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REVIEW
Good morning.
We are going to continue our series in the book of Job.
I’m going to spend a few minutes reviewing what has happened so far in the story of Job.
CH 1-2:10 HOW TO WORSHIP WHILE SUFFERING
In Chapters 1 and 2, we have seen that Job was a blameless and upright man, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
We then see a glimpse into Heaven and there God himself confirms that there is no one else like his servant Job on earth.
That Job is a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil.
And Satan, being Satan, challenges this truth and states, in essence, of course Job fears God.
Job fears you because of all the blessings you have given him and all the possessions that have increased because of you.
If you would just take away those blessings and possessions from Job, he would curse you to your face!
God allows Satan to do his worst but not to physically harm Job.
And so Satan took Job’s wealth, his possessions, and even his ten grown children.
Yet in his suffering, Job kept his faith.
And we have recorded a beautiful example of faith when having heard all that had befallen him, Job proclaimed in Job 1:21 “21 And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return.
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.””
But that was not the end of Job’s suffering.
Next, we read that God is holding court in heaven again and Satan again enters into God’s presence.
Again, God draws attention to his servant Job and again claims that there is no one like him on the face of the earth.
That he is still a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil.
He still holds fast to his integrity even after the calamity that had befallen him.
“2:4 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin!
All that a man has he will give for his life.
5 But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.””
And again, God gives Satan permission to do his worst but do not take his life.
That is exactly what Satan did.
He struck Job with a terrible sickness that caused sores to fester all over Job’s body.
He was in agony.
He could not find any relief.
He was in pain all the time.
In the midst of this terrible sickness that he was enduring, Job said the following in Job 2:10 “10 ...Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”
In all this Job did not sin with his lips.”
Job proved that his worship of God was not transactional.
It was not based on what he gained from God, but his worship was based on revering and worshiping God for who God is.
You see, the value, and the purpose, and the reason that Job worshiped God and why we should worship God is because of the value of God himself.
This was a profound truth that resonated in heaven and resonates all through history.
From chapters 1 and 2 we learned that:
1. Satan wants to destroy our Joy in God
Number one, Satan wants to destroy our Joy in God.
How does he try to accomplish this?
Well, he uses two things.
The carrot and the stick.
Pleasure and pain.
Satan can use the pleasures of this world to entice us to take our focus away from God.
To make God seem unnecessary.
Satan can make us focus on the comforts of this world instead of the glory of God.
Satan can also use pain and suffering to cause us to doubt that God cares or is control.
Whichever method Satan uses the goal is the same, to separate us from the joy we receive by being in right relationship with God.
He can not separate us from our Salvation but he can destroy our testimony and by destroying our testimony we diminish the ability to glorify God with our lives.
2. God wants to reveal His Worth in Our Lives
Number two, God wants to reveal His Worth in Our Lives.
God is worthy of all glory.
In fact, all of life has been created to ultimately glorify God.
One way that he glorifies himself is by helping us see His Glory, His magnificent worth.
He never changes but our understanding of Him can deepen.
God can reveal Himself to us thru revelation.
God can reveal Himself thru correction.
God can reveal Himself thru our suffering.
The more that we can see and understand his infinite value, the more we can grow closer to him, the more that God is Glorified.
3. God allows Satan limited power to cause us pain
Number three, God allows Satan limited power to cause us pain.
But we know and can be assured that God is in control.
God has Satan on a leash.
God sets the limits to Satan’s ability to cause pain and suffering.
There is not a great struggle of equally opposing powers between God and Satan.
There is no contest!
God is in control!
God is sovereign and God is Good and although we may not have glimpses into heaven to understand the why’s of our suffering, we can rest in the assurance that God is in control.
CH 2:11-13 JOB’S THREE FRIENDS
The story continues in chapter 2:10-13 with Job being visited by three of his friends.
And from this visit, we see what true friendship looks like.
These friends sat with Job and allowed him to express his grief.
They sympathized and comforted him where he was at.
These friends showed compassion for Job.
They mourned with him.
They raised their voices and wept with him.
They tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their head.
They grieved with Job.
So we saw what true friendship looks like when someone is suffering.
1. True Friendship is Marked by Companionship
So, we first see that true friendship is marked by companionship.
To be a companion means to be there for someone to be present for them.
2. True friendship sympathizes and comforts.
Second, true friendship sympathizes and comforts.
To sympathize literally means to shake the head or rock the body back and forth as a sign of shared grief, to mourn with those who mourn.
See Job, wasn't crying out by himself.
His true friends sympathized with him.
They came down and they shared in his feelings.
A true friend gets down where someone is at and tries to understand where the sufferer is coming from.
You be there with them.
We cry, when they cry.
We’re down there with them.
That's sympathizing with them.
You just need to be there for people.
And then we are to comfort those in need.
To comfort someone is to seek to share their pain.
3. True Friendship shows Compassion
And Thirdly, true friendship shows compassion.
Biblical compassion is more than sympathy or pity.
It is about coming alongside the suffer and experiencing their pain with them.
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