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In Job, chapter nineteen, verse eleven, the servant of God was now under the misconception that God directly caused his suffering, as in verses eight through thirteen. Job believed that God had become his enemy who delighted in bringing torment and agony upon his soul. However, Job was not aware that Satan was the cause […]

In Job, chapter seventeen, verse one, as a broken man, Job firmly believed he would die soon. He saw himself as a man deserted by God and an object of his companions’ scorn. Job could do nothing but persevere in his conviction about the rightness of his cause, as in verse nine of this chapter,

In Job, chapter sixteen, verse nineteen, in faith, the servant of God rose above the doubts about God’s goodness, for he declared God Himself would testify as a witness of his innocence. Job longed for God to plead his cause in the heavenly court of justice. The desire for a mediator to speak with God

In Job, chapter sixteen, verse nine, Job’s terrible suffering made him feel that God was unmerciful rather than merciful. His conviction that he had lived justly and purely, as in verse seventeen, caused him to question God’s justice, as in chapter nineteen, verse six. Yet, Job held firmly to his belief that God was indeed

In Job, chapter fifteen, verse one, Eliphaz is the first from chapters fifteen through twenty-one that continued their dispute, developing what they had said before, only with more tenacity. Job steadfastly clung to God while at the same time maintaining his innocence and insisting on the unfairness of his calamity, as in chapter sixteen, verses

In Job, chapter fourteen, verse fourteen, the servant of God believed that after he died, as in verse thirteen, God would call him out again, as in verse fifteen, First Corinthians fifteen, verse twenty, and First Thessalonians four, verses sixteen through seventeen. In other words, Job expressed hope in a personal resurrection. The basis for

In Job, chapter thirteen, verse fifteen, here is one of the most astounding declarations of faith in God’s goodness publicly. Whatever God allowed to happen to Job, whatever burden He laid upon Him, even though He should “slay” him, Job believed that God would not fail him. Paul similarly did express confidence in God’s love

In Job, chapter twelve, verse thirteen, we believe that God is wise and powerful and that His ways with us are the best and the surest means of attaining our highest good, as in chapter nine, verse four, chapter thirty-six, verse five, Isaiah forty, verses twenty-six, and twenty-eight, Daniel two, verse twenty, and Romans sixteen,

In Job, chapter twelve, verse five, the servant of God condemned the way prosperous people often think. In contempt, they look down on the poor and needy and justify their lack of sympathy by assuming that the unfortunate have brought adversity on themselves. At the same time, prosperous are “at ease” with their lifestyle because