The document is a summary of the Book of Job from the Bible. It describes how Job was a faithful servant of God who suffered great losses of his possessions and health. His wife told him to curse God, but Job maintained his faith. God then restored Job's fortunes, showing that true faith is maintained through good and bad times. The summary emphasizes that God, not Satan, is in control and allows suffering to test humanity's loyalty to Him.
Many blame God for their sufferings, sicknesses, miseries and other mishaps in their lives. He is not the One to be blamed. He is your Heavenly Father.
(Matthew 7:11) If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN GIVE GOOD THINGS to those who ask him!
God is good all the time!
Re-routing to joy path #8 is through suffering. It strikes every one of us, somehow, some way. Yet, our redemptive God uses even the very worst that happens to us to bring us, eventually, to a kind of joy that nothing else will produce! Though it is painful, it brings us back to God in a way that nothing else can.
Many blame God for their sufferings, sicknesses, miseries and other mishaps in their lives. He is not the One to be blamed. He is your Heavenly Father.
(Matthew 7:11) If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN GIVE GOOD THINGS to those who ask him!
God is good all the time!
Re-routing to joy path #8 is through suffering. It strikes every one of us, somehow, some way. Yet, our redemptive God uses even the very worst that happens to us to bring us, eventually, to a kind of joy that nothing else will produce! Though it is painful, it brings us back to God in a way that nothing else can.
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Devices Against the Believer
I. Satan Resists Our Cleansing
II. Satan Resists Our Full Surrender
III. Satan Lifts Us Up with Pride
IV. Satan Resists Our Service
V. Satan Sifts the Believer
VI. The Believer's Victory
When the Creator uses the Incinerator- 1Kings 17Bible Preaching
When the Creator uses the Incinerator- 1Kings 17
I. For Elijah- IT WAS A TRIAL of THE MIND.
II. For the Widow- IT WAS A TRIAL of THE HEART.
• Conclusion:
This PowerPoint is a great summary of the story of Cain & Abel. It shows with multiple Bible passages why God acted the way he did, and what kind of sacrifice He is looking for from us as well.
A study of the events of 1 Kings 21 - Naboth's Vineyard, Elijah and King Ahab - given at Laindon Old Paths Christadelphians Bible Class on 20th September 2017
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Foundation Stone #12: Eternal Judgment for All PeopleRick Bruderick
The Maker has a right to judge what He has made. God has the right to judge people, and He already has, at times in history. But the final Judgment Day is coming when all people who ever lived will be judged together.
There are five kinds of deadly sins. Doing what is forbidden of God. Neglecting to do what is commanded. Adding to God's Word. Taking from God's Word. Substituting something else for what God has commanded.
In Genesis 26 the patriarch, Isaac, committed the same sin as his father, Abraham. This chapter also provides us with a model for appropriate responses to conflict.
Abraham enters into a dispute with his neighbors over the use of wells. The focus is on how he handles the conflict. Download Free PowerPoint Sermon of Genesis 26:1-33 at www.BibleGuy.org
Lesson 18 of 26 in a series on Old Testament Vistas. This sermon on the Book of Job was presented March 27, 2011, at Palm Desert Church of Christ, by Dale Wells.
Devices Against the Believer
I. Satan Resists Our Cleansing
II. Satan Resists Our Full Surrender
III. Satan Lifts Us Up with Pride
IV. Satan Resists Our Service
V. Satan Sifts the Believer
VI. The Believer's Victory
When the Creator uses the Incinerator- 1Kings 17Bible Preaching
When the Creator uses the Incinerator- 1Kings 17
I. For Elijah- IT WAS A TRIAL of THE MIND.
II. For the Widow- IT WAS A TRIAL of THE HEART.
• Conclusion:
The strange case of Job, poster child of the proverbially wiseMichael Scaman
Job is a book about finding meaning in suffering.
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1. If there is no God, why is there so much
good?
If there is a God, why is there so much
evil?
-Augustine
THE PROBLEM WITH
EVIL
By Celine
2. The Book of Job
Title:
“Job” means “persecuted one”(Hebrew) or “repent”(Arabic) The title is
taken from the main character in the book-Job
Writer:
Unknown
Location:
Job is the first of the books in the Poetry section of the Old Testament, and
the 18th book in the Bible.
Discoveries:
Job isn’t a common name used today, but back in Job’s time, it was
popular enough to appear several times in the writing that were
discovered. This showed that the book is very, very old.
3. Part 1: Introduction of Job
1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was
Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and
shunned evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters, 3 and
he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels,
five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and
had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man
among all the people of the East.
4 His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their
birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and
drink with them. 5 When a period of feasting had run its
course, Job would make arrangements for them to be
purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt
offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have
sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s
regular custom.
4. Part 2: The Meeting of the angles
6 One
day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD,
and Satan also came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, “Where
have you come from?”
Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth,
going back and forth on it.”
8 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant
Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright,
a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. 10 “Have you not
put a hedge around him and his household and everything he
has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and
herds are spread throughout the land. 11 But now stretch out your
hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to
your face.”
12 The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in
your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”
Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
5. Part 3: Job’s First Test
13 One
day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest
brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the
donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They
put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”
16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The fire of God fell from
the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has
escaped to tell you!”
17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The Chaldeans formed
three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put
the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”
18 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and
daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, 19 when suddenly
a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It
collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”
20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in
worship 21 and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will depart.
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;
may the name of the LORD be praised.”
22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.
6. Part 4: The Meeting of the angles: Part
2
2 On another day the angels came to present themselves before
the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before
him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth,
going back and forth on it.”
3 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant
Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright,
a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his
integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any
reason.”
4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his
own life. 5 But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and
bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
6 The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but
you must spare his life.”
7. Part 5: Job’s Second Test
7 So
Satan went out from the presence of
the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the
soles of his feet to the crown of his head. 8 Then Job
took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself
with it as he sat among the ashes.
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your
integrity? Curse God and die!”
10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman.
Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
8. Part 6: The arrival of Job’s friends
11 When
Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the
Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the
Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had
come upon him, they set out from their homes and
met together by agreement to go and sympathize with
him and comfort him. 12 When they saw him from a
distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began
to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled
dust on their heads. 13 Then they sat on the
ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No
one said a word to him, because they saw how great
his suffering was.
9. Epilogue Part 1: The Commands of God
7 After
the LORD had said these things to Job, he said
to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and
your two friends, because you have not spoken the
truth about me, as my servant Job has. 8 So now take
seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant
Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My
servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his
prayer and not deal with you according to your
folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my
servant Job has.” 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad
the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what
the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s
prayer.
10. Epilogue Part 2: God’s Blessings
10 After
Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and
gave him twice as much as he had before.11 All his brothers and sisters and
everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house.
They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the LORD had brought
on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
12 The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part.
He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of
oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13 And he also had seven sons and three
daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah
and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land were there found
women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an
inheritance along with their brothers.
16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and
their children to the fourth generation. 17 And so Job died, an old man and
full of years.
11. Job
A loyal servant of God, he’s heart-broken and confused when
these thing happened to him. Why did these things happen to
him if he didn’t commit anything wrong. When his wife told
him to curse God, he scold her, saying you can’t accept the
good without the bad.
12. God
The Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, God allowed
Satan to test Job’s loyalty, while restraining him. He’s very
pleased when Job pass all of Satan’s tests, deciding to tell
Job that his place is to worship and praise him.
13. Satan
Once an angel of the Lord, Satan thinks that Job will turn
away from God if he makes him suffer and takes away all that
he has.
Remember though, God has power over Satan, therefore he
also has power over Satan’s tools. God himself gave
permission for Job’s suffering
14. Conclusion
If you’re willing to admit that God’s in charge of everything,
the good and the bad, then take some time this week to pray
alone. Confess to God that you’re not in charge and that he
is. Tell God you’ll follow him no matter what happened in the
past, and what’ll happen in the future. If you’re not able to
pray this yet and mean it, simply ask God to help change
your heart.
(An Inductive Bible Study for Teens in the Book of Job)