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JOB 19:25I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
JOB ...• is the happiest man
on earth
• is righteous
• is honest
• is God-fearing
• detests evil
JOB’S DESTINYGod allows the devil to test Job:
• He loses all his possessions
• He loses his 10 children
• He loses his wife
• He loses his health
1. WHY DOES GOD LET THIS HAPPEN?
The name JOB means:
WHERE is the father?
JOB 30:20-21I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me. You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me!
The problem of theodicy:• Either God wants to
prevent evil and can’t do it
• Or He can do it and doesn’t want to do it
• Or He doesn’t want to do it and can’t do it
• Or He wants to do it and can do it.
I. God is ALMIGHTY!
PSALM 139:16All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
II. God is OMNIPRESENT!
1 CORINTHIANS 10:13He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. ... He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
III. God is ALL KNOWING!
The theology of the three friends• Everything goes well
for he who is righteous and does good
• Things go bad for he who is unjust and sins
• Job must have sinned because he is doing so badly
2. What is the devil doing in heaven? REVELATIONS 12:10For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, and the authority of his Messiah.
JOB 42:5My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.
3. Why does God not intervene?JAMES 5:11You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
JOB 1:21Naked 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.
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