense Rests (Part 1): A Vow of Innocence

Main Idea: Job’s vow of innocence

Date: 03/27/2022

Outline:

Introduction: Righteousness and the Book of Job

I. Exoneration: Job Has a Clear Conscience (27:1–6)

A. The Authority (v. 2)

B. The Condition (v. 3)

C. The Promise (v. 4)

II. Exhortation: Job Warns His Friends (27:7–10)

A. Curse or a Warning?

III. Education: Job Desires to Instruct His Friends (27:11–12)

IV. Emulation: Job Uses His Friend’s Words Against Them (27:13–23)

A. Famine and War (v. 14)

B. Plague and the Death of Family (v. 15)

C. Sudden Loss of Wealth (vv. 16-19)

D. Natural Disaster (vv. 20-22)

E. Mocked by Others (v. 23)

Text: Job 28:1-28

Title: An Interlude on Wisdom

Main Idea: Wisdom is the Greatest Treasure You Can Find

Date: 06/26/2022

Outline:

Introduction to Wisdom . . . What is it?

– Proverbs 8

– Job 28 is a pivotal chapter

I. Wisdom Cannot be Found by Great Effort (1–11)

A. The Hard Work of Miners to Gain Earthly Treasure (1-11)

II. Wisdom Cannot be Found in the Created Order (12-14, 20-22)

A. Key Question: Where Can Wisdom and Understanding be Found? (12, 20)

B. Wisdom Cannot be Found in the Land of the Living (13b-14, 21)

C. Wisdom Cannot be Found in the Land of the Dead (22)

III. Wisdom Cannot be Found by Great Wealth (28:15–19)

IV. Wisdom Can Only be Found in a Great God (28:23–28)

A. God’s Omniscience and Omnipresence (23-24)

B. God’s Creative Power in verse 25

C. God’s Providence in verse 26

D. The Key Question Answered in verse 28

1. Wisdom (Chokmah) & Understanding (Binah)

2. Fear of the Lord . . .

Conclusion: What Do You Value?

Text: Job 29:1-25

Title: Job's Defense Rests (Part 2): A Soliloquy on Past Blessing

Main Idea: Don’t live life on the fuel or frowns of the past

Date: 07/10/2022

Outline:

Introduction: Revisiting the Context of Job and Suffering

- Chapter 27 = Job’s Defense

- Chapter 28 = An Interlude on Wisdom

- Chapters 29-31 = Resumption of Job’s Defense

***I. Job’s Past Prosperity (chapter 29)***

***II. Job’s Present Passion (chapter 30)***

***III. Job’s Prospective Pardon (chapter 31)***

I. Job’s Past Prosperity (29:1-25)

A. Blessings Summarized: The Good Old Days (1-3)

“There is no greater sorrow than to remember in misery happier times” – Dante

B. Blessings at Home: The Good Life (4-6)

C. Blessings in the Marketplace: The Respected Life (7-11, 21-25)

D. Blessings Defended: The Good Done for Others (12-17)

E. Blessings Future: The Good to Come (18-20)

“Occasionally weep deeply over the life you hoped would be. Grieve the losses. Then wash your face. Trust God. And embrace the life you have.” – John Piper

Conclusion:

1. The Past is Past — Glorify God In It

2. Live in the Present

3. Be Careful How You Interpret Life

4. Let Your Future Hope Center on That Which Doesn’t Change

5. Be Sure You Are Clothed in Christ’s Righteousness

Text: Job 30:1-31

Title: Job's Defense Rests (Part 3):Singing in the Minor Key

Main Idea: When living in the minor key sing the blues with clarity

Date: 07/24/2022

Outline:

II. Job’s Present Passion (30:1-31)

A. Job Claims He’s Ridiculed by Irresponsible Men (1-15)

B. Job Thinks He’s Being Punished by God (16-19)

C. Job Thinks He’s Being Ignored by God (20-23)

D. Job Laments to the Minor Key of His Life (24-31)

1. The Lyrics of an Unfair Life (24-26)

2. The Lyrics of a Painful Life (27-31)

Conclusion: The Song of Jesus

1. Job was Mocked by sinners (v. 9).

1a. Jesus was Mocked by sinners (Matt. 26:68; 27:39-43).

2. Job was Spit upon (v. 10).

2a. Jesus was Spit upon (Matt. 26:67; 27:30).

3. Job was Afflicted by God (v. 11).

3a. Jesus was Afflicted by God (Isaiah 53:4).

4. Job felt the weight of delayed Prayer (v. 20a).

4a.Jesus felt the weight of delayed Prayer (Mark 14:36).

5. Job felt forsaken in his Sin (v. 22; cf. v. 28).

5a.Jesus was forsaken for our Sin (Psalm 22:1; cf. Matt. 27:46).

Text: Job 31:1-40

Title: Job’s Defense Rests (Part 4): Job’s Closing Argument

Main Idea: Live for the freedom of a clear conscience

Date: 08/07/2022

Outline:

Introduction: Tracking Job’s Defense in Chapters 27-31

III. Job’s Prospective Pardon (31:1-40)

A. Job Claims Innocence Over Nine Categories of Sin

1. Sexual Sin: Lust and Adultery (1-3, 9-12)

2. Hypocrisy: A Duplicitous Life (4-8)

3. Exploitation: Abuse of Power (13-15)

4. Social Indifference: Stinginess (16-23, 31-32)

5. Materialism: Trust in Wealth (24-25)

6. Idolatry: Worship of Idols (26-28)

7. Vengeance: Hatred of Enemies (29-30)

8. Deceit: Secret Sins and the Fear of Man (33-34)

9. Corruption: Mistreatment of Farmers (38-40a)

Concluding Thoughts . . .

1. Job is Concerned With Sins of the Heart (in an age of deeds).

2. Job’s Conduct Parallels the Teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.

3. Job was Righteous Yet Sinful.

Text: Job 32:1 - 33.33

Title: The First Speech of Elihu: God Is The Sovereign

Main Idea: Keep Trusting Your Sovereign and Good God — Especially When Life Hurts

Date: 05/21/2023

Outline:

Introduction: What to Think of Elihu . . .

I. Elihu’s Introduction (Job 32)

A. Ambition of Elihu (1-5, 16-22)

1. Elihu is Angry (1-5)

2. Elihu is Anxious (16-22)

B. Awareness of Elihu (6-12)

C. Argument of the Three (13-15)

II. Elihu’s First Speech (Job 33)

A. Allegations Made by Job (33:1-11)

1. Job is faultless (9)

2. God is unfair (10)

3. God is aloof (11)

B. Answers Given by Elihu (12-30)

1. God is the standard of righteousness (12)

2. God answers to no one (13)

3. God provides (14-30)

a. He provides guidance (14-22)

(1) He guides through revelation — dreams and visions (14-18)

(2) He guides through affliction – pain and suffering (19-22)

b. He provides a mediator (23-30)

(1) Angel, Human Messenger, Messiah?

C. Appeals for Job to Listen to Wisdom (31-33)

Conclusion:

1. For the Believer Suffering is Not Punitive

The teaching of Job’s Three Friends—Not True of Us

2. For the Believer Suffering May be Corrective

The Teaching of Elihu—Might Be True for Us

3. For the Believer Suffering is Always Instructive

Teaching of Elihu—Always True for Us

Text: Job 34:1-37

Title: The Second Speech of Elihu: God is Just

Main Idea: God is the Gold Standard

Date: 06/04/2023

Outline:

II. Elihu's Second Speech: Is God Fair? (34)

A. Announcement For All to Listen (1-4)

* There is a difference between suffering because of your sin or sinning because of your suffering.

B. Allegations Made by Job (5-9)

C. Answers Given by Elihu (10-30)

1. To All (10-15)

a. Elihu's Axiom: God Cannot Err (10-11)

(1) God's Nature (12-15)

2. To Job (16-30)

a. Job Sits in Judgement Over God (16-17)

b. God is the Standard of Righteous Judgment (18-30)

(1) He Judges Without Partiality (18-19)

(2) He Judges Without Uncertainty (20)

(3) He Judges Without Ignorance (21-25)

(4) He Judges Without Secrecy (26-28)

(5) He Judges Without Impatience (29-30)

D. Appeals for Job to Repent ( 31-37)

1. Elihu’s Proposition: Change Your Ways Job (31-33)

2. Elihu’s Challenge: The Trial Must Continue Until Job Reforms (34-37)

Three Concluding Thoughts:

1. You Can’t Know A Standard Without a Voice

2. Standards Are Violated, We Call That Sin

3. The Ultimate Standard Came to Set Us Free

Text: Job 35:1-16

Title: The Third Speech of Elihu: God is Indebted to None

Main Idea: You’re not entitled–and neither am I

Date: 06/25/2023

Outline:

Introduction from Nehemiah 8

III. Elihu’s Third Speech: Is God Obligated? (35:1-16)

A. Job’s Arguments (1-3)

1. Job claims a greater righteousness than God (2)

2. Job claims that being good doesn’t matter (3)

B. Elihu’s Answers (4-15)

1. First Answer: God’s Transcendent Aseity (4-8)

2. Second Answer: Job Has Become Proud (9-15)

a. An example of pride in those who suffer (vv. 9, 12)

b. Elihu gives an example of how people should respond (10-11)

(1) There needs to be the recognition of three things:

(a) God as Creator

(b) God as Comforter

c. God does not hear the prayers of the wicked (13)

d. Application to Job (14-15)

C. Elihu’s Assessment (16)

1. Elihu’s assessment is the same as God’s . . .

Text: Job 36:1 - 37:24

Title: The Fourth Speech of Elihu: God is Great and Good

Main Idea: God’s greatness and goodness lead the believer to repentance

Date: 09/17/2023

Outline:

IV. Elihu's Fourth Speech: God is Great and Good (36-37)

A. Introduction: A Prophetic Voice (36:1-4)

B. God Is Good (36:5-25)

1. His Goodness in Justice (36:5-7)

2. His Goodness in Discipline (36:8-10)

3. An Appeal to Job (36:16-25)

C. God Is Great (36:26-37:23)

1. God's greatness in nature (seasons)

a. God's sovereign glory in the autumn storm (36:26–33)

b. God's sovereign glory in the winter (37:1–13)

c. God's sovereign glory in the summer (37:14–18)

2. Job's inability to understand God's ways (37:19–23)

D. Conclusion: God is to be Feared (37:24)

1. The fear of God and the gospel

Text: Job 38:1-11

Title: God's First Reply to Job: Not “Why” but “Who” (Part 1)

Main Idea: Tough Questions Melt in the Light of God’s Nature

Date: 10/01/2023

Outline:

Introduction: Four things that don’t happen in this first speech and the nagging question of “why?”

1. The initial evaluation of Job in chapter 1 isn’t reversed

2. There are no apologies to Job

3. No great words of encouragement to Job

4. No explanations of why Job was chosen to endure great suffering

I. God's First Reply to Job: Who Are You? (38:1-40:2)

A. God’s Opening Statement (38:1-3)

1. Tetragrammaton: YHWH (v. 1a)

a. Exodus 3 (cf. John 8:38)

2. Theophanies and Christophanies

a. Four reasons why this may be a Christophany:

(1) YHWH addresses creation here with the implication that the Creator is speaking – Jesus is the special agent of creation (John 1:3; Col 1:16)

(2) Job earlier spoke of wanting a mediator between he and God (9:32-33) – Jesus is that Mediator (1 Tim. 2:5)

(3) Jesus is the apex of divine revelation – He is called “the Word” (John 1:1); He is the one through whom the prophets spoke (1 Peter 1:11)

(4) Isaiah’s vision in Isaiah 6 is an example of an appearance of God attributed to be X by New Testament authors (cf. John 12:41)

3. The “Whom” is YHWH — Note the “where” (v. 1b)

4. The first of over 70 questions – key word “knowledge”

B. God as Prosecuting Attorney (38:4-39:30)

1. Job’s Finiteness: Were You There? (38:4-11)

a. Questions about the earth (38:4–7)

(1) Creation (38:4-7)

(a) God is the architect (4-5a)

(b) God is the surveyor (v 5b)

(d) God’s work applauded by angels (7)

b. Questions about the sea (38:8-11)

(1) Birth of the Sea (38:8-9)

(2) Boundaries of the Sea (38:10-11)

Conclusion: Three closing ideas:

1. If we are in Christ we are clothed with Christ

2. Beware of treading too deep into questions of “why?”

3. Every one of us will stand before God

Text: 38:12-30

Title: God's First Reply to Job: Not “Why” but “Who” (Part 2)

Central Idea: Tough Questions Melt in the Light of God’s Nature

Date: October 22, 2023

Outline:

I. God's First Reply to Job: Who Are You? (38:1-40:2)

B. God as Prosecuting Attorney and Judge (38:4-39:30)

2. Job’s Experience: Have You? (38:12-30)

a. Questions about Light and Darkness (38:12-15)

b. Questions about Unexplored places (38:16-17)

c. Questions about the Seasons and Weather (38:22–30)

(1) Expanse of the Earth (18)

(2) Light and Darkness (19-21)

(3) Snow and Hail (22-23)

(4) Lightening and East Winds (24)

(5) Rain (25-27)

(6) Ice and Frost — Father / Mother Metaphor (28-30)

Conclusion: Two closing ideas:

1. Jesus Christ, as God, providentially controls all things

2. Jesus conquered the “King of terrors” (death)

Text: 38:31-39:4

Title: God's First Reply to Job: Not “Why” but “Who” (Part 3)

Central Idea: Tough Questions Melt in the Light of God’s Nature

Date: November 12, 2023

Outline:

B. God as Prosecuting Attorney and Judge (38:4-39:30)

3. Job's Ability: Can You? (38:31-41)

a. Questions about stars and clouds (38:31–38)

(1) Stars (31-33)

(2) Clouds (34-37)

(a) Then there's the question of v. 36

b. Questions about the animal kingdom (38:39–41)

(1) Lions (38:39–40)

(2) Ravens (38:41)

4. Job's Knowledge: Do You Know? (39:1-4)

a. Questions about the animal kingdom, continued (39:1-4)

(1) Goats and deer (39:1–4)

Conclusion:

1. God is bigger than we can fathom.

2. God's faithfulness is bigger than we can fathom.

3. God's work on the Cross is far-greater than we can fathom

Text: 39:5-40:2

Title: God's First Reply to Job: Not “Why” but “Who” (Part 4)

Central Idea: Tough Questions Melt in the Light of God’s Nature

Date: November 19, 2023

Outline:

B. God as Prosecuting Attorney and Judge (38:4-39:30)

5. Job's Impotence: Who is Almighty? (39:5-30)

a. Questions about the animal kingdom, continued (39:5-30)

(1) The Wild Donkey: Independent Existence (39:5–8)

(2) The Wild Oxen: Fearsome Power (39:9–12)

(3) The Ostrich: Humorous Indifference (39:13–18)

(4) The War Horse: Dark and Terrible (39:19–25)

(5) The Hawk: Graceful Flight (39:26)

(6) The Eagle: Life, Death (39:27–30)

C. God's Closing Argument (40:1-2)

Concluding Thoughts:

1. Tough questions melt in the light of God's nature.

2. God delights in His creation—even in its fallen state.

3. If God so enjoys the animal world, how much more people created in his image?

4. If people are created for God's glory, how much more so those of us who have been re-created in

Christ!

5. If the redeemed bring God glory, we ought to be driven to reach the lost so that they may be added to

the chorus.

Text: 40:3-5

Title: Job's First Response to the God of the Whirlwind

Central Idea: God hears the deafening roar of our silence

Date: December 3, 2023

Outline:

I. Job's First Reply to God: I Am Insignificant (40:3-5)

A. Job's Admission: Short of Repentance (40:3-4)

1. Verse 4 – "Insignificant" (better than the NIV's "unworthy") admits little

2. Word "Behold" (v. 4) = Heb. hen ("behold"/"see"/"look" – Also "since" or "if")

3. Job "lays his hand over his mouth" (cf. 21:5; 29:9)

B. Job's Declaration: Committed to Silence (40:5)

1. Five reasons why I interpret this passage as I do:

a. The words Job uses are ambiguous

b. Job doesn't say anything that clearly indicates he's repentant

c. God continues his correction

d. Job's attitude is quite different in chapter 42

e. Some weighty scholars agree

Concluding Thoughts:

1. God knows your heart.

2. God is long-suffering with you.

3. We ought to be long-suffering with each other.

4. Repentance begins at the Cross.

Text: 40:6-41:34

Title: God’s Second Reply to Job: The Lord of the Great and Terrible

Central Idea: The Almighty is Lord of the Great and Terrible

Date: January 28, 2024

Outline:

I. God’s Second Reply to Job: The Lord of the Great and Terrible

A. God’s Charge Against Job (40:6-8)

B. God’s Challenge to Job (40:9-14)

C. God’s Character as Lord of the Great and Terrible (40:15-41:34)

1. God is Lord of Behemoth (40:15-24)

2. God is Lord of Leviathan (41:1-34)

Closing Points (back to the Christophany idea):

1. Jesus as God is Lord Over Evil

2. Jesus as God is Lord Over Suffering

3. Jesus as God is Lord Over Everything

Text: 42:1-6

Title: Job’s Second Reply to God: When Suffering Means Surrender

Central Idea: Sometimes Suffering Means Surrender

Date: February 11, 2024

Outline:

I. Job's Second Reply to God: When Suffering Means Surrender

A. Job’s Realization: God Cannot be Overcome (42:1-2)

1. Two things that Job recognized in verse 2

a. God is omnipotent (2a)

b. God is teleological (2b)

B. Job’s Recognition: Job Admits Ignorance (42:3)

C. Job’s Reeducation: Job is Teachable (42:4)

D. Job’s Revival: Job Now Sees (42:5)

E. Job’s Repentance: Job Drops His Legal Case (42:6)

Concluding Thoughts:

1. Sometimes Suffering Means Surrender

2. God Never Gives Up on Family

3. Experiencing God Means We Truly Know Him

Text: Job 42:17-24

Title: Epilogue: Restoration!

Central Idea: Endure suffering knowing that your reward is sure even if the timing isn’t

Date: March 10, 2024

Outline:

I. God Reprimands Job’s Three Friends (v. 7)

A. YHWH Addresses Eliphaz (v. 7)

1. God’s anger

2. The reason for God’s anger

a. Contrast between the words of the three and the words of Job

(1) How is it that Job “spoke what is right about God?” (cf. v. 8b)

II. The Friends are Reconciled to God (vv. 8-9)

A. Sacrificial Offering and Intercessory Prayer

III. God Restores Job (vv. 10-17)

A. Job is Restored After He Prays (v. 10)

B. The first celebration since 1:4 (v. 11)

C. YHWH’s Blessing (vv. 12-17, cf. v. 10)

1. Double the Livestock (v. 12)

2. Double the Children (v. 13-15)

3. Double the Lifespan (v. 16-17)

Concluding Thoughts:

1. God is gracious in our failures.

2. We are to do the right thing by faith regardless of the consequences.

3. Endure suffering knowing that your reward is sure even if the timing isn’t.

4. The battle scars of suffering remain.

5. Job serves as a type of Christ.

6. Job’s blessing came not by suffering but by faith.