The book of Job has long been of interest to Biblical readers for the question of theodicy (how can God be righteous if evil exists), the relationship between Satan’s activity and God’s providence, and the historicity of Job.
Yet as one writer has noted, the bigger concern of the book than any of those questions is the question “why do men worship God?” This is the great theme of the book — and the answer is, “Men worship God because He is God and is always and in every circumstance worthy of worship.”
Read more about the book of Job here (downloadable document) and here.
Additionally, John Piper preached a series of five sermons on the book of Job that are very helpful. You can access both the manuscripts and the audio at Desiring God. And Steve Lawson preached an outstanding sermon on Job 1 — “The Invisible War” — at this year’s Shepherd’s Conference. Listen here:
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