Academy of Faith 004: The Book of Job: A Study of Suffering

Presented by: Dr. Bruce Bickel

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• Transcript Week 4

The Book of Job

Blessings through Pressure and Pain

Lesson #4

· The Dialogue

· Conversation with Friends – Cycle #3 (22-32)

· Eliphaz speaks (22)

· Job’s response (23–24)

· Bildad speaks (25)

· Job’s response (26–31)

· Applications and Uses

· By design, all of creation is a mystery to us

· God is self sustaining, but the world is not

· The concern for the Kingdom of God should be paramount

· Cursing God’s enemies (imprecations) should never be for personal revenge

· Cursing God’s enemies must be for the conversion of our enemies

· We have a basis for understanding what will happen to the unrepentant.

· Fearing God is based upon knowing God and being in awe of His ways

· We should intentionally and continuously remember God’s blessings of His care for us, His friendship with us, His provision for us, and His presence with us.

· Positive growing in growing is impossible without negative handling of sin.

· We must deal with our sin

· We must guard the heart and mind

· We must take practical steps

· We must live in the light of God’s presence