Forgotten by God (3 of 5)
Series:The Gospel According to Joseph
Scott Maze
Genesis 40-41:1-36
The story acts like a mini-novel tucked away at the end of Genesis. With every turn of the page, you find yourself saying, ''You're not going to believe what happens next!'' Joseph's life is a roller coaster ride with incredible highs and depressing lows. Last week we saw the first ''big dip'' and this week - sold into slavery and falsely accused Today, we observe the second ''big dip'' in the life of Joseph, forgotten in prison. This is the 3rd week for our series, The Gospel According to Joseph, and it's the third straight Sunday for rain - maybe I should have preached on Noah instead .
Here's the Back-story to today. Joseph's story rises from a family that is dysfunctional where women are in competition, a father favors one of children over the others, and the sibling rivalry is so great, the older brothers literally sell their younger brother into slavery. Joseph, the 11th of 12 sons to his father, Jacob, awakes to find himself a slave in Egypt. The Lord has him rise in the ranks to essentially run the house of a prominent Egyptian, only to be falsely accused by a woman.
Now if you're not careful, you're likely to miss the big point of Joseph's life. The big point of Joseph's life is that he is God's agent... ...his family is God's change agent to redeem the world. Starting with Joseph's great-grandfather, Abraham... ... to his grandfather, Isaac, and his father, Jacob. The grace of God runs like a river through this one family's life. All through Genesis, there's this river flowing straight through the book to highlight this one family. Joseph's story is like a river, flowing into the grand design of God's big purpose in working with His people. Don't lose sight of that river down through time. We'll see this reappear later... But hold it in your mind's eye as we God making sense of chaos of your lives and the world itself.
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Series:The Gospel According to Joseph
Scott Maze
Genesis 40-41:1-36
The story acts like a mini-novel tucked away at the end of Genesis. With every turn of the page, you find yourself saying, ''You're not going to believe what happens next!'' Joseph's life is a roller coaster ride with incredible highs and depressing lows. Last week we saw the first ''big dip'' and this week - sold into slavery and falsely accused Today, we observe the second ''big dip'' in the life of Joseph, forgotten in prison. This is the 3rd week for our series, The Gospel According to Joseph, and it's the third straight Sunday for rain - maybe I should have preached on Noah instead .
Here's the Back-story to today. Joseph's story rises from a family that is dysfunctional where women are in competition, a father favors one of children over the others, and the sibling rivalry is so great, the older brothers literally sell their younger brother into slavery. Joseph, the 11th of 12 sons to his father, Jacob, awakes to find himself a slave in Egypt. The Lord has him rise in the ranks to essentially run the house of a prominent Egyptian, only to be falsely accused by a woman.
Now if you're not careful, you're likely to miss the big point of Joseph's life. The big point of Joseph's life is that he is God's agent... ...his family is God's change agent to redeem the world. Starting with Joseph's great-grandfather, Abraham... ... to his grandfather, Isaac, and his father, Jacob. The grace of God runs like a river through this one family's life. All through Genesis, there's this river flowing straight through the book to highlight this one family. Joseph's story is like a river, flowing into the grand design of God's big purpose in working with His people. Don't lose sight of that river down through time. We'll see this reappear later... But hold it in your mind's eye as we God making sense of chaos of your lives and the world itself.
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Jose ...
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