THE DILEMMA
God described Job with these two words, showing that he was morally consistent and devoted to Him.
What are blameless and upright?
These three men came to mourn with Job and comfort him.
Who are Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar?
In chapter 3, Job did this to the day of his birth because his suffering felt unbearable.
What is cursed the day of his birth?
True or false: Bad choices can have consequences, but not every painful event is punishment for a specific sin.
What is true?
In Job 18, Bildad describes this group as people whose lamp goes out and who are caught by traps.
Who are the wicked?
This adversary claimed Job feared God only because God had protected and blessed him.
Who is Satan?
Job's friends relied on this overly simple formula about obedience, sin, prosperity, and suffering.
What is obedience always brings prosperity, while suffering always proves sin?
According to Job 6:14, a suffering person should receive this from a friend.
What is kindness?
Job's friends said many true things about God, but made this crucial mistake when applying them to Job.
What is assuming they knew why Job was suffering?
In Job 19:25, Job declares that this Person lives and will stand at last on the earth.
Who is my Redeemer?
During the first test, Job lost his livestock, servants, and these ten family members.
Who are his seven sons and three daughters?
This first friend based much of his counsel on personal experience and a mysterious night vision.
Who is Eliphaz?
In Job 9:33, Job longed for this kind of go-between who could stand between him and God.
What is a mediator?
Jesus corrected the same mistaken suffering formula when His disciples asked about this man in John 9.
Who is the man born blind?
In Job 20, Zophar says the triumph of the wicked is brief and the joy of this kind of person lasts only a moment.
Who is the hypocrite?
After receiving the terrible news, Job tore his robe, shaved his head, and then did this before God.
What is worshiped?
This friend appealed to the wisdom of former generations and asked whether God perverts justice.
Who is Bildad?
Complete Job's statement from Job 13:15: 'Though He slay me, ____.'
What is 'yet will I trust Him'?
Ephesians 4:15 gives this needed balance that Job's friends lacked.
What is speaking the truth in love?
In Job 22, Eliphaz crossed a new line by doing this without evidence.
What is accusing Job of specific sins?
Before offering advice, Job's friends did this with him for seven days and seven nights.
What is sat silently with him?
This friend was the bluntest, telling Job that God had punished him less than his guilt deserved.
Who is Zophar?
In Job 16:2, Job gave his friends this painfully accurate title.
What are miserable comforters?
Job and his friends all lacked this crucial information that readers learned in chapters 1-2.
What is knowledge of the heavenly conversation between God and Satan?
Complete Job 23:10: 'When He has tested me, I shall ____.'
What is 'come forth as gold'?