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'Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.'

'Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.'

'In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of…

'Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.'

'Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.'

'Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.'

'And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.'

'And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.'

'The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.'

Joseph’s dealings with his brothers provide an often-overlooked model for Gospel ministry and personal witness. Dr Masters traces a remarkable pattern: guilty consciences awakened, sin confessed and repentance demonstrated before reconciliation is joyfully revealed. Here is a compelling biblical pattern for presenting Christ’s free and reconciling grace persuasively to sinners.