Genesis 46:1-34
Jacob goes to Egypt. There were three factors in Jacob’s guidance: Inner desire- He wanted to see Joseph; Circumstances- Joseph wanted to see him and his sons were going to take him; God’s Word- God told him to go. With God’s command, there was also His promise- ‘I will there make of you a great nation’. There was no need for fear because God would be with him (3-4). Life would not be easy in Egypt - ‘every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians’(34). We live in a world which does not honour Christ as ‘the Good Shepherd’(John 10:11,14), ‘the Great Shepherd’(Hebrews 13:20-21), ‘the Chief Shepherd’(1 Peter 5:4). In Christ, we are ‘a holy nation’. Why has God made us His ‘own people’? - ‘that you may declare the wonderful deeds of Him... ’(1 Peter 2:9). ‘The nations are waiting for us, waiting for the gospel we will bring’(Songs of Fellowship, 539).
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Jacob goes to Egypt. There were three factors in Jacob’s guidance: Inner desire- He wanted to see Joseph; Circumstances- Joseph wanted to see him and his sons were going to take him; God’s Word- God told him to go. With God’s command, there was also His promise- ‘I will there make of you a great nation’. There was no need for fear because God would be with him (3-4). Life would not be easy in Egypt - ‘every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians’(34). We live in a world which does not honour Christ as ‘the Good Shepherd’(John 10:11,14), ‘the Great Shepherd’(Hebrews 13:20-21), ‘the Chief Shepherd’(1 Peter 5:4). In Christ, we are ‘a holy nation’. Why has God made us His ‘own people’? - ‘that you may declare the wonderful deeds of Him... ’(1 Peter 2:9). ‘The nations are waiting for us, waiting for the gospel we will bring’(Songs of Fellowship, 539).
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Blessings in Christ
Christ in all the Scriptures
http://christinallthescriptures.blogspot.com
