Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 11 | Ken Miller

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With the last words of Elihu ringing in his ears, Job finally gets the one thing he has longed for throughout this long and arduous ordeal: He hears from God. His friends have run out of words but Job has not lost hope.

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 10 | Ken Miller

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This lesson picks up where we left off last week and provides further insight into Job’s weak but lingering faith in God. He has been battered, abused, falsely accused, and robbed of his health, prosperity, reputation, and dignity. But he refuses to give up on God.

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 9 | Ken Miller

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In these passages, we will see Job addressing the false claims of his friends while trying to defend his innocence in the face of their relentless accusations of guilt. Job even utters a series of extended prayers to God, pleading for vindication and a validation of his innocence.

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 8 | Ken Miller

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In this lesson, we meet Elihu, the enigmatic and highly confident representative of the younger generation. Undeterred by the wisdom of his more senior companions, Elihu steps up to the podium and waxes eloquent for six very dense and repetitive chapters. Undeterred by his young age, Elihu dresses down his elders, accusing them of having failed miserably in their efforts to convict Job.

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 7 | Ken Miller

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This week’s lesson brings us to Zophar, the third of Job’s vociferous friends. This guy throws fuel on the fire, adding insult to injury and causing further pain and suffering for Job.

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 6 | Ken Miller

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Bildad will pick up where Eliphaz left off, but add little new information to the conversation. He will simply up the ante and increase the attacks on Job, refusing to accept his pleas of innocence.

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 5 | Ken Miller

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The friends of Job spend 14 chapters posturing and pontificating about their explanations for his suffering. In each case, they say a lot of right-sounding things that God condemns as being wrong. They meant well, but their over-confident opinions about God and his suffering servant were not only hurtful to Job but damaging to God’s reputation.

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 4 | Ken Miller

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To better understand the Book of Job, we’ll take this week to fast-forward to the very last chapter where God provides a surprising but often overlooked insight into its over-arching message. The Book of Job is not about suffering; that’s just the context. It is really about the character and nature of God Almighty.

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 3 | Ken Miller

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 2 | Ken Miller

The goal of this lesson is to establish the non-negotiable reality of Job’s innocence as testified by the Lord Himself. This point is critical to understanding everything else that happens in the book.

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