From Prison to Prominence
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Through the many difficulties of Joseph's life, God was developing the gifts he would need to save Egypt from a national emergency. Today, R.C. Sproul considers what we can learn from God's providence and Joseph's wise stewardship.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God's Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | Joseph got in trouble because he said to his brothers when he was a boy and had had this dream |
| 0:06.4 | that the time would come when he would be exalted over them. |
| 0:11.2 | And now Pharaoh said, I am going to appoint you over everybody in my kingdom except me. |
| 0:17.0 | Now who does that include? |
| 0:19.0 | The butler who forgot him, Potipher who put him in prison, |
| 0:23.6 | potifer's wife, whose lies put him in prison in the first place. |
| 0:29.2 | The |
| 0:31.2 | The The story of Joseph is filled with drama, surprises and irony. It has encouraged Christians |
| 0:41.7 | for millennia and is filled with lessons for you and me |
| 0:44.7 | so we're taking time this week to pause and freshly walk through a story that may have |
| 0:50.2 | become familiar for some of us. This is the Tuesday edition of renewing |
| 0:54.9 | your mind and I'm so glad that you're joining us today. Joseph has been sold by |
| 1:00.2 | his brothers, lied about and put in prison as a result, and then forgotten about |
| 1:05.4 | when he thought that he might have an opportunity for release. But God had not |
| 1:10.3 | forgotten Joseph, and as we were reminded yesterday God is the God of Providence and he is never late even when he calls us to wait. |
| 1:20.0 | This series is 20 messages and we're only featuring five this week. |
| 1:24.4 | So don't forget to visit renewing your mind.org |
| 1:27.5 | if you'd like to learn how to get the entire series and R.C. sprawl's new book on Joseph. Well here's Dr. Sprawl as we see how |
| 1:35.8 | God took Joseph from prison and raised him to prominence. |
| 1:41.8 | We continue now with our study of the life of Joseph. In our last session we saw |
| 1:47.8 | how that after two years the Butler finally remembered Joseph when he realized that Pharaoh had been so profoundly |
| 1:59.2 | distressed by this dream that he had. And so after 13 years of trial and tribulation, Joseph is about |
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