JOSEPH, Part 2 | Genesis 37-50
(Jesus said), “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me …For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.”
~John 5:39,46
JOSEPH, Part 2 | Genesis 37-50
Big Idea:
God’s providence is not disrupted by pain
a. The Story
b. The Scene
c. The Significance
d. The Savior
a. The Story
b. The Scene
c. The Significance
d. The Savior
(Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration)
a. The Story
b. The Scene
c. The Significance
d. The Savior
“For this light and momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”
~2 Corinthians 4:17-18
a. The Story
b. The Scene
c. The Significance
d. The Savior
Chapter 1
Narrative: 1-26
Poetry: 27 (creation of man)
Epilogue: 28-2:3
Chapter 2
Narrative: 5-22
Poetry: 23 (creation of woman)
Epilogue: 24-25
Chapter 3
Narrative: 1-13
Poetry: 14-19 (sin’s curse)
Epilogue: 20-24
Chapter 4
Narrative: 1-22
Poetry: 23-24 (Lamech)
Epilogue: 25-26
a. The Story
b. The Scene
c. The Significance
d. The Savior
a. Implied (“photo negative”)
b. Patterned
c. Promised
d. Present
Seeing Jesus in the OT:
Big Idea:
God’s providence is not disrupted by pain
“When my mind is fixed on the gospel, I have ample stimulation to show God’s love to other people. For I am always willing to show love to others when I am freshly mindful of the love that God has shown to me. Also, the gospel gives me the wherewithal to give forgiving grace to those who have wronged me, for it reminds me daily of the forgiving grace that God is showing me…
~Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer
…Doing good and showing love to those who have wronged me is always the opposite of what my sinful flesh wants me to do. Nonetheless, when I remind myself of my sins against God and of His forgiving and generous grace toward me, I give the gospel an opportunity to reshape my perspective and to put me in a frame of mind wherein I actually desire to give this same grace to those who have wronged me.”
~Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer