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O God, you have ground me downand devastated my family.‍As if to prove I have sinned, you’ve reduced me to skin and bones.‍My gaunt flesh testifies against me.‍God hates me and angrily tears me apart.‍He snaps his teeth at meand pierces me with his eyes.‍People jeer and laugh at me.‍They slap my cheek in contempt.‍A mob gathers against me.‍God has handed me over to sinners.‍He has tossed me into the hands of the wicked.
‍Job 16:7-11

Where then is my hope? Can anyone find it?
Job 17:15

• Job is seen as a book about suffering.
• Job is all about theology.
• Theology: What we believe about God and how He relates to the universe He created.
• Theos: God
• Logos: word or reason
• -ology: study of something
• Theology explores what is true about God and what He says is true about the world, humanity, and history.
• “The purpose of theology is not to tickle our intellects, but to instruct us in the ways of God, so that we can grow up into maturity and fullness of obedience to Him. That is why we engage in theology.” – R.C. Sproul, Everyone’s a Theologian
• Our theology drives everything that we do.
• How do we treat every person made in God’s image?
• How do we live when faced with tragedy and suffering?
• How do we approach everyday life?
• How do we handle the big events, both good and bad?
• Good theology aligns with the Word of God.
• Theology is for all believers.
• If our conversations were recorded for posterity, what would they sound like?
• https://www.gotquestions.org/what-is-theology.html

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Let the Word, and not my circumstances, inform my theology.