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1 | Question re: Job | Job | boowig | 72430 | ||
Let me preface this all by saying that I'm reading from NIV. 1. RE: Job 2:3 - it just sounds weird to me that Satan could "incite" God against Job. I realize that God is allowing Satan to test Job's faith, but I guess I'm just feeling that Satan is also testing God by "inciting" Him to also test Job. Does this question even make sense - can you understand what I'm getting at? Any thoughts, anyone? 2. RE: Job 2:10 - Job replies to his wife, ". . . Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" We know that trouble does not come from God, but that He does allow it into our lives for testing our faith or as the consequence for our actions. But, did the people of Job's time not know of Satan, and only thought of trouble as being God's wrath? Thanks for any clarification you can provide me! |
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2 | Question re: Job | Job | stjones | 72431 | ||
Hi, boowig; I'll take a swing at the first one; I love Job. If you think about it, God first "incited" Satan. It was God who, out of the blue, said "have you considered my servant Job?" He then very pointedly told Satan that Job feared him (God) and shunned evil (Satan). I don't believe that Satan's response came as a surprise to God; he knew that Satan would respond by challenging Job's righteousness. I think God's remark about Satan "inciting" him is the key to understanding the entire book. God had expressed his pleasure with Job and his righteousness, implying that he (God) was worthy of Job's love and obedience. Satan challenged God by saying, in effect, that God was not worthy, it was only God's providence that had earned Job's allegiance. God responded by allowing Satan to take away all that God had provided. It was Satan's denial of God's worthiness that "incited" God to allow Satan to mistreat Job. As I said, I'm sure God knew all of this would happen when he first mentioned Job. But he knew something else too. This whole conversation took place "in public" in Heaven. In a sense, God took a terrible chance by bringing up Job. Suppose Job had followed his wife's advice to "curse God and die". Can't you just imagine Satan dancing around in Heaven going "neener, neener, neener; I got Job"? But God knew Job's heart and knew that he would not fail. From the very start, I think God chose the fight and chose Job to be his champion, to carry his colors in a battle waged before Heaven and - through the Bible - before us. What this story reveals is not just Job's faith in God but God's faith in Job – Job strengthened and sustained by his faith in God. Hope this is useful or interesting or something. ;-) Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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