What does Job 10:2 teach us in When We Ask God Why?

In this expository sermon on Job 10, Dr. Toby Holt of New Geneva Theological Seminary teaches that the believer's cry of 'why?' in suffering is not a sign of failed faith but a lament God is big enough to receive. Because God is sovereign and good even when His providence is inscrutable, Holt shows that Job, Moses, Elijah, Jeremiah, David, and Paul all asked 'why?'—and that God uses such trials to refine faith, works all things for good, and in Christ empathizes with our grief. This is a Reformed treatment of the problem of suffering, divine providence, and the comfort of Christ's sympathy grounded in Job 10:2.

Questions this sermon answers:

1. What is the main issue in this passage? In this expository sermon on Job 10, Dr.

2. How does this text point us to Christ? It shows the need for God's grace and the hope fulfilled in the gospel.

3. How should Christians respond? With faith, repentance, and renewed trust in the Lord's Word.

"I will say to God, Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me." - Job 10:2 (NKJV)

Dr. Toby Holt is President of New Geneva Theological Seminary, and his sermons have been downloaded more than 1.9 million times on SermonAudio. Find more verse-by-verse Bible teaching at newgeneva.org; support this ministry at newgeneva.org/give.