Page 37 - Reasons for Sickness

Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot

unto his crown. And he took him a
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potsherd” — that is, a piece of clay — “to

scrape himself withal; and he sat down

among the ashes.” And Job’s wife said just

curse God and die, and when you come

down to verse 10, Job says in verse 10,

“What? shall we receive good at the hand of

God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this

did not Job sin with his lips.”

Now, some tragic things had come upon

this man. He lost his children, lost his home,

lost all of his finances, and now he's lost his

health. And, again, the average Christian

today in America would say, "Job had to be

living in some kind of sin. He's really done

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