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The Patience of Job: Endurance in Suffering

Explore the dilemma, debates, and deliverance of Job, a righteous man who endured immense suffering. Discover the need for endurance and why the righteous sometimes suffer. Get insights into Job's piety in prosperity and extreme adversity. Learn how to respond to adversity with reverence and trust in God.

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The Patience of Job: Endurance in Suffering

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  1. “Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.” (James 5:11)

  2. OUTLINE: I. The Dilemma of Job (1-2). II. The Debates of Job (3-37). III. The Deliverance of Job (38-42). THE PATIENCE OF JOB THEME: The Need Of Endurance (Jas. 5:11). (also, Why The Righteous Suffer.) TIME: Patriarchs ~2000 B.C. (Job’s age, social setting, no reference to Israel) LOCATION: Uz in the land of Edom, S.E. of the Dead Sea (Job. 1:1; Lam. 4:21). AUTHOR: Unknown.

  3. 1. Piety (1:1, 8). a. Perfect – Fullgrown, mature (1 Cor. 14:20; 16:13; 13:11). THE DILEMMA OF JOB (1-2) b. Upright – Integrity, innocence (1 Tim. 3:10; Col. 1:21-23; 2 Pet. 3:14). A. JOB’S PIETY IN PROSPERITY. c. Feared God – Reverence & obey (Ex. 9:20; Eccl. 12:13-14; Acts 10:2). d. Turned away from evil (Job 31; Acts 26:18, 20; 1 Th. 5:22).

  4. 2. Prosperity (1:2-3). a. Riches do not guarantee righteousness (Ps. 73:1-17). THE DILEMMA OF JOB (1-2) b. Good men do not trust in riches (Job 1:21; 31:24-25; 1 Tim. 6:6-10, 17-19). A. JOB’S PIETY IN PROSPERITY.

  5. 1. He is our adversary (Job 1:7-11; 2:2-7; 1 Pet. 5:8-9; Rev. 12:10-12). THE DILEMMA OF JOB (1-2) 2. Is against the upright (Gen. 3; Zech. 3:1; Lk. 22:31) B. SATAN’S CHALLENGE TO AFFLICT JOB’S WEALTH & HEALTH 3. If you suffer temptations in the flesh, then you have ceased from sin (1 Pet. 4:1-4)! 4. The purpose of the adversary: Defeat faith (Job 1:16; 2:9; 1 Jn. 5:4).

  6. 1. To cause us to consider our spiritual condition (Eccl. 7:14; 2 Cor. 13:5). 2. To remind us that we depend upon God (2 Cor. 12:7-10; 1:8-10; Job 1:21). THE DILEMMA OF JOB (1-2) 3. To rebuke sin (Jas. 5:14-15; Rev. 2:20-22). C. GOD’S ALLOWANCE OF AFFLICTION 4. To refine (Pr.17:3; 1Pet.1:6-9). 5. To give opportunity for others to growth, do good (Jas.1:2-4; Ax8:3-4; 11:27-30). 6. To reward us (Jas. 1:12; 1 Pet. 5:10; Ps. 94:12ff). 7. To glorify God (Jn. 9:1-3; 21:18-19).

  7. 1. No half measures, full catastrophes! a. Loss of property (11,000 animals). b. Loss of family (7 sons, 3 daughters). THE DILEMMA OF JOB (1-2) c. Loss of health (Boils). d. Loss of position (“Greatest”, 2:8). D. JOB’S PIETY IN EXTREME ADVERSITY e. Loss of sympathy (Wife, 2:9). 2. Job’s pious reaction: a. Immediately worshipped God (Job 1:20-21). b. Did not murmur (Job 1:22; 2:10; Ex. 14:11; 15:24; 16:2, etc.).

  8. 1) In prosperity, follow Job’s example of uprightness. THE DILEMMA OF JOB (1-2) 2) In adversity, follow Job’s example of reverence. 3) In adversity, consider your spiritual condition. CONCLUSION (Job 1-2): 4) Always be sober & watchful for your adversary is seeking to devour you. Does Adversity Make You Better or Bitter?

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