And Joseph knew his brethren,
but they knew not him.Genesis 42:8
".... consider a kindred topic, namely, our heavenly Joseph's knowledge of us.
--When we were enemies to him, he knew us, our misery, and our wickedness.
--When we wept bitterly in despairing repentance, and viewed him only as a judge and a ruler, he viewed us as his brethren well beloved, and his bowels yearned towards us.
But, alas! we knew not our royal Brother, and out of this ignorance grew a host of sins. We withheld our hearts from him, and allowed him no entrance to our love.
We mistrusted him, and gave no credit to his words.
We rebelled against him, and paid him no loving homage.
The Sun of Righteousness shone forth, and we could not see him. Heaven came down to earth, and earth perceived it not.
Let God be praised, those days are over with us; yet even now it is but little that we know of Jesus compared with what he knows of us."
Charles Spurgeon
but they knew not him.Genesis 42:8
".... consider a kindred topic, namely, our heavenly Joseph's knowledge of us.
--When we were enemies to him, he knew us, our misery, and our wickedness.
--When we wept bitterly in despairing repentance, and viewed him only as a judge and a ruler, he viewed us as his brethren well beloved, and his bowels yearned towards us.
But, alas! we knew not our royal Brother, and out of this ignorance grew a host of sins. We withheld our hearts from him, and allowed him no entrance to our love.
We mistrusted him, and gave no credit to his words.
We rebelled against him, and paid him no loving homage.
The Sun of Righteousness shone forth, and we could not see him. Heaven came down to earth, and earth perceived it not.
Let God be praised, those days are over with us; yet even now it is but little that we know of Jesus compared with what he knows of us."
Charles Spurgeon