A Father’s Blessings

Genesis 49

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Jacob’s blessings spoken over his sons reminds us that our choices carry weight, we are blessed by belonging to God’s beloved, and that our hope rests in Judah’s Son who brings salvation.

OUTLINE:

  1. Our Character & its Consequences

  2. Our Belonging & the Blessing

  3. Our Salvation & the Son

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis by Iain Duguid; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis: The Beginnings of God’s Plan of Salvation by Richard P Belcher Jr; The Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson

Grandpa's Faithful Blessing

Genesis 48

Pastor Brian Drake

BIG IDEA: We should live every day by faith in God’s Promised Future Inheritance because it is…

OUTLINE:

  1. Of Surpassing Worth

  2. Received Not Earned

  3. Divinely Secured

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis to Deuteronomy by Matthew Henry; Genesis by Derek Kidner, Genesis by Richard P Belcher Jr; Genesis by Philip Eveson; Exposition of Genesis by H.C. Leupold; Genesis by John Calvin; New City Catechism Devotional by Colin Hansen

Blessed and Blessing In Egypt

Genesis 47:13-31

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God’s people are blessed and a blessing in exile, even as they long for the land to come.

OUTLINE:

  1. Blessing (vs. 13-26)

  2. Blessed (vs. 27-28)

  3. Burial (vs. 29-31)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; An Expositional Commentary: Genesis by James Montgomery Boice; God At Work: Your Christian Vocation In All Of Life by Gene Edward Veith Jr; The Valley of Vision ed. Arthur Bennet

The Pilgrim's Blessing

Genesis 47:7-12

Pastor Brian Drake

OUTLINE:
1. God Stands His Pilgrim-People Before The World
     - Bringing The Blessing
     - Broken In Blessing
2. God Sustains His Pilgrim-People In The World
     - We Are God's Household
     - This Is Not Our Homeland

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis vol 2 by Richard Philips; Genesis by Philip Eveson; Exposition of Genesis by Leupold, Matthew Henry's Commentary; Genesis by Richard P. Belcher Jr; Genesis by Calvin; A Father's Guide To Blessing His Children by David Michael

Since I Have Seen Your Face

Genesis 46:28-47:6

Pastor Garrison Greene

OUTLINE:
1. Reunion
2. Separation
3. Association

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Joseph 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 Bible; ESV 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 Bible; Welwyn 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 Bible; Genesis: 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

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 Bible; Welwyn 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 Bible; Reformed 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