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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
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1 | Why did Job suffer? | Job | Samantha | 28879 | ||
Why has suffering happened to this person? |
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2 | Why did Job suffer? | Job | Thomass | 73375 | ||
Job was blameless and upright (not deviating from God's standards). Also he feared God (he revered and submitted to God's majesty) and he shunned evil. It just so happened that satan was roaming back and forth through the earth, looking for those whom he could accuse and dominate. The Lord spoke of Job by the honorable title my servant and referred to him as a supreme example of piety. "There is no one on earth like him". God pointed out that satan could not dominate Job. So satan responded by attacking Job's motives. Satan thought if Job were to lose his wealth and children that he would then curse God. So God allowed this to happen through his permissive will. When that didn't work, satan wanted to take Job's health from him. When it comes right down to it, there is nothing on earth that satan can do without the okay from God. So to answer your question: "It was a test to see if Job really loved and honored the Lord". As true Christians we will come across suffering in our lives, whether it be false persecution, health problems, etc., The devil only bothers those that live for the Lord and do his will here on earth. | ||||||
3 | Why did Job love God? | Job | lovly2me1 | 73380 | ||
I want to give thanks to those asking and answering this question. It is one that I have asked myself. I would like to know however, why do you think Job loved God so much, if not the fact that God had blessed him so from the beginning? | ||||||
4 | Why did Job love God? | Job | Thomass | 73392 | ||
Read the 9;12;19;23;26; and 42 chapters of Job, where he talks of declaration of God's greatness. In chapter 9,Job tells of God's awesome power and God's arbitrary power, In chapter 12, Job tells of God's wisdom and power. In chapter 19, Job speaks of the certainty of seeing God one day. In chapter 26, Job speaks of God's majesty in nature. And when you think about it, how can you not love one that has bought you into existence, has substained you through out, and gives you his added protection. God had watched over him and blessed him.(10:12) Also God guided him through the darkness of difficulties, befriended him, and was with him. Job's experience billboards the truth that man's worship of God does not stem from a businesslike contract, whereby he earns material rewards from God. Man's relationship to God is not a juridical arrangement in which He is obligated to reward man for every good act. Instead, man is to trust God, worship Him regardless of his circumstances, and rely on the perfections of His character even when God's ways are not fully understood. Job realized that God is incharge, that God still loves him and cares for him. Job did not receive explanations regarding his problems; but he did come to a much deeper sense of the majesty and loving care of God. He came to trust God more fully, knowing that His ways should not be challenged. Though often inexplicable and mysterious, God's plans are benevolent and beneficial. | ||||||
5 | Why did Job love God? | Job | lovly2me1 | 73451 | ||
Thank you very much Thomas, for not ridiculing me for asking this question and for your answer as well. It is an important issue to me. I now realize that I do not love God for his majesty. I dont know why or how to. I guess because I originally came to him because I needed help. I didn't get it, and it has been 22 years now. In all that time, I have seen very little of God. Sometimes, I'm not even sure that he exist. | ||||||
6 | Why did Job love God? | Job | Thomass | 73492 | ||
You must have faith first! Unshakeable, unbreakable faith and just believe with all your heart. DO NOT wavier, be steadfast. Read I Corinthians 2 chapter. Keep reading your Bible and maybe take a study course on the Bible, a book at a time. Have you confess your sins to God and been baptized? Have you ask him to make you into a new creature, leaving your old habits and mind sets behind? You also have to remember that God works in his own time, not ours. I'm not sure of your circumstances or what you're waiting to get. So I can't really comment on that. Just have you made a change in your life for Christ? | ||||||