Why Job didn't commit suicide when he lost everything except his wife and his painful sores. His wife asked him to curse God and die. He curse his birthday but he just did not choose to kill himself? Why? Did he fear God's wrath on his suicide or he just wanted to live until God answer his complain?
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Why Job didn't commit suicide
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In short because of his faith in God.
However, there's a deeper aspect to Job's perseverance. His faith in God demonstrates the meaning and purpose that life retains even through the worst of circumstances. A purely sensual man see's no purpose in life when sensual pleasures are removed. However, for the believer, sensual pleasures come and go ("God gives and God takes away" as Job says). In this manner, Job perserveres in faith and has what is lost restored many times over.
It seems to me that within the enigmatic and often confusing story of Job, we find the answer to the problem of human suffering. It seems to me that the real reward for Job is not the subsequent restoral of his temporal riches, but the wisdom and humility gained through being completely separated from them. Many times in our lives, humility only comes after we have been humiliated. This imposing as it is, of humility teaches us that ultimately, it's not temporal comforts and pleasures but God whom we should seek for happiness. This becomes ever more clear when we are stripped (even partially) of our temporal comforts.
However, there's a deeper aspect to Job's perseverance. His faith in God demonstrates the meaning and purpose that life retains even through the worst of circumstances. A purely sensual man see's no purpose in life when sensual pleasures are removed. However, for the believer, sensual pleasures come and go ("God gives and God takes away" as Job says). In this manner, Job perserveres in faith and has what is lost restored many times over.
It seems to me that within the enigmatic and often confusing story of Job, we find the answer to the problem of human suffering. It seems to me that the real reward for Job is not the subsequent restoral of his temporal riches, but the wisdom and humility gained through being completely separated from them. Many times in our lives, humility only comes after we have been humiliated. This imposing as it is, of humility teaches us that ultimately, it's not temporal comforts and pleasures but God whom we should seek for happiness. This becomes ever more clear when we are stripped (even partially) of our temporal comforts.
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The book of Job is to show us what kind of person that God is looking for. 1/3 of the angels rebelled against God because they WANTED what God would not allow and they WANTED it MORE than they WANTED God . if they would have WANTED God MOST they would have never rebelled. God put us here to be tested and tried, molded and made ready for heaven, God will not have any more rebellion in His kingdom. u say if we get to heaven we will never rebel. WHY? we r still free willed, if God were to just zap us and make us to where we would never rebel against Him then He would be programming us and we would be robots, robots do not have a life , we would not have a life it is a matter of quality that we r free willed. we must become like Job, Job will never rebel against God, no matter what. that is exactly what God wants in a person. if u have God it is going to come down to HOW MUCH DO U WANT GOD? the young rich man thought he had God until Jesus told him to give up what was MOST IMPORANT to him then he chose his money. Matthew 7:22&23 r those that repent and accept Jesus but who will not go on to make God the MOST IMPORTANT to them, thus they r like the 1/3 of angels and the young rich man. HOW MUCH DO U WANT GO?
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