SETTLE THE ISSUE OF WHO GOD IS
The Book Of Job
Job 1:6-11
LESSON INTRODUCTION
A. God knows all about you.
1. He knows all
your habits
2. He knows what
you know about Him.
B. We know God is good.
1. We know His
power.
2. We know His
authority.
3. We know He is a
God of Love.
4. We know the
blessings of God.
C. Did you know that the God you serve still communicates
with Satan?
1. He does not
Change. He is the same today as yesterday.
D. Did you know that God you serve sometimes puts trouble in
your life?
The story of Job is
a perfect example of God troubling the life
one of His
servants to take him to higher heights.
I. WHAT PLEASES
GOD
A. Job was perfect
in his pursuit of the righteousness of God.
B. Job was
upright. He was straight or just
C. He feared God
1. He
reverence God.
D. He hated evil.
1. Turn off
2. He was
grieved by evil
II PROSPERITY,
THE RESULTS OF RIGHTEOUS LIVING
A. Family man
1. 3
Daughters
2. 7 sons
B. His
possessions were great
1. 11000
livestock
2. He had
many servants
3 Job was
living the good life
III GOD PLANS
TROUBLE FOR YOUR LIFE.
A. To take you
to a higher level of spirituality
B. To draw you into a closer relationship with
Him.
C. To strengthen
your faith.
IV GOD ALLOWS SATAN TO BRING TROUBLE TO YOU
A. He will use
your circumstances
1. .Job
lost all his live stock
2. All his
sons and daughters were killed.
B. He will turn
family and friends against you
3. His
wife turned against him.
4. His
close friends tried to convince Job to admit he
deserved his troubles.
C. All things
work together for those who love the Lord and are
called
according to His purposes.
D. God will
take away your health to test your faith.
1. Job's
body was covered with sores.
2. God will
appear to be silent for quite some time.
3. The
events in Job's life lasted a year.
V. THE PURPOSE OF
THE TEST IS TO HUMBLE YOU
A. Job offered
sacrifices for the sins of his sons and daughters.
1. There is no
mention of Job offering sacrifices for his sins.
2. There is no
mention of Job offering sacrifices for his wife's sins.
3. There is no
mention of Job offering sacrifices for his servants sins.
B. The purpose of
your troubles is to make you realize that you cannot
tell God how
to do His job.
1. God's grace
is in the mist of your troubles.
2. You have to
praise God for the good and the bad.
3. You need to
be grateful for the bad times.
4. God uses
your troubles to make you realize that He is Sovereign.
VI. YOUR STATE OF WORTHLESSNESS
A. The purpose
of your troubles is to bring you to the knowledge of your state
of
worthlessness.
B. God does not need you. You need God.
1.
" The Lord said to Job:
will the one who contends with the
Almighty correct him? Let him who
accuses God answer him!"
Then
Job answered the Lord: "I am
unworthy — how can I reply to you? I
put my hand over my mouth." Job
40:1-4
2. There
is none righteous, no not one. Romans
3:10
3. Even
the good that we do is nothing but a filthy rag. Isa 64:6
C. We see only see our circumstances.
1. We cannot see how God is using our
circumstances to benefit
His
Church.
2. Life is
not all about us, it is about the Glory Of The Lord.
VII. THE REWARD OF FAITHFULNESS IN TROUBLE TIMES
A. God is
pleased.
1. Through
out all Job's trouble, he never sinned or cursed God.
2. Through out his troubles, Job kept his
focus on the goodness of God.
B. God gave
back to Job double what he lost.
"
After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him prosperous again and
gave him
twice as much as he had before."
Job 42:10
C. Job is a
Testimony for all generations
D. It is our relationship with God
through Jesus Christ that gives us worth.
Rev M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
For a complete list of my lessons see my blog
"goodnewsrevmitc.blogspot,com"
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