Do You Control It All?

Introduction:

How to Make Sense of Suffering: Four Questions You Must Answer (Job 40:1-42:6):

  1. Have I Humbled myself? (Job 40:1-5)
  2. Do I think I can do Better than God? (Job 40:6-14)
  3. Do I have any Power over evil? (Job 40:15-41:34)
  4. Will my suffering draw me Closer to God? (Job 42:1-6)

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Small Group Discussion
Covering Job 40-42:6

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. Read Job 40:33-34. Why do these verses seem to indicate that God isn’t just talking about an animal? What is Leviathan a symbol of?

  3. What exactly was God’s point in describing Behemoth and Leviathan as He did? How is this an answer for Job’s questions?

  4. What exactly from God’s Behemoth and Leviathan descriptions made Job repent? How would you paraphrase this lesson to teach someone who is suffering?

Breakout:
Pray for one another.