Job 1-42
Pastor Mike Giesenhagen
Theology 101
Mike Giesenhagen
September 1, 2024
Job
Chapter 1 and 2: The Setting and the Circumstances
Chapter 3-30: Job Argues with 3 Friends
Chapter 31: Job’s Final Case
Chapter 32-37: Elihu Speaks
Chapter 38-42: God Confronts Job
WEEKLY REFLECTIONS
1. In Job 1-2, he loses almost everything. How does he respond initially? If you were to imagine a time like this, how do you think you might respond?
2. How do Job’s friends respond in his time of trouble? What do they emphasize with him? How is their counsel received by God (Job 32:3, 42:7-8)?
3. How does Job respond to his circumstances initially? How does his mindset change (Job 2:10, 16:7-14, 27:2-6)?
4. What is Job reliant upon by the end of the book (Job 27:2-6, 31, 32:1)?
5. How does Elihu address the conversation between Job and his three friends? How is Elihu’s position similar? How is it different?
6. How does God respond to Job (38-42)? And how does Job receive God’s admonishment?
7. How does Job repent in the final chapters of the book? What does he need to turn away from? What instead should he turn to?
8. Prayer Project: Is there anything you are holding onto for yourself? What would it take to turn it over to God?