Category: Lessons from Job

Job famously asked in chapter nine, “How should man be just with God? If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?” Based on Job’s present situation, he felt that he had […]

Job includes thoughts on death and the grave in most of his speeches, giving us insight into his perspective on dying, beliefs surrounding death, and what happens after death. These thoughts range from a desire to be relieved of his suffering through death to statements that describe the resurrection on the last day. Job’s first […]

Having considered the impropriety of Job’s comforters, let us now consider what would have made them effective comforters. It is well worth noting that we have advantages above Job’s comforters in every way: we know the events leading to Job’s suffering, we are aware of God’s rebuke to them at the end of the book, […]

“Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.” II Thessalonians 2:16-17 “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.” Isaiah 40:1 “…wherefore comfort one […]

Because Job is believed to be the oldest book of the Bible, it seems to take a particular importance in the fundamental themes that God chose to communicate. Of all the many lessons in the book of Job, I suggest that the central theme of the book is the absolute supremacy of God. In this […]

The first chapter of the book of Job is among the most surprising chapters in the whole Bible. It describes the partial removal of God’s providential protection of a godly man and the man’s subsequent suffering at the cruel hand of the devil. It challenges some assumptions we may have about suffering and loss, and […]