Central Christian Church Lampasas
LESSONS FROM JOB: PERSPECTIVE
What happens when life crashes in around you? How do you handle adversity? Join us Sundays at 10:30 AM as Pastor Nathan explores Jobs.0
Locations & Times
Central Christian Church
204 S Broad St, Lampasas, TX 76550, USA
Sunday 10:30 AM
Sunday, October 2nd
<b>Oct 5th </b> -- Women's Wednesday 6:30 PM<br><br><b>Oct 8th </b> -- Regional Operation Christmas Child Kick - Off <br><br><b>Oct 9th </b> -- Board Meeting <br><br><b>Oct 19th</b> -- Christian Women's Fellowship 9 AM<br> Women's Wednesday 6:30 PM<br><br><b>Oct 24th</b> — Women’s More Event - Old LMS Cafeteria<br><br><b>Oct 31st -- </b> Neighborhood Block party
BACKGROUND OF THE BOOK
Author and Date
The book of Job is narrative history. Its author is unknown yet it is possible that Job himself wrote it. It is possible that Job is the oldest of any book of the Bible written approximately 2100-1800 B.C.
Location
Uz was located in northern Arabia. Job’s friend, Eliphaz, was from Teman, a city in Edom. Elihu was a Buzite. The Buzites who lived next to the Chaldeans in northeast Arabia.
Type of Literature
Job is a wisdom literature. Like the other Wisdom books Job is primarily composed of poetry and Job 28 consists of a hymn to Wisdom. Yet Job stands in strong contrast to Proverbs. Many scholars believe that Job was written to correct a possible misunderstanding of the message of Proverbs. Deals with mature reflection on issues of everyday living.
The Heavenly Court
Satan goes to God with a desire, and he must get permission to carry it out. This is an awesome thing to realize, that Satan does nothing in this world except by God's permissive will. At any moment God could stop Satan from doing what he is doing.
Anytime we think we can blame Satan for something that is happening, we must also reckon with the fact that God is permitting it, which is what Job remarkably does.
Then Satan comes and strikes Job with a disease: boils from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet.
Job was nearly crushed by the pain of suffering. He tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell to the ground when he heard that his children had died (Job 1:20). His physical ailments were so painful, he used broken pottery as the instruments in his homemade surgery (Job 2:7)
We see in Job chapter 1 what is going on behind the scenes. It easy for us to look in the wrong places and not have faith that God is in control. A godly perspective takes into account that more is going on than what we can see.
We see from the Lord’s encounter with Satan that suffering is not always a person’s fault.
Suffering is the heritage of the bad, of the penitent, and of the Son of God. Each one ends in the cross. The bad thief is crucified, the penitent thief is crucified, and the Son of God is crucified. By these signs we know the widespread heritage of suffering.
What was important was what was in the heart of the crucified men. Christ as an obedient son and a suffering servant freely gave up his life for our salvation. The unrepentant thief died in his sins and would be judged. However, the thief who repented would be with his Lord in paradise. All three men endured the same suffering.
With knowing the Lord is on his throne, our lives take on meaning and purpose even in the midst of unspeakable pain and suffering.
Are we ready to have the proper perspective and submit our lives to Christ? He will overcome all of the pain, suffering, and sorrow in our lives.