Four Views of Suffering  (Job 41)

Satan’s View

People believe in God only when they are prospering and not suffering. This is wrong.

The view of Job’s three friends

Suffering is God’s judgment for sin. This is not always true.

Elihu’s View

Suffering is God’s way to teach, discipline, and refine. This is true, but an incomplete explanation.

God’s View

Suffering causes us to trust God for who he is, not what he does.