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Job: The Mystery of Suffering and God’s Sovereignty is unavailable, but you can change that!

Is God worthy of worship only because He blesses us? How should we respond to God when suffering comes into our lives? At the heart of the book of Job is a question about the character of God—and about how we should respond to Him. In this most recent title of the extensive Focus on the Bible series, Richard Belcher expertly deals with the difficult themes of this practical book, showing how it...

Job’s words in chapter 3 should not be interpreted to mean that he is suffering because he had sinned. His innocence is clearly established in chapters 1–2. However, Job does say things from his experience of suffering that question God’s actions. It is helpful to distinguish between these two situations. From standpoint A (chapters 1–2) Job’s suffering is not related to anything wicked that he has done. He is blameless and righteous. But from standpoint B (chapters 3–27) Job speaks words that wrestle
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