1. Rejection is painful2. The Lord is with us
in our pain3. Christ accepts us into
his family
1. Joseph knew what sin was
2. Joseph fought to preserve his integrity
3. Despite doing everything right, Joseph still lost
1. Trials come to prove us2. Use your gifts to serve
others3. Trust the timing of the
Lord
1. In God’s mercies, he gives us a chance to repent
2. Forgiveness is difficult, but powerful with God’s help
3. Love conquers vengeance
Embrace the change that the
Lord allows
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
ECCLESIASTES 3:1
They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do.
PSALM 1:3
A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time…the Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down
to Egypt, but do as I tell you. Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and
bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as
I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.”
GENESIS 26:1-3
So Jacob set out for Egypt with all his possessions. And when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. During the night God
spoke to him in a vision. “Jacob! Jacob!” he called. “Here I am,” Jacob replied. “I am God, the God of your father,” the voice said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great
nation. I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again.”
GENESIS 46:1-4
The Lord calls us to live by faith through hope
For we live by faith, not by sight.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:7
By faith Abraham…he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and
Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and
builder is God.
HEBREWS 11:8-10
A. Jacob asks Joseph to bury him in the Promised Land
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand
under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt, but when I rest with my fathers, carry me
out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.”
GENESIS 47:29-30
All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what
was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were
foreigners and nomads here on earth. Obviously people who say such things are looking forward
to a country they can call their own…
HEBREWS 11:13-16
…if they had longed for the country they came from, they could have gone back.
But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for
he has prepared a city for them.
HEBREWS 11:13-16
A. Jacob asks Joseph to bury him in the Promised Land
B. Joseph asks his family to take his bones with them when they leave Egypt for the Promised Land
“Soon I will die,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt. He will bring you back to the land he
solemnly promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, and he said, “When God comes to
help you and lead you back, you must take my bones with you.”
GENESIS 50:24-25
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites
from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.
HEBREWS 11:22
A. Jacob asks Joseph to bury him in the Promised Land
B. Joseph asks his family to take his bones with them when they leave Egypt for the Promised Land
C. Jacob blesses Manasseh and Ephraim knowing that Ephraim would be greater than Manasseh
But his father refused. “I know, my son; I know,” he replied. “Manasseh will also become a great people,
but his younger brother will become even greater. And his descendants will become a multitude of nations.” So Jacob blessed the boys that day with this blessing: “The people of Israel will use your names when they give a
blessing. They will say, ‘May God make you as prosperous as Ephraim and Manasseh.’” In this way,
Jacob put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
GENESIS 48:19-20
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned
on the top of his staff.
HEBREWS 11:21
That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has
prepared for those who love him.” But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything
and shows us God’s deep secrets.
2 CORINTHIANS 2:9-10
A. Jacob asks Joseph to bury him in the Promised Land
B. Joseph asks his family to take his bones with them when they leave Egypt for the Promised Land
C. Jacob blesses Manasseh and Ephraim knowing that Ephraim would be greater than Manasseh
D. Jacob blesses his sons
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his
descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one
whom all nations will honor.
GENESIS 49:10
Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence
of things we cannot see.
HEBREWS 11:1
They replied, “Your servant our father is still alive and well.” And they bowed down, prostrating
themselves before him.
GENESIS 43:28
The Lord protects, delivers,
and saves his people
You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save
the lives of many people.
GENESIS 50:20
So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing
if we don’t give up.
GALATIANS 6:9