Job’s ‘S’s’ And God’s ‘P’s’

Temple Baptist Church - 9-27-2009

Job 23

Introduction: In this chapter, we find Job in a pitiful situation. He has lost all and does not understand why. His friends have indicted him for no reason other than human reason. God has been both silent and seemingly distant. He rues the day that he was born.

Job’s “S’s”

1. Job’s Situation – vs. 1 “Then”

2. Job’s Sorrow – vs. 2 “Bitter and Burdened”

3. Job’s Seeking – vs. 3-9

4. Job’s Strength – vs. 6

5. Job’s Surety – vs. 10

6. Job’s Submission – vs. 22

7. Job’s Sustaining – vs. 12

8. Job’s Satisfaction – vs. 16-17

God’s “P’s”

1. God’s Presence – vs. 15

2. God’s Person – vs. 15

3. God’s Providence – vs. 14b

4. God’s Performance – vs. 14a

5. God’s Purpose – vs. 13

6. God’s Path – vs. 11

7. God’s Promise – vs. 10

8. God’s Prerogative – vs. 9