"Have You Considered...?" (Job 1:1, Job 2:1-10, Mark 10:2-2:16)
Rev. Dr. Marjorie E. Nunes, October 7, 2018Part of the Sunday series, preached at a Sunday service
What do we do with a story in which God and the Satan enter into a divine wager, using Job as an unwitting pawn in their game?
What do we do with a book in which 10 children are killed off in the first chapter, How do we respond to a book in which God answers Job's anguish by reminding Job that He is the God of creation. God -- at least on an initial reading -- does not come out of this book well.
And yet, this book, difficult as it is, has spoken to people of faith through the centuries. Job, in the great lament tradition of ancient Israel, wrestles profoundly and honestly with God. Job holds on to God with fierce faith, but he does not let God off the hook for the inexplicable suffering that so often shadows this world.
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