{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"4\/22 Job 38 - When we ask "Why?"","description":"One of life's most universal questions is "Why?" That's the question Job was asking all along, but today we find out that the question he really should have been asking was "Who? Join us for today's study in a powerful passage dealing with questions we sometimes ask.  DISCUSSION AND STUDY QUESTIONS: 1.    Although we have blitzed through the book of Job, at this point you probably have a good idea of the situation. What is going on in Job\u2019s life? 2.    What kinds of answers did Job\u2019s friends offer? Why were these answers not helpful? What were they based on? How does the Lord describe their prattling in verse 2? 3.    Verse 1 tells us that the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind. Think about the last time you were in a windstorm, what would any conversation have been like with all that noise? How does this help us understand that this was truly the Lord speaking and not just some vague \u201cimpression\u201d that Job might have had? 4.    The podcast points out that one of the most common words throughout this passage is the word \u201cWho?\u201d It occurs 13 times in verses 2, 5, 25, 36, and 37. Glance over these verses. Who is the \u201cwho\u201d referring to?  5.    How does this help us understand shifting our questions of \u201cwhy?\u201d to \u201cwho?\u201d Why is the answer of \u201cwho\u201d necessary to understand the answer to the question \u201cwhy?\u201d How is the answer of \u201cwho\u201d foundational to the answers of every other question? 6.    Look over these verses. What do they tell us about the Lord\u2019s power and character? How does knowing about His character help us trust Him when we still have unanswered questions? 7.    What questions of \u201cwhy?\u201d are you facing now? (Or what questions of \u201cwhy?\u201d have you faced in the past?) How does knowing \u201cwho\u201d God is, help you rest in those situations? Check out our Bible Study Guide on the Key Chapters of Genesis! Available on Amazon just in time for the Genesis relaunch in January! To see our dedicated podcast website with access to all our episodes and other resources, visit us at: www.keychapters.org. Find us on all major platforms, or use these direct links: Spotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6OqbnDRrfuyHRmkpUSyoHv Itunes: https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/366-key-chapters-in-the-bible\/id1493571819 YouTube: Key Chapters of the Bible on YouTube. As always, we are grateful to be included in the "Top 100 Bible Podcasts to Follow" from Feedspot.com. Also for regularly being awarded "Podcast of the Day" from PlayerFM. Special thanks to Joseph McDade for providing our theme music.    ","author_name":"Key Chapters of the Bible","author_url":"https:\/\/www.keychapters.org","html":"