Job Part 7 (Questioned by friends)

INTRO: In this series on Job we have looked at Job's trials. First were his trials by circumstances in which he lost his possessions and all his children. Then came his testings by man. Three self appointed comforters came to help him see that he is a great sinner and that all he needs to do to be restored is to do things their way. They have the answer. He is a sinner and if he repents, everything will be OK. Job, on the other hand, has defended his righteousness. And he has called into question God's justice in allowing him to suffer all these things when he has done nothing wrong.

And so we read 32:1, “So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.” In the message this morning we will be speaking about pride. If there is pride in Job, there is plenty in these three friends as well. Lou Sutera, quoting someone else, defined pride like this, “Pride is my attempt to bring others to my terms.” Since Job would not come to the terms of these three friends, they gave up.