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1 Do you agree with Job’s three friends that suffering in this life is God’s punishment for the wicked (Job 4:7-8, 22:5)?

2 Do you agree with Job’s three friends that suffering in this life is God’s punishment for the wicked (Job 4:7-8, 22:5)? Do you agree with Job that the reason for suffering is not answered – it is arbitrary with God, we need to just trust God and live righteously (Job 28:12, 23, 28)

3 Hearing The Young Man Speak:
Do you agree with Job’s three friends that suffering in this life is God’s punishment for the wicked (Job 4:7-8, 22:5)? Do you agree with Job that the reason for suffering is not answered – it is arbitrary with God, we need to just trust God and live righteously (Job 28:12, 23, 28) Hearing The Young Man Speak: Elihu Job 32-37

4 ELIHU SPEAKS… We should hear for it is different from Job’s response to suffering and his three friends (32:2-3)

5 ELIHU SPEAKS… We should hear for it is different from Job’s response to suffering and his three friends (32:2-3) We should hear for its six chapters falls on the heals of lesser and lesser argument from Job’s three friends and Job himself (cf.25, Zophar?)

6 ELIHU SPEAKS… We should hear for it is different from Job’s response to suffering and his three friends (32:2-3) We should hear for its six chapters falls on the heals of lesser and lesser argument from Job’s three friends and Job himself (cf.25, Zophar?) We should hear for Job does not argue with Elihu, though challenged, and he then repents (33:32, 42:6)

7 ELIHU SPEAKS… We should hear for it is different from Job’s response to suffering and his three friends (32:2-3) We should hear for its six chapters falls on the heals of lesser and lesser argument from Job’s three friends and Job himself (cf.25, Zophar?) We should hear for Job does not argue with Elihu, though challenged, and he then repents (33:32, 42:6) We should hear for God does not include Elihu in His wrath and rebuke (42:7)

8 ELIHU’S RESPONSE… Addresses Job in his “pride” – He was a righteous man, but not a perfectly sinless man (33:8-12, 13:23-24, 36:9-10)

9 ELIHU’S RESPONSE… Addresses Job in his “pride” – He was a righteous man, but not a perfectly sinless man (33:8-12, 13:23-24, 36:9-10) Suffering pain is not God’s punishment, but it is chastening to save (33:14-19)

10 ELIHU’S RESPONSE… Addresses Job in his “pride” – He was a righteous man, but not a perfectly sinless man (33:8-12, 13:23-24, 36:9-10) Suffering pain is not God’s punishment, but it is chastening to save (33:14-19) Suffering refines the soul (36:6-15, Psm. 119:71)

11 OUR GODLY RESPONSE TO SUFFERING…
It brings us into deeper trust in God (2 Cor. 1:8-9) It purifies and refines our soul (I Pet. 1:6-7) It is not God’s punishment for sin, but His saving us from the pit out of love (Heb. 12:11, Job 33:19, 36:9-10)

12 Hearing The Young Man Speak:
Wisdom does not necessarily come with years (Job. 32:9) Hearing The Young Man Speak: Elihu

13 Hearing The Young Man Speak:
Wisdom does not necessarily come with years (Job. 32:9) The Young Man can have God’s wisdom through God’s Spirit – His Word (Job 32:8, Psm. 119:97-100) Hearing The Young Man Speak: Elihu


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