Calamity #1 (1:13-15) “Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house…â€
Calamity #2 (1:16) “While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.â€
Calamity #3 (1;17) “While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The Chaldeans formed three groups and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.â€
Calamity #4 (1:18-19) “While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escape to tell you.â€
Job’s Response (1:20-22)
Job responds with grief (1:20a) “Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground…â€
Job responds with worship (1:20b) “…and worshiped.â€
Job responds with good theology (1:21) “And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.â€
#1 – Job acknowledges that everything belongs to the Lord.
#2 – Job trust in the sovereignty of God.
Job responds without cursing God. (1:22) “In all this Job did not sin or charge God wi
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