Genesis ends with a preview of the exodus, the power to suffer and forgive, and the promised hope of the resurrection.
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SERMONS
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Genesis ends with a preview of the exodus, the power to suffer and forgive, and the promised hope of the resurrection.
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Jesus is the promised king from the line of Judah, which means we owe him our obedience.
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In Jacob adopting Joseph's sons into his family, we see a picture of what God does for us in Jesus. In Jesus, we are blessed by God and belong to his family.
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Through the story of God saving the Israelites from famine by settling them in the land of Goshen in Egypt we are encouraged to cling to faith in his eternal promises to us.
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In Joseph bringing his family to Egypt and providing for them, we get a picture of what Jesus is doing for us to bring us home and provide for us on the way.
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In this passage, we see that substitutionary sacrifice and sacrificial love are both the heart of the gospel and the pattern for our Christian lives.
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In Genesis 43 the tests from Joseph, the response of his brothers, and the example of Jacob challenge us to ask ourselves how we respond in challenging situations.
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Joseph’s reunion with his brothers points to the reconciliation and forgiveness we have in Jesus.
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This story is about where the answers are, where the bread is. God is going to show us through this story that his divine game plan is that he is going to draw and provide blessing for the whole earth through the appointing of a man who trusts, obeys, and rules over all things for their flourishing.
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While in prison, Joseph gives us a model of how to suffer well and points us to Jesus.
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Joseph is faithful in Potiphar's house and the prison, and this points us to Jesus and gives us an example to follow.
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God works through the broken situation of Judah and Tamar to bring Jesus into the world.
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Through the story of the betrayal of Joseph and selling him into slavery we see that God is sovereign over sin and suffering.
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Genesis 36-37:11 shows us what real blessing is through the details about Esau and the introductory story of Joseph. Real blessing blessing is a life receiving the love of God in Jesus and content with waiting on the promises of God while having nothing but him.
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Even after seeing God’s faithfulness to Jacob, in the light of the brokenness of the world around us, we are left aching for all this brokenness to be made right once and for all.
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The story of Genesis 34 shows us God's justice, the heart of God, and the good news of the gospel.
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Like the miraculous reconciliation between Jacob and Esau, we are now reconciled back to God through Christ. We are no longer exiles, trying to scratch up our own blessing, paralyzed by fear of meeting the one we have wronged. In Christ we are reconciled to God, saved by his life, and free to rejoice and walk in obedience to him.
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Jacob’s night of wrestling with God shows us that God’s grace and blessing is made perfect in our weakness.
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God blesses, calls, and protects His people as they experience injustice, accusation, and fear.
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God faithfully moves directly in our lives to fulfill his promises.
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