Read Job Chapter 1
- How is Job described in verse 1?
- Why is the description of Job important to understanding spiritual warfare?
- In Job 1:6, the scene changes. Where is this new scene taking place? Who is present?
- What does “Satan” mean? Look it up in a dictionary or dictionary.com. Record what you find.
- What do you learn about Satan from the following verses?
1 Chronicles 21:1 Isaiah 14:12-15 Luke 22:3, 31 2 Corinthians 11:14 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Revelation 12:9 Revelation 20:2, 7 - Upon review of the above verses, what observations about Satan can you make?
- What other names does he go by? (Hint: Isaiah 14:12, James 4:7, Revelations 12:3)
- What does God say about Job in Job 1:8?
- What does Satan respond to God’s statements about Job in verses 9-10?
- What authority does God give Satan regarding Job?
- What does it mean if God has to give Satan permission to touch Job?
- What do you learn about the Sovereignty of God from the following verses?
1 Chronicles 29:11-12 Psalm 47:2 Psalm 83:18 Psalm 103:19 - What happened to Job according to verses 13-19?
- Would you consider what happened to Job to be spiritual warfare? Why or why not? Give support from scripture if you can.
- Copy Job’s response to this news from Job 1:20-21 here.
- Is Job’s response similar or different from your response to spiritual warfare? Explain.
- What do you learn from Job 1:22? How was that possible for Job?
