He had a tragic pandemic like the one we're experiencing right now.

The Book of Job becomes especially relevant to each of our lives.

But that book poses a significant dilemma any Bible reader has to resolve.

It's this dilemma.

Which characters in the Book of Job can we trust?

Most of the book's characters say things we cannot trust.

The question today comes from a listener named Joel to Pastor John who joins us over

Skype today.

Thank you for your wonderful podcast, Pastor John.

I'm a long time listener and now a first time caller, as they say.

In the wake of this coronavirus pandemic, I have turned repeatedly to the Book of Job.

As you've said in past sermons, the book is timeless and therefore relevant to our present

suffering.

I've read through Job before and I understand the cycle of conversations between Job

and his friends.

But I was reading through Job 5, Ella Faz is speaking, and I came to verses 17 to 19.

I began to ask myself.

When Job and his friends speak of God in their ranting, how do I distinguish theology

that's true about God from their own mistaken assumptions about God?

The obvious answer is to survey the landscape of Scripture-defined consistencies with other

texts, but can we put any stock in what Job or his friends are saying in the Book of

Job, Pastor John?

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