為神見證的人（伯二）

耶和華問撒但說：你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他完全正直，敬畏神，遠離惡事。你雖激動我攻擊他，無故地毀滅他，他仍然持守他的純正。(伯 2：3) 

神稱約伯是「我的僕人」，可以知道約伯在神眼中是被神認明屬祂的，神要撒但用心察看，因為從約伯的生活，就能看見他對神有切實的忠心，所以神重申約伯的完全正直、敬畏神、遠離惡事，約伯可謂為神見證的人，眾人看見他因著神而彰顯的樣式，在遭受驟然臨到的攻擊後，仍持守信靠神，因他長久以來常常親近神，這就使他不會輕易棄掉神。 

你且伸手傷他的骨頭和他的肉，他必當面棄掉你。耶和華對撒但說：「他在你手中，只要存留他的性命。(伯 2：5-6) 

撒但認為約伯還沒體會到最深的打擊，人就算在乎所愛的人，也不比在乎自己來得更重要，若約伯自身有苦難，他必承受不住而離棄神。人確實在關乎自己的事上有更多感受，但神要我們學習互為肢體的心，讓基督的榮耀被看見。你們各人的重擔要互相擔當，如此，就完全了基督的律法(加 6：2)，不去比較、計較，而是互助，在主裡同哭同樂同享主愛，因這是神的命令，就是彼此相愛。撒但沒有看明約伯愛人的心，所以要再次擊打他，要直接在約伯身上加以傷害。 

神允許撒但攻擊他的僕人，但也申明「生命的主權在神手中」，這句話給我們很明確並真實的保障，從始至終，生命都由這位獨一真神掌管，神將一切屬祂的人看為尊寶，所以我們還懼怕甚麼呢？神已為我們保證，這份莫大的愛與權柄在一切信祂的人身上要成全。 

我的朋友，我對你們說，那殺身體以後不能再做什麼的，不要怕他們。我要指示你們當怕的是誰：當怕那殺了以後又有權柄丟在地獄裡的。我實在告訴你們，正要怕他。五個麻雀不是賣二分銀子嗎？但在神面前，一個也不忘記；就是你們的頭髮，也都被數過了。不要懼怕，你們比許多麻雀還貴重！(路 12：4-7) 

若我們認識這位真神，就當明白自己被神寶血救贖，得以住在神裡面的，並有神所賜的永生，這樣的恩典何等大啊!是神家裡的人，那必蒙神愛的看顧。 

他的妻子對他說：你仍然持守你的純正嗎？你棄掉神，死了吧！約伯卻對他說：你說話像愚頑的婦人一樣。難道我們從神手裡得福，不也受禍嗎？(伯 2：9-10a) 

夫妻一體，可想約伯的妻子在他身旁親見這一切變故，不忍丈夫痛苦，所以才有這樣強烈的反應，她雖深知約伯對神的心，她卻在患難中先失去信心，這就可能落入撒但的引誘，有了離棄神的意念，然約伯愛她的妻子，所以引導她思想神的作為，不要因此給撒但破壞我們與神關係之機。 

誰能使我們與基督的愛隔絕呢？難道是患難嗎？是困苦嗎？是逼迫嗎？是飢餓嗎？是赤身露體嗎？是危險嗎？是刀劍嗎？如經上所記：我們為你的緣故終日被殺；人看我們如將宰的羊。 然而，靠著愛我們的主，在這一切的事上已經得勝有餘了。因為我深信無論是死，是生，是天使，是掌權的，是有能的，是現在的事，是將來的事，都不能叫我們與神的愛隔絕；這愛是在我們的主基督耶穌裡的。(羅 8：35-39) 

約伯選擇安靜等候並思想神的作為，因他敬畏神、不輕舉妄為，神也預備要在約伯的身上為祂做見證，叫約伯顯出神的權能，使我們看見、聽見這事的人有確據和指望。主耶穌給我們的愛，是無法被任何事物取代的寶貝，我們要極力保守在神的愛中，深知主愛的豐盛，是有那永遠的生命。 

信就是所望之事的實底，是未見之事的確據。古人在這信上得了美好的證據。我們因著信，就知道諸世界是藉神話造成的；這樣，所看見的，並不是從顯然之物造出來的。(來 11：1-3) 

by陳詩婷

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A Witness for God (Job 2)

August 24, 2025

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.” (Job 2:3, ESV)

God calls Job “my servant.” This shows that Job was recognized by God as belonging to Him. God challenges Satan to carefully observe Job’s life and see his unwavering loyalty. Therefore, the Lord again affirms Job’s blamelessness, uprightness, fear of God, and turning away from evil. Job stood as God’s witness. People could see that even when sudden disaster fell upon him, he continued to trust the Lord. Because Job had long walked closely with God, he would not easily let go of Him.

“But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.” And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.” (Job 2:5–6, ESV)

Satan argued that Job had not yet faced the deepest blow—pain in his own body. For surely, Satan reasoned, if Job himself were struck, he would abandon God. Indeed, human beings often feel most keenly when suffering touches their own flesh. Yet God calls us to a higher love: to bear one another’s burdens, that the glory of Christ may be revealed.“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2, ESV) This is not about comparison or calculation, but about mutual care—sharing in sorrow, joy, and love in the Lord. This is God’s command: that we love one another.

Satan was permitted to strike Job himself. Yet God clearly set the boundary: “only spare his life.” This teaches us that the authority over life remains in God’s hands alone. From beginning to end, life is governed by the one true God. Those who belong to Him are His treasured possession. Why then should we fear? His great love and sovereign power are pledged to all who believe in Him.

“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after tchat have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.” (Luke 12:4–7, ESV)

To know this God is to know that we are redeemed by the blood of Christ, given eternal life, and kept within His household. Such grace is immeasurably great. As God’s children, we live under His unfailing love and care.

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.” But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” (Job 2:9–10a, ESV)

Job’s wife, standing beside him, had seen all these sudden disasters. In anguish, she spoke with passionate despair. Though she knew her husband’s devotion to God, in this trial her own faith faltered. Satan sought to exploit this moment to sow the thought of abandoning God. Yet Job loved his wife; he gently redirected her to consider God’s sovereign work and not allow the adversary to destroy their communion with the Lord.

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:35–39, ESV)

Job chose silence and reverence, waiting upon God’s work. Because he feared the Lord and would not act rashly, God prepared to make Job His witness, showing His power through Job’s endurance—so that all who saw and heard might find assurance and hope.

The love of Christ cannot be replaced or removed by anything. We must strive to remain in this love, knowing its fullness, which grants eternal life.

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.” (Hebrews 11:1–3, ESV)

By Chen shih-Ting