The story of Job is one of the best-known in the entire Bible yet, strangely enough, one of the least understood. It is a profoundly provocative book that is a journey into the inscrutable ways of God. The book addresses such confounding issues as: Why do the righteous suffer? Where is God when tragedy…

Sermon: Job the Faithful Servant Job 1:20 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 (blessed)."…

Text: Job Thesis: To note that we must be faithful to God regardless of our situation because God is in control and in the end everything will be as it should. Introduction: (1) Job’s name means “he who weeps.” (2) The date of the book bearing his name: (a) Job, the patriarch, lived sometime around the…

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Satan is very busy. Remember – God is in control. Satan is very busy – ‘going to and fro on the earth…walking up and down on it’. Why is Satan ‘roaming through the earth’? – ‘Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour’(Job 1:7;…

Why do the Righteous Suffer? The advantage that one who reads the story of Job has over Job is that the Bible tells us what is going on behind the scenes; Job did not know what was happening just as those who are suffering now do not know why they are suffering. John Walvoord writes similarly in The…

One of my duties as your pastor is to preach and pray in such a way that you are prepared in mind and heart not to curse God when calamity strikes you or your family. But even more important than preparing you for calamity is teaching you to worship God and bless him no matter how intense the grief or…

Job: Intro Title From LXX Reflects common name in ANE Author Job or Moses Date Written Historicity even if these three men —Noah, Daniel, and Job —were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it,…

This text teaches us about the nature of 3 Charactors: 1. God and how he sees those who love him, 2. Job an upright man of God & 3. Satan our adversary and what he knows concerning how to attack the beleiver once hes given the permisson to do so by God.

Today we begin a sermon series on the book of Job. Which is great because I have been doing an online daily devotion on Job for a while now and I know that people have been struggling with it so my prayer is that this will help us all understand the story and meaning behind this wisdom literature just…

Allow the trials of life show you who God is.

Job Introduction On Tuesday, we met my mother and my brother and sister-in-law for supper and then attended the opera. After supper, we both drove to the concert hall. I dropped Carla off in front and then went to find a parking place. My brother left the restaurant parking lot after I did and after…

a man tested on his faith

Job Chapters 1-2

Wisdom Anyone? How to live well Success Has a beginning The Fear of the Lord

INTRO: Have you ever felt as the world around you is falling apart? Like everything is going wrong. every wall that seems to fall is falling on you. That is Job . When life throws trials and tribulation we can feel hopeless. When we feel the darkness closing in on us we can sometimes feel in the state…