I : FAMILY BACKGROUND

i. Wisdom grows slow
ii. A Secular tale

The Formative Years

i. His mothering
ii. His father
iii. Deaths that affected him

Life In The Raw

II : A YOUNG MAN'S DREAMS - 37: 1-17

Joseph's Reaction
Jacob's Reaction
Joseph's Dreams
Joseph Goes to Dothan

III : LIVING WITH GUILT - JOSEPH'S BROTHERS : 37:12-36

The Breeding Power of Sin
Our Need of a Cover for our Sin

REUBEN

Reuben's Motives
Reuben Unmasked
The moral deterioration sin brings on
Sin hardens us

JUDAH

The ploy to cover sin

IV: FAITH'S PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT: 39:1-23

Faith's Profit and Loss Account
Joseph in Potiphar's House
Joseph in Prison
Joseph's Walk with God
The Butler

V: HOW GOD PREPARES US FOR SALVATION : 42:1-43:34

Distress
Aloofness and Condemnation
Put in the Wrong with Him
Touches of Tenderness

VI : THE CURSE OF UNFORGIVEN SIN : 50:1-16

The Evil that was Done and the Consequence it Had

i. Reuben
ii. Judah

The Path To Forgiveness And Reconciliation
The Puzzling Sequel

VII : THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD : 45:4 - 8a; 50:15 - 21

i. First "Blunder"
ii. Second "Blunder"
iii. The Surprising Sequel

VIII : A COFFIN IN EGYPT : 50:22-26; Ex. 13:17-22; Heb. 11:17-22

The Background of Promise
The Bleakness of the Prospects
The Buried Promptings
The Burden of the Plan

IX : A TYPE OF CHRIST - Hebrews 5:1-10, 7:1 - 3

Joseph Worked for Reconciliation as Jesus Did
He Came to Seek and to Save that Which Was Lost
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