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| − | About a year and a half ago, not long after I arrived here as your pastor, some of you may remember we did a five-part sermon series on the Book of Job. In that series, we focused on the "main story" as most people know it--in other words, we focused on the characters of Job, Satan, and God. But there are other characters, other voices in the Book of Job, and they are worth listening to, worth hearing and considering, too. The Book of Job has for centuries been seen as a fitting and appropriate text for the season of Lent, | + | About a year and a half ago, not long after I arrived here as your pastor, some of you may remember we did a five-part sermon series on the Book of Job. In that series, we focused on the "main story" as most people know it--in other words, we focused on the characters of Job, Satan, and God. But there are other characters, other voices in the Book of Job, and they are worth listening to, worth hearing and considering, too. The Book of Job has for centuries been seen as a fitting and appropriate text for the season of Lent, and so for each one of the next five weeks of Lent, we'll consider one of those "other voices" so often neglected or misunderstood in this ancient masterpiece from the scriptures. |
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Job 2:7-9 (NRSV)
7So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and inflicted loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8Job took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the ashes. 9Then his wife said to him, ‘Do you still persist in your integrity? Curse God, and die.’ 10But he said to her, ‘You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?’ In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Job 2:7-9 (Seow)
7The Adversary went forth from the presence of YHWH, and he afflicted Job with a terrible inflammation from the sole of his feet up to his crown. 8Then Job took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with it as he was sitting amidst the ashes. 9His wife said to him: "Are you still holding on to your integrity? 'Bless' God and die! 10He said to her: "You speak as one of the outrageous. Shall we receive only good from God, but not evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.
Job's Wife: Bless God and Die
About a year and a half ago, not long after I arrived here as your pastor, some of you may remember we did a five-part sermon series on the Book of Job. In that series, we focused on the "main story" as most people know it--in other words, we focused on the characters of Job, Satan, and God. But there are other characters, other voices in the Book of Job, and they are worth listening to, worth hearing and considering, too. The Book of Job has for centuries been seen as a fitting and appropriate text for the season of Lent, and so for each one of the next five weeks of Lent, we'll consider one of those "other voices" so often neglected or misunderstood in this ancient masterpiece from the scriptures.
