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

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 Bible; Welwyn 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 Bible; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis - The Book of Origins by Philip Eveson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips

Joseph Thriving, Fleeing, & Descending

Genesis 39:1-23

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: In every place, in every temptation, and in every descent, we belong to and are blessed by God in Christ.

OUTLINE:
1. God’s Presence In Every Place
2. God’s Possession In Temptation
3. God’s Providence In Descent

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 12-50 ed. Mark Sheridan; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; From Eden to Egypt: A Guided Tour of Genesis by Alex Duke; Joseph and the Gospel of Many Colors: Reading an Old Story in a New Way by Voddie Baucham Jr; The Letters of Samuel Rutherford by Samuel Rutherford

Tragedy & Triumph

Genesis 38:1-30

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The sovereign grace triumphs over sin and sorrow.

OUTLINE:

  1. The Tragedy of Sin & Disgrace

  2. The Triumph of Sovereign Grace

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Whole Bible Commentary by Matthew Henry; Whole Bible Commentary by John Gill; Unloved: The Rejected Saints God Calls Beloved by Elyse Fitzpatrick; The Seed of the Woman: 30 Narratives That Point To Jesus by Nana Dolce; On Fairy Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien

Betrayal of a Beloved Son

Genesis 37:1-36

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: We have hope in the hidden hand of God.

OUTLINE:

  1. The Stubbornness of Sin

  2. The Carnage of Cruelty

  3. The Promise of Providence

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Limping with God: Jacob & the Old Testament Guide to Messy Discipleship by Chad Bird; Commentary on Genesis by John Calvin; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis: Book of Origins by Philip Eveson; Whole Bible Commentary by Matthew Henry; Providence by John Piper; The Wonderful Works of God by Herman Bavink; Systematic Theology: From Canon to Concept by Stephen Wellum; A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson

Lessons From Esau’s Legacy

Genesis 36:1-43

Pastor Garrison Greene

OUTLINE:

  1. Be Sure: God Keeps His Word

  2. Beware: Gain Without God Is Loss

  3. Behold: Grace Reaches the Estranged

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commentary on Genesis by John Calvin; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis: Book of Origins by Philip Eveson; Whole Bible Commentary by Matthew Henry; Historia Scholastica by Peter Comestor Flowers From the Puritan’s Garden by Charles Spurgeon

The Propagating Promise

Genesis 35:16-29

Pastor Brian Drake

TEXT: Genesis 35:16-29

OUTLINE:

  1. God's Promise is for those afflicted by the fall.

  2. The Promised Son will conquer and comfort like an older brother.

  3. Death cannot separate us from the Promise of God.


RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible, ESV Gospel Transformation Bible, Genesis by John Calvin, Genesis by Richard Phillips, Limping With God by Chad Bird

The House and Household of God

Genesis 35:1-15

Pastor Brian Drake

TEXT: Genesis 35:1-15

OUTLINE: God calls us and empowers us to…
1. Go to the House of God
2. Grow into the Household of God

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expositional Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; God’s Rascal: The Jacob Narrative in Genesis 25-35 by Dale Ralph Davis; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin