From Prison to Prominence
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 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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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) 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.
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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 that the time would come when he would be exalted over them. |
| 0:11.8 | And now Pharaoh said, I am going to appoint you over everybody in my kingdom except me. |
| 0:19.4 | Now who does that include? |
| 0:25.6 | The butler who forgot him, Potipher, who put him in prison, and Potipher's wife, whose lies put him in prison in the first place. |
| 0:32.6 | The story of Joseph is filled with drama, surprises, and irony. |
| 0:43.3 | It has encouraged Christians for ages and is filled with lessons for you and me. |
| 0:48.3 | So we're taking time this week to pause and to freshly walk through a story that may have become familiar for some |
| 0:55.0 | of us. |
| 0:56.0 | Hello and welcome to the Tuesday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:59.3 | I'm Lee Webb, and I'm glad you could be with us today. |
| 1:02.8 | Joseph has been sold by his brothers. |
| 1:05.1 | He's been the victim of lies. |
| 1:06.8 | He's been put in prison and seemingly forgotten. |
| 1:10.3 | But God had not forgotten, Joseph. And as we were |
| 1:13.3 | reminded yesterday, God is the God of Providence, and he is never late, even when he calls us to wait. |
| 1:20.7 | So here's Dr. Sprole now, as we see how God took Joseph from prison to prominence. |
| 1:29.3 | In our last session, we saw how that after two years, the butler finally remembered Joseph |
| 1:38.3 | when he realized that Pharaoh had been so profoundly distressed by this dream that he had. |
| 1:46.8 | And so after 13 years of trial and tribulation, Joseph is about to be vindicated. |
| 1:56.8 | We pick up the story in chapter 41, beginning at verse 14. Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, |
| 2:07.6 | and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon. Maybe that day they brought him quickly |
| 2:14.0 | out of the dungeon, but it wasn't quick enough to satisfy Joseph. He'd been there |
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