Theme: When God doesn't make sense.
Scripture: Job 19:1-27
A1 Outline--Job's reply to Bildad
- B1 Questions why his friends hate him so. Job 19:1-7
- B2 Questions why God has does this to him. Job 19:8-22
- B3 States that someday God will come and help him, even raise him from the dead. Job 19:23-29
A2 Notes and Questions
- B1 Job 19 is Job's response to Bildad's words in Job 18 (Summary given below)
- C1 Why are you so angry with us? Do you think we are stupid?
- C2 You are wicked. Wicked people are eventually caught, just like wild animals are.
- C3 God punishes these very wicked people with death, and people want to forget about them.
- B2 Job 19 summary
- C1 Why are you insulting me?
- C2 You think you are better than me.
- C3 Can't you see that God has done this?
- C4 God has taken everything from me, even hope.
- D1 My family hates me.
- D2 My friends and relatives have deserted me.
- D3 My servants treat me like a stranger.
- D4 My wife thinks I stink.
- D5 Children despise and laugh at me.
- D6 My closest friends have turned against me.
- D7 My skin just hangs on my body.
- C5 Why don't you have pity on me? You are my closest friends.
- C6 God is in heaven and will come to my defense.
- C7 Even if I die, God will raise me up some day.
- C8 God is judge, not you miserable people.
- B3 Did Job understand why these things were happening?
- B4 Do we understand why everything happens to us?
- B5 What are we to do in times like that?
- B6 Can cheering up someone be wrong?
- B7 What do we say to someone who is going through suffering?
- C1 Listen to them.
- C2 Don't make a rash judgment.
- C3 Stay silent.
- C4 Try to understand the situation.
- C5 If we don't know the cause, don't assume one.
- C6 A number of Psalms express the pain of a situation.
- C7 Consider this list from Nave's Topical Bible
- AFFLICTIONS
- Psalm 3; 4; 5; 7; 11; 13; 16; 17; 22; 26; 27; 28; 31; 35; 41; 42; 43; 44; 54; 55; 56; 57; 59; 60; 61; 62; 63; 64; 69; 70; 71; 74; 77; 79; 80; 83; 84; 86; 88; 89; 94; 102; 109; 120; 123; 129; 137; 140; 141; 142; 143
- DIDACTIC
- Psalm 1; 5; 7; 9; 10; 11; 12; 14; 15; 17; 24; 25; 32; 34; 36; 37; 39; 49; 50; 52; 53; 58; 73; 75; 82; 84; 90; 91; 92; 94; 101; 112; 119; 121; 125; 127; 128; 131; 133
- HISTORICAL
- Psalm 78; 105; 106
- IMPRECATORY
- Psalm 5:10; Psalm 6:10; Psalm 9:20; Psalm 10:2; Psalm 10:15; Psalm 25:3; Psalm 28:4; Psalm 31:17; Psalm 31:18; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:8; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 40:14; Psalm 40:15; Psalm 54:5; Psalm 55:9; Psalm 55:15; Psalm 56:7; Psalm 58:7; Psalm 59:5; Psalm 59:11; Psalm 59:15; Psalm 68:1; Psalm 68:2; Psalm 69:23; Psalm 69:24; Psalm 69:27; Psalm 69:28; Psalm 70:2; Psalm 70:3; Psalm 71:13; Psalm 79:10; Psalm 79:12; Psalm 83:13-17; Psalm 94:2; Psalm 109:7; Psalm 109:9-20; Psalm 109:28; Psalm 109:29; Psalm 119:78; Psalm 119:84; Psalm 129:5; Psalm 140:9; Psalm 140:10; Psalm 143:12; Psalm 144:6
- INTERCESSIONAL
- Psalm 20; 67; 122; 132; 144
- MESSIANIC
- Psalm 2:1-12; Psalm 16:7-11; Psalm 67:1-7; Psalm 68:28-35; Psalm 69:1-36; Psalm 72:1-19; Psalm 93:1-5; Psalm 96:1-13; Psalm 97:1-12; Psalm 98:1-9; Psalm 99:1-9; Psalm 110:1-7; Psalm 118:19-29
- PENITENTIAL
- Psalm 6; 25; 32; 38; 51; 102; 130; 143
- PRAISE
- For God's attributes
- Psalm 8; 19; 24; 29; 33; 47; 50; 65; 66; 76; 77; 93; 95; 96; 97; 99; 104; 111; 113; 114; 115; 134; 139; 147; 148; 150
- PROPHETIC
- Psalm 2; 16; 22; 40; 45; 68; 69; 72; 87; 97; 110; 118
- THANKSGIVING
- Psalm 21; 46; 48; 65; 66; 68; 76; 81; 85; 98; 105; 124; 126; 129; 135; 136; 149
- For God's goodness to good men
- Psalm 23; 34; 36; 91; 100; 103; 107; 117; 121; 145; 146
- For God's Mercies to Individuals
- Psalm 9; 18; 30; 34; 40; 75; 103; 108; 116; 118; 138; 144
- Source: Study Light
- B8 Job 19:1-5
- C1 What is Job's main complaint against Bildad?
- C2 Can words torment?
- C3 Is this a form of verbal abuse?
- C4 What do we do when we face this?
- D1 The Lord Jesus--Luke 13:32, Luke 23:6-9, John 19:9-11, 1 Peter 2:23
- D2 Counsel from the Apostles--1 Peter 4:9, 1 Peter 4:12-16, 1 Peter 3:17,
- B9 Job 19:6-12
- C1 Is it wrong to complain to God? See Psalm 73 and Jonah 4
- C2 Why are Job's friends in essence falsely accusing Job?
- B10 Job 19:13-20
- C1 How do we help others when everyone has forsaken them? Read Psalm 22 and Mark 15:34 (Matthew 27:46).
- C2 Do bad things happen to "good" people?
- C3 Why do people blame God when everything becomes tragic?
- C4 What is some of the things we can do to help others when this happens?
- D1 Pray
- D2 Listen to that person. Stay quiet. Let them talk.
- D3 Do not say harmful things that we often think help but only makes matters worse.
- E1 "Things could be worse."
- E2 "You'll get over it."
- E3 "Stop pitying yourself."
- E4 "Get over it."
- E5 "You already have 3 children."
- E6 "You know you could have avoided this."
- D4 Say and do some things that are helpful.
- E1 "How are you doing. I really mean that." Now stop and listen intently.
- E2 "I really don't know what to say, but I can see your grief. Is there something I can do for you?"
- E3 Stop by in a few weeks. Bring something nice with you. Stay to chat.
- E4 "I sure do appreciate you loved one. I remember how she/he helped me with..."
- D5 What are some other things to say and do and things not to say or do?
- B11 Job 19:21-22
- C1 How did Job's friends fail him?
- C2 What is Job asking his friends to do?
- B12 Job 19:23-27
- C1 Was Job's request in verses 23 and 24 answered?
- C2 What is Job's hope? (Job 19:25-27)
- C3 Our resurrection
- D1 Here, Daniel 12:2-3, Daniel 12:13, Matthew 22:29-33, 1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, etc.
- D2 The resurrection is important see 1 Corinthians 15:12-19.
- D3 For explanations of the resurrection's importance see here and here
- B13 Job 19:28-29, what is Job saying to his friends?
- B14 Have you ever struggled with the feeling that God has abandoned you? What did you do? How can you use this experience to help others?
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