Lesson #2: Job’s Suffering Job 3

Job & Ecclesiastes

Job 3: Journal Entry #2

How did Job end the seven-day period of silence with his friends? (3:1-10)

Job 3 Notes:

What were some of Job’s additional problems? See 2:12, 7:14, 19:17, 19:20, 30:17 & 30:30

Job’s suffering led him to despair and made him long for the peace and release of death. DEATH From a NT perspective, how do Christians think differently about death? See Psalm 23:4, 31; 31-32, Rom 6:5, 8:38, I Cor 15:55-57, I Thess 4:13-14 & Rev 21:4

GRIEFHow do Christians think differently about adversity? See Psalm 15a, 34:18, 46:1, 48:14,119:50 & 56, Is 41:10, Lam 3:22-26, Matt 11:28, John 14:27, Rom 15:13, 2 Cor 1:3-4 & 12:9, Heb 4:16, & I Pet 5:7.

1. Peruse Chapter 3. 2. Create a sympathy card

based on what you have read in Job.1. What would you say? 2. What is a biblical

approach to a friend’s suffering?

3. Design one or several cards

4. Think about what Job has said in chapter 3; how should you respond?

Job 1-2 VS. Job 3

Scan these chapters. How are they different from one

another?

Poetry and Wisdom Literature

Read “Parallelism and Reiteration” on p. 49 of textbook

Read Job 3:5 and 17

Job is feeling…

Read Job 3:11-26 with a partner What is he saying? Why is he saying it?

Job Journal #2 Can you think back on a situation in which

you or someone else you know might have been tempted to feel the way Job did?▪ What are some words that might describe how

you felt?▪ What other words might have described how Job

was feeling?

One WORD…

To WHOM does HOPE point?

Isaiah 53The Suffering Servant.

Read “Where is My Hope” on p. 49 of textbook

• Look up the Lyrics to Blessed Be the Name of the Lord, by Matt Redman.• Review each line of lyrics and the

chorus. • 1) Is this praise song theologically

accurate according to the whole counsel of scripture?

• 2) How can this song help believers?

• 3) How can a praise song be written from such a difficult narrative?

• 4) Let’s listen! http://viewpure.com/tTpTQ4kBLxA

1. Read the story of a suffering Christian. (newspaper, online, magazine, etc.)1. Write a short summary of h/h

story 2. What is the biblical approach to

helping this brother/sister in need?

3. How will you respond differently than Job’s friends?

4. Organize a prayer time in class for this persecuted Christian

Homework for Monday:

1. Read the story of a suffering Christian. (newspaper, online, magazine, etc.)1. Write a short summary of h/h

story 2. What is the biblical approach to

helping this brother/sister in need?

3. How will you respond differently than Job’s friends?

4. Organize a prayer time in class for this persecuted Christian

Homework for Monday: