Genesis 50:15-21
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.” 16 So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, “Before your father died he commanded, saying, 17 ‘Thus you shall say to Joseph: “I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you.” ’ Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
18 Then his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
19 Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God? 20 But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
1. Our
is not in this
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2. Sin never makes
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3. The devil’s works have
been
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1 John 3:8 ESV
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil!
ROMANS 5:1-8
1Therefore, having been justified by faith, [†]we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and [†]we boast in hope of the glory of God.3And not only this, but [†]we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction brings about perseverance; 4and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5and hope does not put to shame, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For one will hardly die for a righteous man, [†]though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.