1.Satan is the author of sickness
and disease
Job 2:7
Acts 10:38
2. He cause calamities to come
upon men
Job 6-22
Revelation 12:19
3. Satan is the accuser of the
righteous
Job 1:6-12
Job 2:1-8
Revelation 12:10
4. He is permitted to go only so far
in testing God’s people
5. God does permit satan to test
His own people
Job 1:6-12
Job 2:1-8
Luke 22:31-34
1 Peter 5:8-9
6. Satan has access to God’s
throne
Job 1:6-12
Job 2:1-8
Rev. 2:10
7.Satan has many helpers in
disguise
Job 1:6-22
2 Corinthians 11:13-14
Revelation 12:7-12
8. God will not utterly forsake
the righteous in times of trial
Job 42:1-17
Psalms 34:6
Psalms 37:23-24
2 Corinthians 4:8-12
2 Corinthians 6:5-10
James 5:10-11
9. God is the deliverer of His
people in sickness and trouble
Job 42
James 5:10-11
Acts 10:38
John 10:10
1 Corinthians 10:12-13
10. God always delivers those
whom satan permitted to attack
to attack for the purpose of
testing
Job 42
James 5:10-11
Psalms 91:1-12
Psalms 103:1-4
11. He uses troubles to purify and
refine men as a father would use
any trouble be failing his son, in
an effort to make him a better
man
Job 33: 14-30
12. God is not the cause of trouble
any more than a wise and righteous
earthly parent, but since men are
attacked by satan, He works things
out of their best good when they turn
to Him for help and deliverance
Job 42
Psalms 34:6-19
Psalms 37:1-10
Hebrews 11:6
James 1:5-8
13. Men must learn that
cooperating with God is His
method of deliverance
Job 38:14-30
James 4:7
James 5:10-16
1 Peter 5:8-9
Acts 10:38
14. God is greater than all and He
can and will deliver from any
power that afflicts His people
Job 42
John 10:10
Acts 10:38
Luke 13:10-17
Psalms 103:1-4
15. Man in himself is frail and
helpless to defeat satan
Job 1:6-22
Job 2:6-10
Ephesians 6:10-18
2 Corinthians 10:4-7
James 4:7
1 Peter 5:8-9
Revelation 12:10-11
16.Men should have faith and
depend upon God before he gets
into trouble
Psalms 91
2 Corinthians 10:4-7
Ephesians 6:10-18
James 4:7
1 Peter 5:8-9
17. Sickness is not always
experienced because of some
personal sin
Job 1:1-12
Job 2:1-10
John 9:1-3
18. Man’s friends are always ready
to criticize, find fault and
interpret divine providence
wrongly in time of sickness or
calamity
Job 4:1
Job 37:24
19. Attacks from satan are part
of the lot of saints of God
Job 1:1-12
Ephesians 6:10-18
John 10:10
James 4:7
1 Peter 3:8-9
20.Men must learn patience while
trusting God
Romans 5:1-11
James 5:10-11
21. Men must learn to give thanks
to God in trouble.
Job 1:21
Philippians 4:6
22. Men under trial generally
accuse God falsely of being
responsible for the trouble.
Job 42:3
23. It does not pay to criticize
anyone in trouble. God and
sometimes man will make critics
humble themselves before the one
they have talked about.
Job 42:7-9
24. It does not pay to find fault
with God.
Job 42:1-6
Galatians 6:7-8
25. Men must learn to trust God in
sickness and calamity.
Job 42: 1-10
James 5: 10-11
26. God does not always reveal
Himself the very moment we
pray, but He will answer men who
have faith.
Job 40:1-6
Job 42:1-6
Luke 18:1-8
27. The godly are always
vindicated in the end, and right
always prevails in time.
Job 42:1-17
Hebrews 10:30-36
1 Peter 4: 12-19
28. Even the best of men are weak
and discouraged at times.
Job Chapter 3
29. We should seek to help and
encourage men in trouble instead
of condemning them.
Job 13: 1-4
Job 16:1-6
Job 19:3
Job 21:3
Matthew 7:1-5
Galatians 6:7-8
31. Satan is the adversary of
God’s people.
Job 1: 1-22
Job 2:1-12
Revelation 12:10
32. Trials and sickness should not
cause men to backslide.
Job 1: 1-22
Job 2:1-12
1 Corinthians 10:12-13
James 5:10-11
1 Peter 4:12-19
33.One should not permit wife or
husband to cause discouragement
and backsliding.
Job 2: 1-12
1 Corinthians 7: 15-17
34.Do not give your own theories
when trying to help other; give
what the bible says and seek to
be led by the Holy Spirit in such
cases.
Job 42:7-9
2 Timothy 3: 15-17
2 Timothy 4: 1-5
35. Instead of nagging at them
continually as Job’s friends did,
let God deal with people who sin.
Job 42: 7-9
36. God’s grace sustains us in
greatest of calamities
Job 19:25-26
Job 42:1-7
2 Corinthians 12:1-12
Hebrews 11
James 5:10-11