The Book of Job

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The Book of Job

• Lesson Two
• Survey of the Book

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Setting the scene Major Characters
• In heaven
• God
• Satan (part of the sons of God)
• On earth
• Job
• Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar
• Elihu

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Summary of the book
• Conflict between God and Satan
• Satan denies the righteous faith in God
• God presents Job as example of righteous faith
• Satan denies that men would believe in God
  because of His nature
• God accepts Satans challenge

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Summary of the book
• The suffering of Job
• Job persecuted by Satan because of his faith
• A persecution permitted by God
• This presents Job with the challenge he struggles
  against throughout the book

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Summary of the book
• Jobs indignation and perplexity at his suffering
• Job expresses his lack of understanding for
  suffering
• That it is unjust
• That he wishes to vindicate himself
• That God has abandoned Him

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Summary of the book
• The presumptuousness of Job and his friends
• Job expresses his perplexity
• yet is confident in his righteousness and feeling
  that he suffers unjustly
• His friends lack of charity and confidence they
  understand the reason for Jobs suffering
• Even as they are ignorant, along with Job, of the
  conflict between God and Satan

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Summary of the book
• God rebukes the men for their presumptuousness
• Shows how his nature is beyond their limitations
• That he is sovereign and works his will
• Men are small by comparison

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The Book of JobLesson 2
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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Style of the book
• Chapters 1-2, 42
• Presents in prose style the events that occur in
  heaven and on earth
• Sets the conflict that is then addressed in
  Chapters 3-37

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Style of the book
• Chapters 3-41
• Various poetic styles used to present the
  theological assertions of Job and his friends
• Presents Gods refutation of the arguments
  presented by the men

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Outline
• Jobs Distress (Ch. 1-3)
• Jobs Defense (Ch. 4-27)
• Dialogue between Job, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar
• Hymn of Wisdom (Ch. 28)
• Jobs Final Speech (Ch. 29-31)
• Elihus Speech (Ch. 32-37)
• Jobs Deliverance (Ch. 38-42)

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Jobs Dilemma
• Ch. 325 The thing that I fear comes
• Ch. 1324 You treat me as your enemy
• Ch. 1911 He kindles his wrath against me
• Ch. 292-5 When the Almighty was yet with
  me

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Theology of Retribution
• Definition
• Righteousness is rewarded with blessings
• Evil is punished with curses.
• Corollary
• A man who is suffering has done evil.
• A man who is prospering is righteous.

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Theology of Retribution
• Statement of the principle
• Job 47-8
• "Remember who that was innocent ever perished?
• Or where were the upright cut off?
• As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
• and sow trouble reap the same.

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Theology of Retribution
• Problems with the dogma--It leads to erroneous
  conclusions.
• False measure of righteousness
• Denies suffering of the righteous
• suffering of Christ (Isaiah 53)
• Suffering of Christians (Rev. 69-11)
• It will corrupt the people of God
• To view prosperous as righteous

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Theology of Retribution
• Problems with the dogma--Experience contradicts
  the theory.
• The innocent have suffered throughout history and
  continue to suffer
• It cannot reconcile suffering with the existence
  of a sovereign God.

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Theology of Retribution
• Problems with the dogmaIt makes God predictable
  by man.
• Within the scope of mans understanding
• Accountable to mans reasoning

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Theology of Retribution
• Modern incarnation Word-Faith movement.
• Kenneth Hagin, John Hagee, Kenneth Copeland, Joel
  Osteen, Rod Parsley
• The assertion that God guarantees health and
  wealth through faith and an obedience to his Word.

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The Book of JobLesson 2

• Next Week
• Lesson 3
• JOBS TRIALS
• (Job 11 - 213)