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The mourning here brought to view is true heart sorrow for sin
Why Me Lord?
The Story of Joseph
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Introduced Jospeh when he was 17 years old ().
Relates the trauma and the drama that Jospeh experience and how for years he lived a life of mourning.
The Point
Through sinful man God works out His saving purpose.
God's secret providence is behind the darkest deeds of men and works to their (man's) ultimate good.
Paul’s Perspective
Rom
2 Corinthians 4:1
David’s Perspective
Why do we need 14 chapters and 22 years of messed up family history to teach Joseph and his family this one lesson: God works everything for our good?
Summary of the Drama
A father who does not learn.
A son who is the perfect example of a spoilt brat.
Brothers who are ruthless and ridiculous.
A FATHER WHO DOES NOT LEARN
Jacob: The product of a messed up home.
You would think he would learn and do better.
His parents played favorites
Favoritism leads to deception and hatred
Deception almost leads to murder
Deception leads to years of estrangement.
Did Jacob Learn?
He played favorites ().
Joseph was the son of Jacob’s old age from his favorite wife ().
Jacob gives Joseph a coat of many colors.
Men who have children in their old age.
Jacob was 130 years old when he was reunited with Jospeh ().
Jospeh was 39 years old when he revealed himself to his brothers ()
Jacob was at least 91 years old when he had Jospeh
Favoritism leads to hatred and deception (, , , , , ).
Deception almost leads to murder: Jospeh’s brothers wanted to kill him ().
Deception leads to years of estrangement.
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Joseph had to suffer and mourn because his father Jacob, did not learn.
Sometimes we create our own mourning.
A FATHER WHO DOES NOT LEARN.
A SON WHO IS THE EPITOME OF A SPOILT BRAT
A SON WHO IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A SPOILT BRAT
Joseph knew he was his father’s favorite
because knew he was his fathers favorite he was also a rat ()
Joseph was self-centered and related dreams as if he would rule over his family ().
Patriarchs and Prophets p. 213: Joseph was “self-sufficient and exacting)
Faults had been encouraged that were now to be corrected.
He was becoming self-sufficient and exacting.
Jespeh was a “Pretty Boy” and he knew it.
BROTHERS WHO WERE RUTHLESS AND RIDICULOUS
Josephs brothers were envious, deceptive, and revengeful ().
Simon and Levi were guilty of premeditated genocide: the slaughtered the unsuspecting Schechamites after their sister Dina was raped.
All ten deceived their father about the brother’s death.
Judah impregnated his daughter-in-law.
These men, ruthless as they were would become the Patriarchs of Israel.
Why do we need all this drama and trauma to make the point that God’s secret providence works behind the darkest deeds of men and works it for our ultimate good?
A father who does not learn.
A son who is a spoilt brat.
Brothers who are ruthless and ridiculous.
If I were Jospeh my question would be “Why me Lord?”
WHY vs. HOW
How?
God sends Joseph ahead, in order to save those who were trying to kill him.
Jospeh was a spoilt brat but he was a good boy.
He reported evil because he had no tolerance for evil.
He obeyed willingly
He received divine revelation in the form of two dreams and he believed that God gave these to him.
He refused to compromise his moral standards (; ).
He helps his fellow prisoners by interpreting their dreams.
His good deeds led to bad results: Pit & Prison.
For sharing his sense of divine destiny he is sold into slavery.
For refusing to compromise his moral standards he is framed and falsely imprisoned for rape.
In spite of the fact that he helps his fellow prisoners, he is forgotten to languish in a dungeon for two years.
Would you want God to use you to save those who are trying to kill you?
Why do we need 22 years of all this drama and trauma to tach the lesson that God works everything for our good.
Over 22 years some significant changes tool place in the life of Joseph and his family
Joseph’s Brothers
Before
Ruthless
Revengeful
Ridiculous
After 22 years
Sense of guilt
No longer affected by favoritism
Loved their father (15x Judah mentions his father’s name in ).
The Biggest Change: Joseph
Before
Spoilt brat
Self-sufficient
Exacting
After 22 years
Genesis
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Why does Go need 22 years to make one point?
There are things about our characters that needs changing and God knows that these will not happen over night.
The mourning here
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