Summary
Shively, the American history teacher that he was, wrote on the board, you can't know where you're going until you know where you've been. So we know a little bit about their story, because a little bit of their story is also a little bit of our story. And Stephen told the story of Yahweh's covenant with Abraham, Abraham's child Isaac, Isaac's child Jacob, and Jacob's children, who are the patriarchs of the Hebrew people. And we get a good bit of Joseph's story from Stephen's sermon, but we kind of need to go back and remember why Joseph's brothers would be jealous. And not only was God granting favor for Joseph through Pharaoh, it became clear that the Lord placed Joseph strategically in a position that would provide future care to Jacob and his family who had rejected Joseph. So Joseph sent for his people, sent for his family to gather, to join him, and they were reunited and Joseph and his status in Israel protected Israel in his status in Egypt, protected Israel in a foreign land.
Video citations
- "Not Just A History Lesson" Acts 7:9-16 — We are working through Act still and we're in Chapter 7, looking at Stephen's sermon picking up in verse 9, but we will get there. First I want to tell you a little story. When I was in ninth grade,…