2. Facing Life’s Problems
The Life of Joseph

3. Facing Life’s Problems
II Corinthians 12:10 – “in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses”
How do you face these problems?
What instructions were Joshua given?
Joshua 1:7
What advice did the Proverb writer give his son?
Proverbs 4:20-27

4. Joseph 1.) Facing Envy & Hatred 2.) Facing Betrayal
3.) Facing Persistent Temptation

5. Facing Persistent Temptation
Genesis 39:1-11
Joseph’s Problem:
Genesis 39:7 - His master’s wife sought to tempt Joseph.
Genesis 39:10 - She persisted in her temptation daily.
Genesis 39: She increased the temptation.

6. Facing Persistent Temptation
Genesis 39:8-12
Joseph’s Response:
Genesis 39:8-9 - Joseph told this woman “no.”
Genesis 39:10 - Joseph refused to listen to her.
Genesis 39:12 - Joseph even had to flee from her.

7. Facing Persistent Temptation
Our Applications:
1.) We will be faced with temptation.
James 1:2-3 – “when you fall in to various trials”
James 1:12-15 – “each one is tempted when his is drawn away by his own desires”
I Peter 5:8-9 – “the devil walks about like a roaring lion”

8. Facing Persistent Temptation
Our Applications:
2.) We Must Resist Temptations
James 1:12 – “Blessed is the man who endures temptation”
I Thessalonians 5:21-22 – “abstain from every form of evil”
I Timothy 6:11 – “But you, O man of God, flee these things”

9. Facing Persistent Temptation
Our Applications:
3.) We have help from God
I Corinthians 10:13 – “God is faithful”
Ephesians 6:10-11 – “Put on the whole armor of God”
Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

10. Joseph 1.) Facing Envy & Hatred 2.) Facing Betrayal
3.) Facing Persistent Temptation
4.) Facing False Accusations

11. Facing False Accusations
Genesis 39:1-11
Joseph’s Problem:
Genesis 39: Potipher’s wife falsely accused Joseph to the other men.
Genesis 39: Then she accused Joseph to Potipher.
Genesis 39: He became angry & threw Joseph in prison.

12. Facing False Accusations
Genesis 39:21-23
Joseph’s Response:
Genesis 39:21 - Joseph continued to be faithful to the Lord.
Genesis 39:22-23 – The keeper of the prison commits all the prisoners into Joseph’s authority.
What did this keeper see in Joseph?

13. Facing False Accusations
Our Applications:
1.) We will be faced with false accusations.
Matthew 5:10-12 – “say all kinds of evil against you falsely”
I Peter 3:16 – “defame you as evildoers”
I Peter 4:14-16 – “reproached for the name of Christ”

14. Facing False Accusations
Our Applications:
2.) Jesus was faced with false accusations.
Mark 3:1-2 – “watched Him closely… so that they might accuse Him”
Luke 7:33-34 – “Look, a glutton and a winebibber”
Luke 11:53-54 – “seeking to catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him”

15. Facing False Accusations
Our Applications:
3.) We must keep our lives above reproach.
Titus 2:8 – “having nothing evil to say of you”
Ephesians 5:1-4 – “let it not even be named among you”
Luke 6:22-23 – “Blessed are you when men… cast out your name as evil”

16. Facing Life’s Problems
We must resist temptation & submit to God.
We must live our lives above reproach so that none may have evil to say of us.
Although the problems of this life may seem huge, heaven will be worth it all.