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Joseph’s love for his brothers was great even though they had done great evil to him in the past. He would not hold this against them. May we be just as forgiving.

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BibleGateway: Genesis 43:1-34 ESV Text: Genesis 43:1-34 KJV Text: Genesis 43:1-34 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 5:8      1 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it came… Joseph’s love for his brothers was great even though they had done great evil to him in the past. He would not hold this against them. May we be just as forgiving.

Joseph dealt both gently and wisely with his brothers, attempting to ascertain the state of their trustworthiness and their repentance after selling him into slavery

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BibleGateway: Genesis 42:1-38 ESV Text: Genesis 42:1-38 KJV Text: Genesis 42:1-38 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 5:29      1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said… Joseph dealt both gently and wisely with his brothers, attempting to ascertain the state of their trustworthiness and their repentance after selling him into slavery

Beware of the empty philosophers and the blind teachers of today. They might even know some science but that doesn’t necessarily mean they know God.

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BibleGateway: Matthew 16:1-12 ESV Text: Matthew 16:1-12 KJV Text: Matthew 16:1-12 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 1:42      1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that… Beware of the empty philosophers and the blind teachers of today. They might even know some science but that doesn’t necessarily mean they know God.

“He has done everything well,” the crowd said. Though they didn’t know the “everything,” they weren’t wrong! His life, death, and resurrection—all was done well for us!

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BibleGateway: Mark 7:31-37 ESV Text: Mark 7:31-37 KJV Text: Mark 7:31-37 The section starts at about 3:52 and ends at about 4:56      31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came… “He has done everything well,” the crowd said. Though they didn’t know the “everything,” they weren’t wrong! His life, death, and resurrection—all was done well for us!

The additional two years in prison would have helped Joseph practice the humility and patience he would need to be a good ruler over Egypt.

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BibleGateway: Genesis 41:1-40 ESV Text: Genesis 41:1-40 KJV Text: Genesis 41:1-40 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 5:30      1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years,… The additional two years in prison would have helped Joseph practice the humility and patience he would need to be a good ruler over Egypt.

Surely Joseph thought this was the time he would get out of prison, but God had a different time in mind and His timing worked out for the best.

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BibleGateway: Genesis 40:1-23 ESV Text: Genesis 40:1-23 KJV Text: Genesis 40:1-23 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 3:14      1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of… Surely Joseph thought this was the time he would get out of prison, but God had a different time in mind and His timing worked out for the best.

We are not saved by keeping the Law outwardly, but we are saved by trusting inwardly in Jesus. Compare the heart of a Pharisee to that of the Syrophoenician woman.

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BibleGateway: Mark 7:17-30 ESV Text: Mark 7:17-30 KJV Text: Mark 7:17-30 The section starts at about 2:10 and ends at about 3:59 17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his… We are not saved by keeping the Law outwardly, but we are saved by trusting inwardly in Jesus. Compare the heart of a Pharisee to that of the Syrophoenician woman.

With our sins we dug a hole we could not get out of ourselves, but God raised us up by sending His Son to suffer for those sins in our place. Praise Him forever!

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BibleGateway: Psalm 30 ESV Text: Psalm 30 KJV Text: Psalms 30:1-12 KJV Text (alt. audio): Chapter 30:      1 A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. I will extol thee, O… With our sins we dug a hole we could not get out of ourselves, but God raised us up by sending His Son to suffer for those sins in our place. Praise Him forever!