by Dr Martin Luther
Luther’s Works, Vol 7: Lectures on Genesis, Chapters 38-44
“As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, and he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them,
‘Where do you come from?’ he asked.
‘From the land of Canaan,’ they replied, ‘to buy food’.”
Genesis 42:7, NIV
From the Lectures…
“This is where God’s game begins, not that we may be destroyed, but that He may examine us and lead us to a knowledge of our foulness, yet not in such a way that we despair, but rather that we cry to Him, invoke His mercy, and learn that He shows His mercy wondrously, as Psalm 17:7 says.”
“Therefore learn and accustom yourself to endure in trails, and you will realize that God is most friendly and loves you very much.”
