Lesson 8: Satan Accuses Us (Job 2:1-6).

Prayer

Reading: Job 2:1-6.

Meditation

Lies are Satan’s main tool, but accusations are key in his strategy. Satan falsely accuses the saints. As well as trying to get Job to speak lies about God, Satan tries to feed lies about Job to God, and to other people (we’ll see more of this as we continue on in the book of Job). Satan has already falsely accused Job of loving wealth. He did that back in chapter one, and he accused Job of having no genuine love for God. Moving on into chapter two, those lies have been proven wrong. But instead of admitting to lying, Satan decides to invent another lie!

“And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.” 4. Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. 5. But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.” (Job 2:3-5).

What Satan is saying here is that Job is basically treating God like a health-care policy. It’s another lie, as we’ll see. Satan says that Job will curse God to his face if he loses his health. Job does nothing of the sort.

Be ye doers of the word…

Now, there’s something important for us to see here. Satan is telling lies, fundamentally, about who Job is. He has accused Job of being a lover of money, a lover of good health, and, underneath it all, he’s accused Job basically of hating God.

What does this teach us? It teaches us that one of the most significant things about the battle between lies and truth is the battle for self-identity.

Through his three friends, Satan tries to convince Job of something that isn’t true. He tries to impute guilt to Job. He tries to warp Job’s perception of himself.

Scripture tells us that God is our Father. Satan tries to tell us that God hates us, and that we should curse him. Most of the New Testament epistles spend multiple chapters—not telling us what to do, but reminding us of who we are in Christ.

There’s a reason for that. Because we need to know, and be refreshed constantly in the knowledge of who we are in Christ.