_Pharaoh dreamed_ PHARAOH’S DREAM I. THAT APPARENTLY INSIGNIFICANT EVENTS MAY OFTEN GROW INTO AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORLD’S HISTORY. II. THAT GOD CHOOSES THE INSTRUMENTS OF REVELATION ACCORDING TO HIS OWN GOOD PLEASURE. III. THAT GOD CAN SUDDENLY ARREST THE ATTENTION OF THOSE WHO ARE THE FART... [ Continue Reading ]
_I do remember my faults this day_ PHARAOH’S BUTLER; OR, THE POWER OF MEMORY, ASSOCIATION, AND CONSCIENCE I. THE POWER OF MEMORY. “I do remember.” Memory, a faculty of mind, wonderful, varies in its strength and exercise, accompanied by pains as well as pleasures. The effect depends upon the state... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph_ JOSEPH SUMMONED INTO PHARAOH’S PRESENCE I. HIS LONG WAITING FOR NOTICE AND DELIVERANCE. The religious mind will see in this the wisdom of God. 1. In regard to the education of character. 2. In its adaptation to the circumstances of the individual. 3. In its... [ Continue Reading ]
_Behold there come seven years of great plenty_ JOSEPH AS A PROPHET In interpreting Pharaoh’s dream, Joseph shows himself a true prophet of the Lord. He has all the marks of those who are called to reveal the Divine mind to man. I. BOLDNESS. The true prophet has no fear of man. He speaks the wor... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn_ JOSEPH AS THE ADVISER OF PHARAOH I. HIS PRESENCE OF MIND. Equal to the situation. II. THE KINDNESS AND OPENNESS OF HIS NATURE. III. HIS SELF-COMMAND. IV. HIS PRACTICAL GOOD SENSE. (_T. H. Leale._) PROVIDENCE FOR THE... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pharaoh said unto his servants: Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?_ PHARAOH AND JOSEPH In examining this narrative we find a most remarkable parallel in the relations of Joseph and Pharaoh to the relations of Christ and the sinner. I. Following this line of th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah_ JOSEPH’S NEW NAME Besides other marks of honour, Joseph received a new name from the king--analogous to those which Daniel and his friends received, in a later age, from Nebuchadnezzar, and having some special appropriateness to the work which be was... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt_ JOSEPH ADVANCED TO POWER I. THE RIPENESS OF HIS AGE AND EXPERIENCE. Providence, which prepares events, also prepares men for them. II. THE PRACTICAL CHARACTER OF HIS MIND. Not puffed up by pride. At once... [ Continue Reading ]
_Manasseh: for God, said he, hath made me forget_ MEMORIAL NAMES I. GOD’S KINDNESS TO JOSEPH. 1. A blessed oblivion. 2. A rich fruitfulness (Genesis 41:52). II. JOSEPH’S GRATEFUL MEMORIAL OF GOD’S KINDNESS. (_J. Willcox._) THE NAMES OF JOSEPH’S CHILDREN His attitude towards God and his own fam... [ Continue Reading ]
_Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians_ THE SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE I. JOSEPH’S ADMINISTRATION. 1. It showed great prudence and skill. 2. It showed a spirit of dependence upon God. 3. It was the exhibition of a character worthy of the highest confidence. II. Lessons: 1.... [ Continue Reading ]