Faith for the Future

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  • Study:
    By Faith: Believing God in an Unbelieving World
    By:
    Matt Fray
    Date:
    Scripture:
    Hebrews 11:22; Genesis 50:20-26; Exodus 13:19; Psalm 105
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  • Hebrews 11:22

    22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.

    Genesis 50:20–26

    20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. 21 So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

    The Death of Joseph

    22 So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph’s own. 24 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” 26 So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

    Exodus 13:19

    19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones with you from here.”

    Psalm 105

    Tell of All His Wondrous Works

    105:1   Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name;
        make known his deeds among the peoples!
    2   Sing to him, sing praises to him;
        tell of all his wondrous works!
    3   Glory in his holy name;
        let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
    4   Seek the LORD and his strength;
        seek his presence continually!
    5   Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
        his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
    6   O offspring of Abraham, his servant,
        children of Jacob, his chosen ones!
    7   He is the LORD our God;
        his judgments are in all the earth.
    8   He remembers his covenant forever,
        the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
    9   the covenant that he made with Abraham,
        his sworn promise to Isaac,
    10   which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
        to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
    11   saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
        as your portion for an inheritance.”
    12   When they were few in number,
        of little account, and sojourners in it,
    13   wandering from nation to nation,
        from one kingdom to another people,
    14   he allowed no one to oppress them;
        he rebuked kings on their account,
    15   saying, “Touch not my anointed ones,
        do my prophets no harm!”
    16   When he summoned a famine on the land
        and broke all supply of bread,
    17   he had sent a man ahead of them,
        Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
    18   His feet were hurt with fetters;
        his neck was put in a collar of iron;
    19   until what he had said came to pass,
        the word of the LORD tested him.
    20   The king sent and released him;
        the ruler of the peoples set him free;
    21   he made him lord of his house
        and ruler of all his possessions,
    22   to bind his princes at his pleasure
        and to teach his elders wisdom.
    23   Then Israel came to Egypt;
        Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
    24   And the LORD made his people very fruitful
        and made them stronger than their foes.
    25   He turned their hearts to hate his people,
        to deal craftily with his servants.
    26   He sent Moses, his servant,
        and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
    27   They performed his signs among them
        and miracles in the land of Ham.
    28   He sent darkness, and made the land dark;
        they did not rebel against his words.
    29   He turned their waters into blood
        and caused their fish to die.
    30   Their land swarmed with frogs,
        even in the chambers of their kings.
    31   He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
        and gnats throughout their country.
    32   He gave them hail for rain,
        and fiery lightning bolts through their land.
    33   He struck down their vines and fig trees,
        and shattered the trees of their country.
    34   He spoke, and the locusts came,
        young locusts without number,
    35   which devoured all the vegetation in their land
        and ate up the fruit of their ground.
    36   He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
        the firstfruits of all their strength.
    37   Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold,
        and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
    38   Egypt was glad when they departed,
        for dread of them had fallen upon it.
    39   He spread a cloud for a covering,
        and fire to give light by night.
    40   They asked, and he brought quail,
        and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
    41   He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
        it flowed through the desert like a river.
    42   For he remembered his holy promise,
        and Abraham, his servant.
    43   So he brought his people out with joy,
        his chosen ones with singing.
    44   And he gave them the lands of the nations,
        and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
    45   that they might keep his statutes
        and observe his laws.
      Praise the LORD!