Condell Park Bible Church

Big Idea: God will always preserve His people and provide for all their needs. Encounter 1 - Joseph and his family - 46:28-34 Encounter 2 - Pharaoh and Joseph's family - 47:1-12 Encounter 3 - Joseph and other families - 47:13-27 Word 1 - Promises Word 2 - Providence i. God is at work long before we realise it ii. God can work through many varying means iii. God's providence doesn't abrogate human responsibility Word 3 - Pilgramage Word 4 - Preservation

Pr Brendan Fischer - The Ministry of Assurance

Pr Lyndon Young - Things to Come

There are many improper ways that we respond when we are confronted with our sin. It is essential with God's help that we learn to own our sin.

Pr Brendan Fischer: Does the Disciples Disbelief Discredit?

1. Jacob - the reluctance he showed 2. The Brothers - the kindness they received 3. Joseph - the mystery that surrounds

1- The Kingdom has a city with a temple 2- The Kingdom will draw all nations 3- The Kingdom will be a time of Divine Teaching 4- The Kingdom will have Perfect Justice 5- The Kingdom will be marked by peace

Bro. Gavin Dunn - Behold, He Prayeth

1. Spirituality a) An Encounter with God's Spirit b) The Expression of God's Spirit 2. Secularism a) Secular Principles b) Secular Priorities c) Secular Problems 3. Spiritual People in a Secular World a) Identification with b) Intimidation by c) Isolation from d) Intervention in

1- Man's cure for the covenant infedelity - vs 10-15 2- God's cure for the covenant infidelity - vs 16-20

Big Idea: God can use all the dream shattering realities of life even the evil of others to accomplish His purposes and fulfil His promises 1. Submissive Servanthood - vs 12 - 17 2. Spitful Siblings - vs 18 - 25a 3. Sold into Slavery - vs 25b -36 i. There's not always an answer ii. Avoid self-pity and victimhood iii. Reality of painful providence

Big Idea: God has plans for each of His children and He meticulously prepares us to execute those plans. Understanding joseph: Joseph resolves a lot of the problematic threats presented in the narrative. He is used by God to resolve dangerous threats to the covenant line. Joseph is a problem solver, a threat eradicator, he is a type of savior. 1. God prepares us by testing our commitment (vs 2) 2. God prepares us through difficulties and mistreatment (vs 3-11)

Big Idea: Compromise and assimilation with the world are batttles that God's people of all ages have to fight. Why is this included in Scripture? I. It explains Jacob's prphetic blessings upon his sons II. It explains the prohibition of marrying Canaanites Text Structure Transgression, vs. 1-4 Negotiation, vs. 5-17 Persuasion, vs. 18-24 Retribution, vs. 25-31 1- The danger of adopting the world's sexual ethics 2- The danger of adopting the world's carefree view of sin 3- The danger of adpoting the world's selective morality