Dynamics between man’s free will and God’s sovereign plan”

GENESIS 38-39 Mark Kolbe

GENESIS 38:1-10 God J___________ Sin

· These verses contain example of more descendants of Abraham, who were not fully d______________ to God.

· God takes sin s_____________. He brought death upon someone who was sinful by n__________, and another person who committed an i_____________ sin.

· The fear of God should m______________ us. It should include a sense of awe, wonder, reverence, AND a healthy amount of t________________.

· We should make righteous choices so that we don’t f___________ God into taking actions that we don’t like.

GENESIS 38:11-18 God A___________ Sin (Proverbs 23:27-28, Hosea 2:5, 1 Corinthians 6:18-20).

· The Bible always refers to the act of p_________________ in a negative, immoral sense.

· It is an act in which a person gives away their most p_____________ possession in return for something else, something they can n___________ get back.

· Tamar’s was successful at using outward a_______________ to appeal to Judah’s desire for sex.

· The items Judah gave away were personal items that represented Judah’s i___________ and a____________, things more valuable and important than he r_____________.

GENESIS 38:19-26 God E_____________ Sin (Luke 8:17, 12:3, 1 Corinthians 4:5)

· Every time we sin, we give something of ourselves away to receive something else of t______________ pleasure.

· Even prostitutes can be f________________.

GENESIS 38:27-30 – God U____________ Sin

· Zerah, would grow up and become the patriarch of the Zerahite clan of Israelites. They were among the Israelites who r_____________ to Jerusalem from their seventy years in Babylonian captivity (Joshua 7:16-18, 1 Chronicles 9:3-6).

· Perez family was the line that J____________ would be born through (Esther 4:18-22, Luke 3:23-33)

GENESIS 39:1-6a God Uses R_______________ (Matthew 5:16, Philippians 2:12-13 12)

· Joseph’s strengths and character were e_____________ to Potiphar.

· Joseph’s success was because God was w___________ through him.

· The blessings that Potiphar experienced through Joseph, caused Potiphar to attribute the success to G_______ Himself.

GENESIS 39:6b-23 God Uses T__________ (James 1:24 - 2 Romans 8:28)

· When a person takes a stand for God, that can come at a c_______.

· Joeseph declines the offer of sex out of r______________ for his master, and his l_________ for God. Short-term p___________________ wasn’t worth harming his relationship with God and ruining what God was doing in his life.

· God also blessed Joseph and worked through him while in j__________.

SO WHAT

1. I should run a__________ from sin not t___________ it. Flee from: anything that comes before God in your life (1 Corinthians 10:14). sexual immorality (1 Corinthians 6:18), all forms of lust (1 John 2:16; 2 Timothy 2:22), every appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22). “Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7b NLT).

2. I should use my time on this earth to bring glory to God, regardless of the c________________. Seek first the kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33), and let your light shine out of darkness for your light and momentary troubles are achieving an eternal glory that far outweighs them all (2 Corinthians 4:6-18).