The Hebrew Bible contains different kinds of wisdom literature. For example, wise sayings in Proverbs typically express general principles, providing guidance for what to do when the world is working the way it’s supposed to. However, Job deals with just the opposite issue. What happens when you do everything right and still face extraordinary loss and suffering? In this teaching we’ll work through the major themes in Job to uncover the overall message of the book. We’ll see how Job refutes the simplistic idea of karma, so commonly assumed by so many today. In the end we’ll see that our world is complicated, but God is here through it all.
Click here to read a short but helpful quote by William Lane Craig on our complicated world.
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- Check out the other podcasts in this wisdom series
- Go deeper and listen to Podcast 63: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
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Thanks for great podcast and tackling this tough book. While many people avoid what they consider more depressing sections of scripture like Ecclesiastes and Job, I person find them very interesting and actually quite encouraging.
We live in a fallen world and the sooner we accept that and realize that we can’t escape all of this life’s problems, the easier it will be for us to navigate through the difficult landscape we face. Despite all of the troubles of life, there is still joy to be found in God and the hope he gives us. Truly serving God is the point of our Iife and some of these heavier books in the Bible really point that out in a solemn way that is powerful and unique.