In this sermon, we learn God’s plan for a healthy family, especially how to live as a Christian family. We are reminded that God teaches us to be filled with the Holy Spirit—for husbands to love wives, for wives to submit to husbands, for children to obey parents, and for parents not to exasperate children.

In this sermon, we learn God’s plan for a healthy family, especially how to live as a Christian family. We are reminded that God teaches us to be filled with the Holy Spirit—for husbands to love wives, for wives to submit to husbands, for children to obey parents, and for parents not to exasperate children.

In this Sunday’s sermon we finished our series in Genesis by seeing that Jacob and Joseph held to faith, even as their deaths neared. We were encouraged that we can also maintain faith and approach death with confidence, if our faith is placed in Jesus Christ. Ultimately we see in this closing sermon that for those who walk with God, death is not the end, but a new beginning.

In this passage, we find Joseph weeping as His brother’s ask him for forgiveness. After all his struggle and triumph, because Joseph focused on God he was able to see that what his brothers meant for harm, God meant for good. Through this he was able to respond with mercy and grace. We see these actions perfected in Christ who is able to make all things right and has given us the ultimate mercy and grace in salvation.

In this sermon we see the great blessing that God brings to us through our spiritual family. In Genesis 48-49 we find Jacob blessing his sons and discover that our blessings from God are not based on our birth order, family history, or even a biological connection. Our blessings are found in Christ, whose death made it possible for us to become children of God and be part of a spiritual family, the church.

The launching point for this message is the example of how Joseph managed Egypt to prepare for the famine God had told him they would experience. In this story, we learn that God encourages financial saving, especially when He makes clear to us that a financial taxing journey is coming. We also see in this message the dangers of a flippant attitude toward money and debt, but are reminded that God sets captives free, even those in the captivity of financial issues.

Follow Jacob’s final journey to Egypt and to his death through this message. We see in this that if we follow God on our journeys He will be with us. We also see that God prepares a place for us along the journeys of life, even unto death.