Here is a question that every Christian needs to answer for themselves.
Is your view of God’s nature based on the theology of Jesus or Job?
Job said: Job 2:1-2 “Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.””
Many theologians teach that Satan had to come to God to get permission to attack Job, therefore nothing can happen that God doesn’t cause or allow.
Luke 4:5 “Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.”
Satan did not need to come to God to get permission to steal, kill and destroy, that permission was given to him through Adam.
Job said: Job 2:6-7 “And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.” 7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.”
We have been taught that this means that God and Satan are on the same team or God sub-contracts Satan to do his dirty work.
The Bible says: 2 Corinthians 6:14-15 “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?”
Job said: Job 1:21 “And he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.””
Does your theology believe that God is the source of both good and evil?
Jesus said in John 10:10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
Jesus’ theology is simple, good things come from God, bad things come from Satan.
Job 42:1-6 Then Job answered the Lord and said: 2 “I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. 3 You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 4 Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’ 5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. 6 Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.”
Much of the church has developed their view of God’s nature based on the theology of Job, in spite of the fact that after he encountered God he repented of how he spoke about God and said that he spoke of what he did not understand.
Even the book of Job reveals the good news. God gave Job an abundant life. Satan stole everything that he had. God restored what he lost and doubled it. #godisverygood.