Job 26:1-14 — Job’s Third Reply to Bildad — Your Counsel is Worthless / God’s Power is Awesome
WORTHLESS COUNSEL FAILS TO DRAW OUT RELEVANT APPLICATIONS FROM THE AWESOME POWER OF THE MAJESTIC GOD
Job 25:1-6 — Bildad’s Third Speech — Maggot Theology = Man is Insignificant before God
INSIGNIFICANT MAN SHOULD FORGET ABOUT SEEKING VINDICATION AND PURITY FROM THE MAJESTIC GOD WHO REIGNS ABOVE
Job 24:1-25 — Proof that the Doctrine of Retribution Cannot Be Rigidly Applied
DON’T DENY THAT GOD AFFLICTS THE RIGHTEOUS SINCE WE CAN SEE THAT GOD ALLOWS THE WICKED TO PROSPER FOR NOW
Job 23:1-17 — Job’s Third Reply to Eliphaz — The Tension of Faith — Confidence But Frustration
CONFIDENCE IN PERSONAL INTEGRITY FORTIFIES FAITH IN GOD’S SOVEREIGN WORKING DESPITE THE FRUSTRATION OF PERPLEXING SUFFERING
Job 22:1-30 — Eliphaz’s Third Speech — Turn and Be Restored
CALL TO REPENTANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF A RESTORED RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
Job 21:1-34 — Job’s Second Reply to Zophar — Refutation of Rigid Application of Doctrine of Retribution
THE OBSERVABLE PROSPERITY OF THE WICKED REFUTES THE RIGID APPLICATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF RETRIBUTION
Job 20:1-29 — The Portion of the Wicked Man
THE HORRIBLE FATE OF THE WICKED, WHILE TRUE, BEARS NO APPLICATION TO THE RIGHTEOUS IN THEIR SUFFERING
Job 19:1-29 — Judgment is Coming
CERTAINTY OF FINAL VINDICATION EASES THE PAIN OF PRESENT REJECTION AND PUTS FALSE ACCUSERS IN ULTIMATE JEOPARDY
Job 18:1-21 — Bildad’s Second Speech — What the Wicked Should Dread!
THE DESTINY OF THE WICKED CANNOT BE THE DESTINY OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Job 16:1 – 17:16 — Job’s Growing Complaint and Urgent Appeal to God for Vindication
DESPONDENCY SETS IN AS THE TIME FOR VINDICATION EVAPORATES
Job 15:1-35 — Eliphaz’s Second Speech — Turning Up the Heat
THE REBUKE FOR IMPIETY ESCALATES TO A FULL-SCALE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DEMISE OF THE WICKED
Job 13:18 – 14:22 — Wrestling with the Painful Realities of Life — Flirting with Hopelessness
THE TROUBLESOME CONDITION OF HUMAN MORTALITY COMPOUNDED BY PERPLEXING DIVINE OPPOSITION LEAVES MANKIND IN DESPAIR WITH NO RELIEF