Job & Eliphaz exchange words but NOT understanding
Thru the Bible: Job 4-6
Job continues to speak from the bitterness of his heart while his friend Eliphaz offers good counsel, but which leads to wrong conclusions.
Continue readingJob & Eliphaz exchange words but NOT understanding
Thru the Bible: Job 4-6
Job continues to speak from the bitterness of his heart while his friend Eliphaz offers good counsel, but which leads to wrong conclusions.
Continue readingJob’s trials are now in full bloom and his friends, upon hearing of it, come to comfort him.
After 7 days of silence sitting in ashes of mourning, Job speaks from the bitterness of his heart and curses the day of his birth. He also offers subtle blame at God for being complicit with his suffering.
His friend Eliphaz hears his words and discerns his heart of grief offering advice that was both solid and mistaken all at the same time.
Continue readingGod gave permission to satan to attack Job due to an accusation against Job’s character and godly fear. This permission included all Job possessed.
Last week we examined how that could have included his adult children. This week we are examining how this could have affected his servants who also lost their lives.
At the end we just introduce the beginning of chapter 2 and Job’s second trial.
Continue readingAs Job’s trials begin we see that the target of accusation is really God.
In this message we begin to uncover some of the basics regarding the suffering of the godly. We also address the issue of Job’s children dying and its connection with Job.
This discussion touches on the topics of authority, what we think we know about satan and demons, temptation and the nature of the coflict between satan and God.
Continue readingThe first two chapters of Job are pivotal in understanding the whole book.
In this first chapter, we see that Job is blameless, upright and shuns evil. He is concerned for his children and so offers burnt sacrifices for them regularly.
After having sought the whole earth, satan sets his heart on Job to destroy him and so approaches God for permission.
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