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 Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

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 As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it,

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 for out of that well the flocks were watered.

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 The stone on the well's mouth was large, and when all the flocks were gathered there,

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 the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep,

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 and put the stone back in its place over the mouth of the well.

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 Jacob said to them, My brothers, where did you come from?

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 They said, We are from Haran.

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 He said to them, Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?

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 They said, We know him.

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 He said to them, Is it well with him?

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 They said, It is well, and see, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.

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 He said, Behold, it is still high day.

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 It is not time for the livestock to be gathered together.

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 Water the sheep and go, pasture them.

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 But they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together,

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 and the stone is rolled away from the mouth of the well.

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 Then we water the sheep.

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 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep,

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 for she was a shepherdess.

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 Now as soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother,

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 and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother,

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 Jacob came near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth,

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 and watered the flock of Laban, his mother's brother.

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 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

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 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's kinsman,

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 and that he was Rebekah's son.

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 And she ran and told her father.

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 As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister's son,

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 he ran to meet him and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house.

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 Jacob told Laban all these things.

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 And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh.

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 And he stayed with him a month.

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 Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my kinsman,

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 should you therefore serve me for nothing?

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 Tell me, what shall your wages be?

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 Now Laban had two daughters.

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 The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.

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 Jacob loved Rachel, and he said,

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 I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.

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 Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than I should give her away to any other man.

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 Stay with me.

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 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel,

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 and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

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 Then Jacob said to Laban,

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 Give me my wife that I may go into her, for my time is completed.

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 So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast.

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 But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob,

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 and he went into her.

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 Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.

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 And in the morning, behold, it was Leah.

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 And Jacob said to Laban,

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 What is this you have done to me?

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 Did I not serve with you for Rachel?

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 Why then have you deceived me?

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 Laban said,

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 It is not so done in our country to give the younger before the firstborn.

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 Complete the week of this one,

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 and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.

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 Jacob did so and completed her week.

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 Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

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 Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.

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 So Jacob went into Rachel also,

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 and he loved Rachel more than Leah,

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 and served Laban for another seven years.

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 When the Lord saw that Leah was hated,

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 he opened her womb,

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 but Rachel was barren.

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 And Leah conceived and bore a son,

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 and she called his name Reuben,

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 for she said,

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 Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction,

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 for now my husband will love me.

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 She conceived again and bore a son,

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 and said,

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 Because the Lord has heard that I am hated,

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 he has given me this son also,

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 and she called his name Simeon.

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 Again she conceived and bore a son,

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 and said,

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 Now this time my husband will be attached to me,

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 because I have borne him three sons.

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 Therefore his name was called Levi.

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 And she conceived again and bore a son,

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 and said,

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 This time I will praise the Lord.

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 Therefore she called his name Judah.

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 Then she ceased bearing.

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 Thanks, Jane.

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 Good afternoon, everyone.

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 Nice to see you again.

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 Today's the topic of the sermon is

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 Blessing in the Red Rays.

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 Initially I was preparing for three sermons

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 for my trip back to Malaysia.

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 This is an extra one.

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 The third one is for next week.

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 And this sermon covers three chapters,

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 which is quite long.

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 So I'm not going to be able to cover,

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 or maybe I only cover about 10%

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 of what those three chapters has in it.

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 But as I prepared for the sermon,

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 I learned many things,

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 and I hope that I can help you

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 to see something in it,

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 and also enjoy reading that part of the Bible,

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 and get a lot more out of it

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 as you read through the three chapters.

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 Why is it called the Red Rays?

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 That's because it's just like us.

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 Jacob just suddenly got himself

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 into this situation,

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 which he never dreamt or hoped

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 or thought of when he came to the uncle's place.

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 And he started needing to learn how to work,

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 how to compete with others at work,

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 deal with the uncle's treachery,

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 deal with other work makes,

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 and then having a family,

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 and having so many wives and children.

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 All this will occupy his time,

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 and hopefully through this sermon,

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 we'll see how the Lord was blessing him.

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 Even through that,

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 he may not knew that at that time,

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 but as the year went on,

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 he gradually learned

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 and appreciated what the Lord has done for him.

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 And that will show us

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 we come next week

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 to chapter 32 and 33.

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 Let us pray first before we start.

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 Father,

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 we thank you for your goodness

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 in helping us

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 through all that happened to us

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 in our daily lives,

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 to see the truth,

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 and to see the truth about us

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 and about you.

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 And thank you for your word

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 that we can learn from,

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 and the word that will transform us as well.

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 Lord,

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 we ask that you might do so

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 as we dwell into your word at this time.

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 Thank you, Lord.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So,

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 last time,

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 when we

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 talked about God promising

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 to be with Jacob,

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 that is,

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 while he had the dream

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 at night,

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 and that God promised

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 that he would be with him

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 and brought him back

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 to this land.

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 And when we

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 heard that God

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 was blessing someone

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 or to be,

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 will be with someone,

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 we would

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 straight away

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 usually think that,

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 oh,

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 Jacob would become successful

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 in whatever way he do.

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 We will see that Jacob

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 did become a rich man

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 20 years

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 after God promised

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 to be with him.

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 First 14 years,

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 he worked for the two wives.

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 He didn't actually get

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 anything.

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 But the last six years,

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 he became very rich.

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 However,

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 we will also see that

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 his wealth

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 that he accumulated,

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 eventually,

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 it was for him

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 to pay back a debt.

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 And that we'll see again

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 next week.

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 So,

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 even when he became rich,

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 it wasn't ready for him.

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 And we know that

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 being wealthy and healthy

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 is not often the outcome

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 of having God

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 in our lives.

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 Majority of

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 faithful servants of God

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 live in poverty

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 under persecution.

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 Psalm 25,

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 verse 8,

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 says that,

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 good and upright

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 is the Lord,

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 therefore,

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 he instructs sinners

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 in the way.

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 Because God is good

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 and upright,

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 so if God promised

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 to be with us,

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 he would not just sit there

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 and let us

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 do whatever we like.

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 He will

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 automatically,

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 and this part is the nature,

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 to make us

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 like him,

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 good and upright.

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 and to do that,

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 he will,

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 through his work,

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 I mean,

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 we read

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 and we learn,

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 and through

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 our interaction

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 with people

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 and our living

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 in this world,

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 it perpetuates

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 through difficulty,

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 difficult times.

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 And in today's story,

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 we will see

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 how God did that

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 in Jacob's life.

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 we will see

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 that

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 his interaction

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 with

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 Laban,

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 Rachel,

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 and

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 Leah and Rachel

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 in particular.

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 There are a lot more,

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 but I could only

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 cover these three.

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 So,

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 last time we came

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 to the part

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 when Jacob was sent

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 to his uncle's place

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 to find a wife,

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 though the real reason

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 was to find refuge

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 from his brother,

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 Esau,

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 who was planning

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 to kill him.

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 And then God

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 appeared to him

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 and promised him

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 that he would go

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 with Jacob.

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 And then,

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 so Jacob kept walking

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 for many weeks.

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 I'm sure on the way

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 he'd been asking people,

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 are you from Haran?

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 Do you know Laban?

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 It would take many weeks.

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 I suspect it would take

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 about two months

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 before I arrived

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 in this well

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 when there are shepherds

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 who actually knew

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 who Laban was.

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 And it happened

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 that Rachel

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 was coming

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 to the well,

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 too.

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 And you can imagine

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 how relieved

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 Jacob was

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 to finally arrive

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 after being

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 on the lonely journey

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 for so long.

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 He was so excited

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 that his son

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 managed to roll

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 the stone

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 from the well's mouth

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 to water

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 his uncle's ship.

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 I suppose

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 they were all waiting

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 for people to come

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 so that they could

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 all do it together.

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 But somehow,

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 the long journey

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 seemed to have

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 made Jacob

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 strong enough

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 to do that

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 by himself.

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 And maybe he was

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 also one thing

00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:33.759
 to show off a bit

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 to Rachel.

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 So he did that.

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 He kissed Rachel

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 and cried aloud

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 and then Laban

00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:41.679
 heard about him

00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:42.159
 coming.

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 He ran to meet him

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 and took him in.

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 And we read that

00:10:46.059 --> 00:10:47.719
 Laban was quite excited

00:10:47.719 --> 00:10:50.059
 to know that

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 Jacob was there.

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 And when we first

00:10:52.699 --> 00:10:53.120
 read it,

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 you may think,

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 oh,

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 Laban must be

00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:57.559
 quite a good uncle.

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 he wants to look

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 after Jacob.

00:11:00.079 --> 00:11:00.679
 But as we read

00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:00.959
 through,

00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:01.679
 read on,

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 we find that

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 it's not the case.

00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:05.079
 Laban was just

00:11:05.079 --> 00:11:06.039
 trying to

00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:06.939
 make use of

00:11:06.939 --> 00:11:07.739
 Jacob

00:11:07.739 --> 00:11:09.199
 for his own gain.

00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:11.199
 But why was he

00:11:11.199 --> 00:11:11.779
 so excited?

00:11:12.619 --> 00:11:13.779
 If we know

00:11:13.779 --> 00:11:14.279
 about

00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:15.819
 Jacob's mom,

00:11:15.939 --> 00:11:16.199
 Rebecca,

00:11:16.459 --> 00:11:16.799
 who is

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 Laban's sister,

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 so when

00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:21.119
 Abraham's servant

00:11:21.119 --> 00:11:21.539
 came

00:11:21.539 --> 00:11:22.359
 to

00:11:22.359 --> 00:11:25.219
 get a wife

00:11:25.219 --> 00:11:25.959
 for Isaac,

00:11:26.079 --> 00:11:26.419
 that is

00:11:26.419 --> 00:11:27.539
 Jacob's father,

00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:27.639
 brother,

00:11:28.500 --> 00:11:29.479
 Abraham's

00:11:29.479 --> 00:11:30.039
 servant

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 brought a lot

00:11:32.339 --> 00:11:32.799
 of gifts,

00:11:33.199 --> 00:11:33.859
 a lot of gold

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 and precious

00:11:34.739 --> 00:11:35.119
 things.

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 I think

00:11:36.099 --> 00:11:37.419
 Laban was

00:11:37.419 --> 00:11:38.179
 expecting the

00:11:38.179 --> 00:11:38.579
 same thing,

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 oh,

00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:39.399
 now the

00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:40.239
 second generation

00:11:40.239 --> 00:11:40.879
 has come,

00:11:41.459 --> 00:11:42.399
 what is he

00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:43.439
 bringing to me?

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 But unfortunately,

00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:46.279
 Jacob didn't

00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:47.279
 bring anything.

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 Jacob was by

00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:48.859
 himself and

00:11:48.859 --> 00:11:50.279
 he didn't

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 have anything

00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:52.419
 with him.

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 But Jacob

00:11:54.699 --> 00:11:55.519
 was attracted

00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:56.619
 to Rachel.

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 I think it

00:11:58.519 --> 00:11:59.259
 was not

00:11:59.259 --> 00:11:59.979
 only because

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 Rachel was

00:12:00.479 --> 00:12:00.879
 pretty,

00:12:01.579 --> 00:12:02.699
 but most

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 sadly also

00:12:03.339 --> 00:12:03.979
 because Rachel

00:12:03.979 --> 00:12:04.619
 was the first

00:12:04.619 --> 00:12:05.079
 person,

00:12:05.619 --> 00:12:06.599
 Jacob could

00:12:06.599 --> 00:12:07.299
 be a hero

00:12:07.299 --> 00:12:07.639
 too.

00:12:08.379 --> 00:12:09.579
 Jacob showed

00:12:09.579 --> 00:12:10.119
 himself to be

00:12:10.119 --> 00:12:10.599
 a man.

00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:12.419
 If you know

00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:13.679
 Jacob's background,

00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:14.759
 he wasn't loved

00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:15.399
 by his father

00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:16.399
 and now he's

00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:16.879
 running away

00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:17.919
 from his

00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:18.299
 brother.

00:12:18.659 --> 00:12:19.139
 He's an

00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:19.979
 insecure man.

00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:21.079
 He finds

00:12:21.079 --> 00:12:21.799
 himself insignificant

00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:23.099
 and now he

00:12:23.099 --> 00:12:24.059
 could show

00:12:24.059 --> 00:12:25.159
 that he

00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:25.719
 was a man

00:12:25.719 --> 00:12:26.639
 to Rachel.

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 That's why

00:12:28.459 --> 00:12:29.379
 it's part of

00:12:29.379 --> 00:12:29.939
 it in terms

00:12:29.939 --> 00:12:30.539
 of not only

00:12:30.539 --> 00:12:30.979
 Rachel was

00:12:30.979 --> 00:12:31.839
 attractive to

00:12:31.839 --> 00:12:32.099
 him,

00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:33.639
 but Rachel

00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:34.899
 was sort

00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:36.019
 of dependent

00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:36.799
 on him

00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:38.279
 in Jacob's

00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:39.079
 mind.

00:12:40.859 --> 00:12:41.179
 However,

00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:44.120
 as time

00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:44.579
 goes on,

00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:45.219
 after a month,

00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:46.139
 it became

00:12:46.139 --> 00:12:46.879
 clear that

00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:47.620
 Laban was not

00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:48.219
 going to let

00:12:48.220 --> 00:12:49.320
 Jacob marry

00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:49.779
 his daughter

00:12:49.779 --> 00:12:50.680
 without payment

00:12:50.680 --> 00:12:53.120
 and so they

00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:53.660
 make a deal

00:12:53.660 --> 00:12:54.800
 and verse 20

00:12:54.800 --> 00:12:55.120
 says,

00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:56.200
 so Jacob

00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:56.899
 served seven

00:12:56.899 --> 00:12:57.379
 years for

00:12:57.379 --> 00:12:58.519
 Rachel and

00:12:58.519 --> 00:12:58.899
 they seemed

00:12:58.899 --> 00:13:00.600
 to him

00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:01.100
 but a few

00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:01.840
 days because

00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:02.920
 of the love

00:13:02.920 --> 00:13:03.540
 he had for

00:13:03.540 --> 00:13:03.860
 her.

00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:06.440
 In Rachel,

00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:07.399
 Jacob had

00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:07.759
 the first

00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:08.340
 taste of

00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:09.080
 sacrificial

00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:09.960
 love.

00:13:11.220 --> 00:13:11.879
 He never

00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:12.680
 had this

00:13:12.680 --> 00:13:13.080
 sort of love

00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:13.480
 before.

00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:14.560
 He suddenly

00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:15.680
 was so

00:13:15.680 --> 00:13:16.220
 occupied,

00:13:16.500 --> 00:13:17.000
 his mind

00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:17.279
 was so

00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:17.920
 occupied by

00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:18.279
 Rachel.

00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:19.139
 He seemed

00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:19.360
 to have

00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:19.899
 gone crazy.

00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:20.339
 He could

00:13:20.339 --> 00:13:21.979
 only think

00:13:21.979 --> 00:13:22.740
 about Rachel.

00:13:23.939 --> 00:13:24.319
 He was

00:13:24.319 --> 00:13:24.819
 never one

00:13:24.819 --> 00:13:25.199
 who would

00:13:25.199 --> 00:13:25.579
 be taken

00:13:25.579 --> 00:13:26.139
 advantage

00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:26.599
 of,

00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:27.559
 but then

00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:28.399
 for Rachel

00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:28.740
 he was

00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:29.399
 willing to

00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:30.120
 work without

00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:31.319
 wages.

00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:34.639
 So he

00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:35.099
 worked for

00:13:35.099 --> 00:13:35.620
 seven years

00:13:35.620 --> 00:13:36.199
 and it

00:13:36.199 --> 00:13:36.579
 seemed to

00:13:36.579 --> 00:13:37.019
 be a short

00:13:37.019 --> 00:13:37.399
 time to

00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:37.599
 him.

00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:37.979
 So you

00:13:37.979 --> 00:13:38.539
 can imagine

00:13:38.539 --> 00:13:39.699
 how he

00:13:39.699 --> 00:13:42.360
 was expecting

00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:42.779
 to get

00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.240
 Rachel.

00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:45.219
 So his

00:13:45.219 --> 00:13:45.659
 love for

00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:46.219
 Rachel helped

00:13:46.219 --> 00:13:46.500
 him to

00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.139
 enjoy the

00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:47.819
 hardship and

00:13:47.819 --> 00:13:48.340
 abuses

00:13:48.340 --> 00:13:49.620
 experience at

00:13:49.620 --> 00:13:49.919
 work.

00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:51.519
 He would

00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:51.939
 otherwise

00:13:51.939 --> 00:13:52.360
 not have

00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:52.799
 learned how

00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:53.159
 to be a

00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:53.639
 good shepherd

00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:55.159
 through this.

00:13:55.620 --> 00:13:55.960
 He learned

00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:56.279
 how to

00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:57.199
 spend his

00:13:57.199 --> 00:13:58.500
 night in

00:13:58.500 --> 00:13:59.019
 the wilderness,

00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:00.100
 look after

00:14:00.100 --> 00:14:00.620
 the sheep

00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:02.500
 and be a

00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:03.000
 strong man

00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:03.500
 I suppose

00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:04.139
 over this

00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:04.460
 time.

00:14:06.980 --> 00:14:07.919
 If you

00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:08.319
 remember,

00:14:08.439 --> 00:14:08.879
 Jacob's

00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.259
 mother,

00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:09.679
 Rebecca,

00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:10.279
 did love

00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:10.720
 Jacob

00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:11.759
 sacrificially,

00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.439
 love for

00:14:13.439 --> 00:14:13.759
 the

00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:14.639
 parents.

00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:16.080
 Jacob

00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.580
 did not

00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:19.299
 appreciate it

00:14:19.299 --> 00:14:19.980
 then as

00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:20.480
 most children

00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:20.919
 would not

00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:22.080
 appreciate how

00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:23.720
 their parents

00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:24.319
 loved them.

00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:26.200
 Jacob was

00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:26.759
 happy to let

00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:27.159
 his mother

00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:27.819
 take the

00:14:27.819 --> 00:14:28.240
 curse for

00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:28.840
 him if

00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:29.519
 his deception

00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:30.240
 was found

00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:30.559
 out by

00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:31.500
 Isaac and

00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:32.500
 that showed

00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:32.899
 that he

00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:33.960
 didn't actually

00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:35.519
 appreciate that

00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:35.720
 love.

00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:36.779
 But now

00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:37.500
 that he

00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.000
 is actually

00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:38.540
 loving

00:14:38.540 --> 00:14:39.600
 someone

00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:40.759
 in a

00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:41.420
 similar way,

00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:42.920
 he had

00:14:42.920 --> 00:14:43.360
 the chance

00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:44.060
 to understand

00:14:44.060 --> 00:14:44.879
 how his

00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:45.460
 mother had

00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:46.779
 loved him.

00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:48.620
 And for

00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:48.960
 us,

00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:50.340
 if we

00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:51.060
 have such

00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:51.420
 a love,

00:14:51.540 --> 00:14:51.820
 we could

00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:52.460
 understand how

00:14:52.460 --> 00:14:52.980
 God has

00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:54.420
 loved us

00:14:54.420 --> 00:14:54.879
 as well.

00:14:56.300 --> 00:14:56.639
 The end

00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:57.040
 of seven

00:14:57.040 --> 00:14:58.000
 years came.

00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:58.700
 Nabhan

00:14:58.700 --> 00:14:59.500
 did nothing

00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:00.340
 until Jacob

00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:01.120
 reminded him

00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:01.399
 that he

00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:01.860
 had fulfilled

00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:02.279
 his side

00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:02.779
 of the deal.

00:15:03.420 --> 00:15:03.960
 Then Nabhan

00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:04.540
 held a wedding

00:15:04.540 --> 00:15:05.580
 feast for

00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:06.020
 Jacob and

00:15:06.020 --> 00:15:06.340
 Rachel,

00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.580
 but cheated

00:15:07.580 --> 00:15:08.259
 Jacob by

00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:08.900
 replacing

00:15:08.900 --> 00:15:09.780
 Rachel with

00:15:09.780 --> 00:15:10.340
 Leah under

00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:10.840
 the darkness

00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:11.560
 of the night.

00:15:12.900 --> 00:15:13.420
 Nabhan

00:15:13.420 --> 00:15:14.280
 profited a

00:15:14.280 --> 00:15:15.500
 lot from

00:15:15.500 --> 00:15:16.379
 Jacob's

00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:16.900
 service.

00:15:18.160 --> 00:15:18.360
 And he

00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:18.620
 could not

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.080
 get anyone

00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:19.580
 to pay a

00:15:19.580 --> 00:15:20.040
 good price

00:15:20.040 --> 00:15:20.740
 for Leah,

00:15:21.680 --> 00:15:22.220
 so he

00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:22.600
 deceived

00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:23.200
 Jacob.

00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:25.000
 He let

00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.480
 Jacob have

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.220
 Rachel as

00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:26.480
 well,

00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:27.300
 with the

00:15:27.300 --> 00:15:27.860
 condition that

00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:28.240
 he served

00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:28.759
 for another

00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:29.700
 seven years.

00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:31.580
 So in

00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:32.080
 Nabhan,

00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.040
 Jacob had a

00:15:33.040 --> 00:15:33.379
 taste of

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.720
 what it

00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:34.320
 meant to be

00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:34.840
 deceived.

00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:36.340
 We cannot

00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:37.040
 appreciate the

00:15:37.040 --> 00:15:37.960
 harm we

00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:38.259
 do to

00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:38.900
 others until

00:15:38.900 --> 00:15:39.220
 we are

00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:39.820
 the victims.

00:15:40.900 --> 00:15:41.800
 Jacob would

00:15:41.800 --> 00:15:44.040
 not have

00:15:44.040 --> 00:15:46.040
 understood how

00:15:46.040 --> 00:15:46.879
 his father

00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.780
 Isaac and

00:15:47.780 --> 00:15:48.340
 his brother

00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:49.280
 Esau felt

00:15:49.280 --> 00:15:50.580
 until he

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.259
 himself was

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:51.920
 a victim of

00:15:51.920 --> 00:15:52.520
 deception.

00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:54.700
 Being on the

00:15:54.700 --> 00:15:55.440
 receiving end

00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:56.259
 of deception

00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:57.720
 also helps us

00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:58.660
 to empathize

00:15:58.660 --> 00:15:59.060
 with those

00:15:59.060 --> 00:15:59.480
 who have been

00:15:59.480 --> 00:15:59.920
 deceived.

00:15:59.919 --> 00:15:59.979
 love.

00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:01.819
 And we

00:16:01.819 --> 00:16:02.279
 know that

00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:02.879
 because of

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.419
 Jacob's

00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:04.479
 dependence on

00:16:04.479 --> 00:16:05.179
 Nabhan and

00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:05.740
 his love for

00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.740
 Rachel, he

00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.159
 had little

00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:07.819
 choice but to

00:16:07.819 --> 00:16:08.399
 submit to

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.099
 Nabhan's

00:16:09.099 --> 00:16:09.779
 scheme at

00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:10.279
 this stage.

00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:12.779
 So he

00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:13.500
 had Leah

00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:15.240
 and

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.599
 Rachel.

00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:17.559
 With Rachel,

00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:17.959
 he got no

00:16:17.959 --> 00:16:18.459
 problem, he

00:16:18.459 --> 00:16:18.959
 loved Rachel.

00:16:19.199 --> 00:16:19.599
 But in

00:16:19.599 --> 00:16:20.679
 Leah, Jacob

00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:21.219
 needed to

00:16:21.219 --> 00:16:21.799
 learn how to

00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:22.479
 love someone

00:16:22.479 --> 00:16:23.139
 who was not

00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:24.019
 lovely, at

00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.379
 least someone

00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:25.120
 not lovely

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.459
 in his

00:16:25.459 --> 00:16:25.779
 eye.

00:16:27.179 --> 00:16:28.039
 Jacob had no

00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:28.579
 interest in

00:16:28.579 --> 00:16:28.779
 Leah.

00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.480
 But divorcing

00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:30.879
 Leah was

00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.360
 not out of

00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:31.819
 the question

00:16:31.819 --> 00:16:32.480
 in his

00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:32.779
 time.

00:16:34.219 --> 00:16:34.779
 And God

00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.799
 gave Leah

00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:36.360
 some help.

00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:37.099
 Leah had

00:16:37.099 --> 00:16:38.620
 four sons

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.259
 in a row

00:16:39.259 --> 00:16:40.679
 while Rachel

00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:41.199
 could not

00:16:41.199 --> 00:16:41.839
 conceive.

00:16:43.219 --> 00:16:43.959
 At that

00:16:43.959 --> 00:16:44.500
 time, having

00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.480
 children, in

00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:45.879
 particular

00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:47.299
 sons, is

00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:48.019
 very important

00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:50.259
 to develop

00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:51.639
 into a

00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.539
 strong family

00:16:52.539 --> 00:16:53.759
 to do

00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.339
 farming, all

00:16:54.339 --> 00:16:54.699
 those things.

00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.399
 So having

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.079
 four children

00:16:56.079 --> 00:16:57.099
 would definitely

00:16:57.100 --> 00:17:00.360
 help Leah's

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:01.399
 position in

00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.200
 the family.

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.079
 And at

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.480
 least because

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:04.759
 of the

00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:05.079
 children,

00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:06.420
 Jacob started

00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.599
 to care about

00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:08.539
 Leah and

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:09.559
 learn how to

00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:09.980
 love her.

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:11.900
 However, Leah

00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:12.420
 was not

00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:13.220
 contented with

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:14.000
 having children.

00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:14.480
 She wanted

00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:14.880
 more.

00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.279
 She wanted

00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:18.900
 like what

00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:21.180
 Jacob gave

00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:21.700
 to Rachel.

00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:25.000
 So Leah

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:26.079
 and Rachel

00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.700
 started using

00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.299
 children to

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:27.880
 strengthen their

00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:28.500
 position in

00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:28.920
 the family.

00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:30.940
 In that

00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:31.519
 time, a

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:31.960
 woman's

00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.640
 security and

00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:33.259
 significance

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:35.440
 were dependent

00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:36.580
 on their

00:17:36.580 --> 00:17:37.940
 father before

00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.580
 their marriage.

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.200
 After their

00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:39.620
 marriage, it

00:17:39.620 --> 00:17:39.980
 depended on

00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.500
 the husband.

00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:41.779
 And so having

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.920
 the husband's

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.000
 love was

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.740
 very important.

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:45.839
 children.

00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:48.700
 And so they

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.940
 both tried to

00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.299
 have more

00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:50.839
 children and

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.220
 they gave

00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:52.279
 Jacob their

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:53.120
 mates to

00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:54.380
 have more

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:54.859
 children as

00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:55.000
 well.

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.240
 So both

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.400
 Leah and

00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:58.440
 Rachel wanted

00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:59.000
 to be the

00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.839
 most secure

00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.620
 and significant

00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:01.440
 person in the

00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:01.799
 family.

00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:03.319
 Neither of

00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.799
 them feared

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.220
 God or

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:04.900
 trusted God.

00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:05.940
 They became

00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.579
 stuck in

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:06.980
 constant

00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.759
 scheming for

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.420
 prominence in

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:08.920
 the family.

00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:10.220
 In a way,

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:10.779
 they condemned

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:12.339
 themselves to

00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:13.339
 live unhappily

00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:14.480
 ever after if

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:14.819
 they don't

00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:16.159
 change in

00:18:16.159 --> 00:18:16.500
 the way.

00:18:18.099 --> 00:18:18.419
 As you

00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:19.319
 know, my

00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:19.779
 father had

00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.399
 two wives

00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:20.959
 living under

00:18:20.959 --> 00:18:21.399
 the same

00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:21.779
 roof.

00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:23.740
 My mother

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.179
 was a

00:18:24.179 --> 00:18:24.839
 younger wife.

00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:26.399
 When I was

00:18:26.399 --> 00:18:26.939
 young, I used

00:18:26.939 --> 00:18:27.480
 to sleep in

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.059
 my mother's

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:28.579
 room because

00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:29.279
 there was no

00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:29.919
 other place

00:18:29.919 --> 00:18:30.519
 for me to

00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:30.819
 sleep.

00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:31.879
 So my

00:18:31.879 --> 00:18:32.559
 younger

00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:32.939
 brother and

00:18:32.939 --> 00:18:33.539
 myself were

00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:33.819
 the two

00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.139
 younger,

00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:35.379
 and so we

00:18:35.379 --> 00:18:36.079
 sleep with

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:36.559
 our mother.

00:18:37.339 --> 00:18:37.899
 And my

00:18:37.899 --> 00:18:38.959
 father was

00:18:38.959 --> 00:18:39.879
 always in

00:18:39.879 --> 00:18:40.679
 my mother's

00:18:40.679 --> 00:18:41.819
 room overnight.

00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:43.139
 I didn't

00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.480
 think much

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:43.940
 of it until

00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.300
 I was

00:18:44.300 --> 00:18:44.700
 older.

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.520
 Then I

00:18:45.520 --> 00:18:45.960
 started to

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.220
 think,

00:18:46.800 --> 00:18:47.280
 why is it

00:18:47.280 --> 00:18:47.780
 that he

00:18:47.780 --> 00:18:48.500
 never spent

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:50.480
 time with

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.380
 my senior

00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:51.740
 mother?

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:52.700
 I mean,

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.120
 I was young,

00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.440
 I didn't

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:53.780
 think that

00:18:53.780 --> 00:18:53.920
 it was

00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.180
 something

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.680
 unusual,

00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:55.220
 but as

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:55.480
 I get

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:55.860
 older,

00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.440
 I thought,

00:18:57.320 --> 00:18:59.620
 why is

00:18:59.620 --> 00:19:00.300
 my father

00:19:00.300 --> 00:19:00.980
 always in

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:02.200
 my mom's

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:03.040
 room?

00:19:04.520 --> 00:19:04.860
 And then

00:19:04.860 --> 00:19:05.420
 as I look

00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:06.000
 back now,

00:19:06.520 --> 00:19:07.500
 I could

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.360
 understand

00:19:08.360 --> 00:19:08.880
 why my

00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:09.160
 senior

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:09.920
 mother was

00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.900
 so demanding

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.540
 in nature.

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.520
 So she

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:12.920
 was the

00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.180
 mistress

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.639
 of the

00:19:13.639 --> 00:19:14.139
 household

00:19:14.139 --> 00:19:15.460
 to assign

00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:15.940
 jobs to

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.279
 each of

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:16.519
 us.

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:18.079
 I would

00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.539
 always try

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:18.900
 to hide

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:19.279
 from her

00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:19.819
 because every

00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.139
 time she

00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:20.539
 saw me

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.099
 doing nothing,

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:21.619
 she would

00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.259
 get me a

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.759
 job to

00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:22.940
 do.

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.579
 So there's

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.599
 no freedom

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.059
 in a sense.

00:19:27.139 --> 00:19:27.660
 After school,

00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:27.900
 going,

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.539
 getting home,

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.160
 there's always

00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.519
 job,

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.099
 regardless,

00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:31.819
 even if you

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.599
 have homework

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.079
 or whatever,

00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:34.019
 there's also

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.660
 job to do.

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:37.100
 I was

00:19:37.100 --> 00:19:37.519
 talking to

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:37.820
 my

00:19:37.820 --> 00:19:38.860
 eldest

00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:39.480
 sister

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:40.980
 who

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:42.040
 actually

00:19:42.040 --> 00:19:42.660
 looked after

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.060
 me when

00:19:43.060 --> 00:19:43.320
 I was

00:19:43.320 --> 00:19:43.640
 young

00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:44.220
 because my

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.600
 mom was

00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:44.980
 too busy

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:46.019
 working and

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.519
 doing all

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:46.820
 the jobs.

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.200
 So my

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.680
 eldest sister

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:49.160
 said he

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:49.900
 hated coming

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.740
 home just

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:52.040
 because every

00:19:52.040 --> 00:19:52.480
 time she

00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.080
 came home,

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.259
 she got

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:56.540
 no time

00:19:56.540 --> 00:19:57.040
 for herself.

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.779
 You can't

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.300
 plan anything.

00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:58.720
 Basically,

00:19:58.860 --> 00:19:59.180
 we couldn't

00:19:59.180 --> 00:19:59.560
 plan anything.

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:00.460
 If you

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:00.819
 plan to

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.339
 do something,

00:20:02.179 --> 00:20:02.779
 forget it.

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.139
 If you

00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:04.500
 don't do

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:04.679
 it,

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.099
 you get

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:06.179
 a scolding.

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.679
 So the

00:20:08.679 --> 00:20:09.059
 home was

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.359
 like a

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.679
 factory.

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.319
 My senior

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.819
 mother was

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.319
 very well

00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:12.720
 known in

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.319
 our hometown

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.119
 to produce

00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:14.619
 the best

00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:15.019
 Chinese

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.659
 delicacies.

00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:16.779
 And all

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.319
 those things

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:17.859
 take a lot

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.480
 of manpower

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.119
 to produce.

00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.379
 And my

00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.659
 senior mother

00:20:21.659 --> 00:20:22.619
 was well

00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:22.980
 known for

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.139
 it.

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:23.720
 And that

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.019
 is her

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.419
 significance.

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.079
 And that's

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.619
 why she

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:26.319
 needs that.

00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:27.240
 And that's

00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:28.579
 why she

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:30.439
 traded her

00:20:30.439 --> 00:20:30.839
 relationship

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.159
 with her

00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:32.099
 children for

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.699
 her significance.

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.679
 Even her

00:20:33.679 --> 00:20:34.139
 own children

00:20:34.139 --> 00:20:34.679
 seemed like

00:20:34.679 --> 00:20:35.460
 her eventually.

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:37.139
 It was

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:37.980
 not close

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.339
 to her.

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.559
 My mom

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.539
 worked from

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.119
 early morning

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:43.259
 until late

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.659
 at night.

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.259
 But my mom

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:45.000
 never complained.

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.299
 I think

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:48.000
 he had my

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.419
 father's

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:49.119
 attention and

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:49.379
 that was

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:49.859
 enough for

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.059
 her.

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.519
 And she

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:51.839
 just

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:53.559
 suffered.

00:20:55.159 --> 00:20:55.439
 But

00:20:55.439 --> 00:20:56.619
 because she

00:20:56.619 --> 00:20:56.879
 suffered

00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.419
 together with

00:20:57.419 --> 00:20:57.579
 us,

00:20:57.639 --> 00:20:57.919
 so she

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.539
 is very

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.420
 close to

00:20:59.420 --> 00:20:59.680
 all the

00:20:59.680 --> 00:20:59.940
 children,

00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:00.360
 including

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.600
 my

00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:01.180
 senior mom's

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.460
 children,

00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:02.000
 even now.

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.140
 So

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:07.259
 I fell

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.700
 for Leah

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.100
 in this

00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:08.660
 sense.

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.880
 Because Leah

00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:10.300
 didn't have

00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:11.340
 the significance

00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:12.120
 and security

00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:12.600
 he needed

00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:13.180
 to fight

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:13.779
 for it.

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:14.880
 He didn't

00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:15.120
 know where

00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.580
 to get it.

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.000
 If he

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.220
 had his

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.580
 security

00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:18.640
 and significance

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.500
 in God,

00:21:20.060 --> 00:21:21.259
 then in

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.539
 the first

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:21.840
 place,

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.100
 he would

00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:22.380
 not have

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:22.840
 collaborated

00:21:22.840 --> 00:21:23.100
 with

00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:23.519
 Laban

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.180
 in deceiving

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.560
 Jacob.

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.659
 Jacob.

00:21:26.659 --> 00:21:27.059
 And

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.720
 secondly,

00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.700
 if he

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.220
 did marry

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.619
 Jacob,

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.519
 he would

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:30.859
 not need

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:32.000
 to make

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.919
 herself so

00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:33.440
 miserable

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.519
 in

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.419
 scheming and

00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:35.819
 fighting

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.940
 over

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.980
 Jacob with

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.519
 Rachel.

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:42.519
 So

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.099
 Leah

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.759
 was hoping

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.460
 that by

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.359
 marrying

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:47.779
 Jacob,

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.359
 her life

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.779
 would be

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.559
 happier.

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:52.139
 but in

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.399
 fact,

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.539
 she was

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.859
 disappointed.

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:55.940
 Things that

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.559
 we get

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.399
 by deception

00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.480
 don't usually

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:58.859
 bring

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.899
 happiness.

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:02.559
 So

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:03.399
 as Jacob

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:03.859
 tried to

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.359
 relate to

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:04.599
 Leah,

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.379
 he was

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.779
 reminded

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.359
 about how

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:07.200
 his father

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.539
 Isaac

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.179
 related to

00:22:08.179 --> 00:22:08.440
 him.

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:09.579
 Leah

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.319
 in Jacob's

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.559
 eyes

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.099
 was like

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:11.579
 Jacob

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:13.019
 in Isaac's

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.319
 eyes.

00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:14.339
 As Jacob

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:15.079
 wished Isaac

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.480
 would love

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:15.940
 him more,

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.559
 Leah was

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.000
 wishing

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.639
 Jacob

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.179
 would love

00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:18.799
 her more.

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.839
 At this

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.119
 point,

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.399
 we may

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:21.659
 ask,

00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.299
 why didn't

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.839
 God stop

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.240
 Laban

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.960
 from deceiving

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.359
 Jacob?

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:26.059
 The same

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.559
 question can

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:26.980
 be asked,

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.480
 why didn't

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.000
 God stop

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.559
 Jacob from

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:28.940
 deceiving

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.399
 Isaac?

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:31.119
 Or why

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:31.519
 didn't God

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.000
 stop the

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.940
 serpent from

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.379
 deceiving

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.980
 Eve?

00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:35.440
 Throughout

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:35.919
 the Bible,

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:37.099
 we see that

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:38.099
 God intervenes

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.759
 in some

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.339
 matters and

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.859
 not in many

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.539
 other matters.

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:41.940
 If you are

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.539
 a parent,

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.500
 you may know

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:43.980
 that you should

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.539
 not intervene

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:44.940
 in everything

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.379
 in your

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.379
 child's or

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:46.879
 children's

00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.200
 life.

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.779
 some

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.180
 parents

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:50.420
 want to

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:50.819
 protect

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.000
 their

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.279
 children

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.640
 and

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:51.799
 would

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:51.960
 not

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.240
 allow

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.400
 them

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:52.539
 to

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:52.779
 make

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.340
 mistakes

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:54.480
 or

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.680
 get

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.019
 hurt.

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:56.759
 My

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.519
 mom,

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:57.819
 who is

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.539
 95 years

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:58.980
 old now,

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.259
 she still

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.980
 scolds my

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.920
 70-year-old

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:03.680
 brother when

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.559
 he did

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.259
 something that

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.039
 she is not

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.840
 pleased with.

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.559
 My oldest

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.120
 brother,

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.519
 her oldest

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:10.880
 son,

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:11.779
 and my

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.319
 oldest sister,

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.160
 oldest daughter,

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.580
 both of

00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:14.460
 them are not

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.620
 married because

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:16.059
 they were

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.680
 just too

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.000
 busy.

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:20.120
 to socialize

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:20.559
 when they

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:20.980
 were young.

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:24.160
 Now my

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.860
 oldest brother

00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:25.960
 and my

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.380
 mom live

00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:27.019
 together and

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.340
 they care

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:27.660
 for each

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:27.900
 other,

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.080
 but they

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:31.100
 don't talk.

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.000
 Whenever I

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.799
 go back

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.200
 home,

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.759
 the interaction

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.980
 is argument

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.480
 over something

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.180
 or blaming

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.700
 or something.

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.860
 That's because

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:42.039
 my mom

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.580
 had never

00:23:42.580 --> 00:23:43.420
 treated my

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:44.080
 oldest brother

00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:44.740
 as an adult

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:46.859
 and still

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.359
 exerting

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.279
 control over

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.500
 her.

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.759
 In a way,

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.380
 it's a bit

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:51.400
 sad that

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:52.140
 they lose

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.859
 that enjoyment

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.480
 of talking

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.980
 as friends

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:56.380
 and as

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:56.759
 adults,

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.420
 not only as

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.160
 mother to

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.700
 son.

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.500
 Even all

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.039
 these years,

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.880
 if the

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.480
 parents just

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:03.799
 want to

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.440
 control the

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.559
 children and

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.380
 prevent them

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:06.759
 from getting

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.140
 hurt,

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.380
 they will

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.980
 lose a lot

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.680
 of enjoyment

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:12.120
 together in

00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:12.960
 the relationship.

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.279
 So this is

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.980
 about God's

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.259
 heart.

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.079
 God has

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.360
 got a

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:16.799
 father's

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.559
 heart in

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:17.920
 terms of

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.380
 how he

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.360
 deals with

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.579
 us.

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.400
 We should

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.960
 also consider

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.339
 what is in

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.759
 our hearts

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.460
 when we

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.980
 do foolish

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.400
 things.

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.360
 Why was

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:24.660
 Eve

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.039
 deceived?

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.559
 Because she

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:26.900
 wanted to

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.259
 be like

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.680
 God, who

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.180
 can determine

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.519
 what is

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.980
 good and

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.319
 what is

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.640
 evil.

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:30.500
 She

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:30.920
 wanted to

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.279
 be more

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.740
 significant

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.480
 than being

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:32.960
 Adam's

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.400
 wife and

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.740
 God's

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.059
 daughter.

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:35.940
 She

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.360
 could not

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.039
 deny her

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:38.259
 desire to

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.680
 be more

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.120
 significant.

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.440
 Why was

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.840
 Isaac

00:24:40.840 --> 00:24:41.440
 deceived by

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.779
 Jacob?

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:43.240
 Because Isaac

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.940
 was blinded

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.240
 by his

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.680
 own love

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.880
 of Esau.

00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:46.660
 He was

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.279
 determined to

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.980
 bless Esau.

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.299
 He heard

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.940
 Jacob's

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.400
 voice.

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.420
 It should

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.759
 have been

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.380
 sufficient for

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.880
 Isaac to

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.320
 realize that

00:24:53.320 --> 00:24:53.539
 it was

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:53.860
 Jacob.

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.039
 But when

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:56.120
 our minds

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.740
 are occupied

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.620
 with the

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.220
 desire to

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.779
 accomplish

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.360
 something,

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.299
 we usually

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.840
 ignore

00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:01.940
 warning signs.

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.340
 Why was

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:03.680
 Jacob

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.360
 deceived by

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:04.860
 Laban?

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.180
 Because he

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.759
 was blinded

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.060
 by his

00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:08.200
 love of

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.600
 Rachel.

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:10.279
 Before

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.960
 Jacob

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.620
 left home,

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:12.920
 he was

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.240
 full of

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.680
 himself.

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.580
 During his

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:14.960
 trip to

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.380
 Haran,

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.660
 he encountered

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.120
 God.

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:17.980
 In

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.460
 Haran,

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.380
 then he

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:19.840
 encountered

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.680
 Rachel.

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.680
 Jacob

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.340
 was beginning

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:22.980
 to change

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.759
 from worshipping

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:25.440
 himself to

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.799
 worshipping

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.220
 God.

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.100
 Now it

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.519
 seems that

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.279
 Rachel became

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:30.220
 his idol.

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.720
 I believe

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.200
 that there

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.480
 would be

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.240
 many telltale

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.720
 signs.

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.380
 Laban was

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.480
 manipulating him

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:36.880
 over the

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.539
 seven years.

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.460
 He could

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:39.799
 see how

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.060
 Laban

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:40.320
 treated

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:40.580
 other

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:40.980
 people.

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.519
 And there

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.820
 would be

00:25:42.820 --> 00:25:43.420
 signs that

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.920
 something was

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.400
 not right

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.680
 in the

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.340
 wedding night.

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.500
 But Jacob

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.960
 was too

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.640
 focused on

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.539
 Rachel that

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:48.940
 he lost

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.860
 his objectivity.

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.640
 While it was

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.240
 not wrong

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.799
 for Jacob

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.299
 to love

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.740
 Rachel,

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.799
 but when

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.560
 such a love

00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:56.539
 does not

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.000
 submit to

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.440
 God's

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.000
 guidance,

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.560
 it does

00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:59.060
 not usually

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.680
 end well.

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:01.740
 if his

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.320
 focus was

00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:03.000
 on God

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.799
 who promised

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.100
 to be

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.560
 with him,

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:05.500
 Laban

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.840
 would not

00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:06.140
 be able

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.600
 to use

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.019
 Rachel

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:08.180
 to manipulate

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.840
 Jacob.

00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:10.720
 The amazing

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.480
 thing is that

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.980
 God will

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.600
 always achieve

00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:13.180
 his purpose

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.900
 regardless

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.580
 of our

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:15.860
 foolish choices.

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.200
 And we

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.900
 see that

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.680
 as the

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.380
 story develops.

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:20.980
 In these

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.660
 three sermons,

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.080
 I have

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.400
 mentioned

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.880
 many times

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.519
 about security

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.660
 and significance

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.560
 as a

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:26.120
 motivation

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.779
 for our

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.320
 behaviors.

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.319
 to be

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.799
 secure

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.799
 is to

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:33.799
 have

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.279
 protection

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.220
 and provision.

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.460
 And to be

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.839
 significant

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.279
 is to have

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.839
 respect

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.500
 and recognition.

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:39.919
 And that's

00:26:39.919 --> 00:26:40.460
 what we

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.639
 want in

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.200
 our whole

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.500
 life.

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.599
 But in

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:43.960
 Jacob,

00:26:45.179 --> 00:26:45.879
 so that's

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.299
 why Jacob

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.839
 deceased his

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.279
 father to

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.559
 get the

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:47.839
 blessing.

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.139
 That's

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.819
 why he

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.419
 wanted.

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.460
 But in

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.819
 Rachel,

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.399
 we found

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:52.000
 a third

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.619
 motivation

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:54.319
 force for

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.859
 Jacob's

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.279
 behavior.

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.159
 It was

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:56.519
 not for

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.019
 security

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.259
 or

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.680
 significance

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.200
 that

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.480
 Jacob

00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.859
 worked

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.319
 14

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.700
 years

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:00.920
 for

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.259
 Rachel

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.960
 because

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.180
 he

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.859
 did not

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.139
 receive

00:27:03.139 --> 00:27:03.379
 any

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:03.720
 wages

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.759
 or

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.319
 position

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.619
 for

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:05.759
 his

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.039
 work.

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.200
 And getting

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.519
 Rachel

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:07.859
 would not

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.339
 make him

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.160
 wealthier

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:09.799
 or more

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.319
 powerful.

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.960
 What was

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.539
 motivating

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.079
 Jacob

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.440
 then?

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.500
 That was

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.359
 love that

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.779
 we talk

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.059
 about.

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.359
 Love can

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:17.539
 mean

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.019
 different

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.440
 things.

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.839
 In here,

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.339
 I'm talking

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:22.339
 about the

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.819
 feeling that

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.279
 your life

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:24.019
 is incomplete

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.700
 without the

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.460
 presence of

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.279
 that object

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.579
 or the

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:26.980
 person

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.559
 of your

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:27.879
 love.

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.660
 When Adam

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.259
 first saw

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.519
 Eve,

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.019
 he said,

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.039
 this at

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.559
 last is

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.000
 born of

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.539
 my bones

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.139
 and flesh

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.779
 of my

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.119
 flesh.

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.180
 Adam

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:37.160
 meant that

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.579
 if you

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.039
 take Eve

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.500
 away from

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.779
 him,

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.399
 it was

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:39.879
 like taking

00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.359
 away his

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:40.799
 bone and

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.139
 flesh.

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.099
 When

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.680
 Laban

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.339
 first met

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.680
 Jacob,

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.319
 he also

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.720
 said the

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.160
 same thing,

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.119
 surely you

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.460
 are my

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.039
 bone and

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.680
 my flesh.

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:49.740
 love.

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.759
 But then

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:53.340
 Laban

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:54.180
 has

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:55.519
 changed

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.680
 the

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.100
 definition

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.620
 of love.

00:27:59.080 --> 00:28:00.200
 He was

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:01.140
 deceiving

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.620
 himself and

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.019
 Jacob when

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.360
 he said

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:02.740
 that,

00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:03.519
 as if he

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.820
 said that

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.240
 he loved

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.759
 Jacob.

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.060
 He was

00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:06.460
 in fact

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.960
 telling

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.560
 Jacob that

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:08.539
 you are

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.940
 mine,

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.519
 therefore

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.400
 serve me.

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:13.259
 But Adam

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.740
 was telling

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.299
 Eve that

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:15.180
 you are

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.620
 mine,

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.460
 therefore I

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.200
 will serve

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.500
 you.

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.840
 This is

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.140
 a love

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.420
 that I'm

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.700
 talking

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.460
 about that

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:22.220
 Jacob was

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.900
 starting to

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.600
 experience

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.740
 that he

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:26.120
 could love

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:28.299
 someone just

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.519
 purely because

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.460
 the person,

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.000
 not because

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.360
 the person

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.779
 can give

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.460
 him anything

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.240
 in the sense

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.460
 of security

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.039
 and significance.

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.240
 However,

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:37.940
 there is

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.600
 still a bit

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:40.860
 of self-centeredness

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:42.039
 in this

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.519
 style of love

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.039
 as we love

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.460
 people.

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.759
 There's always

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.559
 the pleasure

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.319
 or something

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.880
 that we get

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.200
 from the

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.580
 person,

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:50.460
 which Jacob

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.160
 couldn't get

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.020
 from Leah.

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.060
 But that is

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:54.620
 at least the

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.300
 start of that

00:28:55.300 --> 00:28:55.860
 love.

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.360
 So in

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.640
 Rachel,

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.800
 Jacob first

00:28:58.800 --> 00:28:59.300
 experienced

00:28:59.300 --> 00:29:00.100
 self-denying

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.460
 love.

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.720
 Love made

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.600
 him do

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:02.980
 everything

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.540
 just to be

00:29:03.540 --> 00:29:04.120
 with Rachel.

00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.300
 In Leah,

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.240
 Jacob had a

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.860
 challenge of

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.580
 loving someone

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:08.260
 who was not

00:29:08.260 --> 00:29:08.620
 lovely.

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.600
 And in

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.060
 Laban,

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.060
 Jacob saw

00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:12.780
 the degradation

00:29:12.780 --> 00:29:13.640
 of love.

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.380
 So when

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:16.260
 a man

00:29:16.260 --> 00:29:16.820
 loved God,

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.120
 he would

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.600
 love other

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.160
 people and

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.080
 things appropriately.

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.380
 When a man

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.760
 does not

00:29:20.760 --> 00:29:21.280
 love God,

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.620
 he will

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:21.940
 not be

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.260
 able to

00:29:22.260 --> 00:29:22.720
 love other

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.980
 people and

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.820
 things appropriately.

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.860
 What was

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.720
 Laban's object

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.240
 of love?

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.580
 It was

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:30.840
 quite obvious,

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.420
 it's money.

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.200
 Why did

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.080
 Laban love

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.440
 money?

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.280
 Because money

00:29:35.280 --> 00:29:36.280
 can be exchanged

00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:37.080
 for security,

00:29:37.780 --> 00:29:38.180
 significance,

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.860
 and pleasure.

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.200
 Laban could

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.220
 only see life

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.700
 in terms of

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.260
 profit and

00:29:42.260 --> 00:29:42.580
 loss.

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.860
 Laban could

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.940
 only relate to

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.480
 people in

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:45.799
 terms of

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.880
 benefit or

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.240
 burden.

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.779
 He would

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.640
 only do

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.019
 what he

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.019
 thought would

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.660
 profit him.

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.559
 He would

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.360
 befriend people

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:53.740
 who would

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.340
 benefit him.

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.759
 Once Jacob

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:58.160
 saw Laban's

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.840
 real face,

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.320
 he did not

00:29:59.320 --> 00:29:59.660
 want to

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.519
 become another

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.860
 Laban.

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.200
 Jacob started

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.799
 to realize

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.640
 that while he

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.279
 suffered under

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.700
 Laban,

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:07.660
 he was also

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.799
 becoming a

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.940
 person who

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.480
 was different

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.180
 from Laban.

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:13.240
 did Jacob

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.680
 learn his

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.140
 lessons?

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:14.980
 We shall

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.519
 see that

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.039
 he did

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:17.160
 as we

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.580
 read the

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:18.039
 subsequent

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.640
 chapters of

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:18.960
 Genesis,

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.620
 which will

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:19.960
 be the

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.320
 topic of

00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:20.960
 next week's

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.279
 sermon.

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:23.460
 When God

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.039
 promised that

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.460
 he would

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.100
 be with

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:25.539
 Jacob,

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.700
 he would

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.400
 ensure that

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:28.060
 Jacob would

00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:28.700
 be changed.

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.279
 This change

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.820
 did not come

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.440
 about as if

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.860
 God just

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.380
 put a spell

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.920
 on Jacob.

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:34.779
 This change

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.420
 came about

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:35.960
 as God

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.539
 led Jacob

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.019
 to see

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.660
 Jacob's own

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.820
 heart in

00:30:38.820 --> 00:30:39.200
 the light

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:40.580
 of the

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.120
 holy God.

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:43.320
 and also

00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:45.240
 in the

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.400
 midst of

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.759
 the red

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.440
 race as

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.880
 Jacob

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.720
 makes

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:50.039
 decisions

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.900
 and choices

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:52.080
 in his

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:53.039
 relationship,

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:53.840
 in his

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.240
 work,

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.299
 in his

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:56.980
 family.

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.640
 All this

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.480
 are still

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.120
 happening in

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.519
 our life

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.100
 right now.

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.440
 In

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.740
 Matthew

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.660
 chapter 16

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.039
 verses

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:05.799
 24 to

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.200
 26,

00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:06.519
 Jesus

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.080
 told his

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.500
 disciples,

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.160
 if anyone

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.759
 would come

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.380
 after me,

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:11.100
 let him

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.460
 deny

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:11.980
 himself

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.460
 and take

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.780
 up his

00:31:12.780 --> 00:31:13.200
 cross

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.780
 and follow

00:31:13.780 --> 00:31:14.060
 me.

00:31:14.760 --> 00:31:15.060
 For

00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:15.560
 whoever

00:31:15.560 --> 00:31:16.760
 would save

00:31:16.760 --> 00:31:17.380
 his life

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.060
 will lose

00:31:18.060 --> 00:31:18.280
 it,

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.940
 but whoever

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.300
 loses

00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:19.800
 his life

00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:20.200
 for my

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.540
 sake

00:31:20.540 --> 00:31:21.060
 will find

00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:21.280
 it.

00:31:22.280 --> 00:31:22.520
 For

00:31:22.520 --> 00:31:22.740
 what

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:22.940
 will

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.600
 profit

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:24.120
 a man

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.640
 if he

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:24.920
 gains

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.360
 the whole

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.760
 world

00:31:25.760 --> 00:31:26.520
 and forfeit

00:31:26.520 --> 00:31:27.160
 his soul?

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:28.240
 or what

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.700
 shall a

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:28.860
 man

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.140
 give

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.300
 in

00:31:29.300 --> 00:31:29.600
 return

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:29.820
 for

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.040
 his

00:31:30.040 --> 00:31:30.360
 soul?

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.920
 First

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.180
 of all,

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.400
 we

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:36.220
 consider

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.500
 why

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.680
 would

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:36.940
 anyone

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.180
 want

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.300
 to

00:31:37.300 --> 00:31:37.460
 come

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.660
 after

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.019
 Jesus?

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:38.860
 I

00:31:38.860 --> 00:31:39.060
 can

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:39.240
 give

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.400
 you

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.160
 four

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.620
 reasons.

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:41.840
 Number

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.120
 one,

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.700
 Jesus

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.160
 said he

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.580
 came

00:31:43.580 --> 00:31:44.080
 as a

00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:44.240
 good

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.560
 shepherd

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:44.860
 who

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.120
 gave

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.279
 his

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.540
 life

00:31:45.540 --> 00:31:45.680
 for

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:45.860
 his

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.160
 sheep.

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:47.920
 Jesus

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.380
 denied

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.820
 himself

00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.100
 of

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.460
 comfort

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.660
 and

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.040
 status.

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.320
 He

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:50.580
 died

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:50.740
 for

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:50.940
 our

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.180
 sins

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.360
 on

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:51.480
 the

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.759
 cross.

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.040
 Adam

00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:53.320
 told

00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:53.600
 Eve,

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.000
 you

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.180
 are

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.380
 my

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:54.620
 bone

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:54.759
 and

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:54.920
 my

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.259
 flesh.

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.759
 I

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:55.960
 will

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.240
 love

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.500
 you.

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:57.400
 Laban

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.660
 told

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.019
 Jacob,

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:58.779
 you

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:58.900
 are

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.100
 my

00:31:59.100 --> 00:31:59.320
 bone

00:31:59.320 --> 00:31:59.460
 and

00:31:59.460 --> 00:31:59.620
 my

00:31:59.620 --> 00:31:59.980
 flesh.

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:00.500
 You

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:00.700
 should

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.000
 serve

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.259
 me.

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.100
 Jesus

00:32:02.100 --> 00:32:02.420
 told

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:02.640
 his

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:02.900
 sheep,

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.460
 here

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.660
 is

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:03.840
 my

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.120
 body

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.320
 and

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:04.660
 blood

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.880
 broken

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.180
 and

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.480
 spilled

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.759
 out

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.279
 for

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.540
 you.

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.680
 Jesus

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:08.920
 did

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.120
 not

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.380
 give

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:10.259
 a few

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.580
 years

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:10.779
 of

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:10.960
 his

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.300
 life

00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:11.500
 to

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.800
 redeem

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.259
 Jesus

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.560
 said

00:32:16.560 --> 00:32:16.700
 he

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.000
 came

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.160
 to

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.400
 seek

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:17.840
 sinners,

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:18.600
 those

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:18.759
 who

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:18.860
 are

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.080
 not

00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:19.560
 lovely,

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.019
 to

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.360
 change

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:20.560
 them

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:20.779
 into

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.100
 those

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.240
 who

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.360
 are

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.740
 lovely.

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:22.960
 Isaac

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.180
 found

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.320
 it

00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:23.580
 difficult

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:23.759
 to

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:23.940
 love

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.259
 Jacob,

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.200
 Jacob

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.460
 found

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:25.620
 it

00:32:25.620 --> 00:32:25.860
 difficult

00:32:25.860 --> 00:32:26.080
 to

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.279
 love

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.580
 Leah.

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.560
 We

00:32:27.560 --> 00:32:27.860
 find

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.000
 it

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.240
 difficult

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.460
 to

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.620
 love

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:28.840
 many

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.160
 people.

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:30.620
 Jesus

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.060
 did

00:32:31.060 --> 00:32:31.220
 not

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.480
 only

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.759
 die

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.040
 for

00:32:32.040 --> 00:32:32.360
 us

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.880
 when

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.000
 we

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.100
 were

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.300
 yet

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:33.640
 sinners,

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.220
 he

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.500
 will

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.880
 also

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.320
 change

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:35.560
 us

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:35.900
 into

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.440
 saints.

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:38.279
 Reason

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.500
 number

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:38.880
 three,

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.640
 Jesus

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.060
 rose

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.380
 again

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.560
 and

00:32:40.560 --> 00:32:40.759
 will

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:40.980
 never

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.380
 die.

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.279
 In

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.620
 Jesus

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.120
 we

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.319
 will

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.599
 find

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:43.839
 our

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.380
 souls

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:45.480
 who

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.660
 will

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:45.880
 never

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.099
 die

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.500
 again.

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.039
 This

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.360
 gives

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.680
 us

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.200
 meaning

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.799
 and

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.099
 hope

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.500
 for

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.680
 our

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.200
 existence.

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.299
 Reason

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.519
 number

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:52.940
 four,

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:53.779
 Jesus

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.099
 is

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.460
 Lord.

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.059
 At

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.200
 the

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.339
 name

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:55.519
 of

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:55.839
 Jesus

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.200
 every

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.519
 knee

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.079
 should

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.420
 bow.

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:58.940
 Why

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.120
 would

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.299
 we

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.559
 follow

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.980
 anybody

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.539
 else?

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.480
 Would

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.140
 Laban

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.900
 come

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.140
 after

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.440
 Jesus?

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.279
 He

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.440
 would

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.720
 not.

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:06.799
 He

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:06.920
 would

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.319
 consider

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.539
 the

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.799
 message

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.140
 of the

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.400
 cross

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:08.779
 something

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.240
 foolish

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.559
 and

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:09.860
 weak.

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.640
 He

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:11.880
 would

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.500
 only

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.860
 come

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.099
 after

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.299
 the

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.440
 way

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.579
 of

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:13.759
 this

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.000
 world.

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.079
 He

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:16.140
 would

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.319
 get

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.500
 what

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.640
 he

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:16.960
 wants.

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.680
 He

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:18.860
 would

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:19.180
 scheme,

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.579
 he

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:19.700
 would

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.079
 compete,

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.259
 he

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.400
 would

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.680
 cheat,

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.180
 he

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.279
 would

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.420
 do

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.740
 anything

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:21.940
 to

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.339
 satisfy

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.559
 the

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:22.940
 desires

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.120
 of

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.259
 his

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.579
 heart.

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.599
 Because

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:24.759
 the

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.059
 desire

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.240
 of

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.339
 his

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:25.759
 heart

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.500
 was

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.700
 not

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.480
 satisfiable

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.980
 with

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.779
 whatever

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.000
 he

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.140
 could

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.360
 gain

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:29.519
 in

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.720
 this

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.000
 world,

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.079
 he

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.259
 would

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.519
 scheme

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.819
 some

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:31.980
 more,

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.400
 compete

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:32.680
 some

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:32.880
 more,

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.559
 cheat

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:33.819
 some

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.019
 more,

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:36.059
 until

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.279
 the

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.599
 freedom

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:36.900
 he

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.099
 thought

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.240
 he

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.500
 had

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.839
 in

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.019
 doing

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.279
 things

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.519
 become

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.700
 a

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.240
 bondage.

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.079
 He

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.480
 becomes

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.420
 a

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.940
 prisoner

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.319
 of

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:42.519
 his

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.759
 own

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.279
 desire.

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.299
 He

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.519
 will

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:45.880
 keep

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.160
 seeking

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.380
 for

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.980
 satisfaction

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.319
 for

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.779
 eternity

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.160
 but

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.380
 will

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.579
 never

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:48.880
 find

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.019
 it.

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.120
 It

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.240
 is

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.420
 like

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:50.539
 a

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:50.740
 drug

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.000
 addict

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.259
 who

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.500
 cannot

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.839
 stop

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.120
 using

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.440
 drugs

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:52.700
 even

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.200
 when

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.480
 he

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.819
 finds

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.019
 that

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.220
 drug

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.359
 is

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.500
 no

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.779
 longer

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.720
 pressurable.

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.559
 Laban

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.299
 can only

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.620
 boast

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:59.259
 in his

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.779
 achievements,

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.319
 he

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.640
 can never

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:00.940
 boast

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.200
 in the

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.519
 cross.

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.259
 In

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.380
 the

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.720
 process

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:03.900
 of

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.120
 gaining

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.359
 his

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.680
 wealth,

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.460
 Laban

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:05.940
 abused

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.519
 everyone

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.960
 else,

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.420
 including

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.640
 his

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:07.799
 own

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.240
 family,

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.179
 now that

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.300
 he

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.480
 was

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.740
 very

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.119
 wealthy,

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.039
 he

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.360
 became

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.559
 a

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.840
 lonely

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.720
 old

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.039
 man.

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.200
 Like

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:14.639
 Esau,

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.400
 Laban

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.639
 sold

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:15.860
 his

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.420
 birthright

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.639
 for

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:16.780
 a

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.039
 single

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.360
 meal.

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:17.920
 He

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.059
 had

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.579
 exchanged

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.059
 eternal

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.780
 satisfaction

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.179
 with

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.559
 transient

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.599
 pleasure.

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.119
 Would

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.420
 Jacob

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.880
 follow

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.400
 Jesus?

00:34:26.220 --> 00:34:26.500
 Not

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.980
 initially.

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.380
 However,

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:28.760
 God

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.240
 took him

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:29.780
 away from

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.260
 the comfort

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.579
 of his

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.440
 home and

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.079
 go through

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.820
 a lonely

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:34.000
 journey and

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.400
 left him

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.720
 under

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.039
 Laban

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.200
 for

00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:35.500
 20

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:35.820
 years.

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.280
 Jacob

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.800
 observed

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.280
 Laban's

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:38.599
 life.

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:39.480
 He saw

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.940
 Laban's

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.280
 wealth,

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:40.960
 comfort,

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.500
 and power.

00:34:42.200 --> 00:34:42.500
 He also

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:44.039
 saw Laban's

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.659
 no-needness,

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.579
 restlessness,

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.659
 and joylessness.

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.440
 He saw how

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.079
 Laban treated

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.800
 his children and

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.099
 servants.

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.179
 Everything is

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.760
 about profit.

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.159
 He saw how

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:53.720
 Laban could

00:34:53.720 --> 00:34:54.440
 not keep

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.240
 promise and

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.740
 kept changing

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.360
 his wages

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:57.380
 to get more

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.039
 profit out of

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.200
 him.

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.800
 Jacob also

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.599
 saw that

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.119
 God had

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.599
 increased

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.280
 his own

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.639
 wealth

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.159
 under

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.740
 impossible

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.579
 circumstances.

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:07.719
 So he

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.340
 got wealth

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.819
 and then he

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:09.219
 got four

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.840
 wives and

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.420
 many children.

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.059
 But even

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.639
 then it

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:12.920
 did not

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.400
 give him

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:15.159
 joy that

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.759
 he was

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.599
 looking for.

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.559
 Someone

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.219
 once said,

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.019
 if you

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.460
 think you

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.079
 are perfect,

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.699
 go and

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.259
 get married.

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:25.980
 you can

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:27.940
 imagine Jacob's

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.300
 marriage,

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:30.060
 how chaotic

00:35:30.060 --> 00:35:30.560
 it would be,

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.240
 how much

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:33.740
 stress in

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:34.260
 that marriage.

00:35:34.600 --> 00:35:35.220
 Imagine him

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:35.860
 working the

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.180
 whole day,

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.440
 tired,

00:35:36.520 --> 00:35:37.020
 coming home,

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.380
 different wives,

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.820
 wonder his

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.320
 attention,

00:35:39.560 --> 00:35:39.800
 children,

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.340
 wonder his

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:40.900
 attention.

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.400
 It's a

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.800
 messy,

00:35:44.020 --> 00:35:44.620
 very messy

00:35:44.620 --> 00:35:45.840
 life.

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:45.920
 life,

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.980
 and then

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.960
 Jacob would

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.360
 lose his

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.740
 temper.

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.980
 So Jacob,

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.620
 this marriage

00:35:54.620 --> 00:35:55.360
 would quickly

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.160
 help Jacob to

00:35:56.160 --> 00:35:56.539
 see how

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.559
 flawed and

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.960
 weak he

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.220
 was.

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.220
 He was no

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.660
 better than

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.039
 his father

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.380
 Isaac.

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.160
 He could

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:02.700
 not love

00:36:02.700 --> 00:36:03.140
 his family

00:36:03.140 --> 00:36:03.559
 equally.

00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:05.120
 Even the

00:36:05.120 --> 00:36:05.539
 wife he

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.000
 loved the

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.320
 most,

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.820
 Rachel,

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.620
 almost betrayed

00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:09.079
 him when

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:10.559
 she stole

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.360
 Laban's idol

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.840
 during the

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.460
 escape from

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.920
 Laban's

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.360
 control.

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:15.660
 When Jacob

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:16.240
 saw his

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:17.079
 own foolishness

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:18.300
 and sinfulness,

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:19.059
 he could

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.680
 begin to

00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:20.840
 deny himself.

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.000
 What did

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.640
 Jacob see in

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:24.180
 his heart?

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.480
 You see,

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.539
 he saw at

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:27.940
 least four

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.200
 things.

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:28.720
 One,

00:36:29.180 --> 00:36:29.980
 Jacob began

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.700
 to understand

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.280
 what evil

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:32.900
 was in

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.519
 his interaction

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.400
 with Laban.

00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:35.800
 And he saw

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.460
 the same evil

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.079
 in his heart.

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.280
 Number two

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:41.160
 is he began

00:36:41.160 --> 00:36:41.599
 to realize

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.140
 that there was

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.660
 a type of

00:36:42.660 --> 00:36:43.099
 love that

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.340
 does not

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:44.000
 care about

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.740
 benefits.

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.240
 And that

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:46.620
 was the

00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:47.000
 love that

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.420
 he wanted

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.900
 from his

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.260
 father.

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.180
 He did

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:49.480
 get it

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.820
 from the

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.000
 mom,

00:36:50.100 --> 00:36:50.400
 but that

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.980
 wasn't

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.420
 sufficient

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.720
 because he

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:52.900
 wanted

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.260
 from his

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.519
 father.

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.300
 And that

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.640
 was the

00:36:54.640 --> 00:36:55.280
 love that

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.440
 Leah was

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.380
 looking from

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.640
 him.

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.900
 Number three,

00:37:01.140 --> 00:37:01.740
 Jacob began

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.160
 to long

00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:02.940
 for justice

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:04.519
 when he

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.220
 was mistreated.

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.539
 But at

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:07.840
 the same

00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.059
 time,

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:08.380
 he knew

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.780
 that he

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.200
 had also

00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:09.539
 mistreated

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:09.960
 others.

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:11.059
 So the

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.340
 justice

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.680
 doesn't

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.200
 only apply

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:12.539
 to other

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:12.820
 people,

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.000
 it

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.340
 apply to

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.659
 himself

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.059
 too.

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:15.840
 Number four,

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.800
 he began

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.219
 to wish

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.960
 for forgiveness

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.739
 for all

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.039
 the wrong

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.300
 he had

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:19.599
 done

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.599
 because

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:22.119
 justice

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:23.780
 he couldn't

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.119
 bear,

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:24.960
 he couldn't

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:26.780
 hope for

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.260
 forgiveness.

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.840
 Where does

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.460
 one find the

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.940
 display of

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.280
 evil,

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:31.900
 love,

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.440
 justice,

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.079
 and forgiveness?

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:35.659
 In the cross.

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.739
 When man

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.300
 nailed Jesus

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:39.039
 on the cross,

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.559
 it was the

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.340
 ultimate display

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:40.820
 of evil.

00:37:43.140 --> 00:37:43.460
 And when

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:44.059
 Jesus died

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:45.019
 on the cross

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.480
 for our

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.860
 sins,

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:46.600
 it was the

00:37:46.600 --> 00:37:46.940
 ultimate

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.559
 display of

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:47.920
 love,

00:37:49.140 --> 00:37:49.460
 justice,

00:37:50.100 --> 00:37:50.840
 and forgiveness.

00:37:52.100 --> 00:37:52.420
 Justice

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.380
 because God's

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.860
 wrath has

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.660
 been satisfied.

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.680
 Unless we

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.380
 see our own

00:37:59.380 --> 00:38:00.160
 foolishness and

00:38:00.160 --> 00:38:00.600
 sinfulness,

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:01.960
 we will not

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.700
 deny ourselves.

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.180
 We also

00:38:05.180 --> 00:38:05.860
 cannot deny

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.400
 ourselves

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:07.140
 unless or

00:38:07.140 --> 00:38:07.800
 until we see

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:09.039
 someone who

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.780
 is righteous,

00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:10.480
 pure,

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.420
 and wise

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:12.180
 for us to

00:38:12.180 --> 00:38:12.560
 turn to.

00:38:13.580 --> 00:38:14.220
 Many of us

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:15.019
 live in the

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.620
 red race.

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.160
 We hardly

00:38:16.160 --> 00:38:16.800
 have time to

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.180
 think about

00:38:17.180 --> 00:38:17.620
 our life.

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.760
 We want to

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.280
 be significant

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:21.000
 and secure

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.860
 and to have

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.240
 love.

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.980
 We all

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.500
 lose our

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:24.920
 life for

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.800
 something or

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.240
 someone.

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:27.420
 It can be

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.260
 your boyfriend,

00:38:28.600 --> 00:38:29.019
 your girlfriend,

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:30.240
 children,

00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:31.060
 careers,

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:32.200
 hobbies,

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.920
 or addictions.

00:38:34.140 --> 00:38:34.620
 Only when

00:38:34.620 --> 00:38:35.019
 you lose

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.539
 your life for

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:37.119
 Jesus shall

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:37.519
 you find

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:38.239
 your soul.

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:39.579
 I hope that

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.099
 today you can

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.759
 have time to

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:41.360
 think how God

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:42.000
 has been blessing

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.800
 you in your

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.539
 failures and

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.159
 frustrations.

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.259
 I hope that

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.900
 you can deny

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.519
 yourself and

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.179
 turn your eyes

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:48.820
 to the Lord

00:38:48.820 --> 00:38:49.599
 Jesus who

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.219
 loved you and

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.719
 gave his

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.400
 life for you.

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.759
 In denying

00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:53.500
 ourselves and

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:53.900
 coming to

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:54.199
 the Lord

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.880
 Jesus Christ,

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.159
 we will find

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.759
 our souls.

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.059
 Next week,

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:58.619
 we shall see

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.279
 what happened

00:38:59.279 --> 00:39:00.079
 when Jacob

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.900
 found his

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:01.139
 soul.

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.239
 Let us

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.500
 pray.

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:02.599
 Amen.

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:12.179
 Father, may

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:14.320
 you speak

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.639
 to our

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.039
 hearts.

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:16.900
 Help us

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.460
 to see

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:19.099
 care of

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:19.480
 what is in

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.980
 our hearts

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:21.340
 and at

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 the same

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:21.980
 time,

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.300
 help us

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:22.599
 to see

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:23.440
 care of

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:23.699
 the Lord

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.500
 Jesus Christ

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:26.400
 that we

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.960
 might turn

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.380
 to him.

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.099
 Thank you,

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.360
 Father,

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.059
 for we pray

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.400
 in Jesus'

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:31.820
 name.

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.659
 Amen.