God sometimes uses suffering to reveal hidden corruptions so we will repent. If a godly man like Job needed to repent, how much more do we!

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We are called to engage in spiritual warfare from behind the hedge of protection that God gives to prevent anything from overwhelming us.

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Paul vigorously defends his ministry against the attacks of the Super-Apostles, showing that it is improper for them to boast about work they did not accomplish.

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God uses the behemoth and the leviathan to humble Job, remind him of his limits, and that he can't save himself: Jesus is the dragonslayer.

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Paul completes his appeal to the Corinthians to give generously and cheerfully to the service of the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. In this, he gives timeless principles on Christian giving all generations.

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We are not owed the answers to our pain on earth and God is not accountable to us so it is insanity to question his actions and will.

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Paul is very concerned that the Corinthian church will not fulfill its promise to give generous financial support to the suffering Judean church. He stirs them to generosity by first showing them the example of the impoverished Macedonian Christians, then by the example of Christ.

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Paul expresses the depth of his emotional commitment to the Corinthians, especially in that he rejoices that the painful letter he wrote them rebuking them for their sins resulted in them being genuinely sorrowful and ardently setting all things right. This gives us a display of the nature of true repentance.

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God speaks to a suffering Job in a surprising way - he uses his own wisdom in creation to humble Job and cause him to trust God.

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