Amazing love and grace of God!

What amazing love and grace of God!

Joseph, a 17-year-old boy (Genesis 37:2, 20),

who was hated even more by his ten brothers (vv. 4, 5, 8)

and was almost killed because of their jealousy (v. 11),

narrowly escaped death when he was almost thrown into a pit (v. 18).

However, about 13 years later, at the age of 30 (41:46),

he eventually became the prime minister of all Egypt (v. 41).

Joseph, who received hatred and jealousy from his ten brothers (Acts 7:9),

eventually gained the trust of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt,

and Pharaoh appointed Joseph as the governor of the entire nation and overseer of his palace.

God exalted Joseph, who was in the pit, to the point of becoming the prime minister of Egypt.

Similarly, Jesus Christ, who is God, came to this lowly and humble earth

and lowered Himself even to the point of dying on the cursed tree of the cross.

The reason He humbled Himself to such a lowly state was to elevate us,

who were eternally doomed in hell, to the new heaven, new earth, New Jerusalem,

and the kingdom of heaven. How amazing is this love and grace of God!

The sinner who once lived according to the flesh,

obeying the futile things of the past, subject to decay,

has now, by God's grace alone, believed in Jesus Christ alone

to become a child of God, enjoying the freedom of glory.

How amazing is this grace and love of God!

(Romans 8:20-21).