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Today we're beginning a new book, the book of Job.

Scott, so glad that you're going to guide us through this book. You're talking about this. This can be a challenging book at times. There's a lot that we can learn from this book practically, a lot that we can learn about God's character, but it can be challenging at times. So what should we keep in mind just in general as we begin this book of the Bible?

It's important to note, first of all, we've entered into a whole new section of scripture,

which is often called the wisdom books. So that's Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon.

And, you know, this might be oversimplying a little bit, but these wisdom books really kind of give us a view from the ground up perspective.

And by that, I mean, this is just a lot of human beings wrestling with life's big issues

and just what it means to live in God's world. And I think it's important to remember when it

comes to Job. You know, many of us are used to thinking of Job as a book about suffering.

It was a book that asks the question, you know, why do the righteous suffer? And it's actually,

and that's true, but it's a bit more than that, too. You know, for starters, that question

of why do the righteous suffer is never answered in Job. And Joe never gets an explanation for why he goes through what he goes through. It is a book about suffering,

but I think Job's suffering is the occasion to consider a bigger question, which is this,

that where is wisdom found? And the answer, according to the book of Job, is wisdom is found

in God alone. And so, you know, one of the big

issues in this book is this, that as God's creatures, will we accept that there are some things

we will simply never understand? Are we willing to live within our limits as creatures? Like,

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