by Sunday Akanni Moshood

In Genesis chapter 39, we see Joseph settling in a foreign land as a slave. But one thing was sure, he never allowed his external unpleasant circumstances to erase the visions of the great future God had shown him before this time.

Joseph’s ordeal was probably worse than what you have gone through. But you see, the LORD never abandoned him. If God allowed him to be a slave, then he would be a successful man, even as a slave. It doesn't matter how hard things are for you currently, God is still eager to help you actualize the great visions and dreams He has placed in your heart.

Joseph developed a positive attitude of "All things work together for my good", and amid his toughness (remember, he was in a strange land with a strange culture and language), his exceptional performances still stood him out. But this is when the enemy intensified his attempts to make the young man fall into sexual temptation, so his bright future could be battered. And the agent of sexual temptation to be utilized is the wife of his master -

[6] So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, [7] and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!” (Genesis 39:6-7 NIV)

Your positive mindset and exceptional performances in the great things you do, will attract agents of sexual temptation to you, whose aim is to make you fall into sin, so you give the devil a chance to stop you from becoming all God has destined you to be. Mind you, the carriers of sexual temptation to be employed by the enemy are always close by and not far away - just like in the case of Joseph.

However, although Joseph was in a faraway land where he could do whatever he wanted, and in the midst of the tempting atmosphere (a beautiful naked woman offering you a better life if you can sleep with her), the fear of God becomes his guide, and the fear of God in his heart proved stronger than the sexual cravings of his flesh.
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[9] No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” (Genesis 39:9 NIV).

The fear of God educated him on God's Will for sexual pleasure: Sexual pleasures must only be shared by a married man and his female wife in the safe confines of their marriage union, with no other party involved.

Now, gaze closely at the next verse - "And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her." (10). First, agents of sexual temptation will never back down, but keep trying to lure you - even if they must wait for 50 years! But you see what Joseph did - "...he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her." Joseph kept employing the "avoidance technique".

He wasn't just saying "I have the fear of God" and continued being careless around this embodiment of sexual temptation (he would have fallen into her bed of immorality!). Rather, he kept being cautious of her and avoiding close interactions.

Nevertheless, I told you, you could have been avoiding agents of sexual temptation all your life, but at some point, it's possible to miscalculate and get outsmarted by an entity of sexual temptation

[11] One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside. [12] She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house." (11-12)

On a certain day, the sexual temptation outsmarted his avoidance technique and came so close by. But you see what he did? He had to employ the fleeing technique. Here was a beautiful naked woman close by. You don't negotiate or pray here - the immediate thing to do is to FLEE.

Joseph was 17 years old when he was sold into slavery (Genesis 37:2). He was 30 when Pharaoh promoted him (Genesis 41:46). He was in prison for two years before his promotion (Genesis 41:1). So, Joseph was in Potiphar’s house for 11 years. It means this woman was trying unsuccessfully to lure him for 11 good years! When you have the fear of God, and you are diligently employing the "avoidance and fleeing" technique, you will always please God in purity and he will sure promote and bless you with the blessings only He can bless a person with.

Good morning folks. Another reminder that Jesus loves you ❤️

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Joseph is a Prophet of God! God kept him safe from all his enemies! Joseph's destiny is different from yours!

The settings back then is different from now!
Joseph wasn't sent to you or me!

Let's know about Jesus and sexual temptation!

Jesus lived for 33 years, was he celibate all through? How did he make it? Was there any temptation especially when he entered puberty? How did he solve the temptation?

It's not an easy feat to be celibate for 33 years!

Joseph ran out to get condoms, true story!

Do you think it by the strength of Joseph that he was able to overcome that temptation?

Genesis 39:2: And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 45:7: And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

He was a man on a mission. God's presence was always encompassing him to keep him from ALL evil

Okay

Make I no see this kyn temptation this period o. I go too fall

May God give us the grace to escape temptation.

AntiChristian:
Joseph is a Prophet of God! God kept him safe from all his enemies! Joseph's destiny is different from yours!

The settings back then is different from now!
Joseph wasn't sent to you or me!

Let's know about Jesus and sexual temptation!

Jesus lived for 33 years, was he celibate all through? How did he make it? Was there any temptation especially when he entered puberty? How did he solve the temptation?

It's not an easy feat to be celibate for 33 years!

Yep and I know quite a few friends who never had sex until they got married. Those guys try sha

AntiChristian:
Joseph is a Prophet of God! God kept him safe from all his enemies! Joseph's destiny is different from yours!

The settings back then is different from now!
Joseph wasn't sent to you or me!

Stop writing nonsense all over the place. So Joseph’s destiny was to escape sexual temptation and your own destiny is to fall for it?

I am not surprised, the person you see as the best of examples was known for sexual sins all over his life, from being a pedophile, to snatching people’s wives to sleeping with his wife’s slave on the wife’s bed

Let's know about Jesus and sexual temptation!

Jesus lived for 33 years, was he celibate all through? How did he make it? Was there any temptation especially when he entered puberty? How did he solve the temptation?

It's not an easy feat to be celibate for 33 years!

You can’t understand what purity means because you follow someone who couldn’t control his sexual urge even despite having many wives and sex slaves, he was always soiling himself with semen through wet dreams


Sunan Ibn Majah 538
Hammam bin Harith narrated:"A guest came and stayed with 'Aishah, and she ordered that he be given a yellow blanket of hers. He had a nocturnal emission on it, and he felt too shy to send it back to send it back to her when it had the traces of that emission on it, so he dipped it in water and then sent it to her. 'Aishah said: 'Why did he spoil our garment? It would have been sufficient for him to scrape it off with his finger.  I often scraped it (semen) from the garment of the Messenger of Allah with my finger.'"

Muhammad had intercourse with a 9 year old girl:
"Aisha said, "The Apostle of Allah married me when I was seven years old." (The narrator Sulaiman said: "Or six years." ) "He had intercourse with me when I was 9 years old."
-Sunan Abi Dawud 2121


Your leader used his days and nights to have sex:
Narrated Qatada:
Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day and night and they were eleven in number." I asked Anas, "Had the Prophet (ﷺ) the strength for it?" Anas replied, " We used to say that the Prophet (ﷺ) was given the strength of thirty (men) ." And Sa`id said on the authority of Qatada that Anas had told him about nine wives only (not eleven).
-Sahih al-Bukhari 268

Muhammad merely saw a woman walking pass and he got aroused and went to have intercourse with his wife and he told his companions that he just had sex with his wife. Who does that?
Sunan Abi Dawud 2151
Jabir said “The Prophet (ﷺ) saw a woman so he entered upon Zainab daughter of Jahsh and had intercourse with her. He (ﷺ) then came out and said to his companions and said to them “A woman advances in the form of a devil. When one of you finds that he should go to his wife (and have intercourse with her) for that will repel what he is feeling.


So if all your prophet did was sex and sex and sex, AntiChristian no wonder you don’t believe that there are others who did more meaningful things with their prophethood

Sounds like a fake story by simps to mystify women even more

Women Are Necessary EVIL

Let’s be honest here, I think maybe the woman is not attractive

techbro1:
Make I no see this kyn temptation this period o. I go too fall

U too like toto

Negroid001:
Joseph ran out to get condoms, true story!

To Joseph wey dey trade fair.

If it were David,he would have definitely knacked her.

To Chop Women Money No Easy. Its Either You Are a Fake Pastor, a Native Doctor or You Dey Cure infections..

Thank God for Joseph 🙏

Feldie:
Sounds like a fake story by simps to mystify women even more

Exactly what Satan would say so that people die like fools and burn in hell with you and him

kingzjay:
Do you think it by the strength of Joseph that he was able to overcome that temptation?

Genesis 39:2: And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 45:7: And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

He was a man on a mission. God's presence was always encompassing him to keep him from ALL evil

Yes Sir!!

Antoeni:
To Chop Women Money No Easy. Its Either You Are a Fake Pastor, a Native Doctor or You Dey Cure infections..

… You sell Postinor 2

… You facilitate abortion.

… You sell skin bleaching products

… You sell wig and handbags

…

Remain blessed sir.

Keep doing the good work.

Starhearts:


U too like toto

Yes although God don dey help me these days

StillDtruth:


Exactly what Satan would say so that people die like fools and burn in hell with you and him

Satan must be very jobless to be on Nairaland reading comments instead of going to Ukraine, Israel, Congo etc where thousands of innocent people are being murdered as we speak

God is indeed merciful, I need story about Moses and pharaoh... Anyone with link or can say things on it. Thanks

AntiChristian:
Joseph is a Prophet of God! God kept him safe from all his enemies! Joseph's destiny is different from yours!

The settings back then is different from now!
Joseph wasn't sent to you or me!

Let's know about Jesus and sexual temptation!

Jesus lived for 33 years, was he celibate all through? How did he make it? Was there any temptation especially when he entered puberty? How did he solve the temptation?

It's not an easy feat to be celibate for 33 years!

For Muhammed, an ayat or surat would have come out for Muhammad to take over that woman. Now be honest with yourself even for once in your deceived mind and answer, am I right or am I wrong?

Keep deceiving yourself with stone aged myths

chudez0147:
Let’s be honest here, I think maybe the woman is not attractive

I have nursed same opinion before but the attractiveness of the woman isn't the only thing that could had made Joseph succumb. He could had had the opportunity of being promoted and highly favored in that kingdom with the woman's influence if he had slept with her. So your assertion is wrong.

Joseph knew all the benefits he stood to gain if he had yielded but the fear of God made him say know.