This Lord’s Day, Job responds to the second speech from Eliphaz. Within it is the most graphic descriptions of Job’s suffering to date. In them, we see Job’s compassion for his friends leading us to a key principle of ministering to people. We also identify through Job the suffering common to all believers and points us to the sufferings of Christ.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
One of the greatest comforts in the Christian life is obeying today’s scripture and resting in its promises; casting the burdens of life on the Lord and resting confident in His promises of power and protection as we do.
We have all heard the words “Experience is the best teacher.” Or maybe something about “learning in the school of hard knocks.” Likely there are other pithy sayings out there on how we learn about life.
This Lord’s Day evening we are privileged to have Stan Allaby preach for us. Pastor Stan was baptized, interned, and ordained at QBC and it is always a delight to host him in our pulpit. He will be preaching on a topic of greatest importance – eternity.
This Lord’s Day, Eliphaz continues to talk and the second half of his speech to Job, he actually speaks truth about the horrible condition unbelievers find themselves before God. He will give us five descriptions of what a person’s life outside of Christ is like. Such awareness should remind ourselves of what the Gospel has delivered us from and intensify our burden for those outside of Christ.
Mention the name “Job” in a conversation among Christians and immediately two things will likely emerge – suffering and patience.