The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-07-13
Sunday School Lesson

by the three friends. nor 1he a.
swers given By jon. 1hose 49,
would understand TINS lez1
more fully would do VEL - rezE
the Book Of JOB from 1ae E1z--h
chapter through the nlneleen-n
chapter-the basis Enr oE &C.,
siaeration TINS Week
Although s1outly inzlz1nE ErIZ
ne IS innocent q he Slns Enl@
his friends believe reS1on3ine
for his condition Jo1 EnzEE
sinks into . slough q dezpE-
dency. he cursed 1he dzy ne
was born and asks Cod rhzt he
be permitted % die 4 ne en- ~
longer count upon the 1zuEr G
God. He den0unoes ms ErEenM
as miserable coEnforteS znE
in the words 0f James Ak ~
turns "once mere from ms frlenz
70 God himself He czEes ae1
the opportunity - co11eD1 Nrrh
God face 10 face. As ne rehsE-zE
what would be ms blezsinE. he
forgets ms own surr0Ws an -ne
recollection Of the surrUwz m
mankind: and now fur 1fe fwE
time there CLEANS for nm . ll@rE
which flashes al over the czrE-
ness which Surroundx hIm- ms
own anguish and ire zneHzh uf
the world What Il there be \
life beyond the grave w.nere Nhe
righteous. rescued out q Snea
by the hand Of God, snail erjoF
his favor forever Tne hnpe
CLEANS for q moment and IS Eune
but il recurs again"
Then another round q GE-
courses begins between the three
friends and job They deGy ms
arrogance and apparent irrehE-
iousness. Jobs attitude during Ire
first round Of the c0nfruEersy is
the example Of . wicked mans
impatience under Calamity. znG
their opinions that he waz gun
" of some secret sin Is c01tEn-
ed. Losing patience with Ion.
they use all the arguments they
know to prove 70 him by pas
experience and Observation. that
il is the wicked who suffer and
the righteous who are rewarded
Tn effect Of these accusztions
and the insistence Of ms friends
that he was . sinner raised JOB s
suffering 20 the point Of ex-
IRENE mental anguish he real
ICES the apparent diStrast Of his
friends, the FACT that God has
denied him justice. has stripped
him of his glory. relentlesSly per
secuted him and had wounded
him almost unto death However,
Jobs wonderful faith in God can
not be destroyed even by these
unexplainable things that have
happened unto him He knows
that there must be some way for
him to escape from his nisery
that there must be some reason
for his suffering. He thus reach
es the spiritual crisis Of his life
either he must sink into ever
lasting despair OF ne must see
God through all his suffering
Job then utters his everlasting
confession Of faith IN the good
ness of God-~As for me. ] know
that my Redeemer 1ivefh. and az
last he viii stand I'D upon the
earth; and after my skin. even
this BODY is destroyed. then with
out my flesh shall I see God:
whom !. even I. shall see. on my
side. and mine eyes shall behold.
and not as . stranger" He was
confident that even Though he
couldn't understand the work
ings of God in this life sfter
death everything would be 70
vealed to him and that ms right
eous life on earth would be WIN
dictated bv just God
II would we well for us 20 -
member that many Of the great
est advances that have come 20
human beings have come through
suffering. By his suffering and
death on the cross Jesus demon
Strated his undying love for SIN
full man. II he had avoided the
cross. he would have ren0unced
his honesty. his sincerity. ms
closeness with God. That suffer
ing was turned into go0d-fhe
salvation Of the world II they only