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Dealing with Life’s Difficulties Studies in the Book of Job

Dealing with Life’s Difficulties Studies in the Book of Job. Dealing with Life’s Difficulties Session 1 Why Job?. Amazing Praise for the Book of Job “Tomorrow, if all literature was to be destroyed and it was left to me to retain one work only, I should save Job.” (Victor Hugo).

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Dealing with Life’s Difficulties Studies in the Book of Job

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  1. Dealing with Life’s DifficultiesStudies in the Book of Job

  2. Dealing with Life’s DifficultiesSession 1Why Job?

  3. Amazing Praise for the Book of Job“Tomorrow, if all literature was to be destroyed and it was left to me to retain one work only, I should save Job.” (Victor Hugo)

  4. Amazing Praise for the Book of Job“Tomorrow, if all literature was to be destroyed and it was left to me to retain one work only, I should save Job.” (Victor Hugo)“…the greatest poem, whether of ancient or modern literature.” (Tennyson)

  5. Amazing Praise for the Book of Job“Tomorrow, if all literature was to be destroyed and it was left to me to retain one work only, I should save Job.” (Victor Hugo)“…the greatest poem, whether of ancient or modern literature.” (Tennyson)“The Book of Job taken as a mere work of literary genius, is one of the most wonderful productions of any age or of any language.” (Daniel Webster)

  6. Key Verse There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 

  7. AUTHOR

  8. AUTHOR: JOB DATE

  9. AUTHOR: JOB DATE: “Patriarchal Period” [2000 BC] HISTORICITY

  10. AUTHOR: JOB DATE: “Patriarchal Period” [2000 BC] HISTORICITY: Yes [1 Sam. 1:1, Ezekiel 14, James 5:11] INSPIRATION

  11. PURPOSE: Most people say:

  12. PURPOSE: Most people say: To answer the question “Why do bad things happen to good people?”

  13. PURPOSE: Most people say: To answer the question “Why do bad things happen to good people?” But I suggest:

  14. Patience = waiting for something good to happen [Abraham, Simeon]

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