Faith and faithfulness do not preclude sorrow-filled questioning in the hearts and minds of the righteous. In part 2 of Job: Suffering and Sovereignty, Pastor Dan Cox reads from Job 3:1-26.
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Study Notes
General Outline
- I. Prologue (Job 1:1 – 2:13)
- II. Dialogue (Job 3:1 – 42:6)
- III. Epilogue (Job 42:7-17)
Prologue (Job 1:1 – 2:13)
- Character (Job 1:1-5)
- Challenge (Job 1:6-12)
- Calamity (Job 1:13 – 2:10)
- Comforters Job (2:11-13)
- An amazing response to intense suffering…
- A very human response to intense suffering…
Understanding the Text
II. Dialogue (Job 3:1 – 42:6)
- Job’s death wish (Job 3:1-26)
- Job’s wish that he had never been born (Job 3:1-10)
- Job’s wish that he had died at birth (Job 3:11-19)
- Job’s wish that he could die then (Job 3:20-26)
- Some philosophical food for thought…
- Atheistic Existentialism and the Crisis of Meaning
Applying the Text
- Are you resting in God’s sovereign meaning and hope?