Date written: September 25th, 2005
Scripture ref: Job 1:1-8<\/p>\n
SUBJECT: Suffering, God<\/p>\n
PROPOSITION: In this lesson we will look at several lessons from the book of Job on the subject of suffering.<\/p>\n
OBJECTIVE: That each would be able to understand how to deal with suffering in one’s own life and also in the lives of others.<\/p>\n
INTRODUCTION:<\/p>\n
1. Read: Job 1:1-8<\/p>\n
2. About the Text:<\/p>\n
1) Job was a righteous man.<\/p>\n
2) God told Satan about this.<\/p>\n
3) Satan challenged God.<\/p>\n
4) God accepted the challenge.<\/p>\n
5) Job was tried.<\/p>\n
a. By his losses.<\/p>\n
b. By his family.<\/p>\n
c. By his disease.<\/p>\n
d. By his friends.<\/p>\n
3. Ref. to S, T, P, O, and A.<\/p>\n
DISCUSSION:<\/p>\n
I. Sometimes, the righteous suffer because they are righteous.<\/p>\n
1. Job 1:8 “Have you considered my servant Job?”<\/p>\n
2. Matthew 5:10-12 “Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake.”<\/p>\n
3. 2 Timothy 3:12 “yeah all that would live godly..”<\/p>\n
II. It is not wrong to desire death; it is wrong to act upon it.<\/p>\n
1. Job 3:20-21 Job desired death.<\/p>\n
2. Hebrews 9:27 Death is appointed for all men.<\/p>\n
3. Proverbs 6:16-17 It is sinful to take innocent blood whether it is one’s own or another’s.<\/p>\n
III. Those who are suffering need comfort, not criticism.<\/p>\n
1. Job 6:14 “To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend”<\/p>\n
2. Job 16:5 “But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.”<\/p>\n
3. Proverbs 17:17 “A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”<\/p>\n
4. Romans 12:15 “Rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep.”<\/p>\n
IV. God isn’t necessarily responsible for suffering.<\/p>\n
1. Job 6:4 “For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.”<\/p>\n
2. Galatians 6:7,8 “Be not deceived, God is not mocked.”<\/p>\n
3. 1 Peter 5:8 “…seeking whom he may devour.”<\/p>\n
V. God doesn’t act unjustly.<\/p>\n
1. Job 8:3 “Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?”<\/p>\n
2. Job 34:12 “Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.”<\/p>\n
3. Genesis 18:25 “Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?”<\/p>\n
4. Romans 3:4-6 (read).<\/p>\n
VI. Man isn’t the final judge.<\/p>\n
1. Job 13:8 “Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?”<\/p>\n
2. Matthew 7:1-6 (read)<\/p>\n
3. James 4:11 “Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.”<\/p>\n
VII. Sometimes the wicked do prosper while the righteous suffer.<\/p>\n
1. Job 21:17 “How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?”<\/p>\n
2. Psalm 73:3,12 (read)<\/p>\n
VIII.In suffering, God’s silence isn’t necessarily his disapproval.<\/p>\n
1. Job 30:20 “I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.”<\/p>\n
2. Psalm 22:2 “O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.”<\/p>\n
3. Matthew 27:46 “Why hast thou forsaken me?”<\/p>\n
IX. God doesn’t answer to man.<\/p>\n
1. Job 33:13 God doesn’t give account to man as if man were God’s boss. “Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.”<\/p>\n
2. Job 41:10,11 If man can’t stand before God’s creation, how much less can he stand before God? ” None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.”<\/p>\n
3. Isaiah 46:10 “My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:”<\/p>\n
X. Suffering doesn’t justify sin.<\/p>\n
1. Job 36:21 “Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.”<\/p>\n
2. Hebrews 11:25 “Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.”<\/p>\n
XI. Regardless of how much suffering we endure, God is always to be praised.<\/p>\n
1. Job 1:21 “The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, blessed.”<\/p>\n
2. Job 13:15 “Though he slay me yet will I trust him.”<\/p>\n
3. Job 35:10 None say where is God who gives songs in the night.<\/p>\n
4. Job 40:8 We don’t condemn God to justify ourselves.<\/p>\n
CONCLUSION:<\/p>\n
1. The book of Job is just as relevant today as it was written thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n
2. It is relevant because man still suffers today.<\/p>\n
3. God’s word has all of the answers that we look for in life if we will trust it.<\/p>\n
4. Have you trusted God’s word today?<\/p>\n
5. Invitation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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