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, […]
Category: Lessons from Job
“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 […]
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The Supremacy of God
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 […]
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Blessed be the Name of the LORD
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 […]