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NASB | Job 1:8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Job 1:8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God]." |
Subject: a righteous man |
Bible Note: Good Morning Steve, You wrote "But if we have free will, Job could have followed his wife's advice to "curse God and die". "Free Will" is a term that is desperately in need of definiton. A word search pulled up quite a few verses in which "freewill" is always in relationship with "offerings" and is defined as "voluntariness". Voluntary refers to one's liberty to do or not do something. What it does not refer to is one's ability to perform a particular action. For instance: I may want to give an offering of 1000 dolars to the Lord (I have the liberty to do so) however my finances show I only have 50 dollars to my name (I do not have the ability to do so). Man is free (has the liberty) to do good or evil. But man has the ABILITY to do only evil because of his fallen nature. Deut 30:19 "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants," John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day." Even as christians our ability to do good and shun evil is imperfect. We are hampered by our sin nature and require God's grace to perform that which is pleasing to Him. Eph 2:10 "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." Steve you wrote "God can't fail; Job could have." Job was God's instrument in this battle against Satan. Here we have the King sending forth His champion to defeat the King's enemy. Job is God's surrogate, If he fails, that failure reflects upon the King. Why? Because Job was God's choice. The reason why our victory over Satan is certain, lies not in our strength or talent or virtue but in God's gracious provision for us. Soli Deo Gloria, John |