JOB BIBLE STUDIES
Innocence Lost and Regained
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GOD IS IN
CONTROL
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"Naked
came I out of my mother's womb,
and naked shall I return thither: the
LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away;
blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21).
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DIFFICULT
QUESTIONS ARE RAISED BY THE SOVEREIGN
OUTWORKING OF GOD'S WILL IN THE WORLD
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WHY DO BAD
THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE
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"What?
shall we receive good at the hand
of God, and shall we not receive evil? In
all this did not Job sin with his lips" (Job 2:10).
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JOB KEPT HIS
INTEGRITY . . . UNTIL . . .
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THE BOOK OF
JOB
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Job is an Old Testament book that most interpret as addressing the
perplexing question of why the righteous suffer. This conclusion
probably comes from the fact that the heart of the book, Chapter 3-37,
contains Job’s three friends and the mysterious Elihu debating Job’s
wretched conditions. What did Job do to deserve such treatment by a
righteous God?
The telling of Job’s story has in it the story of every man. In
fact, the sequence of events may contain the mystery of life, even
though the players in the story are unaware of what is at work beneath
the surface. They are concerned with the obvious, why is Job suffering.
The answer to that question is never given other than God is completely
moral and man can never completely understand how this moral law is
achieved. There is more to the story than the question of why bad things
happen to good people.
The underlying theme of the book seems to deal with the concept of
evil. How does evil occur in a perfectly good world? The storyline of
the book does not follow the events of what has happened to Job (the
debate over why the righteous suffer) but rather the reactions of Job to
these calamities and the following debates.
The adversities of Job actually seem to be a part of the human
dilemma. Man has the treasure of life (incorruptible, immortal,
glorious, and powerful) in an earthen vessel (corruptible, mortal,
infamy, and weak). How does man fall (the inception of evil) from the
lofty state of the good life?
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The Theme of the Book of Job
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Age of Innocence — Chapters 1 & 2 |
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Innocence Lost — Chapters 3 - 31 |
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The Three Friends Who Came to Mourn and Give Comfort
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Eliphas — Chapters 4-5, 15, and 22 |
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Job Responds — Chapters 6-7, 16
& 17, and 23-24
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Bildad — Chapters 8, 18, and 25 |
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Job Responds — Chapters 8-9, 19, and
26-31 |
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Zophar — Chapters 11 and 20 |
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Job Responds — Chapters 12-14 and 21 |
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(Summarized by Elihu — Chapters 32-37) |
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God Intervenes — Chapters 38-41 |
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Job Responds — Chapter 40:3-5 and Chapter 42:1-6
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Innocence Regained — Chapter 42 |
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