The Bait of Satan Lesson #3

The Bait of Satan

Lesson #3

Luke 17:1

In the first lesson we grouped all offended people into two major categories: 1) those that have been genuinely mistreated and 2) those who think they have been mistreated but actually were not.  In this lesson I want to address this first category.

Let's begin by asking a question: If you’ve been genuinely mistreated, do you have the right to be offended?  In answer, let's look at the life of Jacob's favorite son, Joseph (Genesis 37-48). 

Joseph was Jacob's eleventh son.  He was despised by his older brothers because his father favored him and had set him apart with a coat of many colors.  God gave Joseph two dreams.  In the first he saw bound sheaves in a field.  His sheaf arose and stood upright while his brothers’ sheaves bowed down to it.  In the second dream he saw the Sun, Moon, and eleven stars (representing his father, mother, and brothers) bowing to him.  When he told these dreams to his brothers, needless to say, they did not share in his enthusiasm.  They just hated him even more.