Find Your People “Week Three: Job’s Friends vs. The Paralytic’s Friends”

1st Difference:

Job’s Friends: him for his circumstances.

7 “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? 8 As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it. 9 At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more.” – Job 4:7-9

The Paralytic’s Friends: him in his circumstances.

1 “A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.” – Mark 2:1-3

1st Application: over .

2nd Difference: 

Job’s Friends: Obstacles or hardships or unexpected challenges are and be .

17 “Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen, 18 what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors 19 (to whom alone the land was given when no foreigners moved among them): 20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.” – Job 15:17-20

The Paralytic’s Friends: Obstacles or hardships or unexpected challenges are and be .

“Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.” – Mark 2:4

2nd Application: over .

3rd Difference:

Job’s Friends: Turn . Look what He did .

His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!” – Job 2:9

“I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me.” – Job 30:20

After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. – Job 42:7

“After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.” – Job 42:10

The Paralytic’s Friends: Turn . Look what He .

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” – Mark 2:5

9 Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” – Mark 2:9-12

3rd Application: over .