These Old Testament examples happened to them as admonitions for us in the church today. ( I Cor. 10:11)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...

 

Consider Joseph:

 

Genesis 39  (Joseph's brothers sold Joseph into slavery and Joseph was taken into Egypt)

 

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

 

And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

 

(Even when Joseph was a slave, God made it possible for Joseph to prosper.  Joseph was a righteous man.)

 

And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

 

And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

 

And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

 

And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

 

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

 

But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

 

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

 

And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

 

And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

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In times of such temptations, we, who want to go in the way of God, can get great help from God by calling on God in prayer ... asking God to help us and to please stop us from going in way of evil.

 

I have called on God many times when the temptation was great and God always stopped me when I wanted to be stopped.

 

Often God, by the Holy Spirit, would remind me of a scripture which gave me strength not to speak or do that which my flesh wanted to speak or do.

 

Galatians 5:19-21   Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

 

We who are born again do much harm to ourselves when we walk in the ways of the flesh.

 

When we follow the Spirit of God we go in the way of righteousness which turns into prosperity and good success for us in the days to come just as the Bible tells us it will do.  Joshua 1 & Psalms 1

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