1 - Who Was Job? (Job 1:1-5)

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Job was a real man who lived sometime around the time of the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) who, though not sinless, sincerely sought after God, understanding his need for a Redeemer

  1. Would the Real Job Please Stand Up

    1. What do you think of when you think of Job?

    2. Theodicy (the Problem of Evil / Suffering)

    3. Type of Christ

  2. Background

    1. Wisdom Literature (Proverbs 1:7; Ecclesiastes 12:13)

    2. Historical Context

    3. Recording

  3. How it All Began

    1. Blameless and Upright (v. 1-3; cf. Genesis 1:28)

    2. Sinful (v. 4-5)

    3. A Picture of Christ First Petition and the First Commandment