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read a little bit later in John 9 about a man

who was blind from his birth, and even the

disciples didn’t understand why the man

was born blind. They said, "Well, who

sinned, his parents or did he sin?” This man

is an adult at this time. Job had some

friends who did that. I've preached two

sermons on this, one on Job and one titled

"Miserable Comforters."

Now, God said in verse 3 that Job was a

godly man. Job was not living in sin when

this came on him. Verse 3 says, "And the

LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered

my servant Job, that there is none like him

in the earth” — Notice — “a perfect and an

upright man, one that feareth God, and

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