Old Llantrisant Hill
- Reading passage
- Joseph was made fruitful in the land of his suffering
- Looking at the life of Joseph
- Living with integrity in times of adversity
- It is important to correctly understand Joseph
- A spoilt child?
- A righteous man who suffered unjustly?
- Through it all he shows remarkable integrity
- He points us towards Jesus Christ
- So we understand and apply Scripture correctly
- Example
- God is often along side us in the ups and downs of life - this is sometimes a testimony to those around
- A righteous man who suffered unjustly - but maintained his integrity
- At Home
- His brothers that hated him
- A complicated home - explanation
- Jacob and Benjamin were favourites
- Jacob could not help the family he was born into
- He experienced hatred as dad's favourite
- He was hated for his God given dreams
- The brothers hated him even more - v8
- His father rebukes him - v10
- Perhaps it is not easy in your situation?
- This developed from the home into the field
- He was sent by his father to his brothers
- He went
- He continued to search for them
- He was wearing his coat of many colours - likely his only coat
- The brothers planned to kill him – v19-20
- The sell him to the Ishmaelites instead - no care for their brother
- He was taken away as a slave
- When he arrived in Egypt he didn't understand the language
- He is sold to Potiphar - the Captain of the Guard
- He continues to trust God
- Example of missionary work
- Joseph did not through off restraint or adopt the ways of the Egyptians but continued to walk in integrity with God
- Joseph's masters recognised that God was with him
- Things started to go well but then Potiphar's wife propositioned him
- He resists this due to his master's trust
- He knows the Ten Commandments written on his heart
- Potiphar's wife brings a false accusation against Joseph
- Potiphar burns with anger
- Joseph was confined to the king's prison
- Was he ever cleared of this?
- Joseph was granted favour with the prison warder
- Yet he was still in prison
- Joseph interprets the two dreams of the baker and the cup-bearer/butler
- God gave the interpretation
- The butler was to advised Pharaoh of the situation - but he did not
- Pharaoh has his dream
- The cup-bearer remembers
- Joseph is brought before Pharaoh and gives God's interpretation of the dream
- Joseph also gives Pharaoh advice
- Joseph is put in charge of all of Egypt
- Joseph had become the second most powerful man in the world - God's dreams had come true
- He ruled Egypt with wisdom and integrity
- God had been with him through it all
- Do we have experiences that we don't understand?
- Joseph was on a straight line to God's purposes
- God is working out His purposes
- We hold onto God's revealed truth
- We should trust in God
- We will one day look back and see the ways He has led us