. Satans tactic is to probe and probe until he finds the fatal flaw in a person’s character that leads to sin. In Jesus’ temptation Satan personalized his probe to appeal to Jesus specific needs at that time and place. So it is always. Most people are selectively strong or weak in character. This time God moves the boundaries closer. He says, “You can touch him.” In fact, when Satan uses the phrase, “touch his bone and his flesh,” he asks for access to the total humanity of Job. We still use that phrase today, flesh and bone, to speak of the totality of our humanity — not only our physical body, but our emotional life as well, our conscious and subconscious thinking and reacting. And not only our soul, but our spirit as well. Satan is asking for access to this man Job, to touch him body, soul and spirit — and he proceeds in that order. That constitutes the argument and basic assault recorded in the rest of the book of Job. Satan knows what he is after. He knows that if he can get at Job in every part of his being, he thinks that he can shake Job’s faith and cause him to turn from his trust and confidence in God, and curse him to his face.
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