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Thousands of years ago in the land of Uz, there once was man by the name of Job who was devoted and served the Lord God with all his might. “The Book of Job tells the story of an upright man whose integrity is put to the test.” (Rizzotti, 2010, para. 1) Job’s passage provides an example of someone having faith and true fear in the Lord. His story begins in the Bible by openly presenting all his blessings of wealth he had; seven sons, three daughters, land, livestock and men to help him work. Job was wealthy and lived his life with love, worship and giving offering to God almost daily. He would go out regularly to his alter to offer a burnet-offering for his children that sinned. Job did everything he could to live a life in fear of the Lord. One day Satan came to God telling him he was aware of …show more content…

2) It was then God brought the attention of Job’s actions to surface, telling Satan of how righteous Job was. These faithful acts from Job bothered Satan, which led him to telling God his faith was only righteous because of the blessings God provided to him. God challenged Satan in Job 1:12 it states, ‘The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger." Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.” (New International Version) It was then that Satan did his work in destroying Job’s world, striking him emotionally, physically and financially. Job lost his; family, land, livestock, money, even his own health, this left him puzzled to what was in store for his purpose. Job 7:20 says, "Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?” (New American Standard Bible) His friends Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar confused in their own emotions to the situation strived to remain having a relationship with

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