tuesdayNOVEMBER 29 Job 34:7–37 TestimonyJob and Jesus: The Suffering Servants “Satan, the author of sin and all its results, had led men to look upon disease and death as proceeding from God,—as punishment arbitrarily inflicted on account of sin. Hence one upon whom some great affliction or calamity had fallen had the additional burden of being regarded as a great sinner. . . . “God had given a lesson designed to prevent this. The history of Job had shown that suffering is inflicted by Satan, and is overruled by God for purposes of mercy. But Israel did not understand the lesson. The same error for which God had reproved the friends of Job was repeated by the Jews in their rejection of Christ.”1 “To disprove Satan’s claim is the work of Christ and of all who bear His name.” “Very early in the history of the world is given the life record of one over whom this controversy of Satan’s was waged. “Of Job, the patriarch of Uz, the testimony of the Searcher of hearts was, ‘There is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.’ “Against this man, Satan brought scornful charge: ‘Doth Job fear God for nought?’ . . . “The Lord said unto Satan, ‘All that he hath is in thy power. Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.’ “Thus permitted, Satan swept away all that Job possessed—flocks and herds, menservants and maidens, sons and daughters; and he ‘smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.’ Job 1:8–12; 2:5–7. “Still another element of bitterness was added to his cup. His friends, seeing in adversity but the retribution of sin, pressed on his bruised and burdened spirit their accusations of wrongdoing.”2 However, Job did not blame God. He did not give up his claim to a life of faithful service. Job understood, as we must, that unselfishness, “the principle of God’s kingdom, is the principle that Satan hates; its very existence he denies. From the beginning of the great controversy he has endeavored to prove God’s principles of action to be selfish, and he deals in the same way with all who serve God. To disprove Satan’s claim is the work of Christ and of all who bear His name
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