Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil.
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… to the Satan, from where did you come? Then the Satan answered the Lord and said, from roaming about on the earth and walking around on it. The Lord said to Satan, have you considered my servant Job? For there's no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil? Satan answered the Lord, Does Job fear God for nothing? Have you not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands and his possessions have increased in the land. But put forth your hand now and touch all that he has. He will surely curse you to your face. The Lord said to the Satan, behold, all that he has is in your power. Only do not put forth your hand on him. So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord. You remember what happened? Four different messengers. It happened on the day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house that a messenger came. …
… Cruising the earth, looking for prey. And the Lord said to Satan, 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? Now here it is as a question, it is best rendered as a rhetorical question. In other words, you have been considering my servant Job, haven't you? This brings us to point number three about Satan. He studies people. He considers them. He notices things about them. He understands our propensities, our weak points. Listen, he's been doing this a long time. Before you and I were even here, for thousands of years, Satan has understood humanity and human nature. And he understands our vulnerable points. He studies us. It's an eerie kind of a thought. But it's a true thought. have you ever been like in a restaurant or in a store and you you just get this weird feeling and then you turn and you notice there's some dude over there some gal staring at you you know it's like their their eyes were locking in on you this whole time and you just noticed it creepy feeling right eerie feeling you've been considering my servant job haven't you have you considered him? You know what this guy, this guy's blameless. He's upright. He fears God. …
… And the Satan also came among them. The Lord said to the Satan, From where did you come? Then the Satan answered the Lord and said, From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it, the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job? For there's no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil. Satan answered the Lord, does Job fear God for nothing? Have you not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands and his possessions have increased in the land. But put forth your hand now and touch all that he has. He will surely curse you to your face. The Lord said to the Satan, behold, all that he has is in your power. Only do not put forth your hand on him. So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord. You remember what happened? …
… and Satan also came among them. The Lord said to Satan, From where do you come? Then Satan answered the Lord and said, From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it. 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. Then Satan answered the Lord, Does Job fear God for nothing? Have you not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands and his possessions have increased in the land. but put forth your hand now and touch all that he has he will surely curse you to your face and the Lord said to Satan behold all that he has is in your power only do not put forth your hand on him so Satan departed from the presence of the Lord Just leave your Bible open in your lap there and bow with me in prayer. …
… and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. The Lord said to Satan, Where have you come from? Then Satan answered the Lord and said, From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it. 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. And he still holds fast his integrity. Although you incited me against him to ruin him without cause. Satan answered the Lord and said, skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has, he will give for his life. however put forth your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh he will curse you to your face so the lord said to satan behold he is in your power only spare his life Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. …
… different levels we're dealing with spiritual warfare i'll just point to job you guys can go read it later on but job 1 verses 8 to 12 god asks satan if he's considered his servant job and in this satan's basically like oh yeah i've considered him like meaning yeah i would like to go do stuff to him. I'd like to mess with him a little bit, but you've placed a hedge of protection around him and I can't get to him. So God begins to remove at different levels some amount of protection that he placed around Job so that Satan's allowed to do stuff to him. And so we read the whole book and then we see in the end, God blesses Job with twice as much as he ever had before, including children. Did you know that? Including children. Because the children that he lost, The number of children he had, I think it was seven. I don't remember exactly. But he received the same number of children again. …
… the angelic creatures are coming to present themselves. And along comes Satan. And the Lord said unto Satan, and by the way, the word Satan means adversary. Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord and said, from going to and fro in the earth and from walking up and down in it. And by the way, he's still doing that today, isn't he? And the Lord said unto Satan, Has thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, and one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Now watch verse 9. Then Satan answered the Lord and said, Doth Job fear God for naught? That is, God, isn't there some ulterior motive that he serves you? Then verse 10, Now here's the challenge that Satan throws into the face of God concerning Job. God, he doesn't really love you. He doesn't really care about you. He's not really trusting you. You've just bought him off. You've bribed him. …
… THEMSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, AND SATAN CAME ALSO AMONG THEM. AND THE LORD SAID UNTO SATAN, WHENCE COMEST THOU? THEN SATAN ANSWERED THE LORD AND SAID, FROM GOING TO AND FRO IN THE EARTH, AND FROM WALKING UP AND DOWN IN IT. AND THE LORD SAID UNTO SATAN, HAST THOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB, THAT THERE'S NONE LIKE HIM IN THE EARTH, A PERFECT AND AN UPRIGHT MAN, AND ONE THAT FEARETH GOD, AND ESCHUETH EVIL, THAT IS, HE HATES WHAT IS WRONG. THEN SATAN ANSWERED THE LORD AND SAID, HA, DOTH JOB FEAR GOD FOR NOT? HA, HA, HA, HA. YOU THINK HE LOVES YOU, GOD. HE ONLY LOVES YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE BRIBED HIM. HE ONLY LOVES YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE BOUGHT HIM OFF. AND WE BEGIN HERE A DRAMA, A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS THAT'S GOING TO HELP US TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO STAND, A WHEN WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. NOW YOU KNOW ONE OF THE MOST PERPLEXING COMMANDS IN THE BIBLE IS THIS. IT'S FOUND IN FIRST THESSALONIANS CHAPTER FIVE AND VERSE 18 AND IT SAYS THIS, IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS. IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS, FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU. NOW IT'S EASY TO GIVE THANKS FOR SOME THINGS. IT'S EASY TO GIVE THANKS FOR FOOD, FOR HEALTH, FOR FAMILY, FOR A NEW GRANDBABY, UH, WHEN YOUR FAVORITE BALL CLUB WINS, WHEN, UH, UH, YOU GET A NEW JOB, UH, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS IT'S EASY TO GIVE THANKS FOR, RIGHT? …