Genesis 47:13-27

"GOD'S STIMULUS SERMON"


 Genesis 47:13-27 (King James Version)

 13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore,
 so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason
 of the famine.

 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt,
 and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought 
 the money into Pharaoh's house. 

 15 And when money failed in the land   of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, 
 all the Egyptians came  unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread:  for why 
 should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. 

 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle,
 if money fail. 

 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in
 exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and
 for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

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RECENT VIRGINIA

CHURCH SERVICE-STIMULUS

SERMON

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Good morning, brothers and sisters;

it's always a delight to see

The pews crowded on Sunday

Morning, and so eager to get into

God's Word. Turn with me

In your Bibles, if you will to the 47th

Chapter of Genesis, we'll

Begin our reading at verse 13, and go

Through verse 27.

Brother Ray, would you stand and

Read that great passage for us?

....(reading)....

Thank you for that fine reading,

Brother Ray.. So we see that

Economic hard times fell

Upon Egypt , and the people turned to

The government of Pharaoh

To deal with this for them. And Pharaoh

Nationalized the grain

Harvest, and placed the grain in great storehouses

That he had built. So the

People brought their money to Pharaoh, like a

Great tax increase, and

Gave it all to him willingly in return for grain. And

This went on until their

Money ran out, and they were hungry again.

So when they went to Pharaoh after

That, they brought their

Livestock -their cattle,

Their horses, their sheep, and their donkey -

To barter for grain, and

Verse 17 says that only took them through

The end of that year..

But the famine wasn't over, was

It? So the next year, the people

Came before Pharaoh and

Admitted they had nothing left, except

Their land and their own

Lives. "There is nothing left in the sight

Of my lord but our bodies

And our land. Why should we die before

Your eyes, both we and

Our land? Buy us and our land for food,

And we with our land will

Be servants to Pharaoh.." So they

Surrendered their homes,

Their land, and their real estate to

Pharaoh's government, and

Then sold themselves into slavery

To him, in return for grain.

What can we learn from this, brothers

And sisters?

That turning to the government

Instead of to God to be our provider

In hard times only leads

To slavery? Yes.. That the only reason

Government wants to be

Our provider is to also become our master?

Yes.

But look how that passage ends,

Brothers and sisters! Thus Israel

Settled in the land of

Egypt , in the land of Goshen ... "And they gained

Possessions in it, and

Were fruitful and multiplied greatly." God

Provided for His people,

Just as He always has! They didn't end up

Giving all their possessions

To government, no, it says they gained

Possessions! But I also

Tell you a great truth today, and an ominous

One.

We see the same thing happening

Today - the government today

Wants to "share the Wealth" once again,

To take it from us and redistribute

It back to us. It wants

To take control of healthcare, just as it has taken

Control of education, and

Ration it back to us, and when government

Rations it, then government

Decides who gets it, and how much, and

What kind. And if we go

Along with it, and do it willingly, then we will

Wind up no differently

Than the people of Egypt did four thousand years

Ago - as slaves to the

Government, and as slaves to our leaders.

What Mr. Obama's government is

Doing now is no different from what

Pharaoh's government did then,

And it will end the same. And a lot of

People like to call Mr. Obama a "Messiah," don't they?

Is he a Messiah? A savior? Didn't the Egyptians

Say, after Pharaoh made them his slaves,

"You have saved our

Lives; may it please my lord, we will be servants to

Pharaoh"?

Well, I tell you this - I know the Messiah;

The Messiah is a friend of mine;

And Mr. Obama is no Messiah!

No, brothers and sisters,

If Mr. Obama is a character

From the Bible, then he is Pharaoh.

Bow with me in prayer,

If you will...Lord, You alone are worthy to be

Served, and we rely on You, and You alone.

We confess that the government is not our deliverer,

And never rightly will be.

We read in the eighth chapter of 1 Samuel,

When Samuel warned the people

Of what a ruler would do,

Where it says "And in that day you will cry out

Because of your king, whom

You have chosen for yourselves, but

The LORD will not answer

You in that day."

And Lord, we acknowledge that day has come.

We cry out to you because of the ruler

That we have chosen for ourselves as a nation.

Lord, we pray for this nation. We pray for revival,

And we pray for deliverance from those who would be our masters.

Give us hearts to seek You and hands to serve You,

And protect Your people from the atrocities of Pharaoh's

Government.

In God We Trust...

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