Tag Archives: Christian maturity
Joseph’s treatment of his brothers — reflections and applications
Barbara Roberts ♦ 24th March 2021 ♦ 15 Comments
Update: I have altered this post after receiving constructive criticism from Sister. I no longer agree with everything I wrote in the first version but am keeping the first version in the public domain as a PDF (link). It can also be found at the Web Archive — Barbara Roberts, April 16th, 2021 *** Joseph’s …
Reconciled with his brothers
Barbara Roberts ♦ 2nd March 2021 ♦ 3 Comments
Joseph would have been glad to see his older brothers again, but he still did not know how far he could trust them. In order to test them he had set them up with charges of theft (see part 2 of this series). Now he needed to see how they would respond. (Gen 44:14 -16 …
The second test Joseph gave his brothers
Barbara Roberts ♦ 20th February 2021 ♦ 5 Comments
Joseph, as Governor of Egypt, had begun testing his brothers by falsely accusing them of being spies. He had retained Simeon in custody and instructed the other nine brothers to return home and come again to Egypt bringing their youngest brother Benjamin with them. (see part 1 of this series) Their father Jacob was very …
Joseph tested his brothers by falsely accusing them
Barbara Roberts ♦ 11th February 2021 ♦ 24 Comments
[September 3, 2022: There have been some changes made to this post. For more information, read the Editors’ notes at the bottom of the post. Editors.] In order to probe whether his older brothers had repented, Joseph falsely accused his brothers, raised a false report and uttered a lie. Yes — that’s the same saintly …
What happens when sheep are led by hirelings and wolves?
Barbara Roberts ♦ 12th June 2020 ♦ 26 Comments
Society and especially the churches are in perilous times. It is imperative to understand what can happen when evildoers are controlling the masses. A brief review of Part 1 and Part 2 of this series: There are three kinds of people: Sheep, Shepherds and Wolves. Shepherds are focused on caring for the sheep. Shepherds are …
How can you tell if someone who has the office of shepherd is actually a hireling?
Barbara Roberts ♦ 28th May 2020 ♦ 47 Comments
Discerning good leaders from incompetent / bad leaders is vital in these perilous times. This is Part 2 of a 3-part series. Part 1 Part 3 In Part 1, I set out some basic differences between good leaders (true under-shepherds) and hirelings. Sooner or later, hirelings will abandon the sheep to the wolves. All true …
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