Job was a successful man. He was rich. And he was important. Everybody
respected Job, because Job was wealthy.
Job did deserve honour, but not because of his wealth. Job deserved
honour because he respected God. Job always tried to do the right
things. And Job refused to do evil things.
Job did no... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
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ABOUT THE BOOK OF JOB
The Book of Job tells the story of a man called Job. Job was a good
man. Job trusted God. But Job had terrible t... [ Continue Reading ]
Job was unhappy about the behaviour of his children. Job wanted his
children to respect God. Job wanted them to help poor people. But
Job’s children preferred to hold parties. They were greedy. They
drank plenty of wine. They did not think that Job’s religion was
important.
Later, in Job 8:4, Bilda... [ Continue Reading ]
Job prayed for his children. Before Jesus died, holy people often
killed animals as a gift to God. The Bible taught the people to do
this (Leviticus Chapter s 1-7). The people knew that an animal cannot
take the punishment for our evil deeds (Psalms 51:16). They knew that
only God can forgive us (Ps... [ Continue Reading ]
The book of Job teaches us many things about the devil. The devil’s
name is Satan. ‘Satan’ means ‘the accuser’.
Job’s friends did not blame Satan for Job’s troubles. Even Job did
not blame the devil. Job and his friends thought that God made Job
suffer. But they were wrong. God is good. God wants u... [ Continue Reading ]
God was proud of Job. Job was special to God.
Every Christian is special to God. God knows his people (2 Timothy
2:19). God knows everything about us (Matthew 10:30). He sees our
secret actions (Matthew 6:3-4). He hears our quiet prayers (Matthew
5:6). He is better than a friend (John 15:15). He is... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Satan accused Job. Satan thought that Job was not really loyal to
God. Job served God because Job respected God. Satan thought that Job
preferred wealth instead of God. Satan was wrong. Job was still loyal
to God even when Job lost all his possessions.... [ Continue Reading ]
In verse 11, Satan wanted God to destroy Job’s property. But God did
not agree to this request. God is not evil. God does not do terrible
things to his people. God is never cruel. God refused to destroy
Job’s property.
However, sometimes God allows the devil to test us. God allows such
troubles so... [ Continue Reading ]
A birthday should be a happy day. But this birthday was a terrible
day. On this day, Satan attacked Job. Job’s troubles came suddenly.
Job’s children were not ready for that day. They were behaving quite
as they always behaved. They were not trusting God. They were not
ready to meet God. Instead, t... [ Continue Reading ]
The servants in verses 14-17 announced that Job had lost all his
possessions. Job’s sheep died in a terrible fire. Enemies stole
Job’s camels. Other enemies took Job’s oxen (farm animals) and his
donkeys (small horses). In the morning, Job was the wealthiest man in
the east. But in the evening, Job... [ Continue Reading ]
Then, Job’s troubles became even worse. Job’s children were having
a party. They were greedy. Perhaps the party was evil. Perhaps they
drank too much wine. Job was worried about them. And Job was right to
be worried. Job’s children were not ready to meet God. They did not
know that they would die.... [ Continue Reading ]
Satan did these terrible things to Job because Satan wanted Job to
insult God (verse 11). Satan thought that Job would hate God because
of these troubles. So Job’s reaction was important to Satan.
Job’s reaction was also important to God. God was proud of Job
(verse 8). God said that Job was God’s... [ Continue Reading ]
Job knew that his possessions really belonged to God (Psalms 24:1).
Job thought that God had taken Job’s possessions. And Job thought
that this was fair. God gave him those things. And Job supposed that
God had taken those things away. Job did not know that really Satan
had done these terrible thin... [ Continue Reading ]