{"id":329,"date":"2018-09-03T07:15:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T12:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=329"},"modified":"2019-08-18T19:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T00:00:27","slug":"lesson-17-genesis-37-50-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/03\/lesson-17-genesis-37-50-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 4 (Lesson 17): Genesis 37 \u2013 50: Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the wages of sin\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0death; but the gift of God\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Romans 6:23<\/strong><\/p>\n

As you read the verse Romans 6:23, help your students understand this key verse as they complete the opening worksheet.\u00a0 Make sure your students understand the key verse and the importance of recognizing the greatest gift God ever gave \u2013 His Son, Jesus, to pay the penalty for our sins.<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0 In this lesson we will remember the familiar Bible events of Jacob and one of his sons, Joseph.<\/p>\n

Joseph was the 11th<\/sup> son born to Jacob.\u00a0 He was a godly young man in spite of adverse circumstances in his life.\u00a0 God used him to save his family from starvation during a time of famine throughout the lands.<\/p>\n

Today we will recognize God\u2019s blessings upon Joseph\u2019s life \u2013 for although he endured many problems (his brothers hated him; sold into slavery; falsely imprisoned; forgotten; etc.) he remained faithful to God.\u00a0 And God blessed Joseph\u2019s life.\u00a0 Joseph was the last major person in the book of Genesis.<\/p>\n

In the Old Testament, Joseph is one of the people we compare to a picture of Christ.\u00a0 In the past few weeks, we have seen where God promised to send One who would deliver a sinful people from their sins.\u00a0 The first was when man sinned in the Garden (Gen. 3:15).\u00a0 Then we saw where God promised Abraham that all people would be blessed through his descendants (Gen. 22:18).\u00a0 We even saw a picture of what God would do \u2013 lay down the life of His Son.\u00a0 This week, we see once again the promise of a mighty deliverer that would come (Gen. 28:14).\u00a0 And better yet, we see a picture<\/em> of a mighty deliverer in Jacob\u2019s son, Joseph.\u00a0 When Joseph\u2019s brothers sold him into slavery, they meant it for evil \u2013 Genesis 50:20:\u00a0 \u201cBut as for you, ye thought evil against me; but<\/em> God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is<\/em> this day, to save much people alive.\u201d\u00a0 God sent His Son, Jesus to save the world from their sin.\u00a0 He was the greatest gift ever given.\u00a0 But sinful man crucified him (evil against Him), and God took what man intended<\/em> to be evil and delivered us from our sins by Jesus\u2019 death.\u00a0 Just as Joseph recognized when he was placed in a position to save the world from starvation, Jesus came to save the world from \u201cthe wages of sin … death\u201d and instead give us the \u201cgift of God … eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.\u201d\u00a0 Notice the faithfulness of Joseph, and the blessings of God upon him.<\/p>\n

Encourage your students to bring their Bibles and use them!<\/p>\n

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Optional Worksheets to be downloaded:<\/p>\n

Lesson 17 – Volume 1 Children’s Worksheet 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesson 17 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ideas for children:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stickers always work well with children. Often times I watch Wal-Mart or Oriental Trading Company for specials or deals on things I can use for crafts for Sunday School (i.e. foam sheets, Bible Story scene stickers, crowns, stick on jewels, construction paper, etc.).\u00a0 I keep a stash and when I need something, I go search in my stash!\u00a0 Pinterest always has great ideas!<\/p>\n

You could have a coloring sheet that goes with the lesson.<\/p>\n

One idea for today\u2019s lesson:\u00a0 (See picture below). We made a foam book with pages inside that we wrote (or drew) ways to \u201cHonor God\u201d (much like Joseph did in his life). Another time we took a picture of Joseph\u2019s coat and used foam stickers to \u201ccolor\u201d it, or tissue paper glued to make it many colors.<\/p>\n

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Mural idea:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Refer to the wall in your classroom that has become a mural. Today, have them think of the greatest gift they can remember.\u00a0 Have them recognize that as great as that gift was, Jesus is the greatest gift of all.\u00a0 Have them think of ways they can, and should, tell others about the greatest gift ever, Jesus.\u00a0 Help them decorate a picture of a gift box telling that Jesus is God\u2019s gift to us.\u00a0 Remind them that just as Joseph saved from starvation, Jesus came to save mankind from their sin.<\/p>\n

Have them each add anything else they may have brought to add to the wall.\u00a0 Encourage everyone to participate.<\/p>\n

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Lesson 17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Key Verse \u201cFor the wages of sin\u00a0is\u00a0death; but the gift of God\u00a0is\u00a0eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Romans 6:23 As you read the verse Romans 6:23, help your students understand this key verse as they complete the opening worksheet.\u00a0 Make sure your students understand the key verse and the importance of recognizing the greatest gift […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[315],"tags":[105,35,96,80,104,73],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-one-quarter-two","tag-4th-main-person","tag-genesis","tag-jacob","tag-jesus","tag-joseph","tag-old-testament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":713,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}