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trials. God is calling Job with an incredible sweetness. God is calling Job to himself saying, “Don’t go in
that direction. Don’t take even one more step away from my justice and righteousness and power.”

3.4 Let’s Practice….

1. What is Job’s concept of a Redeemer?

2. How does Job describe the wisdom of God?

3. How does Job describe his own practice of righteousness?

4. Describe the spiritual background of Elihu.

5. Why does Job need a ransom?

6. What should Job believe about God’s righteousness?

7. What should Job believe about God’s justice?

8. What should Job believe about God’s power?

3.5 Let’s Personalize this Lesson….

We cannot expect Job, or even Elihu for that matter, to have a NT perspective on suffering.
Neither had the amount of revelation we have today. The witness of the ages is to the
sufficiency of the person of Jesus Christ in all difficulties. We cannot leave people with
confidence in themselves, their goodness and power and knowledge. Situations arise in
anyone’s life that are overwhelming. Only faith in Christ will see them through the difficulty whether
they are rescued or put to death.

In I love Idi Amin, Festo J. Kivengere give a moving account of the life of the church
during Amin’s despotic rule in Uganda. On one occasion, a busload of Christians was
pounced upon by security forces just before starting a journey to Tanzania for a Christian
revival convention. Some security adviser had intimated that the group’s traveling to an
“enemy” country, as Tanzania was then regarded, indicated that their mission was

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