Tag: Genesis
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October 23, 2022 Sermon
The good news for our sin-soaked hearts is that God is greater, His mercy is higher, and His plans are better than we dare to hope or believe. This is why Joseph’s call to his brothers is what we so often hear from Jesus Himself: don’t be afraid.
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October 16, 2022 Sermon
Christ has defeated sin and death! Someday, it will be no more at all. What Jesus has done is to fulfill all of God’s promises such that the curse of death no longer has a hold over the eternity of God’s people. Rejoice!
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September 25, 2022 Sermon
The reality of sin, the need for forgiveness, the transformation of the Gospel – these are the things that Christ offers; this inheritance is given to every Christian.
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September 18, 2022 Sermon
Foreigners (Joseph’s sons) are brought into the family of God by grace. It is no different for anybody else: all who trust in Christ are adopted into God’s family.
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September 11, 2022 Sermon
Rescuing the people. Joseph does all he can as Pharoah’s administrator to care for the people of Egypt. While we might be tempted to see this as exploitive, the reality is that the Egyptians view it as a wonderful grace that both rescues them and allows them plenty to live on.
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August 28, 2022 Sermon
The events of this passage fulfill what Joseph had prepared his brothers for back in chapter 46. But there is also something deeper going on: God is continuing to keep His promises, just as we’ve seen through each generation.
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August 21, 2022 Sermon
Though we often skim through genealogies, we need to recognize that this is important. It is the record of how God has taken one older couple (Abraham and Sarah) and has already begun to fulfill His promise of making them into a great nation. What the Lord has said is exactly what is happening.
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August 14, 2022 Sermon
Jacob is speechless. Ironic that the man who has so often lived by his scheming words is rendered speechless at what the Lord has done.
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August 7, 2022 Sermon
Judah’s plea. Judah – in a complete turnaround from what we’ve seen of him in the past – pleads for Benjamin to be freed. In exchange, he offers his own life up as a slave. In this we see that Judah and the other brothers have changed from when they had sold Joseph into slavery.
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July 31, 2022 Sermon
Sermon Video: 43:1-15 Seeking a meal. The food supplies that the brothers purchased before are starting to run out and the family is once again desperate. Judah eventually convinces his […]
