Job 34:10-33 - This passage is very concerned with justice. God repays according to what a person does, and does not act arbitrarily. We all know how justice can be bad news for us, but in what ways does this structure comfort us? How does God resolve the tension of His justice and His mercy?
John 11:17-37 - There aren't many passages that do a better job of dealing with the problem of pain. All of us have asked at one time or another, "Why?" Why is this happening to me, or to him? Why would God allow this terrible thing? Mary and Martha confront Jesus with this. If he had only been there this wouldn't have happened. Jesus responds in two ways: he also weeps and mourns, but he states the truth that he is the resurrection and the life. The answer to all our questions about evil is found in him.
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