Season 4 Genesis 39: 11-18 (Joyelle Lee)
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Gen 39: 11-18
“One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work.
12 She came and grabbed him by his cloak, demanding, “Come on, sleep with me!”
Joseph tore himself away, but he left his cloak in her hand as he ran from the house.
13 When she saw that she was holding his cloak and he had fled, 14 she called out to her servants.
Soon all the men came running. “Look!” she said. “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to make fools of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed. (Wrongly accused)
15 When he heard me scream, he ran outside and got away, but he left his cloak behind with me.”
16 She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home. 17 Then she told him her story. “That Hebrew slave you’ve brought into our house tried to come in and fool around with me,” she said.
18 “But when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his cloak with me!”
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JAMIE BANK STORY—
(RUN!!!)
“The further away from the pistol, the less accuracy of his shot!”
RUN!!! Get up & go. Don’t talk to it, don’t think about it, don’t entertain it... RUN!
Our hearts naturally desire to run TOWARD sin, not run AWAY from it!
Sin is part of our spiritual DNA in a broken world:
“I’ve been evil from the day I was born; from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful” (Psalm 51:5)
⁃ 1Cor 10:13
“The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. (It’s not a sin to be tempted!)
And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you’re tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.”
The BIBLE says:
Prepare for Battle
Stand firm
Do not be moved
Be courageous and firm
Be immovable
Be on Guard
“Clothe self with full armor of GOD so I can stand firm against schemes of satan.”
BUT…
• Flee (Only told to “flee”= sexual immorality & idolatry)
1 cor 6:18
“FLEE/RUN from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.”
“If you’re experiencing spiritual warfare through SEXUAL temptation —it’s not because you have a DEMON, but because you have a DESTINY!”
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SHEDDING THE COVERING:
1. Joseph’s covering/cloak left behind to FLEE from sin
(Two robes have been stripped from him at this point)
2. Mark 14:51-52
“a young man was following Jesus, wearing only a linen sheet covering over his naked body, and some men seized him! But pulling free of the Linen sheet, he escaped from them naked!”
(Leave your covering in the hand of the enemy!)
3. John 13:4
Jesus took off His robe to wash his disciple’s feet!!!
John 13:15: “ I’ve given you an EXAMPLE to follow!!
(Not just serving others — but SHEDDING the robe (OF SHAME..) To serve others!!)
The COVERING= is a HIDING
(“If they really knew me— they’ll leave me”)
The covering= a WALL between me and God
the SHEDDING= HONESTY (naked & exposed
(my convo w/ Jamie)
as you RUN TO THE FATHER— you shed the counterfeit “coverings.’
Joseph’s story is getting ready to show us that in order to go from the PIT to PALACE —there’s going to be a shedding REQUIRED!!!
(Egypt out of Israelites)
It’s a sign of full SURRENDER !!
SHEDDING THE LAYERS (the fig leaves)
The RIPPING of cloaks/ robes in the bible=
expression of deep sorrow/ grief)
shedding of your “covering” WILL cause grief and sorrow- running from the one thing satan told you would “complete you & keep you safe !”
SHOW
(Picture of a little girl with a teddy bear= SHOW)
Joseph continually is being stripped of his “external coverings” — as he walks out his mission.
You can’t bring your old covering into the new life of freedom!
“We Can’t pour new wine into old wineskins!” (Matt 9:17)
Zachariah 3:3-5 “Jeshua’s clothing was filthy as he stood there before the angel. So the angel said to the others standing there, “Take off his filthy clothes.” And turning to Jeshua, he said, “See, I have taken away your sins, and now I am giving you these fine new clothes. Then I said, “They should also place a clean turban on his head.” (My thoughts/ fantasies/ imagination)
So they put a clean priestly turban on his head and dressed him in new clothes while the angel of the LORD stood by. “
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To F L E E :
We’re more concerned with physical dangers that threaten the body than we are with spiritual dangers that threaten the soul.
We NATURALLY Flee from external danger!
Fire= safe place
Hurricane= shelter
War with another country
We must WAKE UP to this demonic plan on our lives!!!
• Jamie RAN to seek refuge/help/ safety
Prov 22:3: “The prudent see danger and take REFUGE, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.”
Psalm 46:1-3
“God is my refuge and my strength; He’s an ever-present help in my trouble. Therefore I will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.” (HE IS MY REFUGE)
• Phil 2:13 — “For God is working in you, giving you the DESIRE and the POWER to do what pleases him!!”
P O R N :
Joseph knew sexual immorality opens a demonic portal straight into your life!
satan TRICKS you, then TEMPTS you, then TRAPS you!
culture TELLS us if it makes you happy— it must be good!
EVE thought the fruit would make her happy, too! (Satan doesn’t tell you the CONSEQUENCES)
1. Pornography use increases the marital infidelity rate by more than 300%.
2. 8-11 yrs old (7 -2019) is the average age that a child is first exposed to porn, and 94% of children will see porn by the age of 14.
3. 56% of American divorces (https://s3.amazonaws.com/thf%5Fmedia/2010/pdf/ManningTST.pdf) involve one party having an “obsessive interest” in pornographic websites.
5. 68% of church-going men (https://conquerseries.com/why-68-percent-of-christian-men-watch-porn) and over 50% of pastors view porn on a regular basis.
6. young Christian adults 18-24 years old (SNL), 76% actively search for porn.
7. 33% of women aged 25 and under (SNL) search for porn at least once per month.
8. 55% of married men and 25% of married women say they watch porn at least once a month.
9. 79% of men (single & married) in church view porn at least once month(8 out of 10 men)
10. 1 out of 3 viewers of porn are female
11. 57% of pastors say porn addiction is the most damaging issue in their congregation. And 69% say porn has adversely impacted the church.
13. Only 7% of pastors address & help people struggling with pornography.
QUOTE:
“The greatest threat to the Church today is not so much the pornography itself— as much as it is the
‘IGNORE-IT attitude many Christians have about it— & ultimately it’s destruction.”
There is an area of the brain that’s severely damaged by only two things:
Head-on collision
Viewing porn
this generation fights sex trafficking more than any other generation
BUT This generation consumes porn more than any other generation
porn and sex trafficking are integral
“Watching porn & fighting against human trafficking is like protesting a corrupt politician, and then giving money to his campaign.”
• We’ve created the world’s first visual drug— & it acts like a drug!
“TRADING real intimacy for superficial quick satisfaction” (trick of Satan)
“Continued and excessive amounts of porn can rewire the brain to respond to internet images and NOT to a flesh-and-blood spouse.
⁃ P.I. E. D =
“porn-induced erectile dysfunction “
Prevalent in men under the age of 30
can’t respond to a woman naturally because they’ve been CONDITIONED by SCREEN!!!
• READILY AVAILABLE
(In my mind, too)
You can’t UNSEE what you’ve seen!
My Imagination ADDED to it!
My imagination was under the influence (intoxicated) by Satan.
I needed to reprogram my head & heart through MEDITATING on His Word (truth) first — to RENEW my mind— before I could begin to trust my imagination!!!
Many have given satan dictatorship over our IMAGINATIONS.
BUT….
⁃ God is TAKING BACK TERRITORY!
What you DON’T FEED— will die!!!
More millennials think it’s wrong to not recycle than it is to look at porn!
• OXYTOCIN, dopamine, adrenaline, endorphins, serotonin= the element released to be the super glue for human bonding during sex) —-which i “bonds” us to these images
Most Children viewing porn have found it “accidentally.”
Today’s porn is more graphic, violent, deviant & destructive than anything ever seen before.
almost 50% of families say porn is a “problem “ in their home.
Youth that view pornography once a month or more are at a greater risk of developing:
• depression,
• anxiety,
• sexually permissive attitudes,
• preoccupation with sex,
• inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality,
• unrealistic ideas about sexual relationships,
• insecurities about body images in females and insecurities about sexual performance in males.
• As an adult, they’re more likely to be unfaithful to their spouse.
• 56% of divorce cases involve one party having an obsessive interest in online pornography.
In Forrest Gump,
little Forrest, wearing leg braces, was being bullied by the other kids from school
and while he was wondering whether to run or fight …
his friend yelled at him…
“Run, Forrest. Run!”
Run, Joseph, run!
Run, Joy, run.
Run straight to the Father!
“Run to the Father”
I've carried a burden
For too long on my own
I wasn't created
To bear it alone
I hear Your invitation
To let it all go
I see it now.
I'm laying it down
And I know that I need You
I run to the Father
I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding
No reason to wait
My heart needs a surgeon
My soul needs a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
You saw my condition
Had a plan from the start
Your Son for redemption
The price for my heart
And I don't have a context
For that kind of love
I don't understand
I can't comprehend
All I know is I need You.
So I run to the Father
My heart has been in Your sights
Long before my first breath
Running into Your arms
Is running to life from death
And I feel this rush deep in my chest
Your mercy is calling out
Just as I am, You pull me in
And I know I need You
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
And again and again.”