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. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”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. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”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 still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.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: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
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… 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 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. …
… 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. He doesn't even know what trouble is. You put a hedge around him. I know there's a hedge around him because I've been trying to get through that hedge and you won't let me. Satan says, you just let me at him. Let me give him some industrial strength problems. Let me hurt him. …
… 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? …