Fifty Lessons to Learn from the Book of Job

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  1. Satan is the author of sickness and disease (Job 2:7; Acts 10:38).
  2. He causes calamities to come upon men (Job 1:6-22; Rev. 12:9).
  3. Satan is the accuser of the righteous (Job 1:6-12; Job 2:1-8; Rev. 12:10).
  4. He is permitted to go only so far in testing God’s people (Job 1:12; Job 2:6; 1 Cor. 10:13; 1 Peter 5:8-9).
  5. God does permit Satan to test His own people (Job 1:6-12; Job 2:1-8; Luke 22:31-34; 1 Peter 5:8-9).
  6. Satan has access to God’s throne (Job 1:6-12; Job 2:1-8; Rev. 12:10).
  7. Satan has many helpers in disguise (Job 1:6-22; 2 Cor. 11:13-14; Rev. 12:7-12).
  8. God will not utterly forsake the righteous in times of trial (Job 42:1-17; Psalm 34:6; Psalm 37:23-24; 2 Cor. 4:8-12; 2 Cor. 6:5-10; James 5:10-11).
  9. God is the deliverer of His people in sickness and trouble (Job 42; James 5:10-11; Acts 10:38; John 10:10; 2 Cor. 10:13).
  10. God always delivers those whom Satan is permitted to attack for the purpose of testing (Job 42; James 5:10-11; Psalm 91:1-12; Psalm 103:1-4).
  11. He uses troubles to purify and refine men as a father would use any trouble befalling his son, in an effort to make him a better man (Job 33:14-30).
  12. God is not the cause of trouble any more than a wise and righteous earthly parent, but since men are attacked by Satan He works things out to their best good when they turn to Him for help and deliverance (Job 42; Psalm 34:6-19; Psalm 37:1-10; Hebrews 11:6; James 1:5-8).
  13. God is not to be judged concerning His acts (Job 2:10; 1 Cor. 13:12).
  14. Men must learn that cooperating with God is His method of deliverance (Job 33:14-30; James 4:7; James 5:10-16; 1 Peter 5:8-9; Acts 10:38).
  15. God is greater than all, and He can and will deliver from any power that afflicts His people (Job 42; John 10:10; Acts 10:38; Luke 13:14; Psalm 103:1-4).
  16. Man in himself is frail and helpless to defeat Satan (Job 1:6-22; Job 2:6-10; Ephes. 6:10-18; 2 Cor. 10:4-7; James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8-9; Rev. 12:10-11).
  17. Man should have faith and depend upon God before he gets into trouble (Psalm 91; 2 Cor. 10:4-7; Ephes. 6:10-18; James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8-9).
  18. Sickness is not always experienced because of some personal sin (Job 1:1-12; Job 2:1-10; John 9:1-3; James 5:14-16).
  19. Man’s friends are always ready to criticize, find fault and interpret divine providence wrongly in time of sickness or calamity (Job 4:1-37:24).
  20. Attacks from Satan are part of the lot of the saints of God (Job 1:1-12; Ephes. 6:10-18; John 10:10; James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8-9).
  21. Men must learn patience while trusting in God (Romans 5:1-11; James 5:10-11).
  22. Men must learn to give thanks to God in trouble (Job 1:21; Phil. 4:6).
  23. Men under trial often falsely accuse God of being responsible for the trouble (Job 42:3).
  24. Satan causes men to accuse God and blame Him for the devil’s own works (Rev. 12:10).
  25. It is God’s purpose and will to test men through the attacks of Satan (1 Cor. 10:12-13).
  26. God seeks to obtain glory by men remaining true to Him, and by delivering them from the works of the devil (John 10:10).
  27. Under testing it is only natural to defend one’s self, as Job did (Job 42:1-6).
  28. It does not pay to criticize anyone in trouble. God will sometimes make critics humble themselves before those they have talked about (Job 42:7-9).
  29. It doesn’t pay to find fault with God (Job 42:1-6; Galatians 6:7-8).
  30. Men must learn to trust God in sickness and calamity (Job 42:1-10; James 5:10-11).
  31. God doesn’t always reveal Himself the very moment we pray, but He will answer men who have faith (Job 40:1-6; Job 42:1-6; Luke 18:1-8).
  32. It doesn’t pay to argue in defense of one’s self in time of trouble (Job 40:1-6; Psalm 37:1-9; 1 Peter 4:12-19).
  33. The godly are always vindicated in the end, and right always prevails in time (Job 42:1-17; Hebrews 10:30-36; 1 Peter 4:12:19).
  34. Even the best of men are weak and discouraged at times (Job 3).
  35. We should seek to help and encourage men in trouble instead of condemning them (Job 13:1-4; Job 16:1-6; Job 19:3; Job 21:3; Matthew 7:1-5; Galatians 6:7-8).
  36. Riches and honor are insecure (Job 29:1-30:31).
  37. Satan is the adversary of God’s people (Job 1:1-2:12; Rev. 12:10).
  38. Trials and sickness should not cause men to backslide (Job 1:1-2:12; 1 Cor. 10:12-13; James 5:10-11; 1 Peter 4:12-19).
  39. Bodily sickness need not affect the status of the soul (Job 2:1-12).
  40. One should not permit wife or husband to cause discouragement and backsliding (Job 2:1-12; 1 Cor. 7:15-17).
  41. Satan is sometimes given permission by God to cause storms (Job 1:6-22).
  42. Do not give your own theories when trying to help others; give what the Bible says, trying to be led by the Holy Spirit (Job 42:7-9; 2 Tim. 3:15-17; 2 Tim. 4:1-5).
  43. Instead of nagging at them continually, as Job’s friends did, let God deal with people who sin (Job 42:7-9; Galatians 6:7-8).
  44. Seek God when in trouble, and don’t blame or criticize Him as the source of the trouble (Job 13:15; James 5:10-11).
  45. God’s grace sustains us in the greatest of calamities (Job 19:25-26; Job 42:1-17; 2 Cor. 12:1-12; Hebrews 11; James 5:10-11).
  46. Counselors aren’t always right (Job 42:1-9).
  47. All the suffering that can be heaped upon a man is not enough to satisfy self-righteous hypocrites or make them sympathetic with him (Job 42:7-9; Acts 7:54-60).
  48. God takes account of all criticism against His people (Job 42:7-9; Matthew 12:37).
  49. Troubles are no proof of a man’s wickedness (Job 1:1-2:12; Job 42:1-6).
  50. God is very compassionate and has tender mercy toward those who are in need (Psalm 103:1-19; Romans 8:32; James 5:10-11).

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