“And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?”
My silver has been returned, he said to his brothers. Here it is in my sack. Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said: what is this that God has done to us? The theological question — what is this that God has done to us — is the recognition that something beyond human explanation is occurring. The guilt-laden conscience interprets the unexpected gift as threat. The application: the conscience that is laden with guilt interprets even grace as judgment. What is this that God has done to us is the question of people who do not yet know they are being loved by the one they wronged.
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