Examples, Genesis 39:9

This post concerns three outstanding examples from the Old Testament.

Examples discusses what Joseph, Joshua, and King David did that showed their faith.

Joseph as a slave in Egypt was tempted to commit fornication with his master’s wife. His response helps us even today, Genesis 39:9. “How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”

Joseph teaches us that when we sin, we sin against God.

God liberated the children of Israel from Egyptian slavery and brought them to Canaan where He blessed their efforts with victories over the inhabitants. However, they were surrounded on all sides by idol-worshipping nations. Each person had to decide whether to worship idols or the Lord. Near his death, Joshua reviewed their history of the blessings and care God had given them. Then he set the standard, Joshua 24:14-15. “…choose this day whom you will serve… But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

We must still choose today to serve the Lord and not the world.

King David wrote many psalms and worshipped the Lord. After God blessed him with victories, David made a thoughtful decision to build a house of worship to replace the tabernacle tent. Although God was impressed, He said that David could not build a temple, but that David’s son would. Then, God prophesied that He would build a house for David from his offspring.

Like David, we should worship with an awareness of God and His desires and seek to please Him.

These three are excellent examples of obeying, worshipping, and thinking of God. However, Jesus exhibits the ultimate example for us to follow, Matthew 16:24. “… Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”

Let us set Jesus before our eyes as the ultimate proper example and strive to follow Him.

So, what did we learn?

1.Joseph, Joshua, and David serve as excellent examples to duplicate.

2.Jesus provides the best example for us to follow.

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