Our Outline Today:  The Suffering and the Testimony, in Abraham, in Jacob, in Joseph, and in Paul

Our Outline Today: Federal Headship Doctrine is Founded on the Genesis Account:

• The Federal Headship Doctrine, From the Top
• Our Hope Depends on Justification Which Is Gained through Faith
• Our Justification Depends On Christ’s Shed Blood
• Through His Blood Sacrifice Our Reconciliation Was Accomplished
• Adam’s Legacy is Undeniable by All, for Sin and Death Do Reign
• Christ’s Legacy Is Offered to All that Grace Might Reign
• Grace Through Christ’s Righteousness Reigns Even More than Adam’s Sin
• Paul’s Central Doctrinal Point - By Grace Through Faith, Our Personal Resurrection Is Assured

“The Genesis Themes and Their Consequences for Pauline Doctrine, Part 4, The Calling — The Election”

• The Calling — The Election, Abraham Is Our Example
• The Calling — The Election, Isaac Was Also Called
• The Calling — The Election, in Due Time, the Seed Promised Came
• The Calling — The Election, We Gentiles Also Are Called

Part 3”

• The Seed of the Woman Promise: The Blood is the Focus of It All

• The Means for Reconciliation is Through the Blood
• The Blood of An Innocent Substitute is Foreshadowed 
• The Blood of An Innocent Substitute is Provided
• The Blood of A Perfect Substitute is Delivered in Heaven

Last Time:

• The Transgression — The Fault and Its Consequence
• The Promise — God’s Response

Our Outline Today: “The Genesis Themes and Their Consequences for Pauline Doctrine, Part 2”

• The Fire — The Proof
• The Judgment — Sin’s Consequence

What Makes the Difference for You?

Next Times:

• The Blood — The Means for Reconciliation
• The Calling — The Election 
• The Suffering — The Process
• The Mark — The Testimony
• The Glory — The Reward

The Transgression, The Promise; The Fire; The Judgment; The Calling; The Suffering; The Mark; The Glory — What Makes the Difference for You?

• The Transgression — The Fault and Its Consequence
• The Promise — God’s Response

Next Times:

• The Fire — The Proof 
• The Judgment — Sin’s Consequence
• The Calling — The Election
• The Suffering — The Process
• The Mark — The Testimony
• The Glory — The Reward

Theme Verses:

Rom. 15:4-6

4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Our Outline Today: “The Heart of the Matter, the Provision of a Substitute and the Scarlet Thread of Redemption”

• The Example of Adam — Sin Enters the World But God Offers Hope
• The Example of Abel — An Animal Sacrifice Makes the Difference
• The Example of Seth — Even His Name Foreshadows the Coming Substitute
• The Example of Noah — True Worship Revolves Around the Altar
• The Example of Abraham — From Beginning to End, Only God is Worthy
• The Example of Isaac — A Quiet Life Demonstrates God’s Heart of Blessing
• The Example of Jacob — The Altar Testifies of a Transformed Life

Our Outline Today: “The Working of God Has Always Been Through Personal and Intimate Relationships with Sinners”:

• The End of It All — The Book of Life & The Lamb’s Book of Life, Judgments and Blessings, with Dispensational Realities
• How It Begins — Names are Given — A Personal Relationship with Almighty God is Revealed
• The History of God’s Working in the Lives of God’s Chosen Nation in General Is Recorded — A Personal Relationship with Almighty God is Revealed
• The Designed End of Redemption Is Testified — A Personal Relationship with Almighty God is Revealed

Our Outline Today:

• Jacob’s Final Prophetic Words — Scripture Confirms God’s Choice of Israel as His Nation Among Many (Chapter 49)
• Joseph’s Final Prophetic Words — Scripture Confirms God’s Choice of Israel as His Nation Among Many (Chapter 50)
• The Rest of the Story — Scripture Confirms God’s Choice of Israel as His Nation Among Many

Our Outline for Today: God’s Selective Work Focuses on Joseph: The Lord Reigns Over Israel, His Elect Nation!

The Account of Israel’s Deliverance Through Joseph Continues.  Joseph was born in chapter 30, and then in chapter 35 we read about how the full complement of twelve sons was accomplished and we will begin there —

• God Blesses Jacob at Bethel where he is commanded to live by God; Benjamin is Born and Rachel Dies; Isaac dies and is buried by Jacob & Esau; the Twelve Tribes are formally constituted as a family and nation (Chapter 35)
• Joseph is loved above the rest and is sold as a slave in Egypt — the turning point (Chapter 37)
• Joseph is blessed initially in Egypt, But … Potiphar’s Wife … (Chapter 38)
• Through Many Dreams and the Lord’s Working Joseph Is Elevated to Pharaoh’s Vice Regent!  (Chapters 39-41)
• The Saga of Joseph and His Brothers (Chapters 42-48)