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Satan comes into the thrown room every day to ask the father permission to bring harm, shame, trouble etc upon you and the father must ok it.

Why would God allow for the devastating things that happen to you? Why would he give Satan permission?

 


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He does it for your good and for His glory....


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The best Biblical answer is found in Job, as I'm sure you realize. However, just for the record, Job was never given an answer other than (basically) "You're not God."

We can rest assured that God has our ultimate best interests in view, and if we trust Him, everything will work out better than we could have imagined. That might not happen on our schedule, yet it will happen.


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Again to insure no future rebellions in Heaven!

Ergo the time of our testing!

TR


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Why does God allow Satan to attack us?

Satan’s attacks against us come in various forms. 1) He uses the ungodly world (which he controls, 1 John 5:19) to stir up fleshly lusts within us that tempt us to sin. 2) He uses the unbelieving world to attempt to deceive us with worldly “wisdom” opposed to God’s truth. 3) He uses false Christians to try to mislead us into a false gospel centered on a false Jesus. 4) He sometimes physically afflicts us or our loved ones with sickness, crime, tragedy, or persecution. Knowing that God is the sovereign Ruler of the universe, we naturally ask, why does God allow Satan to attack us in these ways?

The Bible teaches that God allows Satan a certain amount of freedom (see Job 1:12), but that freedom is always limited. Satan cannot do all that he wishes. Satan chooses to attack God’s children (see 1 Peter 5:8), and his design is always evil; Satan is a murderer (John 8:44). In contrast, God’s design in allowing certain satanic attacks is always good; God loves His children (1 John 4:16). Joseph faced many satanic attacks in his lifetime, but in the end he could speak with confidence of two opposing purposes behind the same events: “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good” (Genesis 50:20).

We cannot blame God for what Satan does. Our vulnerability to satanic attack started with Adam’s choice to follow Satan’s lying suggestions in the garden of Eden. When Satan attacked Job through the loss of his family, wealth, and health, Job didn’t blame God. Notice Job 1:21–22, "And he (Job) said: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong."

As believers experience the attacks of Satan, they can trust the truth of Romans 8:28, "We know that all things work together for good to those who love God..." Therefore, the assumption is that we will experience "good" things and "bad" things, but "all" of these things can be made to contribute toward "good" ends as God works them out. So even the attacks of Satan, although evil, can and will have a "good" result, ultimately, as God uses them to conform us to Christ, His Son (see Romans 8:29). Attacks from Satan, along with all other tribulations, can cause believers to love God more, resist Satan more, practice patience, and grow stronger in our faith in many other ways. Praise God for His sovereign protection. Thank Him for His plan to make everything—even Satan’s attacks—"work together for good" for you!

https://www.gotquestions.org/God-allow-Satan-attack.html

 

Was it unfair for God to allow Job to suffer over what was basically an argument between God and Satan?

A surface reading of the book of Job usually evokes....God is being unfair to Job!”....This is very disturbing for those who hope to see God as just, gracious and loving....God indeed did express His love to Job, both in His speeches (Job 38–41) and in finally vindicating Job. God confirms that Job had spoken “what was right” about Him, whereas his first three friends had not (42:7)....Job had assumed that God was unaware of what happened to him or that He was deliberately persecuting him or that Job had inadvertently sinned and God was not willing to tell him what the problem was. Job thought he was being punished entirely out of proportion to any conceivable offense he may have committed. In fact, Job questions God incessantly throughout the dialogue. His protest climaxes in a direct indictment of God on the charge of injustice (29–31)....So what did Job “get right” (42:7)? The upshot....is that Job finally sees that God’s governance of the universe is much more wonderful than he could have imagined, and he openly concedes this (42:2-5); so this is what Job spoke about God that was “right” (42:7)....it is only when Job obeys God and intercedes on behalf of his three friends—who had become his enemies—that God actually blesses Job with a twofold inheritance (42:8-17)....it was the inheritance God promises to all who serve faithfully as redemptive agents of the Creator (Daniel 12:3). Job obeyed God and was rewarded for his obedience.

In the end, God....harnessed evil and turned it to good (cf. Genesis 50:20), and He transformed Job into the most effective servant of all, one who took on God’s own redemptive character and loved his enemies. And this, in fact, is our take-home lesson from Job.

https://www.gotquestions.org/God-Job-Satan.html

In Job 1:7, this “Satan” walks about the earth “like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Pet. 5:8).... God is impressed not by Satan’s extraordinary abilities but rather by Job’s character. Echoing the narrator’s fourfold commendation (Job 1:1), the Lord agrees that Job is “a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil” (Job 1:8)....Satan questions the depth, sincerity, and resilience of Job’s relationship with God....Satan not only questions Job’s heart religion, he also questions Yahweh’s overprotective(ness)....Satan’s solution to the problem of God’s over protection and overindulgence is simple: “Stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face” (Job 1:11)....The last picture we saw of Job was of his offering God sacrifices for his children’s sins. He was loving God and loving others.... Satan....wants us to see this blessed man eye to eye with God, cursing him to his face - rightly apply the final phrase from our final verse, namely, “So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord” (Job 1:12b). This ending leaves little doubt concerning who is in control of Satan...

https://www.crossway.org/articles/why-was-satan-allowed-to-torment-job-job-1/


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