JOB 1

Introduction

Job

Job’s Character

Perfect - complete

Blameless

Beyond reproach

Upright

Straight

Not deviating from God’s standards

Feared God

Filled with holy awe

Reverence and respect for God

Eschewed evil

Turned off

Job’s family

Makeup

wife

7 sons

3 daughters

Intimacy

loved one another and enjoyed one another’s company

Worship

Burnt offerings

Sensitive to offending God

Concern for their spiritual welfare

Job’s wealth

700 sheep - clothing and food

3000 camels - transportation

500 yoke of oxen

helped servants to till the ground

food

300 she asses - supply more offspring

Great household - servants

Out of this world conversation - Part 1

Son’s of God

Presented themselves daily

Before the Lord - Jehovah

Satan was in the midst

God speaks to Satan

God initiates and continues the conversation with questions

God is not surprised that Satan is in the midst

God has a game plan

God knew what Satan was thinking

God’s first question - Where have you been

Satan’s answer - Job 1:7 “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.”

It was the devils main activity:

wrecking havoc on the earth as a roaring lion - 1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

Blinding minds - 2 Corinthians 4:4 “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

Stealing God’s word - Matthew 13:19 “When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.”

Opposing God’s work - 1 Thessalonians 2:18 “Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.”

Sowing tears - Matthew 13:37-40 “He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.”

Tempting God’s people - 1 Corinthians 7:5 “Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.”

Attacking God’s word - Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”

Spreading false doctrine - 1 Timothy 1:3 “As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,”

Deceiving the nations - Revelation 16:14 “For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.”

God’s second question - Job 1:8 “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?”

Satan’s response was, he serves yo becasue of the hedge of protection - remove the hedge and he will curse You.

The unthinkable happens

God removes the hedge

God is in control

Satan can only do what God allows him to do.

Job’s Calamity

He loses his wealth

He loses his children

He worships God

Deep inward sorrow

Fell to the ground and worshipped

Acknowledged God’s sovereignty

Praise God’s name

Conclusion

God is in control

Job had a true and vibrant faith

God is sufficient