Chapter 1:6-12, 2:1-6
I. Introduction
A. We looked at who Job is in the first lesson.
1. We saw that Job was a Patriarch.
2. We saw that Job was very wealthy.
3. We saw that Job had 7 sons and 3 daughters.
Job was afraid evil would befall his family and prayed and offered
sacrifices for them.
4. We saw Job’s reputation.
a. His relationship with men.
b. His relationship with God.
c. His relationship with self.
B. In our text for today we are privileged to see a scene in Heaven.
C. It is important to realize that Job had no idea of the heavenly event.
D. Like Job, it is important to properly understand our enemy, Satan.

II. Our enemy, Satan.

A. Satan’s original downfall. (Isaiah 14:12-14)
1. Pride: the operative words “I will.”
a. The first “I will” is the demand that Satan’s rule be lifted from just that of the earth to include the heavens also.
b. The second “I will” shows Satan’s desire to exalt his throne above all the angelic host.
c. In the third “I will” Satan claims the position of government over angelic hosts that were administering Heaven.
d. The fourth “I will” is Satan’s desire to rise above the very throne of God.
e. The fifth “I will” expresses Satan’s goal to be possessor of Heaven and Earth.
2. Satan’s rebellion started in Heaven and manifested itself in the Garden of Eden.
3. Satan’s rebellion is a present abiding condition.

B. The nature of the battle.
1. We have, in our text, a contrast: God vs. Satan.
a. God is absolute good.
b. Satan is absolute evil.
2. Both beings are eternal. (They cannot die.)
3. For Satan to reach his objective, he must prove to the entire universe that God is not who and what He says He is. (Impugn God’s veracity.)
God, on the other hand, proves to the entire universe that He is who and what He says He is and thereby exposes Satan for who and what he is. (A malevolent, malign being.)

II. Job’s part in this battle.
A. Job is a servant of God.
1. Deut. 10:12 “And now Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul.”
2. The call to Israel is the same call to Job and to every believer, past, present, and future.
3. We are all called to be servants. This means that God has the right to use us as He sees fit.
B. Job’s assignment is to stay true to his name.
1. In this way he demonstrates that he worships God for who and what God is.
2. In this way Job brings honor and glory to the throne of God.
C. Therefore people who suffer from illness have a peculiar privilege.
1. We are thought highly enough of by God to prove his veracity.
2. We are privileged to bring honor and glory to His throne.
D. Therefore we should embrace our suffering with happiness and joy.