The Book of Job was written to help Christians suffer well, to let God bring suffering into our lives and still trust him and his purposes.

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Paul gives overwhelming credentials of his suffering to show the superiority of his character and his calling to his doctrinal enemies, and to reestablish his leadership over the Corinthian church.

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Job ends with the complete vindication of Job. But his real happy ending is written in eternity where he will get all that he lacked on earth.

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Paul gives overwhelming credentials of his suffering to show the superiority of his character and his calling to his doctrinal enemies, and to reestablish his leadership over the Corinthian church. He is very concerned that they have taken in and been captivated false teachers who claim to be apostles.

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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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