Suffering & the Example of Job, Part 2 (TMF:2169)

Thursday, August 31, 2023
Peace to Live By: Suffering & the Example of Job, Part 2 (TMF:2169) - Daniel Litton
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       And not only does James point us in that direction, but he also goes to the most extreme example that lies back there. And that, of course, is the story, or we could say, the historical account of the man named Job. If we can recall that story, and really it’s quite a long book, quite a long discourse, we remember that God was the one who put Job to the test. We often don’t like to think about that. But it was the same in the New Testament with Jesus. Matthew recorded for us: “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil (Matthew 4:1, ESV). We are also instructed to pray on a daily basis the Lord’s Prayer. And there, we find the same thing—“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” or we could say “the evil one” (Matthew 6:13, ESV). These are some uncomfortable things. We know that God led Job to be tempted by Satan. He did the same for Jesus. What does that mean? Surely he wouldn’t do that for us, right?