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Day 146: ACCUSATION, Anguish, and Appeal in Job 8-10 | Bible In A Year (CSB)


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On Day 146 of our "Bible in a Year" journey, we cover Job 8-10. Bildad, another of Job’s friends, insists that God’s justice means Job’s suffering is deserved, urging repentance. Job responds with frustration, affirming his innocence while wrestling with God’s seeming inaccessibility, yet boldly pleading for understanding.Questions:1. Bildad’s rigid view in chapter 8 links suffering directly to personal sin—how does his argument challenge us to examine our assumptions about divine justice and the need for humility when comforting those in pain?2. Job’s cry in chapter 9 for a mediator between himself and God expresses deep longing—how might this desire prompt us to reflect on the human need for reconciliation with God, fulfilled through Christ’s role as our advocate?3. In chapter 10, Job questions why God seems to oppose him—how does his bold appeal invite us to wrestle with the tension between questioning God’s ways and trusting His goodness in the midst of unexplained suffering?Use my affiliate link to get the CSB apologetics study bible hereMy video review the CSB Apologetics Study BibleAll our links are here

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