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Genesis 45:5 · BSB
45:5 And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
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…He sees Potiphar's house. He sees the prison. But in Joseph's rearview, that's what allowed him to say, God sent me before you to preserve life,Genesis 45:5. You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good, Genesis 50:20. Joseph, when did you learn that? Well, that was in my rearview. And David's…
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…our pain. He doesn't waste it. And let it be a testimony to give him glory and to free other people from pain. Joseph, I think, says it best inGenesis 45, verses 5 through 8. After his brothers, they they finally own what they've done, they realize what they did. They start thinking all these things that are starting to…
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…made so much headway. Joseph's setting them up, getting ready to take them to the land of Goshem. Look at Genesis 45 and notice verse number five.Genesis 45, verse 5. He says to his brothers, Now therefore, be not grieved nor angry with yourselves. Joseph's not bitter at them. Don't be angry with yourselves that…
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…get food because of what God did. So after playing a few games with their heads, Joseph finally reveals himself to his brothers. And we see this inGenesis chapter 45, verses 4 through 8. It says, Then Joseph said to his brothers, Keep please come closer to me. And they came closer, and he said, I am your brother Joseph, whom you…
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…God sent Joseph ahead of Israel. And then in Genesis, we keep your place there in Psalms. Turn over to Genesis 45, which talks about Joseph, andGenesis 45, verse 5. Remember the brothers? They thought he's dead. See, they sold him into, you know, they left him in a pit. They left him, you know, and then they…
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…family. Just read about that family. You think you've got troubles. You ought to try being part of the 12 tribes. They're in a lot of mess.Genesis 45, verse 5. So he's reunited with his brothers and he's revealed himself. Of course, they're shocked, they're afraid. I mean here, now he's been promoted to…
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…he is. Joseph is able to join back, reconnect with his brothers because of his understanding that it is God who is at work in this. He says this inGenesis 45, verse 5. And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here. For God sent me before you to preserve life. How is it, you know,…
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…it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over the land of Egypt.” (Gen. 45:5–8NASB) Joseph understood that in retrospect, not in the moment of the affliction. It's in retrospect that Joseph was able to say, “This is the hand…
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…And in the midst of the unfolding of this story, when Joseph stands in this moment before his family, there are two verses I want to read to you.Genesis 45, verse 5. Joseph says this, and now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here for God sent me before you to preserve life, is…
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…next level of his destiny till he learns how to use power really well at the place he is at. Joseph, when he had his brothers at his mercy, I meanGenesis 45 verse 3 to 5, his brothers were so scared when he sends all the servants away and he says, It is I, Joseph, I am your brother. They are like, oh, chucks, off…
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…times, virtually in the same way. First, when he reveals himself to his brothers, he explains to the brothers why he was there in Egypt. He says inGenesis 45, verse 5, it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. Many years later, at the end of his life, the he acknowledges that while the brothers had…
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