Job 38
We’re starting a new series on one of the best literatures on suffering. It’s an ancient epic collection of poems called, the book of Job.
Now the way Job is written is that major themes are drawn out and weaved throughout the entire book, and so its conclusions are all found at the end of the story. And so because of that, our series won’t really be going through the book chronologically because then we’d have 5 sermons with zero answers to our questions and the one sermon with 5 answers. So instead, we’re going by themes.
AND SINCE this is the case, I’m starting all the way at Job 38, which means we have to summarize the previous 37 chapters. So let’s do it!
What truths do we need to hold in order to suffer positively (meaning, in a positive trajectory).
- God’s presence is in the suffering
- God’s perspective gives hope to the suffering
- God’s purpose redeems the suffering
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