Job 9:20-35 - Job’s Cry for a Mediator (Session 14)

In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 9:20–35, Reasoning Through the Bible continues through Job’s response to Bildad as Job wrestles with the painful feeling that God is treating him like the guilty even though he knows he is innocent. This session explores the emotional and theological struggle of suffering people who feel they are not getting a fair hearing before God. This study also addresses the problem of evil, the question of why the innocent seem to suffer while the wicked seem to prosper, and Job’s growing frustration as he tries to understand what God is doing. The discussion makes clear that Job is not cursing God, but he is wrongly laying certain accusations at God’s feet because he is seeing the world through his pain. The heart of the passage comes when Job cries out for an arbitrator, a mediator who can place his hand on both God and man. That longing points forward to Jesus Christ, the only one who is fully God and fully man, and therefore the only true mediator between God and humanity. This episode powerfully connects Job’s anguish to the gospel hope fulfilled in Christ. Topics in this episode include: Job 9:20–35 explained  innocent suffering in Job  the problem of evil  why the wicked seem to prosper  is God unfair  Job’s cry for a mediator  Jesus as the true mediator  fully God and fully man  hope when God feels distant Reasoning Through the Bible is a verse-by-verse Bible teaching ministry committed to careful exposition, biblical context, and faithful application.Support the showThank you for listening!!  Please give us a five-star rating to help your podcast provider's algorithm spread RTTB among their listeners. You can find free study and leader resources at the following link - Resource Page - Reasoning Through the BiblePlease prayerfully consider supporting RTTB to help us to continue providing content and free resources. You can do that at this link - Support RTTB - Reasoning Through the Bible May God Bless you!! - Glenn and Steve