With God’s permission, “Satan, the accuser” attacks Job (Job 1:8).
The attack is ferocious, May the Name of the Lord be praised! Through
all this, Job did not sin or blame God for doing anything wrong” (Job
1:21-22). Satan’s attack on Job is really a challenge to God. The Lord
is in control of the situation. Satan can only do what God permits him
to do (Job 2:6).
Job’s so-called ‘friends’ were watching the
situation. They intended to sympathize with him and comfort him (Job
2:11). When they saw the “great pain” he was in, they did not say
anything to him (Job 2:13). They were thinking about what was happening
to him, and their thoughts moved from comfort to blame. They started off
with the intention of being comforters. They ended up doing the work of
accusers.
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