Children, last week, we saw how Job\u2019s friends blamed him, thinking that his suffering was because of him doing wrong. Job debated with his friends until they quarreled with one another. God eventually revealed Himself to Job and asked him many questions, such that he knew that God is all-knowing, all-powerful and all-loving. Everything that God did was so as to love him and bless him. Moreover, God loved Job and blessed him not because Job did not do wrong or did everything well but because Job was already God\u2019s child.

Job realized that he had misunderstood God in the past when he understood how much God loved him. He realized that he was too proud in the past, thinking that God blessed him because he did not do wrong but did everything well. (Actually the bible says that in this world, all have sinned and

separated from God. There is no one righteous. Therefore, Jesus Christ must come to die for our sins and give us a new life and make us children of God. Therefore, those who know and believe in Jesus Christ are children of God whom God loves and blesses). Job realized that he was a sinner who received God\u2019s salvation and immediately repented before God when he understood this. Therefore, Job said, \u201cO God, in the past, I only know you roughly but today I truly know you. Thank you for loving me and saving a sinner like me!\u201d After Job understood God\u2019s love, God then reprimanded Job\u2019s three friends, saying, \u201cWhat you told Job was not right because the Lord God is not a judge who punishes people for their wrongdoings. I am a merciful God. I love my children, my people and my servant, Job. Therefore, I allowed him to go through such suffering, so that eventually he will truly know Me.\u201d Thereafter, God instructed Job to sacrifice a burnt offering for his friends (in remembrance of Jesus Christ\u2019s love) and thereafter prayed for them. After Job had done that, the Lord, God caused Job to be freed from his sufferings and healed his body. He blessed him with twice as much as he had before (whether it was sheep, camels, oxen or donkeys). Job\u2019s brothers and sisters also came to bless him. His three friends came to bless him and were convinced that he was a righteous man and was one whom God loves and blesses. Job later had another seven sons and three daughters. Job\u2019s daughters were the most beautiful in the land. Job also had a long life, living till 140 years old. What he received was much more and better than what he had lost. From the time Job understood God\u2019s love, God gave all his blessings to Job double-fold.

2) Actually, the bible says, \u201cAll have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.\u201d In other words, when a person is born onto this earth, he already has sins because he is born not knowing God and is bound by Satan. If he is not saved through Jesus Christ and become a child of God, regardless of how good, how kind, how obedient he is, he is a sinner and will go to hell.

3) Because God wanted Job to know his unconditional love (God blesses you not because you do right, but because God has already loved you and therefore He blesses you), God therefore allowed many problems to happen to Job so that he could understand that, today, we encounter many problems (at home, in school and with friends) because God wants us to understand that God loves us unconditionally.