FINDING CHRIST IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Joseph- A Picture of the Trials and Trimuphs of Christ

Sermon in a Sentence: Before we can wear the crown we must bear the cross.

I. We Must Bear the Cross Now.

• A. Trials are Normal in the Believer's Life (1 Pet. 4.12,13;1 Thess. 3.2-4;2 Tim. 3.12)
• B. Trials are Necessary in the Believer's Life
• 1. Trials Purify the Believer's Life (Heb. 12.10,11;Heb. 5.8)
• 2. Trial's Perfect the Believer's Life (Heb. 5.9;Jam. 1.2-4)

II. We Will Wear the Crown Hereafter (Lk. 22.28-30;2 Tim. 2.11,12;Isa. 53.11,12;1 Pet. 1.11;Rev. 3.21)