TITLE: BIBLICAL JOSEPH: AN EXAMPLE OF GODLY LIFESTYLE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD (original) (raw)

article is titled “Biblical Joseph: An Example of Godly lifestyle in the contemporary World” The rise of modernism, liberalism, idealism, corruption, cultism and radicalism have led to the destruction of societal norms and values by those who propagate them. Modernism and the quest for riches and prosperity has made some Christians to deviate from the way of Christ to follow after the way of Balaam and Jezebel. Nowadays the cravings for materialism at the expense of taking the cross and follow Jesus has dominated the church to the extent that the quest for godliness has been eroded away by undue craves for material wealth. There is no more integrity among some Christians today. It is unfortunate that some Christians cannot exhibit the courage like that of Joseph who endured all sufferings to stand for godliness and integrity. Sadly enough the craving for materialism had made some Christians to become ensnared to the unwholesome practice of prostitution, theft, fraud, violence and even insurgence, kidnapping, robbery, defrauding people through yahoo business on the internet and many others vices. This essay is about the story of Joseph in Genesis account, the purpose of this paper is to challenge the contemporary believers to emulate the character of Joseph especially now that corruption is rife in various organizations and parastatals including Christian churches and institutions and live in godliness no matter what is cost. This paper adopts narrative strategy to achieve the aims and objectives of this paper. The writer discovers that Joseph is a natural human being that is principled and will not lower his integrity for any reasons. He prefers to suffer for the sins he did not commit despite the fact that evidence were found in his hand. Joseph maintained his integrity and reliability. Thus this paper recommends that every Christian should hold on to their integrity and be reliable no matter the circumstances they may find themselves. Also they should see suffering as a tool for promotion and on no account should they try to justify themselves on matters in which they are involved. This paper is divided into five sections. Section one introduces the paper, section two look at what some authors has said about Joseph, section three discusses the challenged faced by Joseph as a biblical model, section four discusses his leadership ability and lessons for the contemporary believers while section five gives the conclusion and recommendations for the audience This article is titled “Biblical Joseph: An Example of Godly lifestyle in the contemporary World” The rise of modernism, liberalism, idealism, corruption, cultism and radicalism have led to the destruction of societal norms and values by those who propagate them. Modernism and the quest for riches and prosperity has made some Christians to deviate from the way of Christ to follow after the way of Balaam and Jezebel. Nowadays the cravings for materialism at the expense of taking the cross and follow Jesus has dominated the church to the extent that the quest for godliness has been eroded away by undue craves for material wealth. There is no more integrity among some Christians today. It is unfortunate that some Christians cannot exhibit the courage like that of Joseph who endured all sufferings to stand for godliness and integrity. Sadly enough the craving for materialism had made some Christians to become ensnared to the unwholesome practice of prostitution, theft, fraud, violence and even insurgence, kidnapping, robbery, defrauding people through yahoo business on the internet and many others vices. This essay is about the story of Joseph in Genesis account, the purpose of this paper is to challenge the contemporary believers to emulate the character of Joseph especially now that corruption is rife in various organizations and parastatals including Christian churches and institutions and live in godliness no matter what is cost. This paper adopts narrative strategy to achieve the aims and objectives of this paper. The writer discovers that Joseph is a natural human being that is principled and will not lower his integrity for any reasons. He prefers to suffer for the sins he did not commit despite the fact that evidence were found in his hand. Joseph maintained his integrity and reliability. Thus this paper recommends that every Christian should hold on to their integrity and be reliable no matter the circumstances they may find themselves. Also they should see suffering as a tool for promotion and on no account should they try to justify themselves on matters in which they are involved. This paper is divided into five sections. Section one introduces the paper, section two look at what some authors has said about Joseph, section three discusses the challenged faced by Joseph as a biblical model, section four discusses his leadership ability and lessons for the contemporary believers while section five gives the conclusion and recommendations for the audience