Discussion Questions
Discuss the story in small groups using the following questions. {10–15 minutes}
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How did God describe Job? Did being a good and righteous man keep him from suffering bad things? What can we learn from that?
Takeaway
Even God’s good people may suffer bad things.
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What bad things happened to Job? What did Satan think Job would do when these bad things happened? What did Job actually do instead? What should we do when bad things happen to us?
Takeaway
Even when bad things happen, we should trust and praise the Lord.
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When Satan took away all the good things in Job’s life, did he stop trusting God? How did Satan first tempt Jesus? How did Jesus respond? How was Jesus tempted when he was on the cross? What did he do? What are some ways that Satan might tempt us? How do we resist him when he tempts us?
Takeaway
When Satan tempts us, we can resist him like Jesus and Job did.
