Lessons from the Life of Joseph - Week 1, Day 2 - The Gospel Truth

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Andrew Wommack’s daily TV program: Gospel Truth To subscribe to Andrew’s email newsletter: http://www.awmi.net/youtube-subscribe/ We have begun a brand new series to share with you: Lessons from the Life of Joseph. We can learn so much from the lives of those who loved God and His Word. God even tells us in His Word that all things that happened to those in the Old Testament were written for our learning ( I Corinthians 10: 1-11 ), even to help us not make the same mistakes. Let's learn from the life of Joseph the biblical principle that the choices we make when we come under life's pressures will determine our outcome. 00:08 Andrew continues to teach about the life of Joseph. 01:40 All of these things that happened in the Old Testament to people, happened for our example, so that we, through them, could learn. (1 Corinthians 10:6-11) 03:55 (Genesis 37:3-4) Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 05:53 So right here, in verse 4, it says that the hatred that his brothers had for Joseph originated before Joseph had received these dreams, and before he shared these dreams with his brothers. 07:59 And here’s one of the lessons that you can learn from the story of Joseph. If you’re a parent, you don’t need to prefer one child over another. You need to love all of your children. And I believe that Joseph was set up in this, and again, these brothers have to assume responsibility for their own actions, but it was fueled and given an occasion by the father’s preferential treatment of Joseph. You should not do that with your children. This is one of the lessons we can learn. 11:18 Jesus said not to cast our pearls before swine. And I believe that its true, that you need to be careful who you share your vision with, because you can have criticism and unbelief directed back towards you, by people who don’t understand, and are trying to squelch your vision. (Matthew 7:6) 12:11 My take is that, Joseph, everything that you see later in this story, it shows so much integrity. It shows so much trust and reliance upon God that to me it’s inconsistent to just sit here and label him as a spoiled brat. 14:32 (Proverbs 13:10- Only by pride cometh contention:..) This is describing contention: Hatred from the brothers against Joseph. And the Scriptures says that the only reason that comes is because of pride. They were jealous of Joseph. 15:17 You’ll find this, that when God reveals His will to you, and you start heading in that direction, sometimes, matter of fact most of the time, the criticism that you will first receive will be from your own family members. 17:29 Jesus’ own brothers did this. They came against Him. You can see that in the seventh chapter in the book of John. They mocked him and said, ‘If you’re really the Christ, well then go up to Jerusalem and reveal yourself.’ And they did that because they knew people were waiting to kill him, and they were mocking him. And it says that his own brothers didn’t believe in him. (John 7:3-5) 18:32 His brothers hated him not because of something that Joseph did, but just because God was exalting him. 19:57 I’m gonna do what Jesus said in (John 14:12) that the same works that He did, I can do also. And when somebody starts believing for that and moving in that direction, then all the people who just want to maintain the status quo, and be just the average dead Christian that has no manifested power in their life. They’re saved and stuck, and just waiting until they go to heaven to start seeing any real glory manifested in their life. All of the mediocre Christians are going to fight against you and criticize you, because if what you are saying and the direction you are heading is true, well then, that condemns their lifestyle. 21:45 Right here it says that his brothers envied him. (Genesis 37:11) This shows you that the root of their rejection was all in pride. They wanted themselves to be exalted. They did not want their younger brother to be exalted. 22:20 They all rejected him, thinking he was operating in pride or in arrogance & links to next video 22:38 Before God uses a person, He will always drop a dream in your heart. It doesn’t have to be necessarily a physical dream, when you’re asleep and your’er eyes are closed, but just a vision; a desire; a prophecy about what He wants to do with your life. He will start with a dream. ============================================ Andrew Wommack Ministries http://www.awmi.net/ https://www.facebook.com/AWMinistries https://twitter.com/andrewwommack https://instagram.com/andrewwommack/ https://www.pinterest.com/andrewwommack/ ======================================================

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