Then they said to him, ``No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food. Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them, and said to them, ``You are spies you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land." And he said to them, ``Where have you come from?" And they said, ``From the land of Canaan, to buy food."īut Joseph had recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him.
When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. Now Joseph was the ruler over the land he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also. Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.īut Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, ``I am afraid that harm may befall him."
He said, ``Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die." Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, ``Why are you staring at one another?" These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. He who has the Son has the life he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son.Īnd the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son. The Spirit and the water and the blood and the three are in agreement. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him.īy this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments.įor this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments and His commandments are not burdensome.įor whatever is born of God overcomes the world and this is the victory that has overcome the world-our faith. Reaching a healthy old age is a laudable goal, but nothing is more meaningful than receiving the Savior and the gift of eternity in His presence. As the apostle John wrote, “He who has the Son has the life” (1 John 5:12). We know from Scripture that eternal life is irrevocably linked to the person of Jesus Christ. The matter must be settled while we are alive on earth (Matt.
After death, there is no mercy or grace that can bridge the gap between hell and heaven. Those who reject the offer of salvation suffer the terrible fate of agony in hell and complete separation from the living God. Those who do this get to spend eternity in the presence of the Lord, where there is fullness of joy and pleasures forever (Psalm 16:11). There is only one way to assure that we are destined for life in heaven: We must recognize our hopeless, sinful condition, turn to Jesus Christ in faith, and receive forgiveness of sins and the gift of everlasting life. While it’s natural to desire many healthy years on earth, we must remind ourselves life doesn’t end with physical death.
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