Suffering & the Example of Job, Part 3 (TMF:2170)

Friday, September 01, 2023
Peace to Live By: Suffering & the Example of Job, Part 3 (TMF:2170) - Daniel Litton
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       We know that God led Job to be tempted by Satan. He did the same for Jesus. What does that mean? Surely he wouldn’t do that for us, right? Well, I’d have to say that I think it falls in line that he may lead us into temptation also. But the good news is that Jesus has instructed us to pray not to be led into temptation. The point is that God allowed Satan to do everything he could to Job, except actually take his life. Satan was even allowed to take the lives of his family members. Job lost his family, that is, his children, not his wife, though. He lost his homes, his servants, his animals, and probably even more possessions. Then after all this, he lost his health, and then, his friends turned against him. So, yes, this is about the most extreme example we can find in the Bible of human suffering. James cuts to the chase. This seems to bring up the point that I introduced at the beginning of our study here. That is, “All that matters is God.” That phrase certainly fits in well here.