God uses 4 elements to wake our conscience

I. The Pressure Of Deep Need vv 1-5

“…Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may

live and not die.”

II. The Pain of Harsh Treatment vv 6-17

“…spoke harshly to them…”“You are spies…”

“…you will be kept in prison so that…”

III. The Process of Solitudevv 18-24

“Surely we are being punished because of our brother.”

“Now we must give an accounting for his blood.”

IV. The Pursuit of Gracevv 25-28

“Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, ‘What is this that God

has done to us?’”

Are you living with forgotten but unforgiven sins?

Is there someone you keep rescuing?