Job
The Righteous Man Tested
Name Information
- Meaning: "Persecuted" or "Hated"
- Language of Origin: Hebrew
- Gender Usage: Masculine
Job was a wealthy and upright man whose faith was severely tested through intense suffering. Though he lost his wealth, health, and children, he refused to curse God, seeking understanding for his trials. In the end, God restored Job and affirmed his integrity.
⏰ Patriarchal Period (uncertain)
Roles
- Patriarch
- Sufferer
- Servant of God
Relationships
- Wife: Unnamed wife
- Enemy: Satan
Story
Satan accused Job before God, claiming his faith was only due to blessings.
God permitted Satan to test Job, resulting in catastrophic losses.
Job lamented deeply but refused to curse God.
Friends offered flawed explanations, blaming hidden sin.
God answered out of the storm, revealing His sovereignty.
Job humbly repented for speaking without knowledge, and God restored him.
Spiritual Significance
- Described as blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Severely tested through loss of family, wealth, and health.
- Endured unhelpful counsel from friends who misjudged his suffering.
- Maintained faith in God despite unanswered questions.
- God restored his fortunes and blessed his latter days more than his beginning.
Christ Connection
Job’s innocent suffering foreshadows Jesus’ greater innocent suffering on behalf of others.
Like Job, Jesus was falsely accused, yet remained faithful to God.
What We Can Learn
- Suffering is not always the result of personal sin.
- Faith can endure even when answers do not come.
- God’s sovereignty is greater than our understanding.
- Friends should comfort the suffering, not accuse them.
Memory Verses
Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him.
— Job 13:15The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.
— Job 1:21
Key Passages
- Job 1–42
- Ezekiel 14:14
- James 5:11
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