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    Zophar's Rebuke (Job 20)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 26, 2025
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    Do we assume that suffering is for our personal sins?

    Do we automatically assume that someone else’s suffering is the consequence of their own wickedness? What is the reality of this world? Let’s continue in Job 20. Does the argument continue with Zophar greatly disturbed by what Job has said? Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: “I must reply ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bildad's Rebuke (Job 18)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 25, 2025
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    Is our church a gossip club or compassionate?

    Are compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, bearing with one another and forgiveness traits of our church? Let’s begin in Job 18. Does Bildad claim that Job’s words lack understanding, that cause and effect are rock solid logic? Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: “How long ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hope In Death (Job 17)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 25, 2025
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    What do we do when life is so bad that death looks like hope?

    Do we judge or comfort those in trouble? Let’s begin in Job 17. Is our spirit broken? Are our days extinguished? Are we surrounded by mockers like Job? My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. A graveyard awaits me. Surely mockers surround me and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion. (Job ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Slander Or Comfort (Job 16)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 25, 2025
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    Do we slander or comfort each other?

    Is this little assembly like some churches, judgmental, filled with slander and gossip rather than comfort? Are we like that? Let’s look at Job 16. Is our church like Job’s small group of friends, where the suffering are accused and not comforted? Then Job spoke again: “I have heard all this ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Eliphaz's Rebuke (Job 15)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 24, 2025
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    Are ancient traditions equal to scripture?

    Are ancient traditions equal to or more important than God’s word? Do the innocent suffer? Let’s begin in Job 15. What did Eliphaz the Temanite say in his second reply to Job? Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill himself with the hot east wind? ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hope For The Suffering (Job 14)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 24, 2025
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    If we suffer is there hope?

    Should a brief life invest in eternity? Does such hope help us endure suffering, comfort the suffering? Let’s look at Job 14. As Job muses on the few days and trouble of a normal life, how does Job address God? Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. He grows up like a ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hidden Sins (Job 13)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 23, 2025
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    Are we mature enough to face our hidden sins?

    Have we grown weary of baby milk? Are we ready for the meat of God’s Word and face our hidden sins? Let’s begin in Job 13. Does Job find his friends’ answers unsatisfactory? Does he prefer an answer from God? Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. What ye know, ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hidden Mystery (Job 12)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 23, 2025
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    Do the wise really understand God?

    Is God’s wisdom often a hidden mystery even to the wisest of us? Do simplistic answers reveal our ignorance? Let’s begin in Job 12. Did Job mock Zophar for talking down to him, for treating him as a joke? Job responded: Surely you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. I am also ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Zophar's Opinion (Job 11)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 23, 2025
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    Is our sin the only cause of suffering?

    Did Zophar continue the same judgmental defamation, that Job’s suffering was caused by his personal sins? Do we slander others or judge righteously? Let’s begin in Job 11. Did Zophar criticize Job’s grief as boasting, scoffing, that he was only punished for part of his guilt? Then Zophar the ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Honest Prayer (Job 10)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 22, 2025
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    Do we believe in honest prayer?

    Is prayer always just formulaic, or is there room for unfiltered honesty with God? Let’s look at Job 10. How did Job complain bitterly to God about his suffering? Can life’s last great lesson, old age, bring similar questions in the midst of pain and loneliness? I am sick of life! And from my ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Mediator Wanted (Job 9)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 22, 2025
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    Do we need a mediator with God?

    Did Job seek a mediator between himself and God? Is there one? Let’s begin in Job 9. Can any of us claim sinless perfection before a perfect God? This was Job’s response: “Indeed, I’m fully aware that this is so, but how can a person become right with God? If one were to seek to argue with him, ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bildad's Opinion (Job 8)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 21, 2025
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    Is the health wealth so-called gospel true?

    Is the health and wealth “gospel” an ancient lie? Let’s look at Job 8. Did Bildad claim that prosperity comes from living pure and upright, while suffering only comes because we sinned? Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: “How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hopelessness (Job 7)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 21, 2025
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    How do we help the hopeless?

    Without hope is life purposeless? Do we mourn with the suffering or ignore them? Let’s begin in Job 7. How does Job describe the days of his suffering to his friends? Men have harsh servitude on earth, do they not? His days are like those of a hired laborer, are they not? I’m like a servant who ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Defense (Job 6)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 21, 2025
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    How do we defend ourselves and our faith?

    How should we defend our faith, respond to criticism and false accusations? Let’s begin in Job 6. Did Eliphaz’s tasteless words just make Job’s calamity heavier? Though he didn’t yet understand why, did Job realize that God ultimately had allowed his suffering? Then Job answered, “Oh that my ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Accusing The Suffering (Job 5)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 20, 2025
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    Do we accuse or comfort the suffering?

    Do we treat suffering like Eliphaz, with accusations, or do we seek to help? Let’s begin in Job 5. Do people assume that our own foolishness causes our suffering? Was Eliphaz implying that the sins of Job’s children caused their deaths? Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist