Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Genesis 50:15-21
by: Jasmine Lynch.
Joseph modeled God’s forgiving nature displayed in Psalm 103:12, “As far as the east is from the west, [s]o far has He removed our transgressions from us.” Joseph’s brothers did not believe that they were completely forgiven. Upon the death and burial of their father, they lied to extract forgiveness from their brother, whom they had wronged. That was unnecessary because they had already been completely forgiven by Joseph, who had experienced God’s goodness. Are you, like Joseph’s brothers, finding it hard to accept God’s complete forgiveness for your sins? Just like with Joseph, forgiveness restores relationships.