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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. That was Job’s character before the trial which made him famous; perhaps, if it had not been for that trial, we should never have heard of him; now, as the apostle James wrote, “Ye have heard of the patience of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There was a man in the land of Uz, Job was a man indeed; a true man, a man of the highest type, for he was a man of God. Job_1:1. Whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright,-- Job was thoroughly true and sincere, and in this sense he “was perfect and upright,”- Job_1:1. And one that feared God, and eschewed evil. He had both sides of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. It was a great privilege to have such a family as this, but it brought to Job great responsibilities and many anxieties.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. Job was highly favoured in having such a family of sons and daughters.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. A man may be a good man and a rich man, but it is not usually the case. I am afraid that what Mr. Bunyan says is all too true,-“...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. Job was not a poor man, yet he was a man of God;-one of those “camels” that manage to go through “the eye of a needle.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. This showed that it was not drunken riotousness, or they would not have wanted their sisters; the sweet, gentle, delicate influence of their sisters would tend to keep their feasting what it should be....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And his sons went and feasted in their houses every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters- Who were very modest and retiring, and would not have gone to the feast if they had not been sent for, but their brothers were kind and thoughtful, as all good brothers will be.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To eat and to drink with them. And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, Job did not go to the feast, perhaps he felt too old, his character was too staid for such a gathering, and he had higher joys, that were nearer his heart than any earthly feast could be.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts, Thus did Job continually. They might have spoken unadvisedly with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their heart. Thus did Job continually. He thought, “Perhaps, in their rejoicing, unholy thoughts may have intruded; they may have been unguarded and lax in their conduct. They may...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Into heaven? Oh, no! The presence of God is very widespread, and there was no need to admit the evil spirit again into heaven in order that he might be present before God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Angels and all kinds of intelligent spirits had, as it were, a special, solemn, general assembly, — a great field-day, or levee. Perhaps, in stars far remote, in various parts of the universe, there was celebrated that day a high...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? God is Satan’s Master, so he asks him where he has been. I wonder whether, if the Lord were to put that question to everybody here, “Whence comest thou?” each of us could give a satisfactory answer to it. Job_1:7. Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? He is obliged to give an account of himself, he cannot go a yard from his door without divine permission. Job_1:7. Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, from going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Satan is always busy, never quiet; he cannot be still.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,- “He is an example to you, he may well chide you, he is so obedient, and you are so rebellious: ‘Hast thou considered my servant Job,’”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said,- We may be certain that, if there had been anything bad in Job, Satan would have found it out, and brought it against him. However excellent a man is, though there are none like him on earth, you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, — You see, Job is a man whom God calls his servant even in speaking to the devil, “Hast thou considered my servant Job?” Job_1:8. That there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? God himself gives Job that high...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? The black dog of hell had been prowling around to see where he could get in, so he knew that there was a hedge right round Job, and round his house and all that he had. Notice how the devil insinuates that Job feared...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Even the devil could not bring a charge against Job’s conduct; so he insinuated that his motives were not pure.