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Sermon Summary: God's Orchestration Through Struggle Nick's sermon, based on Genesis 45, focused on the powerful theme of God's sovereignty and His ability to work through even the most painful and challenging circumstances to bring about reconciliation and blessing. The narrative of Joseph revealing himself to his brothers served as the central illustration, highlighting how God's hand was evident in a situation that initially seemed marked by betrayal and suffering. Nick began by acknowledging the transformative power of God's Spirit, noting that the message's impact goes beyond human preparation and delivery. He emphasized the importance of reading and understanding the biblical narrative, particularly the dramatic climax of Joseph's story. The core of the sermon revolved around Joseph's emotional and revelatory moment when he disclosed his identity to his brothers. After sending everyone else away, Joseph wept loudly, expressing the release of years of pent-up pain and trauma. He then reassured his brothers, stating that their act of selling him into slavery was part of God's plan to preserve their lives during the famine. This pivotal moment underscores the sermon's central theme: God's ability to turn adversity into divine purpose. Nick explored the concept of faith, challenging the congregation to consider whether their faith could withstand periods of intense struggle and suffering. He asked, "Is there room in our understanding of how God works in our lives and how much he cares for us that even when it seems that the wheels come off our lives completely and things don't work out as we planned or don't work out as we want, do we have the faith that says we can still trust you Lord?" He urged listeners not to waste their struggles with regret, bitterness, or doubt, but to recognize that God uses these experiences to reveal Himself in profound ways. The sermon delved into the emotional depth of Joseph's experience, acknowledging the years of pain, rejection, and unanswered questions he endured. Nick emphasized that trauma is real and that many people carry deep wounds. He encouraged listeners to bring their pain before God, trusting that He can transform their suffering into a source of blessing. He said, "This that was set to destroy me actually brought me to a place of blessing." Nick highlighted the extraordinary gathering of diverse individuals in the church, attributing it to God's orchestration. He stressed that God's grace, freely given, is more valuable than any worldly possession or power. He encouraged listeners to embrace their struggles, recognizing that God has brought them to this moment for a purpose. The sermon addressed the concept of freedom, distinguishing between worldly notions of freedom and the true freedom found in Christ. Nick asserted that Joseph's freedom came from his heart, free from the pain of past injustices and rooted in the knowledge that he was in God's perfect plan. He urged listeners to fix their eyes on heaven, trusting that God has brought them to their present circumstances. Nick challenged the congregation to adopt a perspective of faith, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges. He emphasized that God is good and in control, even when circumstances suggest otherwise. He encouraged listeners to declare God's faithfulness, regardless of their current struggles. He used the story of his son, an airline pilot, to illustrate the importance of remaining calm and relying on established procedures in the midst of crisis. This analogy highlighted the idea that even in chaotic situations, there is a plan and a God who is in control. Nick concluded by emphasizing the transformative power of faith. When individuals embrace faith, they not only experience God's grace but also become a light to others. He encouraged listeners to share their testimonies, recognizing that God's truth sets people free. The central message was a call to trust in God's sovereignty, even when life is difficult. Nick encouraged his listeners to make the choice to trust God, to acknowledge that, even in the midst of trouble, God is working. He finished by calling the church to worship, and to respond to God. Bible References: Genesis 44: (Joseph testing his brothers) Genesis 45: (Joseph reveals himself to his brothers) Acts (Apostles thrown into prison) Ephesians (Blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ) Transcript Good morning. Good to see you all. It's great. This place is packed. Summer weather has brought everybody out, which is great. I want to echo Mike's prayer there. Thank you for that prayer. There is an element of ministry, of speaking, that is entirely out of our hands. There is preparation. There is thought. There is insight. There are all those things that we try and put into these messages, but there is a dynamic where God then connects with it by His Holy Spirit and brings it to life, even beyond what I can do, what I can say, what I can present. And that's my prayer this morning, that God will bring His Word to life in this short space of time. And beyond anything that I can offer, that the Holy Spirit will speak to us through His Word. And so we're on Genesis 45. Last week it was Genesis 44. We talked about how Joseph tested his brothers by planting a silver cup in the sack and then had them arrested on the way out. And what that whole episode, that puzzling episode, did was reveal somehow the heart, the change that God had brought about, even invisibly, in the lives of these brothers so that we got to the end of that passage where the sentence was being declared that this brother who had been found to have, or supposedly found to have stolen a cup, was going to remain as a slave for the rest of his life and all the other brothers would go back. And then Judah, the one who had originally sold Joseph or led the way in selling Joseph into slavery, stepped forward and said, I couldn't bear for this to happen. Let me stay and let my brother go free. And we saw how Judah, Jesus was the lion of the tribe of Judah, Judah was the father of the tribe of salvation, was actually able to articulate and actually in those actions demonstrate that Christ-like ministry of saying, let me stand in my brother's place and let him go free. And so we're in Genesis 45 and this has been a slow build up to this climax of this story. And I realize we don't read it. We haven't got a lot of time this morning, but I don't always read these passages and say, go home and read them. But it's important that we do read. And this is quite a dramatic moment in the story. So Genesis 45, Joseph could stand it no longer. There were many people in the room and he said to his attendants, out all of you. So he was alone with his brothers when he told them who he was. Then he broke down and wept. He wept so loudly the Egyptians could hear him. The word of it quickly carried to Pharaoh's palace. I am Joseph, he said to his brothers, is my father still alive? But his brothers were speechless. We would be, wouldn't you? They were stunned to realize that Joseph was standing there in front of them. Please come closer, he said to them. So they came closer and he said again, I am Joseph your brother whom you sold into slavery in Egypt, but don't be upset and don't be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives. This famine that has ravaged the land for two years will last five more years and there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors. So it was God who sent me here, not you, and he is the one who made me an advisor to Pharaoh, the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt. Now hurry back to my father and tell him this is what your son Joseph says. God has made me master over all the land of Egypt. God has made me. So come down to me immediately. You can live in the region of Goshen where you can be near me with all your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds and everything you own. I will take care of you there for there are still five years of famine ahead of us. Otherwise your household and all your animals will starve. No pressure. Then Joseph added, look, you can see for yourselves and so can my brother Benjamin that I really am Joseph. Go tell my father of my honored position here in Egypt. Describe for him everything you have seen and then bring my father here quickly. Weeping with joy, he embraced Benjamin and Benjamin did the same. Then Joseph kissed each of his brothers and wept over them and after that they began talking freely with him. The news soon reached Pharaoh's palace. Joseph's brothers have arrived. Pharaoh and his officials were all delighted to hear this. Greg was talking about the joy of a feast, joy of celebration. Pharaoh of all people was, ah, it's awesome news. Joseph's brothers have come. Let's celebrate. Tell your brother this is what you must do. Load your pack animals and hurry back to the land of Canaan. Then get your father and all of your families and return here to me. I will give you the very best land in Egypt and you will eat from the best the land produces. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, tell your brothers take wagons from the land of Egypt to carry your little children and your wives and bring your father here. Don't worry about your personal belongings for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours. So the sons of Jacob did as they were told. Joseph provided them with wagons as Pharaoh had commanded and he gave them supplies for the journey and he gave each of them new clothes. But to Benjamin he gave five changes of clothes and three hundred pieces of silver. He also sent his father ten male donkeys loaded with the finest products of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other supplies he would need on his journey. So Joseph sent his brothers off and as they left he called after them, don't quarrel about this all along the way, and they left Egypt and returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. Joseph is still alive they told him and he is governor of all the land of Egypt. I mean that's not the sort of fanfare you expect is it when they turn back. Jacob was stunned at the news. He couldn't believe it but when they repeated to Jacob everything Joseph had told them and when he saw the wagons Joseph had sent to carry him their father's spirits revived. Then Jacob exclaimed it must be true my son Joseph is alive I must go and see him before I die. Whee! It's a happy ending to this all we're getting there aren't we? He's on the eighth chapter of the story of Joseph and his family and the whole thing will take us to the end another five chapters, thirteen chapters for this family. Over a quarter of a whole book of Genesis given to this family and this story. A dysfunctional family but through whom we can see the working at the hand of God and the unfolding of God's plans and purposes. Not just for them but for all of God's people. For all those that would come after. They were laying the foundations for the whole history of the people of Israel. Thousands of years of history but lessons that are directly relevant to us today. Isn't it amazing how God's Word can be alive talking about a family that was alive for how many years was it four thousand many many years ago. Three thousand eight hundred and fifty apparently years ago. It was and and yet they speak to us today in 2025. Great to be part of this history. The overarching power of faith in God who sees way beyond our own circumstances and way beyond our own sufferings and in his perfect wisdom and perfect love is able to work together things to get us exactly where he wants us to be. The whole of this story and the whole of the driver for what has happened and how these brothers have come to be where they are is against the background of famine. The only reason that these brothers even thought of going to Egypt in the first place was because of the famine. The desperation they had to survive. If it wasn't for famine they wouldn't have been in Joseph's presence. If it wasn't for famine they wouldn't have been in a position where God could declare all that he had done. They wouldn't be in a position where they could find the blessing of the reconciliation that God was bringing about. It was famine that laid the context and the foundation for everything that they experienced. There was nothing spiritual about it, nothing mystical or prophetic. They were forced by circumstances in which they found themselves into a situation in which God revealed himself to them. And there's a lesson in that for us. We want to over-spiritualize things sometimes but there is a lesson that God will force us through the force of circumstances sometimes, through difficult circumstances, through challenging circumstances, through famine, through suffering, through sickness. God will bring us to a point where he can reveal himself to us. He said Joseph could stand it no longer and he sent everybody out and he said to his brothers, I am Joseph. Is my father still alive? And then he said, I am Joseph your brother whom you sold into slavery in Egypt but don't be upset and don't be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives. And the first question this gives me, to me and to us, is about our faith. What does faith mean? Is there room in our understanding of how God works in our lives and how much he cares for us that even when it seems that the wheels come off our lives completely and things don't work out as we planned or don't work out as we want, do we have the faith that says we can still trust you Lord? Can we grit our teeth and trust him come what may? The challenge is not to waste our struggle. Whatever your struggle is, don't waste it with regret or bitterness or sadness or frustration or throw the faith out of the window and say well you know where is God? If God was with me these things wouldn't be happening to me. Whatever it is, whatever you're facing today, you know I can look out and see a sea of faces here but inside there are things going on in your head, things going on in your mind, things that you've got to think about, that you've got to face tomorrow morning or next week or next month, things that are worrying you or causing anxiety, all of those things and you're thinking I don't even know where God is in the middle of it all. Can you have the faith that will decide to look up and look out and say Lord thank you? Joseph said to his brothers don't be upset and don't be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here. God will use the circumstances of our lives. He will use our struggle. He will use our pain to bring us to a point where we see Him in ways that we couldn't see Him any other time. It was famine that brought their blessing. It was our struggle that will bring us to that point. It's a tough word to wrestle with because we don't want that. Like I said last week, we have an idea what our lives would look like if we were blessed but we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ and so on the basis of the fact that we have been blessed we say well Lord thank you because whatever happens you're going to bring me to a point where I see you if I will have eyes to see and ears to hear and heart to understand. Joseph had been through more than many could bear not only the way he was treated by his brothers but the way things worked out in Egypt. He was he was thrown in prison unjustly and so we just read that when he was finally alone with his brothers and he came to the point of telling them who he was he broke down and wept so loudly that the Egyptians could hear him. You forget he was actually in Egypt it sounds like oh they could even hear him in Egypt but no he was in Egypt. But this is trauma. This is the release of years of pain and grief. Years of injustice. Years of wondering what on earth had happened. How did this happen? Years of unanswered questions. Years of rejection. Years of knowing that he was hated by his brothers so much that they even wanted to kill him. That they even were prepared to sell him off and send him into a foreign land and forget about him and pretend to their father that he was dead. This was how he was treated. This is trauma and he's carried that all these years up until this point and he's gone through a process of transformation and God has been working in his life and he's also able to see how God has been working in his brother's life and he realized that the time has come the moment has come that God has orchestrated it so that they are together alone in this room and he says this is it and at the moment that he reveals his identity he breaks down in tears and weeps so loudly that everyone can hear it. The pain is real and whatever I have experienced in life or whatever you have experienced we can't pretend to understand what each other have gone through but whatever it is it's real and for many people life is traumatic. There are many things that we go through that are that we just carry that maybe are just in the background they're just there and life goes on and we plow on and we put a smile on our face and we keep going but there are those moments where it just becomes it just begins to boil over. But as we gather this morning in the presence of God and we put ourselves under his word the challenge is can we freely and without hindrance lift it up to God and say whatever it is Lord whatever you can see whatever you have been through whatever you have experienced whatever pain you carry whatever challenges you have you have wrestled with whatever it is we say Lord whatever it has been you have brought me here. This that was set to destroy me actually brought me to a place of blessing. We have been in the presence of God together this morning whatever your experience of that has been like whatever you felt like in that process we have been in the presence of God together as the circumstances of our life have worked together where else in the world would we all meet? Think of the diversity of of backgrounds of careers of experiences of things that we've gone through there is no other circumstance or no other context where 160 something people like us would meet and sing songs together apart from Wetherspoons or something like that but no that's not there you know that they're just it just it wouldn't happen but God has brought us here today whatever it is whatever your journey has been to bring you to this place God has brought you here and whatever life has given us we have been in the presence of God this morning and we have experienced the free gift of the grace of God something that money can't buy you something that success can't buy something that power can't buy you there's a lot of power play going on in the world at the moment people trying to assert themselves about who's the most powerful and who's the greatest and who's the this and who's the that and yet they've got nothing that we've got this morning and God has brought us with our stumbling ways and our weak liner and the difficulties and difficulties of our struggle he's brought us here this morning don't be upset and don't be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place it was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives that in a nutshell is freedom we've talked a lot about freedom this morning freedom is for freedom that Christ has set us free Erica gave a word about you know being manicured on our ankles there is there's been a just just a celebration of the freedom that God gives us in the gospel there is an awful lot of talk about freedom as well you know we think somehow that somebody else might have the key to my freedom maybe somebody in my family maybe there's been a breakdown in relationship like there was in Joseph's family maybe there's been challenge or struggle maybe it's how angst about the government and you know what freedoms you know they grant us or don't grant us and all of that that goes on and we sometimes we act as if our freedom is in somebody else's hands but in actual fact our freedom is in our own hands don't be upset and don't be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place it was God who sent me here Joseph was free in his heart free of the pain of what had gone on free of what other people had done to him free of what circumstances had done to him and he knew that he was actually he was exactly where God wanted him to be and if we want to understand the route to peace and freedom and joy we cannot afford to fixate on what is happening to us or it's happening around also has happened to us in our past we have to fix our eyes on heaven and say Lord whatever it is you brought me to this place you've brought me to this moment whatever I've gone through and I worship you this morning we have to learn to think and to say things that are almost unthinkable and unsayable but the Bible teaches us that they are true Joseph's brothers must have been amazed Joseph could have destroyed them he could have he could have ruined them there and then you thought you were doing something powerful well I'll show you what power looks like could have had them thrown in prison he could have had them executed he could have he could have done anything to make himself feel better but by the grace of God he was able to fill the situation with faith thinking of mixing up analogies I know but Gregor talked about you know the the feast how it just became a flow of love that it filled the whole situation with love and with generosity and with celebration well we'll add to that faith as well that Joseph in this situation was able to take a terrifying situation for his brothers where they were wondering what was going to happen next and he was able to pour in faith and say actually don't look at it this way but see that God was in it from the beginning he was able to get a perspective on all that had happened to him and also be able to shine a light in his brother's heart he could he had the all self-awareness to know what what had happened to him he knew that God had brought him to this place but also his brothers weren't too sure about what was happening but he could see in them how much God had changed them as well and he was able to shine a light on their understanding and what I want to say this morning is don't fear faith it's not glib to say God is good Ian shared this at the at the prayer evening or the worship evening whichever one it was you know God is good all the time and all the time God is good and people say oh that sounds that's a bit simplistic but it's true don't fear the faith that says God you are good to me don't fear the faith that says it doesn't matter what's happened to me don't fear the fact you say you know what well I've just got to sort out this situation or I've just got to resolve this issue or I've just got to to to have the final say in this circumstance and then I'll feel better now we can have faith that says I can put all that aside don't fear don't be upset don't worry about all that because whatever has happened to me God has brought me to this place don't fear faith that says God is good God is in control God will have the final say don't fear the voice of faith that freely declares all my life you have been faithful say yeah but yeah but yeah but yeah but yeah but there's no yeah but all my life you have been faithful it's the root of freedom and joy and peace how else do you read circumstance you know thousands of years forward and the apostles in the book of acts are thrown into prison and they're flogged and they're and and they're manacled physically manacled and they worship God in the middle of it all it's one of the hardest challenges but the most powerful in terms of our growth in God and our experience of his grace and power and it's hard because we're submerged in our emotions and our fears and our anxiety and we want to make sense of it all before we can climb out of it we say things like well I'll get myself sorted out and then I'll be then I'll worship God I'll just sort out a few things and then I'll be at church and waiting for the fog to clear before we make decisions is a deception choices that we make our choice is a superpower and has nothing to do with how we feel it's the key to our future making choices in the midst of everything that we are going through everything that we are facing my son Jacob is a pilot an airline pilot and he's just it was this time last Sunday when he passed a final test that he had to do and then he was sort of released to be a to be a proper pilot you know flying people around here there and everywhere and it's quite interesting to listen to him talking about the sort of things that would normally make our hair curl he said on his first flight somewhere they they were coming in to land and um so well things weren't going entirely because you can follow him on flight right flight radar things weren't going entirely according to plan and uh then he when he did finally land he sent me a text and said that was a baptism by fire no why what happened and then there's silence nothing happened and then eventually comes oh yeah break failure on landing he said oh wow what yeah what did you do about that well we didn't know what to do so we just had to fly around in circles for a little while and then work out what to do we had to get the get the manuals out and check uh you know what what what was a good idea to do and make a plan actually that made sense to everybody um okay fine and then and then you know and you finally landed and everything was right yeah yeah we landed and then what did you do well the engineer came on and he he turned the plane off for five seconds turned it back on again everything was working this is exciting the point i'm trying to say is that those circumstances might give us anxiety might give us stress you know when you're coming down to land at this world's second busiest airport or whatever it was and suddenly all the alarms are going off and you're you're like 100 feet off the ground and you then you've got to decide what to do he said do you ever get worried about it he said no what's there to worry about we've got procedures we've got plans we've got you know and if we haven't we go fly somewhere and fly around in circles until we do work it out and then and then we bring it back and you know it's like that sort of and i admire that sort of training it's that sort of self-awareness that can say actually there there's no point panicking there's no point being anxious about there's no point sweating in fact this probably helps the rest of the passages if the pilot doesn't get anxious and uh you know and just take a breath and say right we're going to fly out there we're going to go around in a circle we're going to work out what's going to happen then we'll kind of bring it back and i know it's not that easy but there is there is a principle there that we can actually say okay well there is you know he said we know we got the 400 page manual out and started flicking through it trying to look for the chapter on brake failure i know and it's like well there is there is that element where we know that we are safe in the hands of god that we can take a breath that we can we can we don't need to panic we don't need to flap around we don't need to to do anything else but we can actually make a plan we can be free in our response to god and so without conditions we say to god you are good and i trust you and whatever has brought me to this point whatever i've had to face whatever i've suffered whatever i've lost i thank you that through it all i have found you there are many things in your life that you might have chosen not to have happen but can you see how they piece together and how they've brought you to today and can we say thank you thank you god because you have been good to me all my life you didn't these things set out to destroy me in fact they could have destroyed me but instead they brought me to life that's faith and just like joseph when you take that position of faith and the light of grace shines in and through your life you light up the world for others to see it's not that's why we have testimony and things you know when you when when we're able to share our faith and understanding and our understanding of what god has done in our life and what he said and then it can it can shine a light in somebody else's um life now they might not always respond with oh praise the lord that's marvelous you might think well it's all right for you know that people have all sorts of different responses and reactions but ultimately it is the truth that sets us free the truth that god is in control of our lives and joseph saw that joseph knew that if he had not gone through all he went through his declarations of faith would have been worthless but those things never destroyed him god glorified himself in his life and in the life of his family joseph would never have chosen to go through all that he went through he would never have wanted his brothers to do all of that but because he found freedom in god freedom through his faith freedom through his understanding that god was in control from start to finish he could say right okay i'll accept it and i'll trust you lord because you have brought me to this place that's the word that i want to share this morning that there are many things that we might might take our attention might take our energy might take our our anxiety might might rob us of our peace so i just wish that these things hadn't happened i wish they weren't happening to me or i wish my life was different or i wish this situation in my family wasn't there or whatever and and we take the lesson from joseph and the light that he shines into our hearts to say actually in the middle of all of that we still have choices we're not waiting for things to sort themselves out not waiting for that person to come and say sorry to me i'm not waiting for for these circumstances to to work out differently because we'll waste our life we'll spend our whole life being robbed of joy and peace and faith while we wait for other people to give us our freedom in actual fact we have the choice to take our freedom and to trust in god and to believe in him and to say lord you've done it you have done it you've done it all and i thank you that i'm here today in your presence with your people and i have an opportunity to grow in faith from this day i don't have to pick through all the stuff and unpick it all and fix it all first before you can do anything in my life but i can i can find you today and there is a choice that we can make this morning there is a choice that we can uh adopt to say lord thank you what is it that troubles you what is it that you wish was different what is it that you wish hadn't happened what is it about your life that causes you to struggle can you as we turn our hearts to god can you as we respond to god can you say lord whatever it is it's brought me to today it's brought me to this place and i thank you that i have the choice to make that people aren't making choices for me theme of reconciliation and all that and the fact that broken relationships and challenges they're all part of our lives people people are difficult they challenge us and they vex us but they don't have the power over our life and our choices only we have that and we can choose to respond in faith and so maybe the worship team could come as we finish

If the Lord was with Joseph, and if Joseph remained faithful and persevered, why does it seem like things went from bad to worse in his life? Throughout the Bible there is a paradoxical principle, before exaltation comes humiliation. As we take a closer look at Joseph's exaltation and Pharaoh's humiliation, we will see that the Lord is the one who exalts the humble and humbles the exalted.

Here is a summary of Nick's sermon: The Chaotic World: Nick begins by acknowledging the chaos in the world, referencing the scientific principle of entropy and the negative news we see daily. However, he emphasizes that God's work is to push back against this chaos, bringing order and hope. Except God: Nick introduces the Ghanaian symbol "Gye Nyame," meaning "except God," as a central theme. He reflects on how, without God's grace, life would be lost and emphasizes God's silent influence in transforming lives. God's Faithfulness: Nick highlights God's faithfulness even when we are faithless, drawing from scripture to illustrate God's constant presence and care. Joseph's Brothers: Nick uses the story of Joseph and his brothers to demonstrate how God works even in the midst of flawed individuals. He points out how God shaped Joseph's brothers, transforming them from "lost causes" into better people. God's Work in Our Lives: Nick encourages listeners to recognize God's ongoing work in their lives, even in dark and chaotic moments. He emphasizes the transformative power of trusting God, leading from slavery to sin to slavery to righteousness. Judah's Transformation: Nick focuses on Judah's selfless act of offering himself as a slave to free his brother, highlighting this as a manifestation of God's heart and a foreshadowing of Jesus' sacrifice. God's Plan: Nick explains that God's plan, including Jesus' crucifixion, was in place before the foundation of the earth. He encourages listeners to see God's will working through the messiness of life. Trusting God: Nick concludes by urging listeners to trust God, acknowledging their blessings in Christ and recognizing that challenges serve to magnify God's work in their lives. He uses the analogy of calming a frantic dog to illustrate the need to return to God's presence and trust in Him. Here are the Bible references used in the sermon: Genesis 1 Genesis 38 Genesis 44 Transcript in Genesis and it's a 50 yeah so May May that's our our our heading where we where we end up the titles it's often commented about the titles that we have there's a sort of a background outline of Genesis that we use like these titles are there and they very rarely connect with with what we actually believe God is saying to us at the time but it's a good enough title and that today it's a changing world last time I talked about the things we observe in everyday life how things can become more or do become more chaotic as I mentioned the scientific principle of all theory of entropy that everything tends towards chaos that things deteriorate bad things get worse if you buy a car it rusts there's all of that process that things don't get better they get worse and we only have to turn on our TV or open up the internet and to see what is happening it just feels like there is a whole downwards a downhill rush towards chaos and then we reflected that in actual fact the work of God and in the world and in our lives is to push back against the chaos and to actually be a life force in us that that goes against nature that actually creates something wonderful out of darkness that we went back to Genesis 1 and remembered that in the beginning there was darkness and there was chaos and there was there was nothing there and the Spirit of God hovered over it and then at one moment God said let there be light and he called the chaos into order and he started to bring all the random atoms and everything that was around and he gathered them together and he made you and me I mean there anybody that looks into the the physiology and the biology of the human of the human being can't fail to see the hand of God bringing order out of chaos pushing back bringing direction hope and solution in Ghana there is a traditional symbol can shot on the screen grab a few if it will come up there we are genuinely it's very very well now you see it everywhere you go to Ghana those of you that that many of you know Ghana better than I do but if you go there you see this all over the place it's carved it's made into jewelry there's there's all sorts of depictions of it it's and Jane Yami means simply means except to God except God and for those who have encountered the grace of God the power of God who attach their lives to Christ and have set their selves to follow him we can honestly sum up our testimonies in those two words we said except God if they we accept God there is nothing you know we used to sing that song father God I wonder how I managed to exist without the knowledge of your parenthood and your loving care and when I was young and naive I'm old and wise now but when I was young and naive you know I used to think well yeah I don't know you know I don't exactly know what that means but as you get older and as you go through life you really can say yeah without the knowledge of your parenthood and your loving care how did I exist how how does anything happen except God where without God where would you be think about it just for a moment just reflect as I'm talking think about your life without the grace of God where would you be you might not always understand what he does you might not always like what he does you might not always enjoy what it means to live life on this earth you might wish that your life had taken a different path you might wish that you had a different family or you were born into different circumstances or you had a bit more of an advantage in life but truly honestly we can say without God and his intervention and the silent influence to transform our lives and to fight back against the chaos we would absolutely be lost and everybody and time and time again when people stand up here to give a testimony is if they if they had given up on faith in God that would have just been lost awash in a sea of chaos and yet they're able to say people are able to say week after week but God except God this was the way things were going but God intervened but God did something and it's there it's this except God principle that we have to remember and we have to remind that we're not calling him down from from out from afar but he's within us that he's he's given us his Holy Spirit and he walks alongside us even when we don't know you know when we are faithless the Bible teaches us he is faithful when we don't regard him he regards us when we ignore him he draws close to us he is faithful in every way all my life you have been faithful all my life you have been so so good and we can say that whether we feel it or whether we don't because it's an objective fact that we learn from the scripture that all our lives God is faithful and except God we would be utterly lost now Genesis Joseph's brothers didn't start well if you've been following the story the box set as it's been unfolding you might even say they were lost causes from the outset they were hopeless horrible horrible nasty pieces of work they didn't like Joseph and his coat Joseph perhaps was a little bit of an upstart a little bit unpleasant probably had a grating personality but I don't know if he deserved what happened to him but his brothers did it to him anyway they they set about to destroy him to have him first of all killed and when he wasn't killed they wanted to sell him off into slavery and they deceived their father into with a with a false story about what had happened but as I said in one of our previous messages if you've remembered it but if you haven't remembered it you get a little bit again today silently imperceptibly these fathers of the 12 tribes of Israel being shaped and fashioned and schooled in the ways of God so they ended up better than when they started God was working against the chaos fashioning them quietly and while they would do it they were just living their own life they were doing their own thing following their own instincts sometimes but God was still working still going at it and sometimes we think that God will only come and work in my life when I've got everything right when I've prepared the room for him when I call him down and he says all right I'm ready now now you've you know now you've decided that you're gonna pay me some attention I'll come and join you that's not it even when we're in our darkest most chaotic most lost moments God is committed to us in actually working against the chaos as we put our faith and our trust in him you might look at your life and think well what hope is there for me maybe if I hadn't messed up quite so much maybe if I said earlier if I had more of an advantage in life maybe if I had a different family maybe if things were different for me things might have worked out better but that is where we need to look and to open up our eyes and see that God is working in our lives if you give yourself to him if you open your heart to him if you trust him not just today nor next week but for the whole long haul through every circumstance of life through every success and failure if you trust him not only to forgive your sin you know when you think oh no I've messed up again Lord forgive me and then you go on again it's not about just day by day sin but deliverance from the power of sin over your life so that we're actually set to live a different life as I've said before the Bible says that before we knew him we were slaves to sin slaves to sin you know if you're a slave you don't have any choice over what you do do you you don't have any say in what you do you just do what your master tells you to do and so if you're a slave to sin guess what happens but says that through the power through the power of God he has transformed us from being slaves to sin to being slaves to righteousness so slave so if we're a slave to righteous we do we don't really have a day by day choice am I going to be you know what am I going to be whatever we're slaves to righteousness and slowly imperceptibly we are transformed into the image of God because of the work that he has said about to do in us he who began a good work in us it's faithful to bring it to completion and we will look back and see just what God can do every single one and while you're sitting there this morning listening to me disqualifying yourself and thinking well yeah it's not for me remember you are not exempt from the grace of God except God you wouldn't be here except God God will do and you will never see him disappointing you and you might say well he's already disappointed me compare our pain can bear our angst but the truth is he doesn't disappoint us he brings us to transformation by the grace of God Joseph seemed to have an awareness of the possibility that his brothers had changed you see he was now in power he wasn't in a pit anymore looking at his torn coat I'm thinking you know what's gonna happen to me he was he wasn't in jail anymore he was now the Prime Minister of Egypt for want of a better term he had enough power to judge them and to destroy them based on what they'd done and yet he chose to try and find out what were they now maybe they're different he saw the grace of God on his own life he understood that he was only where he was now because of God how could you be thrown into a pit be left for dead dragged up sold it to slaves to slow sold into slavery go into Egypt and go through all they went to be thrown into prison for years and years come back and finally he's here except God it's only God that can do that and he knew that that God had been at work in his life and as he said later I don't want to steal anybody's thunder but when he said later you know what you meant for evil God meant for good he was beginning to understand that God was at work in all of these circumstances that's why we sing praise praise the Lord there's our praise when I'm sure and I'm praise when I'm doubting there's as long as I'm breathing I've got a reason to praise the Lord Joseph was seeing that in his own life and so he thought that if well if God has done all this for me as a result of what they did then maybe just maybe God has also been at work in them and it was certainly possible and he wanted to see and what he did in this story and I'd urge you to read it reveals the treasure that God had been working in their lives treasure in jars of clay treasure in imperfect jars like ours are but treasure nevertheless and so these brothers had come back to Egypt and they brought their youngest brother Benjamin Benjamin was Joseph's blood brother Benjamin was the son of Rachel just as Joseph was and he loved Benjamin when they brought him earlier on to his house when I spoke last time he gave Benjamin five times as much food as everybody else Joseph was into the whole concept of favorites and he he just loved Benjamin and they and he had insisted and he'd worked it out that they would bring Benjamin to see him and it was time for them now to leave and as they prepared to leave Joseph did something very strange he arranged for his silver cup to be planted in Benjamin's sack and for them to be arrested on the way home for stealing sounds very loving doesn't it the only conceivable reason I can think of is so that he and we could see what happened to these brothers over the long years since they conspired to destroy Joseph so the cup was discovered they were horrified and they heard the sentence that Joseph had said that when they find this cup that he'd put in the sack when they find this tell them that that brother that owns that sack will become my slave and everybody else will go they were horrified that Benjamin would stay as Joseph's slave and the others would go free and so we start to see you can't even believe this is the same bunch of wasters that messed up all those chapters ago they started to express something different they were horrified I mean they basically they've got a get out of jail free card the brothers from before the brothers of yesteryear might have said oh too bad Benjamin see you later we're off but they said no we cannot leave him here on his own they would have jumped at the opportunity before but against the odds remember the work of God in their lives against are they beginning to react differently respond differently now and in verse 18 there's a really powerful verse chances chapter 44 verse 18 simply says then Judah stepped forward Judah stepped forward and said please my lord let your servant say just one word to you please do not be angry with me even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself Judah had led the conspiracy to destroy Joseph Judah had deceived his father Judah had behaved so badly when it came to Tamar his daughter-in-law go back to Genesis 38 in that parental advisory chapter that we that we read about go back there and see just what Judah used to be like he was a lost cause to any normal eyes but in this moment Judah stepped forward stepped forward and spoke he pleaded for mercy on behalf of his brother on the basis that mercy must be shown to their father he said I cannot go back without this boy because it will kill my father it would be it will be the worst possible thing my father cannot bear that grief and I cannot do it to him and in one moment it's as if all the dross falls away and we begin to see I said about treasure in jars of clay it's almost like the clay comes away and you start to see well this is beautiful he said so please my lord let me stay here as a slave instead of the boy and let the boy return with his brothers for how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me I couldn't bear to see the anguish that this would cause my father Judah stepped forward and says don't keep him here keep me he would give up himself that his brothers could go free I think well what's happened to Judah who's got who give him back this is this is a miracle David talked about miracles miracles miracles miracles that God is working quietly and imperceptibly in our lives Genesis is a long and complex history of families it's the beginning it's the foundation of our understanding of how God works I don't know about you if you ever watch those well I'm sure you have watched them those long and involved box set things you know detective stories Netflix or whatever it is whoever subscribes to the devil's own channel like that I hear you start off with a six-part thing and you think right I'm gonna get this I'm gonna follow it all the way through and I'm gonna pick up all the threads and at the end of it I'm gonna be able to tell you exactly who done it and and when and when they when it's all revealed I'm gonna say I knew that because I've followed it through I'm clever but about half an hour in I get lost I said to Erica what's happening who's that where do they come from I don't remember that there was Vera that's one of them that's the worst trouble with Vera is that you follow you try and follow through work it all out and in somebody who's never been in the story for the last two hours turns up and turns out to be the murderer but anyway but you end up waiting for the final episode to for everything to become clear and to make sense and dare I say it without being irreverent that the Bible can seem a bit like that at times but you start by thinking you know what's happening but then you get slightly lost and slightly confused you think okay and even reading Genesis even preparing to speak on Genesis you like well I think I understand it and you go in backwards and forwards and trying to pick up the threads but it's a gradual unfolding and a revealing of God's plans and purposes until we arrive at the final episode at the cross and then we have the rest of the New Testament to pick and explain what all that means but when you get to the cross and you see and you begin to understand that what Jesus was doing as he and we're going to celebrate that as we go through Easter aren't we what Jesus was doing as he stepped forward and he gave himself to be nailed on a cross and he gave himself to be punished and he gave himself to suffer and he gave himself to go through all that he went to in order that we might go free then just like a box set if you take time to go over it again then you can pick up the clue say oh I should have seen that and Genesis even though it's way back at the beginning of the scripture even though it's thousands of years before this you can pick up the clues all the way through whether it's Abraham about to sacrifice his only son and as he lifts the knife there's a ram in the thicket and you know saying God himself will provide a ram and it begins to unfold and there is story after story that if you have eyes to see maybe if you just read it on its own you think what does that mean a ram why would God give somebody a son and then tell them tell him to sacrifice him what's all that about but when you go through the whole story and you go through to you know episode 21 of season 6 and you get here then you begin to understand and you go back to all right okay let's watch it again let's let's think about it again and this is what was happening here in this case it's Judah the son of Leah the one who wasn't wanted the one who was rejected the one who wasn't picked and then Judah became the head of the tribe from which Jesus was born the Lion of the tribe of Judah and in this story Judah stepped forward and offered himself as a sacrifice so that his brothers could go free Judah was manifesting God he didn't even know himself what he was doing I'm sure but God was at work in his heart to the extent that he was filling the space and he was making him a better person he was shaping his character and at this crucial moment he stepped forward and revealed the heart of God said let me stay let me give my life in order that these brothers of mine might go free that he was manifesting the heart of the gospel way back at the beginning of history and what it shows is that there is no plan B that this is what God wanted from the beginning they didn't look and say oh it's got in a real mess and now I've got to come up with something in order to put it right no in actual fact the lamb that was slain the Jesus that was crucified was crucified before the foundation of the earth he was crucified before how do we work this out I don't know but he was before Genesis was written and so therefore all of this was laid down all of this was in place all of this was there for us before all of this history started to work out and so when we look at it and we scratch our heads and we think what a mess what an absolute car crash of these families and everything else going on you begin to see the threads of God's will and his heart working out and being manifest through it all and you see as somebody eloquently put it one Christ in all the scriptures you see all the way through and we'll go as we continue you see more and more and more Judah was manifest Judah was preaching the gospel thousands of years before Judah work before Jesus was born Judah was redeemed brought back from the edge of destruction and God began a work in him that was not evident until he was tested by Joseph and the full beauty of what had happened was revealed when you look at your life and you wonder what is God doing and then you look at your circumstances you think I wish these things wouldn't happen why has God allowed these things to happen remember it's those things sometimes and many times that reveal the beauty of what God is doing in our lives he revealed the reality of it if everything was just handed to us on a plate we would have nothing of value but because we go through all that we go through because we are tested because we are tried because we meet injustice because we are sad because we grieve because we are complexed all of those things serve to reveal the heart of God in our lives and what he is doing Judah came from nothing Judah came from sin to be the father of the tribe of salvation the salvation that has been planned from before the beginning of time and slowly slowly God has been working out through history and working it out through our lives you might have an idea what your life would look like if I were blessed you ever play that game what if I won the lottery we couldn't win the lottery of course because we never play it do we but if you if you if you if you say well what if I had a million pounds this is what I would do I'd have a new lawnmower I'd have some new some new spoons and and everything would be would be good all right okay it'll go into a trust fund until I'm old enough to spend it but if I were blessed what would my life look like and we remember that the Bible teaches us that we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ every spiritual blessing he hasn't reserved anything he's poured it out even the national lottery don't give us everything they've got but God has given us everything poured out on our lives we are blessed and so the things that challenge confuse distress us are all designed to magnify what God is doing in our lives it's painful to think about sometimes we don't like it but Jesus the Lion of the tribe of Judah has stepped forward on our behalf and because of him we are free we don't have to wonder we don't have to guess anymore we can trust God whatever happens that's what happened at Easter as we approach it that there was a moment where God said what is going to happen because the only the only path the only course of action I have is to judge them and Jesus stepped forward and said take let me take it that they might go free and that's our blessing in the pattern of what was happening in Genesis and so my request at the end of all this is very very simple sometimes we over complicate things we twist ourselves in knots we try to understand God and we just need to bring ourselves back to the center and breathe and say okay Jesus I trust you because I've not come into this late I've not come into this you know as somebody's sort of banging on the door trying that you called me from before the beginning of time that you have purposes for my life that you have blessed me with every spiritual blessing in Christ that Christ has paved the way for me from before the beginning of time there is no plan b in my life Jesus I trust you we're not asking for lightning bolts from heaven just the ability to trust for the journey maybe you feel like you've never ever done it you've never actually let go of everything that is causing you angst and said all right Lord I trust you don't know what that means don't know what it looks like but I see that you have always been there and you will always be there and you will every step of the way all my life you have been and you will be faithful and sometimes for us it's a it's a coming back always hesitate to use these analogies because I'm not likening this to to dogs or anything else but I have a challenge with my dog that sometimes you know he can he can be wonderfully well behaved and trotting along like a cruft champion sometimes and and other times he goes absolutely ballistic because there's something has happened a pigeon has flown across his path or something he gets all terribly worked up and what I've realized is there's you know all the fighting with the lead and you know shouting and trying to communicate and he doesn't speak English I found out and uh and so I just have to pull him back pull him back to the center get him to sit down and stand still and we just stand there together like this doing nothing except calming down and thinking okay and the reason that he's jumping up and down and running in every direction is because he's afraid or because he's stimulated because he he wants to do something but he's like something has overtaken his brain we know what that feels like don't we fear and anxiety and insecurity and worry they take over our brain and we run in every different direction and there comes a time when god just wants to say all right come back let's let's just sit down together breathe a little bit calm down and start again trust me because he's always there in the middle sometimes it's in the middle of our franticness we say lord where are you where are you where are you come lord help me why have you let this happen and he's just there like all right come back to the beginning and just as I finish there's a chorus that came to mind which I won't sing to you but I will share the words very simply I don't know why it came out maybe it's just inspired by the holy spirit I need thee oh I need thee every hour I need thee oh bless me now my savior I come to thee I need thee oh I need thee every hour I need thee oh bless me now my savior I come to thee and just like with Alfie my dog like I said he doesn't speak English the words the conversation doesn't produce much fruit and sometimes it's just being aware that actually in my presence he's safe and he can afford to calm down and maybe there is that element to our relationship with God that we can't work it all out in conversation sometimes we can't articulate what we feel we don't quite know what it means if we're honest to listen to God because we we can't hear him speaking and you know there's all of that stuff goes on and sometimes it's just a matter of sitting in his presence and saying lord I need you and I trust you and I believe in you Jesus I believe in you and maybe we can sing that song Jesus I believe in you is that right unless you've got a different one oh very good Erica's all on her own and just as we do this I would urge you if there's anything in response in you if you know what it's a bit like to be that frantic person running in every direction trying to work out as you go where is God and you know there comes a moment where you just have to lay it all aside and you have to sit still and you have to listen and you have to breathe and you have to say lord I trust you then trust him and if it will help you just as Judah's moment was very very powerful when he stepped forward there is power in stepping forward if you would like to step forward and come here and just as a declaration if maybe you can't speak the words but you know you want to trust in the lord maybe for the first time maybe for the hundredth time but you can come and you can physically stand in his presence and if you want someone to pray for you someone will pray

Genesis "Joseph Tests His Brothers" (Genesis 44–45) Sermon Notes March 23, 2025 Cary Robinson • Adults 55+ Pastor   Presented by McGregor Podcast 2025 Visit Our Website at McGregorPodcast.com

“Heroes: Lessons From Genesis - Joseph: The Hand of God” Genesis 50:15-21, Romans 8:28 Rev. John Allen uses Joseph's story as an example of God's providence. Recorded live at Stonebridge United Methodist Church in McKinney, Texas. For more information, please visit www.mysumc.org.

Genesis "Joseph The Dreamer" (Genesis 37:1-11) Sermon Notes February 9, 2025 Russell Howard • Lead Pastor   Presented by McGregor Podcast 2025 Visit Our Website at McGregorPodcast.com

Finding Agency in Impossible SituationsLectionary Date: February 23, 2025 [7th Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C]Paul is up with some reflections on the climax of the Genesis Joseph novella—both its "Hallmark-ish" quality and its reflection of real-life trauma.

Genesis - Joseph's brothers sent to Egypt. Simeon is held hostage. The return to Egypt. Joseph sees Benjamin.

Outline:IntroductionChrist in Joseph's ProsperityChrist in Joseph's Righteous ExileJoseph Identified with Hagar, Christ Identified with the OutcastChrist in Joseph's PrisonChrist in Joseph's Ascension as KingChrist in the Brothers' DescentThe First DescentSaint Athanasius ChurchContra Mundum SwaggerVideo Version

Outline:IntroductionThe Story Arc of Joseph is ChristologicalChrist in The Young ProphetChrist in Joseph's VestmentsChrist in Joseph as the Object of the Father's Love and the Brothers' HateChrist in Joseph's DreamsChrist's Passion Joseph's Brother's BetrayalChrist in Tamar's Righteous DeceptionThe First Adam in JudahChrist in Perez and ZerahChargeSaint Athanasius ChurchContra Mundum SwaggerVideo Version

Joseph was used by God to bring salvation to the house of Israel, with obvious parallels to Jesus. 

Joseph's story started poorly.--Within moments of being introduced in Scripture, Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers. And not long after, he found himself in prison. So, where was God when calamity struck-- That will be the focus of today's study in Genesis 37.--Questions That We'll Answer--A- Why did Joseph's brothers hate him so much----B- Why did God allow Joseph to face so many hardships---C- Where is God when our own circumstances grow dark------Web- www.fpcgulfport.org-sermons

Joseph's story started poorly.--Within moments of being introduced in Scripture, Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers. And not long after, he found himself in prison. So, where was God when calamity struck-- That will be the focus of today's study in Genesis 37.--Questions That We'll Answer--A- Why did Joseph's brothers hate him so much----B- Why did God allow Joseph to face so many hardships---C- Where is God when our own circumstances grow dark------Web- www.fpcgulfport.org-sermons

Joseph's story started poorly. Within moments of being introduced in Scripture, Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers. And not long after, he found himself in prison. So, where was God when calamity struck? That will be the focus of today's study in Genesis 37. Questions That We'll Answer: A) Why did Joseph's … Read More Read More

Joseph's story started poorly. Within moments of being introduced in Scripture, Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers. And not long after, he found himself in prison. So, where was God when calamity struck? That will be the focus of today's study in Genesis 37. Questions That We'll Answer: A) Why did Joseph's … Read More Read More

Joseph's story started poorly. Within moments of being introduced in Scripture, Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers. And not long after, he found himself in prison. So, where was God when calamity struck? That will be the focus of today's study in Genesis 37. Questions That We'll Answer: A) Why did Joseph's … Read More Read More

Joseph's story started poorly. Within moments of being introduced in Scripture, Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers. And not long after, he found himself in prison. So, where was God when calamity struck? That will be the focus of today's study in Genesis 37. Questions That We'll Answer: A) Why did Joseph's … Read More Read More

Joseph's story started poorly. Within moments of being introduced in Scripture, Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers. And not long after, he found himself in prison. So, where was God when calamity struck? That will be the focus of today's study in Genesis 37. Questions That We'll Answer: A) Why did Joseph's … Read More Read More

Joseph's story started poorly. Within moments of being introduced in Scripture, Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers. And not long after, he found himself in prison. So, where was God when calamity struck? That will be the focus of today's study in Genesis 37. Questions That We'll Answer: A) Why did Joseph's … Read More Read More

A new MP3 sermon from First Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Genesis: Joseph And The Coat Of Many Colors Subtitle: Book Of Genesis Speaker: Dr. Toby B. Holt Broadcaster: First Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/16/2024 Bible: Genesis 37:1; Genesis 37 Length: 25 min.

A new MP3 sermon from First Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Genesis: Joseph And The Coat Of Many Colors Subtitle: Book Of Genesis Speaker: Dr. Toby B. Holt Broadcaster: First Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/16/2024 Bible: Genesis 37:1; Genesis 37 Length: 25 min.

A new MP3 sermon from First Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Genesis: Joseph And The Coat Of Many Colors Subtitle: Book Of Genesis Speaker: Dr. Toby B. Holt Broadcaster: First Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/16/2024 Bible: Genesis 37:1; Genesis 37 Length: 25 min.

A new MP3 sermon from First Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Genesis: Joseph And The Coat Of Many Colors Subtitle: Book Of Genesis Speaker: Dr. Toby B. Holt Broadcaster: First Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/16/2024 Bible: Genesis 37:1; Genesis 37 Length: 25 min.

A new MP3 sermon from First Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Genesis: Joseph And The Coat Of Many Colors Subtitle: Book Of Genesis Speaker: Dr. Toby B. Holt Broadcaster: First Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/16/2024 Bible: Genesis 37:1; Genesis 37 Length: 25 min.

A new MP3 sermon from First Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Genesis: Joseph And The Coat Of Many Colors Subtitle: Book Of Genesis Speaker: Dr. Toby B. Holt Broadcaster: First Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/16/2024 Bible: Genesis 37:1; Genesis 37 Length: 25 min.

A new MP3 sermon from First Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Genesis: Joseph And The Coat Of Many Colors Subtitle: Book Of Genesis Speaker: Dr. Toby B. Holt Broadcaster: First Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/16/2024 Bible: Genesis 37:1; Genesis 37 Length: 25 min.

A new MP3 sermon from First Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Genesis: Joseph And The Coat Of Many Colors Subtitle: Book Of Genesis Speaker: Dr. Toby B. Holt Broadcaster: First Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/16/2024 Bible: Genesis 37:1; Genesis 37 Length: 25 min.

A new MP3 sermon from First Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Genesis: Joseph And The Coat Of Many Colors Subtitle: Book Of Genesis Speaker: Dr. Toby B. Holt Broadcaster: First Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/16/2024 Bible: Genesis 37:1; Genesis 37 Length: 25 min.

Joseph's story started poorly. Within moments of being introduced in Scripture, Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers. And not long after, he found himself in prison. So, where was God when calamity struck? That will be the focus of today's study in Genesis 37. Questions That We'll Answer: A) Why did Joseph's … Read More Read More

Dr. Steven Roby Genesis 41:1-57

Joseph's story started poorly.Within moments of being introduced in Scripture, Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers. And not long after, he found himself in prison. So, where was God when calamity struck? That will be the focus of today's study in Genesis 37.Questions That We'll Answer:A) Why did Joseph's brothers hate him so much?B) Why did God allow Joseph to face so many hardships?C) Where is God when our own circumstances grow dark?Web: www.fpcgulfport.org/sermons

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When Joseph saw the change in his brothers and God's sovereign hand in his own life, he forgave and reconciled with his brothers and family. God sovereignly changes His people so they can forgive & reconcile with others. (Text: Genesis 45)  

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Genesis - Joseph's success in Egypt. Joseph Imprisoned. Joseph interprets a dream. Matthew - Authority of two sons. Parable of the landowner.

How can we be transformed through forgiveness? Julie Yoder speaks truth to how we can receive lasting freedom when we forgive others and as well as when ask to be forgiven, as God is good and causes everything to work together for the good of those who love Him in her message, "Transformed by Truth | Genesis: Joseph & Judah".

J-J-J-Joseph! The Dreamer and his dreamcoat: a pop-culture construct or a biblical reality? Alex and Jo explore Joseph, his story, the weird inclusions that seem off-topic, and the realisation that Joseph continues the story of God delivering on His promises to provide descendants, place and blessing... But how can that be when Joseph finds himself ensconced in the leadership of Egypt, the ancient enemy and world superpower of antiquity?Resources/Links mentioned in this episode, or as references or helpful for Bible Streams:Book: Genesis (NIVAC) - by John WaltonBook: Genesis (NICOT) - by Victor P. HamiltonBook: Genesis (Tyndale) - by Andrew E. SteinmanBook: Genesis: A Commentary - by Bruce K. WaltkeBook: Genesis 16-50, Volume 2 - by Gordon J. WenhamBig thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

Pastor Fletcher returns to Joseph's story with a message from Genesis 39.

The Genesis story continues with Joseph in Genesis 37.

Genesis is our origin story. The Bible starts with ‘the beginning' and takes us on an epic journey of humanity. In Genesis, we see God's creation and wisdom and what happens when people reject God's way. But we also get a taste of redemption and see over and over again the promises of God and the love he has for us. We are made and loved by God, and we can know him through his word.