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*Sermon St Mary’s Comberton ~/ Toft Methodist Church*
*Sunday 22**nd** October 2006.*
*Job 38:1-7; John 11: 17-27*
!!! /<< Do you know God’s name?
Do you know who God really is? >>/
!!! Recap
Job so far
Job the patient (Job 2)
Job the despairing (Job 23)
\\ Other people speaking ‘Job’s comforters’ – didn’t do much good
!!!
The bit you’ve all been waiting for – God speaks
‘Then the LORD answered…’
I’m going to press pause there.
really significant.
Not only have we waited for 35 chapters for God to speak.
But 35 chapters since we last heard *God’s name*.
Oh yes, of course people have referred to God.
Peppered with references to God. roundabout or impersonal way, ‘almighty’,
But they haven’t used his *personal name*.
\\ !! God’s name
*Has the Jewish God got a personal name?
Yes but it’s hard to spot.*
Let me take you back to the time of *Moses*.
(Ex 3:13-15)
forgotten years of Moses –shepherd for father in law Jethro.
Turns aside – The *Burning Bush*.
!! Will you lead my people out of slavery in Egypt?
Not the most willing of volunteers!
Read Ex 3:13-15.
\\ *Yahweh *–
As is so often the case with names we’re not entirely sure what they mean - something like I AM WHO I AM.
To be honest – we’re *not entirely sure how to pronounce* it.
Vowels not there in orig Heb.
Used to be ‘Jehovah’.
Best guess.
Modern day Jews are forbidden from pronouncing it.
Upshot of all that is that in *most Bible translations* we don’t write out the name – we *replace* it with the words *the LORD*.
\\ *Bit of a shame* really.
Footnote to Ex3:15: “/*The word LORD when spelled with capital letters stands for the divine name, YHWH, which is here connected with the verb hayah, ‘to be’”*/
Ought to have a footnote each time.
\\ *So where were we?* Back in Job 38.
35 chapters without the name of the LORD
Then The LORD, and answered Job out of the whirlwind.
*Who answered Job out of the whirlwind?*
The LORD.
Jehovah.
Yahweh.
The God of Israel.
last 35 chapters Job and his friends have been theologising, debating philosophy, cursing, lamenting, rebuking.
Using words like /*El, Eloah, Shaddai*/.
If you were leading a *Multifaith service* in ancient near east you could use any of those.
You wouldn’t offend anybody.
*Yahweh.*
The LORD. *The God of Israel.*
Significant for how we read this chapter.
It makes a difference whether or not you use a personal name.
\\ !! Illustration
example of church.
Draft constitution for Lordsbridge Team Ministry.
Member of this church who hadn’t been to the service.
Priest-in-Charge.
Assistant Curate.
\\ either being over-technical
or you don’t know someone very well.
\\ *If you know someone well you use their name*.
!! Do we sometimes forget God’s personal nature?
Sometimes *when things go wrong*, find ourselves like Job: seems like we’re talking to a *brick wall*.
*impersonal,* *faceless*.
Sometimes we can be *so good a talking about God*, theorising, we make him into a theory rather than a person.
\\ !! God’s answer
So what does God say?
\\ Answer a series of questions! Baffling.
1) draws him into the conversation.
#. shows that having the right anwers isn’t the same thing as having a right relationship.
‘God did not love the world so much that he gave us all the answers…’
\\ *Job, you don’t know me very well.*
Maybe you did, but you’ve forgotten.
\\ *Read */*v1-3.*/
strong stuff.
\\ \\ *Eyes* are *opened* to who God is.
Discovers some *uncomfortable truths* about who Job is.
!
Illustration: Bruce Almighty
Jim Carrey – Bruce TV presenter.
seems to be doing ok.
*But then* – dog pees on sofa ~/ arrives late for work ~/ loses his job~/ gets beaten up in the street.
Bruce turns his anger on God:
‘/*God is like a mean kid on an anthill, burning ants with a magnifying glass.
And I’m the ant.’*/
God (Morgan Freeman) responds by meeting Bruce in person and saying
/*Ok you’ve been doing lots of complaining about me… if you think you can do better, here’s your chance.*/
A day as God.
Of course – even with powers – an impossible job.
Bruce ends up learning a lot about God and a lot about himself.
\\ *verses 4-7*
\\ God’s name.
What sort of God?
*Architect* – stretched a measuring-line *(v5)*
*Builder *– laying a foundation *(v4)*, cornerstone *(v6)*
*Entertainer *– fun!
‘/*when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy’*/ *(v7)*
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