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 Please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to Genesis chapter 38.

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 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adulamite, whose name was Hira.

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 There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shua.

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 He took her and went into her, and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.

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 She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.

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 Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah.

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 Judah was in Haseb when she bore him.

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 And Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

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 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.

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 Then Judah said to Onan,

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 Go into your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her and raise up offspring for your brother.

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 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his, so whenever he went into his brother's wife,

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 he would waste the semen on the ground so as not to give offspring to his brother.

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 And what he did was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death also.

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 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law,

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 Remain a widow in your father's house till Shelah, my son, grows up.

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 For he feared that he would die like his brothers.

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 So Tamar went and remained in her father's house.

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 In the course of time, the wife of Judah, she was daughter, died.

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 When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheep shearers,

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 he and his friend Hira, the Adulamite.

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 And when Tamar was told,

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 Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,

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 she took off her widow's garments and covered herself with a veil,

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 wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Inam,

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 which is on the road to Timnah.

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 For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.

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 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

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 He turned to her at the roadside and said,

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 Come, let me come into you.

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 For he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.

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 She said, What will you give me that you may come into me?

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 He answered, I will send you a young goat from the flock.

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 And she said, If you give me a pledge until you send it.

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 He said, What pledge shall I give you?

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 She replied, Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand.

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 So he gave them to her and went into her, and she conceived by him.

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 Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil,

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 she put on the garments of her widowhood.

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 When Judah sent the young goat by his friend, the Adulamite,

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 to take back the pledge from the woman's hand, he did not find her.

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 And he asked the men of the place,

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 Where is the cult prostitute who is at Inam on the roadside?

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 And they said, No cult prostitute has been here.

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 So he returned to Judah and said, I have not found her.

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 And also the men of the place said, No cult prostitute has been here.

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 And Judah replied, Let her keep the things as her own, or we shall be laughed at.

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 You see, I sent this young goat, and you did not find her.

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 About three months later, Judah was told,

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 Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has been immoral.

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 Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality.

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 And Judah said, Bring her out and let her be burned.

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 As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law,

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 By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant.

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 And she said, Please identify whose these are, the signet and the cord and the staff.

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 And then Judah identified them and said,

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 She is more righteous than I, since I did not give to her to my son Shelah.

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 And he did not know her again.

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 When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb.

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 And when she was in labor, one put out a hand,

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 And the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying,

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 This one came out first.

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 But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out.

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 And she said, What a breach you have made for yourself.

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 Therefore his name was called Perez.

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 Afterward, his brother came out with a scarlet thread on his hand,

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 and his name was called Zerah.

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 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt,

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 and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian,

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 had bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

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 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man,

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 and he was in the house of his Egyptian master.

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 His master saw that the Lord was with him,

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 and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.

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 So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him,

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 and he made him overseer of his house,

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 and put him in charge of all that he had.

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 From the time that he had made him overseer in his house,

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 and over all that he had,

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 the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake.

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 The blessing of the Lord was on all that he had,

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 in house and in field.

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 So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge,

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 and because of him,

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 he had no concern about anything but the food he ate.

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 Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

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 And after a time,

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 his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said,

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 Lie with me.

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 But he refused and said to his master's wife,

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 Behold, because of me,

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 my master has no concern about anything in the house,

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 and he has put everything that he has in my charge.

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 He is not greater in this house than I am,

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 nor has he kept back anything from me except you,

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 because you are his wife.

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 How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?

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 And as she spoke to Joseph day after day,

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 he would not listen to her,

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 to lie beside her,

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 or even to be with her.

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 But one day,

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 when he went into the house to do his work,

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 and none of the men of the house was there in the house,

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 she caught him by his garment,

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 saying,

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 Lie with me.

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 But he left his garment in her hand,

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 and fled,

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 and got out of the house.

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 And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand,

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 and had fled out of the house,

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 she called to the men of her household,

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 and said to them,

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 See,

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 He has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us.

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 He came into me to lie with me,

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 and I cried out with a loud voice.

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 And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out,

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 he left his garment beside me and fled,

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 and got out of the house.

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 Then she laid up his garment by her,

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 until his master came home.

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 And she told him the same story,

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 saying,

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 The Hebrew servant,

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 whom you have brought among us,

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 came into me to laugh at me.

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 But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried,

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 he left his garment beside me,

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 and fled out of the house.

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 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him,

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 This is the way your servant has treated me,

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 his anger was kindled.

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 And Joseph's master took him,

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 and put him into the prison,

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 the place where the king's prisoners were confined.

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 And he was there in prison.

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 But the Lord was with Joseph,

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 and showed him steadfast love,

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 and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

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 And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge

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 of all the prisoners who were in the prison.

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 Whatever was done there,

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 he was the one who did it.

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 And the keeper of the prison paid no attention

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 to anything that was in Joseph's charge,

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 because the Lord was with him.

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 And whatever he did,

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 the Lord made it succeed.

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 The grass withers,

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 and the flower fades,

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 but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Father God,

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 we ask now your blessing on the preaching of the word.

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 Give us ears to hear,

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 and fertile hearts, Lord.

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 Fertile soil for the truth of the gospel.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 I hope you prayed for your pastor this week.

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 Preaching the way that we do,

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 working through books of the Bible,

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 does not give me the luxury of skipping over

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 difficult text or hard subject matters.

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 And it's sometimes shocking when we read passages like this,

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 because this is not G-rated material, is it?

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 This is an honest and raw, unfiltered look

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 at the ugliness of sin.

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 And the truth is,

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 even though we are far removed from the context of Genesis,

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 here are thousands of years removed,

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 in a different place,

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 in a different culture,

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 in a different continent,

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 not much really has changed at all, has it?

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 We live in the same sinful world

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 as Judah and Tamar and Joseph,

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 and just like them,

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 we live in a culture that openly celebrates

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 and embraces all sorts of wickedness,

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 especially sexual wickedness,

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 which seems to be right at the center

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 of our passage this morning.

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 And when you realize that,

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 it makes us ask,

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 well, what is the hope

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 for such a wicked and sinful people?

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 And for God's people,

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 the church,

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 who live right there in the middle

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 of such great wickedness,

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 well, what hope do we have

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 for resisting the temptations of the world?

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 The hope that we have,

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 and the hope for sinners of all kinds,

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 is the gospel of God's grace in Jesus Christ.

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 And so as we take a look here

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 at this difficult passage,

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 and my goal here this morning is simple,

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 is to help us see from these two ugly passages

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 the power of the grace of God.

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 And what we'll see as we look through this together

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 is two works of God's grace.

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 This will be our outline this morning.

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 If you're taking notes,

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 we'll see two works of God's grace.

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 One, God works grace from the wreckage of sin.

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 And two, God works grace for the war with sin.

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 First, let's take a look at chapter 38,

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 and we see here,

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 God works grace from the wreckage of sin.

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 And what I want you to notice here

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 as we work our way through this chapter

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 is the increasing wickedness of the people.

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 The increasing spiral downward into sin and wickedness.

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 And this has been the trajectory ever since the Garden of Eden,

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 Genesis chapter 3.

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 Mankind has multiplied,

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 and with it, sin has multiplied on the earth.

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 We're coming out of a story of great wickedness.

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 Joseph is just sold into slavery.

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 He was betrayed by his own brothers.

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 He's now in Egypt.

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 But that spiral, it doesn't stop there.

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 We get a little detour here,

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 and we visit Judah, one of the brothers.

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 Look there to verse 1, chapter 38.

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 It says,

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 Judah, one of Joseph's brothers,

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 he goes to Hira,

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 and he sees the daughter of a Canaanite named Shua.

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 And what does he do?

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 He takes her.

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 He is intimate with her.

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 She conceives.

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 She bears a son.

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 She names him Air.

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 And then again, she bears a son and names him Onan.

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 And again, she bears a son and names him Shelah.

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 This is the first offense here in the passage.

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 Judah is taking wives from the Canaanites.

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 And haven't we already seen?

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 That's a recipe for disaster.

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 Hasn't Esau already shown us

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 that that's a no-go here for the people of God?

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 But also just notice here the graphic way

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 that it describes how Judah goes about this.

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 He is taking what his flesh desires.

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 He's operating based on what the desires of his flesh are.

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 This is the same pattern that we've seen ever since the garden.

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 See, good, take.

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 See, good, take.

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 And that's how the sinful flesh operates.

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 You see and you take whatever it is that you want

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 and then you figure out the rest later.

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 But it gets worse.

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 Fast forward some years later.

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 Now, Air, his oldest son, is old enough to marry.

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 And verse 6, it says,

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 Judah takes a wife for Air.

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 Her name was Tamar.

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 But verse 7, it says,

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 Air, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord.

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 And the Lord put him to death.

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 Now, what in the world was he up to?

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 Now, we're not told.

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 We don't know exactly what Air was up to.

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 But apparently, his wickedness was so great

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 that the Lord puts a stop to it right then and there.

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 And he puts him to death.

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 But it continues to spiral and get worse.

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 Verse 8,

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 Judah tells his second son, Onan,

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 to go and perform the duty of a brother-in-law

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 and raise up offspring for his brother.

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 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his.

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 And so you can read the text.

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 Do you see what happens?

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 He refused to do what his father told him to do.

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 And verse 10 says,

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 What he did was wicked in the sight of the Lord.

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 And he put him to death also.

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 This is now two kids.

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 Struck down, put to death by the hand of the Lord

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 because of their wickedness.

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 And I wonder, are we surprised by this?

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 One of the kids came in to the grow class just a little bit ago

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 and they asked this question about Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5.

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 If I lie, will I die?

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 If we're shocked by this sort of immediate judgment of the Lord,

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 I think one reason might be

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 maybe we've lost our sense of the seriousness of sin.

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 Maybe we've lost our sense of the holiness of our God.

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 Maybe we've grown so accustomed to the patience of God

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 that God's judgment and His wrath is what seems out of place.

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 But isn't this what God told Adam and Eve would be the consequence of their sin?

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 And the day you eat of it, you will surely, what?

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 You will die.

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 And doesn't Romans 6.23 say the wages of sin is what?

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 Is death.

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 Well, the fact is God takes sin infinitely more seriously than we do.

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 And the hard, unpopular truth is that, yes, we deserve death for our sin.

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 Will you die if you tell a lie?

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 I'm not sure.

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 But do you deserve to die?

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 Yes, you do.

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 We are guilty, all of us, every one of us,

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 are guilty of sin against a holy God.

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 We deserve hell for our sin.

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 And the only reason you are not there right now

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 is either because God has been gracious to you

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 in saving you and redeeming you in Christ,

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 or He is being patient with you

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 in delaying that judgment that we deserve

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 so that you might, by His grace, repent of your sin.

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 Now, we're often surprised by the judgments of God,

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 but the truth is we ought to be much more surprised

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 by the patience of God towards sinners like us.

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 And it still gets even worse.

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 The spiral continues.

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 Look to verse 11.

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 Judah was afraid that his youngest son, Shelah,

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 would grow up and die just like his brothers.

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 Seems like a valid concern at this point.

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 And so he tells Tamar to go back to her father's house

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 and wait until he grows up.

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 This is his last offspring.

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 This is one last chance to keep the family line going.

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 But look what happened starting in verse 12.

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 It says,

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 In the course of time, Judah's wife dies.

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 And so he goes up to Timnah with his buddy, Hira.

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 And when Tamar hears about it, she hatches a plan.

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 Look what she does.

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 And she takes off her widow's garments

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 and she covers herself with a veil.

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 No one can tell that it's her.

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 She sits at the entrance to a name on the road to Timnah.

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 And when Judah sees her,

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 she looks good to him.

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 And he goes and he wants to take what his flesh desires.

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 And so what does he do?

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 He goes and to put it politely,

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 he asks for some of her time.

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 And in response,

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 she says,

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 Well, what will you give to me?

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 He says,

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 I'll bring you a young goat from the flock.

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 But she says,

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 Well, if you give me a pledge,

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 you give me your signet

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 and give me your cord

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 and give me your staff

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 and then I'll take that as a guarantee,

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 a sort of down payment

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 that you're going to be acting good on your word.

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 And so he does.

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 Verse 18 says,

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 She conceived by him.

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 And now this messed up family

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 has just got even worse, hasn't it?

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 You have two sons dead because of their sin.

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 You have one son that's still single.

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 He's waiting on his dad to step up

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 and provide a wife for him.

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 You have one daughter-in-law

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 that's waiting on dad to keep his word.

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 And meanwhile,

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 dad just got the daughter-in-law pregnant

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 and doesn't even know him.

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 This is more dramatic

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 than any soap opera

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 you're going to find on TV.

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 Now, don't you love

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 how realistic the Bible is

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 in presenting the sin

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 and the mess of the world?

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 And when Judah does wind up

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 sending the goat

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 to pay what he thinks is the prostitute,

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 no one can find her.

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 She's not there.

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 And so Judah, verse 23,

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 says he just decides

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 to cut his losses.

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 He doesn't want to be embarrassed.

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 Just let her keep the stuff

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 and we'll just all move on, right?

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 Fast forward three months later

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 and now we have a problem.

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 About three months later,

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 Judah was told,

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 Tamar, your daughter-in-law,

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 has been immoral.

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 Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality.

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 There's no hiding it at this point.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 all of his hidden secret sin

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 is all about to come out.

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 It says Judah is angry.

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 And his daughter-in-law

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 has done this unspeakable thing.

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 He recognizes that this is a great sin.

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 His daughter-in-law has been intimate

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 with someone outside

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 of God's ordained bounds of marriage.

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 And moreover, she's pregnant.

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 She's going to bring shame

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 on the whole family.

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 And so in what he thinks

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 is righteous anger,

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 he orders for her to be brought out

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 and burned.

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 He is about to judge her

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 for her wickedness.

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 But look what happens.

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 As she's being brought out,

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 she sends word to her father-in-law

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 and says,

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 By the man to whom these belong,

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 I am pregnant.

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 And what does she do?

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 She holds out the signet.

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 And she holds out the cord.

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 And she holds out the staff.

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 And she says,

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 Tell me who these belong to.

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 And Judah identifies them and says,

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 Surely she is more righteous than I am.

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 Because I did not give to her my son,

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 Sheila.

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 And he did not know her again.

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 You see, his sin found him out.

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 The bill eventually came due.

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 And church, it always does.

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 Sin has made a mess of this family,

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 hasn't it?

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 It is clear.

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 Even many years later,

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 after the Garden of Eden,

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 sin's curse still remains.

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 Sin's power still remains.

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 Sin's presence is there,

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 corrupting everything it touches.

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 Sin's consequences still remain.

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 It is wrecking this family.

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 And you look at this story,

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 and you just think,

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 Man, this all just seems so dark,

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 doesn't it?

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 But we should be reminded that

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 even in this darkness, church,

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 God's promise still remains.

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 Hasn't God promised blessing in place of curse?

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 Hasn't God promised all the way back in the garden

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 that He will send one

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 who's going to crush the serpent

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 and make all things right again?

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 And it's in moments like this

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 that make you ask,

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 Well, God, when are you going to do it?

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 Can't you come and act?

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 How are you going to do this?

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 This looks so bleak.

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 I mean, your own people

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 are no different than the world around them.

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 What hope is there?

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 What good could God possibly work

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 out of a mess like this?

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 Look there to verse 27.

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 The unfathomable mystery here

00:20:24.679 --> 00:20:25.679
 in this chapter

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 is that our God

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 has worked redemption.

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 Out of this mess.

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 Why is this story here?

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 Don't you wonder?

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 We're here in Joseph's story

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 and we take this little rabbit trail here

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 to just put Judah's sin

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 out in the forefront

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 and talk about him.

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 Why is this story here?

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 It's here to show us

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 where our Savior came from.

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 Look there to verse 27.

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 It says,

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 When the time of her labor came,

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 there were twins in her womb.

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 And when she was in labor,

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 one put out a hand.

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 The midwife takes it

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 and ties a scarlet thread

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 on his hand

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 and says,

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 This one came out first.

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 But he comes back

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 and his brother comes out

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 and they name him Perez.

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 And afterward,

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 the one with the scarlet thread

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 comes out

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 and they name him Zerah.

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 What is the point?

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 If you flip ahead

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 to Matthew chapter 1,

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 and I think you'll see it.

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 You know,

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 so often we just skip past

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 these genealogies

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 and I don't blame you.

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 There's a lot of names.

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 A lot of them are strange.

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 But pay attention

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 to what Matthew shows us

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 here in Matthew chapter 1.

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 He says,

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 This is the book

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 of the genealogy

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 The son of David.

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 The son of Abraham.

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 Why is he naming those figures?

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 He is anchoring

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 the promises

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 that God made to David.

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 The promises

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 that God made to Abraham.

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 And he's saying

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 this Jesus

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 is the heir

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 of all the promises

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 of God.

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 And then he traces

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 the family tree.

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 He says,

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 Abraham,

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 he was the father of Isaac.

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 Isaac was the father

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 of Jacob.

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 Jacob,

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 the father of Judah

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 and his brothers.

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 Judah,

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:08.200
 the father of Perez

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 and Zerah

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 by Tamar.

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 And Perez,

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 the father of Hezron.

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 Hezron,

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 the father of Ram.

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 Ram,

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 the father of Aminadab.

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 On and on it goes

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 down to David,

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 the king.

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 And then from there

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 all the way from David

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 all the way to Jesus Christ.

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 Do you see what God has done?

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 Out of this incredibly ugly mess of sin

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 and brokenness

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 from this act of sexual immorality

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 and foolishness,

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 what has God done?

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:43.460
 God has brought about

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:46.039
 the birth of the Savior of sinners.

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 Out of the wreckage of sin

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:51.259
 God has worked redemption

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 for sinners.

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 What man meant for evil,

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 God meant for good.

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 Jesus Christ is a descendant of Judah

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 from Tamar.

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 You see,

00:23:05.939 --> 00:23:07.059
 our Lord was born

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:09.919
 into a line of sin.

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 Jesus came right into the experience

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 of our wicked world

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 yet without sin.

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 You see,

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:18.019
 Jesus stepped right

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:19.140
 into our mess.

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 No other religion

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.120
 talks about their God

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.540
 this way,

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 by the way.

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 Do you realize that?

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 No other religion

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:28.280
 talks about their God

00:23:28.280 --> 00:23:28.680
 like this.

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:30.519
 Every other religion

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.420
 tells you to

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.900
 clean yourself up,

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.560
 make yourself better,

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.900
 improve yourself

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.660
 so that you might

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.340
 inch your way

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:38.340
 closer to God,

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.380
 that you might

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:40.280
 climb the ladder

00:23:40.280 --> 00:23:41.120
 and make your way

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.480
 to God.

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.380
 The good people

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.320
 make it up top,

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 right?

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:45.740
 That's how most world religions work.

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:48.039
 Not the gospel of God's grace.

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:53.099
 Undeserved blessing

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:55.000
 to a sinful world.

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.679
 Unmerited favor

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:58.399
 to a sinful people.

00:23:58.740 --> 00:24:00.799
 Jesus comes from a long line

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:02.639
 of messed up sinful people

00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.619
 just like us.

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:06.259
 And when he came,

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.859
 what did he do?

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:09.179
 He went straight to the messed up

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:11.380
 and straight to the broken

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:13.880
 and straight to the sinners

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:15.100
 and the tax collectors.

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.080
 He ate and drank

00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:16.640
 with sinners

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:18.180
 and he told everyone else,

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.420
 don't you understand?

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:21.180
 The healthy don't need

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.740
 a physician.

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:24.060
 The sick need a physician.

00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:27.060
 I came to save sinners.

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:31.060
 This is grace

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:33.420
 at work, Christian.

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:37.180
 When we see the gross immorality

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.900
 of the world

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:39.200
 in which we live,

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:41.279
 we see the way

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.960
 that our culture

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:43.600
 embraces all sorts

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.900
 of wickedness

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:45.980
 and when it seems dark

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.580
 and bleak

00:24:46.580 --> 00:24:47.380
 and you just wonder

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.680
 what in the world

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.519
 can we do?

00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:50.860
 We should remember

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.880
 our God

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:53.600
 has already provided

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.340
 the answer.

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.279
 It's the gospel

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:59.320
 of his grace

00:24:59.320 --> 00:25:00.920
 in Jesus Christ.

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.820
 This passage is here

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.980
 to show us

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:05.839
 how God works grace

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:07.559
 out of the wreckage

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.819
 of sin

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.720
 but that's not all.

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.079
 Second,

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.019
 we should also see

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:13.759
 that God gives grace

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.779
 for the war

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.720
 with sin.

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.500
 Here we look

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.339
 to chapter 39

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.799
 and now the attention

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:20.159
 is shifting back

00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:20.819
 to Joseph.

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:22.179
 We're veering back

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:23.119
 on course here.

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.079
 Look there

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.899
 to chapter 39.

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.700
 He reminds us

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.919
 Joseph had been

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.439
 brought down

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:29.099
 to Egypt

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:30.460
 and Potiphar

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.599
 an officer of Pharaoh

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.759
 the captain of the guard

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:34.119
 he bought him

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:35.140
 from the Ishmaelites

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:36.960
 and he put him

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:38.039
 in charge of everything.

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.680
 Verse 2 says

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:40.119
 the Lord was with Joseph

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.059
 and even there

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.799
 in captivity

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:43.160
 he became

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.299
 a successful man

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.720
 and he was

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.759
 in the house

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.960
 of his Egyptian master.

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 Even in Egypt

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.400
 the Lord is blessing

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:51.000
 and prospering Joseph.

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.960
 It says his master

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:54.279
 sees that the Lord

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.099
 was with him

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:56.400
 and he understands

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:56.839
 that the Lord

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.660
 is causing all

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.359
 that he does

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.240
 to succeed

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.000
 in his hands.

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.559
 So Joseph

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.420
 found favor

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:02.920
 in his sight

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:04.400
 and attended him

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.599
 and he made him

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.759
 overseer of his house.

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.460
 He put him in charge

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:09.099
 of all that he had

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.940
 and the Lord

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.859
 blessed the Egyptians

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:12.160
 house for Joseph's sake.

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.579
 You see

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:14.519
 already through Joseph

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.680
 God is already

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.359
 making himself

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.160
 known in Egypt.

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.500
 You see how the nations

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.240
 are already

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.900
 getting a taste

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:22.220
 of who this God is

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.420
 and how he works

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.440
 through his people.

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.000
 We're already

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.960
 seeing the blessing

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.579
 of God

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.819
 to the nations

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.879
 through the people

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.399
 of God.

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.700
 It's all coming

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.480
 to pass

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.299
 but there's a problem

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.639
 here.

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.779
 It says Joseph

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.439
 was handsome

00:26:35.439 --> 00:26:36.179
 in form

00:26:36.179 --> 00:26:37.200
 and appearance.

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.079
 I've never really

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.740
 had that problem.

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.740
 Maybe you have.

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.779
 But the reason

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.859
 why that's a problem

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:44.039
 is because Joseph

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:45.240
 is living again

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.759
 right here in the middle

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:48.139
 of this sexually

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:49.480
 confused

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.720
 sinful

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:52.139
 flesh driven

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.579
 world

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.059
 where people

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:54.220
 act on their impulses

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.079
 and ask questions

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.500
 later.

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.439
 So verse 7

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.380
 it says that

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:58.160
 after a time

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:59.320
 his master's wife

00:26:59.320 --> 00:27:00.440
 cast her eyes

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.160
 on Joseph

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.460
 and invites him

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.660
 to lie

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.720
 with her.

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.180
 Think about this

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.799
 with me for a minute.

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.880
 In theory

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:11.360
 the setup

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:13.500
 seems pretty simple

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.140
 doesn't it?

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.559
 She probably knew

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.440
 the best times

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.360
 to come and to go

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:18.940
 and she knew

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.980
 when that opportunity

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.880
 would be right.

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.059
 She knew

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.680
 when her husband

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.460
 would probably

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.240
 have no idea

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.840
 what was going on.

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.500
 Potiphar

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.379
 trusts him.

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.799
 He has

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.980
 no reason

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.839
 to suspect

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.319
 that Joseph

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.799
 would be up

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.259
 to anything

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.879
 with his wife.

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.079
 If Joseph

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:34.539
 wanted to do this

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.559
 he could do it.

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.699
 The opportunity

00:27:37.699 --> 00:27:39.139
 is right there

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.919
 in front of him

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:40.879
 and he has a decision

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.319
 to make

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.759
 doesn't he?

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.939
 Verse 8

00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.799
 look what he does.

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:46.199
 Verse 8

00:27:46.199 --> 00:27:46.579
 says

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:48.259
 he refused

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.879
 and he says

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:49.099
 listen

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.679
 my master

00:27:49.679 --> 00:27:51.379
 trusts me.

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.679
 He's put

00:27:52.679 --> 00:27:53.379
 everything

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:54.180
 that he has

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:55.000
 in my charge.

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.580
 He's not

00:27:55.580 --> 00:27:56.240
 greater in his

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.760
 own house

00:27:56.760 --> 00:27:57.420
 than I am

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.860
 and in fact

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:58.960
 the only thing

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.600
 that he's kept

00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:00.360
 back from me

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.280
 is you.

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.740
 And look

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.300
 what he says

00:28:03.300 --> 00:28:03.600
 he says

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.380
 how then

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:04.880
 can I do

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.480
 this great

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.160
 wickedness

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:07.240
 and sin

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.180
 against

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:09.620
 God?

00:28:11.540 --> 00:28:12.060
 Joseph

00:28:12.060 --> 00:28:14.220
 in contrast

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.280
 to Judah

00:28:15.280 --> 00:28:17.220
 is aware

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.500
 of sin's

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.020
 dangers

00:28:19.020 --> 00:28:19.800
 right away.

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.260
 Right away

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.879
 the temptation

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.379
 comes

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:23.359
 right away

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:24.039
 he says

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.519
 no

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.379
 and why?

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.000
 It's because

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.680
 he's seeing

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.039
 things rightly.

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.079
 He's not acting

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.960
 on impulse

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:31.599
 he's not acting

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.259
 on the desires

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.180
 of his flesh

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.879
 like Judah

00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:35.579
 he sees

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.200
 the danger

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.539
 here

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.079
 that this

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.599
 is a sin

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.240
 against my

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.759
 neighbor

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.460
 my master

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.099
 how could

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.559
 I wrong

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:40.900
 him

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.500
 and more

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.940
 importantly

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.500
 than that

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.440
 he sees

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.420
 this ultimately

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.539
 as a great

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.079
 sin

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.619
 against

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.799
 the Lord.

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.700
 As she spoke

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.200
 to Joseph

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.920
 day

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:53.140
 after day

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:54.259
 after day

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.200
 he would not

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.420
 listen to her

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:58.019
 to lie beside her

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.819
 or even

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:00.019
 to be with

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.500
 her.

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.259
 She continues

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.019
 to present him

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.740
 with the opportunity

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.340
 to sin

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:04.160
 day

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:05.340
 after day

00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:06.460
 after day

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.420
 after day

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.380
 but day

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.640
 after day

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.559
 after day

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.360
 he does not

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:12.299
 even listen

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.799
 to her.

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.900
 He won't

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.880
 lie beside her

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:17.519
 he will not

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.340
 even be

00:29:18.340 --> 00:29:19.160
 with her

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.759
 he gives

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.420
 her no

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.340
 opportunity

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:22.120
 whatsoever

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:23.440
 for her

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.279
 to prevail

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.700
 in her

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.400
 temptations

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.900
 to sin

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.360
 against his

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.759
 master

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.759
 and ultimately

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.460
 against the

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.660
 Lord.

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.140
 See this

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.800
 persistent

00:29:29.800 --> 00:29:30.480
 temptation

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.040
 is met

00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:31.279
 with

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.040
 persistent

00:29:32.040 --> 00:29:32.800
 resistance

00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:33.180
 and I

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.500
 wonder

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.860
 church

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.600
 do we

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.060
 fight

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.580
 temptation

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.180
 like this?

00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:39.120
 Do you

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.680
 flee

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.600
 from temptation

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:41.320
 like Joseph?

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.920
 Or do you

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.360
 follow

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:45.320
 after the

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:45.720
 desires

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.019
 of your

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.380
 flesh

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:46.720
 like

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.539
 Judah?

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.079
 John

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.420
 Owen

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:52.039
 in his

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.299
 work

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.880
 overcoming

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.360
 sin

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:53.539
 and

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.019
 temptation

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.480
 which by

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.799
 the way

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.059
 if you

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.339
 have

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.579
 the time

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.079
 that is

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.620
 a worthy

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:58.140
 read

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:59.039
 overcoming

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.360
 sin

00:29:59.360 --> 00:29:59.519
 and

00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.940
 temptation

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:01.299
 he says

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.120
 sin is

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.640
 always

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.519
 acting

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.440
 always

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.299
 conceiving

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.299
 always

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:07.240
 seducing

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.120
 always

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:09.059
 tempting

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.460
 don't you

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.779
 find that

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:09.980
 to be

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.299
 true?

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:12.920
 Or

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.519
 y'all just

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.079
 more sanctified

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.579
 than I am

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.000
 maybe you

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.259
 are

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:17.179
 sin

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:17.539
 never

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.939
 lets

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.319
 up

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.559
 it

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:19.720
 is

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.279
 always

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.939
 acting

00:30:20.939 --> 00:30:21.099
 and

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.220
 it's

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.419
 not

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:21.679
 just

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.299
 external

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.859
 pressures

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.099
 although

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.399
 those

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.720
 are

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:23.899
 all

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.139
 over

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:24.279
 the

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.500
 place

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:24.939
 it

00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:25.139
 is

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:25.980
 inside

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.379
 of

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.699
 us

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:26.879
 we

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.699
 wrestle

00:30:27.699 --> 00:30:27.919
 with

00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.079
 the

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.699
 indwelling

00:30:28.699 --> 00:30:29.199
 sin

00:30:29.199 --> 00:30:29.480
 of our

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.699
 own

00:30:29.699 --> 00:30:30.199
 hearts

00:30:30.199 --> 00:30:30.539
 and so

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.779
 Owen

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.079
 goes

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.399
 on

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:31.539
 he

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.799
 says

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.359
 when

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:32.500
 we

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.159
 realize

00:30:33.159 --> 00:30:33.619
 a

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.139
 constant

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.519
 enemy

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:34.720
 of

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:34.879
 the

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.220
 soul

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.759
 abides

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.059
 within

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.500
 us

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.919
 what

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:37.579
 diligence

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:37.980
 and

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.619
 watchfulness

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:38.899
 we

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.099
 should

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.460
 have

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.639
 how

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.259
 woeful

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.519
 is

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.720
 the

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.199
 sloth

00:30:42.199 --> 00:30:42.379
 and

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:42.939
 negligence

00:30:42.939 --> 00:30:42.939


00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.220
 then

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.360
 of

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.799
 so

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.039
 many

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.240
 who

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.460
 live

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.080
 blind

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.320
 and

00:30:45.320 --> 00:30:45.680
 asleep

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:45.980
 to

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.140
 this

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.600
 reality

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:46.820
 of

00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.140
 sin

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:48.180
 there

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.320
 is

00:30:48.320 --> 00:30:48.440
 an

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.240
 exceeding

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.920
 efficacy

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.279
 and

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.799
 power

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.220
 in

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.340
 the

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:51.840
 indwelling

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.279
 sin

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.440
 of

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.920
 believers

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.360
 for

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.539
 it

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.160
 constantly

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.759
 inclines

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.120
 itself

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.440
 towards

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.820
 evil

00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:56.440
 we

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.660
 need

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:56.759
 to

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:56.900
 be

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.380
 awake

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.759
 then

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.539
 if

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:58.660
 our

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:58.900
 hearts

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.059
 would

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.240
 know

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.400
 the

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.620
 ways

00:30:59.620 --> 00:30:59.779
 of

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.059
 God

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:01.000
 our

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.240
 enemy

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.440
 is

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:01.640
 not

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:01.900
 only

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.279
 upon

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.600
 us

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:02.740
 as

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:02.860
 it

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.019
 was

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.200
 with

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.700
 Samson

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:03.920
 but

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.120
 it

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.320
 is

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:05.000
 also

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.900
 within

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.759
 us

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.220
 church

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.940
 we

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.160
 have

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.380
 to

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:10.360
 constantly

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.860
 be on

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.180
 guard

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.460
 against

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:11.779
 the

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.420
 temptations

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.660
 of

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:12.839
 the

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.180
 enemy

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.640
 yes

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:13.880
 and

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.319
 also

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.779
 the

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.360
 weakness

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:15.920
 of

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.100
 our

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.400
 own

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.920
 flesh

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:19.100
 but

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:19.240
 the

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.519
 fact

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.980
 is

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:21.779
 none

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.140
 of us

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.279
 are

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.640
 strong

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:22.900
 enough

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.059
 to

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.200
 do

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.600
 this

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:25.860
 none

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.200
 of us

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.339
 are

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.759
 strong

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.059
 enough

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.299
 to

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.100
 resist

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.339
 the

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.900
 temptations

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.100
 of

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.220
 the

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.480
 enemy

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.880
 day

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.220
 after

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.640
 day

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:30.960
 after

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.339
 day

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.620
 after

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:31.920
 day

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.259
 we

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.400
 are

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.880
 not

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.440
 strong

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.960
 enough

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.200
 to

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.480
 fight

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.740
 against

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.259
 all

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.440
 that

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.599
 the

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.200
 world

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.420
 and

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.539
 the

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:36.819
 flesh

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:36.940
 and

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.039
 the

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.279
 devil

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.460
 would

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.740
 throw

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.039
 at

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.220
 us

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.359
 if

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.480
 you

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.819
 go

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.059
 into

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.339
 this

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.680
 battle

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:39.839
 in

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:39.960
 your

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.160
 own

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.599
 strength

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.180
 you

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.940
 will

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.599
 fail

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:45.200
 what

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.579
 then

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.319
 is

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.460
 our

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.819
 hope

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:49.000
 again

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:50.559
 it

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:50.720
 is

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.059
 not

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.620
 try

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.240
 harder

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.660
 it

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:52.819
 is

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.160
 not

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.620
 be

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:54.160
 better

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.380
 it

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:54.500
 is

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.720
 not

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.059
 ten

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.519
 steps

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.720
 to

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:55.900
 a

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.140
 better

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.460
 you

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:58.759
 it

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:58.859
 is

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.019
 the

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.500
 grace

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.900
 of

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.420
 God

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.740
 at

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.220
 work

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.720
 for

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.200
 those

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.440
 who

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:02.940
 believe

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:04.960
 the

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.240
 gospel

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.640
 teaches

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:05.900
 us

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.080
 that

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.580
 our

00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:07.240
 God

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.900
 gives

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.680
 grace

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.039
 for

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.240
 the

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.600
 war

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:09.840
 with

00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.240
 sin

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.519
 this

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:10.680
 is

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:10.880
 what

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.039
 the

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.400
 gospel

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:11.600
 has

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.140
 purchased

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.640
 for

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:12.920
 all

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.120
 who

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.460
 believe

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.640
 in

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.120
 Christ

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:16.059
 you

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.519
 realize

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.680
 that

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:16.820
 when

00:32:16.820 --> 00:32:16.960
 you

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.160
 put

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.340
 your

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:17.640
 faith

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:17.840
 in

00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:18.340
 Christ

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:18.820
 church

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.019
 you

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.400
 become

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.640
 a

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.019
 new

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.759
 creation

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.519
 and

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.720
 a

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:21.880
 new

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.360
 creation

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:22.519
 who

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.600
 is

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:22.799
 now

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.100
 set

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.720
 free

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:23.980
 from

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.120
 the

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.500
 power

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:24.720
 of

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.059
 sin

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.500
 over

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.820
 you

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:26.019
 so

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.539
 yes

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.039
 temptation

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.279
 will

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.680
 come

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:27.860
 and

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.539
 yes

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.140
 indwelling

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.559
 sin

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.059
 remains

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.299
 but

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.900
 in

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.500
 Christ

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.019
 you

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.539
 now

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.940
 have

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.480
 new

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.339
 resurrection

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:35.180
 power

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.920
 by

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.220
 his

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.799
 grace

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.160
 to

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.740
 wage

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.200
 war

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.740
 against

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.319
 sin

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:39.539
 that's

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:39.819
 power

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.039
 you've

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.259
 never

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.539
 had

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.940
 before

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:42.059
 that's

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.240
 new

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.819
 spiritual

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.400
 life

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:43.779
 that you've

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.039
 never

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.400
 had

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.720
 before

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:44.920
 you

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.079
 were

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.579
 dead

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:45.839
 in the

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.400
 trespasses

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.900
 and sins

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.160
 in which

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.500
 you once

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.799
 walked

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.240
 but

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.599
 God

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:48.839
 has

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.119
 made

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.319
 you

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.000
 alive

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.420
 together

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.720
 with

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.259
 Christ

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:54.480
 you

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.639
 have

00:32:54.639 --> 00:32:54.779
 the

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.180
 power

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.339
 of

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:55.500
 his

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.839
 spirit

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.180
 in

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.480
 you

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.639
 it

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:56.779
 is

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.079
 God

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.259
 who

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.559
 works

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:57.799
 in

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.119
 you

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:59.000
 to

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.420
 will

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.599
 and

00:32:59.599 --> 00:32:59.720
 to

00:32:59.720 --> 00:32:59.980
 work

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.139
 for

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.299
 his

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.500
 good

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.920
 pleasure

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.160
 so

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.600
 now

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.420
 in

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.920
 Christ

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.100
 and

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.519
 only

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.860
 in

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.420
 Christ

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.360
 we

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.519
 can

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:05.680
 go

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:05.820
 to

00:33:05.820 --> 00:33:06.400
 war

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:06.660
 with

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:06.960
 sin

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.120
 and

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.620
 temptation

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.140
 knowing

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.420
 that

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.940
 our

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.600
 God

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.039
 by

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.400
 his

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.960
 grace

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.380
 is

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:12.080
 fighting

00:33:12.080 --> 00:33:12.820
 for

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.600
 us

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:16.339
 first

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.359
 first

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:16.359


00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:16.740
 Corinthians

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.179
 10

00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:17.579
 tells

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:17.759
 us

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.039
 no

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.779
 temptation

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.059
 has

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.659
 overtaken

00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:20.000
 you

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.379
 that

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:21.519
 is

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.740
 not

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.119
 common

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.359
 to

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.639
 man

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:22.980
 God

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.199
 is

00:33:23.199 --> 00:33:23.859
 faithful

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.439
 and

00:33:24.439 --> 00:33:24.539
 he

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:24.679
 will

00:33:24.679 --> 00:33:24.959
 not

00:33:24.959 --> 00:33:25.240
 let

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.419
 you

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.639
 be

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.019
 tempted

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.480
 beyond

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.740
 your

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.219
 ability

00:33:27.219 --> 00:33:27.719
 but

00:33:27.719 --> 00:33:27.959
 with

00:33:27.959 --> 00:33:28.119
 the

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.679
 temptation

00:33:28.679 --> 00:33:29.039
 he

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.240
 will

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.759
 also

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.439
 provide

00:33:30.439 --> 00:33:30.679
 the

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.079
 way

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.859
 of

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.379
 escape

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:34.980
 but

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.079
 we

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:35.219
 should

00:33:35.219 --> 00:33:35.439
 also

00:33:35.439 --> 00:33:35.779
 know

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.139
 church

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.319
 that

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.500
 if

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.679
 we

00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:37.000
 do

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.279
 by

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.559
 his

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.000
 grace

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.599
 flee

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:38.919
 from

00:33:38.919 --> 00:33:39.539
 temptation

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:39.859
 as

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.219
 Joseph

00:33:40.219 --> 00:33:40.619
 does

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:40.879
 here

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.280
 then

00:33:41.280 --> 00:33:41.440
 it

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.780
 may

00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:42.360
 also

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:42.900
 come

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.380
 with

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.620
 a

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.040
 cost

00:33:44.040 --> 00:33:44.240
 look

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.360
 there

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:44.480
 to

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.660
 verse

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.000
 11

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:46.700
 says

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:46.940
 one

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.200
 day

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.420
 he

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.020
 went

00:33:48.020 --> 00:33:48.100
 to

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.220
 the

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.480
 house

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:48.640
 to

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:48.820
 do

00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:49.060
 some

00:33:49.060 --> 00:33:49.420
 work

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.620
 and

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.900
 none

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.020
 of

00:33:51.020 --> 00:33:51.140
 the

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.420
 men

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:51.620
 of

00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:51.740
 the

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.020
 house

00:33:52.020 --> 00:33:52.200
 were

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.520
 there

00:33:52.520 --> 00:33:54.060
 so

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:54.980
 the

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.280
 wife

00:33:55.280 --> 00:33:55.740
 catches

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:55.980
 him

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.160
 by

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:56.340
 the

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.680
 garment

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:56.880
 and

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.340
 again

00:33:57.340 --> 00:33:57.900
 says

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.460
 lie

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:58.780
 with

00:33:58.780 --> 00:33:59.040
 me

00:33:59.040 --> 00:33:59.340
 but

00:33:59.340 --> 00:33:59.520
 he

00:33:59.520 --> 00:34:00.200
 flees

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.640
 away

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:00.880
 and

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.020
 he

00:34:01.020 --> 00:34:01.320
 leaves

00:34:01.320 --> 00:34:01.480
 his

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.800
 garment

00:34:01.800 --> 00:34:01.960
 in

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.080
 her

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:02.320
 hand

00:34:02.320 --> 00:34:02.480
 he

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.740
 fled

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.000
 out

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.080
 of

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.220
 the

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.560
 house

00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:03.940
 and

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.060
 so

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.240
 what

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.380
 does

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.540
 she

00:34:04.540 --> 00:34:04.840
 do

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.679
 she

00:34:05.679 --> 00:34:06.679
 fabricates

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.000
 this

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.779
 lie

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:09.759
 to

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.319
 tell

00:34:10.319 --> 00:34:10.619
 all

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:10.799
 the

00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:10.960
 men

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.059
 of

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.179
 the

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.440
 house

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.619
 to

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:11.819
 tell

00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:12.000
 her

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.340
 husband

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.539
 that

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.139
 this

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.779
 Hebrew

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.420
 has

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.719
 come

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:14.880
 in

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.059
 here

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.259
 to

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.960
 laugh

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.159
 at

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.480
 me

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.860
 and

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.539
 humiliate

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:17.819
 me

00:34:17.819 --> 00:34:18.380
 he's

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.679
 trying

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:18.900
 to

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.360
 seduce

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.739
 me

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.079
 and

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.219
 we

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:20.420
 see

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.599
 the

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:20.860
 picture

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.099
 here

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.299
 this

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:21.400
 is

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.579
 all

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.699
 a

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:21.980
 lie

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.219
 isn't

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.440
 it

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.619
 she

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:23.779
 has

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.279
 completely

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.719
 made

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.039
 up

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.299
 this

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:25.759
 story

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.000
 and

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.239
 now

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.699
 once

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.019
 again

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.219
 this

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.340
 is

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.480
 the

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.699
 second

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.059
 time

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.360
 now

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.960
 Joseph

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.299
 is

00:34:29.299 --> 00:34:29.460
 a

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.000
 victim

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.559
 of

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.699
 a

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:30.980
 great

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.619
 injustice

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:33.659
 and

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:33.760
 the

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.039
 master

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.320
 hears

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.639
 about

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:34.800
 it

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:34.900
 and

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.019
 what

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.139
 does

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.240
 he

00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:35.420
 do

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.619
 not

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.179
 surprisingly

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.440
 he

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.780
 takes

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.019
 him

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.119
 and

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.280
 he

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.000
 throws

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.340
 that

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.579
 man

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:38.820
 into

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.240
 jail

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:39.740
 Joseph's

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:39.960
 there

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.139
 in

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.519
 prison

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.059
 but

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.519
 even

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.199
 so

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.559
 look

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.820
 there

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:44.059
 even

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.719
 there

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.019
 in

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.480
 prison

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.880
 it

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:46.960
 says

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.159
 the

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.639
 Lord

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.059
 was

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.559
 with

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:49.420
 Joseph

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.980
 and

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.159
 the

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.500
 Lord

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.880
 showed

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.079
 him

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.920
 steadfast

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.579
 love

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:53.920
 and

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.099
 we're

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.420
 right

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.679
 back

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:54.840
 to

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.000
 where

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.179
 we

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.519
 started

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:55.800
 aren't

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:55.960
 we

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.300
 the

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.619
 Lord

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.000
 his

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.519
 presence

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.760
 is

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.019
 there

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.240
 with

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.639
 Joseph

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:58.920
 and

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.360
 even

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.760
 in

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.160
 prison

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:00.460
 now

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:00.700
 he's

00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:01.020
 causing

00:35:01.020 --> 00:35:01.180
 him

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:01.340
 to

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.880
 prosper

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.580
 and

00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:02.740
 to

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.360
 succeed

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.940
 why

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.340
 because

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.600
 the

00:35:04.600 --> 00:35:05.040
 Lord

00:35:05.040 --> 00:35:05.640
 was

00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:06.100
 with

00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:06.500
 him

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:06.760
 after

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.040
 all

00:35:07.040 --> 00:35:07.180
 of

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:07.560
 that

00:35:07.560 --> 00:35:09.120
 Joseph's

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:09.620
 location

00:35:09.620 --> 00:35:09.940
 has

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.500
 changed

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.760
 his

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.700
 circumstances

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.200
 has

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:12.740
 changed

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:12.940
 but

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:14.200
 look

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.360
 what

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.700
 hasn't

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.160
 changed

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:17.080
 the

00:35:17.080 --> 00:35:17.480
 Lord

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.080
 was

00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:18.380
 with

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.080
 him

00:35:19.080 --> 00:35:20.200
 and

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.400
 the

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.820
 Lord

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:22.300
 prospered

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.580
 him

00:35:22.580 --> 00:35:22.880
 four

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.220
 times

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.340
 in

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.480
 this

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.760
 chapter

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:23.920
 that

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.260
 phrase

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.440
 keeps

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.440


00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.680
 coming

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:24.880
 up

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:24.980
 do

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.060
 you

00:35:25.060 --> 00:35:25.160
 see

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:25.340
 that

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.240
 the

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.600
 Lord

00:35:26.600 --> 00:35:26.860
 was

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.160
 with

00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:27.520
 him

00:35:27.520 --> 00:35:28.180
 the

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:28.580
 Lord

00:35:28.580 --> 00:35:28.840
 was

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.120
 with

00:35:29.120 --> 00:35:29.500
 him

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.300
 the

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:30.739
 Lord

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:30.980
 was

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.260
 with

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.539
 him

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:31.739
 the

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.099
 Lord

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.340
 was

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:32.639
 with

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:32.880
 him

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.239
 and

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.440
 for

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.920
 Joseph

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.400
 the

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.079
 Lord's

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.420
 presence

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.800
 with

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.099
 him

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.480
 is

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.679
 worth

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.139
 far

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.440
 more

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.639
 than

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.039
 the

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.440
 fleeting

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.860
 pleasures

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.059
 of

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.360
 sin

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.920
 and

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.059
 I'm

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.380
 certain

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.579
 that

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:41.699
 it's

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:41.840
 the

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.139
 Lord's

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.480
 presence

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.820
 with

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.119
 him

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.440
 that's

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.480
 strengthened

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.820
 him

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.340
 to fight

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.539
 the

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.119
 temptation

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:47.079
 to

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.519
 sin

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:47.920
 church

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:49.179
 is

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.480
 this

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.860
 true

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.139
 for

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.519
 you

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:53.699
 Christian

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:53.980
 do you

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.320
 realize

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:54.659
 that you

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:54.940
 have

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.159
 the

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.519
 same

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.159
 presence

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.440
 of

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:56.599
 the

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:56.840
 Lord

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.099
 with

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.360
 you

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:59.599
 and when

00:35:59.599 --> 00:35:59.720
 the

00:35:59.720 --> 00:35:59.960
 enemy

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.260
 would

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:01.099
 tempt

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.380
 you

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.740
 to

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.160
 sin

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:02.480
 do you

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.900
 remember

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:04.000
 the

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.420
 Lord

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.300
 is

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.700
 with

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.440
 you

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:08.440
 and when

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.579
 you

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.039
 suffer the

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.660
 consequences

00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:10.140
 of living

00:36:10.140 --> 00:36:10.900
 faithfully

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.440
 for the

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.800
 Lord

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.500
 and in a

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.220
 wicked world

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:13.579
 do you

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.000
 remember

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.159
 that the

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.500
 Lord

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.159
 is

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.559
 with

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.719
 you

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:20.440
 God's

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:20.840
 grace

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.159
 is at

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.460
 work

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:21.760
 here

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.139
 out

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.539
 of

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:22.760
 the

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.199
 wreckage

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:23.420
 of

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.840
 sin

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.079
 to

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.400
 bring

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.940
 about

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.099
 the

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.400
 great

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:25.760
 hope

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:25.940
 for

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.119
 the

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.460
 sinful

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.980
 world

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.480
 and

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:27.719
 church

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:27.940
 this

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.079
 is

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.320
 truly

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.519
 this

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:28.619
 is

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:28.780
 the

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.380
 story

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.539
 of

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.780
 every

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.159
 Christian

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.360
 in

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:30.480
 the

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:30.739
 room

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:32.380
 and

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:32.599
 every

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:32.920
 Christian

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.099
 in

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.199
 the

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:33.519
 world

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.340
 Jesus

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:35.000
 has

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.480
 stepped

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:35.980
 in

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.360
 and

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.920
 rescued

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.599
 you

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.139
 out

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.579
 of

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:38.920
 your

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.480
 mess

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.980
 out

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.119
 of

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:41.320
 the

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.699
 wreckage

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:41.840
 of

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.039
 your

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.400
 own

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.940
 sin

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:42.940


00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.400
 God's

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:43.800
 grace

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.000
 has

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.659
 burst

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.280
 through

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.659
 in

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:45.840
 the

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:46.240
 gospel

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:46.500
 of

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.000
 Christ

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:49.480
 he's

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.780
 taken

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.220
 the

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:50.559
 wrath

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.760
 of

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:51.159
 God

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.280
 and

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:51.440
 the

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.740
 judgment

00:36:51.740 --> 00:36:51.940
 of

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.179
 God

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.360
 that

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:52.900
 we

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.420
 deserve

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.679
 for

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:53.920
 our

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.280
 sin

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.519
 he's

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.780
 worked

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.940
 unfathomable

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.320
 grace

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.579
 towards

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:56.780
 you

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:56.920
 who

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.360
 believe

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.099
 but

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.179
 he

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.440
 doesn't

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:58.820
 stop

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.220
 there

00:36:59.220 --> 00:37:00.760
 and

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.099
 God's

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.460
 grace

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.059
 also

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.079
 sustains

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.619
 us

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.000
 and

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.619
 equips

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.000
 us

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.400
 for

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:05.619
 the

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.019
 battle

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.460
 against

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:06.860
 sin

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.019
 you

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.159
 are

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.500
 not

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.079
 alone

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.420
 in

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.579
 the

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:08.980
 battle

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:11.220
 you

00:37:11.220 --> 00:37:11.360
 see

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.900
 Joseph

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.900
 triumph

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.440
 over

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.460
 temptation

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.760
 and

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.079
 in

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.420
 this

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:15.920
 way

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:17.059
 he

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.360
 points

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:17.599
 us

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.200
 forwards

00:37:18.200 --> 00:37:19.079
 through

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.220
 our

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.480
 Lord

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:19.780
 Jesus

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.260
 Christ

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:20.579
 do you

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:20.840
 see the

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.160
 picture of

00:37:21.160 --> 00:37:21.420
 Christ

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.700
 here in

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:21.840
 this

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.220
 passage

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:24.500
 our

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.000
 Lord

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.539
 Jesus

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.300
 like

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:27.079
 Joseph

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.500
 in a

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.720
 way

00:37:27.720 --> 00:37:28.840
 he

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:29.720
 perfectly

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.599
 resisted

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.000
 sin's

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.480
 temptation

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:33.460
 he

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.920
 himself

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.460
 suffered

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.800
 while

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.500
 being

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.960
 tempted

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.360
 like

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:36.700
 us

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:36.860
 he

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.059
 was

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.619
 tempted

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:37.840
 and

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.119
 tried

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.280
 in

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:38.579
 every

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:38.900
 way

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.079
 as

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.260
 we

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:39.500
 are

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:39.880
 yet

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.519
 without

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:41.380
 sin

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:41.739
 Jesus

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:42.300
 Christ

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.559
 perfectly

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.199
 resisted

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.699
 temptation

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.099
 not

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.460
 just

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.699
 for

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:45.860
 a

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.139
 moment

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.539
 but

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:46.739
 for

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:46.900
 an

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.460
 entire

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.380
 33

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.039
 year

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.699
 lifetime

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.099
 I

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.360
 love

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:50.579
 the way

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.940
 C.S.

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.139
 Lewis

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.619
 puts it

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:51.800
 in

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.619
 mere

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:53.179
 Christianity

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:54.460
 he

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.719
 says

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.079
 only

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.420
 those

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.539
 who

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:55.780
 try

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:55.940
 to

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.360
 resist

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:57.019
 temptation

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.460
 know

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:57.699
 how

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.079
 strong

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.239
 it

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.579
 is

00:37:58.579 --> 00:38:00.099
 after

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.360
 all

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:00.579
 you

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.059
 find

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.219
 out

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.380
 the

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:01.739
 strength

00:38:01.739 --> 00:38:01.880
 of

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:02.000
 the

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.219
 German

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.559
 army

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:02.780
 by

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.179
 fighting

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:03.699
 against

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:03.920
 it

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.099
 not

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.300
 by

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.559
 giving

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.880
 in

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:06.140
 you

00:38:06.140 --> 00:38:06.400
 find

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:06.539
 out

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:06.680
 the

00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:06.960
 strength

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.099
 of

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.240
 a

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.579
 wind

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:07.820
 by

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.119
 trying

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.260
 to

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:08.500
 walk

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:08.880
 against

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.079
 it

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.240
 not

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:09.440
 by

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.780
 lying

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.200
 down

00:38:10.200 --> 00:38:10.980
 a

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.260
 man

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.440
 who

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:11.760
 gives

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:11.980
 in

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.099
 to

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.640
 temptation

00:38:12.640 --> 00:38:12.920
 after

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.280
 five

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.660
 minutes

00:38:13.660 --> 00:38:14.220
 simply

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.579
 doesn't

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:14.780
 know

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:14.960
 what

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.039
 it

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.140
 would

00:38:15.140 --> 00:38:15.240
 have

00:38:15.240 --> 00:38:15.380
 been

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.599
 like

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:15.720
 an

00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:15.900
 hour

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.300
 later

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:17.300
 that's

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:17.440
 why

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:17.840
 bad

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.200
 people

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.380
 in

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.619
 one

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:18.860
 sense

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:19.059
 know

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.300
 very

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:19.599
 little

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:19.880
 about

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.440
 badness

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:20.900
 they've

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.019
 lived

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.160
 a

00:38:21.160 --> 00:38:21.640
 sheltered

00:38:21.640 --> 00:38:21.880
 life

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.079
 by

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.380
 always

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:22.640
 giving

00:38:22.640 --> 00:38:22.940
 in

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:24.599
 we

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:24.880
 never

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.160
 find

00:38:25.160 --> 00:38:25.180
!

00:38:25.180 --> 00:38:25.280
 out

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.420
 the

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.720
 strength

00:38:25.720 --> 00:38:25.860
 of

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 the

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 evil

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 impulse

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 inside

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 us

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 until

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 we

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 try

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.579
 to

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 fight

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 it

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 and

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 Christ

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 because

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 he

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 was

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 the

00:38:31.839 --> 00:38:32.099
 only

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 man

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 who

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 never

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.879
 yielded

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 to

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 temptation

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 is

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 also

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 the

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 only

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 man

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 who

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 knows

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 to

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 the

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 full

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 what

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.059
 temptation

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:40.119
 means

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 friend

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 do you

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:44.879
 know

00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:45.879
 the

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 depth

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.319
 of

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 your

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.739
 sin

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:49.659
 do

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:49.839
 you

00:38:49.839 --> 00:38:50.199
 know

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.980
 the

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.359
 grace

00:38:51.359 --> 00:38:51.559
 of

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 God

00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:52.059
 for

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.259
 you

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:52.400
 in

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:52.799
 Christ

00:38:52.799 --> 00:38:55.279
 do

00:38:55.279 --> 00:38:55.420
 you

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.759
 know

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:56.560
 what

00:38:56.560 --> 00:38:56.700
 it

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:56.980
 means

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 to

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 resist

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 temptation

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 not

00:38:58.720 --> 00:38:58.860
 in

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.000
 your

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.220
 own

00:38:59.220 --> 00:38:59.760
 strength

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.040
 but

00:39:00.040 --> 00:39:00.260
 in

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.440
 the

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.860
 strength

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.120
 of

00:39:01.120 --> 00:39:01.300
 the

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.560
 Lord

00:39:01.560 --> 00:39:01.780
 at

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.120
 work

00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:02.880
 in

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.140
 you

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:05.180
 do

00:39:05.180 --> 00:39:05.320
 you

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.600
 know

00:39:05.600 --> 00:39:05.900
 the

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.300
 power

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:06.500
 of

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.640
 the

00:39:06.640 --> 00:39:07.040
 gospel

00:39:07.040 --> 00:39:07.360
 of

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.680
 God's

00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:08.100
 grace

00:39:08.100 --> 00:39:10.000
 let's

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.200
 pray

00:39:10.200 --> 00:39:10.580
 father

00:39:10.580 --> 00:39:12.260
 we

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:12.640
 praise

00:39:12.640 --> 00:39:13.000
 you

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:15.640
 that

00:39:15.640 --> 00:39:15.940
 even

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.260
 in

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:16.600
 moments

00:39:16.600 --> 00:39:16.760
 when

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:16.900
 it

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.240
 seems

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:17.740
 dark

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.240
 and

00:39:18.240 --> 00:39:19.460
 hopeless

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.080
 father

00:39:20.080 --> 00:39:20.320
 yet

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:20.540
 there

00:39:20.540 --> 00:39:20.900
 is

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.920
 hope

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.180
 in

00:39:22.180 --> 00:39:22.300
 the

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:22.640
 gospel

00:39:22.640 --> 00:39:22.840
 of

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.300
 Christ

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:25.660
 father

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:25.920
 as we

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.119
 look

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.420
 at

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.699
 our

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.139
 fallen

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.659
 world

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.239
 and

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:29.679
 see

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:30.019
 the

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.920
 wickedness

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.079
 that

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.359
 runs

00:39:31.359 --> 00:39:31.920
 rampant

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.279
 father

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:32.799
 we

00:39:32.799 --> 00:39:33.000
 pray

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.179
 that

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.379
 we

00:39:33.379 --> 00:39:33.659
 would

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.039
 bring

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.299
 this

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:34.619
 world

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:34.920
 the

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.519
 solution

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.739
 that

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:35.920
 you

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.119
 have

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.359
 brought

00:39:36.359 --> 00:39:36.519
 the

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.759
 world

00:39:36.759 --> 00:39:36.960
 it's

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.079
 the

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.500
 gospel

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.739
 of

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.239
 Jesus

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:40.119
 and

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.259
 God

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:40.519
 as we

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.879
 see

00:39:40.879 --> 00:39:41.259
 our

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:41.519
 own

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:41.879
 sin

00:39:41.879 --> 00:39:42.039
 and

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.179
 our

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:42.359
 own

00:39:42.359 --> 00:39:42.940
 inclination

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.259
 to

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:43.940
 to

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.199
 wander

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.579
 from

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:44.879
 you

00:39:44.879 --> 00:39:45.139
 and

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:46.019
 we

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.159
 see

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.299
 the

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:46.859
 temptations

00:39:46.859 --> 00:39:47.039
 that

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.259
 we

00:39:47.259 --> 00:39:47.679
 face

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:48.000
 day

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:48.319
 in

00:39:48.319 --> 00:39:48.460
 and

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:48.679
 day

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:48.899
 out

00:39:48.899 --> 00:39:49.099
 we

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.480
 pray

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.500
!

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:55.759
 of

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:55.859
 your

00:39:55.859 --> 00:39:56.159
 grace

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.319
 at

00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:56.519
 work

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:56.659
 in

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:56.920
 us

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.119
 we

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:57.259
 pray

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:57.399
 this

00:39:57.399 --> 00:39:57.519
 in

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:57.719
 Jesus

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:58.059
 name

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:59.359
 amen