HE REFUSED

Genesis 39:1-8a                  

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

During the Reagan years there was an anti-drug slogan that said simply, "Just Say No!" 

J. Vernon McGee once preached a sermon entitled "The Power of Negative Thinking." 

The message this evening is in a similar vein- taking our title from our text, "BUT HE REFUSED." How much trouble and sorrow could be avoided in the world, in the nation and in our own lives if we simply refused the evil. 

The Bible teaches that even a child should learn to refuse the evil and choose the good. What have you refused Lately? Have you refused the world, the flesh, and the Devil and chosen the good Lord? Let us look at some examples of God’s people refusing the evil:

 

I. JOSEPH REFUSED TO BE IMMORAL [Gn. 39:8-13]

 

II. ISRAEL [JACOB] REFUSED TO GO AGAINST THE CLEAR LEADING OF GOD [Gn. 48:13-20]

 

III. NABOTH REFUSED TO MAR HIS INHERITANCE [1 Kings 21:1-5, 15]

 

IV. ELISHA REFUSED  TO CONFUSE A NEW CONVERT FOR MATERIAL GAIN [2 Kings 5:14-19, 1 Cor. 8]

 

V. MOSES REFUSED TO BE COMPROMISE HIS FAITH [Heb. 11:24-27]