Scripture Text: Job 15:1-17:16

Memory Verse: “My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their production?”—Job 17:1-2

Introduction:

It is now the turn of Eliphaz the Temanite to reproach Job again for his vanity and his impious, unprofitable talk. In a series of rapid-fire questions, he ridicules Job’s supposed knowledge, calling it empty. While Job’s bold words challenging God did lay him open to the charge of casting off fear, it was not fair to accuse him of choosing

Sunday: Zophar Speaks: Job 11:1-20

Zophar harshly accused Job of self-righteousness and stubbornness, telling him that he deserved to suffer even more than he had. He maintained that if Job would turn from sin, his sufferings would immediately cease, and security, prosperity and happiness would return. The Bible nowhere guarantees a life “brighter than noonday” for the faithful believer. Rather, we must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22)

Monday: Job Responds: Job 12:1-12

Job condemned the way prosperous people often think. In contempt, they look down on the poor and needy and justify their

Scripture Text: Job 11:1-14:22

Memory Verse: “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before Him. He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.”—Job 13:15-16

Introduction:

Zophar the Naamathite insists that such empty, arrogant talk should not go unanswered. If Job could only see things as God does, Zophar contends, he would realize that he is not suffering as much as he really deserves! His ignorance of God’s greatness disqualifies him to question His justice. The best thing for Job to do is

Sunday: Bildad’s Indictment Against Job: Job 8:1-7

If Job were really upright, he would be vindicated by God. Job was not vindicated by God, so he must be wicked. Bildad based his argument on his belief that because God was just, he would not bring trouble on a righteous individual. Bildad’s error was exposed later by God Himself and ultimately in Christ’s crucifixion, when God delivered His own Son over to suffering and death. (Matthew 27:31-50)

Monday: Bildad’s Dialogue Continues: Job 8:8-22

Bildad was a devoted traditionalist who called his witnesses from the past. There is nothing wrong with our

Scripture Text: Job 8:1-10:22

Memory Verse: “Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?” —Job 10:8-9

Introduction:

The name Bildad means son of contention, which would be a very appropriate meaning, since this friend of Job seems to love controversy. Accusing Job of irresponsible and blustery speech, Bildad defends the justice of God in punishing the wicked and rewarding the upright. He says unkindly that Job’s sons were destroyed because

Daily Devotional

 Sunday: Job Curses His Birth: Job 3:1-19

Job told God exactly how he felt. He began by cursing the day of his birth and his miserable existence, but did not curse God. His cry was an expression of pain and despair, not a cry of defiance against God. It is always best for believers to express their doubts and their honest emotions to the Lord in prayer. To go to God with our misery and heartache in order to find Him and evoke His compassion is never wrong. Jesus Himself asked God the question, “My God, my God,

Scripture Text: Job 3:1-7:21

Memory Verse: “For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me. I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, for trouble comes.”—Job 3:25-26 (NKJV)

Introduction:

Evidently Job has suffered for a long, though undetermined, time. Now there is a change in Job’s attitude. Though he does not curse God, Job’s previous words of patience and trust are not evident. He clearly expresses his deepest, innermost feelings that it would have been better if he had never been born. He argues that

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Sunday: Job – Blameless and Upright: Job 1:1-5

Blameless refers to Job’s moral integrity and wholehearted commitment to God. Upright denotes rightness in word, thought and deed. This declaration about Job’s righteousness clearly affirmed that God through His grace can redeem fallen humans so as to make them genuinely good, righteous and victorious over sin. (1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Psalm 119:7)

Monday: Satan’s Accusations: Job 1:6-12

Satan reacted to God’s claim that Job was a Godly man by assaulting both Job and God. Satan implied that God was naïve and had deceived Himself, having obtained

Scripture Text: Job 1:1-2:13

Memory Verse: “And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”—Job 1:21

Introduction:

Job was a wealthy man who lived in the land of Uz. The upright and god-fearing Job had seven sons and three daughters. So vast were his holdings of livestock that he was the greatest man in the East.

As the story unfolds, we are told of a scene in heaven when the sons of God appeared before

“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I wilt liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand.” —Matthew 7:24, 26

Scripture Reading: 2 Peter 1:3-10; 2 Corinthians 3:10-15

Introduction:

Whether or not we know God is evidenced by the fruit in our lives. Good fruit only comes from a good tree and the only good tree is one transformed by the life of Jesus. It