First Baptist Church of Hoquiam
Sunday Worship, June 22, 2025

      • Psalm 119ESV

  • Privilege of Authority

    Mistakes we make with power
    Avoid it
    Abuse it
    Misunderstand it
    Hebrew Letter Shin and Sin
    Psalm 119:161-168 in Hebrew
    Psalm 119:161–168 ESV
    161 Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. 162 I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law. 164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules. 165 Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble. 166 I hope for your salvation, O Lord, and I do your commandments. 167 My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly. 168 I keep your precepts and testimonies, for all my ways are before you.

    Is there purpose in oppression?

    Psalm 119:161 ESV
    161a Princes persecute me without cause,

    What does oppression look like?

    Genesis 37:1–11 ESV
    1 Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him. 5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed: 7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.” 8 His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. 9 Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 10 But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?” 11 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

    Sold into Slavery

    Genesis 39:1–6 ESV
    1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. 4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. 5 From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. 6 So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

    Potiphar’s Wife wrongly accuses him

    Genesis 39:19–23 ESV
    19 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled. 20 And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. 21 But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. 23 The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.

    Joseph interprets dreams and is promptly forgotten about

    Joseph interprets Pharoah’s dreams and rises to power

    Joseph brother’s come and Jacob’s dreams come true

    How God’s Word helps me deal with oppression

    Choosing where to stand

    Psalm 119:161 ESV
    161b but my heart stands in awe of your words.

    Choosing what to value

    Psalm 119:162 ESV
    162 I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.

    Choosing what you listen to

    Psalm 119:163 ESV
    163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.

    Choosing where you will focus

    Psalm 119:164 ESV
    164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.

    The Great benefit of choosing well

    You will have a Firm Foundation

    Psalm 119:165 ESV
    165 Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.

    You will have unshakable Hope

    Psalm 119:166 ESV
    166 I hope for your salvation, O Lord, and I do your commandments.

    You will always have a Love for the Truth

    Psalm 119:167 ESV
    167 My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly.

    You will know that God is with you.

    Psalm 119:168 ESV
    168 I keep your precepts and testimonies, for all my ways are before you.

    How can God’s Word help you deal with oppression?

    Resting in God’s presence
    Looking for God’s purpose
    Trusting in God’s power

    How can God’s Word keep you from oppressing others?

    Remember to submit to God as the final authority
    Remember that our relationship with God is our highest goal
    Remember how God loves people and learning to reflect that love

    Jesus reminder for us:

    Matthew 7:24–27 ESV
    24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

      • Psalm 119:161–168ESV

      • Psalm 119:161ESV

      • Genesis 37:1–11ESV

      • Genesis 39:1–6ESV

      • Genesis 39:19–23ESV

      • Psalm 119:161ESV

      • Psalm 119:162ESV

      • Psalm 119:163ESV

      • Psalm 119:164ESV

      • Psalm 119:165ESV

      • Psalm 119:166ESV

      • Psalm 119:167ESV

      • Psalm 119:168ESV

      • Matthew 7:24–27ESV

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