Bergfeld Church — March 7, 2021 Service
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Program:
Opening/singing — worship team led by Ang D
Devotional — Garry K
Children's feature — Regina G
Message — Pastor James F — "Is there Value in Suffering? Could Suffering be Good?"
Closing song — worship team
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Sermon notes:
“Suffering strips us of everything but Christ.”
If this quote is true, then could we then we willing to set aside our comfort for the allowance of suffering in our lives? Could suffering be a good thing?
From chapters 3 – 37, in the original text, the word for God is El Shaddai while in this chapter God’s name is Yahweh.
The reasoning is that El Shaddai means God almighty, but at the same time, illustrating that God was distant and detached. While Yahweh is the covenant name. Which is used when we first are introduced to Job and when God Himself speaks. Hence Yahweh refers to how the relationship is restored between God and Job.
We find that the Lord spoke out of a storm or whirlwind as some translations read.
2 Kings 2:1-11 Elijah is taken up in a whirlwind.
“As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.”
Psalm 77:18 and Nahum 1:3 A whirlwind can be a sign of God’s presence.
Psalm 77:18 “Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind, your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.”
We are also told of that great day when Jesus returns, Isaiah 66:15
“See, the Lord is coming with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.”
God appears to Ezekiel in Ezekiel 1:4 “I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light.” Many translations interpret the windstorm as whirlwind…
Interestingly enough, it was a windstorm that killed all Jobs children as we read in Job 1:9.
Job 38:1-3
the questions for Job as we will see, were unanswerable and were not meant to be answered by Job, but to show Job that it was not his place to demand a response when he would ask them of God.
Job 38:4-7
Gods asking the question to bring awareness to Job of His amazing power, strength, and wisdom. Did you witness the angels when they shouted for joy? God did.
Job 38:8-11
reference to the second day of creation, when God spoke and separated the waters.
In the ancient world, a symbol of power and authority, was to be able to control the raging seas. Therefore God revealed His power and authority by reminding Job of the creation before him.
Job 38:12-13
Job, have you ever made the day light rise by you hand? Where does the darkness go when the light is turned on? It must be around here somewhere. For when the light is turned off the darkness returns…
Job 38:19-21
Job, where does light come from? Surely you know where light resides, where it is kept. You must know its nature and its source. Perhaps you know Job, for you have been around for so many years.
Job 38:22-23
Hail is often used as a tool for judgement. It almost seems as though God considers snow and hail as a treasure, the same way we would see gold and other precious metals. We have come to understand that hail is a part of our weather pattern. And yet, can be explained away with modern science. And yet, is man in control?
Job 38:31-33
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