Pastor's Blog
Satan smote Job with “sore boils” (Job 2:7) God “turned the captivity of Job” (Job 42:10) Jesus healed a “dumb man possessed with a devil” (Matthew 9:32-33) Jesus healed a blind and dumb man “possessed with a devil” (Matthew 12:22) “If Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself … I cast out devils … Read more
Satan is the author of sickness and disease (Job 2:7; Acts 10:38). He causes calamities to come upon men (Job 1:6-22; Rev. 12:9). Satan is the accuser of the righteous (Job 1:6-12; Job 2:1-8; Rev. 12:10). He is permitted to go only so far in testing God’s people (Job 1:12; Job 2:6; 1 Cor. 10:13; … Read more
In Job, we have the earliest mention (historically speaking) of Satan by name. Not even in Genesis is he mentioned by name-and the time of Job was early in history, for he was the son of Issachar, the son of Jacob (Genesis 46:13). It is clear in Genesis 3 that there was an invisible enemy … Read more
Whoever wrote it had to receive a special revelation from God concerning the scenes and conversations in heaven in Job 1-2. The author was especially inspired by the Holy Spirit (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21) to record the events and conversations between Job and his friends; or, if someone besides Job, he had records … Read more
His name is glorious. He is exalted above all possible blessing and praise from man. He alone is Jehovah (Neh. 9:6). He made the heaven. He made the heaven of heavens. He made all the host of the heavens. He made the earth. He made all things in the earth. He made the seas. He … Read more