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 Bibles to Genesis chapter 45.

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 You'll find it on page 51 of the Church Bible.

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 Last week, we got to the stage in Joseph's story

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 where after 20 years, he revealed himself

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 to the brothers who had sold him as a slave

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 and thought they would never see him again.

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 And now we're going to move towards Joseph being reconciled,

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 being reunited to his father Jacob

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 and settling in the land of Egypt.

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 We're going to try and cover a lot of ground today,

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 which means there's a fair bit to read from this story.

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 Let's hear God's Word beginning, first of all,

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 in Genesis 45 and at verse 9.

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 It's his words of Joseph to his brothers.

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 Now, hurry back to my father and say to him,

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 this is what your son Joseph says.

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 God has made me Lord of all Egypt.

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 Come down to me, don't delay.

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 You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me.

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 You, your children and grandchildren,

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 your flocks and herds and all you have,

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 I will provide for you there

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 because five years of famine are still to come.

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 Otherwise, you and your household and all who belong to you

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 will become destitute.

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 You can see for yourselves and so can my brother Benjamin

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 that it is really I who am speaking to you.

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 Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt

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 and about everything you have seen

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 and bring my father down here quickly.

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 Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept

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 and Benjamin embraced him, weeping.

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 And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them.

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 Afterwards, his brothers talked with him.

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 When the news reached Pharaoh's palace

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 that Joseph's brothers had come,

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 Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased.

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 Pharaoh said to Joseph,

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 tell your brothers, do this,

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 load your animals and return to the land of Canaan

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 and bring your father and your families back to me.

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 I will give you the best of the land of Egypt

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 and you can enjoy the fat of the land.

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 You are also directed to tell them, do this,

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 take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives

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 and get your father and come.

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 Never mind about your belongings

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 because the best of all Egypt will be yours.

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 So the sons of Israel did this.

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 Joseph gave them carts as Pharaoh had commanded

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 and he also gave them provisions for their journey.

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 To each of them he gave new clothing,

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 but to Benjamin he gave 300 shekels of silver

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 and five sets of clothes.

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 And this is what he sent to his father,

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 ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt

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 and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread

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 and other provisions for his journey.

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 Then he sent his brothers away

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 and as they were leaving he said to them,

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 don't quarrel on the way.

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 So they went up out of Egypt

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 and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

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 They told him, Joseph is still alive.

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 In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.

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 Jacob was stunned.

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 He did not believe them.

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 But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them

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 and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back,

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 the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

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 And Israel said, I am convinced.

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 My son Joseph is still alive.

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 I will go and see him before I die.

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 So Israel set out with all that was his

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 and when he reached Beersheba,

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 he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

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 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night

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 and said, Jacob, Jacob, here I am, he replied.

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 I am God, the God of your father, he said.

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 Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt

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 for I will make you into a great nation there.

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 I will go down to Egypt with you

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 and I will surely bring you back again.

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 And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes.

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 Then Jacob left Beersheba

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 and Israel's sons took their father Jacob

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 and their children and their wives

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 in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.

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 They also took with him their livestock

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 and the possessions they'd acquired in Canaan.

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 And Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

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 He took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons

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 and his daughters and granddaughters,

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 all his offspring.

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 And then there's the genealogy,

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 which we will pass over,

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 that is important.

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 And we'll come to verse 26.

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 All those who went to Egypt with Jacob,

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 those who were his direct descendants,

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 not counting his son's wives,

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 numbered 66 persons.

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 With the two sons who'd been born to Joseph in Egypt,

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 the members of Jacob's family,

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 which went to Egypt, were 70 in all.

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 Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph

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 to get directions to Goshen.

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 When they arrived in the region of Goshen,

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 Joseph had his chariot made ready

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 and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel.

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 As soon as Joseph appeared before him,

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 he threw his arms around his father

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 and wept for a long time.

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 Israel said to Joseph,

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 Now I am ready to die,

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 since I have seen for myself

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 that you are still alive.

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 Then Joseph said to his brothers

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 and to his father's household,

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 I will go up and speak to Pharaoh

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 and will say to him,

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 My brothers and my father's household

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 who are living in the land of Canaan

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 have come to meet.

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 The men are shepherds,

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 they tend livestock,

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 and they have brought along their flocks

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 and herds and everything they own.

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 When Pharaoh calls you in and asks,

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 What is your occupation?

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 You should answer,

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 Your servants have tended livestock

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 from our boyhood on,

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 just as our fathers did.

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 Then you will be allowed to settle

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 in the region of Goshen,

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 for all shepherds are detestable

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 to the Egyptians.

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 Joseph went and told Pharaoh,

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 My father and brothers,

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 with their flocks and herds

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 and everything they own,

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 have come from the land of Canaan

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 and are now in Goshen.

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 He chose five of his brothers

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 and presented them before Pharaoh.

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 Pharaoh asked the brothers,

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 What is your occupation?

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 Your servants are shepherds,

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 they replied to Pharaoh,

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 just as our fathers were.

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 They also said to him,

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 We have come to live here a while,

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 because the famine is severe in Canaan

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 and your servants' flocks

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 have no pasture.

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 So now,

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 please let your servants settle in Goshen.

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 Pharaoh said to Joseph,

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 Your father and your brothers

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 have come to you,

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 and the land of Egypt is before you.

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 Settle your father and your brothers

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 in the best part of the land.

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 Let them live in Goshen,

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 and if you know of any among them

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 with special ability,

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 put them in charge of my own livestock.

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 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in

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 and presented him before Pharaoh.

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 After Jacob blessed Pharaoh,

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 Pharaoh asked him,

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 How old are you?

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 And Jacob said to Pharaoh,

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 The years of my pilgrimage are 130.

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 My years have been few and difficult,

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 and they do not equal the years

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 of the pilgrimage of my fathers.

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 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh

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 and went out from his presence.

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 So Joseph settled his father

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 and his brothers in Egypt

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 and gave them property

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 in the best part of the land,

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 the district of Ramesses,

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 as Pharaoh directed.

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 Joseph also provided his father

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 and his brothers

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 and all his father's household

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 with food,

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 according to the number

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 of their children.

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 Amen.

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 And here we see a long period

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 of 45 to 47,

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 sort of two and a bit chapters.

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 But again, we're going to see God's grace

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 in the story of this family.

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 I wonder if you ever find yourself reflecting,

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 how did we get here as a family?

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 What are the major points

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 in our family history?

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 What are those defining moments

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 that still have an impact,

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 that still set the direction

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 for our family today?

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 There's a psychologist,

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 an author in the States

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 called Mary Pifer,

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 and she reckons that history

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 is inextricably linked to identity.

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 She asked the question,

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 if you don't know your history,

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 if you don't know your family,

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 who are you?

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 And I wonder if you agree

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 with that sentiment,

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 the significance of either

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 political, national,

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 or family history

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 for defining our own lives.

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 It's certainly interesting

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 to think about

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 and certainly interesting

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 to think about

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 how did we get here?

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 When you read the Bible,

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 you see that God's people

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 are a people who look back

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 and who reflect.

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 So you see them put up monuments.

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 God speaks or God delivers,

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 and you see monuments

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 being established.

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 There are people who recite,

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 who sing national history,

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 particularly thinking

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 about God's dealings with them,

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 particularly God's redemption of them.

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 And when you come

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 to the New Testament church,

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 what we see is frequent reminders

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 to look back

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 to the cross of Jesus,

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 to remember his death,

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 to remember his resurrection

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 for our ongoing walk of faith.

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 Why is that?

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 Why is it important

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 for us to keep reflecting?

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 Well, because in those reflections,

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 we are being reminded

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 both that we are great sinners

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 who have need,

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 and we have a great Savior.

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 It's a way for us

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 to connect our own personal stories,

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 our family stories,

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 to the story of a helping,

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 saving, delivering God.

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 So here is Moses again,

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 writing history.

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 He's writing some hundreds

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 of years later,

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 but as he writes this part

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 of the story,

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 he is remembering

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 and helping the people of God,

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 helping us indeed

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 to reflect

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 that God has always kept

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 his promise

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 to save and to bless.

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 Both in Jacob

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 and his family's arrival

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 into Egypt,

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 and then as Moses led

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 that family,

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 now a nation,

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 out of Egypt.

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 So we're going to look

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 at three big ideas

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 connected to God's grace.

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 First of all,

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 in chapter 45,

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 God's grace

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 in the honor

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 that this family receives.

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 It's so significant

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 as Joseph speaks

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 to his brothers,

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 the number of times

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 where he says,

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 five times I think,

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 he says,

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 God has raised me up.

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 We read it a couple of times

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 in our section.

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 Verse 9,

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 God has made me

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 Lord of Egypt.

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 And in verse 13,

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 tell my father

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 about all the honor

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 accorded me in Egypt.

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 God has raised Joseph

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 to this position

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 of prominence

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 so that God would keep

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 his promise

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 to this family

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 through Joseph

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 and through his position.

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 So we read verses 10 and 11,

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 and we see the comprehensive care

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 that Joseph will provide

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 for his family

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 because of his position.

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 They can have the best land,

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 they can take themselves

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 and their flocks

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 and they'll have food.

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 Perhaps even more striking

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 is that Pharaoh himself

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 will honor this foreign family

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 because Joseph,

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 with the help of God,

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 had rescued Egypt.

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 Verse 16 to 20,

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 we see that.

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 But especially,

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 verse 18,

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 Pharaoh says to Joseph,

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 I will give you

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 the best of the land

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 of Egypt

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 and you can enjoy

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 the fat of the land.

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 And he gives this message

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 to his family.

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 Verse 20,

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 never mind about your belongings

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 because the best of all Egypt

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 will be yours.

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 They are being honored

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 through Joseph

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 and his position.

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 And then as we got

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 to the end of the chapter,

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 as the brothers went back

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 with their carts full of goods,

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 they came back

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 with this good news,

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 Joseph is alive.

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 And we see eventually

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 Jacob the father's grief

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 turning to joy.

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 At first,

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 he's so stunned by the news

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 that Jacob is,

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 Joseph is alive.

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 He can't believe it.

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 But eventually,

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 he hears and believes

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 that his son

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 has been raised up.

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 And we see,

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 verse 27,

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 the spirit of their father,

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 Jacob, revived.

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 He's ready to go

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 and meet his son.

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 So Moses is writing

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 a long history.

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 He's writing the long history

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 of this family.

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 But he's making the point

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 again and again

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 that God always

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 keeps his promises.

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 Beyond the challenges

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 that were faced,

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 beyond the challenges

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 of timing,

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 this family will enter Egypt

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 with honor

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 and they will depart

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 from Egypt

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 with wealth

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 and freedom

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 and honor.

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 It seems as if Moses

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 wants to draw attention

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 to the parallels

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 between the story

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 of Joseph

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 and his pharaoh

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 and then hundreds

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 of years later,

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 Moses and his

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 very different pharaoh.

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 So when the family

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 were coming into Egypt,

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 Joseph's pharaoh

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 joyfully permits them

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 to come and enjoy

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 the best of the land.

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 But if you know

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 the story of Exodus

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 and you get to

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 Moses' pharaoh,

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 he grudgingly

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 is forced to allow

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 the family

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 that's become

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 a nation to lead.

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 It's significant

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 the position of Joseph

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 and Moses

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 within Pharaoh's house.

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 Joseph has been raised

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 up by God

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 to become a ruler

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 in Pharaoh's household

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 whereas Moses

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 was a prince

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 being raised

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 in the royal household

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 but he left

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 and then came back

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 to pull God's people out.

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 When we've seen

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 the actions of God

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 through Joseph

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 in this pharaoh,

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 as Joseph was given

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 the ability

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 to interpret

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 Pharaoh's dreams,

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 that softens

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 Pharaoh's heart

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 and he shows favor

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 to Joseph and his family

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 but when God

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 shows up in power

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 in Moses' story

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 to the pharaoh

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 through the plagues,

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 it serves to harden

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 his already hard heart.

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 So there is similarity

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 but striking contrast

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 but the point is

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 that the attitude

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 of a ruler

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 is neither here

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.080
 nor there.

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 Nothing is going to stop

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 the purposes of God.

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 The apparent disaster

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 being faced

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 by this family

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 over the course

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 of 20 years,

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 family dysfunction

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 caused by sin,

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 none of it is going

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 to stop God's promises

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 from coming about.

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 Nothing and no one

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 can limit God's

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 promised grace

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 is the good news

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 of the Jacob

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 and Joseph story.

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 And when we think

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 about who Moses

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 is writing to,

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 he's writing to the

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 newly established

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 nation of Israel.

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 Here they are

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 in the wilderness

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 around Mount Sinai.

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 They still are not

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 in the promised land.

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 They're still weak

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 and vulnerable

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 as people.

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 But here is encouragement

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 to look back

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 to their story,

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 to look back

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 to God's faithfulness

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 in their story.

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 And that's the same

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 lesson for us too

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 when we feel weak,

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 vulnerable,

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 when we are struggling

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 to trust,

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 when circumstances

00:15:02.699 --> 00:15:03.219
 are hard,

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 we are encouraged

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 to look back

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 to see God's grace,

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 to see it primarily

00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:09.939
 at the cross of Jesus,

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 but to see it

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 in our own lives

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 of how God

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 has provided

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 and cared for us.

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 And of course,

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 as always,

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 we want to see

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 how this part

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 of the Joseph story

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 points us to Jesus.

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 So we see that God,

00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:27.419
 and Joseph is very

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 deliberate on this,

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 saying,

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 God raised me up.

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 And Jesus will see

00:15:32.680 --> 00:15:34.580
 that God was raising

00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:37.100
 him up for us,

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 for his people.

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 Jesus is raised up

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 in glory.

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 He is raised up

00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:46.220
 in glory

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 as he obediently

00:15:47.900 --> 00:15:48.940
 gives his life

00:15:48.940 --> 00:15:50.660
 as that perfect sacrifice

00:15:50.660 --> 00:15:51.360
 for sin

00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:52.560
 to secure

00:15:52.560 --> 00:15:53.620
 the salvation

00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:54.080
 of those

00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:55.160
 who would trust in him.

00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:57.140
 Jesus is then

00:15:57.140 --> 00:15:58.280
 raised up in glory

00:15:58.280 --> 00:15:59.520
 beyond death.

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 Death could not

00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:01.399
 hold him.

00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:02.720
 And then Jesus

00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:03.500
 is raised up

00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.179
 and returned

00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:05.319
 to the glory of heaven

00:16:05.319 --> 00:16:06.659
 where he now rules

00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:07.340
 and reigns

00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:08.139
 and prays

00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:09.199
 and intercedes

00:16:09.199 --> 00:16:11.179
 for his people.

00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:13.100
 And because Jesus

00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:14.439
 is raised up

00:16:14.439 --> 00:16:15.659
 for his church,

00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:17.019
 Jesus is the one

00:16:17.019 --> 00:16:17.679
 we look to

00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:18.240
 to provide

00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:19.519
 all that we need.

00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:22.480
 Just as Jacob

00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.279
 and his family,

00:16:23.699 --> 00:16:25.199
 outside of Joseph's help,

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:26.179
 would be poor

00:16:26.179 --> 00:16:26.919
 and helpless.

00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:28.179
 So we come

00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:29.059
 to Jesus

00:16:29.059 --> 00:16:30.259
 spiritually poor

00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:31.279
 and helpless.

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.599
 But in Jesus,

00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:35.439
 we become spiritually rich.

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:37.199
 If we trust in him,

00:16:37.359 --> 00:16:39.379
 all those spiritual blessings

00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.500
 promised in the Bible

00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.879
 come to us.

00:16:42.599 --> 00:16:43.179
 Forgiveness,

00:16:43.819 --> 00:16:44.500
 being declared

00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.919
 just in God's sight,

00:16:46.059 --> 00:16:47.859
 adopted into God's family,

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.019
 the assurance

00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:49.899
 that we belong,

00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:51.740
 the promise of heaven,

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.840
 all of those

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:54.080
 and so many more

00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:55.720
 come because Jesus

00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:56.960
 is raised up for you.

00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:59.580
 And just as Joseph

00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:01.159
 in his position

00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:02.519
 secured Jacob

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.860
 and his family's welcome

00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:05.480
 before Pharaoh,

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:06.880
 Jesus secures

00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.920
 our welcome

00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:09.799
 from our King,

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:11.019
 our Father

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:12.059
 in heaven.

00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:14.859
 Jesus is our friend

00:17:14.859 --> 00:17:15.779
 in high places.

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 Jesus, as it were,

00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:19.259
 says of his people,

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:20.599
 he or she

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:22.079
 is with me.

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 The access,

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 the privilege,

00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:26.019
 the love,

00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:27.660
 the joy that Jesus has,

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:29.119
 he brings us

00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:30.660
 into that

00:17:30.660 --> 00:17:32.460
 as we follow him,

00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:34.079
 as we are united

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:35.319
 to him.

00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:36.379
 And Jesus

00:17:36.379 --> 00:17:37.440
 is the one,

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.660
 because he has been

00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:39.420
 raised up,

00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:41.140
 is able to turn

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.660
 grief

00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:43.059
 to joy.

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:46.279
 He can turn

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.740
 the grief

00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.440
 of our guilt

00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:49.080
 to the joy

00:17:49.080 --> 00:17:49.779
 of forgiveness,

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.180
 the grief

00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:53.740
 of a fear

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.539
 of death,

00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.259
 to the joy

00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:56.100
 of assurance

00:17:56.100 --> 00:17:56.620
 of knowing

00:17:56.620 --> 00:17:57.519
 that Jesus

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.460
 will never let us

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:58.940
 go now

00:17:58.940 --> 00:17:59.980
 and for eternity.

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:02.039
 The grief

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.799
 of being

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.960
 an enemy

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.860
 of God

00:18:04.860 --> 00:18:06.980
 and loaded

00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.860
 down with a weight

00:18:07.860 --> 00:18:08.860
 of sin and guilt

00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:09.519
 to the joy

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.080
 of becoming

00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:11.440
 a friend of God

00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:12.840
 as Jesus

00:18:12.840 --> 00:18:13.840
 forgives our sin

00:18:13.840 --> 00:18:14.500
 and secures

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:15.220
 our peace.

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:17.220
 Jesus is raised

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:18.900
 up for you

00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:19.559
 and for me

00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.740
 and we need

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.660
 to trust in him

00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.779
 to receive

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.440
 these wonderful

00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.980
 blessings.

00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.980
 We also see

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:28.000
 God's grace

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:29.279
 in this

00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:30.940
 growing family.

00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:32.120
 So we're now

00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:33.559
 in chapter 46

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:35.039
 and especially

00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:35.640
 the first

00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:37.779
 27 verses.

00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.440
 So in the book

00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:39.900
 of Genesis

00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:41.059
 we discover

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:42.220
 God has made

00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:43.200
 a wonderful promise,

00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:43.840
 first of all

00:18:43.840 --> 00:18:44.559
 to Abraham

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 and then to

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 his son Isaac

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 then to his

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 grandson Jacob.

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 A restated

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 promise

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 from God

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 that says

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 I will make

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 you into

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 a great

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 nation.

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 And that promise

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 comes into view

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 again.

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 But at the beginning

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 of chapter 46

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 we find Jacob

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 moving towards

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 Egypt

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 and we find

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 him worshipping

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 God

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 offering sacrifices

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 and then God

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 speaks to him

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 in a vision

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 and in verse

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 3

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 we see

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 I am God

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 the God

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 of your

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 father

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 do not be

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 afraid to go

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 down to

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 Egypt

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 for I will

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 make you

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 into a

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 great nation

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 there.

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 So there's

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 that promise

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 again

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 I will make

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 you a

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 great nation

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 and there is

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 comfort for

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 Jacob

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 in verse 4

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 I will go

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 down to

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 Egypt

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 with you

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 and I will

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 surely bring

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 you back

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 again

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 the hope

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 of the

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 promised land

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 is always

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 there in

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 view

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 with this

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 promise.

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 But think

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 of this

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 here is

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 Jacob

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 and he told

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 Pharaoh how

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 old he was

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 he was 130

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 years old

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 and now here

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 he is at

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 that age

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 having to

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 move out

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 of

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 move away

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 from

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 the promised

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 land

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 and he's

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 moving towards

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 Egypt

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 and one of

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 the places

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 where things

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 had begun

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 to go

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 wrong

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 for

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 Abraham

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 his grandfather

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 where the

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 promise had

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 been under

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 threat

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 the place

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 where Isaac

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 his father

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 had been

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 told don't

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 go anywhere

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 near

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 Egypt

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.400
 now Jacob

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 is going

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 but he's

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 being told

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 I will go

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 with you

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 and in that

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 context I will

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 make you

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 a great

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 nation

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 there's that

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 wonderful

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.740
 promise as

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 Jacob is on

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.000
 the move

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.640
 that God's

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 love and

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.960
 God's promise

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 goes with

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 him

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.920
 God's love

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.700
 promise is

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 without

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 borders

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 so verse

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 five to

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 seven we

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 see Jacob

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 and the

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 family

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.320
 on the

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 move

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 and if

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 you've

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 ever moved

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 your family

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 you've had a

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 sense of

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 all that's

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 involved in

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 that all

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 the packing

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 all the

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 organization

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 all the

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 goodbyes

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 that need

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 to be

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 said

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 here is

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 Jacob

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 and 66

00:20:57.820 --> 00:20:58.720
 direct

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 descendants

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 all moving

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 together

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 from Canaan

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 down to

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 Egypt

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 on this

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 journey

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 of obedient

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.539
 faith

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.920
 in response

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:10.680
 to God's

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.660
 grace

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:13.240
 and so we're

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.759
 told in

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 verse 8 to

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 27 we

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.200
 didn't read

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 it but

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 we're told

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:17.920
 of this

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 growing

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.900
 family tree

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:21.720
 deliberately

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.240
 in the middle

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 of all the

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 actions

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.180
 stick in a

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.859
 genealogy

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:26.039
 to remind

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.599
 us of the

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:26.980
 promise

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.480
 God had

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:27.879
 said that

00:21:27.879 --> 00:21:28.119
 he's going

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 to make

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 them a

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.299
 great family

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.779
 and so we

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.400
 begin to

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:31.500
 see how

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.119
 big that

00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:33.399
 family is

00:21:33.399 --> 00:21:34.599
 becoming to

00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.479
 remind us

00:21:35.479 --> 00:21:36.179
 of our

00:21:36.179 --> 00:21:36.819
 promise

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.199
 keeping

00:21:37.199 --> 00:21:37.839
 God

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:40.399
 and recognize

00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:41.000
 too that

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.599
 Moses is

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.139
 writing this

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:42.639
 history and

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.159
 by the time

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 he is

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.879
 writing this

00:21:44.879 --> 00:21:45.879
 family this

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.559
 growing family

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.399
 has become

00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:48.479
 a nation

00:21:48.479 --> 00:21:49.939
 the nation

00:21:49.939 --> 00:21:50.479
 whom God

00:21:50.479 --> 00:21:51.619
 has chosen

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.379
 and saved

00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:53.759
 from slavery

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:55.299
 in Egypt

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:56.639
 so even

00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.479
 as

00:21:57.479 --> 00:21:58.599
 Egypt

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.019
 returned

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.500
 from a

00:21:59.500 --> 00:21:59.979
 place

00:21:59.979 --> 00:22:00.939
 that offered

00:22:00.939 --> 00:22:01.759
 blessing to

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.099
 Jacob

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.839
 come and

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.319
 enjoy the

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.659
 fat of

00:22:03.659 --> 00:22:04.079
 the land

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:05.559
 by Moses'

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.219
 time we

00:22:06.219 --> 00:22:06.740
 know that

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.519
 Egypt had

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.899
 become a

00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:08.279
 place of

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.819
 threat

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.419
 and if we

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:09.759
 know the

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.219
 story of

00:22:10.219 --> 00:22:10.579
 Exodus

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:12.039
 we discover

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.699
 a pharaoh

00:22:12.699 --> 00:22:13.639
 there hundreds

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.039
 of years

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.599
 later who

00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.199
 is afraid

00:22:15.199 --> 00:22:15.819
 of the

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.759
 strength of

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:18.259
 these slaves

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.579
 that they

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.099
 have

00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:20.859
 trying to

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:22.159
 basically

00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:23.119
 crush them

00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.659
 with hard

00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.019
 labor

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.099
 then trying

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.619
 to kill

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.199
 the first

00:22:26.199 --> 00:22:26.579
 born

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.699
 children

00:22:27.699 --> 00:22:28.459
 in each

00:22:28.459 --> 00:22:28.959
 family

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:30.700
 to remove

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.100
 their

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:31.539
 power

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.319
 but God

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.980
 protects

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.440
 God's

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.819
 people

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.400
 keep

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.860
 growing

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.340
 because

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.819
 God's

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.380
 promise

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.980
 cannot

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.259
 be

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.720
 stopped

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:40.360
 so again

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.299
 as Moses

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.900
 helps the

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.420
 people to

00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:42.880
 reflect

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:44.160
 they're

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.900
 reflecting on

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.519
 a national

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.259
 history

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.519
 dominated by

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.900
 God's

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.279
 mercy

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.920
 by God's

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.200
 love

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.019
 by God's

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.500
 promises

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.299
 being

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.980
 kept

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:53.839
 so important

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.319
 to look

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:54.779
 back

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.799
 and see

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.180
 God's

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.019
 faithfulness

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.559
 what about

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.140
 us in

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.539
 light of

00:22:59.539 --> 00:22:59.980
 the coming

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.539
 of Jesus

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.539
 remember the

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.079
 great words

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.519
 of Jesus

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:02.819
 when he

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.099
 said I

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.620
 will build

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.400
 my church

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.519
 and the

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:05.960
 gates of

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.400
 hell will

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.059
 not prevail

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.940
 against it

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:09.339
 and then that

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.400
 call to the

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.539
 disciples

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.779
 and the

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.420
 great commission

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.039
 you'll be my

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.099
 witnesses to

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.940
 Judea and

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.559
 Samaria and

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.279
 to the ends

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.420
 of the earth

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.160
 and as we

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.860
 look around

00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.819
 2000 years

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.539
 later at the

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.420
 global church

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.460
 we see God's

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.180
 promise is

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.940
 still being

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.379
 kept

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:27.119
 God is still

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:28.059
 building this

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.839
 family of

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.119
 faith

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.619
 and when we

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.259
 trust in

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.839
 Jesus we're

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.559
 brought into

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.680
 that great

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.759
 family of

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.480
 faith and

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.279
 that faith in

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.859
 Jesus then

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:37.639
 connects us

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.720
 with a local

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.359
 church but it

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:40.259
 also connects us

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.000
 with a global

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.079
 church and the

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.700
 church through

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.599
 all history

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:45.940
 so today God's

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.379
 people will

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:46.779
 worship with

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.319
 very different

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.119
 cultures than

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.480
 ours and

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.279
 different languages

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.819
 than ours with

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.299
 very different

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:51.220
 worship styles

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.240
 than ours but

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.940
 we will share

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.480
 the same

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.259
 saviour and

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.400
 we have the

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:58.039
 same faith and

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.600
 it's so important

00:23:58.600 --> 00:23:59.200
 for us to

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.660
 remember just how

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.839
 big our God is

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.720
 and how big his

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.180
 mission is one of

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.860
 the reasons why we

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:06.220
 had our mission

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.640
 Sunday a few

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.420
 weeks ago to

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.279
 remind ourselves

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.220
 of just some of

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:11.120
 what God is doing

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:12.539
 through various

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.539
 mission partners

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.140
 that we are

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:15.039
 connected with

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.660
 but Jesus

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:18.140
 Jesus builds his

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:19.700
 church God

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.620
 keeps his

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:22.019
 promise to

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.580
 make his

00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:23.500
 people a

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.460
 great nation

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:26.080
 of faith and

00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:26.620
 this is of

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:28.259
 practical importance

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:30.519
 to us today

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:32.779
 it's important

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.840
 for us if we're

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.620
 here today and

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:35.920
 we're not a

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:37.200
 Christian to

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.519
 recognize that

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.519
 Jesus would have

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.980
 you to be part

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.040
 of his church

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:43.220
 his kingdom

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:45.559
 our youth group

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.980
 on Friday we

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.440
 were thinking

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.299
 about the story

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:50.039
 of Jesus as

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.759
 he's dying on

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.440
 the cross he's

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.700
 speaking to the

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.680
 thief beside him

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.399
 that thief who

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:55.200
 says Lord

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.960
 remember me

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:58.359
 when you come

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:59.159
 into your

00:24:59.159 --> 00:24:59.559
 kingdom

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:01.159
 and Jesus

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:02.599
 turns to that

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:03.259
 man and says

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.899
 today you will

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.859
 be with me

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.960
 in paradise

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:08.220
 as he

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.500
 recognized Jesus

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.380
 as Lord and

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.920
 Savior and in

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.799
 his only hope

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.840
 he turned to

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.779
 Jesus and Jesus

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.579
 in mercy and

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.860
 love saved him

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.920
 and promised him

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:18.680
 eternal glory

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.660
 with him

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:22.860
 do you see

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:24.559
 Jesus as the

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.340
 Son of God

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:27.240
 as Lord and

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.759
 Savior

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:30.180
 then will you

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.380
 believe in him

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:33.259
 will you trust

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.600
 him

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:35.200
 will you follow

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.700
 him

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.860
 today

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:39.039
 so Jesus

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.799
 building his

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.279
 church is

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.039
 important if

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.759
 we're not yet

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.279
 part of the

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.859
 church but it's

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.899
 also important if

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.939
 we are Christians

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:46.839
 because one of our

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:48.059
 tasks is to be

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:49.439
 disciples who then

00:25:49.439 --> 00:25:50.559
 make disciples of

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.219
 others so it's

00:25:51.219 --> 00:25:52.299
 important for us to

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.079
 remember when we're

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:54.659
 sharing our faith

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:56.379
 it's important for us

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.359
 to remember that we

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.459
 don't save anyone

00:25:58.459 --> 00:25:59.819
 in fact we cannot

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.879
 save anyone

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.939
 it's only God who

00:26:01.939 --> 00:26:03.159
 gives new life

00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:04.399
 but God chooses

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:05.619
 to work through

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:07.579
 ordinary people

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.079
 like us

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:10.799
 so we tell people

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:12.179
 about the grace of

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:14.079
 God we share our

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.519
 story of faith with

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:17.039
 people we want to

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:18.359
 show the love of

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.419
 God in our families

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:20.379
 in our workplace in

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:22.439
 our community to do

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:23.859
 mercy to love justice

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:25.099
 for the sake of God's

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:27.500
 glory and we pray for

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.119
 the people that we

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:29.299
 care about we pray for

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.119
 our community our

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:31.239
 country our nation our

00:26:31.239 --> 00:26:32.639
 world because we know

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.620
 people that God

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:35.520
 loves to save we

00:26:35.520 --> 00:26:36.740
 know that Jesus will

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.600
 build his church and

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:40.040
 he loves to work

00:26:40.040 --> 00:26:41.620
 through his people and

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.540
 through his people's

00:26:42.540 --> 00:26:42.920
 prayers

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:47.320
 one last thing to see

00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:49.640
 this time from the end

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:51.140
 of chapter 46 and then

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:53.700
 into chapter 47 God's

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:56.600
 grace in a reunited

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.640
 family

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.200
 family

00:26:58.200 --> 00:27:00.460
 there's something

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.620
 lovely about seeing

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:03.440
 family reunions we've

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.320
 been seeing family

00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:06.300
 reunions in Jacob's

00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:07.160
 story

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:09.480
 we were looking after

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:11.780
 two little kids this

00:27:11.780 --> 00:27:12.860
 week for a mum and a

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.160
 dad

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:15.000
 and after a few hours

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:16.740
 we having looked after

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.240
 the kids

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.740
 Vicky delivered them

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.300
 back

00:27:19.300 --> 00:27:21.160
 to the gathering where

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.100
 the parents were along

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.680
 with lots of other

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:22.980
 people

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:24.620
 and as soon as

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:26.759
 the kids mum was

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.319
 spotted

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:29.240
 what would we expect

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.680
 to happen

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:31.660
 the smile came

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.680
 and he started

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.400
 charging

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.960
 through that hall

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.539
 full of people

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.460
 elbows flying

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.339
 plates flying

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.240
 old people flying

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.839
 because he wanted to

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.860
 be back with his mum

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:43.299
 even after four hours

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.180
 there's that sense of

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.960
 happy reunion

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.819
 back

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.680
 home

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:48.519
 so how about here

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:50.039
 in the story of

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.500
 Joseph

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:52.140
 and Jacob

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:54.340
 verse 29

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:55.120
 and 30

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:57.380
 Joseph had his

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.440
 chariot made ready

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.480
 and went to Goshen

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.440
 to meet his father

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.880
 Israel

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:02.980
 as soon as Joseph

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.400
 appeared before him

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:06.259
 he threw his arms

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.280
 around his father

00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:07.980
 and wept

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:09.720
 for a long time

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:11.440
 for both of them

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.759
 this is an

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:14.259
 unexpected joy

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:15.900
 this is an

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:17.320
 unimaginable

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:17.820
 joy

00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:19.060
 they are

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:19.720
 restored

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.520
 together

00:28:20.520 --> 00:28:21.660
 the father and son

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.660
 who loved each

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:22.900
 other

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.560
 are restored

00:28:23.560 --> 00:28:24.820
 after the sin

00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.540
 of those brothers

00:28:25.540 --> 00:28:26.259
 had destroyed

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.060
 that bond

00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:28.019
 for some

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:29.500
 20 years

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:32.420
 verse 30

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.600
 Israel

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:34.880
 covenant

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.540
 promise

00:28:35.540 --> 00:28:36.160
 name

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.880
 of Jacob

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.920
 said to Joseph

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.720
 now I'm ready

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.380
 to die

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:41.160
 since I abstain

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.900
 for myself

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:43.400
 that you are

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.200
 still alive

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:45.519
 he can die

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.019
 happy

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.580
 because he's been

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:48.200
 reunited

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.460
 to the son

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.100
 he loves

00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:51.980
 and not only

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.460
 will they be

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.000
 reunited

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.580
 they'll also

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.340
 be settled

00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:55.559
 so that they

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.600
 might live

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.539
 together

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:59.080
 so again

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.960
 we see Joseph

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:01.000
 preparing the way

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.740
 we read that

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:03.319
 end of 46

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:04.180
 verse 31

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.160
 to 34

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:06.740
 we see Joseph

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.840
 preparing

00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.880
 the way

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:09.720
 for the brothers

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.559
 to go into

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.220
 the presence

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:12.059
 of Pharaoh

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.059
 so that they

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.720
 will gain a

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.539
 welcome from

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.860
 Pharaoh

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.420
 so they'll be

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.259
 able to settle

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.200
 in Pharaoh's

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.820
 good land

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.460
 again we see

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.320
 another parallel

00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:21.920
 we see Joseph

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.880
 and his family

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:24.600
 they are shepherds

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.640
 Moses leaves

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.140
 the palace

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:27.100
 and he becomes

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:28.340
 a shepherd

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:29.860
 lots of parallels

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:31.300
 in this story

00:29:31.300 --> 00:29:32.259
 but we get

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.240
 after the meeting

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.019
 in the palace

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:35.680
 we get a wonderful

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:38.220
 little closing scene

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.940
 in verses 11

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.539
 and 12

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.880
 of chapter 47

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:44.340
 Joseph settled

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.959
 his father

00:29:44.959 --> 00:29:45.619
 and his brothers

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.099
 in Egypt

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:47.639
 and gave them

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.220
 property

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.879
 in the best

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.740
 part of the land

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:51.119
 the district

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.799
 of Ramesses

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.359
 as Pharaoh

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.919
 directed

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:54.439
 Joseph also

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:55.179
 provided his

00:29:55.179 --> 00:29:55.839
 father and his

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.139
 brothers

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.699
 and all his

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.119
 father's

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.459
 household

00:29:57.459 --> 00:29:58.099
 with food

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:59.439
 according

00:29:59.439 --> 00:30:00.419
 to their

00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:00.919
 number

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:02.279
 to the number

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.740
 of their

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.240
 children

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:05.459
 God has

00:30:05.459 --> 00:30:06.319
 been preparing

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.919
 the way

00:30:06.919 --> 00:30:08.359
 God has

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.220
 been providing

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.779
 for this

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.259
 family

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.419
 God is

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:11.859
 keeping

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:13.259
 his promise

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.539
 to this

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.259
 family

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.979
 reuniting

00:30:16.979 --> 00:30:17.399
 them

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.199
 and then

00:30:18.199 --> 00:30:18.879
 looking

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.959
 after them

00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.779
 because this

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.419
 is the God

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:21.899
 who makes

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.539
 promises

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.240
 and when God

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.519
 makes a promise

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.639
 he always

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.959
 keeps it

00:30:26.959 --> 00:30:28.740
 so we have

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.579
 this wonderful

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.659
 reunion

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:31.859
 that takes

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.679
 place between

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.199
 Joseph

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:34.000
 and his

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.439
 father

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:34.819
 and the

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.179
 brothers

00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:35.479
 and they're

00:30:35.479 --> 00:30:36.079
 now living

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.579
 together

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.240
 in the best

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.919
 of the land

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:39.620
 in Egypt

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:43.100
 beyond sin

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:44.120
 beyond the

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.480
 attempt

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.080
 of destroying

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.700
 the family

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.440
 there is

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.900
 reunion

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.360
 or

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:48.800
 reconciliation

00:30:48.800 --> 00:30:50.320
 to use

00:30:50.320 --> 00:30:50.800
 a word

00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:51.080
 that the

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.340
 Bible

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:51.900
 likes to

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.180
 use

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.700
 to speak

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.539
 of salvation

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.620
 when it

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.039
 talks of

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.400
 Jesus

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.160
 work to

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.700
 save us

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.060
 it talks

00:30:57.060 --> 00:30:57.259
 about

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.759
 reconciling

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.080
 us

00:30:59.080 --> 00:31:00.220
 to God

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.820
 there is

00:31:01.820 --> 00:31:02.960
 a breakdown

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.880
 in the

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.580
 relationship

00:31:04.580 --> 00:31:05.380
 between us

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:06.240
 as people

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.840
 and God

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.179
 and the

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.759
 break is

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.240
 not on

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.740
 God's

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:08.980
 side

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.299
 it's

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.980
 on ours

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.339
 because

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:11.659
 of our

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.539
 sin

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:14.099
 that perfect

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.519
 loving

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.319
 relationship

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.799
 that you

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.119
 and I

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.720
 were made

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:16.899
 for

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.799
 that joy

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.839
 that we

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.480
 were made

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.000
 for

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.759
 is broken

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.459
 because of

00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:22.799
 sin

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:24.299
 but then

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.039
 restored

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:26.299
 by the

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.799
 work of

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.159
 Jesus

00:31:27.159 --> 00:31:28.500
 Jesus

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.579
 is the

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.039
 son

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:31.119
 who takes

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.579
 our

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.439
 place

00:31:32.439 --> 00:31:34.059
 to secure

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.919
 our

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.699
 peace

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:37.200
 we see

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.680
 Jesus

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 on the

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.940
 cross

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 being

00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:40.500
 forsaken

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 by his

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 father

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 as he

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 willingly

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.819
 and lovingly

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.700
 carries on

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.140
 himself

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.920
 the sin

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.240
 of the

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.519
 world

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.580
 so that

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.100
 we might

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.440
 be

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.460
 adopted

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.700
 into the

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.120
 family

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.759
 of God

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:54.039
 welcomed

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.880
 into God's

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.340
 family

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:56.220
 because

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:57.759
 of Jesus

00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:00.559
 it's

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:00.940
 through the

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.440
 punishment

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.140
 of Jesus

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.700
 that we

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.540
 have peace

00:32:04.540 --> 00:32:05.880
 the cross

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.440
 stands at

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.759
 the very

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.240
 heart

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.720
 of the

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.560
 good news

00:32:08.560 --> 00:32:10.340
 of the

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:10.740
 Bible

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:12.800
 Jesus

00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:13.640
 the night

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.140
 of his

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.620
 arrest

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:14.900
 and the

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.500
 night before

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.120
 his death

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.560
 in John

00:32:16.560 --> 00:32:17.560
 chapter 14

00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:18.680
 spoke

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.720
 words of

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.320
 comfort

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:21.080
 that speak

00:32:21.080 --> 00:32:21.580
 of

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:22.540
 reunion

00:32:22.540 --> 00:32:23.880
 he said

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.400
 in my

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.040
 father's

00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:25.400
 house

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.560
 are many

00:32:26.560 --> 00:32:26.980
 rooms

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.220
 and he

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.360
 said

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.880
 I'm going

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.360
 there to

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:28.900
 prepare a

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.480
 place for

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.600
 you

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:29.980
 and if I

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.740
 go and

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.220
 prepare a

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.860
 place I

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.759
 will certainly

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.740
 come back

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:35.420
 and take

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.259
 you to be

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.180
 with me

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:38.160
 that where

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:39.079
 I am

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:40.860
 you also

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:42.360
 will be

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:43.660
 when our

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.620
 trust is

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:45.319
 in Jesus

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:47.059
 we have a

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.680
 wonderful

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.700
 reconciliation

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.579
 that takes

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.559
 place now

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.660
 the barrier

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.240
 of sin

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.259
 is broken

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.480
 because Jesus

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.279
 has paid the

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.039
 penalty for

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.539
 that sin

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.640
 but we also

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:58.100
 have the

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.900
 promise of

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.640
 an eternal

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.700
 reunion

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:02.100
 of seeing

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.720
 Jesus

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.860
 face to

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.240
 face

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.680
 of being

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.019
 made

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.940
 like him

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.960
 to enjoy

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.160
 perfect love

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.779
 and joy

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.519
 and peace

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.759
 forever

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:13.140
 reconciliation

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:14.120
 and reunion

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.720
 that lasts

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.660
 beyond death

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.400
 and into

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.080
 eternity

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:18.440
 and we get

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.880
 there

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:20.360
 through trusting

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:21.640
 in Jesus

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:23.200
 the son of

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.600
 God

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:24.640
 who's become

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.900
 our savior

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:28.460
 I wonder

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.780
 as we

00:33:28.780 --> 00:33:29.160
 close

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:29.940
 what place

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.759
 does God's

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.759
 grace have

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.300
 in your

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.820
 story

00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:34.160
 when you

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:35.320
 reflect on

00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:36.080
 your own

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.900
 life up

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.480
 till now

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.960
 your family

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.519
 life

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:41.259
 what part

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.860
 does God's

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.600
 grace have

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.360
 in that story

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:43.900
 remember

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:45.080
 our psychologist

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.800
 Mary Piper

00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:46.740
 if you don't

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.080
 know your

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:47.560
 history

00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:48.740
 if you don't

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.100
 know your

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.620
 family

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:51.300
 who are you

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.819
 there is a

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.480
 very real

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.379
 danger for

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:54.899
 us in a

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.359
 church

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:56.960
 of spiritual

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:58.279
 amnesia

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:59.919
 that we can

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.940
 forget our

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.559
 identity

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:03.119
 that we can

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:04.019
 forget that we

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:05.000
 belong in

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.740
 God's family

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.480
 if we're trusting

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.019
 in Jesus

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.899
 we can forget

00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:08.500
 that we are

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.279
 secure

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:09.940
 we have a new

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.779
 citizenship

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.699
 we have a new

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.400
 family

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.440
 that we have

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.980
 been brought

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.559
 into

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:16.159
 and you know

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.739
 this is one of the

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.460
 reasons why you

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.179
 and I need

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:19.460
 the church

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:21.720
 because when we

00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:22.579
 gather every week

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.340
 we are gathering

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.079
 to remember

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:25.220
 whose we are

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:26.940
 that we worship

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.760
 God as our

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.519
 father in heaven

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.340
 as our creator

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.059
 as our king

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.720
 as our lord

00:34:30.720 --> 00:34:31.980
 we gather to

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.880
 remember how

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.639
 we got here

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:34.539
 how do we become

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.079
 part of the

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.740
 people of God

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:36.579
 we remember

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.760
 the loving

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.740
 sacrifice of

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.280
 Jesus that

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:40.159
 unites us to

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:41.059
 God and unites

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.619
 us to each

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:41.920
 other

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:44.099
 and we gather

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.639
 and we need

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.079
 the church

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.559
 because it

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.480
 reminds us why

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.400
 the gospel

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.780
 the good news

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.280
 of Jesus

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.460
 matters so

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.460
 much

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.900
 to remind

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.559
 ourselves of

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.340
 forgiveness that's

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.200
 only found in

00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:55.440
 him

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.680
 new life that's

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.340
 only found

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.920
 through him

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.820
 the promise

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.380
 of a new

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.200
 heaven and

00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:01.360
 earth in

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.860
 him

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:03.539
 so like

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.980
 Moses

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:06.440
 point yourself

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.360
 and point others

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.460
 back to God's

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.019
 salvation

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:11.740
 reflect back

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:13.720
 on your story

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.740
 reflect back

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.300
 on the story

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.780
 of Jesus

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:17.260
 to see God's

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:17.680
 grace

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:18.480
 to see his

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.000
 promises

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.500
 kept

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.280
 to see the

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.260
 favor you

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:21.580
 and I

00:35:21.580 --> 00:35:22.240
 enjoy

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:23.400
 from him

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:24.620
 make the

00:35:24.620 --> 00:35:25.320
 gospel

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:27.220
 make Jesus

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:28.400
 central

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:29.619
 to your

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:29.940
 story

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:29.960
 to your story