Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

We continue to read Job's story today. He's just lost everything except his life and

today he had to listen to bad advice from the second of his two friends. Yesterday we heard from Elifaz, today we heard

from Bill Dad. But first we heard Job's response to Elifaz. He defends himself. He's despairing but

he doesn't curse God. He knows this pain isn't the result of sinful

actions. He knows his friends were wrong. One of the questions counselors train you to ask

yourself in relational difficulty is, where's my sin in this situation?

What can I own from this situation?

And that's an important question to ask,

especially because we're often blind to our own sin and what we've contributed to the scenario.

But there are times when life is just hard, or when you've just been sinned against,

and your troubles are not the result of something you contributed.

We would never tell someone who's been raped or physically abused

to think about what they did to deserve that or cause that.

It's not always true that our circumstances and our problems are the result of our choices.

Sometimes they're the result of a fallen world.

Sometimes they're the result of other people's sinful choices.

Much like with Elafaz, Bill Dad gave bad counsel.

He told Job that he needed to repent.

But again, Chapter 1 told us that Job was blameless and upright

and that these problems actually occurred

because of his uprightness, not as the result of sin. Job's friends were gaslighting him in the

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