GENESIS
Chapter 38
THE SAVIOR’S SHADY TREE
I.
INTRODUCTION
A. A brief detour.
1.
“One of the worst
chapters in the
2. More like a dirty
novel.
a) It is full of sex,
death,
prostitution.
b) SEX – not love.
B. So why is it here?
1. No accidents in the
2. I do not pick and
choose which chapters
to study.
a) A verse-by-serve,
inductive Bible study.
b) This chapter is
here to teach us!
C. 2 Corinthians 5:21
1. Jesus is and was
sinless.
a) This chapter is
about? Judah.
(1) A lot of sinners
in his family tree!
II. Genesis 38:1-5
A. 23 years pass.
1. Hardly enough time
for Judah to take a
wife, and have three
sons.
a) After Jacob
moved up from
Shechem.
(1) A step back
in time.
2. Judah on a
business trip.
a) She bore him 3
sons.
III. Genesis 38:6-10
A. The next older brother
to assume responsibility.
1. Onan didn’t want
any part of it.
a) The Lord took
both of these
brother’s lives.
IV. Genesis 38:11-12
A. Judah didn’t want to
lose his youngest son.
1. He loses a wife.
V. Genesis 38:13-24
A. Easy to see the sin in
everyone else?
1. The “old double
standard”.
2. We will see it again
when Nathan
confronts
King David!
a) 2 Samuel 12:1-6
b) Easy to be a
man of the Law.
VI. Genesis 38:25-30
A. Judah went from a man
of the Law to a man of
grace?
VII.
Conclusion
A. Judah was not much
older than his daughter-inlaw Tamar.
1. Babies shouldn’t
have babies!
2. Judah life was full
of grief from then
on.
3. These are the kinds
of brothers Joseph
had!
a) The Lord needs
to re-train him?
a) The Lord should
have chosen a more
pristine lineage.
b) We can identify with
His lineage!
(1) It is how you
finish!
(2) Philemon 4:13