See Peterson, Run with the Horses along with other ocmmentaries
this will be tough, as I am not in the mood for another call story. 1) knew is a translation of intimate knowledge and in gen. included secual knowledge. Here, what would be the extent of divine knowledge before he was in the womb? a destiny perhaps, a vision wihtin god?
2) Youth is no barrier to the call of God again, as with young samuel. this could be a place ot examine vocation, at any age, as in Studs Terkel’s fame dline, we want a calling, not a job.”
3)v. 10 does stand as a guide to the entire book. In contemporary church the “negative” verbs and only emphasize the “positive” verbs. (See Breuggemann on the use of verbs in TOT).
4)Our Reformed tradition emphasizes preaching as “word of God.” Do you hold to such a sacramental view of preaching?
5) Again this call story is a dialogue. It is not for a puppet, but a responsive, responsible human being.,
6) How do you think he reacted to being told that he would be a prophet ot the nations, instead of israel alone?
7) Again, this is a good place to speak of fear 9v.8) and the promise to deliver from fear through god being with us.
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