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God who?

I read something Saturday night that was extremely interesting. It's from a sermon by Fleming Rutledge from the book and about the life of Job. She says, "Is the God of the Bible a god that we have reated for ourselves? Job was written, at least in part, to give a resounding 'no' to that question. God does not respond to Job's wishes and needs; on the contrary, he seems to be completely independent of them. God's reply to Job is no reply at all; it is a disclosure of radical divine autonomy... Instead of answers and explanations, God grants a revelation of himself in his pure being. Job, in the inevitable self-centeredness that comes with misery, had forgotten that God exists entirely apart from Job's need for him."

Awesome.

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