Galatians 6:7-9
Job 2:11-12, Job’s friends come to comfort Job for 7 days
Job 4:1-2, Eliphaz wants to give his opinion
4:3-6, Tells Job he is a great man
4:7-8, Tells Job he is not without sin. Eliphaz is being a Monday morning quarterback.
4:9-15, He is basing his condemnation of Job on an experience he had (vision/goose bump dream)
I Corinthians 14:3, We are supposed to edify, exhort, comfort the brethren.
Did the innocent suffer? (Job,. Abel, Joseph, John the Baptist, Innocent babies of Bethlehem, 70,000 people died because of David numbering the people, first born of Egypt during plagues)
Job 42:2-6, God is sovereign. Job says God doesn’t have to explain the reasons to him.
42:7-8, God is angry with Eliphaz and friends
Psalms 73:1-17, Struggling in self pity, struggling in self-doubt
Matthew 14:22-25, In the midst of a storm always keep your eyes on the Lord
Philippians 2:14-16, Evaluate all things in the light of eternity
We need to be careful how we look at others’ circumstances
We need to be focused on God and not us
God is never a debtor to mortal man.
Sowing & Reaping: Application & Explanation of Monday Morning Quarterback
When seeing other people going through troubles and trials, don’t think that you know all of the circumstances surrounding what is going on. God can use even troubling circumstances for His glory. Troubles & trials also do not always come to you because of something that you have done wrong.