Genesis 6:8 “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” ``` Hosanna to His Holy Name, Author: Isaac Watts Tune: Doxology 1. Now to the Lord a noble song! Awake, my soul; awake, my tongue! Hosanna to His Holy Name, And all His boundless love proclaim. 2. His glory shines in Jesus’ face, The brightest image of His grace! God, in the person of His Son, Has all His greatest works outdone. 3. The spacious earth and spreading flood proclaim the wise, the mighty God; And His rich glories from afar sparkle in every rolling star. 4. But in our Lord a glory stands, The noblest labor of His hands; The love and mercy in HIS eyes outshines the wonders of the skies! 5. Grace! ‘tis a sweet, a charming theme; My thoughts rejoice at Jesus’ name: Ye angels dwell upon the sound, Ye heavens reflect it to the ground! ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 20 Similarities of Joseph and Jesus in Genesis 37 and 38 1. Joseph was a shepherd (37:2); Jesus is the Great Shepherd (John 10). 2. Joseph was opposed to and exposed evil (37:2); Jesus did the same yet without sin. 3. Joseph was loved by the his father (37:3-4); Jesus was beloved by the Father.(Mat. 3:17; 17:5; John 10:17; Philippians 2:9) 4. Joseph was hated by his brothers (37:4); Jesus was hated by His brothers (John 1:11; Luke 19:14). 5. Joseph was hated for his words (37:8); Jesus was hated for His words of truth. (John 7:7; 3:32) 6. Joseph was promised a remarkable future (37:7-12); Jesus looked passed the cross to the joy set before Him (Isaiah 9:6,7; Luke 1:31-33; Hebrews 12:2). 7. Joseph foretold of his future sovereignty (37:7-12); Jesus did the same. (Mat. 26:64) 8. Joseph was envied by his brothers (37:11); Jesus was envied by His. (Mat. 27:17-18) 9. Joseph was sent by his father to his brothers (37:13); Jesus was sent to the ‘lost sheep of Israel,’ by His father (John 4:34; 5:30; 6:38-40; 12:48-50; 17:21) 10. Joseph seeks out his brothers (37:14-17); Jesus sought out His (Luke 19:10) 11. Joseph seeks the welfare of his brothers (37:14); Jesus came not to condemn but that the world might be saved through Him. (John 3:17) 12. Joseph seeks his brothers until he finds them; Jesus seeks us until He finds us, this is at the initiative of God our Father. 13. Joseph was conspired against (37:18); Jesus was also conspired against. (Mat. 12:14) 14. Joseph's brothers did not believe his dreams (37:19, 29); Jesus' brethren did not believe His words. (Mat. 27:39-43; John 3:18, 36) 15. Joseph was stripped of his coat (37:23); Jesus was stripped of His coat. (Mat. 27:27, 28; John 19:23) 16. Joseph was taken out of the pit, alive in his body (37:28); Jesus was bodily-resurrected from the tomb (pit). 17. Joseph's brothers mingled hypocrisy with their hatred (37:27); the Jews did the same with Jesus (Mat. 27:35, 36; John 18:28, 31) 18. Joseph is sold for the price of a slave (37:38); Jesus was sold for thirty pieces of silver (the price of a slave). 19. Judah suggested the idea of selling his brother (37:26-28); the Greek name for Judah is Judas (Mat. 1:2-3). 20. Joseph's blood sprinkled coat (goat blood) is presented to his father (37:31); Jesus is our scapegoat and His blood was presented to the Father as a sin offering for the sins of all the elect. (Leviticus 16:8-10) --A.W. Pink ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You Are Greatly Loved! Daniel 10:11 “And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved.” Daniel was a man greatly loved by God. Child of God, do you hesitate to appropriate this title? Ah! has your unbelief made you forget that you are greatly loved by God? Must you not have been greatly loved--to have been bought with the precious blood of Christ? When God smote His only begotten Son for you--what was this but being greatly loved by Him? You lived in sin and rioted in it--must you not have been greatly loved for God to have borne so patiently with you? You were called by grace and led to the Savior, and made a child of God and an heir of Heaven! All this proves, does it not--a very great and super-abounding love for you? Since that time, whether your path has been rough with troubles, or smooth with mercies--it has been full of proofs that you are greatly loved by God. If the Lord has chastened you--yet it was not in anger. If He has made you poor--yet you have been made rich in grace. The more unworthy you feel yourself to be--the more evidence you have that nothing but unspeakable divine love could have led the Lord Jesus to save such a soul as yours! The more demerit you feel--the clearer is the display of the abounding love of God, in having chosen you, and called you, and made you an heir of everlasting bliss! Now, if there is such great love from God to us--let us live in the influence and sweetness of it, and use the privilege of our exalted position as God's redeemed children. Do not let us approach our Lord as though we were strangers, or as though He were unwilling to hear us--for we are greatly cherished by our compassionate Father! “He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” Romans 8:32 Come boldly, O believer, for despite the whisperings of Satan and the doubtings of your own heart--you are greatly loved! Meditate on the exceeding vastness and faithfulness of Christ’s matchless love to you! “And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.” Ephesians 3:19 --Author Unknown
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