Since I Have Seen Your Face

Genesis 46:28-47:6

Pastor Garrison Greene

OUTLINE:
1. Reunion
2. Separation
3. Association

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleJoseph and the Gospel of Many Colors: Reading An Old Story In A New Way by Voddie Baucham; ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis by Iain Duguid; Joseph: His Arms Were Made Strong by David C. Searle; Faith of Our Father: Expositions of Genesis 12-25 by Dale Ralph Davis; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips

Famine to Fullness

Genesis 45:16-46:27

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God turns famine into fullness, restoring, assuring, and forming his people.

OUTLINE:
1. God’s Plan (45:16-28)
2. God’s Presence (46:1-4)
3. God’s People (46:5-27)

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleESV Expository Commentary: Genesis by Iain Duguid; Living in the Light of Inextinguishable Hope: The Gospel According to Joseph by Iain Duguid and Matthew Harmon; The Unchanging God Cheering Jacob In His Change Of Dwelling Place (sermon) by Charles Spurgeon

Providence, Pardon, Peace

Genesis 45:1-28

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God’s providence gives us peace and empowers us to forgive and reconcile with those who have wronged us.

OUTLINE: Providence > Pardon > Peace

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleWelwyn Commentary Series; Genesis by Philip Eveson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I? by Timothy Keller

Joseph’s Test

Genesis 44:1-34

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: When tested, are you shown to be repentant, compassionate, and sacrificial like Judah’s greater Son who gave himself for you?

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleGenesis: The Beginning of God’s Place of Salvation by Richard Belcher Jr; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Exposition of Genesis by HC Leupold; Living in the Light of Inextinguishable Hope: The Gospel According to Joseph by Iain Duguid and Matthew Harmon; Joseph and the Gospel of Many Colors by Voddie Baucham

God’s New Thing, Our Next Step

Isaiah 43:18-19

Dr. James Risner

BIG IDEA: Life’s transitions stretches and challenge us, yet God gives his people enduring reason for hope. God is doing a new thing in Christ, and he calls us to step forward in faith, knowing that the best is yet to come.

Surprised By Mercy

Genesis 43:1-34

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God’s grace transforms and his mercy surprises with a welcome.

OUTLINE:
Part 1: A Brother’s Sacrificial Pledge
Part 2: A Father’s Reliant Resignation
Part 3: A Lord’s Surprising Welcome

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleWelwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Exposition of Genesis by H.C. Leupold; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Living In Light of Inextinguishable Hope: The Gospel According to Joseph by Iain Duguid & Matthew Harmon; From Eden to Egypt: A Guided Tour of Genesis by Alex Duke; Genesis 42-43: On Joseph’s Brilliant, Premeditated-ish Plan for His Bowed-Down Brothers (Ep. 15) by Bible Talk (Podcast)

You Make My Dreams Come True

Genesis 42:1-38

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Sin has real personal and relational costs, but God’s providence ensures his promises.

OUTLINE:

  1. The Consequences of Sin & Betrayal

  2. The Constancy of God’s Promises

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleReformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; From Eden to Egypt: A Guided Tour of Genesis by Alex Duke; The Golden Treasury of Puritan Quotations ed. I.D.E. Thomas

From Prisoner to Prime Minister

Genesis 40:1-23

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: When God seems to be moving slowly, remember:

OUTLINE:
1. We Are Not Futile
2. We Are Not Fatalists
3. We Are Not Forsaken

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleWelwyn Commentary Series: Genesis - The Book of Origins by Philip Eveson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips

When God Has the Slows

Genesis 40:1-23

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: When God seems to be moving slowly, remember:

OUTLINE:
1. We Are Not Futile
2. We Are Not Fatalists
3. We Are Not Forsaken

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleWelwyn Commentary Series: Genesis - The Book of Origins by Philip Eveson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips

Who Is the King of Glory?

Psalm 24

Dr. Sam Parkison

BIG IDEA: Jesus, who is the King of Glory, is Yahweh enfleshed, who first descended to his own creation, and who now ascends, victorious, to be coronated as the twice-over King of kings.

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