BROKEN VS BITTER (23)

•OUR FAMILY IMPACT

•BROKEN NOT BULLISH

•A BROKEN BROTHER

•Genesis 45:1–2 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried, “Have everyone go out from me.” Sothere was no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 He wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of it.

•BEWILDERED BROTHERS

•Genesis 45:3–4 3 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence. 4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come closer to me.” And they came closer. And he said, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.

•BETTER NOT BITTER

•JOSEPH’S CONCERN

•Genesis 45:5 “Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

•JOSEPH’S COMPREHENSION

•Genesis 45:5 “Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

•THANKFULL NOT THREATNING

•THANKFUL FOR GOD’S PROVIDENCE

•Genesis 45:6–7 (NASB95)•6 “For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7 “God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

•THANKFUL FOR GOD’S PLAN

•Genesis 45:8 “Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

•BLESSING NOT BLAMING

•BLESSING OF BESIDENESS

•Genesis 45:10–11 10 “You shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have. 11 “There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished.” ’

•OUR FRIENDS IMPACT

•PHAROAH SAW THEM

•Genesis 45:16 Now when the news was heard in Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants.

•PHAROAH SAID TO THEM

•Genesis 45:17–18•17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and go to the land of Canaan, 18 and take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you will eat the fat of the land.’

•PHAROAH SETTLED THEM

•Genesis 45:19–20 •19 “Now you are ordered, ‘Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, andbring your father and come. 20 ‘Do not concern yourselves with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’ ”

•OUR FUTURES IMPACT

•YOUR FUTURE FRUIT

•Genesis 45:26 •26 They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” But he was stunned, for he did not believe them.

•YOUR FUTURE FOOTNOTE

•Genesis 45:28 (NASB95)•28 Then Israel said, “It is enough; my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”