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Job 1:1-22
When All Hell Breaks Loose
 
“There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.
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.
And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all.
For Job said, ‘It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.’
Thus Job did continually.
“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
The Lord said to Satan, ‘From where have you come?’  Satan answered the Lord and said, ‘From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.’
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, who fears God and turns away from evil?’  Then Satan answered the Lord and said, ‘Does Job fear God for no reason?
Have you not put a hedge around 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 stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.’
And the Lord said to Satan, ‘Behold, all that he has is in your hand.
Only against him do not stretch out your hand.’
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
“Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, and there came a messenger to Job and said, ‘The oxen were ploughing and the donkeys feeding beside them, and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.’
While he was yet speaking, there came another 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.’
While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, ‘The Chaldeans formed three groups and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.’
While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, ‘Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.’
“Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped.
And he said, ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return.
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.’
“In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.”[1]
The précis of the Book of Job is, */Job was hammered because he was righteous/*.
Job puts the lie to the hackneyed suspicion that only the wicked suffer.
Sometimes, those who are good suffer; wicked people ofttimes persecute and injure the righteous.
Nevertheless, the suspicion lingers, even among the professed people of God, that we are punished for our wickedness in the present.
The evidence for this rather bold assertion is witnessed in the way we respond to trials and testing.
When we are in pain, almost unconsciously the cry escapes our lips, “Why is God doing this to me?”
Even if we never expressed our dismay in the face of injury or questioned our situation when we were in pain, we have each known individuals who treated the wounded as though they were the cause of their own grief.
In this particular message, I am not concerned with those times when we are merely irritated or inconvenienced.
Each of us has experienced times when annoyances multiply until we become exasperated to the point that we are unable to sensibly respond.
In the message today, I am speaking of those times when it seems that all hell has conspired against us.
I am speaking of those times when the doctor says, “You need to sit down before I tell you the results of the tests.”
Perhaps it is that moment when a spouse says, “I don’t love you any more.
I’ve found someone else.”
It could be a time when the police stood at the door and said, “I’m sorry to inform you…”
Join me in exploring the response of the godly person to unexpected and unjustified attack.
Job experienced crushing blows that should destroy any individual.
Nevertheless, Job was a godly man that maintained his integrity as all hell broke loose.
*The Life of a Godly Man* — “There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.
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.
And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all.
For Job said, ‘It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.’
Thus Job did continually.”
Evil comes to all mankind.
Just because we are Christians does not exempt us from the injuries and hurts common to all mankind.
As we live out our life, whether we realise it or not, each of us is preparing for eternity.
When we depart this life, all that we leave that has even the promise of a measure of permanence is the memory of how we lived; and that heritage is destined to fade with the passage of time.
The way we live, however, has tremendous impact not only on the life to come, but also on the present life.
The passage begins with an unusual construction in the Hebrew language.
The English accurately reflects not only the intent of the author, but also the precise grammar.
Instead of beginning the sentence with a verb, as would be the usual form of a Hebrew sentence, it begins with a noun—“a man.”
The reason for this would seem to be emphasis on the events that are about to be related instead of encouraging the reader to be caught up in the secondary features of the events.
The author does not want us to become fixated on who this man was or where he lived; his name and His residence are not important.
It is his character that is vital to all that the divine author is going to relate.
What was Job like?
According to the text, he was “blameless and upright,” he “feared God,” and he “turned away from evil.”
Job was “blameless,” translating the Hebrew term */tam/*, which is first used in Scripture of Noah [*Genesis 6:9*].
The word implies that that Job was a man of integrity, or that he was a man without any obvious moral blemish.
Moreover, this aspect of Job’s character is affirmed by God when he attested to his character before Satan [*Job 1:8*; *2:3*].
His wife, also, testified to his integrity [*Job 2:9*].
Job was also “upright,” he did not deviate from God’s standard of righteousness.
The combination of the two terms, “blameless” and “upright” indicate the peak of moral perfection.
Job was not plastic, rather he was real; and integrity and careful avoidance of anything that would dishonour God characterised his life.
Job also “feared God.”
He was reverential toward God, knowing that God ruled over his life and that God also overruled his life.
He had worshipful respect for God, taking time to exalt the Name of the Lord both through formal worship and through the way in which he conducted his life.
Finally, Job “turned away from evil.”
Job not only did what was right, but he also avoided all that God had designated to be sinful.
Because he “feared God,” he resolved not to stumble into sin.
Job did not create his own set of rules, but he rigorously adhered to those standards that God set.
Those who turn away from evil will not attempt to justify wickedness by establishing their own standard of righteousness.
Many people today decide that they can set their own standard for life.
They decide that they will live together, testing whether they are compatible, though such lasciviousness is condemned by God.
They attempt to justify surrendering to their own desires through appeal to popular, ungodly sentiments, asking, “How can anything that is wrong feel so good.”
They become captives of their own passions, and thus sacrifice intimacy both with God and with one another.
Job was a wealthy man; he was the Warren Buffet or the Bill Gates of that day.
He had acquired unimaginable riches in the form of livestock.
The massive herds of livestock required immense land holdings and a large retinue of servants.
He had sheep to provide wool and meat, camels to provide transportation and food, oxen to work the land and to provide milk and meat, and he had female donkeys that were prized for their milk, a delicacy in that day, and for their ability to transport goods.
Job’s wealth permitted him and his children to live in luxury.
His children dwelt in houses, and not in tents.
They gathered from time-to-time to feast, perhaps on their birthdays.
Nevertheless, Job was concerned that his children might have sinned, and he therefore offered burnt offerings for each of his children, interceding with God, just in case any of his children had begun to neglect the Lord.
The actions of this godly man serve to encourage us to be careful for the spiritual welfare of our children.
Godly parents intercede for their children, pleading with God to be merciful to them and asking that He convert them.
Parents cannot assume that their children are saved just because they were raised in the Faith, but they must continually seek the face of the Lord until they are assured that their child is walking in the Faith.
In all, Job enjoyed the respect of all who knew him.
Not only did people look up to Job because of his wealth, but they also admired him for his character.
People did not see him as hypocritical or duplicitous.
Later, after all his wealth and his family and even his health was removed, his three friends came to commiserate with him, and though they wounded him deeply and wronged him greatly, they */were/* still his friends.
Their error was in thinking that they had to explain what had happened to Job.
How much more meaningful would their presence have been had they been content to simply be present with him, instead of thinking that they had to counsel him how to reverse his situation.
Though they became estranged as result of their unwise counsel, in the end, Job and his friends were reconciled [*Job 42:7-10*].
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