Sunday Morning - July 12, 1998
Text: Genesis 37:1-11
ADAM - JOSEPH the SEVENTH
The last of SEVEN men of faith Genesis. Adam, Abel, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph.
1 Corinthians 15:45 "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit."
JOSEPH A SHEPHERD
Genesis 37:2 "These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report."
A SHEPHERD
John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep."
JESUS EXPOSED THEIR SIN
John 8:44 "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."
SON OF HIS OLD AGE
Genesis 37:3 "Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours."
John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
COAT OF DISTINCTION
Judges 5:30 "Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?"
2 Samuel 13:18 "And she (Tamar, David's daughter) had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled"
HATED BECAUSE OF WHO HE WAS
Genesis 37:4,5 "And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him." 5. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
LOVED BY THE FATHER
Matthew 3:17 "And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE SAID
Genesis 37:8 "...And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words."
John 7:7 "The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil."
JOSEPH WAS TO RULE
Genesis 37:6 "And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7. For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8. And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? ..."
REIGN OVER JACOB
Luke 1:32-33 "He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end."
EARTHLY SOVEREIGNTY
Matthew 2:2 "Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him."
RULE FROM THE HEAVENS
Genesis 37:9 "And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me."
Matthew 26:64, 65 "Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 65. Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; ..."
JOSEPH SENT TO HIS BROTHERS
Genesis 37:13 "And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I."
Matthew 15:24 "But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Matthew 21:37-39 "But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him."
JOSEPH WANDERING IN THE FIELD
Genesis 37:15-16 "And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? 16. And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks."
Matthew 13:38 "The field is the world; ..."
Luke 9:58 "And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head."
FOUND UNDER THE LAW
Genesis 37:17 "And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan (BOUND BY CUSTOM)."
John 1:11-12 "He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,..."
CONSPIRED TO SLAY JOSEPH
Genesis 37:18 "And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him."
Genesis 37:20 "Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams."
Matthew 27:1 "When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:"
SOLD FOR LESS THAN A SLAVE
Genesis 37:28 "Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt."
Matthew 26:15 "... What will ye give me, ... And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver."
JOSEPH CAST INTO A PIT
Genesis 37:24 "And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it."
Matthew 12:40 "For as Jonas ...so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD
Romans 11:15 "For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?"
A GENTILE BRIDE
Genesis 41:45 "And Pharaoh ...gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. ..."
Acts 15:14 "Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name."
Acts 16:30-31 "And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31. And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."