IS IT WELL WITH THE BRETHREN? (2 OF 11)
Scripture: Genesis 37:12-20
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Is It Well with the Brethren? (2 of 11)
Series: Life of Joseph Series
Donald Cantrell
Genesis 37: 12 – 20
I – The Prescribed Visitation of Joseph (12 – 14)
II – The Personal Vexation of Joseph (15 – 16)
III – The Personal Victimization of Joseph (17 – 20)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: “God is deeply concerned as to the state of his church”
FINISHING WELL
Dr. J. Robert Clinton, professor at Fuller Seminary, did a study of male leadership in the Bible and determined that only 30% of them finished well. Wow! The odds are against us! Consider also this next example.
The World Cup is over. Italy beat France in a shootout, 5-3, in the finals on Sunday. All over the world millions of people watched, drawn to the biggest sporting event of the year. This was the final match for France’s Zinedine Zidane, the captain and star of the losing team. In the heat of the second overtime, Zidane head-butted Italian defender Marco Materazzi, knocking him to the ground.
Zidane was promptly ejected from the rest of the match, due to the officials seeing the replay of his head-butting. The millions watching also saw the foul and drew their own conclusions about Zidane. One emotional, senseless, spontaneous act tainted a brilliant career.
I never knew anything about Zidane until that moment. I never saw his brilliant career or his superstar efforts; I saw that act, vicious as it was, and thought, "What a loser."
In our sermon today we are allowed to see the demise of the son’s of Joseph as they display their utter disdain for Joseph. These young men were no longer children, but grown men.
If we were to research every man in the bible, we would not find any men that had a better pedigree than these men. The men’s father was Jacob, whom the Lord called “Israel.” The men’s grandfather was none other than Isaac, the second patriarch of their up and coming nation. These men were great grandsons of Abrah ...
Series: Life of Joseph Series
Donald Cantrell
Genesis 37: 12 – 20
I – The Prescribed Visitation of Joseph (12 – 14)
II – The Personal Vexation of Joseph (15 – 16)
III – The Personal Victimization of Joseph (17 – 20)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: “God is deeply concerned as to the state of his church”
FINISHING WELL
Dr. J. Robert Clinton, professor at Fuller Seminary, did a study of male leadership in the Bible and determined that only 30% of them finished well. Wow! The odds are against us! Consider also this next example.
The World Cup is over. Italy beat France in a shootout, 5-3, in the finals on Sunday. All over the world millions of people watched, drawn to the biggest sporting event of the year. This was the final match for France’s Zinedine Zidane, the captain and star of the losing team. In the heat of the second overtime, Zidane head-butted Italian defender Marco Materazzi, knocking him to the ground.
Zidane was promptly ejected from the rest of the match, due to the officials seeing the replay of his head-butting. The millions watching also saw the foul and drew their own conclusions about Zidane. One emotional, senseless, spontaneous act tainted a brilliant career.
I never knew anything about Zidane until that moment. I never saw his brilliant career or his superstar efforts; I saw that act, vicious as it was, and thought, "What a loser."
In our sermon today we are allowed to see the demise of the son’s of Joseph as they display their utter disdain for Joseph. These young men were no longer children, but grown men.
If we were to research every man in the bible, we would not find any men that had a better pedigree than these men. The men’s father was Jacob, whom the Lord called “Israel.” The men’s grandfather was none other than Isaac, the second patriarch of their up and coming nation. These men were great grandsons of Abrah ...
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