Job part 5

Intro

the last of the original three friends speaks up

Job finally moves from sadness to anger and ambition

we get to a point where people are repeating themselves a lot

Zophar

God exacts of you less than you deserve

he argues that Job has gotten off easy for clearly his sin is great and he just doesn’t know what he is talking about

argues after that similarly to the friends before this

Job’s questions for God

he knows knows that God is in control and almighty

he believes the idea behind what all of his friends have said

but he isn’t an idiot, he’s just sad and he wants to understand from the one who knows all things

Job also finally gets angry with his friends’ attitudes

he claims he will make his case before God and hopes to finally have all of his questions answered

is he really guilty and of what, why does this happen and why is life so fleeting?

is this all his sin being held against him like a man on trial?

despite all of this and despite carrying on, Job still believes that even if God has done this harm to him, God will redeem him

Application

what good does your judgement of a another person do?

how much would you say that you know about the reason why God does what he does?

we can all know the most important things

we have looked at all of the story

can I make grace any shorter or farther? are those my decisions to make?

arguing about what we can’t understand is never productive

speak the truth in love and nothing else