Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him. Sermons
I. THE END IS GOODNESS AND MERCY. 1. To preserve life. 2. To set the seed of the better society in the midst of the corruptions and imperfections of the old. 3. To prepare the way for the higher revelations of the future. II. GOD'S METHOD OF INSTRUMENTALITIES HIS GLORY. 1. The history of his people, their persecutions, their apparent humiliations, their marvelous victories. 2. The transformation of men, whereby enemies are made friends, &c. 3. The biographies of distinguished servants of God illustrate his grace in bestowing fitness for appointed work. III. MYSTERIES LOOKED AT FROM A HIGHER POINT OF VIEW BECOME REVELATIONS. 1. Time a great revealer. Wait for the Lord. 2. The narrow circle of a family history taken up into the higher sphere of Divine purposes concerning nations and humanity itself. 3. Ultimate vindication of the spiritual men and spiritual principles as against the merely earthly and selfish aims of individuals or communities. - R.
He kissed all his brethren. A day of reconciliation! A family made one. Brethren coming together again after long separation. It is a beautiful picture. Why should it not be completed, where it needs completion, in our own day amongst ourselves? Ministers sometimes have misunderstandings and say unkind things about one another — and exile one another from love and confidence for years. Is there never to be a day of reconciliation and Christian forgetfulness of wrongs, even where positive wrong has been done? Families and households often get awry. The younger brother differs with his eldest brother — sisters fall out. One wants more than belongs to him; another is knocked to the wall because he is weak; and there comes in the heart bitterness and alienation, and often brothers and sisters never have a kind word to say about one another. Is it always to be so? Don't merely make it up, don't patch it up, don't cover it up — go right down to the base. You will never be made one, until you meet at the Cross and hear Him say, "He that doeth the will of My Father, which is in heaven, the same is My mother, and sister, and brother." It is in Christ's sorrow that we are to forget our woes, in Christ's sacrifice we find the answer to our sin, in Christ's union with the Father that we are to find all true and lasting reconciliation. But who is to begin? That is the wonderful question that is often asked us. Who is to begin? One would imagine that there were some very nice people about who only wanted somebody to tell them who was to begin. They want to be reconciled, only they don't know who is to begin. I can tell you. You are! That is exactly how it is. But I am the eldest — yes, and therefore ought to begin. But I am the youngest. Then why should the youngest be an obstinate pig-headed child? Who are you that you should not go and throw yourself down at your brother's feet and say, "I have done you wrong, pardon me!" Who is to begin? You! Which! Both! When! Now! Oh! beware of the morality which says, "I am looking for the opportunity, and if things should so get together —" Sir! death may be upon you before you reason out your wretched casuistry; the injured or the injurer may be in the grave before you get to the end. of your long melancholy process of self-laudation and anti-Christian logic.(J. Parker, D. D.) II. MUTUAL SALUTATIONS. III. THE MESSAGE TO JACOB. Learn: 1. To avoid strife. 2. To repel any revengeful feelings. 3. To be kind and ready to forgive. (W. S. Smith, B. D.) (W. Richter.) People Benjamin, Egyptians, Jacob, Joseph, PharaohPlaces Canaan, Egypt, GoshenTopics Afterward, Afterwards, Brethren, Brothers, Fear, Kiss, Kissed, Kisseth, Moreover, Spoken, Talked, Talking, Weepeth, Weeping, WeptOutline 1. Joseph makes himself known to his brothers.5. He comforts them in God's providence. 9. He sends for his father. 16. Pharaoh confirms it. 21. Joseph furnishes then for their journey. 25. Jacob is revived with the news. Dictionary of Bible Themes Genesis 45:15Library Sermon"And God has thus sent me before you to prepare for you a permanence on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance."--Genesis xlv., v. 7. In a time of effort, suffering and grief such as this country has never before known, it is well that we should have frequent occasions for a review of the position in which we stand for a strengthening of our sinews to continue the struggle in the spirit of the high and noble resolve which induced our participation in it. This week-end will be a … B. N. Michelson—No. 4, Intersession Jacob and Doubting Souls --A Parallel Jesus and his Brethren Gifts Received for the Rebellious Letter xv (Circa A. D. 1129) to Alvisus, Abbot of Anchin Genesis Links Genesis 45:15 NIVGenesis 45:15 NLT Genesis 45:15 ESV Genesis 45:15 NASB Genesis 45:15 KJV Genesis 45:15 Bible Apps Genesis 45:15 Parallel Genesis 45:15 Biblia Paralela Genesis 45:15 Chinese Bible Genesis 45:15 French Bible Genesis 45:15 German Bible Genesis 45:15 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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