CURSE GOD OR TRUST GOD? (2 OF 5)
Scripture: Job 2:1-10
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Curse God or Trust God? (2 of 5)
Series: Why?
Jonathan McLeod
Job 2:1-10
Then his wife said to him, ''Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.'' But he said to her, ''You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?'' (vv. 9-10a).
SCRIPTURE READING
The book of Job begins by telling us that Job was ''blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil'' (1:1). But Job's life went from good to bad. He lost his wealth, his children, and his health. And most of the book of Job is about Job and his friends asking, ''Why?'' We ask the same question today: Why do bad things happen to good people?
Why is the book of Job so long? Maybe because there are no easy answers to the question of innocent suffering. If God loves us and is sovereign (i.e., all things are under God's control and nothing happens without his direction or permission), why is there innocent suffering?
[Read Job 2:1-10.]
WHY?
[Talk about Mom's struggle with arthritis.] When a Christian suffers, s/he asks, ''God, why did you allow this to happen?'' The suffering Christian can go from asking that question in faith to asking it in anger.
CURSE GOD?
When suffering comes, there's the temptation to curse God. That's what Satan wanted Job to do. That's what Job's wife said he should do.
1. ''Stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face'' (1:11).
2. ''Stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face'' (2:4).
3. ''Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die'' (2:9).
Job said to his wife, ''You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil [i.e., disaster]?'' (2:10). But most people would say, ''No, Job, you're the ...
Series: Why?
Jonathan McLeod
Job 2:1-10
Then his wife said to him, ''Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.'' But he said to her, ''You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?'' (vv. 9-10a).
SCRIPTURE READING
The book of Job begins by telling us that Job was ''blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil'' (1:1). But Job's life went from good to bad. He lost his wealth, his children, and his health. And most of the book of Job is about Job and his friends asking, ''Why?'' We ask the same question today: Why do bad things happen to good people?
Why is the book of Job so long? Maybe because there are no easy answers to the question of innocent suffering. If God loves us and is sovereign (i.e., all things are under God's control and nothing happens without his direction or permission), why is there innocent suffering?
[Read Job 2:1-10.]
WHY?
[Talk about Mom's struggle with arthritis.] When a Christian suffers, s/he asks, ''God, why did you allow this to happen?'' The suffering Christian can go from asking that question in faith to asking it in anger.
CURSE GOD?
When suffering comes, there's the temptation to curse God. That's what Satan wanted Job to do. That's what Job's wife said he should do.
1. ''Stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face'' (1:11).
2. ''Stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face'' (2:4).
3. ''Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die'' (2:9).
Job said to his wife, ''You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil [i.e., disaster]?'' (2:10). But most people would say, ''No, Job, you're the ...
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