God Sees Our Suffering: The Book of Job
Job 7:20 ESV
If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind? Why have you made me your mark? Why have I become a burden to you?
Job 10:14 ESV
If I sin, you watch me and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
Job 16:12 ESV
I was at ease, and he broke me apart; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target
Job 35:3 ESV
that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
Job 35:6 ESV
If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
The book of Job, one of the wisdom books of the Bible, deals with two issues crucial to every person: the problem of suffering and the sovereignty of God.
Bible: The Old Testament
The question is a theme in the Old Testament: how can God remain good despite the fact that he allows evil and human suffering to exist?
Thank you R from Cam Care. I remembered you prayed and enlightened me about the Book of Job. I still have so much to learn.
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