Job 1
TSBTestings 42 Job 1:9 Risen Redeemer
**Writer of the Book: Date: Conclusion of the Book: ** Uncertain (Moses, Elihu or Job) During times of Abraham Oldest Book in Bible Trial is the school of trust not always given as chastisement, but sometimes for our education.
Job 1:1-22
Contents: Job’s family and their piety. Satan’s challenge and the calamities that befell Job.
Characters: God, Satan, Job.
Conclusion: God allows Satan power over His saints but it is always limited by the will of God. Nothing shows more accurately what we are than the way in which we stand in the presence of trial and difficulty.
Key Word: Tested, Job 1:12.
Strong Verses: Job 1:8; Job 1:21.
Striking Facts: Job 1:12. The power Satan has over the Christian is bounded by the prayer of the Lord Jesus who «ever liveth to make intercession.» No affliction can ever fall upon the believer except by God’s permission and when it comes, God has some great purpose in it, which it is our part to ascertain.