How did God respond? Lesson 6/Final

How did God answer Job? Job 38:1 Read Job 38-39 aloud Elihu-Job 37:22 Job 40:6-the storm Read Job 38-39 aloud What do these verses talk about?

How did Job answer God? Read Job 40:1-5 aloud Read job 40:7-41:34 with a partner Behemoth? Hippo? Elephant? Leviathan? Crocodile? What do these verses tell us about Job’s relationship to God? What can God do that Job cannot? Read Job 42:1-6 What was Job saying here?

Read Job 42:7-17 What did God instruct Eliphaz to do? What did Job have to do?

Epilogue: Holding Onto Faith (lesson 7) What six things happen regarding Job’s situation of suffering? Job understands that God is SOVEREIGN over all creation. Job understands that God is WORTHY of WORSHIP in all circumstances. Job learns how to TRUST in God’s goodness and power, even in his trial. God REBUKES Job’s three friends to failing to speak rightly about him. No mention I made of ELIHU. Job ACCEPTS his suffering and FORGIVES/PRAYS FOR his three friends.

Journal #4-Forgiveness Letter Has a friend ever falsely accused you of doing something wrong? Is there someone you need to forgive just as Job did? Or is there someone of whom you need to ask forgiveness, just as Job’s friends stood in need of the forgiveness of their friend? Prompt: Write a letter of forgiveness or a letter requesting forgiveness.

Journal #5 After reading the Book of Job, how do you feel? What were some of the concerns you had at the beginning of the study? In light of what you have learned, how do you feel about this issue and about God now? What have you learned on the basis both of Job’s suffering and of his continued trust in God? Through this study, what have you learned about God’s character? What have you learned about yourself? How will you respond to God in both good times and in bad?

Job Review Who were the characters in this story? What was the challenge? How did the challenge end? Who won?

Let’s get ready to celebrate our knowledge! Study Guide work time We are DONE! Let’s get ready to celebrate our knowledge! Study Guide work time Work in partners? “Celebration” is on _______________________________ STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY!

Job Journals 1-4 1. If you were to unexpectedly lose important people or things in your life, do you think you would react like Job or more like his wife? Explain your answer using at least two supporting ideas. If your friend were suddenly to suffer terrible losses, would you react like Job’s friends? Explain your answer including two supporting ideas. Why do you think we are studying the story of Job? What difference could this study make in your own life? 2. Can you think back on a situation in which you or someone else you know might have been tempted to feel the way Job did? What are some words that might describe how you felt? What other words might have described how Job was feeling? 3. What will you be able to hold on to when you face hard times in life? What truths will see you through defeat? How? 4. Write a forgiveness letter to a friend.