1. JOSEPH
The Servant
Genesis 40:1-23

2. JOSEPH
The Server?
Genesis 40:1-23

3. Compare and Contrast

4. Compare
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Contrast

5. A favourite son A gifted seer An innocent victim An eventual winner A willing servant A surprising saviour

6. A favourite son A gifted seer An innocent victim An eventual winner A willing servant A surprising saviour

7. “Even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many”

8. Compare
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9. A servant
A willing servant?

10. A willing servant?

11. “Take this cup from me; yet not my will but yours be done!”
A willing servant?

12. “Only the fearful can be brave” ARISTOTLE
“Only the unwilling can be obedient” DOWLAND

13. “Here I am, I have come - it is written about me in the scroll
“Here I am, I have come it is written about me in the scroll I desire* to do your will, O my God.”
Psalm 40:7,8
(* delight?)
“Here I am it is written about me in the scroll - I have come to do your will, O God.”
Hebrews 10:7

14. OBEDIENCE matters more than WILLINGNESS
(see Matthew 21:28-31)
THE PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS

15. “These were all commended for their faith” Hebrews 11:39
Willing in fact? Willing in faith!

16. “For the joy set before him …”

17. Commit yourselves to Christ as his servants
Commit yourselves to Christ as his servants. Give yourselves to him, that you may belong to him. Christ has many services to be done. Some are more easy and honourable,    others are more difficult and disgraceful. Some are suitable to our inclinations and interests,    others are contrary to both. In some we may please Christ and please ourselves. But then there are other works where we cannot please Christ except by denying ourselves. It is necessary, therefore,    that we consider what it means to be a servant of Christ.
RICHARD ALLEINE 1663

18. 1 Set apart some time before the Lord, seeking, thinking, searching
2 Be serious, in holy awe and reverence
3 Claim God’s covenant; rely upon God’s promise
4 Resolve to be faithful; never go back
5 Renew your covenant with the Lord; fall down upon your knees and lift your hands towards heaven

19. ‘Lord, make me what you will. I put myself fully into your hands:
‘Lord, make me what you will. I put myself fully into your hands:     put me to doing, put me to suffering,     let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you,      let me be full, let me be empty,     let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and with a willing heart give it all to your pleasure and disposal.’

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You?