Can guilt be a good thing? The focus shifts in this Sunday's passage from Joseph to his 10 brothers, who have been covering up their guilt for decades. We'll see that guilt (and godly fear!) are essential steps along the path of repentance to receive the grace of God.
How do you cope with guilt? We all do the wrong thing sometimes. And when we do, we're very good at avoiding, minimizing, or trying to atone somehow to make the feeling go away. But how does God call us to deal with our guilt? In our passage this Sunday, we see a number of people trying to deal with the responsibility they have for Jesus' death. And yet in the midst of the guilty characters all around him, stands the innocent One who came to wash all our guilty stains away.
