Joseph

Today is our last day in this series.  We will be talking about Joseph.  I'm going to do something a little bit different today.  Rather than telling you what I think about this story, I want you to tell me what sticks out to you.  And then we will wrap things up.


So here are the main points and the chapters where they are found:


1.  Chapter 37 - Joseph's dream and sold into slavery


2.  Chapter 39 - Potiphar's Wife


3.  Chapter 40-41 - Jail and Pharaoh


4.  Chapter 42 - Brothers first journey to Egypt


5.  Chapter 43-45 - Second journey and Joseph reveals himself


6.  Chapter 46-50 - Migration, Joseph's shrewdness, and the blessing




So, I would like for you to read through all of it if you have time today.  If not, I challenge you to take a story that you DON'T know as well as others.  Study that and let me know your thoughts below.

Jacob

Yesterday we looked at Isaac, so today we will look at his son - Jacob. 

Remember, Jacob's story can be found in Chapter 25 all the way to the end of the book of Genesis!  As mentioned yesterday, SO much more is covered with Jacob and Joseph than Isaac.

I'm not sure if it was frowned upon by God or not, but Jacob was a trickster from  the moment he was born.  He would rather use his mind than his muscles!  There are several accounts where he tricked people into giving him what he wanted!

In Genesis 25:19 - 34 we see two different stories.  The first is that Jacob and Esau were fighting in the womb - something that would continue throughout their early years!  God speaks to Rebekah and tells her in verse 23 that Esau would serve Jacob (older serving the younger).  This will come into play in Ch 27.

Later on in 25 we see the story of Esau selling his birthright to Jacob.  We touched on why that was such a huge deal but I didn't have the time to really develop it.  Here's why it was such a big thing:

The firstborn would get the birthright.  We see in Deuteronomy 21:15-17 they get a double portion of the inheritance!  Money, land, livestock, this was a HUGE deal (especially when there was a lot of siblings!).  So rather than splitting the estate down the middle (in this case) Esau was in line to get 75% and Jacob 25%.

So why would you "trade" something so valuable for a bowl of soup?  The price was so steep, the reward was so small!  Esau lost focus on what was important!  He focused on the "right now" and couldn't see the bigger picture. This is the same for us.  We can lose sight of what's important both spiritually and physically.

Physically, we can look at something that we want to buy.  "I need it now!!!", we say and splurge on that item.  Rather than focusing on our long term financial strength, we buy what makes us happy now.  Then later on, and after thousands of dollars of interest, we are left unhappy.

The same thing happens to us spiritually.  We lose sight of what the bigger picture is so many times.  Rather than making an easy decision, we dwell on a sinful thought.  Or we "trade" our relationship with God in for something earthly.  Then when we are left all alone and hurting, we realize that we made a huge mistake.  Praise God that He doesn't leave us where we lie!  He restores us just like the Prodigal Son!  But it would be better by far if we kept the proper focus and didn't get into those situations!!!

Isaac

Today we will look at Isaac.  As we talked about on Monday night, his story can be found in Genesis 24-26.  Obviously, he is mentioned earlier with the story of Abraham, but this is where we focus on his adult life.

As I was saying on Monday night, not a whole lot is mentioned about Isaac in the Bible.  Proportionately to his father and his son, he is just a blip on the radar.

Take a few minutes right now and read through Genesis 24-26.  Then come back and continue here.  www.youversion.com 

We see in the beginning of chapter 24 the care and concern that Abraham took when sending out his servant to find a wife for his son Isaac.  He has his servant swear an oath.  This is found in verses 1-4.  You probably never thought about what the term "Put your hand under my thigh" means.  It is a very serious, and extremely gross ritual.  I won't explain it here, but if you are truly interested in finding out, we can talk!

The reason for the seriousness of the oath is that Abraham didn't want his son marrying a Canaanite woman.  God had revealed to him that they were the enemy and would be destroyed.  He didn't want his son being tied with them.  This is a great example of purity.  We should follow Abraham's example and strive for this kind of purity.  To not "settle" for whatever comes along, but to hold to God's promises and believe that He will carry them out.

Then in the rest of chapter 24 we see the beautiful story of Abraham's servant finding Rebekah and ultimately bringing her back to Isaac.  This is so foreign to us in our culture!  We ultimately decide who we will marry in America, not so in their time.  So this was really quite normal.

The thing I like about this story is that Abraham's servant prays and asks God for some VERY specific things!  In verses 12-14 he prays for God to give him a sign, and by that he would be able to know that that woman was the right one for Isaac.

In verse 15, I love how it says that before he could get done praying God sends Rebekah to the well!!!  I mean, COME ON!  How awesome is that???  How many times have you been praying for something and it is answered BEFORE YOU GET DONE PRAYING???  This servant must have felt really blessed!  She ends up saying exactly what he was looking for and they then left for home.

This portion of Scripture really brings me back to John 15 (vine and the branches).  I'm sure that at some point in your life you have struggled, or at least wondered what God's will is for your life.  We sometimes pray and ask God for things, and He doesn't answer.  We wonder if we are praying the right prayer, or if we are doing something wrong.  Let's look at why I think this prayer was answered so quickly.

1.  God made a promise to Abraham that he would be the father of a great nation.  Well, that won't happen if Isaac isn't married!!!  So God is obviously going to answer this prayer - because it is in line with His promise, and God can't lie (Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:18)

2.  Abraham was obeying God by not searching after a woman that was ungodly.  Simply put, he was searching after the very woman that God wanted to give to him.  We can claim God's promises, but if we go looking in the wrong places - God will probably not answer that prayer. 

3.  The servant went out and looked for the woman!  He didn't lay on his bed and say, "God please have the perfect woman for Isaac fall out of the sky".  God wants us to obey Him and walk by faith.  Not that we "earn" God's blessings, but if we are earnestly seeking after Him, we will find Him (Hebrews 11:6, Jeremiah 29:13, Psalm 119:2, Psalm 63:1)

Monday Night Recap

Last night we continued our overview of the Bible.  For those of you who weren't able to be there, this will help you stay up to date with what we are discussing.  Take a minute and print off the lesson sheet and look through the powerpoint slide show and fill in the blanks.



                                           


                                                                                

We started off by reviewing the past lesson about the Creation Era.  Then we dove into the Patriarch Era.  Patriarch means "The male head of a family or tribe".  And that is why this Era is called such - it deals with the fathers of both the Israelite nation and our faith.


The first person that we are going to look at is where it all started - Abraham.  His story is told in Genesis 12-23.

We see that in Genesis 11:31-32 that Abram's (yes that was his original name) Dad, Terah decided to move the family from their hometown of Ur to Haran.  As we discussed, Ur was on the Southeast corner of the "Bible Land" just south of where Babylon was.  As it states in Ch 11, their original intent was to go to Canaan (the promised land), but they got as far as Haran and decided to stay there instead.

Then God called him to leave his new found home and to go to the land that He will show him!  Notice that God didn't give him a road map, a GPS coordinate, or even a star to follow!  He just trusted God to lead him to the land that he was supposed to go!!!

What would you do if God called you to do something so major as uprooting your family and heading out to someplace that you didn't even know where???

Later on in Chapter 12 we see that Abram is forced to go to Egypt due to a severe famine in the land.  He comes up with a plan to tell everyone there that Sari is his sister and not his wife.

I find it interesting that people in the Bible would do amazingly hard things, but then at the next opportunity they would become foolish and not trust in God!  This is basically what Abram did!  We can all learn from this as there might be things that are easy for us to follow or accept from God - and then there are other things that might seem extremely hard.  But we need to remember that God is in control and He will watch over ALL the affairs of our lives!

The next couple of chapters deal with Abram's nephew Lot and him splitting up and also some battle scenes!

The next major theme comes in chapter 15.  Here God tells Abram that he is going to have a great family.  In verse 5 God tells him that his offspring will be more numerous than the stars in the sky!  God also predicts the bondage in Egypt and then the eventual takeover of the promised land.

In chapter 16 we see once again where someone who isn't in direct contact with God derails someone who was.  Remember back in the Garden of Eden when Eve listened to Satan and convinced Adam to eat of the fruit?  We have the same circumstance here!  Abram was promised by God to have many descendants, but Sarai wanted kids - NOW!  She came up with the plan to have her servant Hagar bear a son from Abram.  Obviously not God's plan!!!  

But we see that Abram doesn't really object, and goes though with it!  Sarai hates her and the baby and kicks them out.  The lesson we can learn from this is that when we go outside of God's will and plan, He sometimes allows us to do that - but there are consequences!!!  When Hagar bore Ishmael, it began the Arab race.  If you are up on your current events, there has been nothing but fighting between the Jews and Arabs for centuries!!!  But just like David and Bathsheba later on, God still allows His blessing to come to Abram.

Now is where the story gets really interesting!!!  In chapter 17 we see that when Abram is 99 years old, God changes his name.  Abram means "Exalted Father", but Abraham means, "Father of a multitude of nations"!  So God is renewing his contract with Abraham.

There is a little break in the action and we see the story shift back to Lot and his family.  The familiar story of the destruction of the "Twin Cities" (aka Sodom and Gomorrah) can be found in chapter 19

Then in chapter 21 - FINALLY!!! The birth of Isaac!  God kept his promise!  When Abraham was 100 years old he had a son.

Then in one of the most unthinkable things happens!  In chapter 22 we read about the account of how God tested Abraham in the sacrifice of his son.

Think about what Abraham must have been going through!!!  He was old!  He finally had his son to carry on his name!  God had followed through on His promise - only to ask him to KILL HIS OWN SON!!!

But we see in the text that Abraham didn't even think twice about it.  Early the NEXT morning, he set out.  God then showed him the place where he wanted to have the sacrifice.  The neat insight to Abraham's faith is found in verses 7-8 where Isaac asks where the animal is.  Abraham replied that God would provide the sacrifice!

He was walking in blind faith.  He trusted God so much that I fully believe that he had two thoughts going through his mind.  1.  God would provide a lamb for the sacrifice.  2.  That if God didn't provide the animal that he would be able to raise Isaac from the dead.  Abraham went headlong into what God had asked him to do - no turning back.

I ask myself if I would be able to do the same thing with any of my children and I am glad that God hasn't asked me to do that!!!  Because I am not sure if I would be able to go through with something like that.

Well, the story continues as Abraham binds his son and places him on the alter.  He raises the knife and starts to plunge it into his son when an angel stops him!  Not only that, but all of a sudden there is a ram caught in some brush right next to him!

This is an excellent example of how God provides for us.  An animal that didn't do anything wrong took the place of Isaac.  Just as Jesus took our place on the cross.  

Tower of Babel

Today's post will be short and sweet!  Today we will finish up what we covered on Monday night - the Tower of Babel.

This story is quite fascinating for a couple of reasons.  One, it is only nine verses long!  Two, it shows that even after the flood - men were still inherently sinful.  And Three, God's response to the people.

The first thing that we will look at is the fact that God told Noah, and by extension, everyone to spread out and fill the earth.  (Genesis 9:1)  It was God's plan to have people spread out across the world.

The response was the complete opposite!  In verses 1 and 2 of Chapter 11 we see that people started moving east.  As they did, they were all speaking the same language.  This is kind of a no brainer, since all men on the earth were now descendants of Noah and his family!  So as they were migrating eastward, they found a nice piece of real estate and decided to all camp out there.

In the next two verses, we see both their intelligence and their hardheartedness.

We don't know if they invented the brick or not, but the point is that they were very smart.  They began this task and we see that while they were very smart, they were also very hardhearted.  In verse four their response was directed towards God as they didn't want to be scattered all over the world!

An interesting thing happened in verses 5 and 6, we see that even God was impressed with what they were building!!!  Now this tells us that this wasn't some deer stand, or Lego set plaything that these people were building!  No! God saw fit to stop things before they got even worse.

I'm sure that God wasn't scared or fearful of man, but it is interesting to note that God made mention that if He didn't confuse their languages that NOTHING would be impossible for them!  An interesting thought.

Well, we see yet another example of the Trinity in verse 7 as God says, "Let US go down..." 

The rest of the story unfolds and God confuses their languages and they disperse and fill the earth the way God originally intended them to do!

The main point that I would like you to take out of this story and apply to your life is this - Don't think you can either run from God, or outsmart him!  That's what these people tried to do!  Was God going to bless them?  Of course not!  He confused their languages and forced them to split up.

So how does this apply to our lives?  As you are doing your Bible Studies, as you come to youth group on Monday nights, as you follow along on this blog, God is going to show you things that He wants you to do (or to quit doing!).  What is your response going to be?  Will you obey Him?  Or will you out of pride disobey and do whatever you want to do?

We look back on these Old Testament stories and think, "Why were the people such idiots???"  I mean, they were just saved from a catastrophic world wide flood, and now they were going to take on the Creator - AGAIN?  

We look at that as being extremely foolish - and it was!  But we do the same exact things in our lives don't we?  God either disciplines us, or frees us from some bondage and we are amazed at Him.  We think, "Man, I don't want to EVER do that again!".  Then, just a few days, or weeks later we find ourselves back in the same situations!  It goes back to the study we did on the fall.  Which nature are you listening to the most?  The new Godly nature, or the old sinful nature that are BOTH inside your mortal bodies?

I pray that you will be able to listen to the Holy Spirit as He guides and directs you this week!  Don't give in to the sin nature, because God has AMAZING things in store for us if we listen to His leading.  We know that He has a plan and purpose for our lives - let's start living ours like we TRULY believe that!

God bless,

Chris

The Flood

 

Today we will be looking at the story of the Flood.  It is found in Genesis 6-9.  Take a few minutes now and read those chapters.

This story is very important to not only our Christian beliefs, but also in world history and geography.  It is vital that you view this "story" as more than just that.  That you believe that it actually happened - and happened the way that it is written about here in Genesis.

First off, we see that the earth is so wicked and perverse that God has no choice but to start over.  The depravity of man and our sinfulness since the Garden of Eden has grown like an uncontrollable virus.  


There is an interesting theory about verses 1-4 of chapter 6.  When it talks about the sons of God and the daughters of men.  Conservative people believe that this means that the sons of God (Seth's descendants) intermarried with the daughters of men (Cain's descendants) and thus "infected" the bloodline.


More liberal interpretations have the sons of God being the "fallen angels" (demons), marrying the daughters of men.


Regardless of the interpretation, these dudes were massive!!!  We see this come up again later on in the Old Testament in the story of David and Goliath.  Goliath is what the Bible called a Nephilim (vs 4) giants over 9 feet tall.  


Anyway, things are SO bad that ONLY Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. 


So God comes to Noah and tells him of His plan.  He gives Noah specific directions of how to build it, and what should be put in it.  You can read all about it in 6:13-7:5.


Here is a pic of how big this thing really was!

Now having the information and putting into practice is a whole other thing!  We looked at the time it must have taken Noah to build this ark.  While probably not 100% build time, we see that in Genesis 5:32 that Noah is 500 years old when he becomes a father.  Then in Genesis 7:6, he is 600 years old when the flood begins.


While he might not have been building for 100 years, it is more than obvious that Noah was not "slapping this together" over the weekend!!!


Let's just camp on this for a second.  When we feel God telling us to do something and we follow through in faith, would we continue in faith this long?  (Proportionately, of course!  We don't live to be 900 years old anymore)  But what is this telling us about Noah's faith?  It tells us that Noah believed God even when it looked like the thing would NEVER come true!  Even when he was building a MASSIVE boat in the middle of a field miles away from water!!!  Even when everyone around him thought that he was a moron for doing what he was doing!  He kept doing what God called him to do!


We need to follow Noah's example!  If we believe God has called us to do something, we need to stick it out.  Even if it looks impossible.  Even if everyone around us calls us crazy.  Even if our own family thinks we are more than a bit nuts!!!  How is your faith?  Is it even close to what Noah's was?  We obviously know what those yahoos who laughed at Noah felt like when the floods came!!!

Most people believe that the earth looked like this before the flood.  It would help explain a few things.


1. How all the animals got to the ark.
2. How a worldwide flood would be easier to achieve
3. How the "Fountains of the Deep" (7:11) helped break up the continents and supply the needed water to flood the entire earth.


Here is a cool video that shows what it might have looked like.

                     

I am not a scientist, so I'm not going to try and sound like one here!  But the flood explains a lot of things scientifically.  Things from fossils to the Grand Canyon can be traced back to the flood.  You can easily find these on the internet with a few clicks. 

Here are a couple of cool sites that I found, take a moment and look at the info on them.


http://www.squidoo.com/noahsarkfound

http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/flood.htm

Finally, another application that we can take out of the Flood of Noah is this: it is a beautiful image of salvation!


If we take us as, well us.  Jesus as the Ark.  God being God.  The flood represents the punishment that we deserve.


God despises sin and He is as opposed to it today as He was back then.  He has called a certain few people to the safety of the ark.  The major problem is that people have to believe that a flood is coming!  That the boat in the middle of a field without any water near it is the ONLY way out!  


Just as in Noah's day, people think that they have a very long time to make things right with God - or they believe that there is no consequence for their sin.  They might even mock those of us who have trusted in Jesus already.


But the Bible clearly tells us that there will be a day of reckoning.  That each man and woman will have to account for their sin.  


When we realize that we all deserve to be crushed by the "flood", it makes the gift of salvation even greater!  God laid down His Son's life for us so that we may walk into that ark.  That we can be saved!


Take a minute and thank God for the gift of salvation that He has given you.  Or seriously ask yourself, "If the flood came today, would I be swimming - or in the ark?".  I pray that it is the first one!


God bless,


Chris

The Fall

                                               

                                                 

We all sin, we all mess up.  That sickening feeling creeps into our life when we know that we've done something wrong.  Or, we have that "busted" emotion surging through our bodies when we get caught in a sin.  Why do we sin?  Why can't we just "flip a switch" and "turn off" the bad part of ourselves?  All of this can be traced back to what we are going to talk about today.  Today's lesson is probably one of the most important for you to grasp and understand - because it will help you deal with your sin, and how to overcome it!

The second area that we looked at in the Creation Era was the Fall of Man.  This is all recorded in Genesis chapter 3.  

We see that satan comes to Eve in the Garden and asks the question, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

Two things about that:

1.  God spoke to Adam in chapter 2:16-17.  In that statement God tells him that he is free to eat from ANY tree in the garden - except from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  So we see that there are hundreds, if not thousands of options for them!

2.  Satan chooses to speak to Eve.  It is not recorded in Genesis that God spoke to Eve about this.  So we have to assume that God spoke to Adam and that Adam then passed it on to Eve.  Satan knew that if he would target Adam, he would have a much harder time getting him to eat from the tree.  So he targeted Eve instead.

So what can we learn from this?  #1.  That God is a God that gives us so much!  Just like in the garden, He gives us way more that we can do then what we can't!  The beauty of this is that even in the things that God commands us not to do - it's for our best!  So even in the negative sense, God is looking out for us.  When we stop having that perspective, and think that we are getting "cheated" out of life, that is when we can fall into sin - just like Adam and Eve did.

#2.  Are you getting your information from God, or second hand from others?  We will see that Eve was a much easier target for Satan because she didn't hear directly from God, but rather from her husband.  Are your beliefs about God and what He wants you to do based upon traditions and "Americanized" Christianity?  Or are they based SOLELY upon the Word Of God?  If we listen to God, it will be much harder for Satan to lead us astray!

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Then in verses 2-6 we see another trick that Satan uses - the Bait and Switch.  You can go back and read the posts that I've done earlier this year on that topic here http://hcyyouth.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html.  But basically, Satan uses half truths to plant a seed of doubt in Eve's mind.

"Well it WOULD be good to be like God", or "What is God hiding from me" must have been some of the thoughts that Eve had when Satan said what he did.  

Don't believe the lies that Satan tells you guys!!!  He is the father of lies!  Don't EVER believe that God is holding back His best from you.  God loves you and wants the best for you!!!  Don't buy into Satan's lies, they will only lead you away from God.

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Verse 6 and 7 are the most disappointing verses in the Bible!  Because of what they did (disobeying God), it ushered in the sin nature that we all have today.  

Remember we were talking about the Garden of Eden being "Heaven on Earth"?  Adam and Eve had it made!!!  The Garden was perfect!  They didn't have to work, they were immortal, they knew no shame, and they had DIRECT communication with God!!!

Well, after they ate the fruit and disobeyed God, their eyes were opened just as Satan had promised.  But it wasn't a good opening.  They realized that they were naked.  They felt guilt for the first time.  We see ugliness enter the world.

In verses 8-11 that God was walking through the Garden and wanted to talk to them.  They hid - symbolizing their guilt and shame.  The funny thing is that God knew exactly where they were and exactly what they did - because He's GOD!!!  And yet they tried to hide from Him!

We do the same thing in our lives though, don't we?  We feel guilty, or maybe try and hide our sins from God.  He sees what we are doing and knows what's in our hearts.  Let's try and end that bad habit and run to God instead of hiding from him when we sin.

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After they are confronted by God in verse 12 we see the first effects of sin in man.  Adam "passes the buck" and blames Eve for his sin.  Eve then does the same thing and blames Satan.

God is not pleased when we don't take ownership of our sins.  Because that shows an unrepentant heart.  God wants to forgive, we just need to own up to it - don't pass the buck.

The reason I know this?  Look at verses 14-15!  This is what is called a "Messianic Prophesy".  God even in His anger is showing His unbelievable love!  Even though He is angry and disappointed with them, He is giving them (us) a way out.  These verses are talking about what He is going to do through Jesus thousands of years later.  As He is talking to Satan, He says that that the woman's offspring will crush his head.  That is a symbol of what Jesus will do to death and sin!  That Satan will bruise His heel (kill him), but that Jesus would conquer his dominion over us!

How awesome is this of God???!  Even though there was a huge price to pay (we'll get into that next), He provided a way out for them and us.  Remember that the next time that you fall short and sin.  That if we own up to it, repent, and ultimately accept the forgiveness that is found in Jesus - He will forgive and restore us!!!  Praise God!

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Now, to answer the original question that I brought up.  Why do we who are Christians still struggle with sin?  Why can't we just "turn it off" and be the people that God wants us to be?  

Because what happened when they sinned ushered in a thing called our sin nature.  Every human being ever born after them (except Jesus) was born into the sin nature.

Psalm 51:5 says, "Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me".  

Paul tells us all about our sin nature in Romans 5:12-21.  Take the time and read that right now (click on the Youversion link at the top of the page if you don't have your Bible handy).

Paul continues in Romans 7:18-19 by saying that he fights between these two natures - the sin and the new "Godly" nature in Christ.

One of my favorite bands, RED, did a song that really talks about this fight.  Take a few minutes and listen and see if you can't relate to the lyrics.

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The last thing that we will look at is what happened to Adam and Eve and what can happen to us as well after we sin.


Close your eyes and imagine perfection.  No pain, no heartache, perfect temperatures, not having to work, DIRECT communication with God as He walks around in your presence, etc.  Seriously, take a second and imagine what that might look and feel like!


That's what Adam and Eve had.  We likened it to watching TV on an 80" 3D HDTV with surround sound.  Having that in your living room!  Then you commit a sin and get it taken away and in it's place is a 19" black and white unit with bunny ears!!!  Every time you watch TV, you will be reminded about the sin that took your awesome TV away.  You will probably not want to watch TV at all!!!


Although that example pales in comparison to what Adam and Eve went through, it is true!  They had to live the rest of their days in an inferior world, work the ground, have pain in childbearing, and eventually DIE!  All because of one sin.  How horrible it would be to live!  To constantly be reminded of your mistake.  At the same time however, it might make it easier NOT to sin!!!


If the sin is great enough, like adultery or murder - you can be forgiven by God.  But you will also live with that decision for the rest of your life!  It is better by far to NOT fall and commit those sins!  Otherwise you will be living with the guilt of your sin and reminded of it on a daily basis just like Adam and Eve were.


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Just like Paul wrote - sin and death came to all men by one man (Adam).  But even greater than that is that sin was defeated by one man (Jesus).  We can be washed clean by God's grace and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.


He then starts the Sanctification process - basically forming us into the man or woman that He wants us to be.


Then eventually our old sinful nature will be shed and we will have a new glorious body (Glorification) when Christ returns!  


I don't know about you, but I can't wait for that day!  The day when I won't have to worry about the effects of sin.  I won't have to ask for God's forgiveness - because in Heaven there won't be ANY sin!!!


Take a minute and thank God for His grace and forgiveness.  Thank Him for His love for us and that He wants a relationship with us - in spite of how we deny/reject/disown Him all the time.  I know I am grateful for this in my life!


Love you guys!  God bless,


Chris