This is the Bible Book Club, the book of Job. Welcome to the club.

Last time in chapters 11 through 14 of Job, we met the last of Job's three frenemies,

Zofar, the Zero Mercy, Zellet.

So to review, where Elifaz leaned on experience and Bill Dad leaned on tradition,

Zofar didn't need either one of those.

He just knew he was right.

Job wasn't just guilty in Zofar's mind. He got off easy. He wants Job to stop talking

and repent. Well, Job fired back declaring his faith in God, saying, though he slay me, yet I will

hope in him. That was Job's answer to Satan's question from chapter one. Does Job fear God for nothing? Yes, he does. Even though

Job has nothing left, Job clings to God, not for what God gave him, but for who God is. Then,

Job took a dive on his emotional roller coaster. He was struggling to find hope in the middle of this suffering,

and he asked the question that is one for the ages. If someone dies, will they live again?

We fortunately have the answer from the Apostle Paul in 1st Corinthians. Yes, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

And with that, round one was over. All three friends had spoken. Job held firm.

He refused to confess to something he didn't do, which means his friends had no choice but to

come back harder. And that's exactly what happens in round two starting today. But before we dive into round two, let's zoom out for a second

because we don't want to lose the plot in the midst of all the dialogue between Job and his

friends. So this is what we want to remember. The book of Job is the story of a righteous man

who loses everything, wrestles with suffering, and

discovers that trusting God is more important than understanding his ways. Keep that in mind

in all the words. At the heart of the book, the question driving every argument, every

accusation, every desperate cry from Job is this, are God's

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