Number 12 Flashcards
(22 cards)
The basic message of God to Job was this…
Job, can you understand even the simplest things of the ways of my creation??
Job, look upon me. Can you understand Me or My ways?
Job, can’t you understand that you cannot understand all of my ways.
Now Job, behold my wisdom, my glory, and my love and ask yourself the question, even though you can’t understand, can you trust me?
True
All suffering is ultimately the result of the entrance of Sin into this world at the______
Fall
We all partake of that suffering simply because we are members of the human race and we live in_______bodies in a _____world
Cursed
A perfect world, however, demands_____ _____. no one wants to live in a world without______. God was not a heavenly tyrant who created a world of slaves and robots. He wanted us to love him because we freely choose to do so.
Free will- freedom
_______suffering is the result of personal ______
Some - sin
Though God could justly punish all men because of their inherent sinfulness, he does not. The real mystery is not why do so many bad things happen to good people, but rather why do so many good things happen to bad people.
True
Job struggled as men do today with the fact that no specific sin seemed tied to his suffering he admitted he was a sinner, but men far worse were suffering far less.There did not seem to be, and there was not a direct cause and effect between any personal sin and his suffering
True
______ Suffering is the result of personal sin. The Bible teaches this.
Some
_____suffering is not the result of personal sin. The law of karma in Hinduism teaches this, but the Bible does not.!
All
Some suffering is the result of the sins of ______. David’s entire family suffered because of his sin with Bathsheba, the family of a drunkard or gambling addict suffers because of his or her sin. Innocent victims of drunk drivers rapist or robbers suffer because the sins of another.
Others
Some suffering is for the ____of God, that he might demonstrate his grace, power, comfort, and deliverance
Glory
Some suffering is to _____ and strengthen us to make us more usable in God’s service and more like Christ
Purify
Some suffering is allowed by God because he is using it to accomplish a greater_______. The suffering of Joseph in Egypt or the death of Christ on the cross or two obvious examples.
Good
Reasons why Job was victorious in his suffering…
1) he focused on the fact that God has______ us all we have. Thus God has the perfect right to take these things, and we have still been blessed to have had them for the period of time during which he blessed us with them.
2) Job was rooted and grounded in the _____of God ______ the suffering came into his life.
3) Job was ______. Personal guilt always intensifies suffering.
Given - Word, before- Pure
Job turned to ____in suffering
God
Turning to God in Suffering is often the ______thing we want to do at a time like this, but this is the one thing that we most need to do
Last
Job Repeatedly asked “Why?”
And was never rebuked for this. Even Jesus asked why on the cross.
True
When God chose not to tell Job, Job________ an answer and concluded that God was unjust if he did not give one. Job was rebuked for this.
Demanded
The sovereign God has the right to choose to answer the “why” question or to leave it unanswered and to expect us to_____him. He even uses our lack of understanding to stretch and strengthen our faith.
Trust me
Another clear message of Job is that the understanding of suffering is often far____ our ability to comprehend, and therefore God______ explain all suffering to us
Beyond - cannot
What chapters in Job described dinosaurs?
Job 40-41
What does Job call dinosaurs? _______ and ______
Behemoth and Leviathan
