Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Genesis 45:1-15
by: Linda Harris.
Imagine the brothers’ shock as Joseph revealed himself. His disclosure stunned them into silence. Joseph had time to think about God’s purposes for sending him to Egypt; the brothers had not and assumed Joseph was dead. After all they had done to him, in the world’s eyes Joseph would have been justified to hold a grudge against them. But Joseph saw God’s hand. Joseph assured his brothers he held nothing against them.
God commands us to forgive those who sin against us. “But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins” (Matthew 6:15, NIV).