"HE NEVER CONSENTED" - Continue

 As Joseph said, his master trusted him.  Potiphar had put his whole household in Joseph's hands, holding back nothing but his wife. How could Joseph betray that trust?  He abhorred the thought. But there was a deeper revulsion: the thought of actually sinning against his God, Jehovah.  Joseph had learned much from his parents about God's view of marriage fidelity.  Jehovah has performed the first marriage and made his feelings clear.  Man and wife were to stick together, becoming "one flesh."  (Genesis 2:24) Those who attempted to violate that bond risked incurring God's wrath. For example, the men who came close to violating the wife of Abraham, who was Joseph's great-grandmother, and the wife of Isaac, Joseph's grandmother, came perilously close to disaster. (Genesis 20:1-3; 26:7-11) Joseph had learned that lesson well, and he intended to live by it. 

Potiphar's wife did not like what she heard.  Why, just imagine this lowly slave turning her down, actually referring to her offer as "great badness"!  Nonetheless, she persisted. Perhaps her vanity and her pride were stung, making her determined to turn Joseph's no into a yes.  She thus showed a spirit like that of Satan, who tempted Jesus. Satan's attempt failed too, and  instead of giving up, Satan just waited for "another convenient time."(Luke 4:13) Faithful people thus need to be determined and steadfast. That was how Joseph handled himself. Though this situation went on "day after day," he would not budge. We read: "He never consented."  (Genesis 39:10) Potiphar's wife, however, was a determined seductress. 

Next time: "HE NEVER CONSENTED" - Conclusion

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