John Piper has posted ten reasons why the Book of Job is worth talking about. They are:
1. Hundreds of you have suffered or are suffering and are looking for light in your darkness.
2. Suffering is coming. For sure. Basic discipleship means tribulations.
3. Persecution, disease, war, disability, disaster, freak accident, assault—all are alike in this: Satan aims to destroy your faith, but God aims to strengthen it.
4. Natural disasters put theodicy in the news: tsunami, Katrina, flooding, tornadoes, avalanches.
5. God is rejected by many because of the suffering in the world.
6. There are Christians who openly question the sovereignty of God over all suffering.
7. God's wise, good, just, absolute sovereignty is pastorally precious beyond measure. Being able to say, "Satan meant it for evil, but God..." gives hope and strength. Nothing is wasted. Nothing surprises God.
8. Suffering is appointed as one way the Gospel is spread.
9. The supreme value and glory and admirableness of Christ is shown most clearly when Christians treasure Christ more than they treasure what they're losing—health, wealth, family, or life.
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