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January 16
Friday


A SIN BY ANY
OTHER NAME

READ:
Genesis 39:1-9
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How then can I do this
great wickedness, and
sin against God?
__Genesis 39:9
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Joseph found himself in a difficult position one day when his master's wife attempted to seduce him. How tantalizing this woman must have been to a healthy young man! And it must have occurred to Joseph how fearsome her wrath would be when he spurned her advances.

Yet Joseph flatly resisted her. His moral convictions stemmed from his clear view of sin and his reverence for God. He said to her, "How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" (Gen 39:9).

Today, it is popular to call sin by more acceptable names. But using euphemisms for offenses against God will only weaken our resistance and trivialize sin's harmfulness to us.

To Joseph, sin was not just "an error of judgment." Nor was it a mere "slip of the tongue" or an "indiscretion" in a "moment of weakness." Joseph saw sin for what it was--a serious offense against the Lord--and he did not play down the gravity of the offense.

God's moral standards are absolute. It is only when we see sin as something abhorrent to the Lord that we will be motivated to make right moral judgments.

Calling sin by a softer name will change neither its offensiveness to God nor its cost to us. __C. P. Hia
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``````````````````Was it for crimes that I have done```````````````
``````````````````````He groaned upon the tree?`````````````````
````````````````````Amazing pity! Grace unknown!```````````````
``````````````````And love beyond degree! __Watts``````````````
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There's no excuse for excusing sin.

**************Today's Bible Reading _- Genesis 39:1-9*************

1 Now Joseph had been
taken down to Egypt. And
Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh, captain of the guard,
an Egyptian, bought him
from the Ishmaelites who had
taken him down there.

2 The LORD was with
Joseph, and he was a
successful man; and he was
in the house of his master the
Egyptian. 3 And his master
saw that the LORD was with
him and that the LORD made
all he did to prosper in his
hand. 4 So Joseph found
favor in his sight, and served
him. Then he made him
overseer of his house, and all
that he had he put under his
authority. 5 So it was, from
the time that he had made
him overseer of his house
and all that he had, that the
LORD blessed the Egyptian's
house for Joseph's sake; and
the blessing of the LORD was
on all that he had in the
house and in the field. 6 Thus
he left all that he had in
Joseph's hand, and he did not
know what he had except for
the bread which he ate.

Now Joseph was handsome
in form and appearance.

7 And it came to pass after
these things that his master's
wife cast longing eyes on
Joseph, and she said, "Lie
with me."

8 But he refused and said to
his masters wife, "Look, my
master does not know what
is with me in the house, and
he has committed all that he
has to my hand. 9 There is no
one greater in this house than
I, nor has he kept back
anything from me but you,
because you are his wife.
How then can I do this great
wickedness, and sin against
God?


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Through the Word of God we learn right from wrong. Yet at times
obeying the Word can be a struggle. Of this, Bible teacher Charles
Stanley said, "We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in
the process of being shaped and molded by His truth." __Dennis Fisher