Job 23-25

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Job 23-25

March 20, 2019 • Mike Osthimer

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Job has been dealing with the first question, Is God unfair?

In chapter 23 those second two questions come to mind: Is God silent? And Is God hidden?

Chapters 23 and 24 are all one speech by Job, merely divided for convenience by the ancient Bible scholars.

Job develops three main themes in chapter 23:
Verses 1-9, Job’s longing to present his case at God's throne;
Verses 10-12, Job’s defense of his own righteous lifestyle;
Verses 13-17, Job’s fear of God as if He were his adversary.

Job 38-42

May 1, 2019 • Mike Osthimer

Here is chapter 38 we will learn of the wisdom of God and the limitations of mans wisdom. God In chapter 40 we will learn of the power of God and the limitation of mans’s power. Ultimately in chapter 42 we learn of the love of God. Job finally gets his audience with God, the very thing he has wanted since he first began to suffer the trials he has been in. Job had accused God of unrighteousness and the justice of God in his trial due to the things Jobs friends had told Job he was being judged by God because of hypocrisy or secret sin. Job unfortunately bought into their lies and began to question the goodness of God. Job thought God was judging Job’s life… God posses 70 “you want to be God” questions for Job. If you feel like God isn’t doing a good job at running the universe and the affairs of human life you should be able to answer these questions. This is like a want to be God 101 class.

Job 36-37

April 24, 2019 • Mike Osthimer

Job 32-35

April 10, 2019 • Mike Osthimer

We find ourselves in the middle of a speech given by Elihu, another so called friend of Job who is attempting to council Job as to why he is going through the trial in his life and how Job can find relief.