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 going to have this, what do you call this, a venue, an opportunity to speak, this what?

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 This class, that is true, that is true.

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 So it just occurred to me that three men from Trinity Baptist are planning on going on the

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 men's retreat at Spofford, Camp Spofford, on the weekend of the 20th, 21st and 22nd.

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 And if any other men out there are interested in such a thing, which I do recommend having

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 gone last year, please feel free to speak to me.

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 There.

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 And now, we are on.

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 Okay, good.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father.

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 Thank you for your love for us in Jesus, for reconciling us to you in your great love.

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 We ask that as your children, you will give us fruit in the area of reconciliation and

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 demonstrating your love, having your love flowing through us, that the world may see that you

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 sent Jesus, and that we are your disciples.

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 We ask for the glory of Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I'd like to begin this morning by telling a story about Larry, Larry's mom and dad,

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 forgiveness, and trust.

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 And I'm going to tell it from the perspective of Larry's dad speaking with his mom.

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 You can maybe picture them alone in the kitchen one evening.

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 And what dad is doing is summarizing some events from the past three weeks.

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 Yeah, it's been just three weeks since Larry took our new Volvo to go out on a date.

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 And before the evening ended, he had filled the car with eight kids.

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 They drank a case of beer.

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 And as he demonstrated how the Volvo corners, he sideswiped three cars going 40 miles an hour

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 in the center of the town square.

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 Now, yes, Larry's asked us to forgive him.

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 And we forgave him.

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 We've only had the car back a few days now.

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 And Larry asks if he can take out the car this weekend on a date.

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 I have forgiven Larry.

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 But I want to know if he's learned anything from the experience.

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 I care about Larry.

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 I think he can be trusted with the Volvo again.

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 Someday.

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 But first, I want to see some evidence that he will be more responsible in the future.

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 That he really cares about the rest of the family being able to use an unwrecked car.

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 And that he will help cover the expenses of the increased insurance costs due to the accident.

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 Here's my question.

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 Has dad really forgiven Larry?

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 What do you think?

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 Any follow-up questions?

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 I hear a yes.

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 But Larry might say, if dad says, well, no, not this weekend.

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 Larry might say, why not?

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 You forgave me.

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 If you don't have the same handout I've been handing out for four weeks, I encourage you to get one.

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 We'll use it a little bit today.

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 There's copies on that chair and there's copies in the back also.

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 And here we are at the end.

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 Step four in a set of guidelines for restoring damaged relationships.

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 And this one's entitled Rebuilding Trust.

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 But you know what?

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 I don't want us to look there quite yet.

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 I want to go up on the page a little bit to where it says,

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 Forgiveness includes, and as it turns out the first two things are my step one and step two,

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 renouncing anger, responding in love, and then canceling the moral or personal debt that someone had with regard to you.

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 So, we might ask, has Larry's dad canceled the personal debt?

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 Now, of course, this is not a biblical definition that I can point to.

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 It's a definition of forgiveness that I got from an author whose name is somewhere up here.

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 Augsburger.

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 Oh, yeah, David Augsburger, right there.

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 But what do you think?

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 Has dad canceled the personal debt?

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 No.

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 Okay.

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 Any other thoughts?

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 Yes.

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 You know, why or why not?

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 Now, Esther thought, yes.

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 Somebody, I don't know who that is over there.

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 Okay, Laurie.

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 No.

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 Well, let me give you, this may help.

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 Let me give you at least what I think of as an example of somebody, in this case, dad, not forgiving Larry's debt.

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 It's a few weeks.

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 Yes.

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 Uh, um, no, I can just read right here.

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 One month after the accident, Larry says, dad, Jim's family is going to the lake house for the weekend, and they invited me to go along with them.

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 May I?

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 Dad, dad, no.

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 Dad, you've shown yourself to be completely irresponsible.

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 But dad, you've let me go to the lake house with them several times over the past year, and there was never any trouble.

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 Dad, you won't be going anymore.

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 I don't know if I'll ever be able to trust you again.

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 Plus, I sure can think of a lot of chores that need to be done around the house this weekend.

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 Again, and you owe me.

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 I owe me.

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 I owe me.

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 I owe me.

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 I owe me.

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 So, I think I gave an acceptable example of somebody not canceling the personal debt.

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 Uh, you know, literally, you still owe me.

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 The price has not been paid up.

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 Now, I'll give you my opinion.

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 Uh, and again, I'm not saying this is something you can prove from scripture, but I would say, before Larry took out the car and got the kids in and had the accident and all of that,

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 he did not have a right to use the new family car.

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 Um, and after the accident, even after he's forgiven, he still doesn't have a right to use the family car.

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 Um, dad and mom have the right and responsibility to decide what is an appropriate amount of trust to give to their children.

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 And hopefully, as a child grows, you know, that, um, the responsibility that the child has and exhibits, their amount of responsibility and trustworthiness grows,

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 and their parents, uh, uh, trusting them with more and more responsibility grows.

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 Um, so I don't think just saying, uh, I, I don't think dad saying this necessarily means that he hasn't forgiven that personal debt.

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 But, trust has been violated, and it takes time to build trust.

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 Um, that's true in any relationship.

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 You meet somebody for the first time, what do you trust them with?

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 You know, knowledge about yourself or, uh, you know, depending on them.

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 It, it's gonna change over time.

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 Uh, it might grow, it might, you know, quickly crash, and you might say, well, I'm not gonna share anything with that person ever again that, uh, I don't want shouted from the rooftops.

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 Um, so, uh, it, it's complicated, but I do think it's helpful, I think it's helpful, to separate, uh, reconciliation, which includes repentance and forgiveness, from trust building.

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 Um, and, uh, let me give an example of, uh, of this with regard to Larry and Dad.

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 Going right back to the beginning.

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 Um, Dad gets a call from the police.

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 They have the car at the town center, damaged.

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 They had eight kids in it.

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 Uh, you know, they're calling all the parents.

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 Uh, there's been drinking.

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 So, Dad drives down in the old car.

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 And, um, you know, deals with the police.

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 The accident report.

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 Dad is probably not real happy.

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 Um, uh, you know, he might even be angry.

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 Uh, which I would imagine, uh, I would be.

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 So, um, during this, you know, Larry comes up, maybe a little under the weather.

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 Dad, I'm so sorry.

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 Will you forgive me?

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 I think it's appropriate for Dad to say, we'll talk about this later.

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 Or even, not now!

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 Or whatever the case may be.

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 So, let's say, uh, uh, by the way, hopefully Dad's checked out and made sure that all eight of the kids, including Larry, are not hurt.

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 And, and things like that.

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 Okay.

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 So, um, a day or two later, Dad's gotten over his anger.

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 And then proceeds to step two.

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 Step one, renouncing anger.

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 Step two, responding in love.

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 Larry's dad starts thinking, okay, where do we go from here?

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 Um, how can, you know, I rebuild, uh, this relationship that's been damaged with, uh, Larry?

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 And, and how can I help him grow spiritually?

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 We're going to assume it's a, it's a functional Christian family.

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 Um, so he responds in love and he starts thinking about that.

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 And so he gets to the point where he says, uh, to Larry, let's sit down and talk about what happened now.

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 Okay, that's Dad.

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 But let's drop back to Larry.

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 How's Larry dealing with restoring a damaged relationship?

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 Well, at first, Larry might be angry.

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 Um, oh, Dan.

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 I let him get in the car and he snuck in that case of beer.

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 Oh.

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 And then Julie.

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 She offered me a can of beer while I was driving.

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 Why in the world did she do that?

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 And then, while I'm showing how well I can drive and how the Volvo corners, she hits my arm.

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 Oh, if that hadn't happened, oh, this wouldn't have happened.

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 Um, or.

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 Who knows?

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 Uh, he can probably even think of some reasons to be angry with Dad.

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 You know, maybe Dad's done things over the years that weren't quite right.

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 So, um, in this case, even the person who is the offender may have anger and hurt to deal with.

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 Uh, let's say, um, Larry's over that.

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 And by God's grace, he really, at some point in a few days, really wants to do the right thing.

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 Um, and, um, so, when Dad says, let's get together and talk about this, he says, okay.

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 So, uh, they get together and Larry says again, now we're up to step three, reconciliation.

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 We've renounced anger, we're responding in love, at least as we understand it, and now we're ready to deal with the issues.

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 Reconciliation.

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 Um, so, uh, Larry says, Dad, please forgive me.

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 In my opinion, Dad, being a wise father, says, forgive you for what?

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 Um, that I had an accident, says Larry.

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 Dad says, well, remember when Mom had an accident two years ago?

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 She didn't ask me for forgiveness.

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 I didn't think there was any need to forgive her.

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 It was an accident.

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 And then, Larry, by the grace of God, says, Dad, please forgive me for putting eight kids in the car.

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 For making, you know, sure that I or other people weren't drinking in the car.

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 Please forgive me for trying to show off about, you know, how well I could drive.

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 What I did was wrong, and I'm sorry for it.

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 And so, at this point, uh, let's see.

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 Um, repentance.

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 Uh, confessing evil actions and intentions.

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 Check.

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 Um, expressing regret for hurt caused.

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 Check.

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 And, I shouldn't even make a joke out of this, should I?

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 Because this is complicated and tough, and I don't want to communicate that, you know, this is like a magic formula.

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 Um, which it is not.

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 But, it's still good to think about these things and try and cover the bases.

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 I don't know.

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 Um, um, hopefully we won't have to check that one goodbye.

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 But, uh, uh, and thirdly, under, uh, repentance.

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 Um, hmm.

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 Um, uh, yeah, thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Committing to right behavior in the future.

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 Uh, dad, I promise I won't do it again.

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 Good.

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 Good.

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 And dad forgives him and cancels the moral debt.

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 Does that mean that Larry can use the car next weekend?

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 Absolutely not.

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 Children of Sammy in the future.

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 Uh, that's, uh, I, I think you're going to get some good tough love there.

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 Good.

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 Yes, I agree.

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 Um, because when you've had a problem like this, when a relationship has been damaged, restoring trust usually takes time.

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 Um, so, let me pause for a moment before we go back to Joseph and his brothers and the biblical account.

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 Any questions, comments, arguments?

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 No.

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 Not from Sam.

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 Okay.

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 Um, feel free to ask questions as we continue.

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 I may not see you.

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 I'm probably not ignoring you.

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 You just have to be loud.

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 Um, so, let's, uh, turn, um, back in our Bibles, uh, to, uh, Genesis 45.

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 And if you're using the church Bibles, which I forgot to ask somebody to get out, it's on page 39 in the downstairs, I think, Pew Bibles.

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 Um, um, um, and so, what I'm going to read is, um, the closest thing we have in Genesis to, uh, the initial reconciliation process for Joseph and his brothers.

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 Um, so, Genesis 45, beginning with verse 4.

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 Um, Joseph said to his brothers, come near to me, please.

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 And they came near.

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 And he said, I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.

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 And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here.

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 For God sent me before you to preserve life.

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 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

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 And God sent me here before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to keep alive for you many survivors.

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 So, it was not you who sent me here, but God.

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 He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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 Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, thus says your son Joseph.

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 God, um, God has made me lord over all Egypt.

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 Come down to me.

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 Do not tarry.

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 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me.

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 You and your children and your children's children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

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 There I will provide for you.

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 For there are yet five years of famine to come.

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 So that you and your household and all that you have.

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 And I probably missed something there, but will not come to poverty.

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 There we are.

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 Verse 12.

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 Verse 13.

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 And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

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 You must tell your father of all my honor in Egypt and of all that you have seen.

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 Hurry and bring my father down here.

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 Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept.

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 And Benjamin wept upon his neck.

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 And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them.

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 After that, his brothers talked with him.

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 And just going down to verse 24.

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 I think this is another act of love on Joseph's part.

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 Then he sent his brothers away.

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 And as they departed, he said to them, do not quarrel on the way.

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 Now, in the text that follows, we see that the ten, probably eleven brothers, I would think, including Benjamin,

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 because he has his family to collect too, as well as all the others,

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:05.799
 go back to where their father Jacob is in Canaan.

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:12.759
 And they all gather up and make their way down to Egypt.

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:24.460
 So, though we can't quite as neatly as in the case of my addition to the Larry story,

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:30.660
 you know, check off all the steps of repentance and forgiveness,

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:33.539
 I think there are at least parallels there.

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:42.220
 So, reconciliation, from my perspective, has taken place.

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:48.299
 And they all come down to Egypt and they live happily for a long time after.

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.220
 Or did they?

00:21:51.220 --> 00:22:05.620
 Because, as I see it, reconciliation is not the end of restoring a relationship.

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:13.240
 It's a step, but trust has to be rebuilt.

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:22.019
 And now we can finally look at step four, rebuilding trust.

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:29.339
 And right down here on the handout, you may see common barriers to rebuilding trust are

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:34.279
 unreliable repentance and insincere forgiveness.

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:43.460
 With regard to unreliable repentance,

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:50.460
 the situation with Joseph and his brothers is very lopsided with regard to power.

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:56.639
 Joseph has almost all the power in their relationship.

00:22:56.640 --> 00:23:07.200
 And so, his brothers, you might say, would be very unwise to, if they're still feeling hatred

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:11.840
 or anger towards Joseph, to show that.

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:20.360
 However, there are ways that they might, in speech or in action,

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:26.939
 try and maneuver for their own best interests.

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:33.039
 For example, one of the brothers might spend a lot of time with dad.

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:38.139
 Now, they all come down to Egypt and we read that Jacob, the father,

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:44.000
 lived for 17 years in Egypt with Joseph and the other brothers before he died.

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:49.879
 So, imagine one brother making a special point to spend a lot of time with dad.

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:55.699
 And maybe even saying something like, boy, I wish we saw more of Joseph.

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:58.799
 You know, he says he has a lot to do at work.

00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:02.000
 But, he's governor of the land.

00:24:02.719 --> 00:24:06.059
 You know, he can really spend time as he wants to.

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:17.159
 But, the Bible doesn't give any indication of that kind of thing.

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:20.680
 That doesn't prove it didn't happen, but there's no indication of it.

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:27.620
 And, with regard to Joseph and his brothers,

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:33.380
 Joseph lived another 55 or so years in Egypt

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:37.720
 after the brothers and Jacob came down to live there too.

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:45.100
 A long time to work on rebuilding trust

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:48.440
 and ideally having a better relationship

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:53.900
 than they had before all this happened.

00:24:54.559 --> 00:25:00.779
 Before they beat Joseph up when he was 17

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:02.019
 and sold him as a slave.

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:08.779
 Now, the only evidence that I know of that we have in the Bible

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:10.079
 that speaks to this

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:13.960
 is that when Joseph died,

00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:18.440
 he gave responsibility for what at that point

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:20.740
 might have been the most important thing to his heart

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:25.559
 into his brother's responsibility.

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:31.899
 And, for this, Genesis 50, verse 24 and following.

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:37.460
 Page 54 in the Downstairs Church Bible.

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:40.039
 Then Joseph said to his brothers,

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:41.419
 I am about to die,

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:44.480
 but God will surely come to your aid

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:46.559
 and take you up out of this land

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:49.759
 to the land promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:54.500
 And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.339
 and said,

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:57.640
 God will surely come to your aid

00:25:57.640 --> 00:26:01.079
 and then you must carry my bones up from this place.

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:04.859
 So Joseph died at the age of 110

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:08.319
 and after they embalmed him,

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:10.900
 he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:16.300
 Joseph, it seems to me,

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:20.040
 could have arranged things with his Egyptian servants

00:26:20.040 --> 00:26:21.720
 to do this.

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:28.019
 But he entrusted it to the brothers that were still alive,

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:29.519
 it seems from the text.

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:36.200
 And it was actually many years later

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:39.440
 that this happened.

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:43.220
 But this suggests to me, anyway,

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:46.960
 that their relationship had improved

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:48.940
 and that trust had been restored.

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:54.660
 So, that's what I see in the text

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:59.620
 about unreliable repentance.

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:02.420
 There doesn't seem to be any evidence of that

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:04.019
 on the case of the Ten Brothers.

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:07.160
 But what about the other common barrier

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:10.500
 to rebuilding trust?

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:14.000
 Insincere forgiveness.

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:18.700
 And this would be on Joseph's part, primarily.

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:24.980
 After the reconciliation,

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:31.220
 it appears that Joseph, you know,

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:34.180
 isn't holding anything against his brothers,

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.160
 that he loves them.

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:38.299
 And we see evidence of that in

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:45.279
 Genesis 47,

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:47.279
 starting with verse 11,

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:49.759
 page 40, bottom right.

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.879
 47, 11.

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:56.859
 So, after the 11 brothers and Jacob

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:59.039
 and all their family come back to Egypt,

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.659
 it says,

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:01.980
 Joseph settled his father and his brothers

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:04.240
 in Egypt and gave them property

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.960
 in the best part of the land,

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:07.420
 the district of Ramses,

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.980
 as Pharaoh had directed.

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:11.560
 Joseph also provided his father

00:28:11.560 --> 00:28:12.680
 and his brothers

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:14.720
 and all his father's household

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.620
 with food

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:17.259
 according to the number

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.400
 of their children.

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:18.540
 children,

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:23.580
 this is the first sign I see

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:26.400
 of no more favoritism.

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:29.060
 You know,

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.460
 as in the past,

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:32.460
 maybe as part of the test,

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.320
 you know,

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:36.540
 Benjamin got five times as much

00:28:36.540 --> 00:28:39.820
 on some occasion.

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:41.500
 But here,

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.079
 apparently,

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:45.259
 the rules are

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:47.179
 no more favoritism.

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.919
 We're providing

00:28:48.919 --> 00:28:50.319
 according to need,

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.819
 not according to

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:53.379
 who I think has treated me,

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.139
 you know,

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.099
 better or worse.

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.259
 But,

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:03.879
 imagine this.

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:06.059
 The brothers

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:07.500
 continue to wonder

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:09.159
 if Joseph's forgiveness

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.779
 of them

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:11.040
 was really sincere.

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.759
 Things look good.

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.400
 But,

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:15.140
 there was the possibility

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:17.060
 that Joseph was waiting

00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:18.960
 until the death

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.940
 of their father

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:21.100
 to get even.

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.040
 After all,

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.600
 clearly,

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.940
 Joseph loves

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.800
 his father Jacob.

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.080
 And,

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:29.220
 if he was,

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:29.920
 you know,

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.940
 seeking revenge

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:32.580
 or ready to punish them,

00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:35.019
 that would

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.759
 almost certainly

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.640
 cause distress

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.779
 to father.

00:29:38.540 --> 00:29:39.060
 Well,

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:40.640
 17 years

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.660
 after they come

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.440
 down to Egypt,

00:29:43.540 --> 00:29:44.420
 Jacob dies.

00:29:46.540 --> 00:29:47.120
 And,

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.940
 might the brothers

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.759
 be wondering,

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:49.779
 ah,

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:51.300
 will the other

00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:52.880
 shoe drop

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.560
 now?

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:56.940
 well,

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.679
 we don't have to

00:29:57.679 --> 00:29:58.159
 speculate

00:29:58.159 --> 00:29:59.279
 if they were

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.059
 worried about that

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.500
 or not.

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:02.000
 The text tells us.

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.319
 And,

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:04.359
 Genesis 50,

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.919
 verse 15,

00:30:06.919 --> 00:30:07.759
 and following.

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.539
 Page 44,

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.259
 and then,

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.579
 the church bible,

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:12.539
 I think the heading is,

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:14.139
 God's good purposes.

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:15.140
 verse 15,

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:17.780
 when Joseph's brother

00:30:17.780 --> 00:30:19.640
 saw their father

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.220
 was dead,

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.280
 they said,

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.780
 it may be that

00:30:22.780 --> 00:30:23.780
 Joseph will

00:30:23.780 --> 00:30:24.500
 hate us

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.580
 and pay us back

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.320
 for the evil

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:27.320
 we did to him.

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.860
 So,

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:30.020
 they sent a message

00:30:30.020 --> 00:30:30.600
 to Joseph

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.080
 saying,

00:30:31.520 --> 00:30:32.840
 your father

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.920
 gave this command

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.920
 before he died.

00:30:36.020 --> 00:30:36.600
 Well,

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.840
 maybe he did,

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:39.500
 but I think

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.240
 the implication

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.720
 is,

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.599
 probably

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.619
 not.

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.959
 Say to Joseph,

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.679
 please forgive

00:30:48.679 --> 00:30:49.879
 the transgressions

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.619
 of your brothers

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.500
 and their sin

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.720
 because of the evil

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.399
 they did you.

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.679
 And now,

00:30:54.939 --> 00:30:55.619
 please forgive

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:56.559
 the transgression

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.659
 of the servants

00:30:57.659 --> 00:30:58.899
 of the God

00:30:58.899 --> 00:30:59.579
 of your father.

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.899
 Joseph

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.919
 wept.

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:09.159
 my guess is

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:10.259
 that whether

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:12.119
 he had known

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.839
 that his brothers

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:14.079
 might have this worry

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.819
 or not,

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:16.599
 it's clear now

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:18.359
 and he

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.659
 has sorrow

00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:21.539
 that that lack

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.319
 of trust,

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.220
 you know,

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.959
 their fear

00:31:25.959 --> 00:31:27.119
 that his forgiveness

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:28.679
 was insincere

00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:29.919
 has been

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.740
 percolating

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:32.199
 all this time.

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:40.819
 Joseph

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.420
 wept

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.940
 when they

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.640
 spoke to him.

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.660
 His brothers

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.460
 also came

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.180
 and fell down

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.900
 before him

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.400
 and said,

00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:47.000
 behold,

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.279
 we are your servants.

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:50.559
 Now,

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.019
 as I read

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.600
 the next

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:53.240
 few verses,

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.120
 I want you

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.840
 to ask yourselves,

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.380
 does this sound

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.779
 familiar?

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.580
 But Joseph

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.380
 said to them,

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.620
 do not fear,

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.640
 for am I

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.180
 in the place

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.759
 of God

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:03.660
 as for you,

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.279
 you meant

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.220
 evil against me,

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.000
 but God

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.480
 meant it

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.180
 for good

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:08.259
 to bring

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.519
 about

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.119
 that many

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.640
 people

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.200
 should be

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.960
 kept alive

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.420
 as they

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.000
 are today.

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.259
 So do not

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.619
 fear,

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.359
 I will

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.079
 provide for

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.400
 you and

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.779
 your little

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.240
 ones.

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.220
 Thus

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.059
 he comforted

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.359
 them

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.240
 and spoke

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.759
 kindly

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.640
 to them.

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.200
 Almost

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.700
 everything

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.079
 that he

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.680
 says there,

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.460
 he said

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.940
 before,

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.400
 17

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:30.240
 years ago.

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:33.519
 Did the

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:33.839
 brothers

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.599
 believe

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.599
 it

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:35.980
 then?

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.500
 Maybe,

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.500
 maybe to

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.119
 some degree.

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.700
 But,

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.579
 17

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.299
 years later,

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.819
 dad's

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.079
 dead,

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:45.900
 circumstances

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.720
 are different.

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.700
 And that

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.200
 will happen

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.599
 in our

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.299
 relationships.

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.519
 We may

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.119
 be building

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.680
 trust,

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.379
 and then

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:55.539
 some new

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.279
 situation

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.900
 develops,

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:58.780
 and you

00:32:58.780 --> 00:32:59.140
 wonder,

00:32:59.780 --> 00:33:00.620
 on either

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.040
 side,

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.759
 you know,

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.640
 what will

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.860
 happen now?

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.680
 They said

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.200
 this,

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.900
 they said

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.340
 they'd never

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:07.640
 do it

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.040
 again,

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.880
 but will

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.080
 they?

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.560
 He said,

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:12.900
 I was

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.160
 really

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.580
 forgiven,

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:16.620
 but has

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:16.980
 he really

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.740
 forgiven me?

00:33:18.280 --> 00:33:18.820
 Or will

00:33:18.820 --> 00:33:19.220
 he trust

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.500
 me in

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.660
 this

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.180
 situation?

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.400
 And

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:24.420
 relationships

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.259
 like life

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.780
 is always

00:33:25.780 --> 00:33:26.640
 a process.

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:31.340
 we can

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:31.880
 sin

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.720
 and go

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.340
 backwards,

00:33:33.540 --> 00:33:33.940
 or by

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.340
 God's

00:33:34.340 --> 00:33:34.840
 grace,

00:33:35.580 --> 00:33:36.000
 we can

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.380
 be

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:38.480
 gracious,

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.280
 no guarantee

00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:39.620
 what the

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:40.120
 other person

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.540
 will do,

00:33:40.780 --> 00:33:41.400
 never any

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:41.800
 guarantee.

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.519
 But,

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.680
 when God

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.060
 is at

00:33:45.060 --> 00:33:45.480
 work,

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:45.980
 you have

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.519
 a story

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.259
 that ends,

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.580
 like the

00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:49.380
 story of

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.680
 Joseph

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.700
 and his

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.000
 brothers.

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.160
 When,

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.420
 by God's

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.680
 grace,

00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:54.080
 both

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.720
 parties

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:56.640
 repent

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.380
 and

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.920
 forgive,

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.140
 and work

00:33:59.140 --> 00:34:00.900
 hard to

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.300
 rebuild

00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:02.100
 trust.

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:04.700
 And,

00:34:06.020 --> 00:34:09.059
 that's what

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.660
 we want,

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.720
 isn't it?

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:15.180
 We want

00:34:15.180 --> 00:34:17.079
 relationships

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:18.400
 relationships where

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:20.039
 we feel

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.119
 loved and

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.900
 safe,

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.340
 and where

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.940
 we are a

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.779
 blessing to

00:34:24.779 --> 00:34:25.340
 others.

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.500
 But,

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.940
 it's not going

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.360
 to be like

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.739
 that all

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.239
 the time.

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.360
 Relationships do

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.960
 get damaged.

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.519
 We are

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.960
 sinners.

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.699
 They're

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:33.059
 sinners.

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.900
 What do

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.559
 you expect?

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:38.119
 God is

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.519
 God.

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.179
 And,

00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:42.119
 he is

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.820
 at work

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.639
 in all

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.500
 things for

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.940
 the good

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.940
 of those

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.239
 who are

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.559
 called

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.219
 according to

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.380
 his

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:47.840
 purpose.

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.920
 And,

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:52.599
 he can

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.480
 restore those

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.119
 relationships

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:55.199
 to make

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:56.239
 them better

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:56.779
 than they

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:57.440
 ever were

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.119
 before.

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.400
 No

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:00.940
 guarantee,

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.679
 but God

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.159
 is able.

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.440
 May we

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.539
 take the

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.399
 steps that

00:35:08.399 --> 00:35:10.039
 God wants

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.359
 us to

00:35:10.359 --> 00:35:10.599
 take.

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:12.500
 And,

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:12.940
 one more

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.559
 thing before

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:15.339
 I,

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:18.159
 one more

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.440
 thing.

00:35:19.899 --> 00:35:20.539
 And,

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.279
 that is

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:22.299
 that this

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.679
 is not

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.339
 only important

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:24.059
 for us

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:25.839
 and those

00:35:25.839 --> 00:35:26.279
 we're in

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:26.739
 relationship

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.199
 with,

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:27.839
 but it's

00:35:27.839 --> 00:35:29.119
 important for

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.859
 God's work

00:35:29.859 --> 00:35:30.480
 in the world,

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.599
 for evangelism.

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:36.559
 John 17

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.299
 23.

00:35:37.859 --> 00:35:38.699
 Jesus is

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.339
 praying to

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:39.799
 the Father.

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.239
 And,

00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:41.839
 he's speaking

00:35:41.839 --> 00:35:42.719
 of believers

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.279
 in him.

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.419
 And,

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.039
 says this,

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.859
 praise this,

00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:47.019
 may they

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.819
 be brought

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.739
 to complete

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.440
 unity

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.719
 to let

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.339
 the world

00:35:51.339 --> 00:35:52.079
 know that

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.779
 you sent

00:35:52.779 --> 00:35:53.079
 me.

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.519
 To let

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.139
 the world

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:56.419
 know that

00:35:56.419 --> 00:35:56.859
 you sent

00:35:56.859 --> 00:35:57.159
 me.

00:35:57.159 --> 00:36:00.039
 and have

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.719
 loved them

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:02.219
 even as

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.799
 you have

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:03.719
 loved me.

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.659
 As we

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.359
 present the

00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:08.799
 gospel,

00:36:09.879 --> 00:36:10.920
 part of the

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.799
 power that

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.420
 the gospel

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:13.279
 will have

00:36:13.279 --> 00:36:14.440
 in convincing

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:15.359
 people of

00:36:15.359 --> 00:36:16.039
 its truth

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:17.879
 is the

00:36:17.879 --> 00:36:19.639
 lives of

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.000
 God's

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.279
 people.

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:21.280
 God's

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:22.280
 love.

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.580
 So,

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.480
 as the

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.280
 Bible says,

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.400
 may we

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.640
 make every

00:36:27.640 --> 00:36:29.140
 effort to

00:36:29.140 --> 00:36:30.080
 preserve the

00:36:30.080 --> 00:36:31.040
 unity of the

00:36:31.040 --> 00:36:32.380
 spirit and

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:32.840
 the bond

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.360
 of peace.

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:33.440
 peace.

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.180
 My

00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:37.620
 presentation

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:38.680
 is done.

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.700
 Questions?

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.420
 Comments?

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.680
 Can you

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:51.300
 say something

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:51.700
 about

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.700
 consequences?

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:57.220
 I could.

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:58.960
 Would you

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.420
 like to say

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.039
 something about

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.480
 consequences?

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.079
 And,

00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:02.620
 I don't

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.659
 that's

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:03.880
 fine.

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.219
 That's

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.380
 fine.

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.219
 I'm not

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.539
 going to

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.000
 twist your

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.219
 arm.

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.639
 Yeah.

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.900
 Yeah.

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.920
 That continue

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:11.420
 the ramifications

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.179
 of

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:15.940
 choices that

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.519
 we make.

00:37:17.859 --> 00:37:18.420
 Yes.

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.039
 That go

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.639
 out with

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.420
 consequences.

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.440
 Yes.

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.219
 Okay.

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:22.960
 So,

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:25.400
 you know,

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.859
 we've looked

00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:26.359
 at the story

00:37:26.359 --> 00:37:26.799
 of Joseph

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.199
 and his

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.500
 brothers.

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.519
 One story.

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.359
 And,

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:30.059
 it's unusual

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:31.139
 because,

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:31.960
 again,

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.300
 of the

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:32.800
 power

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.500
 difference.

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.220
 Often,

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:34.960
 in

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.440
 relationships,

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:35.820
 there are

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:36.260
 significant

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.639
 power

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.099
 differences,

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.880
 but rarely

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.460
 are they

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.280
 as extreme

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:40.139
 as the

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.579
 case of

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.139
 Joseph and

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.300
 his

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.599
 brothers.

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.659
 But,

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.099
 yes,

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.179
 so,

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:49.199
 Larry,

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:54.400
 you know,

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:55.099
 I think if

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.519
 I were

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:55.960
 Larry's

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.320
 dad,

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:56.800
 no,

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.260
 I would

00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:57.820
 not let

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.460
 him use

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.059
 the car

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.699
 three weeks

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.359
 after the

00:38:00.359 --> 00:38:00.639
 first

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.139
 accident,

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.699
 there would

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:03.500
 be these

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:04.579
 consequences.

00:38:05.859 --> 00:38:06.199
 And,

00:38:06.319 --> 00:38:06.839
 you might

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.039
 say,

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.899
 what caused

00:38:07.899 --> 00:38:08.500
 Larry to

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.019
 do this

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.460
 to begin

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.839
 with?

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.579
 Well,

00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:12.379
 if three

00:38:12.379 --> 00:38:13.179
 months later,

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.000
 you know,

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.000
 on the fourth

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.759
 time that

00:38:15.759 --> 00:38:16.599
 Larry's been

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.219
 able to use

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.559
 the new

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.199
 family car

00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:18.619
 again,

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.519
 if he's

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.199
 arrested for

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:21.000
 drunk driving,

00:38:22.419 --> 00:38:22.819
 you know,

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:25.160
 dad might

00:38:25.160 --> 00:38:25.559
 say,

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:29.480
 you know,

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:29.960
 you can't

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.360
 use a

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:31.019
 family car

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.600
 again.

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.580
 You know,

00:38:32.640 --> 00:38:33.200
 if you want

00:38:33.200 --> 00:38:33.620
 a car to

00:38:33.620 --> 00:38:33.980
 drive,

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.280
 you're going

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.580
 to have

00:38:34.580 --> 00:38:35.200
 to buy

00:38:35.200 --> 00:38:35.720
 your own,

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.260
 pay your

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:37.140
 own insurance,

00:38:37.600 --> 00:38:38.519
 you know.

00:38:41.120 --> 00:38:41.600
 So,

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:42.780
 yes,

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:44.140
 there are

00:38:44.140 --> 00:38:45.680
 consequences

00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:46.900
 for sin.

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:50.639
 So,

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:53.220
 you might

00:38:53.220 --> 00:38:53.720
 say,

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:57.480
 yeah,

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:57.720
 okay,

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:57.940
 let me

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.340
 stop there.

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.820
 It seems

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.059
 like,

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:01.240
 too,

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.619
 there could

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.340
 be processes,

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:02.960
 right,

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.559
 where the

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.260
 father sets

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:05.220
 up conditions

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:06.660
 of rebuilding

00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:07.099
 trust.

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:07.840
 You can

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.340
 drive with

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:08.740
 me in the

00:39:08.740 --> 00:39:09.820
 car next

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:10.119
 time.

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.639
 You can

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.380
 drive for

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:13.139
 next year

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.720
 as long as

00:39:13.720 --> 00:39:13.980
 you don't

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.380
 have any

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:14.880
 passengers,

00:39:15.180 --> 00:39:15.619
 because that

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:16.079
 was part of

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.519
 the problem.

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.440
 Right?

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.940
 And if you

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:20.019
 can keep to

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.660
 these things,

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.260
 you're building

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:21.720
 trust.

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.260
 And then

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:23.340
 down the

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.639
 road,

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.039
 sure,

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:24.480
 you can

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.840
 pick the

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.260
 car again.

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.420
 So,

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.160
 to think

00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:27.619
 through,

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:28.860
 part of

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.639
 what the

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:29.980
 rebuilding

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:30.880
 trust can

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.980
 do is

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:33.280
 to give

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:34.079
 opportunities,

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.780
 you know,

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.180
 from the

00:39:35.180 --> 00:39:35.519
 one who

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.820
 is sort

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:36.019
 of the

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.360
 offended

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:37.099
 party in

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:37.360
 this,

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.340
 to say,

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:39.240
 I'm going

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:39.480
 to give

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.760
 you some

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:40.340
 opportunities

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:40.880
 to build

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.340
 trust.

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:42.980
 But a

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.519
 recognition,

00:39:43.680 --> 00:39:44.340
 the consequences

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:44.700
 are,

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.760
 if you

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:46.760
 don't

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.060
 follow

00:39:47.060 --> 00:39:47.300
 through

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:47.500
 in

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:47.740
 these

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:48.280
 cases,

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.420
 then we

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:49.840
 go back

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.280
 to zero.

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.340
 You know,

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:51.780
 then the

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.760
 trust isn't

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.440
 being built,

00:39:53.660 --> 00:39:54.040
 and therefore

00:39:54.040 --> 00:39:54.580
 you're back

00:39:54.580 --> 00:39:55.000
 to you

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.460
 can't use

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.780
 the car

00:39:55.780 --> 00:39:56.160
 at all,

00:39:56.520 --> 00:39:57.180
 potentially,

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:57.680
 right?

00:39:57.800 --> 00:39:58.000
 I mean,

00:39:58.060 --> 00:39:58.620
 those are

00:39:58.620 --> 00:39:59.020
 some of

00:39:59.020 --> 00:40:00.060
 the consequences.

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.539
 And then

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.539
 the family

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:02.440
 name gets

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:03.820
 besmirched

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.320
 if it

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:04.860
 gets put

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.259
 in the

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.639
 paper.

00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:08.139
 And if

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.380
 he's

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:08.900
 arrested,

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:09.860
 you know,

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.199
 yeah,

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.759
 it's going

00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:10.880
 to,

00:40:11.299 --> 00:40:11.659
 everyone

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.320
 will know,

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.659
 and there's

00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:14.159
 all kinds

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.759
 of tentacles

00:40:14.759 --> 00:40:15.279
 that go

00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:15.619
 out.

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.779
 Sin is a

00:40:19.779 --> 00:40:20.199
 horrible

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:20.599
 thing.

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:22.119
 No

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:22.900
 getting

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.739
 around that.

00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:33.419
 And I

00:40:33.419 --> 00:40:33.739
 guess I

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.059
 just want

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.319
 to say

00:40:34.319 --> 00:40:34.739
 this.

00:40:34.739 --> 00:40:39.439
 there are

00:40:39.439 --> 00:40:39.699
 those

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:40.359
 consequences,

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:40.859
 there are

00:40:40.859 --> 00:40:41.079
 those

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.579
 tentacles,

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.639
 and then

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.019
 there's

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.539
 God's

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:43.919
 forgiveness

00:40:43.919 --> 00:40:44.599
 of us.

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:48.199
 The

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:48.759
 personal

00:40:48.759 --> 00:40:49.559
 debt is

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:49.959
 canceled

00:40:49.959 --> 00:40:50.679
 with God's

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:51.079
 forgiveness,

00:40:51.979 --> 00:40:53.500
 but more

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.079
 often than

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.399
 not,

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:55.299
 we continue

00:40:55.299 --> 00:40:56.519
 to,

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:57.419
 in this

00:40:57.419 --> 00:40:58.179
 fallen world,

00:40:58.299 --> 00:40:58.659
 as fallen

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.479
 people suffer

00:40:59.479 --> 00:41:01.199
 the results

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:02.259
 of our

00:41:02.259 --> 00:41:02.839
 actions.

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:03.939
 Yeah,

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.139
 I mean,

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.359
 I think

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.660
 we can

00:41:04.660 --> 00:41:04.920
 see,

00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:06.440
 maybe

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.740
 most

00:41:06.740 --> 00:41:07.079
 clearly,

00:41:07.220 --> 00:41:07.500
 God's

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:07.880
 relationship

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.300
 with us,

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:08.500
 like,

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.660
 he completely

00:41:09.660 --> 00:41:10.200
 forgives us

00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:10.720
 through Christ.

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.360
 He doesn't,

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.420
 he's not,

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:14.240
 you know,

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:14.780
 just about

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:14.980
 to,

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.220
 like,

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:16.780
 try and

00:41:16.780 --> 00:41:17.059
 get even

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.420
 with us,

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:18.180
 but he

00:41:18.180 --> 00:41:18.820
 does discipline

00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:19.140
 us,

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:19.800
 and he

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:20.120
 does,

00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:20.700
 you know,

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.120
 he does

00:41:21.120 --> 00:41:21.460
 let us,

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:21.700
 and I

00:41:21.700 --> 00:41:21.840
 think

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.220
 sometimes

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.700
 people have

00:41:22.700 --> 00:41:23.160
 trouble with

00:41:23.160 --> 00:41:23.840
 that when

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:24.180
 they're still

00:41:24.180 --> 00:41:24.860
 experiencing the

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.519
 consequences of

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:25.920
 their sin,

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.160
 and they

00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:26.360
 think,

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:26.500
 well,

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:27.420
 God must

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:29.120
 hate me,

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:29.440
 and he

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:29.800
 must just

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:30.240
 be trying

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:30.620
 to get rid

00:41:30.620 --> 00:41:30.860
 of me,

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.180
 and it's

00:41:31.180 --> 00:41:31.320
 like,

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:31.500
 no,

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:31.820
 actually,

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.139
 he's a

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.659
 good father,

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:32.960
 he's

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.420
 disciplining

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:33.719
 you,

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:36.260
 and he

00:41:36.260 --> 00:41:36.500
 has,

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:36.900
 you know,

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:38.019
 he has

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.300
 really

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:39.119
 forgiven us

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:40.019
 when we

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.420
 repented,

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.039
 and at

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:41.340
 the same

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:41.679
 time,

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:42.880
 we'll

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.119
 still

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:43.659
 experience

00:41:43.659 --> 00:41:44.119
 consequences

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.420
 of our

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:44.760
 sin in

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:45.199
 this life.

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:45.559
 We won't

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:46.019
 experience

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.800
 consequences

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:47.019
 of our

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.260
 sin in

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:47.519
 hell,

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.380
 like,

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:48.820
 he's

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:49.139
 taken that

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.380
 away.

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:51.059
 But,

00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:52.360
 I think

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:52.760
 also a

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:53.320
 biblical idea

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.719
 that sort

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.159
 of connects

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:54.440
 with this

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:54.659
 is the

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:54.880
 idea of

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:55.380
 restitution.

00:41:56.260 --> 00:41:56.400
 So,

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:56.860
 in some

00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:57.019
 of the

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:57.159
 Old

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.500
 Testament,

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.320
 you know,

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.519
 if you

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.019
 steal something

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.559
 from somebody,

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.820
 you have to

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:01.240
 make it

00:42:01.240 --> 00:42:01.960
 right by,

00:42:02.600 --> 00:42:02.860
 you know,

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.280
 you steal

00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:03.900
 their cow

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.660
 or ox

00:42:04.660 --> 00:42:05.019
 or whatever,

00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:05.360
 and you

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:05.660
 have to

00:42:05.660 --> 00:42:06.260
 replace it

00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:07.480
 plus some

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:07.820
 extra.

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:09.320
 As a way

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:09.800
 of showing,

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.200
 like,

00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:11.320
 I do

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:12.120
 really repent,

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:13.480
 and I really

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.539
 want to make

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.480
 right what's

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:16.039
 been wrong.

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:17.300
 And I don't

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:17.660
 think we're,

00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.100
 I mean,

00:42:18.740 --> 00:42:19.200
 I think some

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:19.820
 situations are

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:20.320
 so broken

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:21.019
 that we're

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:22.940
 not even

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.480
 really able

00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:23.940
 to make

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.940
 right what's

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:25.460
 been wrong

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:26.539
 fully.

00:42:28.120 --> 00:42:28.780
 You know,

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.400
 when somebody

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:30.000
 gets hurt or

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.240
 killed,

00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:30.539
 like,

00:42:30.779 --> 00:42:31.739
 there's not

00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:32.379
 really a way

00:42:32.379 --> 00:42:32.619
 that you

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:34.459
 can fix

00:42:34.459 --> 00:42:34.779
 that,

00:42:34.919 --> 00:42:35.339
 but I

00:42:35.339 --> 00:42:35.819
 still think

00:42:35.819 --> 00:42:36.199
 this idea

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:36.879
 of how

00:42:36.879 --> 00:42:37.199
 do I,

00:42:37.319 --> 00:42:37.679
 thinking,

00:42:37.899 --> 00:42:38.039
 like,

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:38.939
 what's the

00:42:38.939 --> 00:42:39.439
 wrong that

00:42:39.439 --> 00:42:39.939
 I've

00:42:39.939 --> 00:42:40.519
 committed,

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:41.679
 and what

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:42.039
 would it

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:42.819
 mean to

00:42:42.819 --> 00:42:43.819
 sort of

00:42:43.819 --> 00:42:44.599
 make restitution

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:45.119
 in the sense

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.259
 of,

00:42:45.439 --> 00:42:45.500
 like,

00:42:46.359 --> 00:42:46.959
 how can I

00:42:46.959 --> 00:42:47.819
 help make

00:42:47.819 --> 00:42:48.019
 things,

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:48.599
 do what I

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:49.319
 can to help

00:42:49.319 --> 00:42:49.819
 make things

00:42:49.819 --> 00:42:50.199
 right?

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:51.179
 You know,

00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:52.019
 it's more

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:52.359
 than just

00:42:52.359 --> 00:42:52.699
 saying I'm

00:42:52.699 --> 00:42:53.139
 really sorry

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:53.559
 for what I

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:53.679
 did,

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:53.959
 then we'll

00:42:53.959 --> 00:42:54.219
 do it

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.500
 again,

00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:55.619
 but going

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:56.459
 to the next

00:42:56.459 --> 00:42:56.959
 of a thing,

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:58.179
 and I really

00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:58.759
 want to,

00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:01.060
 attribute to

00:43:01.060 --> 00:43:03.460
 something good

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:03.880
 and healthy

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:04.580
 rather than

00:43:04.580 --> 00:43:06.040
 so,

00:43:06.040 --> 00:43:12.560
 under my

00:43:12.560 --> 00:43:13.220
 copy of the

00:43:13.220 --> 00:43:13.440
 head,

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.680
 though,

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:15.740
 where it

00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:16.880
 says repentance

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:18.560
 includes,

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:21.940
 I don't

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:23.679
 see restitution

00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:24.019
 there,

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:24.440
 so I'm

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:25.360
 writing it

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:26.000
 to think

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.360
 about,

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:33.299
 because,

00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:34.480
 as Pastor

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:35.279
 Greg is

00:43:35.279 --> 00:43:35.880
 suggesting,

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:38.739
 or what

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:39.440
 he's suggesting,

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:39.980
 I would

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:40.400
 say,

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:42.219
 fits into

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:44.699
 real repentance,

00:43:44.699 --> 00:43:44.960
 repentance,

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.019
 repentance,

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.079
 repentance,

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:48.539
 repentance,

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.659
 yeah,

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:56.599
 let us

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:57.500
 pray,

00:43:57.500 --> 00:44:02.239
 Lord,

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:07.619
 we praise

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:08.259
 you because

00:44:08.259 --> 00:44:08.880
 you are the

00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:09.799
 great God

00:44:09.799 --> 00:44:12.440
 who can

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:13.299
 and does

00:44:13.299 --> 00:44:15.420
 use

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:16.519
 our

00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:17.480
 evil

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:18.239
 actions,

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:20.860
 for good,

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:20.880
 for good.

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:27.719
 We rejoice

00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:28.799
 that

00:44:28.799 --> 00:44:30.480
 nothing is

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:31.039
 too hard

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:31.519
 for you.

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:34.000
 You are

00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:34.420
 the one

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:35.059
 who raises

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:35.739
 the dead.

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:41.019
 May we

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:42.119
 be encouraged

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:45.019
 to follow

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:45.460
 you.

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.380
 Enable us,

00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:49.719
 Lord,

00:44:49.819 --> 00:44:50.559
 to do what

00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:51.059
 you want

00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:51.699
 us to do,

00:44:52.339 --> 00:44:53.319
 that your

00:44:53.319 --> 00:44:54.199
 goodness and

00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:54.819
 love and

00:44:54.819 --> 00:44:56.900
 glory may

00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:57.779
 shine through

00:44:57.779 --> 00:44:58.579
 our lives.

00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:01.679
 Amen.

00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:01.880
 Amen.

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:03.800
爱

00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:07.000
 worthy.

00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:09.160
 Amen.

00:45:09.160 --> 00:45:09.660
 Amen.

00:45:09.660 --> 00:45:10.260
 Amen.

00:45:10.260 --> 00:45:10.539
 Amen.

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.140
 Amen.

00:45:11.579 --> 00:45:11.960
 Amen.

00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:12.180
 Amen.

00:45:12.260 --> 00:45:12.300
 Amen.

00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:12.420
 Amen.

00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:12.640
 Amen.

00:45:12.640 --> 00:45:14.160
 Amen.

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