How God Replies to Job’s Suffering

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🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Today we open the book of Job, a complex story about a good man who suffered the cosmic loss of everything. What did God want Job to know in the midst of his suffering? And what do we need to know in our own suffering? In this episode, we remember that we’re not alone in hardship and that God is trustworthy. Even when the pain is so intense that we can barely see beyond it, God is at work limiting chaos and giving life.

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0:00.0	What do we need to remember in the middle of our suffering?
0:19.5	Hey friends! This is Sheree at Bible Project.
0:22.8	In this episode, we're starting a new series.
0:25.6	Over the next month, we'll cover books of the Bible
0:28.1	that focus on the topic of wisdom.
0:30.5	We'll start by opening the book of Job,
0:32.6	a complex story about a good man who suffered the cosmic loss of everything,
0:37.6	his property, health, family, and friends.
0:41.5	What did God want Job to know in the midst of his suffering?
0:45.2	I think the answer might encourage you and me as we face hard times today.
0:49.2	So stay tuned and listen in.
0:53.5	Job is one of those books that people like to go to to think about the question
0:57.6	of the Odyssey or why a good God permits evil.
1:02.8	This is not an easy question to answer.
1:06.0	And what happens in the book of Job actually raises some even more difficult questions
1:10.1	about suffering and the character of God.
1:12.8	For example, why does God let the adversary test and harm Job even killing his family?
1:20.1	Is this fair? Is this a good God?
1:23.4	Is this communicating that God is the cause behind all suffering,
1:27.7	that everything is a test in that sense?
1:30.9	When God explains himself to Job,
1:32.5	is he really just saying to be quiet and accept that he is God and Job is not?
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