Joseph
Tested –III
Lesson III
November
11, 2007
I
Review
1. Joseph suffered and was tried by
circumstances at home in his formative years.
2. Joseph suffered the loss of his mother when
very young in years
3. Joseph suffered because of the sins of his
family
4. Joseph suffered because of the hate of his
brothers, who were evil men
Proverbs
28:5 evil men understand not judgment
Romans
1
Peter 4:4 they would think Joseph to be very strange
Titus
“It
is a common mistake to suppose that earnest religion and uprightness must
necessarily be attended by
success, even in this world.
It is, indeed, true that God will not withhold any good thing from those
whose Sun and
Shield He is; but then success may not always be a good thing for them. Besides, God often tries the faith and
patience of His people – and that is the meaning of many trials. Still oftener are they needed for discipline
and training, or that they may learn to glorify God in
their sufferings. In the case of Joseph
it was both a temptation and a trial by which he was prepared, outwardly and
inwardly, for the position he was to occupy.
…Joseph stood quite alone in a heathen land and house.”
III We continue
the lessons from Joseph’s life
5.
Genesis 37:20-25
Joseph suffered when
stripped of his coat, and then, being cast into
a pit. Cf Genesis 42: 3,8,21-22
6.
Genesis 37:11 cf Acts 7:9
Joseph suffered because
his brothers envied him
Proverbs
Proverbs 27:4 who is able to stand before envy?
James
1 Peter
2:1 laying aside…envies
7.
Genesis 37:36-39
Joseph suffered because he was sold to be a slave in