Sermon Series on Book of JOB

When I went back and think about the sermon – the replies God had for Job and Job’s acceptance of it. I wonder if I can accept such a reply. As I was reading the passage again, wondering what to make of God’s reply to Job and Job’s response, 42:5-6 caught me.


Job 42
4 "You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.'

5 My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.
6 Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes."


What caused Job to say what he said in v. 5-6?

Is it the reply of God, the revelation of God, the restoration of God or the reverence (awe) of God that brought about Job’s response?
What are their difference?

We noticed Job’s response was after the reply and revelation but before the restoration.

Which is the one NECESSARY condition from God to us, and
what is the one NECESSARY condition from us to God?

If there is no reply, revelation or restoration, would Job has responded this way?
If there is reply and revelation but no restoration, what would his response be?

As a friend has asked, what is the book of Job about.
To me Job is a book of Suffering, of Sovereignty, of Surrender and of reStoration.

“Jesus came not to explain suffering or to take it away, but to fill it with His Presence”
(Joyce Hugget, Under the Caring Eye of God)