God’s Healing Plan for Dysfunctional Families

  1. Introduction
    1. Anytime a crime takes place, there are two victims: the perpetrator and the one who has been wronged.
    2. How can that healing come about?
  2. A Look at the Text
    1. _______________ is leading his family.

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    2. Ten brothers go down to Egypt.
    3. Joseph’s first dream was fulfilled.
    4. Joseph _______________ them and accused them of being _______________.

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    5. Joseph’s strategy worked.
      1. He got _______________ concerning his family

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        (v. 13).
      2. He put them in _______________ for three days, with the result of their confessing that they were reaping what they had sown. True repentance. Godly sorrow.

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      3. Joseph probably, for the first time, hears about Reuben, his oldest brother’s _______________ for him.

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    6. Instead of keeping nine of the ten brothers in prison, he keeps only one and has the other nine return to their father.
      1. Nine brothers could better convince the father to let _______________ return with them to Egypt, rather than just one.

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      2. One returning home could not bring or _______________ the food on the long journey back to Canaan, but nine could.

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      3. By _______________ the brothers’ silver, he was truly testing them for their honesty.

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    7. The story ends with Jacob’s refusal to let Benjamin go to Egypt. Ten brothers go down to Egypt.
  3. God Is Speaking to Us
    1. It is in this text that we see God’s _______________ power at work.

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      1. In Joseph:
        1. He recognizes that his brothers feel _______________ for what they have done.

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        2. He realizes that Reuben was _______________ him.

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        3. He sees once again that God is _______________.

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      2. In His Brothers:
        1. They were confronted by their hardness of _______________; they would not listen.

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        2. They knew God saw what they did, and His law of “tooth for a tooth” was true.
    2. Healing is tied to our ability to _______________ (v. 23).

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    3. We see the gift of _______________ operating through Joseph to bring healing, and God can do that for us.

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    4. Ask God to bring revelation.
    5. Compare the crime with what was done on the cross.
    6. Repent, forgive, repeat.
  4. Conclusion

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