Abigail Penland

[Abigail Penland @agpenland]

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In Job 12, his friends claim to be wise. But Job says in verses 7 & 10:

“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you. In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind."

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[Abigail Penland @agpenland]

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Did God Punish Job Because Of His Sin?

In Job 11, Zophar answered Job harshly, saying in verse 6: "Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves."

He was certain that Job's suffering proved hidden sin, but his logic was backwards.

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How Did Job Respond To His Suffering In Ch. 10?

In v.8 he said: "Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?"

But in v.12 he adds: "You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit."

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[Abigail Penland @agpenland]

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How Does The Book Of Job Foreshadow Jesus?

In Job 9:33, he said: "Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both."

Job didn't know God already had a plan to send exactly that.

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In Job 8:4, Job's friend said: "Your children must have sinned against Him, so their punishment was well deserved."

But James 1:12 says: "Blessed is the man who endures trial, because...he will receive the crown of life that He promised to those loving Him."

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How Did Job Pray In Suffering?

In Job 7:20, he prayed: "If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of all humanity? Why make me your target? Am I a burden to you?"

Job didn't hide his pain or fake his faith. He brought all of it straight to God.

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Job's Words to the Friends Who Failed Him!

Job 6:14-15
“One should be kind to a fainting friend, but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty. My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook that overflows its banks in the spring."

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[Abigail Penland @agpenland]

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How Was Eliphaz Wrong?

In Job 5:17, Eliphaz said to Job: “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty."

He meant that Job's suffering was God correcting him for sin, but God never said that about Job.

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When Jobe Finally Spoke!

In Job 3:3, he said: “Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, ‘A man is conceived.’"

Even though he lost everything and cursed his birth, Job still would not curse God.

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Why Did Job Refuse To Curse God?

In Job 2, after he had just lost everything, the accuser struck Job with terrible boils from head to toe.

Even his wife told him to curse God and die!
But Job answered, "Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?"

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