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Series: Joseph, Seeing the Good in God's Detours
Tim Badal
Genesis 50:15-26
We've been looking at the life and times of a man who has more written about him in the book of Genesis than anybody else-more than Adam and Eve, more than Noah, more than Abraham, more than his father Jacob. Joseph has 14 chapters of the first book of the Bible dedicated to his life. And rightly so, because Joseph was an amazing man who continues to teach us amazing things.
We have learned three things about him in this series.
First, we learned how God used the good, the bad and the ugly in his life to show what a model of faithfulness an average man like Joseph can be when God has hold of him. In the same way, we as Christians can do amazing things when God has hold of us, when we live according to His Word and will.
Second, we've learned about ourselves. In spite of the distance between Joseph's life and ours in America today, we can resonate with many of the characters and events in his story. I've heard frequently from many of you that you identify with certain aspect of his story. One of the most frequent connections is that, in the face of wrongs such as Joseph experienced, you are learning that you have been called to forgive. Even as Joseph did the hard thing in forgiving his brothers for their mistreatment of him, we too need to learn how to suffer well and forgive those who wrong us.
But third, and most importantly, we have learned that we serve an incredible God. As we'll see later today, Joseph's story is about God and His faithfulness, how He is able to take the garbage in our lives and bring a beautiful ending to our stories. We can put our faith, trust and hope in this God Who does all things well, even when times of trouble come our way. We have learned that God can be utterly relied upon to take those things which have damaged us and use them for our good and the good of those around us.
In the New Year we will embark on the le ...
Series: Joseph, Seeing the Good in God's Detours
Tim Badal
Genesis 50:15-26
We've been looking at the life and times of a man who has more written about him in the book of Genesis than anybody else-more than Adam and Eve, more than Noah, more than Abraham, more than his father Jacob. Joseph has 14 chapters of the first book of the Bible dedicated to his life. And rightly so, because Joseph was an amazing man who continues to teach us amazing things.
We have learned three things about him in this series.
First, we learned how God used the good, the bad and the ugly in his life to show what a model of faithfulness an average man like Joseph can be when God has hold of him. In the same way, we as Christians can do amazing things when God has hold of us, when we live according to His Word and will.
Second, we've learned about ourselves. In spite of the distance between Joseph's life and ours in America today, we can resonate with many of the characters and events in his story. I've heard frequently from many of you that you identify with certain aspect of his story. One of the most frequent connections is that, in the face of wrongs such as Joseph experienced, you are learning that you have been called to forgive. Even as Joseph did the hard thing in forgiving his brothers for their mistreatment of him, we too need to learn how to suffer well and forgive those who wrong us.
But third, and most importantly, we have learned that we serve an incredible God. As we'll see later today, Joseph's story is about God and His faithfulness, how He is able to take the garbage in our lives and bring a beautiful ending to our stories. We can put our faith, trust and hope in this God Who does all things well, even when times of trouble come our way. We have learned that God can be utterly relied upon to take those things which have damaged us and use them for our good and the good of those around us.
In the New Year we will embark on the le ...
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