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"Through the Bible" Week 36

"Through the Bible" Week 36. The Repentance of Job. The Book of Job is one of the oldest written documents in the Bible. Quotable sayings in the Book of Job:. 1:21 2:10 3:25 5:7 13:15 14:14 16:19-21 19:20 19:25,26 23:10 28:28 31:1 32:8 42:10.

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"Through the Bible" Week 36

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  1. "Through the Bible" Week 36 • The Repentance of Job

  2. The Book of Job is one of the oldest written documents in the Bible.

  3. Quotable sayings in the Book of Job: • 1:21 2:10 3:25 • 5:7 13:15 14:14 • 16:19-21 19:20 • 19:25,26 23:10 28:28 • 31:1 32:8 42:10

  4. The story of Job reminds us that there is more going on than what we as humans can see or know.

  5. When Job was enduring his hardships, all his friends, and even his relatives abandoned him (19:13-20).

  6. Job is described as a man who • "feared God and shunned evil."

  7. Job 23:13-16 • "But [God] stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases. He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store. That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him. God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me."

  8. The question pondered in the book of Job: • "Why do the righteous suffer, while the wicked seemingly prosper?"

  9. God asks, • "Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?" (40:2,8)

  10. Job answers, • "I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent • in dust and ashes." • (42:2-6)

  11. These all understood the need to confess sin: • Isaiah • Nehemiah • Daniel • Jeremiah • Nineveh King • Paul • John

  12. At the end of the story, Job comes to see himself as one who needs to repent. • Why?

  13. Job had an encounter with God!

  14. Job did not suffer from poor self-esteem! • 29:7-25

  15. Romans 12:3 • "Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you."

  16. Job was honest enough to admit to the sin in his life. • "Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? How many wrongs and sins have I committed? Show me my offense and my sin." (7:21, 23) • In 13:26 he refers to the sins of his youth.

  17. Job is one of the greatest, most remarkable stories of all time. • It forcefully teaches us not to judge people according to the external circumstances of their lives - healthy, wealthy people are not necessarily good, and sickly, poor people are not necessarily wicked. • More importantly, it teaches that all men must approach God with the attitude of humility and repentance.

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