Job 1:5 – “When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning, he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, ‘Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.’ This was Job’s regular custom…”

Job is a book about a good, prosperous servant of God who suddenly faced many losses, trials, and sickness. The first chapter describes the characteristics or attributes that made Job a righteous man, the things he did that pleased the Lord. Job was a wealthy man, and the introductory chapter points out that his grown sons could afford to take turns hosting frequent banquets or feasts, to which they would invite each other (Job 1:4).

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Job 1:1-3 – “In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East...”

The purpose of this lesson is to give a brief overview of the Book of Job for workers who intend to preach from it. The goal is to provide some useful background information.

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“God does all these things to a man – twice, even three times – to turn back his soul from the pit, that the light of life may shine on him.”  - Job 33:29-30

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