Genesis 45:8 (KJV) Ten Truths About God’s Plan

Genesis 45:8 (KJV)

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

 

I notice two things in this statement. Joseph placed the responsibility for all that had transpired to bring him to Egypt, not upon his brothers but upon God. Joseph was not bitter against God for it. Nor could one say that Joseph had only come to this conclusion after he had such a fair ending to all these things. He was firmly fixed in faith during his time in Potiphar’s house as well as in the prison cell.

 

Now, modern Bible scholarship tends to debate over things like this. How far does the sovereignty of God extend? Does God know and orchestrate all things, or did God simply set things in motion and now let them run their course? Perhaps the answer lies somewhere in between.

 

I think the reason for such debates rests in our perspective of events. In other words, we perceive things as bad and therefore either blame God for them or, in His defense, attempt to explain Him out of the equation.

 

Here’s the answer: God is only good. When we come to the end of the road, as Joseph did, we will see and realize this to be true. In the meantime, we would be much happier in life if we believed it to be true and lived out that truth in every circumstance.

 

The devil means things for evil. Men do things that are evil. But God is at work, and it all turns out for good.

 

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Ten Truths About God’s Plan: Can We Trust God When Life Seems Unfair?

 

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Genesis 45:8 (KJV) Ten Truths About God’s Plan

Ephesians 5:7 (KJV) Is Christianity Losing Influence?

Ephesians 5:7 (KJV)

Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

 

Another exhortation to separation.  

 

Separation from worldliness is one of the most vital Christian disciplines—and yet, it is also one of the most neglected and disobeyed.  

·       We don’t like to be alone.  

·       We don’t like to be different.  

·       We don’t like the consequences of standing apart.  

But you’ll be hard-pressed to find a book of the Bible that doesn’t command, teach, or illustrate this principle.

 

It’s worth noting that Ephesians begins by teaching us about a new kind of unity: one new man made up of Jews and Gentiles. Paul said it was for the sake of this unity that he had been imprisoned, and it is this unity that we must endeavor to keep.  

 

We are called to forsake participation in the old ways of worldliness and to actively engage in the new body of Christ, His local church.

 

Today, everyone recognizes that Christianity is waning in influence:  

·       Some celebrate it.  

·       Some mock it.  

·       Some analyze it.  

·       Some mourn it.  

Jesus prophesied this decline.  

 

Not many are willing to do anything about it. But we can stem the tide and once again be salt and light in our time.

 

All it requires is that we “be not partakers with them” of the world.

 

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Is Christianity Losing Influence: 4 Biblical Examples of Separation

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Ephesians 5:7 (KJV) Is Christianity Losing Influence?

Ephesians 4:9-10 (KJV) The Deity of Jesus Confirmed

Ephesians 4:9-10 (KJV)

(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

 

Our text confirms the deity of Jesus Christ based on the eyewitness accounts of His resurrection and, especially in this case, His ascension to heaven. In Paul’s argument, there is no dispute against the ascension of Christ to heaven. There were too many witnesses. They were too consistent. There was too much confidence in their faith for this to be denied. Now, based on the ascension, these conclusions may be drawn:

 

The One who ascended into heaven first descended.  

Some might argue that the phrase “lowest parts of the earth” refers to hell. I believe it means that Christ left heaven to come to this earth, not into high society, but into a humble home. This provides evidence of His deity. He did not begin at Bethlehem, but His goings forth have been of old, from everlasting.

Micah 5:2 (KJV)  

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

 

The One who descended is the same who ascended.  

It’s already been established that this is Christ. He descended from heaven. He lived the life of a man, tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin. He died for our sins. He rose again in victory over our sins and over death. And this same Jesus who descended, bled, died, and rose again - ascended to heaven.

 

·       It was not a vision.  

·       It was not a metaphor.  

·       It was not a spirit form of Jesus.

 

Jesus Christ, who is all of God, left heaven, lived as a man, died a substitutionary death, rose again to life, proved Himself alive for forty days, and ascended back into heaven visibly, physically, literally.

 

Oh, and the angels promised that He is coming again exactly as He left.

Acts 1:11 (KJV)

Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

 

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The Deity of Jesus Confirmed: Five Proofs of Christ’s Deity

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Ephesians 4:9-10 (KJV) The Deity of Jesus Confirmed

Genesis 44:16 (KJV) Breaking Free from Guilt

Genesis 44:16 (KJV)

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

 

God always finds out our iniquity.  

 

The weight of hidden sin is a burden that cannot be escaped. Joseph's brothers, guilt will surface, and God's justice will prevail. God always finds out our iniquity. 

 

The evil they did to Joseph is never specifically mentioned in the passage, but the guilt they carried weighed heavily upon them. They had seen the pain in their father’s eyes when Jacob lost Joseph. They had carried that guilt all these years. They had witnessed their father’s grief over Simeon. They had heard their father’s concern about sending Benjamin to Egypt.

 

And now, the thought of Benjamin being taken as a prisoner was more than they could bear. Judah, for one, just could not face his father if Benjamin did not return home. Better to be a prisoner himself than to see his father’s tear-streaked face, mourning yet another son.

 

No sin remains hidden forever. God’s light exposes all, not to condemn us, but to lead us toward repentance and restoration. As Judah stood before Joseph, the weight of his past sins became unbearable. Each moment brought him closer to the reality of God’s justice.

 

God always finds out our iniquity. But in His finding, there is also a call to redemption. He orchestrated this entire situation for the good of His people. It does no good to cover our sin. But it does no good to live in dread of it either. 

 

Let us not wait until guilt overwhelms us. Rather let’s approach God in humility, confessing our sins, and embracing the forgiveness that leads to a renewed path of righteousness.

 

1 John 1:9 (KJV)

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

 

Confess the sin. Face it. Then let God pick you up and point you in the direction of holiness.

 

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Breaking Free from Guilt: Three Steps to Finding Forgiveness

 

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Genesis 44:16 (KJV) Breaking Free from Guilt

Ephesians 2:6 (KJV) Five Reasons We’re Secure in Christ

Ephesians 2:6 (KJV)

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

 

I have often thought that logic is an idol carved by men to personify the deity of the human mind. The first curse of the sin nature is to “be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Man, in his corrupted state, really thinks he knows what is right and wrong. The first order of business for the idol of logic is to do away with the true and living God. He, after all, is the only One capable of beheading our image.

 

Human logic can’t grasp this: those of us who are saved are  

·      Raised up (resurrected) in Christ Jesus and  

·      Seated together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.  

It’s as if we are already there.

 

·      When God looks at us, He sees Jesus Christ.  

·      When God thinks of us, He thinks of us in heaven.  

 

We are justified.  

·       “Just as if I’d never sinned.”  

·       “Just as if I were already in heaven.”

 

It’s one of the reasons I am so certain of the eternal security of the believer. Those who are saved are eternally saved, for sure—forever. Why? Because they have already been raised up together and seated together in Christ Jesus.  

·     The lost person’s logic can’t grasp that.  

·     The religious person’s logic can’t grasp that.  

 

Here’s the real rub: because we still live in corrupted flesh, unless we let Jesus behead that logic idol, we’ll wrestle with it too.  

 

And as long as we wrestle with justification, we’ll struggle to behave as the justified.

 

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Five Reasons We’re Secure in Christ: How to Break Down the Idol of Logic

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Ephesians 2:6 (KJV) Five Reasons We’re Secure in Christ