III. APPLICATION
JACOB AND JOSEPH A. WE CAN BE MISTAKEN
Reading: Genesis 37:31-35 1. Jacob knew Joseph was dead — and he was mistaken.
I. INTRODUCTION 2. Paul was mistaken — Acts 23:1; 26:9-11
1. Discuss a familiar story from Genesis … Jacob’s grief. 3. Eve was mistaken and deceived — 1 Timothy 2:13-14
2. See exactly what happened. B. WE CAN BE DECEIVED
3. Draw conclusions from the example. 1. Apostles warned us about being deceived:
a. Paul — Acts 20:28-30
II. JACOB LOST HIS FAVORITE SON b. Peter — 2 Peter 2:1-3
A. BACKGROUND — GENESIS 37 2. The young prophet and old prophet — 1 Kings 13:1-28
1. Joseph — Favorite son a. ―Don’t stay and eat …‖ — 1 Kings 13:9, 17
2. Sibling Rivalry b. ―I am a prophet too‖ — 1 Kings 13:18
3. Brothers’ Deception 3. Micaiah and 400 false prophets — 1 Kings 22:4-37
a. Evidence — bloody coat! a. Is there not still a prophet of God? — 1 Kings 22:7-8, 13
b. Jacob believed it — Gen 37:31-35 b. A lying spirit in the prophets’ mouths — 1 Kings 22:19-23
B. JOSEPH PROSPERED WITH GOD — GEN 39 – 41 C. PREVENT BEING DECEIVED
1. In Egypt … Potiphar’s Main Servant. 1. The pattern in the Old Testament
a. How detect a false prophet? — Deuteronomy 18:21-22
2. Pharoah’s Second in Command …
b. What if it comes true? — Deuteronomy 13:1-4
a. Interpreted Pharoah’s dreams, by the power of God.
b. Promoted to Manager of the ―Famine Relief Program‖. 2. The pattern in the New Testament
a. He will send a ―strong delusion‖ — 2 Thess 2:9-12
3. Famine extended to Jacob’s household — Genesis 42
b. God is very patient and longsuffering — 2 Peter 3:9-10
a. Sent the brothers to Egypt to buy grain — Genesis 42:1-2
b. Joseph revealed himself to his brothers — Genesis 43–45 3. Worse than a millstone! — Matthew 18:6-7
C. JACOB JUST KNEW JOSEPH WAS DEAD … IV. CONCLUSIONS
1. Brothers went back home to fetch their father 1. Do all by the Authority of Christ Jesus — Colossians 3:17
a. He refused to believe them — Genesis 45:25-26 2. Do not be deceived by another ―gospel‖ — Galatians 1:6-10
b. He took a lot of convincing — Genesis 45:27-28
3. Make our Calling and Election Sure — 2 Peter 1:10
2. Because he just knew that Joseph was dead.
3. Do not coldly deny what someone knows to be true.
October, 2010 David@Baize.org
III. APPLICATION
JACOB AND JOSEPH A. WE CAN BE MISTAKEN
Reading: Genesis 37:31-35 1. Jacob knew Joseph was dead — and he was mistaken.
I. INTRODUCTION 2. Paul was mistaken — Acts 23:1; 26:9-11
1. Discuss a familiar story from Genesis … Jacob’s grief. 3. Eve was mistaken and deceived — 1 Timothy 2:13-14
2. See exactly what happened. B. WE CAN BE DECEIVED
3. Draw conclusions from the example. 1. Apostles warned us about being deceived:
a. Paul — Acts 20:28-30
II. JACOB LOST HIS FAVORITE SON b. Peter — 2 Peter 2:1-3
A. BACKGROUND — GENESIS 37 2. The young prophet and old prophet — 1 Kings 13:1-28
1. Joseph — Favorite son a. ―Don’t stay and eat …‖ — 1 Kings 13:9, 17
2. Sibling Rivalry b. ―I am a prophet too‖ — 1 Kings 13:18
3. Brothers’ Deception 3. Micaiah and 400 false prophets — 1 Kings 22:4-37
a. Evidence — bloody coat! a. Is there not still a prophet of God? — 1 Kings 22:7-8, 13
b. Jacob believed it — Gen 37:31-35 b. A lying spirit in the prophets’ mouths — 1 Kings 22:19-23
B. JOSEPH PROSPERED WITH GOD — GEN 39 – 41 C. PREVENT BEING DECEIVED
1. In Egypt … Potiphar’s Main Servant. 1. The pattern in the Old Testament
a. How detect a false prophet? — Deuteronomy 18:21-22
2. Pharoah’s Second in Command …
b. What if it comes true? — Deuteronomy 13:1-4
a. Interpreted Pharoah’s dreams, by the power of God.
b. Promoted to Manager of the ―Famine Relief Program‖. 2. The pattern in the New Testament
a. He will send a ―strong delusion‖ — 2 Thess 2:9-12
3. Famine extended to Jacob’s household — Genesis 42
b. God is very patient and longsuffering — 2 Peter 3:9-10
a. Sent the brothers to Egypt to buy grain — Genesis 42:1-2
b. Joseph revealed himself to his brothers — Genesis 43–45 3. Worse than a millstone! — Matthew 18:6-7
C. JACOB JUST KNEW JOSEPH WAS DEAD … IV. CONCLUSIONS
1. Brothers went back home to fetch their father 1. Do all by the Authority of Christ Jesus — Colossians 3:17
a. He refused to believe them — Genesis 45:25-26 2. Do not be deceived by another ―gospel‖ — Galatians 1:6-10
b. He took a lot of convincing — Genesis 45:27-28
3. Make our Calling and Election Sure — 2 Peter 1:10
2. Because he just knew that Joseph was dead.
3. Do not coldly deny what someone knows to be true.
October, 2010 David@Baize.org