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JOB - Chapters 1-3

 Introduction and Job's wish for death




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INTRODUCTION: Necessary background information about Job (1:1-5)

  1. Where he lived
     
  2. His character
     
  3. His blessings: family and possessions
     
  4. His devotion to his family and to his God

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THE FIRST ATTACK - against Job's family and possessions (1:6-22)

  1. The events in heaven
    1. Satan (the "accuser") is introduced.
    2. The Lord points out Job's character. Satan claims that Job's character originates with evil, self-serving motives.
    3. Satan challenges the Lord and the Lord accepts the challenge!
       
  2. The events on earth
    1. Job loses everything within a very short period of time.
    2. Job's response
      1. What he did: grief and worship
      2. What he did not do: sin

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THE SECOND ATTACK - against Job's person (2:1-10)

  1. The events in heaven
    1. Satan is introduced.
    2. God points out Job's continuing good character. Satan claims that Job still has evil motives underlying his character.
    3. Satan challenges the Lord and the Lord accepts the challenge!
       
  2. The events on earth
    1. Job's health is destroyed in a most horrifying manner! We will see that it impacts the totality of his being (such as physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions).
    2. Job's integrity is tested by his wife.
    3. Job's response - rebukes his wife; refuses to sin.

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FRIENDS ARRIVE - to comfort Job (2:11-13)

  1. Where they lived
     
  2. Their desire to comfort
     
  3. Their shock and surprise
     
  4. Their sympathy and grief

Note: These friends will end up (unknowingly) testing Job much more severely than his wife did!

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Thoughts to Ponder:

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JOB'S INITIAL "CURSE-LAMENT" (ch. 3)

  1. (3:1-10) I wish that the day and night of my birth would cease to exist [perhaps like a day missing from the calendar!], because I was conceived and did not die prior to that day.
     
  2. (3:11-19) If I had died at birth (or before), I would now be at rest, equal with all who have lived and died before - both the smallest and the greatest, the best and the worst.
     
  3. (3:20-26) Why should life be given to a person who desires only death - who has ceased to find any value in life, and who has lost all hope of escape from continuous horror and agony?

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Thoughts to Ponder:

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Dennis Hinks © 1989, 2004
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