When God Brings Restoration

Introduction

Story: craziest questions asked on a plane

How do you open the window

Can we turn around I forgot something

Can you fly lower, my wife is afraid of heights

Can you slow down so we get a better look at the grand canyon

The engine noise i giving me a headache, can you please turn it off

Transition : We ask questions all the time. From asking what time it is to asking someone to marry you, questions range in matters of importance. There can be no greater question than to seek truth about God. This morning we will learn that the most important question for God is not “why”, but “who”.

Thesis: We may not understand every minute detail of suffering, but we can know that in the big picture our God brings restoration.

1. Job’s Repentance (1-6)

Background: Job questioned God

Scriptures

Revelation Led To Knowledge

Revelation Led To KnowledgeKnowledge Led To ReverenceReverence Led To Repentance

Knowledge Led To Reverence

Reverence Led To Repentance

To get right with God we fully surrender to and trust Him

2. The Friends’ Rebuke (7-9)

Background: The friend’s questioned Job

Scriptures...

Rebuked For Misrepresenting GodNo Evidence of Repentance Needed a SacrificeNeeded a Priest

Rebuked For Misrepresenting God (legalism)

No Evidence of Repentance

Needed a Sacrifice

Needed a Priest

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3. Job’s Restoration (10-16)

Followed Job’s Obedience

Received Twice as Much (Grace)

Had His Reputation Restored

Finished His Life in Peace and Comfort

Conclusion

Job never gets the answer to the question why.

If he had, could he have handled it?

It served 2 purposes

To glorify God

To instruct people in the future about suffering and sorrow

“The worldling blesses God while he gives him plenty, but the Christian blesses him when he smites him: he believes him to be too wise to err and too good to be unkind; he trusts him where he cannot trace him, looks up to him in the darkest hour, and believes that all is well.”

“God is too wise to be mistaken. God is too good to be unkind.  And, when you can’t trace His hand, you can always trust His heart.’”