Brother Mike,
It is only by asking God that we can remove demons.
Job's only sin was that of undue pride, to my knowledge.
I edited my post above because I made an error
1288 [e]yə-ḇā-ră-ḵe-kā.יְבָרֲכֶֽךָּ׃he will curse
Verb
Hebrew Texts
bârak
BDB Definition:
1) to bless, kneel
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to kneel
1a2) to bless
1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself
1c) (Piel) to bless
1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored
1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel
1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself
Barak means to bless, the dictionary mentions curse because that is what Strongs and BDB are, they are dictionaries that give meaning to Words by what the translators translated them to. Not real Greek and Hebrew studies. Barak was only translated Curse in Job. It actually means to bless back or salute back.
Job did not sin, Where there is no law, sin is not imputed. Job would have to had knowledge of wrong done, and if you read through the book of Job, He was clueless as to what happened.
Job did blame God though through the whole thing. Bad move on Job's part.
Asking God to remove devils:
God would have had to put the devil on someone, for them to have rights to ask God to remove the devils from them. Instead, we are told to resist the devil by faith and submit to God.
If God sent the devil, then no amount of resisting and submitting is going to work against the will of God.
That means God is not sending devils, and the Kingdoms are not divided. Remember they got in trouble for accusing Jesus of casting out devils, hurting the demonic Kingdom by using devil power. God is not using devil power to instruct us, or test us. God needs no devil anyway to find out where your heart is at.
We are not going to get ride of demons, they are going to be around no matter what until the appointed time. Submitting to God, and resisting the devil is the best way to get that rat to flee.
If anyone wants the devil to leave them alone, don't acknowledge what he is doing. He can only know what to respond back to by our input. So if a devil moves a chair across the room to put fear into someone, they should just tell the devil to put it back where they found the chair.
We do have authority over devils, and at rare times have to cast them out of someone.
Job:
Job did not sin. Job broke a spiritual law. Job also blew it by asking WHY when things went bad for him. When things go wrong, its not time to ask Why, it's time to get help from God. Job never one time asked God for help.
Job is a good lesson of what not to do, when the devil has a place to attack.
Job served God before God made him rich. God blessed Job through obedience. However, that is how Job knew God. Job figured if He did well, then God would continue to bless him. There was no love or relationship with God there. Not like David.
Neither give place to the devil.
(Eph 4:27)
For Satan to get to Job, Satan needed to get a place. God gave promises that are eternal in the Word.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death,
blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou
and thy seed may live:
(Deu 30:19)
Job's children were murdered by the enemy, so Job did not see this scripture fully operate in his life. The choices were to choose life, and blessings. You can choose death and/or the curse.
We make choices by words and/or Actions.
Jesus said the same thing, Every idle word man shall speak, they shall give an account of it. We make choices by words. (Matt 12)
Job put his words and actions against the Word. Through ignorance though.
It started with the children who had big parties. Every time they had a party, Job dragged an animal out of the barn and sacrificed for them all, for they might have cursed God in their heart. Thus Job did continually.
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.
Thus did Job continually.
(Job 1:5)
What causes a person to continually sacrifice for someone? What is motivating Job here?
It's the same reason David numbered the troops. David was afraid He might not have enough for battle.
Job was in fear of loss. In Job's mind, if you curse God, then you die. God never said that, but Job believed it, that if you curse God, then God kills you.
Satans mental theme for Job....... curse god, curse God, curse God, curse God.
Same mental pounding he does today. Satan presents a thought and waits to see if the thought takes and we act on it.
God is watching the whole thing, watching Job act in accordance to fear the Devil is putting in Job.
Devil shows up............ Paraphrased:
God: You consider my servant Job, that Job is the bomb and nobody more upright than Job.
Devil: yea, but Does Job serve you for free? You hooked him up, gave him great things and set a hedge around him. Now it seems to me that If
YOU God, Put YOUR hands on him, then Job will salute you back, and blame you for the loss.
(Narrator) Satan told God to personally harm Job with his own hands. God responds back to that request.
God: umm, Pay attention dummy, look!!! he is in your power, I am not touching Job. I also find it pointless to even harm Job, though You attempted to get me to harm him. There is no point in this.
(Narrator) God lets the devil know, that harming Job is in vain, and there is no point or reason for it.
MSG does a real good Job with this:
Then GOD said to Satan, "Have you noticed my friend Job? There's no one quite like him, is there--honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil? He still has a firm grip on his integrity!
You tried to trick me into destroying him, but it didn't work."
(Job 2:3)
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him,
to destroy him without cause.
(Job 2:3)
(Narrator) God had ZERO reason, or purpose for any harm to come to Job. God had nothing to do with it.
Job's Wife:
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
(Job 2:9)
(Narrator) Wonder who put that in Job's wife Head? We know who....... curse God, curse god, curse God........
Fear:
58 times it's written to Fear not.
48 times it's written to be not afraid.
be of good courage, take no thought, Be careful for nothing (Worry)
You don't break the Word over and over, and expect things to go well.
This was Job's issue, and it started with the kids, it was also when the kids got together again, Satan attacked that day. It's all connected.
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
(Job 3:25)
Satan brought to pass everything Job had listened to the lies about and caused Job fear. Nothing happened to Job but those things He was fearful of.
Elihu said, God does not do evil, but renders to everyman according to their ways, and God knew Job was listening and obeying Satan by responding to the fear, and for God to just Stop Satan would go against his Word, and God would be unjust to do so. Satan had a place, had Gotten Job worried and following his directions.
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
(Job 34:10-11)
Job 34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Blessings.
