As we begin to dig into the life of Jacob it is very easy to recognize that Jacob was the favored son. This was no secret. Even our text reveals this truth very clearly. Let’s read this verse together.
· Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
As we begin this lesson let us explore the meaning of FAVOR v.: 1) to like or approve of 2) to help or aid 3) to prefer or help in an unfair way 4) to look like
REASONS FOR JACOB’S FAVOR TO JOSEPH
#1. JOSEPH WAS OF THE RIGHT BLOOD LINE
· Genesis 30:22-24 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: 24. And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
· The older of Jacob's two sons by Rachel. Having been long barren, she said at his birth "God hath taken away my reproach"; "the Lord (I regard this son as the earnest that He) will add to me another son," a hope fulfilled afterward in Benjamin's birth.
#2. HE WAS OF THE RIGHT TIME PERIOD
· Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
· Literally rendered, it is `son of old age to him'-Hebrew phrase for `a wise son'-one who possessed observation and wisdom above his years-an old head on young shoulders.
#3. HE WAS GIVEN A SPECIAL GIFT (THE COAT)
· Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
· [A coat of many colours.] k¦tonet (OT:3801) paciym (OT:6446), "a coat made up of stripes of differently-coloured cloth." Such vestures as clothing of distinction are worn all over Persia, India, and China to the present day.
· This was a coat reaching to the hands and feet, worn by persons not much occupied with manual labor, according to the general opinion.
MARKS OF GOD’S FAVOR ON US
#1. WE ARE OF THE RIGHT BLOOD LINE
· Romans 8:15-17 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Ø Purge your conscience
Ø Eternal Redemption
Ø Boldness
Ø Sanctification
Ø Glorification
Ø Sheltering
Ø Atoning
Ø Liberating
Ø Salvation
Ø Purchased
Ø Purified
Ø Inheritance
Ø Faith
Ø Peace
Ø Cleansing
Ø Covered
Ø Overcomes
· Col 2:14-15 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Rom 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Eph 2:13-14 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
#2. WE ARE OF THE RIGHT TIME PERIOD
· Est 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
· Acts 2:17-18 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18. And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
· Hag 2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
#3. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SPECIAL GIFT (HIS SPIRIT WITHIN US
Acts 2:38-39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 1:8-9 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Luke 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
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