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 §20
Satan said, "Oh, yeah," said, "you got him hedged up. You're blessing him, and giving him everything You can--You could give him." Said, "Sure, he will serve You like that." Said, "Let me have him, and I will make him curse You to Your face." "Now," he said, "he's at your hand. I will break the hedge, but don't you take his life." And Satan done everything but take his life. He took his children, he broke him out with boils, he spoiled all of his goods, he made him a pauper, and he set on an ash heap, back there, i...
Then Jesus came and called
64-0417 §39
Let's just review a couple of people here, or so, in the Bible just a minute---just to get that dark hour before we call the prayer line. Let's think of Job. He was the most righteous man on earth and Satan come upon him. And come to God first, and accused Job of being just God's pet. Said, "Sure---got him all fenced up. Break the hedge, and I'll make him curse you to your face." God said, "You can't do it," see. And now Job got into all kinds of trouble. Remember, he lost all of his wealth, he lost all of his popu...
I have heard but now I see
65-1127E §26
Now, Job was a man that carried out God's commandments to the letter, exactly. And Satan knew that, but he said, "If you'll just let me have him, I'll make him curse you to your face." So God told him, He said, "Now, he's in your hands, but don't you take his life." And Satan even stretched as far as he could on that. He took every friend, and everything he had, almost his complete life, but he couldn't take his life. But Job still held right on. There was no turning back. You see, when a man or a person has once r...
My Redeemer liveth
55-0410S §17
...of the Old Testament too, when they looked forward to the coming of the Lord Jesus, when they foresaw Him and worshipped, at the very thoughts of it. There was something in them calling out, a deep calling to a deep, waiting for a time, looking forward to the time when Jesus would come. Now, today, after He has come... Now, back there Satan tried to blind the eyes of those who looked forward to it, to tell them that there was no such. But somehow another, beyond anything that we can say this morning, but as the Hol...
Satan's Eden
65-0829 §65
Now, notice. Now look at Revelation 3, the Laodicean church age. You think it in your mind. Now, notice. She, Eve, is Satan's queen. See, Satan (the serpent) got to Eve before Adam got to her, see. That's right. So he beguiled her, see, so Satan (the serpent) was the husband of Eve before Adam ever knew. He beguiled her. The Bible said he did, and she knowed she was naked, then, see.