An Overview Of The Book Of Job, Part 2

JOB'S GREAT UNDERSTANDING ABOUT GOD:
- He controls it ALL! - 12:1-25 ; 12:13-25 ; 23:13-14

JOB'S GREAT PLEA:
- For God to stop the pain! - 13:20-24
- For God to explain "Why?" - 13:20-24 ; 23:2-
- A mediator between him and God to argue Job's condition before God! - 9:32-35 ; 16:21
- I'm innocent! - 27:3-6

JOB'S GREAT QUESTION:
- Can the dead live again? - 14:14

JOB'S GREAT HOPE:
- To see God one day! - 19:25-27

JOB'S GREAT FRUSTRATION ABOUT LIFE:
- The wicked enjoy life and get away with things! - 12:6 ; 21:7-18 ; 21:30-33 ; 24:1-17

JOB'S GREAT PAST: (Chapter 29)
- God took care of me! - 2
- God guided me in what to do! - 3
- God's friendship was felt in my home! - 4
- God and his children surrounded him! - 5
- Financially productive and wealthy! - 6
- Enjoyed high respect and admiration from the community and its leaders! - 7
- Everyone spoke well of him! - 15
- Tremendously philanthropic! - 12 ; 36:18-20
- Assisted the poor and orphans! - 13
- Gave hope to the hopeless! - 13
- Helped widows! - 13
- Helped the blind and lame! - 15
- All who came for help received it! - 16
- Delivered those in debt! - 17
- Covered In Righteous Living! - 14
- Honesty! - 14
- Right Living Before God! - 14
- A turban of justice! - 14
- Wisdom poured from his lips and everyone loved it! - 21-23
- Encouraged the discouraged! - 24-25
- Wept and grieved for those in pain! - 30:25

JOB'S GREAT DEFENSE: (Chapter 31)
- Didn't commit adultery! - 1
- Haven't lied to anyone! - 5
- Haven't coveted anything! - 7
- Haven't had an affair with anyone! - 9
- Haven't been unfair to his employees! - 13
- Haven't refused help to the poor, needy, homeless, widows, or orphans! - 16-23
- Haven't put my trust in wealth! - 24
- Haven't bragged about my wealth! - 25
- Haven't sought revenge on my enemies or been happy about their misfortune! - 29-30
- Haven't cursed anyone! - 30
- Havent' ever turned anyone away from help, but opened my doors to everyone! - 31-32
- Haven't tried to hide my sin! - 33-34

JOB'S GREAT REGRET:
- Questioning God's wisdom and complaining about what God was doing to him! - 42:3-6

An Overview Of The Book Of Job

As you read the next three chapters and the rest of Job, you'll begin to see the following:

JOB'S GREAT TRAGEDY:
- Loses his wealth and source of income in ONE DAY! - 1:13-22
- Loses most of his employees in ONE DAY! - 1:13-22
- Loses all of his children in THE SAME DAY! - 1:13-22
- Loses his health some time later! 2:6-8 ; 7:3-5
- Loses his wife (in a sense)! - 2:9-10 ; 19:17
- Loses his friends to false accusations and they assassin his character! - 6:26-30 ; 12:4-5
- Loses his reputation and respect within the community! - 17:6
- Loses the respect and love of his own family! - 19:13-20

JOB'S GREAT PAIN:
- Wishes he had NEVER lived! - 3:3-19
- Absolutely miserable! - 3:20 ; 6:2-3
- Is deeply bitter! - 3:20 ; 9:18 ; 17:1
- Wants to die! - 3:21
- Sees to future for himself! - 3:23 ; 6:11-13 ; 17:11
- A total loss of appetite! - 3:24
- Has NO peace! - 3:26
- Hates his life! - 7:16
- Reduced to skin and bones! - 16:8 ; 17:7
- Is utterly humiliated! - 30:11
- Is in deep depression! - 30:36

JOB'S GREAT COMPULSION:
- To express his anger! - 7:11 ; 10:1
- To complain to God! - 7:17-21 ; 10:1 ; 21:4
- To accuse God! - 10:13-17 ; 19:6 ; 30:16-23

Job 1-3

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The book of Job has been considered one of the oldest and most fascinating books of the Bible. It is the first of 5 books commonly called the "Books of Poetry", which include Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon. They are called this due to the poetic style of writing compared to the narrative style of the other books of the Bible.
- Job tells us "How to suffer"
- Psalms tells us "How to pray"
- Proverbs tells us "How to act"
- Ecclesiastes tells us "How to enjoy life"
- Song of Solomon tells us "How to love"

Job 1 is an eye opener! It tells us how Satan and other angels came to appear before the Almighty presence of God and how they were to give account of what they were doing.

Here are a couple of lessons we can learn from these 3 chapters:

1) God will sometimes test us! God was proud of Job. So proud, that He bragged about his integrity to Satan. Unfortunately, Satan hated that comment! Consequently, he accused God of surrounded him with His blessings and challenged Him to test Job by allowing him to take away all that was near and dear to Job. God agreed to the test and allowed Satan to test Job. However, God knew something that Satan didn't know! God knew exactly what Job was made of. He knew Job would endure the test...and he did!

Listen, God never allows us to go through a temptation that we're not able to bear. He will never allow Satan to attempt anything He knows will absolutely destroy us. God knew Job's limits and He knows your limits as well! Unfortunately, we don't always pass the test like Job did!

2)) No one has had it worse than Job! There are many people who have experienced terrible tragedies in life, but no one has probably experienced quite the destruction of life that Job experienced. I've heard many people complain about how they've been victimized by circumstances, but Job's circumstances go way beyond what most people have gone through! Notice what he lost (all at once!):
- His wealth (cattle, sheep, camels, etc)
- His children (7 of them!)
- His servants (employees)
- His health (nearly died!)
- His wife tells him to curse God and die!
- His spirit is wounded deeply - 6:4

It was so bad, that he wished:
- He had never been born
- He could die!

The next time you feel you've been victimized by circumstances or feel like God has abandoned you, read the book of Job!

God bless!