The Bible Explained with Jenn Kokal

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Today in Job 13 we hear Job keep answering his friends, call them physicians of no value, and turn to put God on trial:
Job once shared his friends' karma view, but suffering is teaching him that God is not the God of the prosperity gospel.
God will not be happy if we lie about His nature, even when we think we are defending Him.
A common lie about God: God is always happy. No, God is not always happy.
Job asks God not to strike him or terrify him, then officially puts God on trial.
The book of Job is not afraid of our hardest questions about who God is.

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John 11:17-37 (From Christ) - Jesus Wept

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Today we finish 2 Peter by talking about what kind of people we ought to be while we wait for new heavens and a new earth, and why Peter's defense of Paul matters:
We look for "new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells," so we should not fear the end of this world.
"Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation." God's delay is mercy for us, because only God knows if someone is truly saved.
Peter calls Paul a beloved brother whose letters stand with the other Scriptures. Peter warns that twisting them or disregarding leads to destruction.

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2 Peter 3:1-13 - What Will Happen on the Day of the Lord?
Galatians 1:1-10 - An Introduction to Galatians

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Today in Job 12 we hear Job answer Zophar with sarcasm and wrestle with God's sovereignty when suffering feels like God's own hand:
Job meets cruelty with sarcasm and says he is not inferior to his friends.
Job thinks idolatrous robbers prosper while "the just and blameless man is a joke."
Job is forgetting that Satan exists. God allowed the suffering, but Satan sent the tornado, the raiders, and the sickness.
Satan is very good at framing God for the things he does.
God is completely sovereign over all, so why did He allow Satan to hurt Job?
Romans 8: the Spirit and Jesus intercede for us, and "all things work together for good for those who love God."

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Job 1:6-12 - Satan Roams the Earth
Romans 8:28-39 (From Christ) - If God Is Loving, Why Do We Go Through Trials?

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Today in 2 Peter 3:1-13 we face the scoffers who ask "Where is the promise of His coming?" and learn why the Lord's delay is really His patience:
Was early church making it up as they went because they didn't have the Bible yet?
"The Lord is not slow concerning His promise... but He is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish."
The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night, so we look at the parable of the ten virgins and what it means to be ready.
How Revelation 20 and 21 help us think through the millennium, the final judgment, and the new heavens and new earth.
Peter tells us to look forward to the day when God dwells with His people and wipes away every tear.

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Today we finally hear from Job's third friend, Zophar, in Job 11 and learn what not to do when someone we love is suffering:
Zophar can't handle Job's hard questions, so he shuts them down.
"Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves." Possibly the cruelest thing you could say to someone who is hurting.
"Can you fathom the mystery of God?" Much of what Zophar says about God is true, but he uses God's power as a threat against a broken man instead of as comfort.
Does suffering always mean you sinned? We need discernment, but blaming a true victim is not biblical behavior.
Zophar promises life "clearer than the noonday" if Job just repents, as if we could buy our way to paradise.
Honest questions about God deserve patient answers from Scripture.

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Job 4 - How NOT to Comfort a Friend

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