Jewels From Job

Job’s Message

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him prosperous again…

Job 42:10

The Bible often deals with truth of such magnitude that only the extreme examples do justice to the message. In simple and clear words we can say that God rewards…

God Answers

Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. He said: “Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.”

Job 38:1–3

God’s Greatness: a comfort in suffering

How great is God — beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.

Job 36:26

What strange creatures we are! We have an amazing capacity to grasp some truths, yet the seeming inability to…

God’s Hand in Difficulty

But Elihu … became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

Job 32:2–3

Finding Wisdom

But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell? …God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells.

Job 28:12,23

True wisdom is only known through God’s revelation of Himself. Job painted a picture of the mining industry…

Our Redeemer Lives

I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

Job 19:25–26

We cannot say that suffering originates with God — suffering is a concession…

Awaiting Our Renewal

If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! …If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come. You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made. Surely then you…

True Christian Compassion

What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil.

Job 3:25–26

The second round of Satanic attacks pushed Job to the very limits of his mental…

Jewels from Job: Worship’s Vantage Point

At this Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.”