Lessons from the Book of JOB

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Job 1:6 - One day the members of the heavenly court came to present themselves before the Lord, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them. “Where have you come from?” the Lord asked Satan. - In the book of Job Satan is called, ‘Satan the Accuser’. And that is a deeply accurate description of the role Satan plays in your life. Satan will accuse you of anything and everything he can think of. He’ll say things like: it was because you committed that sin 20 years ago that this is happening. Or because you said this or did that that things in your life are suddenly going wrong.

After Satan had basically destroyed Job’s life - he had taken everything away from him and made him scum of the earth, Satan gathered Job’s friends to lobby accusations against Job. And their accusations were complex, layered and well organised. David Pawson said that Job not only one of the oldest pieces of human writing  it is one of the greatest texts from the ancient world. You can imagine if Job is considered a literary work of genius how complex their arguments were. Difficult to decipher. But Job stood strong. Continuously reiterating the truth. How do we combat the Accuser, we recognise the accusation and respond in Truth just like Jesus did during his 40 days in the desert. Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”