Story of Joseph约瑟的故事 Breakup各个阶段

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1 Story of Joseph约瑟的故事 Breakup各个阶段
Ch 37: Family life, then sold into Egypt家庭生活，被卖到埃及 Ch 39: Slavery and Prison in Egypt 在埃及作奴隶和囚犯 Ch Dreams, in Egypt做梦，在埃及 Ch Famine brings his brothers into Egypt 饥荒把他的弟兄带到埃及 Ch Joseph reveals himself to his brethren约瑟把自己向弟兄们显明

2 STORY OF JOSEPH约瑟的故事 key words关键词
Joseph means adding, or let him add 约瑟：表示“增添”，或“让他增添” Dream, Dreams, And Dreamer 42 times in 4 chapters (ch 37- ch 42:9) “做梦”，“梦”，“做梦的”在创世记37章到42：9四章经文里一共出现了42次 Brothers 94 times in 13 chapters 弟兄们：13章里一共出现了94次 Father 80 times throughout the story 父亲：整个故事中一共出现了80次 These 4 words tell the story of Joseph 这四个词贯穿了约瑟的故事

3 Jacobs life prepares Joseph for his 雅各的一生预备了约瑟的未来
His brother Esau not interested in truth Heb12:16 他的哥哥以扫对真理不感兴趣 希伯来书12：16 Jacob hated by Esau Gen 27:41 以扫恨雅各 创27：41 Jacob fled from Esau into Syria Gen 27:43 雅各逃离以扫到哈兰去 创27：43 God given dream to sustain him in Syria Gen 28:12-15 神赐下梦让他能呆在哈兰 创28:12-15 God was with JacobGen 28:15 神与雅各同在 创28：15 Josephs future 约瑟的未来 10 brothers not interested in the truth Gen 37:2 他的十个弟兄姐妹对真理不感兴趣 创37：2 Joseph hated by his brothers Gen37 :4 雅各的兄弟恨他 创37：4 Joseph sold into Egypt by his brothers Gen 37:27 约瑟被他的弟兄们卖到埃及去了 创 37：27 God given dreams sustained him in Egypt Gen 37:5,9 神赐给雅各梦让他留在埃及 创37：5，9 God was with Joseph Acts7:9 神与雅各同在 使徒行传7：9

4 Jacobs life prepares Joseph for his
Laban an untrustworthy master Gen29-31 Jacob laboured dilligently for Laban Gen30:25-29 God blessed Laban for Jacobs sake Gen 30:27 Jacob had to face his brother when he came home Gen 32 Jacob forced his family to put away idols and serve God Gen 35 Josephs future Joseph unable to trust his masters Gen39 Joseph laboured dilligently for 3 masters. Gen 39:2, Potiphar, Jailor, Pharoah God blessed 3 masters for Josephs sake Gen 39:3,23 Josephs brothers had to face him in Egypt Gen 42-44 Joseph led his brothers back to serve God Gen 42-44

5 Lessons from Josephs story
Jacob He trusted in EL SHADDAI to restore Benjamin from Egypt that the Ecclesia could grow Gen 43:14 Judah God can change us for good regardless of our background if we are prepared to work with him by walking in his ways Gen 38, 44:18-34 God exalted him to be the greatest of his brothers Gen 49:18, I Chron 5:1-2

6 Lessons from Josephs life
God was with Joseph in all that he put his hand to Gen 34:2,3,21,23 He lived the truth no matter where he was Gen 37,39:2,40:4 He told everybody he came across about the truth Gen 37:6-9,39:3,21, His love of God sustained him even in prison Ps 77,105 He showed great wisdom, self control, courage, patience and perseverance Everything he did was designed to secure their lives for God Gen 42:7-20,44:17 He loved his brethren more than his own life Gen 37:13,16 Ch 42-45

7 Why did God save Josephs brothers
Was it because of some attribute that God found in those men, that he could work with? NO! It was because of the undying and self sacrificing Love of one man for his brothers