A Synopsis Of Job

 

A Synopsis Of Job

 

Chapters 1 and 2 are about GOD using the devil to test Job. The devil thinks he can bring tribulation on Job and get him to curse and reject GOD.

 

Chapters 3 through 31 are about Job claiming his righteousness and the unjustness of his treatment by GOD. Job’s 3 “friends” spend their days refuting Job’s righteousness and innocence because he must be a sinner to have GOD judging him so harshly.

 

Chapters 32 through 37 Elihu, a young man, a servant of GOD who has been listening, spoke to Job because Job was justifying himself rather than GOD and Job’s friends had no answer just judgments against Job.

 

Chapters 38 through 41 GOD answers Job with a question, “Who do you think you are? What have you done in comparison to Me?” If you want to know something about GOD that you do not know study these 4 chapters!

 

Chapter 42 Job recognizes his sin is his pride and repents, GOD restores everything to him double. GOD corrects Job’s three friends, and they repent, and all Job’s family and acquaintances come and comfort Job and rejoice with him.

 

 

Conclusion

 

GOD is warning us not to be too confident in our righteousness, The Bible teaches us that pride comes before a fall, to be humble and not judgmental. These are basic truths that many Christians forget.

 

Job could not understand why he was suffering so much calamity when he was such a righteousness man. Instead of seeking GOD humbly and thanking GOD that he and his wife were still alive. He complained to GOD and His friends about how it was so unjust, to the point that his wife told him to “curse GOD and die.”

 

While Job’s friends told some truths about GOD, they could not believe that Job had not sinned to cause such a calamity in his life. In the Church there is a propensity to judge other Christians who are going through hard times, be very careful of this sin.

 

The young Elihu seemed to have a better relationship with GOD than the other men in this story. Many Christians start out enthusiastic in their walk with GOD as Believers in JESUS. But the cares of the world that we all have to deal with and the religious spirit that hovers over the Church can soon wear down and transform humble obedient Believers into monotonous, judgmental, religious spouters of self-righteous criticism; this is sin.

 

JESUS told us that we would be persecuted, “Blessed are you when men persecute you for My Name’s sake…” and that we would have trials and tribulation; all The Apostles who wrote letters to the Church told us this was for our good, it would cause us to grow in Faith, endurance, and patience, all good characteristics.

 

JESUS told us to Love GOD, Love our neighbors, Love each other, Love the lost and to Love our enemies. Paul told us that no matter what we have in our life if we do not have Love, it means nothing. All we have is Faith, Hope and Love and Love is the greatest of these.

 

Seek first The Kingdom of GOD and His Righteousness! Our righteousness comes from GOD through JESUS, when we stop obeying GOD and doing what He commands us then we are walking outside of the Righteousness that comes from JESUS.

 

Scriptural references:

Matthew 6:14-15, 7:1-6; Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 5:43-48;  1 John 3:10-23; Romans 5:1-5; 2 Thessalonians 1:3-8; James 1:2-8, 12-16; 1 Peter 1:3-10; 1 Corinthians 13; Matthew 6:25-34; 2 Corinthians 5:20-21.