Southwest Ohio Reformed Presbyterian

1. God loves Israel as the Israel of God-2. Yet God often judged Israel-3. Yet God used his judgment to revive

1. Jacob's mind works defensively-2. Jacob acted like a stranger-3. Joseph remembered childhood dreams-4. Brothers' consciences immediately afflicted them-5. Joseph wept

A. Recall God's preserving distinction in the past -44-1-8--B. Restate God's perplexing distance in the present -44-9-22--C. Request God's powerful deliverance in the future -44-23-26-

1. Blessed with Asenath-2. Blessed by the age of 30-3. Blessed with two sons-4. Egypt blessed through Israel-5. Whole world Blessed through Joseph-6. Joseph's blessing eclipsed by Jesus' blessing

1. Review Joseph's surprise causes-2. The surprise of Jesus' birth-3. The surprise of Christ's kingdom-4. The surprise of its extension-5. The surprise of its demise-6. The surprise of its rebirth

1. Loneliness as a phenomenon-2. Faith can be stronger-3. Dimensions of loneliness-4. God's remed measrs

1. Conspired to kill -18- 6th C-2. This dreamer -19- 10th C- We shall say 9th C-3. Stripped him of 2-things -23-25- 8th C-4. So Judah said...profit -26-28- 8th - 5th C's-5. Joseph's tunic to Jacob -31-35- 9th - 5th C's

1. Today's view of dreams-2. Joseph's dreams analyzed-3. Dreams- How do we understand them--4. How should we treat our family's dreams--5. Jesus' dream - our ultimate excitement-

1. Humdrum history-2. God's surprise in Joseph -37-2ff.--3. Jacob meditated on these things -37-11-

A. Representation -Rom. 5-12-14--B. Imputation -Rom. 5-15-17--C. Confirmation -Rom. 5-18-21-

1. The Rape of Dinah-2. Psychological-Spiritual Terror-3. The Death of Two Women-4. Jacob's Name Change

A. The Challenge of Suffering -Rom. 5-3-5--B. The Challenge of Sinfulness -Rom. 5-6-8--C. The Challenge of Security -Rom. 5-9-11-

1. The crime of rape- radical, profane, toxic, generic-2. Mitigating circumstances- youth qualified violence-3. Jacob's-son's dissimulation, deception - lethality-4. God did not spare his own children from sin's horror

1. Present in the Old Testament -vs. 2, 3, 4--2. Presented as the strength of God's mercy -vs. 5-8--3. Prestigious yet pummeled -vs. 9, 13, 19, 23-

1. Jacob sincerely humbles himself -vs. 1-3--2. God's common grace arrests Esau's wrath -vs. 4-10--3. Esau attempts total assimilation -vs. 12-15--4. Jacob maintains his covenant identity -vs. 16-20-

A. Recognize the Problem of Suffering-B. Rejoice in the Presence of Suffering-C. Relish the Purpose of Suffering-D. Respond to the Process of Suffering

A. The Privilege of Peace in the Past-B. The Privilege of Grace in the Present-C. The Privilege of Glory in the Future