The TEN Tests: From Promise to Purpose - The Potiphar Test

SERIES: THE 10 TESTS (FROM PROMISE to PURPOSE)

THE POTIPHAR TEST – SERMON

GENESIS 39:1-6

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

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Genesis 39:23 “The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.”

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Deuteronomy 29:9 "Therefore keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do."

3 John 2 "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers."

The First Key to Prospering is…

#1. THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.

Genesis 39:2 “The Lord was with Joseph so he succeeded (PROSPERED) in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master."

2 Kings 18:7 "The Lord was with him (HEZEKIAH); he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the King of Assyria and did not serve him."

#2. THE KEY TO THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IS OBEDIENCE

2 Chronicles 17:3-4 "Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals, ⁴ But sought the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not according to the acts of Israel."

1 Samuel 18:12 "Now Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, but had departed from Saul"

1 Samuel 18:14 "And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him."

Isaiah 1:19-20 "If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; ²⁰ But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

Deuteronomy 11:26-28 “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: ²⁷ the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you today; ²⁸ and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known."

Job 36:11-12 "If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. ¹² But if they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge."

Genesis 4:16 "Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord."

Psalm 51:11 "Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me."

#3. THE KEY TO OBEDIENCE IS FAITH

1 Thessalonians 5:17  “PRAY without CEASING.”

Hebrews 3:18-19 "And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn’t it the people who disobeyed him? ¹⁹ So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest."

#4. THE KEY TO FAITH IS HEARING THE WORD.