Job 11 - Things You Should NEVER Say When a Friend Is Hurting

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Today we finally hear from Job's third friend, Zophar, in Job 11 and learn what not to do when someone we love is suffering:

• Zophar can't handle Job's hard questions, so he shuts them down.
• "Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves." Possibly the cruelest thing you could say to someone who is hurting.
• "Can you fathom the mystery of God?" Much of what Zophar says about God is true, but he uses God's power as a threat against a broken man instead of as comfort.
• Does suffering always mean you sinned? We need discernment, but blaming a true victim is not biblical behavior.
• Zophar promises life "clearer than the noonday" if Job just repents, as if we could buy our way to paradise.
• Honest questions about God deserve patient answers from Scripture.

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Job 4 - How NOT to Comfort a Friend

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