Joseph Imprisoned

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Joseph Imprisoned

Genesis 40:1-23Joseph Imprisoned If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 40. As we have been looking these last few weeks in the life of Joseph it has struck us that in the overarching scheme of what God is doing in the life of Joseph, He is on the one hand telling us here in these passages, in these chapters, how it was that Israel would wind up in Egypt, and He's also showing us how He was going to make a great family, a great tribe, into a great nation. These are part of the overarching purposes of God in the life of Joseph. As you look at these passages, one of the things that amazes you is how many things God is doing at once, how many things He is accomplishing by the very same specific individual action. Often times he will have five or…

Success, Loyalty, and Betrayal

Genesis 39:1-23Success, Loyalty and Betrayal If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 39. The last few weeks we have been doing our first studies in the final section of the book of Genesis in chapters 37 through 50 and the story of the life of Joseph. And we've said several times now that two things are important to understand about this section of the book. First of all the story of Joseph tells us how Israel wound up in Egypt, and secondly it explains to us how the promise of God in Genesis 12, verses 1 and 2 was fulfilled to make Abraham's family, a great family though it was, into a nation. And the story of Joseph goes a long way in explaining that. And in so doing, Moses tells us a number of things about this leading protagonist, Joseph. And…

The Shame of Judah

Genesis 38:1-30The Shame of Judah If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 38. The last couple of weeks we have been launching into a study of the final section of the book of Genesis, chapters 37 through 50, and the story of the life of Joseph. And as we have said several times, it's important to note a couple of things about this section of the book. First, the story of Joseph tells us how Israel wound up in Egypt. That's so important to the fulfillment of God's promises and he had already told Abraham in Genesis 15, verses 13 and 14 that his descendants would be strangers in a strange land and they would be oppressed for a number of years. And the story of Joseph tells us how the children of Israel got to Egypt. Secondly, the story of Joseph…

Sold In Slavery-The Lord Meant It for Good

Genesis 37:18-36The Lord Meant It for Good If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me again to Genesis 37. Tonight we continue our study in this final section of the book of Genesis, Genesis 37 through 50 and the story of the life of Joseph. We said last time it was important to understand at least two things about this section of the book of Genesis. First the story of Joseph tells us how Israel wound up in Egypt, in order that Genesis 15, verses 13 and 14 could be fulfilled.…

Jesus’ Burial

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 27. We’ve been studying in the gospel of Matthew for the last several times focusing on the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ and today we come to His burial. As we looked at Matthew 27, verses 33 through 44, we began that specific focus on the crucifixion, and we said that Matthew highlighted the nature and significance of Jesus’ death by pointing us to the characters around Jesus on the cross, and asking us to…

The Book of Esau

Genesis 36:1-43The Book of Esau If you have Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 36. Tonight we come to the close of our study of the life of Jacob. Though Jacob still has a significant role to play in the history of God's dealings with his sons. The focus, however, of Genesis shifts hereafter to Joseph. And in our studies in the immediately preceding chapters of Genesis we have seen over and over that God is preparing Jacob to trust Him and to acknowledge Him alone.…

Jesus Before Pilate

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 27, as we continue our study through the gospel. You will remember that we have already said in our first study of Matthew 27, that this chapter contains the final events leading up to the crucifixion, and then the description of the crucifixion of our Lord, but as it does so, as it lays those events before our eyes, Matthew specifically wants us to understand the nature and the purpose of Christ’s death. He wants us…

The Meeting of the Brothers

Genesis 33:1-20The Meeting of the Brothers If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 33. We’ll study this chapter tonight which recounts the meeting between Esau and Jacob. This much-anticipated reunion of the brothers. Jacob wasn't much anticipating a positive experience in this reunion. And so there has been some tension building in the succeeding chapters as we have seen Jacob making his way back towards Canaan to the promised land. And then hearing that he…

Jesus Betrayed

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 26, as we continue our study in the gospel of Matthew. All along we have said that Matthew 26 provides us a prelude to the death of Christ and repeats a number of scenes over and over, two of which we’ll see again today. The sovereignty of God and the whole process is seen again in the passage today. And yet at the same time Jesus’ willing suffering, his willingness to be captured, to be arrested, to be persecuted…

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