1. Job
“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth.”
Job 19:25

2. Job’s First Trial
Lesson 1
Job Chapter 1

3. Job & His Family From Uz Outstanding Character Large family
3 divine number
7 perfect number
10 combination of 3 + 7, complete number, the power number
Great possessions
He was devout and loved his children greatly

4. Satan’s Challenge 1:6-12
Certain days when “the sons of God” presented themselves before God
Not sure why
Not sure of location (heaven?)
Satan was present
God’s question: “From whence have you come?”
1 Peter 5:8
God’s second question: “Have you considered My servant Job?”

5. Satan’s Challenge 1:6-12 “Does Job fear God for no reason?”
quid pro quo
Job gets special protection/blessing
“Stretch out Your hand and touch all that is his and he will renounce You to Your face.”
God accepted the challenge
God limited Satan’s power
1 Cor. 10:13

6. The Beginning of Job’s Calamities 1:13-19
Two series of evil events
Loss of herds and flocks and the servants who tended them
Loss of his 10 children
Two were from the hands of evil men
Two were from the forces of nature
Sabeans – Arab bedouins, a tribe of wandering raiders from the south
Chaldeans – a tribe of wandering raiders from the north.

7. Job’s Response 1:20-22 He tore his clothes He shaved his head
He fell down and worshipped
In this first test, Job was victorious