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3. INTRODUCTION
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• Pre-requisite: Alive
• Duration: life time
• Operation Hour: 24 hours (the
school that never sleeps)
• Lecturers: Abraham, Moses, Noah,
Joseph…etc.

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CLASS SUBJECT
FAITH is
Week 1 - Abraham FAITH is TRUST
Week 2 - Moses FAITH is CHOICE
Week 3 – Noah FAITH is OBEDIENCE
Week 4 - Joseph ...

5. JOSEPH
By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the
exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his
bones.
Hebrews 11:22

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FOR JOSEPH,
FAITH IS ...

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FOR JOSEPH,
FAITH IS
ENDURANCE

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He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
They afflicted his feet with fetters,
He himself was laid in irons;
Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of the Lord tested him.
The king sent and released him,
The ruler of peoples, and set him free.
He made him lord of his house
And ruler over all his possessions,
Psalms 105:17-21

9. JOSEPH
And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with
yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives
that God sent me ahead of you
Genesis 45:5

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JOSEPH’S ENDURANCE

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JOSEPH’S ENDURANCE
• Endured when betrayed

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JOSEPH’S ENDURANCE
• Endured when betrayed
• Endured when he was wrongly accused and
imprisoned

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JOSEPH’S ENDURANCE
• Endured when betrayed
• Endured when he was wrongly accused and
imprisoned
• Endured when he was forgotten

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Faith is about moving mountains
and claiming miracles. But
sometimes faith is also about
enduring the greatest trials in life.

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Faith is about moving mountains
and claiming miracles. But
sometimes faith is also about
enduring the greatest trials in life.
Great faith is enduring
great trials

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Endure - Greek: HUPOMENO
• Stay under the pressure, not moved
• To hold on / hang on
• To remain, not recede or flee

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TO LEARN STRONG
FAITH IS TO ENDURE
GREAT TRIALS
George Mueller

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Cultural Christianity today generally rejects endurance/
perseverance / sufferings and thrives on feel-good prosperity
Gospel. Somehow our understanding of faith has become all
about serving us, taking, grabbing etc.
More and more, in the last days, we are living in the days
whereby endurance is needed for our faith to thrive and
survive.

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BIBLE TRUTHS

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BIBLE TRUTHS
1.Endurance is key in the last days

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BIBLE TRUTHS
1.Endurance is key in the last days
You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who
has endured to the end who will be saved.
Matthew 10:22

22. JOSEPH
BIBLE TRUTHS
1.Endurance is key in the last days
You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who
has endured to the end who will be saved.
Matthew 10:22
• Increasing compromise in truth, moral standards

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BIBLE TRUTHS
1.Endurance is key in the last days
You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who
has endured to the end who will be saved.
Matthew 10:22
• Increasing compromise in truth, moral standards
• Increasing difficult life/ stress/ conflicts – drop out of faith

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BIBLE TRUTHS
1.Endurance is key in the last days
You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who
has endured to the end who will be saved.
Matthew 10:22
• Increasing compromise in truth, moral standards
• Increasing difficult life/ stress/ conflicts – drop out of faith
• Increasing persecutions on our faith

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BIBLE TRUTHS
1.Endurance is key in the last days
You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who
has endured to the end who will be saved.
Matthew 10:22
• Increasing compromise in truth, moral standards
• Increasing difficult life/ stress/ conflicts – drop out of faith
• Increasing persecutions on our faith
• We need to endure till the end

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BIBLE TRUTHS
2.Endurance is part of our call as disciples

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BIBLE TRUTHS
2.Endurance is part of our call as disciples
But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an
evangelist, fulfill your ministry
2 Timothy 4:5

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BIBLE TRUTHS
3.Endurance precedes reigning with Christ

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BIBLE TRUTHS
3.Endurance precedes reigning with Christ
If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will
deny us;
2 Timothy 2:12

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ENDURANCE IS NOT
JUST THE ABILITY
TO BEAR A HARD
THING, BUT TO TURN
IT INTO GLORY
Phillip Yancey

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BIBLE TRUTHS
4.Endurance is never apart of God’s Grace

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BIBLE TRUTHS
4.Endurance is never apart of God’s Grace
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man;
and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond
what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of
escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13

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IF GOD SENDS US
ON STRONG PATHS,
WE ARE PROVIDED
STRONG SHOES
Corrie Ten Boom

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BIBLE TRUTHS
5.Endurance is produced in trials, brings
maturity in our spiritual life

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BIBLE TRUTHS
5.Endurance is produced in trials, brings
maturity in our spiritual life
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let
endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and
complete, lacking in nothing.
James 1:3-4

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Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The
farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient
about it, until it gets the early and late rains. You too be patient;
strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
James 5:7-8

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Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you
yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing
right at the door. As an example, brethren, of suffering and
patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
James 5:9-10

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We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the
endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s
dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.
James 5:11

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ENDURANCE IS THE
KEY INDICATOR OF
SPIRITUAL FITNESS
Alistair Begg

40. JOSEPH
2 WAYS WE ARE TO ENDURE

41. JOSEPH
2 WAYS WE ARE TO ENDURE
1.Cling onto God’s promises

42. JOSEPH
2 WAYS WE ARE TO ENDURE
1.Cling onto God’s promises
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:17

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2 WAYS WE ARE TO ENDURE
1.Cling onto God’s promises
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:17
Until the time that his word came to pass
Psalms 105:19

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2 WAYS WE ARE TO ENDURE
2.We hope for the future

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2 WAYS WE ARE TO ENDURE
2.We hope for the future
Even in death, Joseph believed God's promise that the sons of Israel
will be taken out of Egypt into the promise land. This is signified by
Joseph making the sons of Israel swear an oath that they must
carry his bones out of Egypt
Genesis 50:25

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2 WAYS WE ARE TO ENDURE
2.We hope for the future
Even in death, Joseph believed God's promise that the sons of Israel
will be taken out of Egypt into the promise land. This is signified by
Joseph making the sons of Israel swear an oath that they must
carry his bones out of Egypt
Genesis 50:25
We too have a hope, a promise land to look forward to. Like Joseph
and Abraham, we look forward forward to the city with foundations,
whose architect and builder is God
Hebrews 11:10

47. JOSEPH
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of
witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that
slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And
let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
Hebrews 12:1, NLT

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We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who
initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him,
he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated
in the place of honor beside God’s throne. Think of all the
hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become
weary and give up.
Hebrews 12:2-3, NLT

49. JOSEPH
And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with
yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives
that God sent me ahead of you
Genesis 45:5

50. JOSEPH
Great faith is
enduring great
trials