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Genesis 37-50•The life of Joseph
responsibility recaptured
@simongharris
www.simongharris.com
@simongharris @AliveWoodbridge
#alivewoodbridge
Genesis 37-50•The life of Joseph
responsibility recaptured
@simongharris
www.simongharris.com
Genesis 1
– COVENANT
Relationship
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let us
make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them
rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along
the ground." Responsibility
– KINGDOM
and
– COVENANT
Relationship
Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have
been saved, through faith – and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God – 9 not by works, so
that no one can boast.
Responsibility
– KINGDOM
and
Two major Biblical themes
Two major Biblical themes
– COVENANT
RelationshipMark 3:14
He appointed twelve--designating them apostles--
that they might be with him and that he might send
them out to preach
Responsibility
– KINGDOM
and
Two major Biblical themes
– COVENANT
RelationshipMark 12:30
The Great Commandment Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind and with all
your strength.’ Responsibility
– KINGDOM
and
Two major Biblical themes
– COVENANT
RelationshipMatthew 28:19
The Great Commission Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, Responsibility
– KINGDOM
and
Genesis 37:6-8 He said to them, "Listen to
this dream I had: We were binding sheaves
of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright,
while your sheaves gathered around mine and
bowed down to it." His brothers said to him,
"Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually
rule us?" ..
Joseph
A God-given destiny– a longing in all of us
Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He
has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they
cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to
end.
Joseph
A God-given destiny– a longing in all of us
Genesis 41:39 Then Pharaoh said to
Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no-one so discerning and wise as
you.You shall be in charge …
Joseph
A God-given destiny
Extending God’s kingdom rule
– a spiritual impact
– a longing in all of us
Genesis 41:56-57 When the famine had
spread over the whole country, Joseph opened
the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians,
for the famine was severe throughout Egypt.
And all the countries came to Egypt to buy
grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the world.
Joseph
A God-given destiny
Extending God’s kingdom rule
– a spiritual impact– a social impact
– a longing in all of us
God wants to do this through your life
too!
Joseph
Extending God’s kingdom rule
– a spiritual impact– a social impact
Genesis 37:2 This is the account of Jacob.
Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons
of Zilpah, his father's wives, and he brought their father
a bad report about them.
Joseph
Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph
more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age;
and he made an ornate robe for him.
Joseph
ALL GRACE!
SUBMISSION
Joseph learnt submission
– to bow to God’s faithfulness
Genesis 37:23-24 So when Joseph came to
his brothers, they stripped him of his
robe--the richly ornamented robe he was
wearing-- and they took him and
threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern
was empty; there was no water in it.
Joseph learnt submission
– to bow to God’s faithfulness
Genesis 4:5-8 "So then, it was not you who sent me here, but
God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and
ruler of all Egypt.
Joseph learnt submission
– to bow to God’s faithfulness
Genesis 50:20 You intended to harm
me, but God intended it for good to accomplish
what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
Joseph learnt submission
– to bow to God’s faithfulness
Genesis 50:20 Now Joseph was well
built and handsome
Joseph learnt submission
– to bow to God’s faithfulness
Genesis 39:8 But he refused. “With
me in charge,” he told her, “my master does
not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he
has entrusted to my care.
Joseph learnt submission
– to bow to God’s purity
– to bow to God’s faithfulness
Genesis 39:9b No one is greater in this
house than I am. My master has withheld
nothing from me except you, because you are his
wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing
and sin against God?"
Joseph learnt submission
– to bow to God’s purity
– to bow to God’s timing
– to bow to God’s faithfulness
Genesis 40:1 Some time later, the
cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt
offended their master, the king of Egypt.
Joseph learnt submission
– to bow to God’s purity
– to bow to God’s timing
– to bow to God’s supremacy
– to bow to God’s faithfulness
Genesis 40:8 "We both had dreams,"
they answered, "but there is no one to
interpret them." Then Joseph said to them, "Do
not interpretations belong to God? Tell me
your dreams."
Joseph learnt submission
– to bow to God’s purity
– to bow to God’s timing
– to bow to God’s supremacy
– to bow to God’s faithfulness
Genesis 41:16 "I cannot do it," Joseph
replied to Pharaoh, "but God will give Pharaoh
the answer he desires."
Joseph learnt submission
– to bow to God’s purity
– to bow to God’s timing
– to bow to God’s supremacy
– to bow to God’s faithfulness
Genesis 50:20 You intended to harm
me, but God intended it for good to accomplish
what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
Grace notes …Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more ... – The beloved son
Grace notes …Genesis 37:13
and Israel said to Joseph, "As you know, your brothers are
grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them." "Very
well," he replied. – Sent to those he
would save
– The beloved son
Grace notes …Genesis 37:20
"Come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these
cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured
him. Then we'll see what comes of his dreams."
– Sent to those he would save
– They ‘killed him’
– The beloved son
Grace notes …Genesis 50:20
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good
to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of
many lives. – Sent to those he would save
– They ‘killed him’
– The beloved son
– His ‘death & resurrection’ saves many lives
Grace notes …Genesis 45:15
And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them.
Afterward his brothers talked with him. – Sent to those he
would save
– They ‘killed him’
– The beloved son
– His ‘death & resurrection’ saves many lives
– He chose forgiveness instead of judgement
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