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LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will:explore Job’s complaint about the appearance that God does nothing to call wicked people to account; appreciate that, although the timing of God’s justice is often inscrutable to us , it is certain; and determine ways to help God bring justice to the poor and weak.
BIBLE TRUTH: God takes care of the unjust and saves the needy and gives the poor hope in the battles they are waging.
JOB 24:1| King James Version (KJV)
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
JOB 24:9-12| King James Version (KJV)
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
JOB 24:24:19-25| King James Version (KJV)
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
A couple of things are going on in this lesson. Job is dealing with himself inwardly, as well as trying to convince his friend that he has not sinned (like last week). As 24:1 opens, Job is struggling to understand why the wicked and the sinner don't get the type of punishment that he is going through, and they actually HAVE sinned. He's done NOTHING strong. We don't always see how God is dealing with those who we "think" may be getting away with doing bad things.
Next, Job's last friend, Bildad, was wearing him down. It seems that Bildad hoped that Job would confess to being a sinner. But, Job stood by his testimony. Remember, these 3 friends came to encourage him, yet they made him feel awful! It's hard for some people to understand that sometimes bad things happen to good people.
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