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Scriptural Text:
2708 Right Attitude First Recommended
A leading citizen of Huntsville, Ala., came to me and said: “I want to be a Christian, I want to love God and do right but I can’t believe in the divinity of Christ to save my life.”
I said: “Don’t come to me with a talk like that; do just as Christ told you to do, and if you don’t make the landing I’ll swim out to you and drown with you.”
“Well,” said the man, “what would you have me to do?”
I replied: “Come to the meeting tonight, and when I call for sinners, you be the first to come forward.
When the doors of the church are opened, you join.”
The gentleman replied: “What, join the church when I can’t believe!” “Now,” I said, “I told you to keep your mouth shut; I am prescribing for you and you take the remedy, and I’ll warrant the cure.”
That night he walked up and joined the church.
I said to him: “Go home now and have family prayer, and come back to the service tomorrow, and I’ll ask you to pray in public: I’ll get you straightened out if you will just keep your mouth shut.”
That night he had family prayer, and started right; then I called him to pray in public, and he offered a very earnest prayer.
He has started right, and a few months afterwards when I went back to Huntsville for a service, I said: “How is Brother Blank getting on?”
The pastor replied: “He is one of the best members we have.”
“How is he on the divinity of Christ?” “Oh, he has quit doubting long ago.”
I have always believed that if a man would put himself in the right attitude for salvation that God would lead him into the light.
—James R. Stuart
However, it seems reasonable to suggest that God's primary audience for Job is everyone--all the people of every nation and generation:
⇒ To give an example and warning to us
"Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come" ().
⇒ To teach us how to live when facing the heartaches and agonizing pain of trials and affliction.
"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope" ().
The great book of Job explores the mystery of suffering.
⇒ To give an example and warning to us
"Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come" ().
⇒ To teach us how to live when facing the heartaches and agonizing pain of trials and affliction.
"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope" ().
Purpose :
1.
The Historical Purpose: The great book of Job explores the mystery of suffering.
It attempts to answer such questions as:
Why do bad things happen to good people (1:1-2:10)?
Purpose :
Purpose :
Why does God allow people to suffer, especially those who truly believe in and obey Him with all their hearts (1:1-42:17)?
What should a person's attitude or outlook be toward suffering?
How should a person respond to suffering?
Will a person curse and renounce God?
Or question God's justice and fairness because He allowed the suffering?
Or will a person trust God, believing with all his or her heart that God will work all things out for good?
How can a true believer who is suffering agonizing loss and affliction be victorious throughout the ordeal?
How can the believer maintain a strong relationship with the Lord--really trust the Lord--when he or she cannot understand the purpose for the suffering?
What must the afflicted believer do to become a strong witness to others?
Purpose :
Purpose :
1.
The Historical Purpose: The great book of Job explores the mystery of suffering.
It attempts to answer such questions as:
It attempts to answer such questions as:
Why do bad things happen to good people (1:1-2:10)?
Why do bad things happen to good people (1:1-2:10)?
Why does God allow people to suffer, especially those who truly believe in and obey Him with all their hearts (1:1-42:17)?
Why does God allow people to suffer, especially those who truly believe in and obey Him with all their hearts (1:1-42:17)?
What should a person's attitude or outlook be toward suffering?
What should a person's attitude or outlook be toward suffering?
How should a person respond to suffering?
Will a person curse and renounce God?
Or question God's justice and fairness because He allowed the suffering?
Or will a person trust God, believing with all his or her heart that God will work all things out for good?
How should a person respond to suffering?
Will a person curse and renounce God?
Or question God's justice and fairness because He allowed the suffering?
Or will a person trust God, believing with all his or her heart that God will work all things out for good?
How can a true believer who is suffering agonizing loss and affliction be victorious throughout the ordeal?
How can a true believer who is suffering agonizing loss and affliction be victorious throughout the ordeal?
How can the believer maintain a strong relationship with the Lord--really trust the Lord--when he or she cannot understand the purpose for the suffering?
How can the believer maintain a strong relationship with the Lord--really trust the Lord--when he or she cannot understand the purpose for the suffering?
What must the afflicted believer do to become a strong witness to others?
What must the afflicted believer do to become a strong witness to others?
(1:1-2:13) Introduction: Have you ever been coasting along comfortably in life with everything going fairly well, then, without warning, things began to crumble?
For months, perhaps years, you had been relatively peaceful, stable, and happy.
You were experiencing no major trouble or hardship.
When the normal difficulties of everyday life arose, they were easily worked out.
Whatever life threw at you was manageable and under control.
But then, suddenly, something happened.
Some tragedy struck so quickly and unexpectedly that things seemed to come crashing down around you.
For years you had been working hard to build a good life for yourself and family, but then, without warning, your good life was threatened, interrupted, and perhaps damaged beyond repair.
Think for a minute about these scenarios:
⇒ A good relationship suddenly deteriorates and falls apart.
⇒ A child starts acting up or gets into serious trouble.
⇒ Unexpected bills arise or an investment goes bad.
⇒ You lose your job, home, or a beloved family member.
⇒ You are diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.
In other words, tragedy strikes and you feel attacked by fate, bad fortune, Satan, or even the Lord.
You believe you are doing everything right but, in return, your life begins to unravel around you.
On top of that, nothing you do seems to change or improve the situation.
Hopelessness sets in and there appears to be no way out of your desperate situation.
This was the position Job found himself in.
Job had a good life, in fact, a very successful, satisfying, and happy life.
He was a moral and righteous man who loved the Lord with all his heart.
Then suddenly, out of nowhere, one tragedy after another bombarded him.
Before Job could comprehend what was happening, it was all over.
He had lost everything.
His ideal life was interrupted by Satanic attacks and horrible suffering.
This is the captivating drama of the book of Job, the real-life story of a godly man under assault by the evil one, Satan himself.
In the opening two chapters, we witness a riveting account of the warfare waged in the spiritual world for the lives of men and women.
This is, Job's Rich Life and Happiness Interrupted by Satanic Attacks and Horrible Suffering, 1:1-2:13.
Job's Rich Life and Happiness Interrupted by Satanic Attacks and Horrible Suffering, 1:1-2:13.
1. Job's remarkable life, character, and faith in God (1:1-5).
1. Job's remarkable life, character, and faith in God (1:1-5).
2. Job's accuser and adversary—Satan (1:6-12).
3. Job's faithfulness despite catastrophic loss (1:13-22).
4. Job's relentless enemy and attacker—Satan (2:1-6).
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