Joseph - Tested
Lesson I
I
Two Men Stand –out in the Old Testament
Daniel
and Joseph. Both godly men.
Fourteen chapters in Genesis have
to do with the life of Joseph. He is
named 196 times in the Scriptures.
II We plan
to consider Joseph as:
1.
The Tried and tested man
2.
The Trusted faithful man
3.
The Tender-hearted man
4.
The Type of the Greatest
man
5.
The
Teacher of lessons for life and living for all human beings.
III Joseph, the
Tried and Tested man
1 Genesis chapters
29-34
Joseph was not born into an ideal, happy home
Many since Joseph, have had a like experience.
2 Genesis 35:16-20
When very young, he suffered the loss of his mother
There are three records of ‘death’ in the Scripture read today
3 Genesis 34:1-2 the story of his sister,
Dinah.
Genesis 34: 25 His brothers, Simeon and Levi, were very cruel.
Genesis 38:1-2 His
brother,
I have called these the “sin chapters”
Joseph suffered because of the sins of his family.
4.
Genesis 37:1-5 Joseph suffered the hate of his own brothers
a.
Because he brought his father the evil report of their conduct
b Because his father had given him a
coat of many colours.
IV Conclude
Psalm 105:18
F.B. Meyer wrote: “iron entered his soul”