Through the Bible - Job - Part 1 — Zac Poonen

Job and the Mystery of Suffering

Let's turn today to the book of Job. Job in chapter 1. The book of Job is dealing with the problem of suffering. And there are a number of things that we can learn in this book. It gives us an insight into certain things which are not found almost anywhere else in the New Testament, or even in the Old Testament or New Testament.

And that is as to what is actually happening in the heavenly realm when one of God's children is suffering on earth. Now Job himself did not know that. He did not know what was going on up in the heavens.

If he had known it, he would have been greatly comforted and strengthened in the midst of his suffering. But now, this has been revealed to us. So we are in a much better position than Job. Because here we are given a glimpse of what happened in the heavenlies.

And Job probably knew that at the end of all his suffering. After he had come through and been blessed by God, then he may have discovered all this and shared it with whoever wrote the book. So we can understand why Job complained so much.

We must not find comfort in Job's complaints and say that we also can do the same thing. Because we have been given a revelation. To whom more is given, more is required. Much less was given to Job. The other thing is that Job lived even before Abraham as far as we know.

And he was one of the earliest men of God that we can think of. After Enoch and Noah, between Noah and Abraham was Job. It's possible that Job could even have had fellowship with Noah's son Shem. He lived in that period of time.

And if this book was written, nobody knows exactly when this book was written. We know that Genesis was written by Moses 1500 years before Christ approximately. But Job, if it was written in Job's lifetime or soon after his death.

Then this book is the first book of the Bible written even before Genesis. It comes in the middle of the Bible because the poetical books, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon are all put together.

But otherwise, I think it's the first book in the Bible. Because I can't imagine that all these details were written hundreds and hundreds of years after Job died. There's so much detail here even concerning what his wife told him in private.

That it's almost certain that it was written towards the end of Job's life by somebody else. And if this is the first book of the Bible, it's very interesting. That when God decided to write scripture, the very first book that he wrote was the story of a godly man.

Because that's what God is always looking for. He looked for a godly man in the time of Enoch, in the time of Noah, in the time of Job. And the delight that God found in a godly man is the theme of the very first inspired book of scripture.

And that's something for us to think about. See, God knew that there would be 66 books. But when he wrote the first one, he wrote something that was uppermost in his heart as he looked into the future.

A godly man, a godly woman. Ultimately, God deals with individuals. Though we say we are one body in Christ and we are part of the church, it's true God works through the body and he has given gifts to different members of the body.

But we have seen in the history of Christendom also, that in order to build that body, God very often uses one man. Think of the Apostle Paul. What tremendous loss there would have been to the church if that man had not been the man he was.

Even in his time, the Lord used others and used the body of Christ. But that man made so much difference that when he left the scene in Ephesus, he says things are going to go pretty badly. So I want each of you to think of that.

That God requires individual men and women who are going to be faithful to him. And so much depends on the faithfulness of the individual. The other thing we learn here is that when a man is a godly man, God allows him to become the target of Satan's attacks.

This is what is written in the first book of the Bible. That a godly man will be the target of Satan's attacks. And throughout history we have seen that. And if you're going to be a godly man, you're going to be the target of Satan's attacks.

Family Trials and Misunderstanding

And the other thing we see in the very first book of the Bible, is that a godly man's family is the target of Satan's attacks. His children are the targets of Satan's attacks. That is why I say, don't criticize when you see trials and sufferings in the family of a godly man.

Because he is probably more a target of Satan's attacks than you are. Because you're half-hearted. His children are greater targets of Satan's attacks than your children. Because you're half-hearted.

Job lost his children. They all died. Another thing we learn in the very first book of the Bible, is that a godly man may have a very difficult wife, who is a real problem to him. Don't think that if a man is godly, his wife has to be godly.

No. Not true. John Wesley had a terrible wife, who used to pull the hairs from his face. But the more evil the wife is, the more the godly man stands out as godly. It's like the stars shine when there's darkness around.

It's something like that. The other thing we see here is, that a godly man will be misunderstood by other religious people of his generation. This is all in the first book of the Bible. You see that there were four people who preached to Job, and none of them could understand what God's purpose was in dealing with Job.

They criticized him, they found fault with him. And that is what we learn, that a truly godly man will be misunderstood by almost every religious person. If you don't want to be misunderstood by other people, don't be godly.

It says, those who live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 2nd Timothy 3 .12. And a godly man does not find his comfort from the religious people around him. A truly godly man is very often a lonely man, because nobody can understand him.

1 Corinthians 2 .14 or 15 says, that a spiritual man cannot be discerned by other people who are not spiritual. And since there are very few spiritual people even in the church, a godly man finds his life very lonely.

And his actions are misunderstood, his words are misunderstood, even by others who know the scriptures and know a lot of facts about God. Religious people are not people who know God, they are people who know facts about God and facts about God's word.

Most believers fall into that category. But in the midst of these, there are a few believers who know God. And that's the type of person you should be. And if you are a person who knows God, you will be misunderstood by people who know about God.

If you are a person who knows God, you will be misunderstood by people who just know the Bible. They may even think that you are carnal. If they thought that Jesus was the devil, the prince of devils, can you imagine?

And those who are religious people who read the Bible, who thought that Jesus was the prince of devils. So how do you expect people who read the Bible, to know your godliness, if they couldn't recognize Jesus?

And I want to tell you, there were two groups of people in Jesus' time, the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The Pharisees were the evangelicals and the fundamentalists, and the Sadducees were the liberals.

And do you know who fought with Jesus more? The evangelicals and the fundamentalists of his time. And that's how it will be with a godly man today. It won't be the liberals who criticize him and misunderstand him, it will be the evangelicals and the fundamentalists.

Because they know about the Bible, they know the doctrines, they don't know God. They don't know God's ways. They have just studied the book. Their knowledge is intellectual, not spiritual. This is what we see in the very first book of the Bible.

Suffering as the Pathway to Christian Maturity

Why did God put this book as the first book of inspired scripture? To teach him, to teach us, some of his principles. We learn from the very first book of the Bible, Job, first written book, that a godly man will suffer.

His pathway is a pathway of suffering. Suffering in his family, suffering in his body perhaps, suffering from misunderstanding. And that's what makes him a very lonely person. But God does not forsake him.

All this is part of his education. God is a God of tremendous compassion. James says, quotes Job, as one of those examples of patience. James says in James chapter 5, and verse 11, We count those blessed who endured.

You have heard of the endurance of Job, and have seen the outcome or the end of the Lord's dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and merciful, and ultimately the testimony of a godly man will be, the Lord is full of compassion and merciful.

And even if I could not understand the difficult ways he led me through, it was to fulfill a glorious purpose in my life, and above all, to glorify God in heaven, where this conflict was going on between God and Satan.

Satan's Accusations and God's Delight in the Upright

So, the first book of the Bible, as I said, also reveals that many things that happen on earth are being closely watched by God, the angels, Satan, and all in the heavenlies. The first book of the Bible, Job, teaches us that Satan moves around the earth.

Peter says, seeking whom he may devour. And that he knows the condition of every person. God asked Satan, Have you seen my servant Job? And Satan said, I know all about him. The other thing that I see in the very first book of the Bible is this, that God pointed out Job to Satan.

He didn't point out all the people on earth. There were many others who knew about him, like all these other four preachers, who thought they were very holy people. But he didn't point them out. God doesn't point out everybody to Satan.

But certain individuals, here and there on the face of the earth, he points out to Satan and says, Have you seen that man? You know, when Satan accuses people to God, the Bible says in Revelation 12, that Satan is an accuser.

He's always accusing people. Lord, see those people over there? They say they are your children. See how they behave. See how they fight with one another. See how they yell at each other at home. See those people, unrighteous with money.

See those people, they say they are serving God. You know that they are serving money. They are only interested in that. And you know God is a righteous God. He has to admit, yeah, that's true. But in the midst of all this, what tremendous delight God finds, when he finds one man, who is upright.

It doesn't have to be 10 ,000. One. One woman, who is not like this, whom Satan cannot accuse. Jesus said, The prince of the world comes and he finds nothing in me. Why did Jesus say that? John 14, verse 30.

The prince of the world comes and he has nothing in me. And that's why the father could say, This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. He was so delighted in his son. Because there was one person, he could point out to Satan, see, see how he is walking.

And today, it says in 1 John 2, verse 6, He who says he abides in Christ, must walk as Jesus walked. My brothers and sisters, it doesn't matter one bit, what your fellow believers think about you. It matters a lot what God thinks about you.

It matters a lot whether God can point you out to Satan, and say in the midst of all this compromising, carnal Christianity, that God can say, Okay, Satan, I agree. There's all a lot of this compromise and carnality among a lot of people who call my children.

But have you seen that man in that town who lives in that street? Have you seen that woman who lives in that town in that street? She is different. He is different. And Satan's mouth is shut. Are you one of those who can shut Satan's mouth because God can point you out to Satan?

I tell you, that's the greatest longing of my heart. I'm not bothered if all the six billion people in the world turn around and call me a heretic, a false prophet, a deceiver, gone astray, or even an evil man, let them call me a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, and a wine-bibber, and an adulterer, and a thief, and everything they like.

If God will say to Satan, Have you seen that man? That's enough for me. I hope it is enough for you. Because in the final analysis, when we stand before the Lord, all the opinions of these six billion people will be thrown in the garbage bin.

And only God's opinion of you will matter. That's so important. And if, as I believe, this is the first written inspired scripture, what are the very first words of inspired scripture? Very first words.

Job's Character and the First Sentence of Scripture

There was a man. Job 1 .1 There was a man who lived in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. So that you don't confuse him with some other Job who's living in some other town. It's this particular person who lived in this particular street, in this particular town.

There was a man who was blameless, upright, fearing God, turning away from evil. Those are the very first words of inspired scripture. There was a man. Who was blameless, upright, who feared God and turned away from evil.

Can you see something of the heart of God there? Can you see something of the heart of God when he wrote that first sentence of inspired scripture? I hope you can. And I hope it challenges your heart as it has challenged mine.

Lord, this is what you're looking for. Even today. More than 4 ,000 years after that was written, this is what he is looking for even today. A man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and turns away from evil.

A woman who is blameless and upright, who fears God and turns away from evil. Not just a person who's got a lot of knowledge. Remember, Job did not have a Bible. He did not have any Bible knowledge because there was no Bible.

There was not even one sentence of inspired scripture written in his time because he was the first. Perhaps, Moses at least had this book. But Job had nothing. Nothing, absolutely nothing. He had no fellowship.

There were no godly believers around. He had no meetings he could go to. Nobody to encourage him. Even the so-called preachers only came and discouraged him even more. And in spite of all this, he stood upright.

The other thing that I learned in the first book of scripture is that the pathway of suffering and misunderstanding by other people is the pathway to perfection. It's the pathway of blessing because it says at the end of the book of Job, God blessed him double of what he had in the beginning.

So, that is something that we can think of. There are a number of other things that I want to mention as we go along. Let me just mention one more thing. In the very first book of the Bible, you have at least three prosperity preachers who preached that if God blesses you, you'll be prosperous.

If God blesses you, you'll be healthy. This health and wealth gospel is there in the book of Job. And it was preached by people who did not know God. Please remember that. Job lost his health and lost his wealth and he was in the perfect will of God.

And those preachers who preached health and wealth were completely out of the will of God. God said, I'm angry with all of you. Get Job to pray for you or I'll punish you. Please keep that in mind all your life.

There's a lot of deception and counterfeit in the world today. And the first book of the Bible is enough to set all that straight if you read it with understanding. Now, I just want to go into a little detail now.

Job's Historical Witness in Ezekiel

Let me mention one more thing that even in the Old Testament, you know, sometimes when you read of a man who suffered so much that he lost all his property and 10 children in one day, you can begin to think, maybe this is a parable.

Clever people have a lot of problems like that. But let me tell you what God said about Job about more than a thousand years after he lived. We know what God said about Job in Job chapter 1. But let me tell you not what James said, but what God said about Job more than a thousand years after he lived.

And that's in Ezekiel chapter 14 and verse 14. When God talks about three of the most righteous men that he can think of in the history of humanity up to Ezekiel's time. And Ezekiel lived about maybe 600 years before Christ.

So that's nearly 1400 years after Job. 1400 years after Job, God tells Ezekiel who God thinks are the three most righteous people that ever lived. Verse 14. Noah, Daniel and Job. Ezekiel 14, 14. And he again repeats it.

So that there's no doubt in anybody's mind. Verse 20. Noah, Daniel and Job. He recognizes them as righteous people. Daniel was living at that time. It's quite amazing that God would speak of a man who's living.

And Noah, whatever his Noah's son Ham thought about his drunkenness, God had a different opinion. And Job, whatever those preachers of his generation thought about him, God had a different opinion. And I want to tell you, it does not matter what all of evangelical Christianity thinks about you.

It's what God thinks about you that matters. Everybody can praise you to the skies and God may think nothing of you. Everybody may tear you down to pieces and God may think you're the greatest man of your generation.

Very few are spiritual to have discernment, to recognize a man's worth. In our time. So don't get discouraged if you find people don't understand the way you are going. I've had to battle with this almost all my life.

And if you really follow the Lord, you may find that people won't understand the way you're going. But if God is giving you grace, then he recognizes that you're humble. Humility is something only God can recognize.

Job's Concern for His Children

Now we go to Job chapter 1. And we read here. I want to point out something here. First of all, concerning his concern. First of all, let me mention here about his concern for his children. A godly man has concern to bring up his children in godly ways.

That is mentioned in the very first book of inspired scripture. A man who has no concern to bring up his children in godly ways cannot be a godly man. I don't care what else he is. Can you walk with God and bring up children?

Do you know the Bible says in one sentence, Genesis 5, it says, Enoch walked with God and had sons and daughters. It's one sentence. You walk with God and have sons and daughters? Sure. Job walked with God and he had seven sons and three daughters and he was very concerned that they should not fall away from God.

Here is the proof. Verse 4. Chapter 1, verse 4. His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in his day. That means on his birthday, everybody's birthday, they would have a feast. They were grown up because each had their own house.

Job was an older man now. His children all had their own houses. And they would invite their sisters to come and eat and drink with them. Perhaps the three daughters lived with Job, but the seven sons all had their own houses.

And it came about, they celebrated their birthdays for a number of days of feasting and Job would send for them. He said, my sons and daughters come here. Okay, now your feasting is over. Come here. And he would consecrate them.

I don't know what he did, but this is probably what is described later. This is how he consecrated them. He would rise up early in the morning. A godly man rises up early in the morning. It's all there in scripture.

The very first pages of inspired scripture. And he offers offerings to God early in the morning. Not only for himself, for his children. He prays. He prays for his family. Early in the morning he prays for his family.

And he calls his children and consecrates them. What was the reason? The reason was Job felt, perhaps my children have sinned in their hearts. Did you notice that verse 5? He is concerned about sin in the heart.

A godly man is concerned about sin in the heart. This is all way back before any Bible was written. Any unconscious, unconscious sin. None of all this psychology and all these things were there. It was just Job and God and he understood.

Perhaps there is sin in my children's hearts. Perhaps, maybe unconsciously they, without being aware they said something which dishonored God. Oh God, please forgive my children. It was not their going and committing adultery or doing something on the outside.

It was sin in their heart. Look at the sensitiveness of this man. The sensitivity rather of this man to sin. That's why the Bible says he was a blameless and an upright man. What did all those other preachers know about this type of life?

A godly man has become, becomes a godly man because he's got a life in secret. He shuts the door. And in secret behind that door he's got dealings with God which other people know nothing about. That's what makes a man a godly man.

Job shut the door and he had dealings with God. He was concerned about his family. Those whom he had responsibility for. He was concerned about them. He did a lot of other good things. You can read in chapter 31.

Cared for the poor, helped the blind and cared for the widows and the orphans. A lot of things. But primarily he cared for his family. He was concerned. He prayed for his family. And brought up his children in a good way.

And this is not something that he did once in a while. When he felt like it. Or when he got a stirring sermon. He never heard sermons in any case. It says in the last part of verse 5. Thus Job did continually.

Continually. Now a lot of people seek God when they are in trouble. That is common. But Job was not in any trouble here when he offered these offerings. A godly man offers things to God when there is no trouble.

When everything is going smoothly. Not when there's trouble but when things are going well. That's the time he gets along with God and offers his thanksgiving and his praise. And confesses his sin. And consecrates his children.

And he did it continually. Nobody can become a godly man who does not have steadfast principles in his life that he practices continually. Are you surprised that Satan made such a man a target? Sure. Satan doesn't want such people on the face of the earth.

He didn't want them 4000 years ago. And he doesn't want such people on the face of the earth today. And that's why he'll do everything in his power to discourage you. He got a wife to trouble Job. He got preachers to trouble Job.

But it didn't make a difference. What a man. What an example. If you can be a man or a woman like that. That you are not disturbed by what people say. Or even your family members say. Because you live in humility and brokenness before God's face.

Think that God can make you a witness in the heavenlies against Satan. Long for that my brother, sister. Please, please I beg of you. Be free from seeking the honor of men. You will never be a servant of God in your life.

If you seek the honor of one man on the face of the earth. Galatians 1 .10. If I seek to please men. I can never be the servant of Christ. The surest way. With all your Bible knowledge. Never to become a servant of Christ.

Is by seeking to please even one man. Live before God. And now we read of a time when the. The created angels. Were called sons of God. It's an expression used where six. Of direct creations of God. Sons of God means direct creations of God.

See all of us were not born as a direct creation of God. Like Adam was. Adam was called the son of God. We were born through our parents. But when we are born again. Then that is a direct creation of God.

And again we are called sons of God. So sons of God is an expression. Doesn't mean God's children. Means direct creation of God. Here and it's speaking about the angels. Who do not multiply or have sex.

And Satan also came among them. He was also a direct creation of God. And the Lord said to Satan. Where are you coming from? Of course the Lord knew. He was just written there for our instruction. And Satan said.

Satan's Limits and the Three Hedges

From roaming about on the earth. And walking around on it. Satan is a world traveler. Do you want to be a world traveler? They call it the jet set. On a plane here. Going here. Going there. Going to every country here and there.

Satan did it 4000 years ago. Jesus never traveled like him. Jesus traveled only in Palestine. He stayed where God wanted him to be. Don't think it's great to be a world traveler. If God calls you to do that.

That's fine. But be satisfied with the will of God. Don't think that those who travel the world are the most blessed. Jesus didn't. I just mentioned that. Because a lot of people can get wrong ideas in today's Christendom.

So Satan travels around the world. And roams about. Watching. Observing. He's got all his demons. And his entire structure. Organized structure of people. Examining everybody's lives. And reporting to Satan.

Satan knows about everybody in the world. And the Lord said to Satan. Have you considered my servant Job? See there's where we find the Lord pointing out Job to Satan. And say there's a man. Whom. Have you.

You roamed around the earth. Did you see this man in Uz? Perfect. Blameless. An upright man. Fearing God. And turning away from evil. In the very first. Book of scripture. We see. God. Commending. His servant.

The very first paragraph. What a challenge. If God can say that about you. To Satan. God. Forget all the. Honor you get on the earth. All the approval of men. All the appreciation of men. All the things that make you appear so.

Qualified and great and important. Forget it. What does God say about you. To Satan. When God picks out your name. And says Satan have you seen this man. Or this woman. In that place. God won't tell a lie.

What does he say. Very important. There's no one like him. On the earth. He was the only man on earth. Who was so outstanding. God compared him with others. You think God doesn't compare his children with each other.

Here it is. There is no one like him on the earth. How could God say that. He compared Job with the others. And said this man's different. He compares you with other believers. And says this man is different.

And it's not because of knowledge. It's because of character. He doesn't say he's a clever man. He doesn't say he's a rich man. He was a very rich man. But God doesn't mention one word about his wealth.

To Satan. Because God's not impressed by wealth. Whether you're wealthy or poor. Makes no difference. Unless you think that you have to be poor. In order to be spiritual. The very first person in scripture.

Mentioned as the first book of the Bible. Was a very rich man. And he was spiritual too. And that's what provoked the jealousy. Of so many other people. Who couldn't bear to see. Somebody who was rich and spiritual.

They would have thought if he's poor. And spiritual okay. See I mentioned that. Because some people have the idea. That you have to be poor. In order to be spiritual. That's up to God. Paul was very very poor.

So was Peter. But Job was very rich. That's up to God. As to how he deals with that. All I'm saying is. Makes no difference. It's like saying. Do you have to have a white skin to be spiritual? Or do you have to have a black skin to be spiritual?

And you say skin doesn't matter. I say money doesn't matter either. It's exactly the same. Whether you earn twenty thousand rupees a month. Or whether you earn. Thousand rupees a month. That's got nothing to do with spirituality.

Spirituality is character. And that's what we see here. A blameless and upright man. Fearing God and turn away evil. And Satan accuses even the most godly man on the earth. Satan accused Jesus. Satan accuses Job.

And do you think Satan will not accuse you? He certainly will. And do you think Satan does not have agents to accuse you? He's got plenty of them. These three friends of Job. Were accusing him all the time.

Even the fourth one Elihu. Accused him. And so we see accusation. Is characteristic of Satan and all his agents. And a godly man. Faces all types of accusations. But he's not affected by them. Those who have discernment.

Like God. Will be able to see. This is a blameless and an upright man. One who fears God and turns away from evil. The fear of God. Reverence for God. Is mentioned so much. In the very first. Book of inspired scripture.

Reverence for God. That is so important. And we see here that. There is a difference. I just want to mention in passing. Between the way God works. And the way Satan works. Satan is roaming to and fro.

There is a haste. About his activity and movement. God. Works. Slowly. And Satan says. You have made a hedge around him. Verse 10. And his house. And all that he has in every side. And you have blessed the work of his hands.

And his possessions. Now from what he says. We learn three things. God has put a hedge. Around a godly man's life. Around his family. And around his finances and his property. There are three hedges. Around the lives of all godly people.

Around his personal life. Around his family. Around his bank account and his property as well. Satan recognized that. Satan could see in the spiritual realm. We cannot see those hedges. But Satan could see it.

He is a spirit. And he could see that I cannot get through. Because he tried to get through to Job. And he found hedge after hedge after hedge. He couldn't get at his property. He couldn't get at his family.

He couldn't get at him. It's true. And that's a great comfort to me. To know that if I live a godly life. There are three hedges around me. And none of those hedges will be opened. Except without God's permission.

The Lord told Peter. Satan has asked for permission. To sift you. And here we find in the book of Job. Satan had to ask God for permission. To get through. Those hedges. And God gave it to him one by one.

He didn't give it all together. And he said you can only do so much. For example he told later on. You cannot touch Job's life. You can trouble attack his body. But you cannot kill him. And Satan couldn't kill him.

Satan would have liked to kill Job. But he couldn't. He could only give him boils. But he gave. Satan gave. God gave permission first of all. He said okay. Hedge one and hedge two are open. Who was inside hedge one?

What was inside hedge one? All his property. Satan destroyed all of it. He came down from millions to zero. In one day. What was inside the second hedge? He said go inside. Do what you like. He killed all his children.

Why didn't he kill his wife? Because he felt I can use her. It's better to keep her alive. It's true. If she's dead she's no use. If she's alive she'll keep on nagging him. And nagging him and nagging him.

And troubling him. When you see a nagging wife. You know why Satan has kept her alive. Yeah it's true. Some people are more useful alive. Some people are taken whose life not to take. I want to say here that.

He could not do it without God's permission. Okay. The Lord said to Satan. All that he has is in your power. But don't put forth your hand. Verse 12 on him. Now there are a number of things that we can learn.

Satan's Knowledge and Dependence on God's Permission

About Satan. Also from the very first book of inspired scripture. First of all. He can only be in one place. At one time. God is everywhere. But Satan if he is in this place. He cannot be in that place.

Because he's a created being. He's got demons. Plenty of demons roaming around the earth. But Satan himself. As a being. If he's up there talking to God. He can't be down here. And if he's down here in one place.

He cannot be in another place. That's one thing. And second thing we see in the book of Job. Is that Satan cannot see the future. I mean if he saw the future. He would know that. What is ultimately going to happen to Job.

He's going to be far more blessed. Why should I bless him more? Let me just leave him alone. At least let him only get half a blessing. If he knew what was going to be the ultimate end of Calvary. That he himself would be defeated.

Do you think he would have urged people to crucify Christ? He cannot see the future. If he knew that this gallows. Haman himself will hang on it. Do you think he would have made Haman. Create. Construct those gallows.

He doesn't know one bit about even tomorrow. But supposing you're planning something evil. That the devil knows that. I mean not your thoughts. That's the other thing I want to say. Satan cannot read your thoughts.

He can only see what you're doing on the outside. All he could say was Job was on the outside. And he said I guess that he's doing it. With wrong motives. But it was not wrong motives. He couldn't see Job's thoughts.