You look me in the eye, in his sunken dark eyes. You look at me in eyes, I’m telling you, and I would not lie to you. This is intense isn’t it? He is getting right down to what is so troublesome about their interaction. Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my pallet discern the cause of my calamity? Do you think if I had some serious sin, that justified all of this, wouldn’t I be the one to know it?
So, that is his rebuke. Now we get into the fourth and final section of Job’s response. It’s the seventh chapter, which I have just labeled as reflection. As if he begins to talk outload and talk to himself and he reflects upon two major things. The first six verses, he reflects upon life in general and its hardness and difficulty.
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In Job seven, verses one through six, the Bible says, Job is now reflecting, has not man a hard service on Earth? You will find a different rendition in the ASV, which you will at times here, because some of these words are exceedingly rare in the Old Testament and hard to translate, but we get the just and the parallel lines really help us to see the meaning. That is a series now of thoughts that all revolve around, life is hard, especially …show more content…
People need hope when we begin to fell hopeless and defeated, then we begin to erode from within and digress spiritually. We must maintain our hope. No.2, men and women, Christian people need strong faith. What is faith? Faith is, believing in God and believing who he is and what he has said, believing in the nature of God, in reality, not in fiction. You see, this is one of Job’s problems; his faith had some holes it along the way. He had a good foundation of faith, but there were some problems and it made things irreconcilable.
One of the things that we learn from the full complement of all of the revelation of God’s word is that God does not treat us adversarially, as we are his children. He may permit us to experience suffering and hardship in this life. But, those things are not indications, in and of themselves, of God’s displeasure and that’s all that Job could see. But, we can have a strong faith; we can have a more informed faith to know that that is not a necessary imprint. That we don’t have to look at bad things in our life and say oh, God must be displeased with me, that is not necessarily true.
God love us. Case and point, look at Jesus. Did Jesus ever have any hardship; did he ever have any suffering? And why, because God loves you and he sent his son to die for you and pay the price for your sins. Remember that. We need that foundation of faith. We need the real answers to God questions to hold onto when the storms
516 line 24) Here he means that only God asks you question about the universe than no other human can answer or comprehend. Jobs never lost faith in God, even though he suffered the loss of his property and children. He continued to be loyal, although he never got a full explanation for being a good man and doing good things and yet is punished. At some point, Job thought God was nonexistent.
How do human beings talk about God in the face of poverty and suffering? This is the question the Book of Job raises for us. A moral and honorable man lives a prosperous, happy and fruitful life. As a wager between God and Satan on the issue of disinterested religion, they test to see if his faith and religion are actually disinterested. This leads to another question of whether human beings are capable of asserting their faith and talking about God in the face of suffering in a disinterested way. In his book “On Job: God-Talk and the Suffering of the Innocent” Gustavo Gutierrez makes the point that human beings, especially the poor, are capable of a disinterested faith and knowledge of God in the face of suffering. His application of liberation theology, way of talking about God, and interest in the poor allow Gutierrez to assert that human beings are capable of a disinterested religion in the face of poverty and suffering.
The theme of the Book of Job is the perseverance of the human spirit. Job loses everything but he does not lose his faith in God. “Job refuses to curse God” (Book). Job has not done anything to deserve this, but it is a test from God and Satan to see if Job is actually as
There are so many different reasons that we go through suffering and hardship that stem from either the just how life goes or the broken world we live in. The most important thing to remember is God’s love for us is not measured by the circumstances we find ourselves in. No matter what is going on in our lives God still loves us just the same and extends his comfort and love to
In the book of Job, Job walks through life making sure his actions and words are carefully chosen, and even goes as far as to burn offerings for sins yet committed. The book of Job, and then later the modern take titled J.B., was a new display from God, showing that bad things can happen to good people. The book of Job made it clear in the bible that God was not giving or taking anything because of our own achievement, but that all things good and bad are from God. Archibald Macleish tries to reenact Job in a more modern version that new readers today might find easier, and although so aspects might be off from the original text, the story of J.B. follows closely to Job’s story line. One area that can be compared when looking at both texts
Persevering trials bring purpose, and God’s love is evident in His chastening which should never be despised (Job 5:17; Hebrews 12:5).
Job is a man very limited by God. As illustrated, he has only a negligible amount of agency to begin with. By the time God and Satan finish with him, he has virtually no control over his own life. The fragment of agency he does cling to is his ability to choose whether or not to curse God. No one, except himself, could prevent Job from cursing God. Yet, he refuses to curse God, even though He is responsible for his suffering.
In brief, God sent His only son to die for our sins and as a result, citizens continue to suffer; the book of 'Job' is relative to those particular examples that I previously presented for evidence pertaining to trials, tribulations, and attempting to adhere to God's commands to endure a better lifestyle noticeably while kings are set in place to deceive and lead mankind to justice and
Peace Like River: The Importance of Faith in Life Many Christians wear faith as a suit of armor protecting them from life’s hardships. God guides believers through loss, poverty, and sickness. The common phrase, “God doesn’t give you more than you can handle” expresses this idea. The knowledge that they are not alone and have God’s protection gives them strength and hope.
““There are some who say we are not truly human until we have suffered” 1 as said by Katharine Dell. There is also a though throughout the bible that God makes us suffer for our wrongdoings and past offenses. If this is so, then the protagonist of the Book of Job put both of these thoughts to the test while remaining faithful to God. Similarly to Job in “John” chapter nine, Jesus’ disciples question him in regards to human suffering and punishment from God. The idea of punishing a child for their parents sins is an over arching idea in the bible that acts as an explanation to why human suffer. Throughout the Biblical book of Job, despite Job’s friends’ belief of his wrongdoing, Job remains faithful while searching for a reason for his
God never condemns Job’s doubt or despair . . . He actually seems to appreciate it.
The Book of Job has been praised but also neglected all at the same time. Its literary work is written in a poetry sense with a prose format and considered one of the greatest pieces of literature of all time. The Book of Job is one of first book of five generally called "The Books of Poetry", which contain Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon. The Book of Job is written in the Old Testament of the Hebrew Bible and the main theme that is seeks out is "Why does God allow the righteous to suffer?" First of all I will be talking about the origins and history of the book, and then I will give a brief summary on the story and theme of what the Book of Job is addressing. I will then be breaking down, in
The view of fate the book of Job expresses, though similar in that it originates from God, differs in a few important ways. In Job, situations are predetermined to occur, but the personal choices of the people involved determine the outcome of the situation. The story of Job opens with Job's fate of suffering being planned. Satan presents himself in an audience before God. God makes example of Job, and Satan rebuffs, stating that Job's constancy is only because of God's preferential treatment. Satan tells God, "But put forth thy hand now and touch all he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face."(40). In response, power is given to Satan to torment Job as a test. Job's life and finally health are viciously mangled and destroyed by Satan. Though Job does not know the reasons behind his great suffering, we are told that "In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly."(41), and "In all this did not Job sin with his lips."(41). Self-pity creeps into Job's thoughts and words, but there is no disenchanted turn from God. Instead in Job the reader sees a turn to God for relief and
Lord has taken away. May the name of the Lord be praised.” Still Job was
In relation to the verse’s message to humanity, the first six verses focus on keeping the faith and having faith that the Lord has not forgotten you in times of hardship and remember he will always provide for you just as he has done in the past. This