THAT'S JUST GREAT!

GENESIS 48

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. GREAT POWER [v. 1-4]

Great Power Comes From:

1. The Power of Love [v. 1-2]

2. The Presence of the Lord [v. 3]

3. The Promises of the Loving Lord [v. 4]

II. GREAT RESPONSIBILITY [v. 5-12]

Great Responsibility Comes With:

1. The Adoption of Sons [v. 5-7, Gal. 4:1-7]

2. The Reception as Sons [v. 8-11]

3. The Ritual of Adoption [v. 12, 30:33, 50:23]

III. GREAT BLESSING [v. 13-22]

Great Blessing Comes By:

1. Recognizing God's Salvation [v. 13-16]

Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

2. Recognizing God's Sovereignty [v. 17-19]

Romans 9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

3. Recognizing God's Selection [v. 20-22]

Luke 6:13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;