SS Leaders 6-6-21.mp4

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Explore the Bible - June 6 - Job 1:8-22

Last Week: Finished up Luke - Jesus commissioning His disciples to share the gospel.

This Week: The book of Job - Believers show the depth of their faith in adversity.

CONTEXT:
- Wisdom Literature of Scripture: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, & Song of Solomon
- 7 weeks in Job, 6 weeks in Ecclesiastes
- JOB: unknown author, very old story
- Occurred during the time of Abraham in the land of Uz (Probably East Jordan)
- Job was a man of integrity who feared God and shunned evil (Job 1:1)
- Main Purpose: How God’s people should deal with pain & suffering
- Spiritual exchange between God & Satan about Job

Opening Question: ?? What is the most difficult challenge you have faced, and how did that situation reveal the source of your trust ??
- Living overseas
- Trusting God to give us what we needed

READ Job 1:8-12
?? What makes Job blameless & upright ??
- He fears God & shuns evil
- He looks to God for what is good and knows that he’s not perfect (making sacrifices for sins - 1:5)
- He seeks God’s mercy & forgiveness

?? Where did Job’s suffering come from ??
- God is the one who brings up Job to Satan
- God is in complete control of Job’s situation
- Satan wants to make Job miserable to prove that Job selfishly loves God
- Satan is the accuser, adversary, and slanderer
- Satan only wants to bring down the things of God & His people by accusing (pulling God away from us) and tempting (pulling us away from God)
- The only way Satan can thwart God’s purposes is to attack the godly righteousness of His people

?? What does it mean that God “put a hedge” around Job ??
- God was protecting him
- God allows suffering by moving the hedge of protection
- See Job 1:12; & 2:6 - God defines the boundaries

?? What is Satan’s hypothesis ??
- If God removes Job’s blessings, then Job will hate God
- He believes that Job only loves what God gives to him

?? Why do you love and follow the Lord ??
- Do you seek Him for what He gives you?
- Or do you love Him for who He is? - Holy Creator

READ Job 1:13-19
?? What all was taken from Job ??
- His animals and servants
- Oxen, donkeys, sheep, camels, & workers
- All of his children
- In four separate freak events - raids & natural disasters

?? Can you imagine what Job could have been thinking and feeling at this moment ??
- Complete tragedy and loss
- Despair, heart ache,

?? Did Job know the reason for these events ??
- He was unaware of the exchange between God and Satan
- Things happen around us and to us that we don’t understand
- It doesn’t mean that God isn’t in control

READ Job 1:20-22
?? How did Job respond ??
- He was utterly devastated
- He tore his clothes and shaved his head
- He worshiped God

?? How did Job worship God ??
- By acknowledging that God could do what He wants
- His faith was not dependent on what God gave to him
- He still loved God even though this was a devastating event

?? Was there any blame in Job’s words ??
- Job didn’t blame anyone
- Not God, not his spouse, not Satan, not himself
- Blaming others doesn’t accomplish anything

?? How do we deal with tragedies of this magnitude ??
- Hold fast to our faith in God
- Realize that God knows best & we don’t have to understand
- Trust Him for the final outcome
- Seek His glory, righteousness, & His Kingdom

Believers show the depth of their faith in adversity.

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