When the famine forced the brothers to return to Egypt, Judah guaranteed his father that he would bring Benjamin safely back. That guarantee was severely tested. Joseph had his silver cup planted in Benjamin's sack of grain. He then had him pursued and arrested as a thief. The brothers did not abandon Benjamin but returned to Egypt with their arrested brother. It was Judah who offered himself as hostage in the place of Benjamin so that the young man could be returned to his father.
This evidence of Judah's repentance overwhelmed Joseph. In tears, he revealed his true identity. Judah's intercession for Benjamin demonstrated as words never could the genuineness of his sorrow for the betrayal of Joseph. From a sexual hypocritical pervert, he became one willing to sacrifice for others. Aren’t we reminded, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13)
Today, we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit for regeneration unto sanctification. Do we express such transformation in our own lives?
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