This is the second occasion in our expositions of the Book of Genesis that we have moved
beyond the Seven Days of Creation and considered some other portions of Scripture
also still within Genesis. Our first move beyond chapter 1 was to consider God’s dealings
with His servant Jacob and we find ourselves now once again beyond the bounds of
chapter 1 considering the life of Joseph.
Providence and Sin: I want us to consider the Display of God’s Providence and
Sovereignty in the lives of His Servants during unexplained times of suffering, and I would
like to start off by asking how the providence of God works in the context of man’s sin.
Does providence even come into play? Are the two in any way influential upon one
another? Or is there no way whatsoever in which the pure and holy providence of a
righteous God can be in direct contact with the low, mean and vile sin of man? Now
before we even do that, let us first consider what these two big words mean.
