Dr. John Walton, Job, Lecture 6, Purpose of the Book of Job

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Outline:
00:22 Introduction
1:07 Purpose
2:16 Challenger's Accusation: Not Good to Reward the Righteous
5:49 Job's Accusation: Not good for the righteous to suffer
6:47 Book's Focus: How do you think about God when things go wrong?
7:58 Conclusion: I'm God, you're not, power card [No]
8:40 Conclusion: I'm God, trust me, trust card [Yes]
9:24 Purpose: How does God work in this world?
11:00 End

[tedhildebrandt_BeL]

00:22 Introduction
1:07 Purpose
2:16 Challenger's Accusation: Not Good to Reward the Righteous
5:49 Job's Accusation: Not good for the righteous to suffer
6:47 Book's Focus: How do you think about God when things go wrong?
7:58 Conclusion: I'm God, you're not, power card [No]
8:40 Conclusion: I'm God, trust me, trust card [Yes]
9:24 Purpose: How does God work in this world?
11:00 End

[BrownEyedSoulMan]

Makes sense that the book would land on “I Am The Only Wise God, Savior so trust me even in dark times”

[jerryjones]

What I feel about the story is that satan can even trick God.... just sayn.

[PeterIllini]

Your view on the purpose of the Book of Job is so man-centered, man-serving. How man should think about God's policies??? God first of 77 questions disspells this as Job could not answer any of the questions, Job could not fathom how to think like God, or contemplate how he should think about God's policies/creation/etc. Job is directed not for answers, not for replies to his pleas, but directed to God, Himself... that God is there for him in the midst of his sufferings. The purpose of the Book of Job is God-centered; the book is about God and Job is His instrument.