Sunday: Eliphaz Speaks: Job 22:1-11
Satan and Job’s friends all agreed that Job was a sinner at heart and that he obeyed God only because God blessed him. The fact that Job still trusted God after losing his children and his wealth should have proved to them that his faith was not commercial. Eliphaz then took a new approach, asking whether Job’s righteousness did God any good. Since God is just and does what is right, He is not influenced by man’s good deeds.
Monday: Job’s Sins: Job 22:12-20
Eliphaz then named sins that Job must have committed, and sins Job thought God could not see. It was the same argument in a new dress, and Satan could not have done better. Eliphaz assumes that Job is casting his lot with the prosperous wicked.
Tuesday: Prosperity Will Come: Job 22:21-30
Eliphaz appealed to Job with a traditional, yet simplistic, doctrine of repentance: if Job was willing to return to God, to receive instruction from his word, to humble himself and remove sin form his life, and to abandon his trust in earthly things and make the Almighty his delight, then God would surely deliver him from all trouble, his prayers would be answered, and success would follow his every endeavor.
Wednesday: Job Responds: Job 23:1-12
Throughout the whole experience of Job’s suffering, his greatest longing was for the presence of his Lord. He rarely mentions the loss of prosperity and his children. It was the loss of God’s presence that he mourned. (Psalm 42:1-2; 63:1)
Thursday: Job’s Suffering a Test: Job 23:13-17
Job felt confident that God still cared about his life and knew that no adversity would turn Job from faithful adherence to Him. Job saw his suffering as a test of his faith in and love for the Lord. His test was similar to that of Abraham when he was told to sacrifice his son Isaac. (Genesis 22)
Friday: Times for Judgment: Job 24:1-12
The term “times” seems to mean the special periods during which God exhibits His power and justice in vindicating the righteous and punishing sinners. These “times” cannot be hidden from God because He determines them. Job asks, “Why does God not share this knowledge with the righteous to warn them of the coming judgment?” (Isaiah 2:12; 3:18; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11)
Saturday: God’s Judgment: Job 24:13-25
Job again presented proof that all sinners are not immediately judged by God. Job did not deny the fact of God’s judgment, but he did affirm that man could not fully explain how He worked.