The Rewards of a Beggar 

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In Luke 16:19-31, the Lord tells a fascinating story about a rich man and a beggar named Lazarus. He starts the story by painting a graphic picture of the pair. The rich man is wearing purple linen, dining lavishly, and living sumptuously. In stark contrast, the sick beggar is sitting outside the rich man’s gate,
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From Rags to Riches 

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The life of Joseph, recorded in Genesis 37–41, is an exciting narrative, full of danger, deception, dreams, and more. It’s an epic story, perfectly orchestrated to show the sovereign hand of God in His preservation of the nation of Israel and of one of His faithful servants. Several themes recur throughout the narrative of Joseph’s
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Job’s Faith Grew Through Suffering

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Job was extremely religious, extremely pious, and extremely good. Even God said, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?” (Job 1:8). But being blameless and upright doesn’t mean you know all there is to know about God
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Suffering Opened Job’s Eyes

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Job’s three friends had a very legalistic view of the world and of God. They thought everything worked according to a clear and simple law of moral cause and effect—of reward and punishment—in which good people are blessed, and bad people suffer. So when they saw Job suffering, the only explanation for it, given their
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Dramatic Irony in Job

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Have you ever seen a performance of Romeo and Juliet? Near the end of the play, Juliet takes a drug that induces a temporary, but deathlike, sleep, to avoid marrying a man she does not love. To add to the drama, her body is placed in a tomb. To all appearance she seems dead. But
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