Job 42:1-17

Contents: Job's self-judgment, followed by new prosperity.

Characters: God, Job, Eliphaz, three friends.

Conclusion: Righteousness in a man is excellent but when one becomes too much aware of their own goodness, it reveals deep darkness as to their own real condition before God. If we really know God, we will be humble. If we really know ourselves, we cannot be proud.

Striking Facts: There can be no personal acquaintance with God until we have the sentence of death written upon self, realizing that in ourselves there is no good thing. All we are, we have by God's grace in our Lord Jesus Christ.

The godly suffer that they might come to self-knowledge, Job 42:3; and self-judgment, Job 42:6; that they might repent, Job 42:6; and have greater fruitfulness, Job 42:7-17; and escape condemnation with the world. 1 Corinthians 11:32.