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  QUESTIONING GOD'S LOVE
  by Theodore Epp
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Summary: The sermon explores the challenges of maintaining faith in
God's love amidst suffering, using the story of Job as a central
example.

Topics: "God's Love", "Suffering and Integrity"
Scripture References: Job 2:1

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DESCRIPTION
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Theodore Epp explores the theme of questioning God's love through the
trials faced by Job, who, after losing his possessions and family, is
afflicted with a painful disease. Despite his suffering, Job's integrity
is challenged by his wife, who doubts God's love and urges him to curse
God. Epp highlights the common struggle of believers to reconcile their
suffering with the belief in a loving God, reminding us that God's plans
are ultimately for our welfare and hope, even in the darkest times.

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CONTENT
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Job 2:1-10

Satan did not give up easily. He did not succeed the first time, but he
would try again. He had removed Job's possessions and his family, but
now he was going to touch Job where he thought every person was
vulnerable. Satan's proposition now was to add physical suffering to the
problems of this man whom he thought was strained to the breaking point.

God had given His permission, so Satan brought a terrible disease on
Job. Some think it was a form of black leprosy, said to be the worst
kind of leprosy.

Even after all this, Satan was not through with Job. Another blow was
still to come. Job's wife came to him and said, "Dost thou still retain
thine integrity? curse God, and die" (Job 2:9).

She must have thought that God, whom Job served, had forsaken him.
Possibly she thought God could not be a God of love since He had let
such suffering come upon a man who had served Him so well.

Isn't such an attitude familiar to us? Haven't we even thought these
things ourselves?

"'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans
for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope"' (Jer.
29:11, NASB).

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/theodore-epp/questioning-gods-love/
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