Posts with the tag “week-3”

Job 1-4.  “Sovereign over all Creation” Nothing exists that doesn’t fall under God’s sovereignty.  This profound truth extends even to the existence of evil.  Many have wondered why God allows evil to exist, but this question is ultimately futile because we cannot change the fact that it does exist.  What we must focus on is how to live appropriately in light of the fact that evil is present in th...  Read More

Genesis 47:28-50:26.  “Looking to the Future” Genesis 50:24 foreshadows the events of the book of Exodus as God led Israel out of Egypt.  Joseph is speaking of a future time when God will lead His people back to the Promised Land.  Why is it that Joseph can make this statement with any amount of confidence?  It is because Joseph believes in the sovereignty of God.  He experienced the hand of God i...  Read More

Genesis 45:16-47:27.  “The Beauty of God’s Sovereignty” There are many important truths that are related to, or find their origins in, the sovereignty of God.  In today’s reading, I am struck by God’s provision for Jacob and his family.  God demonstrated His faithfulness to Jacob by providing a way of escape during these terrible years of famine.From time to time, I will meet someone who does not ...  Read More

Genesis 42:1-45:15.  “To God be the glory; great things He has done” Joseph gives God full credit for ending up in Egypt and for his position as second only to Pharaoh.  He recognizes that it was the hand of God in his life all this time.  When Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery, or when he was falsely accused and jailed by Potiphar, or when he was forgotten by Pharaoh’s cupbearer for two yea...  Read More

The theme for this week is the sovereignty of God.  The Evangelical Dictionary of Theology defines the Sovereignty of God as “The biblical teaching that God is king, supreme ruler, and lawgiver of the entire universe.”          We will see this important truth in the lives of two men, Joseph and Job.  In Joseph’s life we see him go from being wrongly imprisoned to second in command in all of Egypt.  In the life of Job we will meet a righteous man who must come to grips with trials and tribulations that are brought into his life.  Each day this week you will see God’s sovereignty powerfully demonstrated in the lives of these two men.           I also want to add a word about why you are reading Job right after Genesis in our chronological reading.  Job is a godly man but makes no mention of God’s law given to Moses and he performs his own sacrifices (Job 42:8).  Both of these would not make sense if Job lived after Moses.  Scholars generally agree that the events of Job best fit during the time of the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob).  Read More

The theme for this week is the sovereignty of God.  The Evangelical Dictionary of Theology defines the Sovereignty of God as “The biblical teaching that God is king, supreme ruler, and lawgiver of the entire universe.”We will see this important truth in the lives of two men, Joseph and Job.  In Joseph’s life we see him go from being wrongly imprisoned to second in command in all of Egypt.  In the ...  Read More