Eliphaz’s First Response (Job 4-5)
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Lesson
Eliphaz begins tactfully in his remarks to Job. He did not intend to do harm. However, he thinks God is causing Job to suffer because of a sin Job committed. He speaks accurately of the justice of God, but in Job’s case he misapplies it. He also gives a message he received from the, “night spirit.”
Outline
I. Structure
II. Appeal to Reason and Experience (4:2, 5:27)
III. Tactful Opening (4:2-6)
IV. Doctrine of Retribution (4:7-11)
V. The Night Spirit (4:12-21)
VI. Misery Comes to Fools (5:1-7)
VII. Turn to God Who is Unfailingly Good
VIII. Those Whom God Loves, He Reproves and They Have Happiness
IX. Conclusion
