Job 1 Pt 2
Things suddenly get complicated
Please read
Job Ch 1:13-22
What Happened
Job 1:13-19
Notes:
- One day while Job’s children were feasting at the eldest brother’s house:
- All of Job’s farmhands in his fields were attacked and killed
- All of Job’s donkeys and oxen were stolen during the attack
- All of Job’s sheep and shepherds were killed by lightening (fire from heaven)
- All of Job’s camels were stolen and servants killed in a separate attack and
- All of Job’s children were killed when the house they were feasting in collapsed due to a strong wind.
- The only survivors that day were Job, 4 messengers, and Job’s wife
Questions:
1. What did losing all of one’s children, livestock and servants mean in those days?
2. Is it different losing a child today than it might have been 2k years ago?
3. How do we know Job’s wife survived?
Job’s Reaction
Job Ch 1:20-22
Notes:
- Job stood up, tore his clothes, shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship
- He said:
“I came naked from my mother’s womb,
and I will be naked when I leave.
The LORD gave me what I had,
and the LORD has taken it away.
Praise the name of the LORD!”
- In spite of it all, Job did not sin.
Questions:
4. Why did Job stand up, tear his clothes and shave his head?
5. What does the word worship mean?
6. Why do Job’s words sound familiar?
7. What do Job’s words imply?
8. Job did not sin? In what way might we have expected Job to sin?
General talking points:
Are there any verses from Part 2 you find particularly difficult, beautiful, scary, funny, whatever that you would like to talk about?
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