WHEN FRIENDS MISS THE POINT

Job 1:8 (CSB) 

“Then the Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.’” 

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GOD SEES US THROUGH REDEMPTION 

Job 1:8 (CSB) 

“A man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.” 

Psalm 103:8 (CSB) 

“The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.” ⸻ 

ZOPHAR FORGOT THE HEART OF REDEMPTION 

Job 11:4–6 (NLT) 

“You claim, ‘My beliefs are pure, and I am clean in the sight of God.’ If only God would speak… God is doubtless punishing you far less than you deserve!” 

Job 11:13–15 (NLT) 

“If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to Him in prayer! Get rid of your sins, and leave all iniquity behind you.” 

Proverbs 18:13 (CSB) 

“The one who gives an answer before he listens—this is foolishness and disgrace for him.” ⸻ 

JOB HELD ONTO THE HOPE OF REDEMPTION 

Job 12:1–4 (NLT) 

“You people really know everything, don’t you? … I am a just and blameless man, yet they laugh at me.”

Job 19:25 (CSB) 

“But I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the end He will stand on the dust.” Job 21:22 (NLT) 

“But who can teach a lesson to God, since He judges even the most powerful?” ⸻ 

JESUS FULFILLED THE PROMISE OF REDEMPTION 

Job 42:7 (NLT) 

“After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, ‘I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.’” 

Job 42:10 (NLT) 

“When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before!” 

John 15:12–13 (NLT) 

“This is My command: Love each other as I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”