From Favorite Son to Foreign Servant (Genesis 37)

From Favorite Son to Foreign Servant (Genesis 37)

 

Dysfunctional Families Have Always Existed...

 

Family Dysfunction is _______________ to the Storyline of Genesis (Genesis 3:15, 37:1)

 

Because of what happened in the ______________, there is dysfunction at your dinner table and at your Christmas get together. 

 

Dysfunction continues into the _____________ generation of the book of Genesis (37:1-2) 

 

The Decline of Joseph...

 

Joseph was the ________________ Son (37:2-11)

 

Joseph was ______________ by His Brothers (37:12-35) 

 

Joseph ________________ for a Purpose (37:36) 

 

Joseph points us to ___________________ (Genesis 50:20) 

 

There is a Greater Beloved Son who was Betrayed by His Brothers to Accomplish the Purposes of God.

 

Memory Verse: Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. - Genesis 37:3