Who
was Job?
God
created Job as an example to teach us.
There
are no coincidences, nothing happens by chance.
God allowed the devil to attack Job to prove how someone that has enormous faith and trust in God cannot be swayed.
Job
lost everything and did not question God, he had this great faith and trusted
God.
How
many of us would do that if we lost everything?
The story of Job is a message to all. It’s about a great man who was wealthy and successful and yet he had faith, endurance, and perseverance no matter what.
God created Job and his life story for us to learn from just like He did with all the other characters in the Bible.
God allows satan to take control of Job to teach satan and all mankind about the fortitude of a believer no matter what happens.
The story of Job teaches us about our responsibility to God to trust Him.
Job 1
Job’s Character and Wealth
1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. 2 Seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 4 His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. 7 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.” 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.” 9 Then Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing? 10 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. 11 But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.” 12 Then 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.
Satan Allowed to Test Job
13 Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, 15 and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 18 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 19 and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 He said,
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
22 Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.
Job 2
Job Loses His Health
1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 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.” 3 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.” 4 Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. 5 However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.” 6 So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”
7 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. 8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.
9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!” 10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him. 12 When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky. 13 Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
Job 5
God Is Just
1
“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
2
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.
3
“I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.
4
“His sons are far from safety,
They are even oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.
5
“ His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.
6
“For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7
For man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.
8
“But as for me, I would seek God,
And I would place my cause before God;
9
Who does great and unsearchable things,
Wonders without number.
10
“He gives rain on the earth
And sends water on the fields,
11
So that He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12
“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.
13
“He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.
14
“By day they meet with darkness,
And grope at noon as in the night.
15
“But He saves from the sword of their mouth,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.
16
“So the helpless has hope,
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.
17
“Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18
“For He inflicts pain, and gives relief;
He wounds, and His hands also heal.
19
“ From six troubles He will deliver you,
Even in seven evil will not touch you.”
20
“In famine He will redeem you from death,
And in war from the power of the sword.”
21
“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.”
22
“You will laugh at violence and famine,
And you will not be afraid of wild beasts.”
23
“For you will be in league with the stones of the field,
And the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.”
24
“You will know that your tent is secure,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.
25
“You will know also that your descendants will be many,
And your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26
“You will come to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.”
27
“Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.
Hear it, and know for yourself.”