Rooted in God: The Life of Joseph
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Joseph is a fruitful bowel even a fruitful Bow by a well whose branches run over the wall. Genesis 49 22 and of Joseph he said blessed of the Lord be his land for the precious things of Heaven for the Dew and for the deep that coucheth beneath Deuteronomy 33 verse 13. [00:00:00]
The point is to get by the well or to use our second text to tap the deep that couches beneath. If we can reach the secret fountains and say to God with the psalmist all my fresh Springs are in thee, then shall we find nourishment for our branches and our fruit and leaf will never fail. [00:01:47]
My dear hero you profess to be a Christian but have you really had dealings with God? I know you have been baptized and you come to the communion table, but have you pressed beyond the signs to the Lord himself is there a root in your religion and has that root struck deep into spiritual truth and have you received the life and power which come from the spiritual fountain? [00:04:45]
Because Joseph lived near to God he received and retained gracious principles. There is a great difference between religious principle and religious passion. Many persons of religious by starts and fits according to their company their feelings or their whims according to the influences under which they come certain people become good bad or indifferent. [00:06:56]
Joseph as a youth dwelt very near to God and hence he was forced to enter his protest against the evil conduct of his brothers. Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. Soon he became a marked young man his brothers felt he was not one of themselves and they hated him called him a dreamer and took the first occasion to get rid of him. [00:09:59]
This abiding near to God made Joseph independent of externals his resources were within and therefore he was not to be injured by things without his Springs were deep and therefore not affected by circumstances. He was not dependent upon family surroundings at home the Society of his father would nourish his early piety but he was just as gracious in the house of potiphar. [00:13:16]
Hereditary religion is hopeful when it is also personal religion but not else if you are not living in God on your own account your religion may as well fail you at once for it will ultimately do so many professing Christians are I fear very much dependent upon Revival excitement and the currents of Godly society which are often sufficiently strong to bear with them those who have no living principle. [00:14:36]
Beloved friend I pray you seek after a spiritual life which is not even dependent on outward ordinances. It is a great comfort to be able to hear the word Faithfully preached and if you can hear it and do not hear it you miss a great blessing and incur Grievous loss but suppose you're a place where there is no preaching of the word. [00:16:56]
The man who dwells near to God has supplies which can never be cut off. We have heard of cities which have been surrounded by armies and were never captured by assault but were compelled to surrender because the procedures cut off the watercourses broke down the aqueducts and so subdued them by thirst. Jerusalem was never thus captured for they were deep Wells within the city itself which never ceased to flow. [00:30:13]
The supplies of the believer who dwells deep are pure as well as full. Grace through the means is apt to be diluted but when we receive it from God Alone it is Grace indeed. The best of pipes are apt to make the water taste all common watercourses mix Earth with the water but the deep that lieth under is Out Of Reach of defilement if you can draw from the pure well of gospel undefiled you will do well. [00:33:55]
If you want a rich Christian find a man who lives with God in secret and goes deep into Divine truth. A shallow believer is a poor and weak believer but the strong Christian is the man who lives on God and will not be put off with anything short of fellowship with the father Son and Holy Ghost. [00:45:44]
Dear friends I might add a thousand things but I will not. I will only say this, do I pray you dive into the depths you that are beginning with holy things begin deep and take sure root. See how soon buildings fall if they have insufficient foundations. Find your foundation in the rock you that have long known the Lord Endeavor to know more and more of him. [00:46:10]
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The point is to get by the well or to use our second text to tap the deep that couches beneath. If we can reach the secret fountains and say to God with the psalmist all my fresh Springs are in thee, then shall we find nourishment for our branches and our fruit and leaf will never fail. [00:01:47]
My dear hero you profess to be a Christian but have you really had dealings with God? I know you have been baptized and you come to the communion table, but have you pressed beyond the signs to the Lord himself is there a root in your religion and has that root struck deep into spiritual truth and have you received the life and power which come from the spiritual fountain? [00:04:45]
Because Joseph lived near to God he received and retained gracious principles. There is a great difference between religious principle and religious passion. Many persons of religious by starts and fits according to their company their feelings or their whims according to the influences under which they come certain people become good bad or indifferent. [00:06:56]
Joseph as a youth dwelt very near to God and hence he was forced to enter his protest against the evil conduct of his brothers. Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. Soon he became a marked young man his brothers felt he was not one of themselves and they hated him called him a dreamer and took the first occasion to get rid of him. [00:09:59]
This abiding near to God made Joseph independent of externals his resources were within and therefore he was not to be injured by things without his Springs were deep and therefore not affected by circumstances. He was not dependent upon family surroundings at home the Society of his father would nourish his early piety but he was just as gracious in the house of potiphar. [00:13:16]
Hereditary religion is hopeful when it is also personal religion but not else if you are not living in God on your own account your religion may as well fail you at once for it will ultimately do so many professing Christians are I fear very much dependent upon Revival excitement and the currents of Godly society which are often sufficiently strong to bear with them those who have no living principle. [00:14:36]
Beloved friend I pray you seek after a spiritual life which is not even dependent on outward ordinances. It is a great comfort to be able to hear the word Faithfully preached and if you can hear it and do not hear it you miss a great blessing and incur Grievous loss but suppose you're a place where there is no preaching of the word. [00:16:56]
The man who dwells near to God has supplies which can never be cut off. We have heard of cities which have been surrounded by armies and were never captured by assault but were compelled to surrender because the procedures cut off the watercourses broke down the aqueducts and so subdued them by thirst. Jerusalem was never thus captured for they were deep Wells within the city itself which never ceased to flow. [00:30:13]
The supplies of the believer who dwells deep are pure as well as full. Grace through the means is apt to be diluted but when we receive it from God Alone it is Grace indeed. The best of pipes are apt to make the water taste all common watercourses mix Earth with the water but the deep that lieth under is Out Of Reach of defilement if you can draw from the pure well of gospel undefiled you will do well. [00:33:55]
If you want a rich Christian find a man who lives with God in secret and goes deep into Divine truth. A shallow believer is a poor and weak believer but the strong Christian is the man who lives on God and will not be put off with anything short of fellowship with the father Son and Holy Ghost. [00:45:44]
Dear friends I might add a thousand things but I will not. I will only say this, do I pray you dive into the depths you that are beginning with holy things begin deep and take sure root. See how soon buildings fall if they have insufficient foundations. Find your foundation in the rock you that have long known the Lord Endeavor to know more and more of him. [00:46:10]
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