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Job 31:6

Job 31:6

Job 31:6 – let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless— In this study, we will focus our attention on the heavenly scale of God, and what it means for us. Continue reading →

Job 13:15

Job 13:15

Job 13:15 – Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face. In this study, we will example the faith that is behind this declaration – a faith that is not dependent on gifts, or blessings, or anything else. Continue reading →

Job 13:12

Job 13:12

Job 13:12 – Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay. In this study, we will examine how we humans are prone to apply many of our proverbs and much of our knowledge in the wrong way, and when used wrongly, how these proverbs end up as. Continue reading →

John 12:43

John 12:43

John 12:43 – for they loved human praise more than praise from God. In this study we will compare the two types of praises using various examples from the Pharisees, to the apostles, to Job. Continue reading →

Daniel 3:18

Daniel 3:18

Daniel 3:18 – But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up. In this study, we will focus on the the faith that is ‘but even if God does not’ and examine how important it is that we nurture this faith in our lives. Continue reading →

Job 5:10

Job 5:10

Job 5:10 – He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside. In this study, we will look at the terms reserved by Eliphaz to describe the phenomenon of rain as he details to Job how great their God is. Continue reading →

Job 1:3

Job 1:3

Job 1:3 – and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East. In this study, we will look at how his possessions – and that he was the greatest man among all the East – meant anything in his subsequent reaction to his suffering. Continue reading →

Job 42:13

Job 42:13

Job 42:13 – And he also had seven sons and three daughters. At the end of his suffering, after having prayed for his friends, God gave him twice as much as he had before. We know that God blessed Job with exactly double the amount of cattle that he had lost, but what about his children? Continue reading →

Job 3:20

Job 3:20

Job 3:20 – Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul. In this study, we will look at one of Job’s ‘why’s and without trying to answer his question, we will attempt to understand the emotions behind his question. Continue reading →

Job 1:6

Job 1:6

Job 1:6 – One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. In this study we will tackle this controversial verse and the fairytale-like introduction regarding the episode of the spiritual realm. Continue reading →