Job 1:6-12 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.… 1. That Satan's main temptations, his strongest batteries are planted against the most eminent godly persons. Here God calleth Job His servant. And He calleth him so — (1) By way of distinction or difference; My servant, that is, Mine, not his own. Many are their own servants, they serve their own lusts and pleasures; many are Satan's servants. Some are the servants of men. (2) My servant, by way of special right and property. So Job and all godly persons are called God's servants. (a) By election. (b) They are God's servants by the right of purchase. (3) My servant, by way of covenant. Then again, we may further understand this, and all suchlike expressions: When God saith My servant, He doth as it were glory in His servant. God speaks of him as of His treasure; as a man doth of that which he glorieth in. 2. It is a man's honour to be God's servant, and God thinks Himself honoured by the service of man. When God speaks of His people by name, it noteth two things in Scripture. (1) A special care that God hath over them. (2) A special love that God hath to them (John 10:3). 3. That God doth take care of His elect children and servants in a special manner above all other men in the world. (J. Caryl.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. |
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