Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Genesis 43:1-15
by: Dorothy Noel.
Remember back when Joseph was the favorite son and it caused his jealous brothers to sell him into slavery? Now, Judah offered his own life for that of the favorite youngest brother (now Benjamin). What changed? Why this generosity? Could it be that it was the only way to feed his family? Or had something changed in Judah? All these years later, had the guilt of what he helped do to Joseph caught up to him? When we allow sin to fester in us, it can eat away at us. But, as 1 John 1:9 says, if we confess our sins, they will be forgiven.