Job Part 5 (Questioned by Friends)

INTRO: Let me take you back to the beginning of the book of Job. (Read 1:1 then 1:6-7). Do you remember that I asked why God did not leave well enough alone? Why look for trouble by reminding the devil of Job's good life? Do you remember that we said that God was ahead of the devil a long way, even at this time.

And now Job has lost all his possessions. He has lost his health. And now he is debating with his friends who have come to tell him that he is suffering because he is a very wicked man. Eliphaz addressed Job three times and Job has answered each time. Bildad has just finished his third round, and Job is about to answer him. The arguments of Job's friends have gotten shorter and Job's answers are getting longer. His answer to Bildad and then his three friends is six chapters long, and it is like a knockout punch in a boxing match, or a score in overtime in a hockey game.