Fusion: week of 10/22

FAMILY THEME: INTEGRITY UNDER FIRE

Job 1:13-22 ;  2:1-10 ;  27:1-6 ;  31:5-8 ;  38:1-7 ;  42:1-6

Job maintained his integrity through great pain and adversity.

1.  A Response of Worship in the Face of Suffering and Trials

     Validates Integrity

     (Job 1:1 - 2:13)

     Job trusted and worshiped God, even as his world 

     crashed down around him.

 
2.  Experiencing Discouragement in Difficult Times Need Not

     Invalidate Integrity

     (Job 12:4 ;  8:20 with 9:21-22 ;  4:6 ;  22:3 with 27:5)

     Despite the discouragement of those around him, Job

     knew he had lived with integrity.

 
3.  A Lifestyle of Living Out Godly Principles Validates Integrity

     (Job 31:1-40)

     Job had lived with integrity because he had committed to

     godly principles in his heart.

4.  A Relationship with God Saturated with Trust Validates

     Integrity

     (Job 38:1-7 ;  42:1-6)

     Job may not have been told why he experienced 

     suffering, but he trusted God through it anyway.