Yes, you are correct that all that God created was and is good. And you are correct in your understanding of Jesus Christ.
I am not saying God is evil. He is not.
With Job, evil was behind Jobs troubles in that satan was the instrument used. But, behind satan, God initiated theses troubles for His own purpose and for Jobs good. Satan did not come against Job for good, he did it for evil. But God did it for good. (Gen. 50:20) "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive."
You see? That which occurred upon Job, was good. A very important truth for believers to lay hold of.
Stranger
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There is an amazing
extreme…introduced at the beginning of Job, what seems like a paradox in two challenges which are aimed at God.
We have the adversary, who challenger’s God. He assumes
Job’s motives for worshipping God are due to
God's abundant blessings which appear to make serving God that much easier.
Whether the challenger is envious at Job, or wanting to learn more about God Himself, the challenger clearly wants to know how God works!
We read of this interaction at
Job 1:8
And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth (extreme), a blameless and upright man, (extreme) who fears God and turns away from evil?” (extreme)
A perfect assessment of Job’s character.
Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason?
The idea here is that the adversary does not disagree that Job is
pious, but that Job is loyal to God because of what he receives from Him.
He wants to test Job’s sincerity.
The adversary challenges God to prove His Sovereignty is being properly administered, and if Job’s motives are truly pure - test his motives God!
So he states:
Haven’t YOU GOD put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side?
Haven’t YOU God blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
The adversary is saying to God, that maybe this is not good practice what you are doing with Job.
Now what happens when
disaster strikes Job, we see a different challenge coming at God.
And Job’s is more like
“Is it right to allow righteous people to suffer?” Job could easily say,
I am for you not against you God.
Again, God is placed in this situation where He is confronted with two challenging ideas.
One challenger is saying
its not good for you to prosper righteous people.
Another challenger is saying
it’s not good for righteous people to suffer especially if they don’t know why!
1. Why would God put Himself in this position after all, it was God who introduced Job to the adversary.
2. Why would the adversary require a lesson in righteousness if he was completely evil?
3. Why does the adversary never show up again in the story of Job?
4. Why in every instance in the book is it God sending the trails upon Job?
5. Why does an evil being need God's permission?
6. What benefit does the evil Being bring to God's plan with Job? Seeing it was God who tested his servant and had full control of the situation?
7. Can you explain how the evil being is obedient to every Word God says?
8. Why is the evil being totally powerless?
9. What benefit to this Evil being is it if Job's sincerity is proven just?
10. What benefit is it to this evil being if Job is proven a sinner?
Strangers comments are nowhere close to understanding the purpose of God with Job.
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