God uses the wrong roads to get us to the right places
Gen. 37:19
They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.”
Salvation is not hell avoidance
Ac. 7:51 –
You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
Gen. 42:21
Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we did not listen.
Jesus Was The Ultimate Joseph
The Bible is the story of people who are hopeless without God's grace, and not at all graceful once they receive God's hope