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Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

How God Changes People | Torah | Genesis 38

Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

Ten Minute Bible Talks

Mental Health, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

How likely are you to make assumptions or judge others for their mistakes? Do you believe God can change anyone or are some people too far gone? Tanya shares how Genesis 38 tells a story of God using Judah's shortcomings to mold him into a changed person. Is God working to change you? Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Genesis 38 Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0

Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.

0:05.0

Where we connect the Bible to your life

0:09.0

and the time it takes to get to work.

0:11.0

I'm Tanya Wilmoth.

0:12.0

Right now we're going through the first book of the Bible, Genesis.

0:15.0

Do you ever stop to think about how many assumptions you make?

0:18.0

Like what people drive, how many kids they have, where they live, what church they attend,

0:22.0

what sign they have in their yard, who

0:24.6

they go out to dinner with, we take in and take an information and make assumptions.

0:30.5

The problem is we don't really know these people we make assumptions about.

0:34.2

We may know everything about them, but we don't really even know them.

0:37.8

But we think we do.

0:39.6

Today's story is a spicy one.

0:41.6

It has everything in it that we really don't want to talk

0:44.1

about on our way to work or school. Or maybe you do depending on how long your

0:47.9

drive is. The story itself in Genesis 38 kind of seems like an interruption of the narrative we've been in.

0:55.0

It falls smack dab in the middle of what's happening with Joseph.

0:58.8

But God doesn't do things unintentionally.

1:00.6

So this story is right here between Joseph being sold into slavery and making a name for herself in Egypt for a reason

1:09.0

Genesis 38 takes the focus away from Joseph and spotlights a different brother named Judah.

1:15.2

Let's do a quick recap. The covenant promise was given to Abraham and passed down to

1:20.2

Isaac and then Jacob. Jacob had 12 sons.

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