THE FINAL EXAM

“Walking in the Dark” #10 – Job 42:7-17

• The Epilogue

• Praying for his friends
• A little “baptized imagination”
• Double blessing!  Take note of the names of his daughters: Jemimah, Keziah and

Keren-Happuch … peace, fragrance, beauty

• Our Final Exam Questions:

1. “Is God UNFAIR?”

“Our disappointment is itself a sign, an aching, a hunger for something better.  And faith is, in the end, a kind of homesickness – for a home we have never visited but have never once stopped longing for.”   (Philip Yancey)

2. “Is God HIDDEN?”

• • Sometimes we suffer because it accomplishes God’s purposes!
  • See Philippians 3:10

3. “Is God SILENT?”

• “The essence of faith is wrestling with God.”  (Ray Dunning)
• See Matthew 5:11-12; Job 19:26