Genesis 40:1-15 – Joseph, God Builds a Man (Part 3). The incredible true story of Joseph, a Prefigure of King Jesus, continues to reveal how God builds men and women through the trials of life. Wrongfully accused, Joseph is in prison and instead of wallowing in his sorrow he is a servant leader to all! In times of hardship we are prone to self pity, but Joseph is faithful in the small things, which leads to him being used in mighty ways for the Lord. Pastor David’s sermon from Genesis 40 – God Builds a Man (Part 3), encourages the weary and downtrodden to recognize God is at work to build them into someone prepared and equipped to impact God’s Kingdom!
CHIEF BAKER and the BUTLER / CUPBEARER: Executive roles of high rank
The importance of being FAITHFUL IN THE SMALL THINGS
“Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Genesis 41:46 NKJV https://www.blueletterbible.
“The chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him. Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh had a dream; and behold, he stood by the river.”
“He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.”
Luke 16:10 NKJV https://www.blueletterbible.
God grants Joseph WISDOM / DIVINE INSIGHT to speak truth into their lives
“For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.”
Proverbs 2:6–7 NKJV https://www.blueletterbible.
WE MUST PROCLAIM THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD’S WORD to others
“Unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
Luke 13:5 NKJV https://www.blueletterbible.
‘I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord GOD. “Therefore turn and live!”’
Ezekiel 18:30–32 NKJV https://www.blueletterbible.
“For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.”
God is using Joseph’s life as a PROPHETIC FORESHADOW OF JESUS
‘When He (Jesus) ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men. Now this, “He ascended”, what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.’
Ephesians 4:8–10 NKJV https://www.blueletterbible.
“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly were disobedient.”
1 Peter 3:18–20 NKJV https://www.blueletterbible.
Joseph – a prophetic prefigure of King Jesus
1) The beloved son, sent by the father on a mission of love.
2) Rejected because of his testimony to his own brethren (Tribes of Israel)
3) Sold to gentiles for a few pieces of silver (the price of a slave)
4) Falsely accused and arrested
5) His tunic taken by the captors
6) Left for dead
7) Preached to the spirits in prison (Eph 4:8-10, 1Pet 3:18-19) (to one a message of Salvation, to one a message of judgment)
8) Raised to power, seated at the right hand
9) Savior of the world
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