Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 2

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🗓️ 18 October 2008

⏱️ 85 minutes

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God’s merciful purpose is shown in the conclusion of the book of Job as he demonstrates his own worth and sovereign goodness, and secures the restoration and reconciliation of Job and his friends.

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0:00.0	I invite you to open your Bible to the book of James for a moment if you would like to follow
0:07.2	along in looking at several verses, Hebrews, James, first and second Peter.
0:15.0	James is the one book in the Bible outside, the one book in the New Testament where Job is explicitly referred to
0:27.6	chapter 5 verse 11
0:31.8	James 5,
0:33.4	verse 11, behold, we consider those blessed or blessed who remain steadfast.
0:41.9	You have who remain steadfast.
0:47.3	You have heard of the steadfastness of Job,
0:51.9	and you have seen the purpose of the Lord.
0:52.6	So James is explicit in saying,
0:56.2	the book is designed to describe the purpose of God
1:01.6	in suffering. the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and
1:09.8	merciful.
1:18.0	Back to chapter 1 of James, verse 2.
1:25.0	You might even say that much of James is a meditation on the book of Job.
1:27.6	Chapter 1, verse 2, Count it all joy, my brothers,
1:29.6	when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces
1:39.3	steadfastness.
1:46.0	Drop down to verse 12, chapter 1. Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial.
1:55.0	For when he has stood the test,
1:59.8	he will receive the crown of life,
2:07.0	which God has promised to those who love him.
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