Doctrine: Reconciliation
(Repentance, Forgiveness , Reconciliation)
Attribute: Grace
Big Idea: God’s purposes are always fulfilled.
“It Is Well with My Soul” Virtual choir
Prayer of Confession
***Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
***We are truly sorry and we humbly repent, for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen
Assurance of Pardon
****The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse us, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
****For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the East is from the West, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:8-12 )
Discussion Questions
Second Day,
Questions 3a,b,c,4,5
Genesis 45:1-15
Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers .
Genesis 45
***4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. 6 For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping.
****7But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
What is happening? (Joseph forgives his brothers.)
****Good News Translation verse 7
God sent me ahead of you to rescue you in this amazing way and to make sure that you and your descendants survive.
*****New Living Translation verse 7
God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.
Third Day, Questions 6,7, 8a,b
Genesis 45:16-28
Pharaoh instructed Joseph’s brothers to bring Jacob’s entire family back to Egypt.
Fourth Day, Questions 9a,b,c,10,11a,b
Genesis 46:1-30
Jacob and his household went to Egypt.
Map of Goshen
Fifth Day, Questions 12,13,14
Genesis 46:31-47:12
Jacob and his family were allowed to settle in Goshen.
“People Need the Lord” – Steve Green
Repentance
Luke 13:3 “No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
Forgiveness
****1 John 1:99 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”****“The Lord has forgiven you so you also must forgive one another. “
Colossians 3:13
Reconciliation
****2 Corinthians 5:18-21. 18 “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
****20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
****Genesis 33:4. “But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.”
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. “. Ephesians 4:32
“”Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your Heavenly Father will also forgive your sins. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. “ Matthew 6:12,14-15
“And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. “ Mark 11:25