What sin does job commits?

Answer 1

The book of Job tells us of the 5 possible responses to suffering:

1. Job's wife - self destruction and God destruction ["curse God and die"]

2. Job's 3 friends - be more religious/self-righteous

3. Job - challenge God

4. The wise youth - endure

5. Godand Job - choose to worship Him, choose to surrender to His will, even when you don't understand, that He will doubly bless and restore you The most humanly logical thing for Job to do in the midst of His suffering was to challenge God. How could God allow such tragedy to happen such a good man and his family? But if God be God, then what right did Job have to challenge Him for allowing suffering? A very difficult passage for anyone going through or who have gone through sufering to accept. God's ultimate answer for anyone who have gone through suffering was Jesus paying the price for our sins on the cross. Look at what humanity did to God's sinless son? But Job lived before the cross, so accepting this answer for Job was certainly humanly speaking unreasonable. There is no humanly logical answer here. However, when one chooses the 5th option, one will understand the answer. God will answer, and His answer will be a good one. Getting the answer is where the mystery of the work of the Holy Spirit lies. Because the answer is personal, and the conviction of the sin of Job demands an openess of our inmost being to God. The sin which Job committed was lingering on option 3. No matter how in need Job was for empathy and a shoulder to cry on, he had the ultimate sin of self-centeredness. But then he did proceed onto option 5, which was how the story ended. A very difficult test indeed that Job had to pass. And those who have passed will know the answer.