The story of Job

  • Holy and blameless
    • Job 1:1-5
  • Blessed and secure
  • Targeted by Satan
    • Job 1:8-12
  • Suffered great loss
    • Job 1:13-19
    • Job 2:4
    • Job 3:1-3
  • Cried out to God
    • Job 1:20-21
    • Job 13:15 – Compare Isaiah 53
    • Job 19:25-26
  • Restored after trials
    • Job 42:10-17
  • Intercessor for everyone
    • Job 42:7-9 – Job prayed for his friends

This is also the story of Jesus

  • Holy and blameless
    • Philippians 2:5-7
    • Revelation 12:1-6
  • Intercessor for everyone
    • Hebrews 2:17
    • What does it mean to you that Jesus went through all this for you?
    • Hebrews 7:23-27
    • Romans 8:31-34

Who are you in the book of Job?

  • We are Job’s friends, who Job had to pray for when it was all over.