1st Corinthians 10: 13 There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
In the narrative, we observe that satan could never have touched Job without God’s permission, and so, the next theological question is: Question [2] Does satan need God’s permission in every single instance, to cause destruction and mayhem?… [Great Controversy 589] In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hail-storms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power.
He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous…. o, we ask again, does satan need God’s permission in every single instance, without exception to cause great destruction and mayhem? The answer to this question is both yes and no. It’s a yes, if persons are in a covenant relationship with Christ, and are thus covered by His grace, mercy, and protection.
[D.A. pp 324] When the soul surrenders itself to Christ, a new power takes possession of the new heart. A soul thus kept in possession by the heavenly agencies is impregnable to the assaults of Satan. But unless we do yield ourselves to the control of Christ, we shall be dominated by the wicked one. It is not necessary for us deliberately to choose the service of the kingdom of darkness in order to come under its dominion.
Genesis 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, she is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me, therefore, suffered I thee not to touch her.
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