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166. Biblical Dialogue of Joseph, Part 6

November 06, 2023 Nicson Silvanie & Adnie Gaudin
166. Biblical Dialogue of Joseph, Part 6
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166. Biblical Dialogue of Joseph, Part 6
Nov 06, 2023
Nicson Silvanie & Adnie Gaudin

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Imagine a world where forgiveness has the power to liberate us from all pains, a world where humility is our strongest weapon. That's the world we invite you to explore in this stimulating discussion. Drawing parallels from Joseph's biblical story and the current global pandemic, we unravel the potency of surrendering to God's will. As we decipher Pharaoh's dream interpreted by Joseph and its striking resemblance to our present-day global crisis, the episode aims to inspire, enlighten, and embolden you.

We journey further into the heart of Joseph's story, focusing on his reunion with his brothers, marked by his humility, forgiveness, and their maturity. Witness the transformation brought about by confession, and the power of reconciliation, as we reflect on the emotional plea of Judah and the heartfelt reunion that follows. This episode is not just about forgiveness; it is about finding healing and resolution. It is a story of endurance, resilience, and the belief in the power of compassion. Tune in, as we unearth these timeless lessons that are sure to provide solace, and perhaps, a new perspective on your own journey of forgiveness.

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Imagine a world where forgiveness has the power to liberate us from all pains, a world where humility is our strongest weapon. That's the world we invite you to explore in this stimulating discussion. Drawing parallels from Joseph's biblical story and the current global pandemic, we unravel the potency of surrendering to God's will. As we decipher Pharaoh's dream interpreted by Joseph and its striking resemblance to our present-day global crisis, the episode aims to inspire, enlighten, and embolden you.

We journey further into the heart of Joseph's story, focusing on his reunion with his brothers, marked by his humility, forgiveness, and their maturity. Witness the transformation brought about by confession, and the power of reconciliation, as we reflect on the emotional plea of Judah and the heartfelt reunion that follows. This episode is not just about forgiveness; it is about finding healing and resolution. It is a story of endurance, resilience, and the belief in the power of compassion. Tune in, as we unearth these timeless lessons that are sure to provide solace, and perhaps, a new perspective on your own journey of forgiveness.

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Speaker 1:

Forgiveness is a beautiful thing. Forgiveness is not for the people who hurt you. Forgiveness is for you. Forgiveness releases you from the pain that was inflicted upon you. Forgiveness frees you, the individual who was done wrong. Holding a grudge does nothing nothing but cause venom to flare up inside of you. There are some of us who are dying of cancer, all these high blood pressure, diabetes, and sometimes it is from those emotions that we are holding hostage inside of us that have turned into poison.

Speaker 2:

Welcome to the Call by God podcast with Adne Godin and myself, nixon Sylvain. This show is about dialogues of biblical characters and testimonies of Christians who submitted to the will of God. Each week, we bring on one guest so that they can share their story of how they were called by God. I hope this show inspires you. Enjoy, hello and welcome world to the Call by God podcast. I'm yours truly, brother Nick, and I'm here with Sister Adne Godin. Sister Godin, how are you doing on this blessed day?

Speaker 1:

Brother Nick, it's my early Friday and I'm excited, grateful, thankful for everything, because I get to come home early. Not many people get to say that, so I'm going, both of them a brag, because God knew Like these days mean so much, because I get to get off of work, I get to work, get off of work and run in or just say you know what, god, I want to relax, I want to just stay in your presence and to me that's just. Those are the moments that are you can't get back. So I'm just grateful and thankful for that. How are you doing?

Speaker 2:

Well, I'm blessed as well, but, unlike you, I got to go to work. I got to go to work today, but I'm thankful. I'm thankful for the opportunity even to work. I'm the opposite I work on the weekends and you work during the week, so it's all good. I'm excited. I'm just thankful to God even to work and even the times that he give me off. So I'm excited. But I'm most excited about just this conversation that we've been having about Joseph. It's refreshing for me and it's been encouraging just to read about always. Like I said I said this on previous episodes when I read the story of Joseph, I think about me. That's me, although I know that he's a type shot of Jesus Christ, but you know some characters, biblical characters we could relate to, and there's one character that I could relate to and I said it in the past it will be Joseph, and I'm excited about that. So are you ready to dive into the episode or what's on your mind?

Speaker 1:

Look, this episode, these episodes, shall I say, have truly been blessing me, because getting to see the character of such a man like Joseph, right, many times people just skim through the Bible, but you don't correlate this person to a person nowadays, right? So, for me, I'm just so elated and grateful that we're having this discussion because, I tell you what, if there was a character of man that existed nowadays, who, a man that had Joseph's character and he was single, I would say, yep, I'll be Asana.

Speaker 2:

Joseph Joseph.

Speaker 1:

So serious because, yeah, Joseph, really, truly, he's definitely a character that was to be admired. He showed different. You see the immaturity of him. You see the adolescence, the immaturity, and now you see the man that he has become after trials and tribulations. So I think that's the beauty of Joseph.

Speaker 2:

Okay, so let's dive right into it. Wait, wait, wait before we dive into it. We wanna thank all of our listeners again for your support, but, most importantly, we wanna thank our Lord and our Savior, Jesus Christ, and we ask that, if this podcast has been a blessing to you, we ask that you continue to support our show. We have some great things coming. We believe that God wants us to expand our territory, so in order for us to continue to bring great content to you guys, we just need your support. I would say $1, $1, $3, $5, whatever that God has laid in your heart. Just look in the show notes and just click on support the show, All right, and you could go ahead and read chapter 41, 53. Through 56.

Speaker 1:

I'm reading from the NLT, one of my favorites, and I'm learning about the message now. So Be prepared, brother Nate, be prepared. In the NLT, chapter 41, 53 says At last, the 70 years of bumper crops throughout the land of Egypt came to an end. Then the seven years of famine began. Just as Joseph had predicted, the famine also struck all the surrounding countries, but throughout Egypt there was plenty of food. Eventually, however, the famine spread throughout the land of Egypt as well, and when the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told them go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you. So, with with severe family famine Everywhere, joseph opened up the storehouses and distributed grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe Throughout the land of Egypt.

Speaker 2:

Yes, it's shown up, was shown up. I say, show them. So when we think about a famine, we think about lack of food, lack of resources and Even God's judgment upon the land. And because we know, not all famine is Created equal, and I want people to understand that Joseph dream Not Joseph dream, but Joseph interpretation of Pharaoh's dream is coming into fruition. You know, seven years they had plenty and now here's another Seven years where there's a famine. It says that the famine was severe and there's anything that we could equate this famine. Back then, to add me, I'm close to saying about the pandemic, what are your thoughts? You think the famine is equivalent to what we experience?

Speaker 1:

Yep, it's, yeah, because that's literally just play hit my heart.

Speaker 2:

Yes, what is it? Just put it like this a lot of uncertainty. People are at disarray. They don't know where they're gonna get money, they don't know what they're gonna get food. At me it's funny because I just had a moment just now. So I remember when folks was battling or raging and going crazy over tissue and I can't think on top of my head where, what other things that people was fighting over. But it felt Like you said. It felt like a famine.

Speaker 2:

You talk about lack of resources and ain't no telling if we have another famine like Event here in the United States, I don't know what folks may do. So I can't even imagine what Joseph family we're going through in the land of Canaan. So this is where it gets good. You know, folks like folks like juicy, juicy stories. But I believe that the chapters, the remaining chapters, we're about to read. This is a you know it's gonna say a lot about the heart of Joseph. So the read and we're gonna summarize it, you know, because Joseph story could go on for a while. So we're just gonna try our best to compact His story and just a couple episodes and just and you just just gonna have to just go back and read Joseph the dreamer but adne. So chapter 42 and chapter 44, and I'm just summarizing and we can make it practical and how it relates to us.

Speaker 2:

So we know, during the famine, joseph brothers traveled To Egypt to buy grain and what's interesting is that the dad, jacob, jacob, didn't, didn't allow the younger brother, benjamin, to go with the tent. Why? Because he believed that a harm might come upon. You know Benjamin and if you know anything about Benjamin, we know Jacob had a couple wives and two concubines and we know the one he loved had two children are from him Joseph and Benjamin. So he was, you could I had. You think Jacob was sure the little favoritism towards Benjamin? I know the Bible doesn't say that, but is it? You think it's? Probably he could you think the reason why he kept Benjamin back is because what happened to Joseph? What are your thoughts on that?

Speaker 1:

Actually, that's what literally came into my heart. Remember, Joseph was his favorite. Why? Because he loved Joseph's mother more than he loved all the other Women that were involved in the picture. He Joseph Jacob chose Rachel. Laban chose Leah. There is something to be said when a man chooses his wife and Somebody else gets in the mix and mess that whole thing up, his heart will always belong to the first right, the one that caught his eye, the one that he said that's gonna be my wife, that's gonna be my ride or die, that's gonna be my whatever. And Joe Jacob still Still loved Rachel, and you can tell by the way he treated the two sons that came from her right. He creed. He had a coat of many colors made for Joseph.

Speaker 1:

All right, joseph is out of the picture. He sends his son to go and get grained in Egypt, but keeps Benjamin home. Anything could have been falling his sons on the on their way to Egypt. Well, yeah, some bigger happen to y'all, but nothing can happen to him. He needs to stay right here with me. So you see the favoritism you really, truly do. And I really want to talk to the parents, especially those who are, who have what we call blended family. When your family blends, it blends. Do not look at the child that was born either outside of your marriage as your step child. I hate that word step. I Absolutely lo that word. To me that word puts division in the family. When you see that child, see that child as yours, treat that child as if that child came from your loins and the. And the reason I'm saying that is because my mom was my dad's mistress, or would you call her and my, and back then she was a concubine and I was a child of.

Speaker 1:

My dad's mistress when my mother died. His wife didn't want to have anything to do with me, which means my, my father Didn't do what he needed to do for me as a father. I don't regret it because, you know, speaking to my siblings, they say honey, you ain't miss nothing. I said y'all had him, though I didn't. But what I'm saying to parents is, if you're going to get into a relationship and the person that you are dating has children, don't go with the mindset that these are your step kids. Go with the mindset that these are your children, especially if you've already gotten married. Do not regard those children as your stepchildren, because when you look through the Bible, I never once see what other as stepchildren Half-brother, half-sister those are things that we made up. We put those labels, so let's keep the family whole.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, that's facts. So, as you mentioned, the brothers went to Egypt to get grain and the interesting thing that happened Joseph we know that he's government, he's a ruler, he has a leadership role in Egypt and Joseph recognized his 10 brothers to the point where, when he recognized, he recognized them but they did not recognize him. So, even throughout the whole chapter 42, you could see where Joseph is saying like, hey, these guys are spies. I think Joseph is messing with them. So Joseph said hey, you guys are spies.

Speaker 2:

And what I find interesting at and it's in verse 13 of chapter 42, this is what they said. They said we are your servants, our 12 brothers, the son of one man and they're referring to Jacob and the land of Canaan, because that's where they came from and behold, the youngest is this day with our father and one is no more. So they confess I don't believe that Joseph asked them that they said, hey, we got a younger brother that's with our father, and in other words they're saying that there's one no more. So they said, oh, he's probably dead or he's no longer with us. So they're confessing to what transpired and to me that shows a lot of maturity. It shows that tells me that they probably had a lot to get off their chest. They're not the same group of brothers. They were years ago, prior to selling their brother into slavery. So we could see some kind of maturity in these brothers and I'm sure they were probably remorseful for what they did to Joseph, because we see it in the text here, because, look, they're in a low place.

Speaker 2:

And it's interesting, adne, that sometimes when we're in a famine or we lack resources and we're desperate for stuff, that's when most people tend to be humble, lowy, and we can make this more practical that it's interesting that sometimes, when I was about to say balling, you got a good job, career, six figures, making good money. Sometimes people tend to forget about God when things are going well for them. Sometimes people don't take a humble disposition in a sense, even confessing or even exposing some of the things that they did wrong. Because sometimes, when people are in their high place, they feel like they got it all together and sometimes, when you're at your lowest point, you're like, hey, man, I have nothing to lose. I'm gonna just tell them what went on.

Speaker 2:

I got a brother down there in Canaan and also there's a brother that's with us. That's no longer so we're not lying to you, we're not spies. So Joseph is saying they're spies and they said no, joseph, we're not spies, we're just a few good men that just came down from Canaan and Joseph kept them for three days. I told you, adne, joseph is playing with his brothers, man. But he decided to hold back. He decided to say nah, y'all spies, y'all spies, you guys are spies. But he recognized them and he went so far to even hold them back for three days.

Speaker 1:

I think one of the things that I realized is when the scripture says that Joseph remembered the dream right, and in remembering the dream he didn't get boastful. It humbled him and in it humbling him, it helped him to realize why he ended up in Egypt in the first place, because this famine was coming. It's like God was preparing Joseph. Joseph wasn't ready. God was preparing the brothers too, but the brothers were never ready. Because I'm gonna take it to modern day when you have a two-parent household and parents play favorites, you always end up putting your children against each other, no matter how you say hey, look out for your brother, your brother can't stand you because mommy and daddy loves you more. So they perceive right. So now, here it is. They're in Egypt. They're older. Now they understand the era of their ways in selling their brother into slavery, because we are not privy to what Jacob endured In thinking his son was dead. We don't know the grieving process that they had to see, the hurt and the pain that they inflicted upon their father.

Speaker 1:

A lot of times those things will cause you to look at a situation and say, man, we did wrong right. So here it is. Now you get to Egypt, you're trying to buy grain, and this man ain't asking you nothing about you selling your brother or whatever. All he said was your spies, your guilt, their guilt came to the forefront. That's what it was. Yes, they matured, but when you really think about it, when they shared something that they didn't even have to share, that first of all y'all don't even recognize that it's your brother, but y'all telling him.

Speaker 1:

Well, you know, our father had 12 of us. One of them is no more. He didn't ask you that. He didn't ask you that. So what spoke up? It was their guilt. The guilt of whatever it is they had to endure until they got to Egypt. At that time is what plagued them and that's why they shared. What they shared and that's what the Holy Spirit laid on my heart to share is that sometimes our guilt will cause us to confess things that nobody like you ever had a conversation with somebody and you shared something. And they're looking at you like bruh we talking about peanut butter and jelly and you talking about this. Where did that come from? It happened.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, and I wanted to put emphasis on that and you brought up a great point. Yeah, their guilt kind of like exposed that and it talked about that in Genesis 42, verse 21, when they said to one another. They said, in truth, we are guilty concerning our brother and that we saw the distress of his soul when he begged us and we did not listen. So they're saying that all you know to each other because in their mind they're looking at like karma you know that's the worldly term karma you reap what you sow, you know. So they're looking at like oh man, I thought I could have got away with this now, because we did this to our brother many, many years ago now. Look what's happening to us, look how karma is having this ugly hand upon us. So I guess that initially probably would have scarred their conscious and they just came out and said what they said. But I believe that, joseph, in a sense he tested them, because how would you know? You haven't seen your brothers in so long? How do you know that they're not the same people? How do you know that they have changed? How do you know they even matured? So there is, it's kind of like you got to use the sermon. If somebody have wronged you, you're not just gonna just go back and fellowship with them, like that. You're gonna be like wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, let me let me see if this person has matured, or let me see this. It's so that that takes a degree of the sermon and I I believe that's what Joseph is doing here. I believe he's utilizing the sermon because, although he in this crazy, because he's in, he's in a position of power, so he has the authority to bring harm onto them. But he's not even doing that. He's really testing them. He's trying them. He's seeing that if they, they are fully matured and even they, they fully exposed himself. Like, hey, we're guilty, what we did to our brother, this is what he did. He begged us and we ain't even listen to him. So what Joseph did is Joseph kept sending behind and Joseph put money in their bag and Joseph to send them on their way, and Joseph did tell them like hey, when y'all come back, bring your younger brother, bring little man. And I think that there was a verse that you read, because obviously they won't get tested numerous time, adne, but there was a verse that you read where you said that, um, one of the brothers, he finally stood up. So obviously and I'm not, I'm just briefly said that they got tricked. Uh, so, when they brought back Benjamin, obviously they had some things to say to their daddy, like, hey, this man gave us money, this and that, but we're gonna go back, he want our younger brother to go back. And then obviously that the brother, the dad, was like I don't know if I could give my only son. Then they went back. Then Joseph tricked his brother again by putting a cup and and the younger brothers bag, and Then he let, he let them go about their way. Last, though, they was going back home and he sent his troopers, them troopers, and then gangsters. And then when they check all the bag, boom, the cup was found and Little Benjamin's bag. And that's when he brought him back, brought him back.

Speaker 2:

And then, of course, we all know what happened. But find that verse, adne, that that you read Regarding Judah, because Judah was yeah, cuz Judah was willing to stand in the gap, he's, he's, he's, he's taking a stand. And I believe both Ruben and Judah took a stand. Yeah, both of them took a stand this time, and we know what happened years ago. There was kind of like, hey, let's do this to our brother, let's do that, but we say, this time go around. When it comes to Benjamin, they are like taking a stand, and, and so that's how you know that they have grown to some degree and they have matured. Read that verse, adne.

Speaker 1:

Okay, so I'm gonna start with what Ruben said first, and then I'll go to Judah are perfect 40, 42, 37 it says.

Speaker 1:

Then Ruben said to his father you may kill my two sons if I don't bring Benjamin back to you. I'll be responsible for him and I promise to bring him back. But Jacob replied my son will not go down with you. His brother, joseph, is dead and he is all I have left. If Anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving white haired man to his grave. And then we go into 43.

Speaker 1:

But the famine continued to ravage the land of Canaan when the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone. Jacob said to his sons go back and buy us a little more food. But Judah said the man was serious when he warned us you won't see my face again, unless your brother is with you. If you send Benjamin with us, we will go down and buy more food, but if you don't let Benjamin go, we won't go either. Remember, the man said you won't see my face again unless your brother is with you, why? And Jacob said why are you so cruel to me? Jacob moan, you did. You did tell him Sorry. Why did you tell him you had another brother? And Then let's get to where Judah tells him this is just him going through the spiel with them if you want, we could just fast forward.

Speaker 2:

When, when the cup was found in Benjamin and back, and that's in chapter 44 of Verse 12, it said and he searched, beginning with the eldest and the ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin sack, so it was like that was kind of like an indication, like, okay, benjamin is stealing, hi, I'm gonna come all the way down from Canaan, come to Egypt and I'm giving you our food. And here you are, you're still in the cup. But we know it was Joseph, you know it was Joseph plan to put the cup in there. So you know things not gonna go well With the brother, cuz you know they slide, hold up you stealing. So, adne, I want you to read and you're gonna read any cuz this, this right here. This gonna be a beautiful Reconciliation story and it's it's 44. I want you to start reading from 44. You're gonna read from 18, 18 through 34. So it's a lot, but it's needed to be said. And this is where Judah, judah is standing in the paint.

Speaker 1:

All right. Genesis 44, verse 18, says then Judah stepped forward and said please, my Lord, let your servants say just one word to you. Please do not be angry with me, even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself. My Lord, previously you asked us your servants Sorry. You asked us your servants do you have a father or a brother? And we responded yes, my Lord.

Speaker 1:

We have a father who is an old man and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him very much. And you said to us bring him here so I can see him with my own eyes. But we said to you, my Lord, the boy cannot leave his father, for his father would die. But you told us, unless your youngest brother comes with you, you will never see my face again. So we returned to your servant, our father, and told him what you said. Later, when he said go back again and buy more food, we replied we can't go unless our youngest brother goes with us. We'll never get to see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us. Then my father said to us as you know, my wife had two sons, and one of them went away and never returned. Doubtless he was torn to pieces by some wild animal. I have never seen him since.

Speaker 1:

Now, if you take his brother away from me and any harm comes to him, you will send this grieving white-haired man to his grave. And now, my Lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father's life is bound up in the boy's life. If he sees that the boy is not with us, our father will die. We, your servants, will indeed be responsible for sending that grieving white-haired man to his grave. My Lord, I guaranteed to my father that I would take care of the boy. I told him, if I don't bring him back to you, I will bear the blame forever. So please, my Lord, let me stay here as a slave instead of the boy. Let the boy return with his brothers, for how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn't bear to see that anguish this would cause my father.

Speaker 2:

Wow, the Bible said a mouthful right there, and I like what Judah is saying. Judah is pouring out his soul and, as I mentioned, he is standing in a gap, he is sacrificing. Now. This is what a big brother's supposed to do. Now, as we've been talking about Joseph, Adne, we didn't see this attitude in Joseph a few years ago. Joseph didn't have this attitude when it came down to selling Joseph into slavery. But we can see here the maturity, Like he is willing to sacrifice for the sake of his brother. And I see here that he mentioned his father numerous times and you could tell that Joseph, yeah, they're talking about the father. They talked about Joseph and how the daddy would die. And they're talking about Joseph because they're pouring out their soul to him. But, yeah, they don't even recognize him. But he already know who they're talking about.

Speaker 2:

And this is what I wanted to read, Adne, since you already kind of like read that and if anybody wanna go ahead and read it, they would have to go back and read chapter 44. But what I wanted to read and this is gonna be like in closing what I wanted to read is that in 45 verse one, in just one verse it said "'Then Joseph could not control himself, "'before all those who stood by him, "'And he cried make everyone go out from me. "'so no one stayed with him. "'when Joseph made himself known to his brother'". So Joseph couldn't even contain himself. So Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and we know what happened later on he forgave them for selling him into slavery. Adne, this is a remarkable story, and that's an art in the power of forgiveness that is so powerful. What's your take in terms of Joseph revelation and how he broke down? Cause we know what Joseph said, but Joseph had a moment. He just broke down and he couldn't even take it no more. He said brothers like this is me.

Speaker 1:

Two things that are on my heart right now, and I have to say this. It says when we go back to 44, where Judah says the boy's life and his father's life are intertwined, what I see is our heavenly father and our big brother, jesus, their life being intertwined into one another. The love that Jacob had for Benjamin is the love that our father has for us and the sacrifice that Jesus had to make for us to be reconciled to him. When I look at Joseph and him revealing himself to his brothers, basically saying look, don't beat yourself up, no more. It's like I'm your brother, joseph, and that grief, just knowing, like how can I do this to my father by keeping Benjamin, knowing that my father thinks that I'm dead? I can't do that. You know, I couldn't do that to my father and I believe that's what tugged on his heart and that's why he said everybody out, get out, get out, get out. And he said, and he shared with his brothers his identity.

Speaker 1:

Forgiveness is a beautiful thing. Forgiveness is not for the people who hurt you. Forgiveness is for you. Forgiveness releases you from the pain that was inflicted upon you. Forgiveness frees you the individual who was done wrong. Holding a grudge does nothing, nothing but cause venom to flare up inside of you. There are some of us who are dying of cancer, all these high blood pressure, diabetes, and sometimes it is from those emotions that we are holding hostage inside of us that have turned into poison. So seeing Joseph really release tears, everything, and basically saying I am your brother, joseph is my father still alive, I think that's beautiful. I am grateful and thankful for learning true forgiveness through this story.

Speaker 2:

Yes, yeah, that's powerful, and even just reading it. Forgiveness is one component, but another component is reconciliation. And we know that Joseph is a type shadow of Jesus Christ. You know they, they share a lot of similarities, but Joseph is man in Jesus Christ was God, but they still share a lot of similarities. So when I think about Joseph, the other component is reconciliation. So reconciliation is the restoration of any relationship or reunion.

Speaker 2:

And there's a scripture that came to my mind in 2 Corinthians, 5, 18, 19,. Because we, as children of God, we too have the ministry of reconciliation. So the Bible requires, in verse 18, it says and all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, the ministry of restoration, the ministry of reunion, reunion. It says, to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world onto himself, not imputing their trespasses onto them, and has committed onto us the word of reconciliation. So God has put into Joseph what he has put into Christians.

Speaker 2:

You know how to make it practical and relatable, because we, as Christians, we have to be reminded that even what Adne said, we have to forgive. But that's one thing, and another thing that God has given us the ministry, because this is called by God podcast. I believe that utilizing this platform is really to draw people closer to God, so people could reunite back with God, so people could be restored with God. So God has given us Christians the ministry of reconciliation and we see that even in Joseph's story. You have any final thoughts, adne?

Speaker 1:

Drop the mic, brother. Nick, that ministry of reconciliation is a real deal. Yeah, I can't say nothing else. It's all about us being reconciled to God.

Speaker 2:

Amen, amen. And you know what Adne those brothers? That's us, and we got reconciled back, back to the one who can save us.

Speaker 1:

Drop the mic.

Speaker 2:

All right world Adne told me to drop the mic. Remember that Jesus Christ is the King of kings and he's the Lord of lords. Be blessed. That's it for now, but before we go, please continue to listen, subscribe, share our podcast. Also, if you want to support our show, please scroll down to the bottom of the show notes and click on the link that says buy me a coffee. We were greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening and remember God is good all the time and all the time God is good and also Jesus Christ loves you. Thank you.

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