The cross through the eyes of Job

• The book of Job — Why do bad things happen to good people?
• Will a righteous man love God regardless of blessings?
• Who defines justice? Romans 6:23
• Jobs argument with God was not that he was absolutely sinless. He believed his sin did not justify the suffering he was going through.
• Without Jesus there would be no grace or mercy and we would be left with God punishing us for the sins we commit and rewarding us for our good deeds! SCARY thought!
• Job so the need for someone who could intercede between a sinful man and a Holy God!
• Job 9:2,12,14-15,20,33;14:3-4;15:14;16:19-21; 1 Timothy 2:5-6
• Unlike Job we have the knowledge of the gospel. We have the hope of salvation and eternity with God!
• We can trust God in all situations because we know the price he was willing to pay to redeem us!
• Like Job we may not get the answer to the why questions. What we do know is that God rules over our lives and is in control of everything! He loved us enough to send his one and only begotten Son! John 3:16. In what other way could God have demonstrated his love more completely to us?!