Why Did God Allow Satan to Do All What He Did to Job?
1) Direct answer
God allowed Satan to touch Job in order to vindicate His own testimony of a righteous man, to prove the liar wrong, to refine Job like gold, and to bring him into a deeper revelation of the Redeemer. Satan was on a leash the whole time, and God turned the trial to Job’s blessing and to His glory.
2) Scriptural explanation
- The Bible says God Himself testified of Job: “a perfect and an upright man” (Job 1:8). Satan accused: “Does Job fear God for nothing?” (Job 1:9–11). So God permitted a test, but set boundaries: “only upon himself put not forth thine hand” (Job 1:12), and later, “but save his life” (Job 2:6). You see, Satan could not move one inch beyond God’s limit.
- Job understood the purpose: “When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold” (Job 23:10).
- In the midst of loss, Job’s faith reached higher: “I know that my Redeemer lives, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth… yet in my flesh shall I see God” (Job 19:25–27).
- At the end, God corrected Job’s reasonings, revealed Himself, and Job said, “now mine eye sees Thee; wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes” (Job 42:5–6). Then the Lord “turned the captivity of Job… also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before” (Job 42:10,12).
- The New Testament seals it: “You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy” (James 5:11). Trials prove faith “much more precious than of gold… tried with fire” (1 Peter 1:6–7). And “all things work together for good to them that love God” (Romans 8:28).
3) Simple clarifying logic
- Satan said Job served God only because of blessings. God allowed the hedge to open so the truth could be proved. The test didn’t create Job’s faith; it revealed it. That’s the mystery—trials don’t make a believer; they manifest one.
- If God meant evil, He would have left Job to destruction. Instead, He set strict limits, spoke from the whirlwind, lifted Job higher, used him to pray for his friends, and restored him double. The outcome shows the purpose: not to destroy, but to perfect and vindicate.
- God doesn’t tempt with evil (James 1:13). He permits testing under His sovereignty to display faith, deepen revelation, and bring a greater end than the beginning.
4) Reinforcing statement
Now notice, Satan’s hand was never greater than God’s purpose. Job came out with a clearer vision of God and a stronger testimony: the Redeemer lives, and the righteous shall see Him.
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God's Servant Job
55-0223 §47
And notice, God restored all back to him again, restored his health back to him. Why? You Christians here tonight, that's sick. You may be sick; that may be all right. God may be trying you for something. But remember, look to the way of redemption. Christ is your Redeemer from sickness. Just keep holding to His unchanging hand. Look what He did night before last. Look what He did the night before that. Look what He did last night. What's He going to do tonight? God only knows. It's all left upon you, how you appro...
The Entombment
57-0420 §10
Oh, if the church could ever get to that place to where it could solemnly rest upon God's eternal Word to be the truth! What a difference there would be, what a correcting there would be, what a cutting away there would be, what a joy there would be, what a power there would be, when men and women would take God at face value, what He said is the truth. No matter what the circumstances look like, that has nothing to do with it. God said so; that settles it. And Job, when he was in the most trying time of all his ex...
I have heard but now I see
65-1127E §24
Now, we notice here that Job, after he went through his trials, all of his afflictions---He had a lovely family, they were taken from him. He had good health, it was taken from him. Everything that he owned in this life was taken---and he set on a ash-heap, with a piece of crock, scraping his boils. And even to his own wife, spoke against him, she said, "Why not curse God, and die?" He said, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman." He said, "The Lord gave, and the Lord taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord!"
Thinking on our ways
59-0706 §25
And let me say this with reverence and with respect: If these American mothers and fathers would put more time praying for their children like Job did, there'd be less juvenile delinquency. The trouble of it is, our modern American mothers and fathers lead them to drinking, and to card playing, and to cigarette smoking, and things of that sort, which makes juvenile delinquency. It really isn't juvenile delinquency; it's parent delinquency. Neglecting to come to God and find Him, then trouble strikes. When trouble s...
God's Servant Job
55-0223 §41
Now, so then Job said, "Now, to make sure of this, I'm going to offer the sacrifice of the burnt lamb, for each of my children, whether, if they have sinned... That's the only way I can present them, is upon the basis of the shed blood. That's God's only plan of redemption, through the lamb, so I'm offering it." And did you notice when the fires come down and burnt up all he had, his children was all killed... I imagine Job thought, Oh, I'm so happy, because I offered the sacrifice for them, 'cause I presented them...