Homiletics Study
– Genesis 2020-2021
Lesson 29 Passage:
Genesis 49-50
Content (List of Topics or Events)
Jacob blesses sons before
death (Genesis 49:1-28) a. Jacob calls sons for
blessing (1-2) b. Reuben in strength; no
longer excel (3-4) c. Simeon and Levi cursed
in anger to be dispersed among Israel (5-7) d. Judah your father’s sons
will bow down to you; obedience of nations his (8-12) e. Zebulum live by sea
haven of ships (13) f. Issachar bend his
shoulder burden and submit to forced labor (14-15) g. Dan provide justice to
people; a viper by the roadside (16-18) h. Gad attacked by raiders
and attack at heals (19) i. Asher he will provide
food fit for king (20) j. Naphtali doe set free;
bearing fawns (21) k. Joseph blessed and
greater blessings because of dependence on God (22-26) l. Benjamin a ravenous wolf
devours prey (27) m. Each blessing
appropriate to sons (28) |
Jacob gives burial instructions
and dies; Joseph mourns and buries father (Genesis 49:29-50: 14) a. Jacob gives burial
instructions (29-32) b. Jacob breaths last and
is gathered to his people (33) c. Joseph weeps over his
father (50:1) d. Joseph has father embalmed
(40 days) father with Egyptian mourning (70 days) (50:2-3) e. Joseph asks Pharaoh for
permission to bury father (50:4-6) f. Pharaoh’s officials and
Joseph’s brothers take Jacob to be buried as instructed (50:7-9) g. Joseph reaches Jordan mourning
for father loudly; 7 days (50:10-11) h. Jacob is buried and
procession returns to Egypt (50:12-14) |
Joseph reassures fearing brothers
and receives an oath to return his bones to Israel (Genesis 50:15-26) a. Joseph’s brother fear
grudge (15) b. Brothers send word to Joseph
saying father left word to forgive; receiving this Joseph wept (16-17) c. Brothers come telling
the are his slaves (18) c. Joseph tells
brothers that he is in the place of God; reassuring brothers (19-21) d. Joseph lives
110 seeing grandchildren (22-23) e. Joseph about
to die asks for oath to return his bones back to promised land (24-25) f. Joseph dies and
is embalmed and placed in coffin (26) |
Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
Jacob blesses sons before
death |
Genesis 49 |
Jacob gives burial instructions
and dies; Joseph mourns and buries father |
Genesis 49:29-50: 14 |
Joseph reassures fearing brothers
and receives an oath to return his bones to Israel |
Genesis 50:15-26 |
Subject
Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10
words)
Jacob blesses sons is
mourned; Joseph reassures and receives oath |
Aim (Main
Teaching Point of the Passage)
CTATLT honor and praise is
for faithful followers; God knows us and blesses according to our faithfulness. |
Specific
Application Questions
1 |
What truth yourself has
been brought before God? How can you better walk in His ways? |
2 |
How can we celebrate a life
well lived in His presence? How can we
give all the praise to God for what He has done? |
3 |
How do you realize where
God has placed you and honor that as a gift? What can we do to honor God? |
Principles to Remember
1 |
In God we are blessed |
2 |
Life should be celebrated |
3 |
God honor us through His
Grace |
Characteristic
of God
Knows us |
Theme
Blessings come to us as we
walk with the Lord in the light of His ways; then in fellowship sweet we will
sit at His feet. |
God’s Word - What’s happening?
God’s Heart – What does God
care about?
Today’s World – How does this
connect to what is happening in my world today