QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 1:1-22 12. There is only one act that can break the solitude of man enslaved in a world of sin and evil. What is it? 13. Just where was Uz? Give two possibilities. 14. What is the meaning of the name Job? 15. Discuss the four virtues of the man Job. How do these virt... [ Continue Reading ]
PROLOGUE TO THE GREAT TESTING _MYSTERY OF SILENCE JOB:_ MIRROR OF MODERN MANJob 1:1, Job 2:13 1. Job's wealth and piety (Job 1:1-5) TEXT 1:1-5 1 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 turned away from evil. (2) And... [ Continue Reading ]
2. Satan's insinuation (Job 1:6-10) TEXT 1:6-10 (6) NOW IT CAME TO PASS ON THE DAY WHEN THE SONS OF GOD CAME TO PRESENT THEMSELVES BEFORE JEHOVAH, THAT SATAN ALSO CAME AMONG THEM. (7) AND JEHOVAH SAID ONTO SATAN, WHENCE COMEST THOU? THEN SATAN ANSWERED JEHOVAH, AND SAID, FROM GOING TO AND FRO IN T... [ Continue Reading ]
3. Satan asks and receives permission to test Job. (Job 1:11-12) TEXT 1:11, 12 (11) BUT PUT FORTH THY HAND NOW, AND TOUCH ALL THAT HE HATH, AND HE WILL RENOUNCE THEE TO THY FACE. (12) AND JEHOVAH SAID UNTO SATAN, BEHOLD, ALL THAT HE HATH IS IN THY POWER; ONLY UPON HIMSELF PUT NOT FORTH THY HAND. S... [ Continue Reading ]
4. The first trialloss of possessions and loved ones (Job 1:13-19) TEXT 1:13-19 (13) And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, (14) that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding... [ Continue Reading ]
5. Job maintains his integrity. (Job 1:20-22) TEXT 1:20-22 (20) THEN JOB AROSE, AND RENT HIS ROBE, AND SHAVED HIS HEAD, AND FELL DOWN UPON THE GROUND, AND WORSHIPPED; (21) AND HE SAID, NAKED CAME I OAT OF MY MOTHER'S WOMB, AND NAKED SHALL I RETURN THITHER: JEHOVAH GAVE, AND JEHOVAH HATH TAKEN AWAY... [ Continue Reading ]