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The Reunion

Genesis 45:1-28 The Reunion If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 45. All along as we've studied the life of Joseph, we've said the overarching theme of God's providence is apparent, though Joseph may be the principal human actor, the whole of the story shows God as the one who is the prime mover in the life of Joseph. The story tells us how Joseph's family wound up in Egypt. The story tells us how in God's providence He would make His people the tribe of Israel into a great nation, but the story shows so much more. In fact, in the passage we're going to see tonight we will see just a glimpse of the manifold wisdom of God. How God in His promise and in His providence can do many things at once. He has a purpose, He has revealed it in…

The Brothers Return to Egypt

Genesis 43:1-34 The Brothers Return to Egypt If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Genesis 43. We have said several times as we have worked through the life of Joseph together that two over-arching purposes in God's providence are apparent as we read the history of Joseph. First of all, the story of Joseph tells us how Israel would up in Egypt in the first place. So that Genesis 15, verses 13 and 14 could be fulfilled. And secondly, it explains how the promise of God in Genesis 12, verses 1 and 2 would be fulfilled. That is how God would make the family of Abraham into a great nation. And as we have surveyed the life of Joseph, we have noted that in Genesis 37 through Genesis 40, a pattern. Joseph's original favored status, but conflict with his brothers,…

From Jacob to Israel

Genesis 35:1-9From Jacob to Israel If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 35. Tonight we come to a portion of the life of Jacob in which we are drawing towards the close of Moses’ focus on him as one of the patriarchs. It's interesting, for most of his adult life Isaac, his father, has continued to live, and in some senses to be the lead patriarch in the family which God is building. And as we have said many times in our studies from Genesis 30 on, God has been endeavoring to prepare Jacob to trust in Him and to acknowledge Him alone. But when last we were studying Jacob, we studied a very disturbing passage, Genesis 34 where the violation of Dinah is recorded, and where the vengeance of the sons of Jacob, the immoral and illegal vengeance of…

Jesus’ Prophetic Lament, Part 3: O Jerusalem,…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 23. You will remember that this chapter breaks into three parts. In the first twelve verses, the Lord Jesus diagnoses the spiritual problem of the Scribes and the Pharisees. He says they are guilty of religious hypocrisy. And then in verses 13 through 36 he proceeds to engage in a scathing denunciation, a withering rebuke of their hypocrisy, a hypocrisy which much of Israel has fallen into. Then the chapter concludes…

A Foreshadowing of Judgment, Part 7: Parables Against…

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew 22. As we continue studying through this glorious gospel. In the final verses of Matthew 21, we looked most recently at two parables there, the parable of the two sons and the parable of the land owners. And each of these three parables, and we're going to be looking at the third of those three parables today, are directed against the religious leaders of Israel. If you remember all the way back to the parable of the two…

A Foreshadowing of Judgment, Part 6: Parables Against…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 21. We continue our study of the gospel of Matthew. We have been in the last week of Christ’s earthly ministry before the crucifixion for a number of weeks now as we have studied the word, and Jesus is speaking now parables, stories, to the Pharisees. Last week we looked at the story of the two sons, which is unique to Matthew, and we saw it set forth a beautiful word of comfort to those who have repented of their…

A Foreshadowing of Judgment, Part 5: Parables Against…

If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 21. Last week, as we looked at Matthew 21, verses 23 through 27, we saw the religious rulers of Israel challenge Jesus' authority to teach. They had no success in undermining His teaching so they dropped back and asked for His credentials: “Who gave You the authority to be teaching these things that You are teaching?” And we saw Jesus respond to them with a question, not to be evasive, but actually in an…

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