From Prisoner to Potentate
Genesis 41:1-57
April 26, 2020
Although Joseph had a vague ____________ about God’s calling in his life, he had no idea of what that meant. He wanted _______________ from his unjust treatment, _____________________ of his good name, and ________________ to his homeland. What would have happened to Joseph if Pharaoh’s chief cupbearer would have ________________ him as soon as he was restored to his position after his dream was fulfilled? Notice God’s _______________, not His supposed _______ of expanded blessing upon Joseph.
A. Pharaoh’s ____________________ (41:1-36)
1. The ______________________ – two dreams
a. The first – seven __________ cows devouring seven fat cows
b. The second – seven thin heads of ______________ devouring
seven healthy ones
2. The ______________________
a. No one is able to ___________________ Pharaoh’s dreams.
(1). Soothsayer-_________________
(2). ______________ men
b. The cup-bearer _____________________ remembers Joseph.
3. The ____________________
a. Joseph is brought out of prison and made _______________.
b. The mysterious ____________________ are repeated.
4. The _____________________________
a. The foretelling of the next __________ years
b. Seven years of ___________________ productivity followed
by seven years of ____________________ and want
5. The ____________________________
a. Appoint someone to _____________ up food supplies during
the good years in order to prepare for the following bad ones.
b. The goal is to ______________________ the nation.
B. Pharaoh’s ____________________ (41:37-57)
1. Joseph’s _______________________
a. He was ______________________ as having supernatural
insight.
b. He was given a new name: “________________ of secrets”
b. He was placed in charge of the ____________ government.
2. Joseph’s ____________________
a. He _____________________ oversees the massive amount
of grain storage in regional cities.
b. He was responsible for _________________ the food to the
people.
3. God’s _______________________
a. He _______________ him a prince’s daughter for his wife.
b. He gave him two sons
(1). Manasseh – “one who causes to _________________”
(2). Ephraim – “_________________________”
Notice a key _______________ in verse 52b: “God has caused me
to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
1. _____________________ responding to affliction at the moment
produces fruitfulness in the _____________________.
2. The ungodly person views _____________________ as alarming
and will flee from it, whereas the godly person sees affliction as a
_______________________ step in eventual blessing.
Romans 5:3; John 15:2
3. “God has ___________________”
a. He gives abounding ___________________. 2 Cor. 9:8
b. His Holy Spirit indwells and ________________ the believer.
John 15:4