Sermons about Genesis 4713 4727 (2024)

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What is the moral lesson of Genesis 47? ›

Gen 47 helps us to see a God who provides, gives all blessings and keeps His promises. He works to bless his undeserving people through the mediating work of one man who truly earned it, and his abundant blessings overflow into the world.

Genesis 47:13–26 describes how Joseph's plan for the famine made Egypt's king even more powerful and wealthy. In essence, Joseph sells grain taxed from the people back to them. When the people run out of money to pay for food from the storehouses, Joseph trades for their livestock, land, and even their freedom.

Genesis 47:27 is the fulfillment, in part, of God's promise in chapter 46. God said to Jacob, I will be with you. I will go with you into the land of Egypt and I will bless you there. In chapter 47 it's happening. When we go into unknowns, we don't have to be afraid because God will provide.

God has a place for them and that place was not Egypt. Jacob is showing faith in the promises of God. God had promised them the land and Jacob did not care about Egypt. The rich provision of God was not to look at the prosperity of Egypt, but to the promises of God and that promised land.

Joseph's family is blessed in Egypt as much as they've been in Canaan, God remaining faithful to them even in a foreign land—a comforting message for a Jewish audience that repeatedly faced exile. Before he dies, Jacob is even in a position to offer his benefactor Pharaoh a blessing.

God acknowledges the reality of human nature. We are locked in a battle with sin's desire for us (or our desire to sin). God tells Cain he is responsible to win that battle, to rule over his sin.

Dwell in the best of the land: This blessing was all because of Joseph. He saved Egypt – and much of the world – from terrible famine, and now the whole family of Israel was blessed and received an inheritance because of Joseph.

Jacob is preparing for his own death, and has called Joseph to his side. He is asking Joseph to swear an oath promising not to allow him to be buried in Egypt (Genesis 47:29).

Genesis 27 shows us that God uses evil to push forward his purpose of blessing the world, that human sin doesn't nullify God's purposes but actually succeeds in making those purposes come about. “Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” (Job 2:10) God is sovereign over sin.

The key message of the content of this blessing can be deduced from the introductory part of Isaac's words: 'the Lord has blessed' (v. 27) and 'may God give you …' (v. 28). It was God who blessed, even though the words were pronounced by Isaac. Generally, blessings in the OT are presented in a poetic form.

What does Genesis 28 teach us? ›

Then we'll consider how we can live in the presence of God today. Genesis 28 reminds us that, though we may feel forsaken by God, God's people know that God never leaves them. In verses 1-9, we see Jacob leaving the presence of his family. Verses 1-4 are the last words of Isaac in Scripture.

Genesis 46-47 Devotions"Journeying with God: Restored, Loved, and Guided" Summary: Today, we reflect on how God restores broken relationships and brings joy in unexpected ways. Just as Jacob was reunited with Joseph after thinking he was dead, God restores us through Jesus, bringing us back into relationship with Him.

Jacob tells of the appearance of God to him in Luz—He adopts Ephraim and Manasseh as his own children—Jacob blesses Joseph—He puts Ephraim before Manasseh—The seed of Ephraim will become a multitude of nations—The children of Israel will come again into the land of their fathers.

Genesis 45 is a chapter filled with revelations. It begins with Joseph revealing his identity to his terrified brothers. It ends with those brothers revealing that their father's beloved son Joseph is not dead; he is living as a ruler in Egypt.

Jacob has learned that the Lord does not have to act in line with the conventional way of doing things. He is sovereignly free to accomplish His good will apart from our plans and presumptions, and we must embrace His way, even when it is unconventional.

Joseph's story shows us that when we fix our gaze on God and choose to rely on him, even the heaviest situations can be made lighter. Remember that “God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love him” (Romans 8:28).

Like Abraham, we should have confidence in God, trusting Him with everything and being willing to sacrifice our best to Him. Though we may not fully understand His plans, He, in His providence, supplies all our needs.

God is a creator and designed you perfectly

It was not a mistake or accident God created things as he did. We, as people, are not an accident. God knew you before creation and formed you as you are. You were created with a purpose.