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 Joseph, a young man of 17, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

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 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of the other sons because he had been born to him in his old age, and he made a richly ornamented robe for him.

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 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

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 Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

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 He said to them, listen to this dream I had.

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 We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.

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 His brothers said to him, do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?

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 And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.

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 Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers.

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 Listen, he said, I had another dream, and this time the sun and the moon and the eleven stars were bowing down to me.

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 When he told his father as well as his brothers, his fathers rebuked him and said, what is this dream you had?

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 Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?

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 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in his mind.

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 Verse 12.

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 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem.

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 And Israel said to Joseph, as you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem.

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 Come, I am going to send you to them.

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 Very well, he replied.

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 So he said to him, go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks and bring word back to me.

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 So he sent him off from the valley of Hebron.

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 When Joseph arrived at Shechem, a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, what are you looking for?

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 He replied, I am looking for my brothers.

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 Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?

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 They have moved on from here, the man answered.

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 I heard them say, let's go to Dothan.

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 So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan.

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 But they saw him in the distance and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

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 Here comes that dreamer, they said to each other.

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 Come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him.

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 Then we'll see what comes of his dreams.

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 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands.

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 Let's not take his life, he said.

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 Don't shed any blood.

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 Throw him into the cistern here in the desert, but don't lay a hand on him.

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 Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.

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 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the richly ornamented robe he had been wearing, and they took him and threw him into the cistern.

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 Now the cistern was empty.

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 There was no water in it.

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 As they sat down to eat their meals, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead.

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 Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them to Egypt.

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 Judah said to his brothers, What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

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 Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him.

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 After all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.

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 His brother agreed.

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 So when the Median merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for 20 shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

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 When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

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 He went back to his brothers and said, The boy isn't there.

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 Where can I turn now?

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 Then they got Joseph's robe, slaughtered a goat, and dipped the robe in his blood.

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 They took the ornamented robe back to their father and said, We found this.

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 Examine it to see whether it is your son's robe.

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 He recognized it and said, It is my son's robe.

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 Some ferocious animal has devoured him.

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 Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.

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 Then Jacob tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.

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 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted.

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 No, he said, In mourning will I go down to the grave to my son.

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 So his father wept for him.

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 Meanwhile, the Midianite sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard.

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 Thank you, Sam.

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 Thank you, Jonathan.

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 Good morning, everybody.

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 Why don't we start by asking God for his help?

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 Sovereign Father, open our eyes this morning to see your wonderful care for us in the places where we may not see it at all.

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 For Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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 I used to watch The Simpsons as a kid.

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 It's a cartoon show, if you're not familiar with it, about this family who basically model how not to do family most of the time.

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 They model how to make a mess of it, in fact.

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 I don't know why it's so popular.

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 Maybe it makes us feel better when we compare our families to their family.

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 Maybe that's why.

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 I'm not quite sure.

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 But in that show, anyway, every episode kind of had a happy ending.

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 You know?

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 Homer and Marge came to some sort of an agreement.

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 Barrett ended up saving Lisa's bacon.

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 And they kind of, you know, smoothed things over, despite their flaws.

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 But in this chapter, we meet Jacob's dysfunctional family.

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 But unlike The Simpsons, we don't get a happy ending here, do we?

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 You may remember that this was God's chosen family.

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 So if we're just thinking about the whole context of the book of Genesis.

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 Jacob's grandfather, Abraham, was a pagan.

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 He did not know God, didn't worship God.

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 But God spoke to him.

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 God chose him.

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 Out of all the peoples on the earth, God placed a special favor upon him.

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 And God gave him promises.

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 A promise to bless him.

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 And to bless all peoples in the world through him.

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 Now, through this family, God was going to send a promised son.

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 A seed.

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 And he would crush the serpent, who way back in the Garden of Eden, had deceived Adam and Eve.

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 And this son would deal with our rebellion.

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 And would make a way for us to get back to God.

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 So that was the promise made to Abraham.

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 And God had reiterated that promise to Jacob.

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 So the hopes of all the nations are resting on this family line continuing.

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 But what a sorry mess we find when we read their story.

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 Where we should see them being a blessing, we see only chaos and dysfunction.

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 We see a catastrophic failure in parenting as Jacob's favoritism of Joseph sparks sibling rivalry and jealousy.

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 Then come Joseph's pride and his immaturity as he shares his dreams of rulership over his brothers.

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 Stoking the flames of their hatred.

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 Which in turn spirals into violence.

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 And after thinking better of killing Joseph, his brothers finally settle for selling him into a life of slavery.

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 That's the end of him, they think.

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 Before devising a cruel lie to cover their tracks.

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 Plunging their father into crippling grief for the rest of his days.

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 And no, God does not spare us from seeing the chaos of this dysfunctional family.

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 Every character fails.

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 And while none of us would like to admit to our own families being dysfunctional.

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 When we read the story of Jacob, when we read the story of Jacob, in many ways, it's like looking in a mirror.

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 Because, being brutally honest, we all have our fair share of arguments, jealousy, rage, and lies in our families, don't we?

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 And here's the thing.

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 The dysfunction in our families, it actually comes from within us.

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 We are all broken by sin.

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 We are all the victims of each other's brokenness and sin.

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 Be that in our families, or in our communities.

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 In fact, when you think about it, the whole human race is one big, dysfunctional family.

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 Hard as we try, we cannot escape it.

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 Generation after generation, does it actually get any better?

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 Think about it.

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 No, it doesn't.

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 We repeat the same sins.

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 We're just as dysfunctional as the ones who've gone before.

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 Maybe it might look a little bit different.

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 What hope is there?

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 If we cannot escape this endless cycle of dysfunction.

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 And as you read chapter 37, maybe there's a part of you that wonders,

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 where is God?

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 And all the chaos of this dysfunctional family.

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 I mean, after all, this is his chosen family.

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 So where is he?

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 I mean, did you notice?

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 His name actually isn't even mentioned in this whole chapter.

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 God is hidden.

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 He is seemingly silent.

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 It appears like he's just letting it all happen and he does not care.

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 Do you ever feel that way in the middle of your chaos and mess?

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 Maybe you've gotten yourself into a sin spiral.

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 It's been days or weeks since you even talked to God.

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 Or maybe you're in the middle of a chaotic family or work situation and you're suffering under the effects of someone else's sin.

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 Maybe it's health issues that are just not getting better.

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 As you walked in the door today, you brought all these situations in with you.

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 And they're weighing on your mind this morning.

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 And I've got my own too.

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 Situations where very little seems to be going right at all.

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 In fact, even though you may be an optimistic person, you can't see any good.

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 And you wonder, where are you, Lord?

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 Can you not see?

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 Do you not hear my cries?

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 See, the big question in Genesis 37 is this.

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 Is God even there in our chaos and dysfunction?

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 Because if this story is ultimately just a series of unfortunate events outside of God's control,

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 then there really is no hope.

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 But if we take a step back for a few minutes and view this whole mess from a different perspective,

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 I think we can see that God is present in the chaos.

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 And he's sovereignly working all things for his good purposes.

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 Even the sin and dysfunction.

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 Now, God's sovereignty, just to explain that word for a second,

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 that means God has total authority and is unrestricted in his control over the universe.

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 And we're going to test that theory against this chapter here and see what does it stand up.

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 And we're going to see five things in this chapter over which God is sovereign and in control.

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 Here's the first one.

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 We're going to start with Joseph's backstory and see that God is sovereign over barrenness and tragedy.

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 So, we didn't cover it in this chapter, but Joseph's mother was called Rachel.

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 Now, Rachel was Jacob's favorite wife.

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 Yes, he had more than one wife.

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 And no, that did not work out well for him.

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 In fact, that's most of the reason for all the chaos and mess in this story.

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 But she struggled to conceive for many, many years.

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 Until, finally, God enabled her to have a son, naming him Joseph.

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 Now, if you look down at verse 3, you'll notice that Jacob was elderly at this point.

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 And he favored Joseph over his 11 other sons.

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 Well, probably because Rachel was his favorite wife.

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 Also, probably because Rachel tragically died, giving birth to her second.

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 So, this made Jacob value Joseph all the more.

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 And he became so precious to his father.

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 And we can see what he does in verse 3.

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 Jacob gifts Joseph this stunning robe of many colors, but not without its side effects.

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 Verse 4.

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 Let's read together.

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 When his brothers saw their father loved Joseph more than any of them,

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 they hated Joseph and could not speak a kind word to him.

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 But we have to remember, God was sovereign over the barrenness and the tragedy which led to this favoritism.

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 God could have stopped these things from happening.

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 But he didn't.

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 And he knew how each character in the family would react.

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 So, we also learn that no sadness or tragedy in our lives is outside of his control either.

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 God is always working his good purposes, which we will see in this story also.

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 Secondly, he's sovereign over dreams.

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 In verses 6 to 11, Joseph had these very specific dreams.

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 Now, let me just say, these are not usual dreams that a 17-year-old boy has.

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 I mean, I can think back to when I was 17 years old.

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 I was probably dreaming about scoring the winning goal in the World Cup final, something like that.

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 And as you can see, it didn't come true.

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 But one could say there's still time, but I think it's very unlikely.

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 But these dreams are different.

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 God gave Joseph two dreams that foretold his rule over his family.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 And Joseph says to his brothers,

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 And verse 9 continues this theme of the others in the family bowing down to him.

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 And while it may appear from the outside that God was absent in this whole story,

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 we can actually see here, very practically, God was sovereignly working in the background,

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 even through the dreams of a 17-year-old boy.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 And next, we also learn that God is sovereign over foolish mistakes.

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 The first mistake, we could say, was Joseph foolishly boasting about his dreams,

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 which caused his brothers to hate him all the more.

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 I mean, let's face it, he should never have done that.

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 That was immature of him.

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 And the second big mistake, verse 13 this time,

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 was Jacob, who foolishly decided to send Joseph off alone to check on his spiteful brothers.

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 Now we stop here and ask,

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 Who in their right mind would send Joseph into harm's way like that?

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 Did this father not realize the brother's hatred?

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 Was it not obvious?

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 But in God's purpose, Joseph churns up his brother's hate,

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 and Jacob sends off his beloved son into grave danger,

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 not knowing it was the last he would see of him for 20 years.

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 It was a terrible mistake.

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 How else can you put it?

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 But God was working his good purposes,

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 which would only be revealed later.

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 And God is sovereign over our worst mistakes too.

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 Now that doesn't make them right.

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 That's not an excuse for us to act sinfully without care.

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 No, no.

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 But what a comfort it is

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 to know that God will save his chosen people

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 despite our mistakes,

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 and even through them.

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 Wow.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 Next thing,

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 we learn that God is sovereign

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 over seemingly chance encounters.

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 I put inverted commas around the word chance there for a reason.

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 We can imagine Joseph, right,

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 he's maybe hesitantly setting off to see his brother saying,

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 okay, dad, if I have to.

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 I don't think this is a great idea,

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 but yes, I'll go.

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 And when he arrives in Shechem,

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 the brothers have already left.

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 They've moved their flocks on somewhere else.

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 And in verse 15,

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 we find that he's aimlessly wandering around the fields,

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 but then he bumps into someone.

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 And this person

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 just happens to know exactly where the brothers have gone.

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 Now if you just stop here and think about this for a second,

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 if Joseph had never met this man,

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 he just would have gone back home,

00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:14.779
 and the rest would never have happened.

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:17.180
 When you think about it,

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:20.180
 but according to God's purpose,

00:19:21.540 --> 00:19:23.180
 Joseph bumped into this man,

00:19:24.320 --> 00:19:26.300
 and he found his brothers in Dothan.

00:19:28.620 --> 00:19:29.580
 So remember,

00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:32.619
 God is sovereign over all the people

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.679
 that you meet during the day.

00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:37.480
 There are no chance meetings in God's kingdom,

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:40.099
 and we must keep our eyes open

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:41.819
 and be ready.

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:46.359
 I think the last thing we can see God is sovereign over

00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:47.299
 in this chapter is

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:48.419
 sin.

00:19:50.419 --> 00:19:51.679
 And I think this is the one

00:19:51.679 --> 00:19:53.839
 that could be hardest to understand.

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.699
 In verse 18,

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:58.059
 if you look down there,

00:19:58.059 --> 00:20:00.460
 God knew the violent thoughts

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.799
 that the brothers would harbor

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:04.139
 now that they had Joseph alone

00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:05.179
 to themselves.

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.879
 Let's read from 18.

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:09.299
 But the brothers saw Joseph in the distance,

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:11.559
 and before he reached them,

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:13.879
 they plotted to kill him.

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.960
 Here comes that dreamer,

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.539
 they said to each other.

00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:19.220
 Come now, let's kill him.

00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:21.440
 Let's throw him into one of these cisterns,

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:23.299
 and say that a ferocious animal

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.940
 devoured him.

00:20:24.899 --> 00:20:27.000
 Then we'll see what comes of his dreams.

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:29.460
 You know,

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:31.180
 God was in control.

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:34.160
 Both over their plot to kill him,

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:37.079
 and Reuben's intervention.

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.319
 Read in verse 21.

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.740
 When Reuben heard this,

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:42.839
 he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands.

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.680
 Let's not take his life,

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.160
 he said.

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.599
 Don't shed any blood.

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:50.380
 Throw him into this cistern here

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.240
 in the wilderness,

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:53.019
 but don't lay a hand on him.

00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:55.279
 Reuben said this

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:57.160
 to rescue him

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:58.319
 from them

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:59.859
 and take him back

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:01.120
 to his father.

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:05.079
 So the brothers threw him in the cistern.

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.039
 And we know

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:08.859
 that Reuben,

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:11.700
 he's wanting to get Jacob

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:13.900
 whipped up out of that cistern,

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.259
 sorry, get Joseph

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.380
 whipped up out of that cistern

00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:17.280
 and back to his father

00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:18.660
 as soon as possible.

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:21.500
 And surely that's what God will, right?

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:21.880
 I mean,

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.840
 that the boy will be saved.

00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:25.580
 No.

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.160
 No.

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.940
 You see,

00:21:30.020 --> 00:21:31.020
 what happens next

00:21:31.020 --> 00:21:33.240
 just illustrates

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.880
 God's amazing sovereignty

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.620
 all the more.

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:37.739
 God was able to see

00:21:37.739 --> 00:21:38.779
 to it that Reuben

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.779
 was present

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:41.279
 to save Joseph

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.919
 from death.

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:44.599
 But then that he was

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.319
 absent

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:47.119
 when the Midianite traders

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:48.199
 came along

00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:49.619
 and Joseph's brothers

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:51.219
 sold him into slavery.

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.719
 Maybe Reuben

00:21:54.719 --> 00:21:55.719
 had to take a run

00:21:55.719 --> 00:21:56.599
 to the well for water

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.519
 or maybe he forgot

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.079
 his cloak

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.959
 in the other field.

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.059
 Who knows

00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:00.839
 why

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:02.099
 he wasn't there?

00:22:02.239 --> 00:22:03.379
 The writer doesn't tell us

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:03.899
 the reason why

00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:04.459
 he wasn't there.

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.399
 All we know is

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:07.060
 he wasn't there.

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.800
 Whenever it was dinner time

00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:12.100
 and whenever the traders

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:13.140
 happened

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:14.480
 to come by.

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.940
 And the rest is history.

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.180
 Look in verse 29.

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.640
 When Reuben

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.940
 returned to the cistern

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:21.840
 and saw that Joseph

00:22:21.840 --> 00:22:22.580
 was not there

00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:24.540
 he tore

00:22:24.540 --> 00:22:25.940
 his clothes.

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.600
 He went back

00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.140
 to his brothers

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.519
 and said,

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:30.060
 the boy isn't there.

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.340
 Where can I turn

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:32.880
 now?

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.920
 If Reuben

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.580
 had been there

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:39.720
 Joseph

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.180
 would never

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.940
 have been sold

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:43.160
 and he never

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.540
 would have got

00:22:43.540 --> 00:22:44.040
 to Egypt.

00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:46.700
 But it was

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:48.320
 God's purpose

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:49.480
 that Joseph

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.720
 would get to Egypt.

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.000
 So God

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.740
 made sure

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.259
 Reuben

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:55.019
 wasn't there

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.460
 for dinner.

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:59.000
 God was even

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.660
 in control

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.860
 over the cruel

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:02.160
 sinful

00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:03.200
 betrayal

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.059
 of Joseph

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.160
 into the hands

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.299
 of those

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.920
 traitors

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:08.059
 in everything

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.400
 achieving

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.600
 his good purposes.

00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:11.000
 Now

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:13.019
 let's just stop here

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.559
 for a second

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.440
 and ask the question

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.880
 is all of this

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:17.039
 chance?

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.160
 Is it all

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.160
 just coincidence?

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.500
 I believe

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.059
 the answer

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.559
 is no.

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.559
 When we

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.440
 dig beneath

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.019
 the surface

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:28.039
 we find

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.960
 God's

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:30.460
 fingerprints

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.900
 his sovereign

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.360
 work

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.420
 all

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.420
 over

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.360
 this

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:35.900
 story.

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.920
 God had a purpose

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:38.019
 behind every

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:39.140
 single one of these

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:40.600
 sinful actions.

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.360
 He is sovereign

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.640
 over sin.

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.240
 Now

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:46.220
 we must be

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.600
 careful

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:48.460
 not to accuse

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.140
 God of

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.780
 causing

00:23:49.780 --> 00:23:51.420
 people to sin

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.780
 or

00:23:52.780 --> 00:23:53.900
 saying that

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.520
 God is

00:23:54.520 --> 00:23:55.200
 morally

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:56.020
 responsible

00:23:56.020 --> 00:23:57.720
 for sin.

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.200
 The Bible

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.640
 is clear

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.020
 that God

00:24:00.020 --> 00:24:00.440
 is holy.

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.320
 He hates

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:03.120
 sin.

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.580
 So

00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:05.540
 this

00:24:05.540 --> 00:24:06.580
 is tough

00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:07.680
 to understand

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.700
 but in one

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.080
 sense

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:10.800
 he wills

00:24:10.800 --> 00:24:11.480
 that no one

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.960
 would sin.

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:13.980
 and yet

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.380
 there is

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.720
 another

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.200
 sense

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.680
 in which

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:17.060
 he ordains

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:17.720
 that some

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.480
 evil acts

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.400
 take place

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.360
 in his

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:21.000
 perfect

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.820
 plan

00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:22.640
 to save.

00:24:24.800 --> 00:24:25.320
 But the

00:24:25.320 --> 00:24:25.800
 Bible is

00:24:25.800 --> 00:24:26.600
 always

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.180
 clear

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.680
 that people

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.620
 are always

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.120
 held

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.840
 responsible

00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:32.840
 for their

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.160
 sin.

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.200
 sin.

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:33.980
 And I

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.340
 think

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:34.640
 there is

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.019
 a verse

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.980
 later

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.680
 in this

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.060
 story

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.300
 which

00:24:37.300 --> 00:24:38.019
 Joseph

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.060
 says

00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:39.580
 it is

00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:39.800
 from

00:24:39.800 --> 00:24:40.279
 Genesis

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.759
 50

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.200
 20

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.460
 and this

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.759
 helps

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.019
 us

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.500
 to

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.980
 understand

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.220
 this

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.360
 it is

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.600
 on the

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.120
 board

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.380
 there.

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.980
 And Joseph

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.340
 is saying

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:46.779
 this to his

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.040
 brothers

00:24:47.040 --> 00:24:47.640
 20 years

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:47.960
 later

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.360
 when the

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:48.560
 whole

00:24:48.560 --> 00:24:49.040
 saga is

00:24:49.040 --> 00:24:49.320
 over

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:50.060
 everything

00:24:50.060 --> 00:24:50.300
 has been

00:24:50.300 --> 00:24:50.620
 smoothed

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:50.759
 over

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.060
 and this

00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:51.279
 is what

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.900
 he says

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:53.980
 you

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.440
 brothers

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:56.100
 you

00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:56.480
 meant it

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.920
 for evil

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.560
 against me.

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.340
 So he's

00:24:59.340 --> 00:24:59.480
 like

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.540
 you

00:25:00.540 --> 00:25:01.360
 chose

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:01.620
 that

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.000
 sinful

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.440
 course

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:02.660
 of

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.040
 action

00:25:03.040 --> 00:25:03.900
 you

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.120
 are

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:04.900
 responsible

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.759
 for that

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:07.580
 and yet

00:25:07.580 --> 00:25:08.019
 equally

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.519
 so

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.700
 Joseph

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.200
 says

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:11.700
 God

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.420
 meant

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.660
 it

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.180
 for

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.620
 good

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:15.700
 this

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.300
 was

00:25:16.300 --> 00:25:16.780
 in

00:25:16.780 --> 00:25:17.259
 God's

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.759
 plan

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.800
 it's

00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:19.060
 not

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:19.480
 one

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.880
 or the

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.200
 other

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.400
 somehow

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.980
 both

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.200
 of

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.440
 these

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.620
 are

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.080
 true.

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.420
 My

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.780
 brothers

00:25:25.780 --> 00:25:26.060
 you

00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.580
 committed

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:26.840
 the

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.140
 evil

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.440
 act

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:27.759
 because

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:27.940
 it

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.100
 was

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.300
 what

00:25:28.300 --> 00:25:28.480
 your

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.140
 sinful

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.640
 hearts

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:29.980
 wanted

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.440
 most

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:32.240
 and

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.820
 God

00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:33.960
 ordained

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.280
 that

00:25:34.280 --> 00:25:34.720
 sinful

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.040
 act

00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:35.440
 for his

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.780
 good

00:25:35.780 --> 00:25:36.360
 purposes

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:36.640
 to

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.000
 save

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.320
 all

00:25:37.320 --> 00:25:37.480
 of

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.740
 you.

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.560
 God

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:40.860
 is

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.740
 100%

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.180
 sovereign

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.560
 people

00:25:43.560 --> 00:25:44.300
 are

00:25:44.300 --> 00:25:45.300
 100%

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:46.759
 responsible.

00:25:47.280 --> 00:25:47.360
 Now

00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:47.820
 if anything

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.860
 this

00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.500
 drives us

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.780
 to our

00:25:49.780 --> 00:25:50.100
 knees

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.580
 in

00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.000
 humility

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.819
 and

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.140
 all

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.599
 because

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.140
 our

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:54.140
 finite

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.680
 human

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.180
 brains

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:56.140
 cannot

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.599
 fully

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.119
 comprehend

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.559
 this

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:59.039
 and we

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.259
 are

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.640
 called

00:25:59.640 --> 00:25:59.839
 to

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.180
 trust

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.579
 God

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.380
 with

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.519
 the

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:01.960
 things

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.799
 that

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:02.960
 we

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.380
 don't

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.740
 yet

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.960
 understand

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:06.180
 and

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.059
 let me

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.240
 just

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.500
 say

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.839
 I

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.059
 think

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.240
 we

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.400
 have

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:08.619
 more

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:08.779
 than

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.079
 enough

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.359
 reason

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.539
 to

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.819
 trust

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:09.960
 I

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.079
 mean

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.460
 step

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.859
 back

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.339
 and

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.720
 survey

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.119
 what's

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.359
 happened

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:12.500
 in

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.660
 this

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.019
 story

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.420
 the

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.799
 brothers

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.140
 they

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.339
 wanted

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.559
 to

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:14.799
 kill

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.259
 the

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.519
 very

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.039
 person

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:17.000
 who

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.240
 ended

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.480
 up

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.039
 rescuing

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.279
 them

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.480
 from

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.140
 starvation

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.839
 20

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.119
 years

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.460
 later

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.920
 and

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.059
 in

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.200
 their

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.600
 attempt

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:22.840
 to

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.000
 get

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.259
 rid

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.380
 of

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:23.480
 him

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.740
 once

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:23.860
 and

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.019
 for

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.279
 all

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.660
 where

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:24.779
 did

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:24.920
 they

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.200
 send

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.360
 him

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.600
 to

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:26.759
 the

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.039
 very

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.579
 place

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.100
 from

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.420
 where

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.740
 he

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.200
 could

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.259
 rescue

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.819
 them

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:32.640
 how

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.819
 extraordinary

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.380
 are the

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:34.840
 plans

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:36.100
 of our

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.700
 sovereign

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.759
 God

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.840
 may

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.240
 his

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.039
 awesome

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.799
 sovereignty

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.480
 and control

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.000
 be a

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.519
 comfort

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.200
 to you

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.580
 in

00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:44.600
 in

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:44.620
 in

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:44.680
 the

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:44.940
 midst

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.120
 of

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:45.580
 your

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:46.840
 chaos

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.980
 and

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.660
 dysfunction

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:50.900
 no

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.160
 one

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.299
 in

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.480
 this

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.860
 story

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.080
 would

00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:52.200
 have

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.680
 imagined

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.279
 how

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.539
 these

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.960
 evil

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.279
 acts

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.539
 could

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:54.660
 have

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:54.940
 turned

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.140
 out

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.319
 for

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.680
 good

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:58.100
 I

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.200
 mean

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.600
 as this

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:58.860
 chapter

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.319
 finishes

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.940
 where's

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.360
 Joseph

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.880
 well he's

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.380
 changed to

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.660
 the back

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:02.900
 of a

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.160
 camel

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:04.819
 his

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.259
 throat

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.500
 is

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.000
 parched

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.519
 he is

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.400
 trudging

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.640
 his

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.059
 way

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:09.180
 down

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.460
 the

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.940
 dusty

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.279
 road

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.480
 to

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:10.920
 Egypt

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.660
 wondering

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.380
 how

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.759
 on

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.300
 earth

00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:13.560
 did

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:13.880
 I

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.519
 get

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.000
 here

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:16.019
 and

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.340
 where

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:16.600
 is

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:16.820
 that

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.340
 God

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.900
 who

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.400
 made

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:19.779
 the

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.400
 promise

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:22.440
 where

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.740
 is he

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.120
 now

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:26.039
 and I

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.420
 don't need

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:26.779
 to tell

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.240
 you

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.920
 how

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.300
 difficult

00:27:28.300 --> 00:27:28.700
 it is

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.100
 to trust

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.500
 God

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:32.140
 I don't

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.460
 need to

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:32.880
 tell you

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.080
 how

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:33.539
 difficult

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.160
 it is

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.560
 to trust

00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:34.900
 God

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.820
 in the

00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:36.220
 chaos

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.700
 in your

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.100
 life

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:38.340
 those

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.980
 situations

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.320
 where

00:27:39.320 --> 00:27:39.660
 you've

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.100
 tried

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.819
 but

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.139
 just

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.819
 cannot

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.359
 see

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:42.639
 how

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.139
 any

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.559
 good

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.419
 could

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:44.980
 possibly

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.439
 come

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:45.679
 of

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:45.980
 this

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.619
 it

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:46.919
 doesn't

00:27:46.919 --> 00:27:47.119
 make

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.480
 sense

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.659
 to

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:47.859
 us

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.019
 at

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.319
 all

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.939
 but

00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:50.279
 this

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.879
 passage

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.459
 gives

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:51.839
 us

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.240
 hope

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.319
 because

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.519
 it

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.139
 sure

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.139
 didn't

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.459
 make

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:55.980
 sense

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.299
 to

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.659
 Joseph

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:57.879
 and

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.179
 yet

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:59.199
 God

00:27:59.199 --> 00:27:59.399
 was

00:27:59.399 --> 00:27:59.959
 present

00:27:59.959 --> 00:28:00.619
 in

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:00.879
 his

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.399
 chaos

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:02.419
 working

00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:02.759
 out

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.319
 his

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.019
 good

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.639
 purposes

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:06.519
 we

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.819
 tend

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.000
 to

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.299
 think

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.819
 God

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:07.980
 is

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.319
 only

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.559
 at

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.839
 work

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.039
 in

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.179
 the

00:28:09.179 --> 00:28:09.559
 times

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:09.779
 of

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.480
 blessing

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.579
 health

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.559
 happiness

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:12.959
 or

00:28:12.959 --> 00:28:13.679
 success

00:28:13.679 --> 00:28:14.359
 but

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:14.699
 not

00:28:14.699 --> 00:28:15.119
 so

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:16.279
 God

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.439
 is

00:28:16.439 --> 00:28:17.019
 also

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.779
 working

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.099
 through

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.339
 our

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:19.039
 deepest

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.879
 pain

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:21.039
 he

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.259
 is

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.859
 sovereign

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.799
 over

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.119
 our

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.679
 tears

00:28:23.679 --> 00:28:24.439
 and

00:28:24.439 --> 00:28:25.000
 chaos

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.259
 though

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.480
 you

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.699
 may

00:28:26.699 --> 00:28:27.079
 ask

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.220
 him

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.799
 time

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.240
 and

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.699
 time

00:28:28.699 --> 00:28:29.220
 again

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.599
 to

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:29.899
 take

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.019
 it

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.319
 away

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:30.759
 he

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.139
 may

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.579
 choose

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.019
 not

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.240
 to

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.419
 do

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:32.779
 so

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.799
 to

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.279
 fulfill

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.720
 his

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.059
 good

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.660
 purposes

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.700
 in

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:36.899
 your

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.299
 life

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.039
 he

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.279
 has

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.759
 not

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.339
 rejected

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.700
 you

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.980
 just

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.420
 like

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:41.859
 he

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.099
 had

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.559
 not

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.519
 rejected

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.359
 Joseph

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:46.660
 now

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.799
 this

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.059
 all

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.339
 begs

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.460
 the

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.920
 question

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:50.660
 what

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:50.940
 are

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.220
 those

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.660
 ultimate

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.139
 good

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.759
 purposes

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.220
 of

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.639
 God

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:55.639
 well

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:55.779
 in

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:55.980
 this

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.319
 story

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.660
 God

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:56.839
 was

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.279
 saving

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.940
 Jacob's

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.339
 whole

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.879
 family

00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.639
 from

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.359
 starvation

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.720
 20

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:00.980
 years

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.339
 later

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.059
 but

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.519
 ultimately

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.839
 God

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.240
 wasn't

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.559
 just

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:03.959
 saving

00:29:03.959 --> 00:29:04.299
 this

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.679
 family

00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:06.419
 he

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:06.639
 was

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.319
 preserving

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.959
 the

00:29:07.959 --> 00:29:08.459
 promised

00:29:08.459 --> 00:29:09.059
 seed

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.879
 who

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.179
 was

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:10.399
 to

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:10.740
 come

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.059
 through

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.339
 this

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.679
 family

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:12.079
 line

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.980
 this

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.419
 son

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:15.879
 came

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.759
 from

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:16.959
 a

00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:17.279
 different

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.699
 sort

00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:17.859
 of

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.279
 family

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:20.240
 the

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.779
 father

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.259
 son

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.500
 and

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.839
 spirit

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.099
 have

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.639
 existed

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.339
 for

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.959
 eternity

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:24.259
 in

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.740
 perfect

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.139
 love

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.740
 there

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:25.939
 is

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.119
 no

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.740
 dysfunction

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.539
 in

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.759
 this

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.159
 family

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:29.699
 and

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:29.939
 our

00:29:29.939 --> 00:29:30.220
 sin

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.159
 always

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.740
 prevented

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.160
 us

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.519
 from

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.040
 entering

00:29:33.040 --> 00:29:33.680
 into

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.519
 the

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.900
 love

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.300
 of

00:29:35.300 --> 00:29:35.560
 this

00:29:35.560 --> 00:29:36.000
 family

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:37.420
 but

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.560
 the

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:37.800
 most

00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:38.519
 astounding

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.180
 reality

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.600
 of the

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:39.920
 bible

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.860
 is that

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.300
 God

00:29:41.300 --> 00:29:41.580
 the

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:41.940
 son

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.779
 the

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.320
 promised

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:43.900
 seed

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:45.160
 stepped

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:46.240
 into

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.259
 our

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.040
 dysfunction

00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:48.779
 and

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.360
 chaos

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:50.380
 he

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:50.960
 became

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.660
 a

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.040
 human

00:29:52.040 --> 00:29:52.500
 being

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.019
 and

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.320
 lived

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:53.720
 in a

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.519
 dysfunctional

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.960
 family

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.220
 and

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.680
 community

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:57.000
 he

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.340
 knows

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:57.560
 what

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:57.740
 it's

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.140
 like

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:59.460
 and

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.759
 amidst

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.300
 all

00:30:00.300 --> 00:30:00.560
 that

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.179
 dysfunction

00:30:01.179 --> 00:30:01.639
 around

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:01.839
 him

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.619
 he

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.000
 lived

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.220
 the

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.779
 perfect

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.279
 life

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.519
 of

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.940
 obedience

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.259
 to

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.559
 God

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:05.879
 that

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.119
 we

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.319
 could

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.839
 never

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.500
 live

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:09.379
 and

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.639
 then

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:10.679
 on

00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:10.839
 the

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.279
 cross

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.579
 he

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.119
 took

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.539
 the

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:13.980
 blame

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.539
 for

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:14.899
 our

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.480
 dysfunction

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.539
 and

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.079
 rebellion

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.659
 against

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.139
 God's

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.500
 loving

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.919
 rule

00:30:18.919 --> 00:30:20.720
 rising

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.179
 again

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:22.079
 he

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.559
 won

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.139
 the

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:23.619
 victory

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.159
 over

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:24.559
 death

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:24.960
 for

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.339
 us

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.699
 and

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:26.939
 then

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.579
 even

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:27.959
 more

00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:29.079
 astonishingly

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.299
 John

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.659
 chapter

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:30.939
 1

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.159
 verse

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:31.500
 12

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.959
 tells

00:30:31.959 --> 00:30:32.159
 us

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.379
 that

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.480
 anyone

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.859
 who

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.500
 receives

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.859
 this

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.159
 son

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.539
 who

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.099
 believes

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.299
 in

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.579
 his

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.919
 name

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:38.139
 they

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.339
 are

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.899
 given

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.319
 the

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.779
 right

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.720
 to

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.199
 become

00:30:41.199 --> 00:30:41.899
 children

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.519
 of

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.359
 God

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.939
 that

00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:45.199
 is

00:30:45.199 --> 00:30:46.519
 we

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:46.859
 can

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.079
 be

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.779
 welcomed

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.359
 into

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.819
 God's

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.619
 perfect

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.439
 family

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:51.419
 forever

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.700
 there

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:52.960
 will

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.160
 be

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.440
 no

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.759
 more

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.440
 sin

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.640
 or

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.320
 dysfunction

00:30:55.320 --> 00:30:55.640
 or

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.160
 chaos

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.720
 instead

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:58.340
 caught

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.700
 up

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.420
 in

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.580
 the

00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.259
 eternal

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.500
 love

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.200
 joy

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.519
 and

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.000
 peace

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.580
 of

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:03.700
 the

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.080
 Trinity

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:05.700
 tell

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:05.980
 me

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.539
 one

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.100
 thing

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.860
 that

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.000
 could

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.140
 be

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.680
 better

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.160
 than

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.539
 that

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:11.560
 so

00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:11.800
 when

00:31:11.800 --> 00:31:12.060
 you

00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:12.820
 cry

00:31:12.820 --> 00:31:13.120
 out

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.279
 and

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.680
 ask

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.360
 why

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:14.720
 God

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.080
 seems

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.620
 absent

00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:16.000
 in

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.160
 your

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.660
 chaos

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:18.200
 look

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.380
 to

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.539
 the

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.000
 cross

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.360
 he

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.740
 stepped

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.160
 into

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.420
 our

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:21.920
 chaos

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:23.380
 to

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:24.099
 ultimately

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:25.440
 rescue

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.900
 us

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.500
 out

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.640
 of

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:26.900
 it

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:28.019
 for

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.680
 eternity

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:30.039
 and

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.120
 it

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.220
 was

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.440
 all

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:30.920
 achieved

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.480
 through

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.819
 that

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.380
 promised

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:32.859
 seed

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.500
 who

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.759
 came

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.039
 through

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.240
 the

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.579
 family

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.059
 line

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.460
 of

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.000
 Jacob

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:37.620
 preserved

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.640
 through

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:38.839
 the

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.539
 suffering

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.220
 and

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.779
 pain

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.500
 of

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.839
 Joseph

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.940
 yes

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:44.079
 now we

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.380
 see

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.859
 all the

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.160
 more

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:46.460
 that

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.720
 God

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:46.920
 was

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.519
 sovereign

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.359
 over

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:48.700
 all

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:48.940
 that

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.319
 evil

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.519
 and

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.900
 pain

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.120
 in

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.600
 Joseph's

00:31:50.600 --> 00:31:50.940
 life

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.340
 working

00:31:52.340 --> 00:31:52.759
 his

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.060
 good

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.620
 purposes

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:54.740
 to

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.060
 save

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:55.420
 his

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:56.040
 chosen

00:31:56.040 --> 00:31:56.540
 people

00:31:56.540 --> 00:31:57.960
 and

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.120
 our

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.320
 God

00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:58.500
 is

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.820
 still

00:31:58.820 --> 00:31:59.200
 working

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.460
 those

00:31:59.460 --> 00:31:59.920
 purposes

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.380
 here

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:00.600
 and

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:00.860
 now

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:01.019
 in

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.320
 our

00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:01.720
 lives

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:03.600
 so

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:03.840
 as

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:03.980
 we

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.300
 walk

00:32:04.300 --> 00:32:04.480
 out

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.680
 that

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:04.920
 door

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.240
 today

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.400
 and

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:05.660
 back

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:05.880
 into

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.060
 our

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.540
 different

00:32:06.540 --> 00:32:07.440
 messy

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:08.180
 situations

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.500
 we

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.280
 have

00:32:09.280 --> 00:32:09.640
 hope

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:09.820
 that

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:09.960
 the

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.340
 outside

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:10.740
 world

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:10.980
 can

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.400
 never

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:11.720
 know

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:13.880
 because

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.420
 God

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.620
 is

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:15.259
 present

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.560
 in

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:15.720
 our

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.200
 chaos

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:18.019
 sovereignly

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.420
 working

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.860
 all

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.360
 things

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.120
 even

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.700
 sin

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:20.980
 and

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.420
 dysfunction

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.700
 to

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.360
 save

00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:23.680
 his

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.080
 people

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:25.539
 bringing

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.820
 them

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:26.160
 into

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.440
 his

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.039
 family

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.580
 forever

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:30.480
 now

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.720
 that

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:30.920
 is

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.519
 good

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.160
 news

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.860
 for

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.259
 you

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.960
 and

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.160
 for

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.400
 me

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.940
 let's

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.259
 pray

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:38.360
 thank

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:38.680
 you

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.400
 sovereign

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:39.840
 lord

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:40.820
 that

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.000
 you

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.440
 are

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.720
 in

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.200
 control

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.620
 over

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:42.920
 all

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.420
 things

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.779
 give

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:44.940
 us

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.100
 your

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.539
 grace

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.779
 to

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.259
 trust

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.500
 you

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.680
 in

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:46.800
 the

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.039
 places

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.259
 we

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.800
 can't

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.160
 see

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.440
 you

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:50.019
 increase

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.300
 our

00:32:50.300 --> 00:32:50.779
 faith

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.240
 in

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.400
 your

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.920
 sovereign

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.800
 care

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.880
 fulfill

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.700
 your

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.220
 purposes

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.860
 to

00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.140
 save

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.580
 all

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:56.759
 your

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.140
 chosen

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.600
 people

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:57.860
 and

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.580
 help

00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:58.759
 us

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.240
 remember

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.720
 who

00:32:59.720 --> 00:32:59.960
 we

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.300
 are

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:01.160
 as

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.820
 precious

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.660
 and

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.180
 dearly

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.560
 loved

00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:04.620
 sons

00:33:04.620 --> 00:33:04.940
 and

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.300
 daughters

00:33:05.300 --> 00:33:05.539
 of

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.700
 the

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.000
 king

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.519
 it's

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.660
 in

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:07.940
 Jesus

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.220
 name

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.340
 that

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.460
 we

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.940
 ask

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:10.279
 amen

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.940
 going

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.180
 to

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.539
 return

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.019
 to

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.680
 the

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.160
 past

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.639
 the

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 next

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 we

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 will

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 mais

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 Kevin

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 you

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 huh

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 yeah

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 peace

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 c

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 again

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 again

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 to

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 peace

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 to

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 rest

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 best

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 love

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 all