December 28, 2003

 

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January 4
, 2004

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Job 2:1-10

 

Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?

Job 2:10
 


 

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  • John Wesley Notes:
    Shall we-Shall we poor worms give laws to our supreme Lord, and oblige him never to afflict us? And shall not those great and manifold mercies, which from time to time God hath given us, compensate these short afflictions? Ought we not to bless God for those mercies which we did not deserve; and contentedly bear those corrections which we do deserve. And if we receive so much good for the body, shall we not receive some good for our souls? That is, some affliction, whereby we may be made partakers of his holiness? Let murmuring therefore, as well as boasting, be forever excluded. Sin with his lips-By any reflections upon God, by any impatient or unbecoming expression.
     
  • Geneva Bible Notes:
    That is, to be patient in adversity as we rejoice when he sends prosperity, and so to acknowledge him to be both merciful and just. He so bridled his desires that his tongue through impatience did not murmur against God.
     
  • Family Bible Notes:
    Though Satan was the instrument, yet Job viewed his trials as coming from God; and as such, he humbly submitted to them.

    God is wise and good, not only in the mercies which he bestows, but in the trials which he sends or permits. While grateful for the one, we should be submissive under the other, and thus strive to honor him in both.  
     
  • Spurgeon Devotional Commentary:
    Satan tried to ruin Job through her who should have been his best comforter, but he was defeated, for he only led Job to utter another of those notable speeches which are now the treasures of the church..
     
  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
    * Thou speakest. Ge 3:17; 2Sa 19:22; Mt 16:23
    * as one. 2Sa 6:20; 13:13; 24:10; 2Ch 16:9; Pr 9:6,13; Mt 25:2
    * shall we receive. Job 1:1-3,10,21; 2Sa 19:28; La 3:38-41; Joh 18:11; Ro 12:12 Heb 12:9-11; Jas 5:10
    * In all this. Job 1:22; Ps 39:1; 59:12; Mt 12:34-37; Jas 3:2
     
  • Adam Clarke Commentary:
    Thou speakest like an infidel; like one who has no knowledge of God, of religion, or of a future state.

    The Targum, who calls this woman Dinah, translates thus: "Thou speakest like one of those women who have wrought folly in the
    house of their father." This is in reference to an ancient rabbinical opinion, that Job lived in the days of the patriarch Jacob, whose daughter Dinah he had married.

    Shall we receive good] This we have received in great abundance
    for many years:-
    And shall we not receive evil?] Shall we murmur when He afflicts us for a day, who has given us health for so many years? Shall
    we blaspheme his name for momentary privations, who has given us such a long succession or enjoyments? His blessings are his own:
    he never gave them to us; they were only lent. We have had the long, the free, the unmerited use of them; and shall we be offended at the Owner, when he comes to reclaim his own property?  This would be foolish, ungrateful, and wicked. So may every one
    reason who is suffering from adversity. But who, besides Job, reasons thus? Man is naturally discontented and ungrateful.

    In all this did not Job sin with his lips.] The Chaldee adds, But in his heart he thought words. He had surmisings of heart, though he let nothing escape from his lips.

 


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Pastor's New Sunday School Class

Greetings!

We started this new Sunday School Class at 10 a.m. each week.  We'll meet outside in the pavilion, weather permitting -- otherwise in the fellowship hall by the donut table :)  We'll experiment with the format each week... here's this Sunday's agenda:

  • Open with prayer
  • Brainstorm listing of current events, problems, activities, etc going on in the lives of those present
  • Discussion of how we are currently:
    1. Doing no harm
    2. Doing good
    3. Using the means of grace (Private Prayer, Bible Study, Holy Communion, Christian Conversation, Public Worship)
  • Discussion of ideas & highlights of how the International Sunday School Lesson text for this week may (or may not) apply to what is going on in the personal lives of those present.
  • Ideas for improving the class structure and content next week
  • Closing prayer
  • Fellowship, Mingling, Eating, Leaving, Etc. in the Fellowship Hall

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