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Welcome back to our third week in “The Story.”
To this point in the narrative, we have looked at
God’s plan of Creation
Mankind’s choice to sin in the Garden
How sin then passed from generation to generation
Cain killing Abel
All of creation sinned continually
God’s choice to flood the earth and preserve mankind through Noah and his family
Sin still was evident
Personally in Noah’s own kids after the flood
Societally in the account of the Tower of Babel
Collectively desired to make themselves great without God’s help
God intervenes - destroys the tower, confounds the languages
Transition Last Week
God’s plan to build a nation
Abraham and Sarah - promised to parent a huge nation to proclaim God’s glory
Their background was pagan
Sarah couldn’t have kids
Sarah was already 90 and Abraham was 100 years old
God keeps His promise
Isaac is born
Through the lineage of Isaac, will come Jesus the promised Messiah
Briefly, God tested Abraham’s faith with Isaac
Isaac obeyed
God blessed with alternative plan
God - proving all along that He has a plan and that He will use unlikely means that will bring Him the most glory
Old, barren, pagans to parent a huge nation to bring Him glory
Broken, weak, unlikely people like us to likewise bring Him glory
Remember that through the biblical account, there is an upper story: God’s sovereign perspective and plan, and there is a lower story: our perspective and experiences.
God is always working his upper story out in our lower story.
THIS WEEK:
Continue this story of God preparing and providing for a people group to bring Him glory.
Found in the story of a man named Joseph.
Abraham fathered Isaac
Isaac fathered Jacob
Jacob fathered Joseph
Join me this morning in Genesis 37
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So Joseph was the favorite-proven by this coat he wore around from his father.
His brothers hated him.
He didn’t make matters any better telling them of the dream he had.
Here’s a lower story application: If you have such dreams (of your brothers bowing down to you) keep them to yourself.
So, as the account continues:
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Joseph is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers (Gen.
37)
A. Joseph, age 17, was “the favorite” of his father Jacob.
B. Joseph had dreams of his brothers and parents bowing down to him.
C. Joseph’s brothers sell Joseph into slavery and tell Jacob that Joseph was killed by a ferocious animal.
So the story of Joseph’s young life takes a seemingly terrible turn.
From his father’s favorite with a coat of many colors to becoming a slave of the Ishmaelites.
To this point, it would seem like God is nowhere to be seen.
Not concerned with the details to Joseph’s life.
Not connected to what was going on.
But as we progress, we will see a very different reality.
2. Joseph is put into prison while in Egypt.
(Gen.
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