1) JOSEPH - GEN 37: 1-28; 39:1 - 46:33
A. KEY VERSE - GEN 50:20
B. CHARACTER -
1. OUTSPOKEN AS A YOUNG MAN - GEN 37: 2-14
2. HUMBLE AND MATURED - GEN 39-40
3. WISE AND DISCERNING - GEN 50: 19-21; ACTS 7: 9,10
4. FAITHFUL - HEB 11:22
C. STRIKING COMPARISON BETWEEN JOSEPH'S SUFFERING AND THAT OF JESUS. HEB 12; 2,3
D. CHALLENGES
1. DEALING WITH THE FAVORITISM OF HIS FATHER, JACOB
2. SOLD INTO SLAVERY BY HIS BROTHERS - GEN 37: 18-36
3. THE CHALLENGE OF POTIPHAR'S WIFE - GEN 39: 1-18
4. UNJUST SUFFERING IN PRISON - GEN 39:19 - 40:23
5. RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADING A NATION - GEN 47: 13-26
E. LESSONS LEARNED -
1. STAYING STRONG THROUGH TEMPTATION, ADVERSITY, FALSE ACCUSATIONS, ETC
2. REPAY EVIL WITH GOOD AND FORGIVE THOSE WHO WRONG YOU - GEN 45:4 - 15
3. SOMETIMES GOD CAN TURN THINGS INTO GOOD - GEN 50:20
2) MOSES - EXODUS 1 - DEUTERONOMY 34
A. KEY VERSE - EX 3:10
B. CHARACTER -
1. RELUCTANT AND COMPLAINING - EX 3: 6-13; 4; 10-17; NUMBERS 11:15
2. COURAGEOUS, YET HUMBLE - EX 2:15-17; 5:1-3; 33:12-23; NUMBERS 12:3
3. MORAL AND UPRIGHT - EXODUS 32; NUMBERS 12: 6-8
4. TRUSTWORTHY AND FAITHFUL - HEB 3:5; 11: 24-29
C. CHALLENGES
1. CHOOSING THE PEOPLE OVER THE BENEFITS OF THE EGYPTIAN LIFE - EX 2: 11-13
2. EXPECTING THE WRATH OF THE KING - EX 2:15
3. SPEAKING POORLY - EX 4:10
4. LEADING THE ISRAELITES
5. BEING THE ONE "BETWEEN" A COMPLAINING PEOPLE AND A JUST GOD - EX 11; 4-20
D. LESSONS LEARNED -
1. A PERSON MAY FEEL INADEQUATE, BUT THAT'S THE PERSON TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASK - EX 3 AND4
2. GOD IS FAITHFUL AND JUST. HE FAITHFULLY REMEMBERS HIS PEOPLE AND JUSTLY DEALS WITH
THEIR DISOBEDIENCE - EX 3: 7-10; NUM 14; 20-24
3. SOMETIMES SOMEONE CANNOT EFFECTIVELY DO SOMETHING ALONE, THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE A
DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES. EX 18: 13-26