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Joseph the Successful Disciple

Joseph the Successful Disciple. Genesis 37-50 Dr Peter Ng. Success. Saved Israel and Egypt. Ordinary guy One main gift Right place right time No miracles Sufferred the greatest injustices in life Prime Minister of Egypt.

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Joseph the Successful Disciple

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  1. Joseph the Successful Disciple Genesis 37-50 Dr Peter Ng

  2. Success

  3. Saved Israel and Egypt

  4. Ordinary guy One main gift Right place right time No miracles Sufferred the greatest injustices in life Prime Minister of Egypt

  5. Three things we can learn from Joseph’s life about successful discipleship

  6. 1. We need to be captured by God’s vision for us

  7. Aversity • Genesis 37:2 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.

  8. JACOB Leah Rachel Zilpah Bilhah 1. Reuben 2. Simeon 3. Levi 4. Judah 5. Dan 6. Napthali 7. Gad 8. Asher Mandrake bargain 9. Issachar 10.Zebulun 11.Dinah 12. Joseph

  9. Conflict in being unloved Leah Reuben Genesis 29:32 Because the LORD has seen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me."

  10. Conflict in being unloved Genesis 29:33 Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me this son also. Leah Simeon Genesis 29:34 Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Levi Judah Genesis 29:35 This time I will praise the LORD.

  11. The seeds of discord • Genesis 37:3 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.

  12. Surrounded by hate • Genesis 37:4 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him. I would not have told the dream in this situation

  13. Reception of a Dream • Genesis 37:5-8 5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, "Hear this dream that I have dreamed: 7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf." 8 His brothers said to him, "Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. The youngest chosen Hate made them see the bowing and not the purpose

  14. The place of dreams Daniel Jacob Abimelech Laban My recurring dream

  15. Genesis 28:15 15 "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." Human dreams • Personal ambition • Riches

  16. Dreams to Joseph God revealing Himself to Him Genesis 40:8 8 They said to him, "We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them." And Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me."

  17. Visions laid in thehearts of His people Our Circumstances Our Gifts Acts 2:17 17 "'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; Sustain Guide Motivate Focus

  18. Visions captivate-energise • NAS Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already obtained it, or have already become perfect, but I press on in order that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. • For me to live is Christ to die is gain Apostle to the Gentile

  19. Do you have a vision?

  20. 2. We need to hold on to our visions in the face of the contrary

  21. Dreams face reality

  22. Dreams meet reality • Family hated him even more • His own father did not completely believe him

  23. Genesis 37:9-11 9 Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me." 10 But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you

  24. 11 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

  25. Genesis 39:1-23 ESV Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.

  26. Dreams meet reality • Betrayed –almost murdered by own brothers • Sold as a slave • Exiled to foreign land • Away from Promised Land ...away from God

  27. How do we hold on?

  28. To dream the impossible dream music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion • To dream the impossible dreamTo fight the unbeatable foeTo bear the unbearable sorrowTo run where the brave dare not goTo write the unwritable wrongTo be better by far than you areTo try when your arms are too wearyTo reach the unreachable star

  29. This is my quest, to follow that starNo matter how hopeless,No matter how farTo fight for the rightWithout question or pauseTo be willing to march into hellFor a heavenly causeAnd I know if I’ll only be trueTo this glorious questThat my heart will be peaceful and calmWhen I’m laid to my rest

  30. And the world would be better for this That one man scorned and covered with scarsStill strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star

  31. God holds on to Joseph • Genesis 39:2-5 • 2 The LORD was with Joseph, • and he became a successful man, • and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. • ..............4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. Faithful Love

  32. Behind the scenes • 5 From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had, in house and field.

  33. Praise Means Hope or dream

  34. Joseph holds on to God

  35. Genesis 39:6-7 Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, 7 and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Come to bed with me!"

  36. Genesis 39:8 But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife....... • Genesis 39:10 10 As she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her.

  37. ........How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?" Genesis 39:8

  38. Aware of God’s presence and His expectations on his life despite being far away from the promised land Despite being apparently being let down by God

  39. Obediance • Genesis 39:12 12 She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside.

  40. God does not call us to amazing resilience or fight but simple .. Obedience If you are struggling in yr walk or discouraged iun service just be obedient

  41. Genesis 3 6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

  42. Obedience is transformative Portiphar • Genesis 39:6 6 So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate

  43. Jailor • Genesis 39:22-23 22 And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. 23 The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge,

  44. Obedience produces -Visible Robust Spirituality • Genesis 39:3 3 His master saw that the LORD was with him..............

  45. Prison Gen 39:3a When his master saw that the LORD was with him

  46. Prison Gen 39:3a When his master saw that the LORD was with him

  47. The result of holding on to God -Visible Robust Spirituality • Genesis 39:3 3 His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.

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