The Bible in a Year

Old Testament

Job 11 to 28
Read this coming week:
Aug 22 Job 11‐12, Ps 48, Luke 12
24 Job 15‐16, Ps 50, Luke 14 Aug
20‐21, Ps 52, Luke 16 Aug 27 Job
Ps 54, Luke 18 Aug 29 Job 27‐28,
Aug 23 Job 13‐14, Ps 49, Luke 13 Aug
25 Job 17‐19, Ps 51, Luke 15 Aug 26 Job
22‐23, Ps 53, Luke 17 Aug 28 Job 24‐26,
Ps 55, Luke 19

Reading Questions
For next week you’re reading Job 11 to 28. Answer the
following:
• Does Job agree with Zophar that he should be
treated worse? (12)
• How does Job talk about his own mortality in 14?
• Why does say his comforters have “windy words”?
(16)
• What does chapter 19 tell you about the
Resurrection? (19)
 • Does Zophar’s “advice” in 20 match his earlier
speeches?
• What is the problem of believing that bad things
happen only to those who don’t believe in God?
(22-23)
• What is Bildad’s explanation of Job’s situation in
25?
• Where is wisdom to be found according to Job?
(28)
Job and the so-called “Gospel” of
Prosperity
Beginning in the mid-1990’s, a particular brand of
Christianity became popular among Americans. This
brand is commonly known as the “prosperity Gospel.”
The claims of the “prosperity Gospel” are that God
wants His people to enjoy the best things in this life and
avoid as much pain as possible.

While it is true that God wants good things for His

followers, those “good things” often do not come in
terms of the “good” that the world might chase after.
His best gifts are things like “peace,” “righteousness,”
and “integrity”. These are certainly values in our
culture, but they are rarely the values presented as gifts
by “prosperity Gospel” preachers.

God understand us and what we need better than what

we even understand ourselves much of the time. While
having a greater salary or more possessions may seem
to be the things that we are chasing after, what we are
chasing in reality are things like security, identity, and
meaning. God provides us with rich gifts in the areas
that we need them most, all we need to is look beyond
the false gods we create to the gifts given to us through
the cross of Jesus Christ.
Please don’t throw this away. If you’re not going to use it, leave it for
someone else to use.