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Mercy and Grace

Mercy and Grace

Jun 11, 2023

Passage: Genesis 43:11-15

Preacher: Steve Choi

Series: Created and Blessed

Category: Created and Blessed

Keywords: genesis

Summary:

Main Idea: We see a story of Jacob and his sons living in fear and guilt. They reluctantly go to Joseph for food and their brother Simeon. They are surprised by mercy and grace from Joseph which was ultimately from God. This mercy and grace is what we all need as well.

Detail:

 

  • Living in Fear (Gen. 43:1-10)

 

 

 

  • Seeking Approval (Gen. 43:11-14)

 

 

 

  • Justifying Themselves (Gen. 43:16-22)

 

 

 

  • God Grants Mercy (Gen. 43:14, Jer. 50:42, Matt. 23:23, 2 Cor. 1:3, Jonah 4:2-3)
    • Psalm 116:5  Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful
    • 1 Peter 2:10  Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

 

 

  • God Gives Grace (Gen. 43:23-24, Hebrews 4:16)
    • It is just so incredible, so counterintuitive, and so beyond anything else in our experience that it is very hard for us to wrap our brains around its majesty. There is no human being so creative and imaginative as to be able to pen such a story. You can read the story in Scripture and still not be blown away by its glory because you just don’t have categories to understand its depth and breadth.  - Paul Tripp