925 God Does Not Allow Satan to Arbitrarily Harm Those He Wants to Save
Verse 1
After Job’s trials and testimony,
God resolved to gain more like him,
not allowing Satan to attack man
the same way it did to Job.
God fully forbade Satan
from doing such things again
to man who is too weak,
foolish and ignorant.
It was enough that Satan
had already tempted Job.
God’s mercy saves man
from the abuse of Satan.
Chorus
Those whom God will save
and those who bear testimony
are the core and fruit of God’s
management plan.
They’re the price of six thousand
years of God’s efforts.
How could God just hand these men
over to Satan?
Verse 2
The lives and all of those who follow God
are ruled and run by Him.
Satan cannot manipulate
God’s chosen ones at will.
God knows man’s weaknesses,
his ignorance and foolish ways.
In order to be fully saved,
man must be handed over to Satan,
but God is not willing
to see man fooled and abused.
He does not want to see man
always suffering.
Man was made by God,
and God claims all
responsibility and authority
over man and creation!
Bridge
God does not let Satan
abuse and mistreat man at will,
nor let it guide man astray
or trample God’s laws of ruling.
God does not let Satan
step on His sovereignty,
on His management
and salvation of man.
Chorus
Those whom God will save
and those who bear testimony
are the core and fruit of God’s
management plan.
They’re the price of six thousand
years of God’s efforts.
How could God just hand these men
over to Satan?
Adapted from “God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself II” in The Word Appears in the Flesh