Welcome to Worship
October 4, 2020
Preparing our Hearts for Worship: Rev. Bill Archer
Worship Song (pre-recorded): To God Be the Glory, O Worship The King
Traditional Worship Team
Baptism: Rev. Kevin Freeman
Welcome and Prayer: Rev. Peggy Peek
Marble Moving: Rev. Peggy Peek
Worship Meditation: I Love to Tell the Story
Marilyn Jordan, Piano
Scripture: Genesis 39:1-20
Sermon Series: Joseph – Living the Dream
Sermon Title: Faithful When Tempted
Rev. Mark Adams
Sermon Notes:
“For 42 years I’ve been making small regular deposits in the bank of experience, education, and training—and on January 14, the balance was sufficient such that I could make a very large withdrawal. I never knew in 42 years that there would be 208 seconds on which my entire career would be judged.” —Captain “Sully” Sullenberger
This morning as we continue our study of Joseph, our hero experiences a defining moment of character and his response, his “withdrawal”, from his own deposits into the “character bank” is another opportunity for us to learn how to face tough times; specifically, those times we face temptation.
“The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.” —Genesis 39:2
“If God is with us, who can be against us?” —Romans 8:31
“They were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.” —Acts 4:13
“When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. With Joseph in charge, Potiphar did not even concern himself with anything except the food that he ate.” —Genesis 39:3-4
“So often after an unusual blessing or great achievement comes a strong solicitation of evil.” —Leslie Flynn
“Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph.” —Genesis 39:6
“Come to bed with me.” —Genesis 39:7
“With me in charge, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife.” —Genesis 39:8
“How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” —Genesis 39:9
“The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.” —Proverbs 15:3
“And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her OR EVEN BE WITH HER.” —Genesis 39:10
“One day [Joseph] went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside.” —Genesis 39:11
She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house. —Genesis 39:12
“Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury like a woman’s scorn.” —William Hargreve
“When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house, she called her household servants. ‘Look,’ she said to them, ‘this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed. When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.’” —Genesis 39:13
“She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home.” —Genesis 39:16
“The Hebrew slave you brought came to me to make sport of me, and as soon as I screamed for help he left his cloak and ran out of the house.” —Genesis 39:17
“He burned with anger.” —Genesis 39:19
What can we learn from this chapter in Joseph’s life?
1.) God’s standards are
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“Heaven and earth may pass away, but My Words will never pass away.” —Matthew 24:35
“It is the ultimate oxymoron. A person who at once believes in a wise, sovereign and loving God Who created them and all things can also believe simultaneously He should not inform their thinking or living sexually.” —Kenny Luck
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is. His good, pleasing, and perfect will.” —Romans 12:2
2.)
can be tempted.
“…temptation…is common to man.” —1 Corinthians 10:13
“If you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!” —1 Corinthians 10:12
“Several years back, I was asked in a forum what was the one area of my greatest strength, what area would I not have to struggle in? I said, ‘Without question, moral purity.’ I really believed that. But then Satan took an unguarded strength and it became a double weakness.” —Gordon McDonald
“No temptation has seized you except that which is COMMON to man.” —1 Corinthians 10:13
3.) There is always a way out—
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“I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me.” —Philippians 4:13
“And God is faithful; He will not let you be TEMPTED beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” —1 Corinthians 10:13
“FLEE youthful lusts.” —2 Timothy 2:22
“Flee from sexual immorality!” —1 Corinthians 6:18
“The flames of passion are so hot that the only escape is a clean pair of heels on the King’s Highway.” —J Oswald Sanders
4.) Rewards for fleeing are
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“The wheels of God’s justice grinds slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.” —AW Tozer
“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” —Galatians 6:7
Prayer and Benediction: Rev. Mark Adams