Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ

In chapter 14 Jesus gave a staggering teaching that if anyone loves Jesus, then the Father and the Son will come to that person and make their home with that person (14:23). Jesus wants his disciples to understand the close, intimate relationship that is available for those who follow him. Jesus is now going to […]

Joseph is the second in power over Egypt. Pharaoh has set Joseph as viceroy over Egypt and answered to no one but Pharaoh himself. God has taken Joseph out of the pit of 13 years of misery and suffering and has given him extraordinary power. Joseph is now around 40 years old. The seven years […]

It is the last night of Jesus’ life. He is in the upper room with his disciples and has told them that he has to go away. This information concerning his departure has caused the disciples to have troubled hearts. Jesus is erasing those fears by telling them about what will happen. For Jesus to […]

One must appreciate the beginning of chapter 41. “After two whole years….” Joseph has been in the dungeon for many years now. Joseph is 30 years old now, 13 years removed from when he lived with his father and brothers in Canaan. For 13 years Joseph has lived as a slave or prisoner in Egypt. […]

Jesus is speaking to his disciples about his departure and is speaking with words to comfort their troubled hearts. Jesus leaving would be a benefit for his disciples. Jesus was going to prepare a place in the Father’s house for those who belong to Jesus. The disciples are concerned that they do not know the […]

Joseph is in an Egyptian prison because he faithfully rejected the seduction of another man’s wife. However, she lies and charges him with attempted rape which is the reason he sits in a dungeon with no hope of release. Joseph is now 28 years old. It has been 11 years since his brothers sold him […]

The scriptures turn their attention back to the life of Joseph in Genesis 39. Genesis 37 revealed that Joseph had been sold into Egyptian slavery, sold in particular to an officer of Pharaoh, Potiphar. Genesis 39:1 reminds us of this event after telling us the unseemly matters concerning Judah in Genesis 38. What a sorrowful […]

It is the final night of Jesus’ life. By this time tomorrow Jesus will have been executed on the cross and placed in a tomb. The thirteenth chapter of John records the scene in the upper room. Judas has been identified as the betrayer and has been sent out. Jesus is left with the other […]

The big question that arises in Genesis 38 is why is this event recorded here? Why does this story “interrupt” the flow of the Joseph narrative? You will notice in chapter 39 the narration returns to Joseph and continues with him until the end of Genesis. Some scholars reject this text by calling it an […]

Isaiah has been prophesying to the people explaining why they can put their hope and trust in the Lord during their time of suffering and disaster. God is proving to his people that they are not forgotten. God will send the Servant to be light to the nations, reconciling the peoples to him. The Servant […]