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Job 36 · Grade 5

God Is Great, and We Don't Know Him

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Elihu claims to speak on God's behalf: I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. His central claim is beautiful: Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding. God's power never makes Him cold toward people. He gives justice to the afflicted.

Elihu develops his teaching about suffering. God opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity. If they listen and serve him, they prosper, but the godless in heart lay up anger. He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression. Elihu warns Job: Don't let riches entice you to wrath, and take heed, don't regard iniquity. Elihu assumes Job needs correction, which is only partly true.

Elihu turns to praise: Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him? Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung. Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. He draws up the drops of water and distills rain. Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds? His description of the storm leads directly toward God speaking out of the whirlwind in chapter 38.

Show What You Know

  1. What is Elihu's central claim about God?

  2. How does God deliver the afflicted?

  3. What does Elihu warn Job about?

  4. What does Elihu say about knowing God?

  5. Where does Elihu's storm description lead?

Crossword

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Across

  1. which distill in ____ from his vapor
  2. Who is a ____ like him

Down

  1. God is ____, and doesn't despise anyone.
  2. The number of his ____ is unsearchable.
  3. Behold, God is ____

Think About It

  1. Elihu said God's power never makes Him cold toward people. How does God show both power and care?

  2. Elihu said, Who is a teacher like him? What has God taught you through His Word this year?

Memory Verse

“Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.”

Job 36:26 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being my great Teacher. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How does God show both power and care?
  • What has God taught you through His Word?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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