10/12/2026
The Story of Job: Part 3 of 4
When people begin to interpret the Book of Job, they begin with the presupposition that God’s intention in this is either challenging Satan or causing something to happen so that He’ll be more glorified.
Job 1:8 may be the most misunderstood verse: “Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
But if we back up we’ll see that Satan has already been looking for a way to destroy Job. With Satan’s challenge to God, he is trying to get at the heart at the difference between himself and God and what it means to have authority.