Job 1:6, How Did Satan Come Among Them?
1) Direct Answer
Satan came among them by permission, as the accuser, when God convened His court. He did not break in; he appeared because the Lord allowed him to present himself, coming “from going to and fro in the earth.”
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Job 1:6–7; 2:1–2: The sons of God present themselves before the LORD, and Satan comes also. When asked, he says he came “from going to and fro in the earth,” showing he is not omnipresent and operates under limits.
- Job 1:12; 2:6: He can do nothing without God’s permission and boundaries.
- Zechariah 3:1–2: Satan stands to resist Joshua, and the LORD rebukes him—again a courtroom scene with Satan as accuser.
- Revelation 12:10: He is “the accuser of our brethren… which accused them before our God day and night.”
- Luke 22:31: “Satan hath desired to have you,” showing he must ask; access is by permission, not by right.
- 1 Peter 5:8: He roams, seeking whom he may devour—exactly what he said in Job.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- This was not fellowship with God; it was a legal appearance before the Judge. Sin cannot have communion with God, yet God can summon and judge any creature.
- “Came among them” means he stood in the assembly of heavenly beings to accuse. He was there as the adversary, not as a son.
- He is restricted: he must report, he must ask, and he can only touch what God allows. He is never equal to God, never unlimited, and never beyond the Blood.
4) Reinforcing Statement
Now notice: the same accuser still seeks permission, but Christ intercedes for the believer. Stay under the Blood, resist him steadfast, and remember—he can come to the bar of God to accuse, but he cannot cross the line God sets.
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For him will I accept
52-0718 §19
That's praying one for the other, the value of prayer. Now, these counselors that had come down, and set before Job, he was... That's the oldest book in the Bible. Probably was ... Job lived along the time of Nimrod, and back in there, somewhere down from Seth to Abraham. And it's the... It was written, the book of Job, before Genesis was. But he was a priest, and a prince. And he loved the Lord. And God blessed him, made him a great man. And then Satan came up... Now, here's what I want you to watch: Satan come up...
I have heard but now I see
65-1127E §25
Now, Satan had come up before God, because he could come before God and accuse the Christians (or, the believers) all the time. So he accused Job of many things, and said that Job, the reason he could serve God, because everything was coming good for him. But said, "If you'll just let me have him, in my hands, I'll make him curse you to your face." I want you to notice that the confidence that God had in a believer. See? In other words, God said to Job ... or, said to Satan like this: "You can't do it! He's a just...
Thy House
61-0808 §28
And then He said, "Don't you take his life." And Satan done everything but take his life. His children got killed, and his cattle killed, and all of his riches was lost, and he lost his health, and everything but his life. Sat out there and scraped his boils. And his wife come to the door (and Satan got in her) and said, looked out there and said, "Why don't you curse God and die?" Said, "You look so miserable." He said, "Thou speakest like the foolish woman." Now, he never said she was foolish; said she talked lik...
I know
60-0417S §10
And Satan had touched Job for a purpose, to try him, because he and God had had a debate. And God told Satan that "I've got a servant in the earth there is none like him. Whatever I say to him, he will do it. He's a perfect man and a just man." Satan said, "If you'll just let me have him, I'll make him curse you to your face." Job, not knowing all these things going on, it brought the patriarch into a deep distress. Yet, somehow, when all was gone from him, he still maintained his position in Christ. "I know my red...
Fellowship by redemption
55-0403 §48
Now, God had confidence in Job. He had fellowshipped with him, and He knew that Job could trust Him. So He said, "All right, Satan, you go on. He is at your hands, but don't you take his life. You can do anything else to him." So Satan, good at his office, away he goes, and he kills all of Job's children. Now, I want you to notice a little thing. Job kind of had a pre-thought of that, I believe. Did you notice, when his children, all of them got together one day, they had a great big banquet.