1. Job & Ecclesiastes

2. How did Job end the seven-day period of silence with his friends? (3:1-10)

3. What were some of Job’s additional problems? See 2:12, 7:14, 19:17, 19:20, 30:17 & 30:30 Job’s suffering led him to despair and made him long for the peace and release of death. DEATH From a NT perspective, how do Christians think differently about death? See Psalm 23:4, 31; 31-32, Rom 6:5, 8:38, I Cor 15:55-57, I Thess 4:13-14 & Rev 21:4 GRIEF How do Christians think differently about adversity? See Psalm 15a, 34:18, 46:1, 48:14,119:50 & 56, Is 41:10, Lam 3:22-26, Matt 11:28, John 14:27, Rom 15:13, 2 Cor 1:3-4 & 12:9, Heb 4:16, & I Pet 5:7.

4. 1.Peruse Chapter 3. 2.Create a sympathy card based on what you have read in Job. 1. What would you say? 2.What is a biblical approach to a friend’s suffering? 3. Design one or several cards 4.Think about what Job has said in chapter 3; how should you respond?

5.  Scan these chapters.  How are they different from one another?

6.  Read “Parallelism and Reiteration” on p. 49 of textbook  Read Job 3:5 and 17

7.  Read Job 3:11-26 with a partner  What is he saying?  Why is he saying it?  Job Journal #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?

9. Isaiah 53 The Suffering Servant.

10.  Read “Where is My Hope” on p. 49 of textbook

11. Look up the Lyrics to Blessed Be the Name of the Lord, by Matt Redman. Review each line of lyrics and the chorus. 1) Is this praise song theologically accurate according to the whole counsel of scripture? 2) How can this song help believers? 3) How can a praise song be written from such a difficult narrative? 4) Let’s listen! http://viewpure.com/tTpTQ4kBLxA http://viewpure.com/tTpTQ4kBLxA

13. 1.Read the story of a suffering Christian. (newspaper, online, magazine, etc.) 1.Write a short summary of h/h story 2.What is the biblical approach to helping this brother/sister in need? 3.How will you respond differently than Job’s friends? 4.Organize a prayer time in class for this persecuted Christian Homework for Monday:

14. 1.Read the story of a suffering Christian. (newspaper, online, magazine, etc.) 1.Write a short summary of h/h story 2.What is the biblical approach to helping this brother/sister in need? 3.How will you respond differently than Job’s friends? 4.Organize a prayer time in class for this persecuted Christian Homework for Monday: