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Job 42:7-17 Job – Part 7: “Happily Ever-After”

People want hope; but hope is hard to find…

Why do the godly suffer? Person(s)AnswerEvaluation Job’s wifeGod is unfairNever Job’s three friends God is disciplining (punishing) because of sin. Sometimes God wants to destroy them because of sin. Sometimes

Why do the godly suffer? Person(s)AnswerEvaluation ElihuGod wants to direct (educate) them because of ignorance Sometimes GodGod wants to develop them and to demonstrate His glory. Always

The purpose of the book is to make a clear case for God’s righteousness in the midst of innocent suffering.

What we learn about God from Job’s friends…(42:7-9) There are no limits to God’s sovereignty – v.7 After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,

What we learn about God from Job’s friends…(42:7-9) There are no limits to God’s sovereignty – v.7 "I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.

What we learn about God from Job’s friends…(42:7-9) There are no limits to God’s sovereignty – v.7 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! - Rom. 9:14

What we learn about God from Job’s friends…(42:7-9) Humble repentance is required when we misrepresent God – vv.8-9 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves.

What we learn about God from Job’s friends…(42:7-9) Humble repentance is required when we misrepresent God – vv.8-9 My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly.

What we learn about God from Job’s friends…(42:7-9) Humble repentance is required when we misrepresent God – vv.8-9 You have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has."

What we learn about God from Job’s friends…(42:7-9) Humble repentance is required when we misrepresent God – vv.8-9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.

What we learn about God from Job’s friends…(42:7-9) God favors those who live as servants – vv.7-8

What we learn about God from Job…(42:10-11) After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before. – v.10

What we learn about God from Job…(42:10-11) Personal repentance is just the starting point for living in right relationship with God. I must also live in right relationship with those who opposed me. – v.10

What we learn about God from Job…(42:10-11) But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. - Matt. 6:15

What we learn about God from Job…(42:10-11) God is in control even when He appears not to be. – (v.11) All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house.

What we learn about God from Job…(42:10-11) God is in control even when He appears not to be. – (v.11) They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the LORD had brought upon him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

What we learn about God from God…(42:12-16) The LORD blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

What we learn about God from God…(42:12-16) The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job's daughters,

What we learn about God from God…(42:12-16) and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

What we learn about God from God…(42:12-16) After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

What we learn about God from God…(42:12-16) The restoration of Job's prosperity was not the reward of his piety, but the indication that the trial was over.

Bottom Line: A Jesus-centered response to suffering is living with a Jesus-centered hope

Bottom Line: And so he died, old and full of years. - Job 42:17

A Jesus-centered hope is built on two truths: No matter what happens to us, God always writes the last chapter. No matter how painful our situation might be we can trust God to do what is right.