Jesus in Genesis: Sin, Suffering and Salvation

OUTLINE

• Sin (Gen 37:2-4)

• Suffering (Gen 37:23-28)

• Salvation (Gen 37:29-30)

QUESTIONS

1. What stuck out to you from today’s passage?

2. What are some of the ways that sin deforms and distorts your deepest and good desires (the longings for joy, peace, community, acceptance, accomplishment, meaning, for a life without lack)?

3. Genesis 37 shows us how sin completely destroys the relational fabric of a family. How has sin impacted and threatened your relationships with others? In what ways does Jesus bring healing to those impacted relationships?

4. Genesis 37 lays the foundation for God’s work of salvation in Jacob’s family and eventually all of humanity through Jesus. How has Jesus brought salvation and healing to your own brokenness?

5. Suffering is a painful reality in a broken world. How do you think Jesus may want to transform and use suffering for His glory and your good?

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE

Genesis 36

Genesis 37