Topical Studies
Satan as Tool of God
(From Forerunner Commentary)
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Job 1:6-12 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
Notice that God Himself takes the initiative in setting this up, choosing the antagonist (Satan) and defining the parameters of what could be done. Can we say in the face of accounts like this that God only permits difficult trials to occur? Can we say He is not actively testing His children to see what is in them? Can we say He is not actively directing Satan to carry out the calamities He designs?
John W. Ritenbaugh
God's Sovereignty and the Church's Condition (Part One)
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Job 1:6-7 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
Was he just telling another lie? He was traveling back and forth on the earth, and he described it as walking. When he came before God, it was some other place than the earth. Where does God reside? The Bible names heaven as the only place of God's abode. So Satan must have left the earth and traveled to be in God's presence because this conversation did not take place on the earth.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Image and Likeness of God (Part 3)
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Job 1:6-12 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
This clearly illustrates that, despite having far greater natural powers than a man, Satan can do nothing against any of God's children that God does not permit. God is overseeing our preparation for His Kingdom, and the Devil is, in reality, a dupe in God's hands to that end. Verse 10 shows that God puts, as it were, a protective wall around us, commanding Satan, "This far and no farther."
John W. Ritenbaugh
Power Belongs to God (Part Two)
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2 Corinthians 12:7 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
Paul twice says, ". . . lest I should be exalted above measure." God gave him this "thorn in the flesh" so that the apostle would not get too big for his britches, as it were, because God had given him some revelations. That sort of communication from God could swell a person's head. Thus, the apostle says God allowed Satan to afflict him so that Paul would not venture beyond what he had been given.
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Countering Presumptuousness
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Revelation 20:1-3 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
Like everybody else, Satan has only the power God created in him and the latitude to use it only as He permits and no more. The power given to him is meted out for what God wants him to accomplish for His purposes. Seeing all of the horrible things happening on earth, we may suppose that his power is unlimited, but it most assuredly is not.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Power Belongs to God (Part Two)
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