BILDAD & JOB

JOB 8-10

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. BILDAD’S BRUTALITY TO JOB [8:1-22]

Bildad, like Eliphaz, knows of no sin in Job’s life but is convinced there must be some unconfessed sin. Job was a sinner saved by grace but God says later his friends were wrong about many things. Though a sinner, Job was not in this fix because of sin. Unlike the more cultured Eliphaz Bildad is brutal in his treatment of Job. With friends like this, Job really doesn’t need enemies.

1. Bildad’s Name-Calling Begins [v. 1-2]

2. Bildad’s Knife-Twisting Manner [v. 3-7]

3. Bildad’s Faulty Focus Exposed [v. 8-22]

Someone once tried to convince me of a false doctrine by saying the early church fathers believed it. I told them as I tell you now, I don’t care if the early church fathers, the late church fathers, the Mamas & the Papas or Popeye’s daddy Poopdeck Pappy believed it- what I want to know is does the Bible teach it?

II. JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD [9:1-35]

1. God Is Invincible [v. 1-10]

2. God Is Invisible [v. 11-24]

3. God Is Indivisible [v. 25-35, 1 Timothy 1:17]

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

III. JOB’S POSITION AND PLEA [10:1-22]

1. Sick & Tired [v. 1-13]

2. Confused & Confounded [v. 14-17]

“Job could not understand what God was doing, and it was important that he not understand. Had Job known that God was using him as a weapon to defeat Satan, he could have simply sat back and waited trustfully for the battle to end.” - Wiersbe

3. Life & Death [v. 18-22]