Life-Study of Job, by Witness Lee

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VII. THE SUBJECT

The subject of the book of Job is the purpose of God’s dealing with His holy one. Job is a book of the debates of godly men concerning the purpose of the sufferings of the saints, that is, the purpose of God’s dealing with His people. Since Job is such an early book, it does not contain a clear revelation of God’s purpose in dealing with His people. This revelation was given not to Job but to Paul. In Paul’s Epistles we see that God’s purpose in dealing with us is to strip us of all things so that we may gain God more and more. This is the subject of the book of Job.

VIII. THE SECTIONS

Job has six sections: the introduction (1:1—2:10); the debates between Job and his three friends (2:11—32:1); Elihu’s answer to Job (32:2—37:24); the dialogue between God and Job (38:1—42:6); Jehovah’s dealing with the three friends of Job (42:7-9); and Job’s end (42:10-17).

(Life-Study of Job, Chapter 1, by Witness Lee)