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God who gave twice the blessing to Job who won Satan's test

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[ Job 42:10]

After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.

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Satan greatly envied Job, who served God well in the land of Uz. Satan said that if Job took all his possessions, Job would resent God and leave God. God allowed Satan to test Job.

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Satan has taken away all that Job has. He lost all his fortune, and his 10 children died. But Job did not grumble against God.

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Satan, who could not overcome Job, was greatly disappointed and went back to God. God has rebuked Satan.

“Though you provoked me without reason, to hurt Job, Is he not holding faith firmly?”

God greatly praised Job for not grumbling against God, even though it was all taken away.

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Satan who heard these words made another request to God. “But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”  Satan did not give up the job to bring down

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The God who heard these words spoke to Satan. “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.” God once again allowed Satan to test Job.

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Satan stepped back from God and suffered Job immediately. He made a sore so that there was no place from Job's head to his toes.

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Job was so painful in his body. Job sat in the ashes and picked up the pieces of the tile and scratched his whole body. His wife, cursed for Job, said, “Believe in God, give it up, and curse God and die.”

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Job, who heard it, says to his wife. “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” Job received the unbearable pain of his sores, and kept his faith in his mouth without sinning against God.

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Job had three very close friends. They are the ‘Eliphaz’ the Temanite, ‘Bildad’ the Shuhite and ‘Zophar’ the Naamathite. They came to Job to comfort Job. Seeing their horrible Job, their friends were shocked and tearing their robes and crying.

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Job was so painful. So he cursed the day he was born before his friends. He said that if he had not been born, he would not have had to suffer this pain. But he did not blame God.

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At first, the friends who understood and comforted Job began to change. They began to think that Job was in such a bad situation that he must have committed a great sin to God.

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From then on, his friends told Job to repent if he had sinned against God. Job replied that he had never sinned so that God would punish him. His friends, however, bothered Job to confess his sins by saying that it was certain that he would be punished by God.

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Job suffered from physical pain and great suffering from his friends. His friends blamed Job for talking about God. In the midst of that, Job did not grumble or sin against God.

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In the end, Satan could not overcome Job. Job overcame all the temptations of Satan by faith. In all trials, God overcame Job by faith, much higher than before. God gave Job's property twice as much as before, and gave him ten more children, making Job the most honorable man.

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Through Job, God made it clear that there is no temptation to defeat true faith. Job has suffered the greatest suffering man can suffer, but he never betrayed or blamed God.

We also have the same faith as Job who received Jesus as my Savior. If we have true faith in Jesus, we can overcome any test given by Satan. I hope you will realize this and become children of faith who live with a stronger mind.

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