Job and You - Part 1 - D Paul Graunke - September 1976

D Paul Graunke

Is Suffering Always the Result of Sin? The title of this article could just as well be "Job, God's Favorite - or God's Fall Guy?" or "How Much Can a Man Take and Keep His Faith?" or "Will a Man Be Religious Only if God Blesses Him?" or "Why Do Men Suffer?" or any number of others. This is because the story of Job touches upon directly and indirectly so many and profound themes. But the title "Job and You" was chosen for reasons dating back to the Old Testament Survey class I took as a student at Ambassador College. Each year the professor required the class to write a paper on the book of Job, and each year the theme and title of the paper was exactly the same: "Job and I." The paper didn't have to be long. But unlike any other paper due in the class, it had to be introspective. It was not enough to demonstrate a grasp of Job's character and situation. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library