Potiphar put Joseph in charge of his house. His wife tried to seduce Joseph, but Joseph repelled her and said, "How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" She lied to Potiphar about Joseph and he sent him to prison.
This is C.H. Spurgeon on how obedience is much easier when we know who God is. Because Joseph knew and loved God, the thought of sinning against Him was unpleasant.
“When I regarded God as a tyrant, I thought sin a trifle; but when I knew him to be my father, then I mourned that I could ever have kicked against him. When I thought that God was hard, I found it easy to sin; but when I found God so kind, so good, so overflowing with compassion, I smote upon my breast to think that I could ever have rebelled against one who loved me so, and sought my good.”
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