Podcast
Joseph: What the Enemy Meant for Evil
The Salt Company - Ames
Speaker: Tony Lee
March 12, 2026 · 35 min
Summary
Drawing from Genesis 50:20, the sermon addresses how a good God can exist in a world filled with evil and suffering. Joseph's story demonstrates that while people plan evil, God sovereignly plans good through that evil, and the cross of Christ proves God's active love and redemptive power in turning the greatest evil into the greatest good.
Highlights
You thought you were selling me into slavery, but God was sending me to be your Savior. You thought you were hurting me, but God was protecting me.
God plans evil for good. That's what this text says. God isn't passive nor a puppet master, but he's active and he's good. He's in full control and he loves us at the same time.
Just because you don't know why God did what he did doesn't mean he doesn't have a good reason. Just because it doesn't intellectually or at a heart level make sense to you yet does not mean that God didn't have a good reason for the plans of your life.