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 Now, Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house.

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 Fill the men's sacks with as much food as they can carry,

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 and put each man's silver in the mouth of his sack.

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 Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one's sack,

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 along with the silver for his grain.

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 And he did as Joseph said.

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 As morning dawned, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.

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 They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward,

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 go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them,

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 why have you repaid good with evil?

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 Isn't the cup my master drinks from, and isn't this the cup my master drinks from,

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 and also uses for divination?

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 This is a wicked thing you have done.

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 When he caught up with them, he repeated these words to them.

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 But they said to him, why does my Lord say such things?

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 Far be it from your servants to do anything like that.

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 We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan

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 the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks.

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 So why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

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 If any of your servants is found to have it, he will die,

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 and the rest of us will become my Lord's slaves.

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 Very well, then he said, let it be as you say.

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 Whoever is found to have it will become my slave.

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 The rest of you will be free from blame.

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 Each of them quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

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 Then the steward proceeded to search, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest.

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 And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

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 At this they tore their clothes.

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 Then they all loaded their donkeys and returned to the city.

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 Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in,

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 and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

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 Joseph said to them, what is this you have done?

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 Don't you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?

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 What can we say to my Lord? Judah replied.

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 What can we say?

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 How can we prove our innocence?

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 God has uncovered your servant's guilt.

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 We are now my Lord's slaves.

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 We ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.

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 But Joseph said, far be it from me to do such a thing.

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 Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave.

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 The rest of you go back to your father in peace.

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 Then Judah went up to him and said, please, my Lord, let your servants speak a word to my Lord.

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 Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.

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 My Lord asked his servants, do you have a father or a brother?

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 And we answered, we have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age.

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 His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother's sons left.

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 And his father loves him.

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 Then you said to your servants, bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.

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 And we said to my Lord, the boy cannot leave his father.

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 If he leaves him, his father will die.

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 But you told your servants, unless your youngest brother comes down with you,

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 you will not see my face again.

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 When we went back to your servant, my father, we told him what my Lord had said.

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 Then our father said, go back and buy a little more food.

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 But we said we cannot go down.

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 Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go.

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 We cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.

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 Your servant, my father, said to us, you know that my wife bore me two sons.

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 One of them went away from me, and I said, he has surely been torn to pieces,

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 and I have not seen him sinned.

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 If you take this one from me too, and harm comes to him,

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 you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.

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 So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant, my father,

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 and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy's life,

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 sees that the boy isn't there, he will die.

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 Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow.

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 Your servant guaranteed the boy's safety to my father.

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 I said, if I do not bring him back to you,

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 I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life.

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 Now then, please let your servant remain here as my Lord's slave in place of the boy,

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 and let the boy return with his brothers.

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 How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me?

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 No, do not let me see the misery that would come upon my father.

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 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants,

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 and he cried out, make everyone leave my presence.

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 So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers,

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 and he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him,

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 and Pharaoh's household heard about it.

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 Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph.

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 Is my father still living?

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 But his brothers were not able to answer him,

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 because they were terrified at his presence.

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 Then Joseph said to his brothers, come close to me.

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 When they had done so, he said, I am your brother Joseph,

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 the one you sold into Egypt, and now do not be distressed,

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 and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here,

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 because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.

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 For two years now, there has been famine in the land,

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 and for the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping.

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 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth,

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 and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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

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 He made me father to Pharaoh,

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 Lord of his entire household, and ruler of all Egypt.

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 Amen.

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 And we'll leave the story.

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 There's Judah and Joseph reveal God's grace.

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 We're coming towards the climax of this sort of epic Old Testament story

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 that dominates the last chunk of the book of Genesis.

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 Two observations before we get going.

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 First of all, and this is for you,

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 if you get drawn in by the drama of stories like I do.

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 If you find when you're watching movies or television,

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 you're reading books,

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 you really feel for the hero of the story.

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 You're pulling for them,

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 and you're sort of down with the villains.

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 This is one of those stories that really does have it all

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 in terms of drama,

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 in terms of a range of emotions,

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 in terms of tension.

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 But it's so important that we don't read this just as any old story,

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 as a really great and riveting read.

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 This is God's word.

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 And it's part of that story revealing God's promise

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 to bless and to save the family of Jacob

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 and the nations of the world through this family.

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 And it's important that we recognize,

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 and I hope we've been seeing it as the weeks go on,

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 that it points powerfully to Jesus.

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 And it points us towards that even bigger salvation story.

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 So we'll try not to read it just as a really exciting story.

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 And one other observation,

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 because this is a story that revolves around family

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 and family drama,

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 one of the things I guess that happens,

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 you know, in real life,

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 we know of other families that have highs and lows,

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 joys and sorrows.

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 And we feel that as people.

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 But we feel it in a sense at a distance.

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 You know, that the joy and the sorrow,

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 it fades more quickly for us

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 than it does for the family

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 that's right at the heart of this story.

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 But one of the things that I want us to do

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 and to try really hard

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 is to place ourselves into the story of Jacob and his sons.

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 Not just to stand on the sidelines and say,

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 there's a nice story about that family over there,

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 but rather to recognize that this story includes you

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 and it includes me.

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 Particularly in this section,

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 that we would see ourselves as those who need rescue.

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 That we would see ourselves as those

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 who are being offered grace and peace today.

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 That in a very real sense,

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 we come helpless before our King,

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 the one who has our lives in His hand

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 and we need His mercy.

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 So that we would make this good story

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 our good news story.

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 So that just as we come towards,

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 in a sense, one of the climaxes of this.

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 But before we get to there,

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 we need to see that tension is still being built.

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 The first 13 verses of chapter 44

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 are setting the stage

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 because here Joseph is introducing one final test

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 for his brothers.

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 Now, remember, God has raised Joseph up to power.

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 We saw that through the dreams that God sent him.

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 And we also heard it from Joseph's own mouth.

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 For example, chapter 45, verse 8.

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 So then, it was not you who sent me here,

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 but God, he made me father to Pharaoh,

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 lord of his entire household and over Egypt.

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 And so God's given him this position.

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 And as God's agent, he's acting for God,

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 he sets this last test for his brothers.

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 So first couple of verses, the test is set.

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 And we notice that it revolves around

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 Joseph's younger brother, Benjamin.

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 So the sacks of grain are to be filled with silver

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 as they were before.

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 But additionally, the king's special silver cup

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 is to be placed in Benjamin's bag.

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 What does that mean?

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 Benjamin, the brother, is going to find himself in danger.

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 And what will those older brothers do?

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 We see the plan essentially in verse 10,

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 in the words of the servant.

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 Once the servant is caught up with them

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 and they've had their conversation

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 and the cup has been found,

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 or it's about to be found.

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 Verse 10, obviously coming from Joseph,

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 we hear these words.

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 Let it be as you say,

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 whoever is found to have the cup

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 will become my slave.

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 The rest of you will be free from blame.

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 So there's the tension being introduced.

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 This whole test is going to show

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 that Benjamin stands guilty facing slavery.

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 Those brothers can go free.

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 What are they going to do in that situation?

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 Because they've been there before, haven't they?

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 Sometimes we have that experience

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 where we're placed in a test situation.

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 I guess driving theory tests

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 get us there a little bit,

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 where there's a simulation

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 where a driver is presented with

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 sort of stressful scenarios

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 and how will they cope.

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 Here Joseph's brothers are being put back

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 into a stressful scenario

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 or a dramatic situation

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 that they've already been in.

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 Takes us all the way back to chapter 37.

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 When they had a brother in distress,

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 Joseph,

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 and they left him down a pit.

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 When they had a chance to do the right thing,

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 but instead they sold Joseph to be a slave

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 and they took the money and ran home.

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 They knew how much their father loved Joseph,

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 but they did not care for their father then.

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 How will they act now 20 years later?

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 And we get some clues

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 in verse 7

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 and verse 9.

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 We see how united they are.

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 Verse 7,

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 Far be it from your servants

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 to do anything like that.

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 Verse 9,

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 If any of your servants

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 is found to have it,

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 he will die

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 and the rest of us

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 will become my Lord's slaves.

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 You see how they're united.

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 They're not all looking out

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 for number one anymore.

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 Now they seem to trust each other as well.

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 Verse 13,

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 As the cup is found in Benjamin's sack,

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 we discover they're not going to take the money and run,

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 though they were entitled to,

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 according to the test.

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 Rather,

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 they feel the misery of Benjamin.

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 They anticipate the misery of their father Jacob,

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 and they stay

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 so that they might defend Benjamin.

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 There has been change.

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 Stop and think just for a moment.

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 The disaster facing the family of Jacob

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 could not be greater at this moment.

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 You've got these brothers

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 who are all away in Egypt

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 while their families and their flocks

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 are away in Canaan

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 with no one to provide for them.

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 They also know that

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 if the situation stays as it is,

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 their father will most likely die of a broken heart.

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 They also know that

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 if the situation doesn't resolve,

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 this is the end of their family clan,

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 and importantly,

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 this is the end of God's promise.

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 God had said he was going to bless them

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 and the world through this family,

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 but if this family comes to an end,

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 then so too does the promise of God.

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 So there is tension here.

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 There is grief here.

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 In verse 13,

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 as we see them tearing their clothes

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 and heading back to the city,

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 they are now emotionally

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 walking in the shoes of Joseph,

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 their brother,

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 some 20 plus years earlier.

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 How does this story,

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 at this point,

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 connect us with Jesus?

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 One of the wonderful things

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 that the New Testament tells us,

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 especially the book of Hebrews,

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 that Jesus, in love,

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 has become our brother.

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 He identifies with us,

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 becomes one of us,

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 sympathizes with us in our grief.

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 We can think about the words of the steward

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 to the brothers in verse 4,

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 when he says to them,

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 he accuses them,

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 why have you repaid good with evil?

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 You apply that to our story,

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 we have received good from God.

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 Every day that we have life,

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 we are receiving good from God.

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 We have received the greatest good in Jesus,

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 but by our own natural instinct,

00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:55.580
 we return evil for good.

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 We turn our back on God.

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 We choose to rebel against God.

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 And unlike Benjamin,

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 our guilt is very real.

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 But then there's Jesus, our brother.

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 And Jesus, our brother, in love,

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 he walks the road to judgment for us.

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 He didn't need to do that.

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 In love, he came,

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 and he walked that path

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 all the way to the cross

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 where he takes on himself

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 the sin and guilt of his people.

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 All those who will trust in Jesus,

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 who are in Christ,

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 they are declared forgiven

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 and declared to be perfectly righteous

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 in God's sight.

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 And so we are reminded

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 of the cross

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 as God's greatest good

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 in response to our great evil.

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 That loving sacrifice of Jesus,

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 a gift for us to receive by faith

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 if we will turn to him

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 and believe.

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 So the test has been set.

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 And now we're going to see

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 how Judah passes the test.

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 And as he does so,

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 he's going to reveal to us

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 how God has been changing him.

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 He's going to show us

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 God's transforming grace.

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 So remember,

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 Moses is the one

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 who writes the book of Genesis.

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 And so far,

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 as we've thought about

00:16:32.040 --> 00:16:32.820
 the story of Jacob,

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 Joseph has been the main actor.

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 But we've also seen Judah

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 from time to time.

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 And we're beginning to see

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 his rising importance.

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 And just as he is beginning

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 to take center stage,

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 we're also being invited

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 to see how God has been changing

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 his moral character.

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 Again, one of the wonderful things

00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:55.879
 about the Bible

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 is its honesty.

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 It doesn't present,

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 you know, picture-perfect followers

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 of God.

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 No, it shows sinners

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 who are saved by grace

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 so that the glory always,

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 always belongs to God

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 and not to us.

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 We make a mess

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 and God fixes it up

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 and that brings glory to him.

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 So just to remind ourselves

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 very briefly,

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 what we've seen of Judah

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 up until this point,

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 we've seen him jealous

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 of his father's love

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 for his brother.

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 We've seen him angry

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 and hateful

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 towards his brother.

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 We've seen him sell

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 his brother into slavery.

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 We've seen him totally ruthless,

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 not caring about

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 his father's broken heart.

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 We've seen him failing

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 to keep his promises.

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 We have seen him guilty

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 of sexual immorality.

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 But now,

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 we're seeing a different side

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 to Judah

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 because of God's grace.

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 Verse 16,

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 as he begins to talk

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 to Joseph,

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 as he is clearly being seen

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 as the leader

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 among his brothers.

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 Do you see the language?

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 Verse 16,

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 what can we say

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 to my Lord?

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 What can we say?

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 How can we prove

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 our innocence?

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 This isn't a man

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 who's out for himself anymore.

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 This is a man

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 who is standing

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 to defend

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 his younger brother,

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 Benjamin.

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 Verse 17,

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 even when Joseph dangles

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 the carrot of freedom,

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 when he says,

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 only the man

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 who was found to have

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 the cup will become

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 my slave.

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 The rest of you

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 go back to your father

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 in peace.

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 He refuses

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 to take that freedom.

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 He refuses to walk away

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 from his brother.

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 And what we have instead

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 from verse 18

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 to the end of the chapter

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 is we have Judah,

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 the leader among the brothers,

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 rehearsing

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 different conversations

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 that took place

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 up until this point.

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 But for our purpose,

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 what I want us to see

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 is how Judah

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 has changed.

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 We see it in verse

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 30 and 31

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 where he is now

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 profoundly concerned

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 for his father's heart.

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 If the boy is not with us

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 when I go back

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 to your servant,

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 my father,

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 he will die.

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 Your servants

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 will bring the gray head

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 of our father

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 down to the grave

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 in sorrow.

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 Didn't care about that

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 20 years ago

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 but now he cares

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 about his father's heart.

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 Now he wants to do

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 his father's will.

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 He wants to keep

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 that promise

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 that he made

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 to his father.

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 Verse 32,

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 your servant,

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 this is Judah speaking,

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 your servant guaranteed

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 Benjamin's safety

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 to my father.

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 I said,

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 if I do not bring him

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 back to you,

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 I will bear the blame

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 before you,

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 my father,

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 all my life.

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 He is going to do

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 what he has pledged

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 to do.

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 He will bear responsibility.

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 Verse 33,

00:20:01.679 --> 00:20:02.419
 now then,

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.299
 please let your servant

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 remain here

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 as my Lord's slave

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 in place of the boy

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 and let the boy

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 return with his brotherhood.

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 What a change

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 God has worked

00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:14.720
 in this man's life.

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 He's going to defend

00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:17.839
 his younger brother

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 to the end.

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 It's a beautiful thing

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:22.219
 to see the change

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 that God makes

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 in a person's life.

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 Judah is one of those people

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 that really dramatic

00:20:27.959 --> 00:20:29.739
 testimony to God's grace.

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 You know,

00:20:31.139 --> 00:20:32.319
 if we could talk to Judah,

00:20:32.439 --> 00:20:33.379
 he would say,

00:20:33.479 --> 00:20:33.659
 you know,

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.659
 I was like this.

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 I was jealous.

00:20:36.379 --> 00:20:37.000
 I was hateful.

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.659
 I was immoral.

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 I was angry.

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 I turned my back

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:41.239
 on God and his purposes,

00:20:41.419 --> 00:20:42.779
 but God intervened.

00:20:43.159 --> 00:20:44.379
 God showed me my sin.

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 God showed me mercy.

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 And now,

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 I'm living,

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 trusting in God's promises.

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 I'm looking to preserve

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.700
 my family

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 because God has made

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.700
 promises to my family.

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:56.299
 God has changed me.

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 How do we explain

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:01.319
 this kind of change?

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:03.519
 We explain it in light

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.980
 of the grace of God.

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:08.579
 Christianity is not

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:10.619
 work really hard

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.299
 to become a better

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:12.220
 version of you.

00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:14.220
 Christianity is not

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:15.200
 try really hard

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:16.279
 and keep the rules.

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:18.140
 Judah is not here

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:19.120
 turning over

00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:21.120
 a new moral leaf.

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:21.460
 No,

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:23.580
 Judah has been changed

00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:24.840
 by encountering

00:21:24.840 --> 00:21:25.819
 the mercy and grace

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.600
 of God.

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.440
 And Judah's story

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:29.059
 is the story

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:30.819
 of every Christian.

00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:32.700
 That there was

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.680
 a time in our life

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.480
 when we were blind

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.539
 to our sin.

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.240
 We were blind

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:37.319
 to our need

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:37.980
 of God

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.880
 and his love.

00:21:39.580 --> 00:21:40.500
 When we took

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.140
 our joy

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:42.860
 from created things

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.319
 and we didn't

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.139
 give praise

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.679
 and glory

00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:45.919
 to God.

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.740
 There was a time

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.899
 when we had

00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.500
 no care

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.299
 for our Father

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:51.299
 in Heaven's heart.

00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:52.259
 We did not care

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:54.000
 to live for him

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:55.479
 and for his glory.

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:57.339
 And so that remains

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:59.639
 until and unless

00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:01.399
 God by his Spirit

00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:02.639
 works in our heart.

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:05.039
 In verse 16,

00:22:05.959 --> 00:22:06.799
 Judah says,

00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:08.539
 God has uncovered

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:11.279
 your servant's guilt.

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:13.279
 He feels in that test

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.700
 God convicting him

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:16.259
 of his sin

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.799
 and that has changed him.

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.839
 And that's what God

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.480
 needs to do

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:21.259
 for every one of us

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:22.559
 if we are to be saved.

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.319
 God the Spirit

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.779
 needs to show us

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.420
 our guilt

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:27.859
 that we have not

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.899
 lived to love God

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.519
 and we have not

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.779
 perfectly loved others.

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:32.299
 So by God's standard,

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:34.619
 we are condemned.

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.399
 God the Spirit

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.340
 needs to show us

00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:38.900
 our need.

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.600
 I cannot save myself

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.820
 but God has sent

00:22:41.820 --> 00:22:42.740
 Jesus, his Son,

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.440
 to die for me.

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.920
 He can save me.

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.860
 And it's the Spirit

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:48.500
 that calls us,

00:22:48.600 --> 00:22:49.360
 causes us

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:50.440
 to put our trust

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.920
 in Jesus

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.540
 to show us

00:22:52.540 --> 00:22:53.380
 not just that

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.519
 Jesus died for sin

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.440
 but that Jesus died

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.900
 for me

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:57.540
 and for my sin.

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.080
 The Spirit makes it

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.680
 very real

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:02.300
 and very personal.

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.120
 Judah,

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.780
 he was a mess.

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:07.960
 Morally,

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.660
 spiritually,

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.740
 relationally,

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.560
 but God's grace

00:23:11.560 --> 00:23:12.240
 was powerful.

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.340
 God's grace

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:14.200
 changed him.

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.519
 God's grace

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.040
 is greater

00:23:17.040 --> 00:23:17.640
 than our sin.

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.140
 That means

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:19.180
 Judah's story

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.360
 can be anybody's story,

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.320
 can be your story

00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:21.720
 today.

00:23:23.800 --> 00:23:24.759
 So we see

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.380
 in the life

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.080
 of Judah

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:27.660
 a wonderful reminder

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.200
 of God's

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:29.180
 transforming grace

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.080
 but we also

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:32.040
 have a wonderful

00:23:32.040 --> 00:23:33.240
 reminder of Jesus

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.420
 in the story

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:34.900
 of Judah.

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:36.620
 Judah,

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.160
 in a few chapters

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.700
 will be told

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.280
 that kings

00:23:39.280 --> 00:23:39.980
 and nations,

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.840
 kings of nations

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.660
 will come from him,

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.620
 that the king

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.640
 God promised

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.140
 would come

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.700
 from the line

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.080
 of Judah,

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.100
 Jesus would come

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:47.240
 from Judah's family

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:49.180
 and we can see

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.940
 lots of ways

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.320
 in which

00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:51.800
 the story of Judah

00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:52.880
 connects to the story

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.440
 of Jesus.

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:56.000
 Just like Judah,

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.900
 Jesus will keep

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.500
 his promise

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.300
 to his father

00:23:59.300 --> 00:24:01.460
 regardless of the cost

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.740
 to rescue

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.420
 his brothers.

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:05.960
 Jesus came

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.660
 to save sinners

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.759
 by dying for us

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.240
 and we get

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.160
 in the garden

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:10.160
 of Gethsemane

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:11.240
 an insight

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.039
 into just

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.920
 what that would

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:14.000
 cost Jesus.

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.680
 So the night

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.920
 before Jesus

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.319
 died,

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:16.940
 he is in

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.779
 a garden

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.740
 called Gethsemane

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.539
 and he's praying

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.480
 to his father

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.940
 and there's sweat

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.700
 coming,

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.740
 drops of blood

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.380
 coming,

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.720
 the emotion,

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.039
 the sense

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.759
 of anticipation

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.960
 of the cross

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.519
 and Jesus,

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.440
 it says,

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.340
 if there's any

00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:32.340
 other way,

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.539
 Father,

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.160
 if there's any

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.620
 other way

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:35.480
 to save sinners

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.019
 that doesn't

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.720
 involve me

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:38.380
 dying in their

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.759
 place,

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:40.000
 then let's do that

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.920
 but nevertheless,

00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:43.120
 not my will

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.819
 but yours

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:45.100
 be done.

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.420
 Jesus,

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.299
 knowing what

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.120
 it would cost him,

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.160
 his very life,

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.539
 causing him

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.420
 to be forsaken

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.259
 by his father

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.900
 as he would bear

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.900
 the sins of the world,

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:56.360
 Jesus did not

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:57.460
 walk away

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:59.299
 from his father's

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.559
 will,

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.980
 Jesus did not

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.940
 walk away

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:04.319
 from those

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.400
 he came to save

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:07.519
 and Jesus

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.140
 never will.

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.900
 Just like

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.819
 Judah too,

00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:13.319
 Jesus pleads

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.240
 the cause

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.740
 of his brothers.

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.880
 Again,

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.319
 to think about

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.840
 a book like

00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.400
 Hebrews

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.240
 in the New Testament,

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:21.100
 Jesus is described

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:22.819
 as our mediator.

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.620
 It's as if

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.920
 Jesus is our

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:26.180
 defense

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:27.220
 lawyer.

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.279
 He becomes

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.960
 our representative

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.920
 but the remarkable

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.559
 thing about

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.000
 Jesus,

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.160
 our representative

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:35.259
 is that

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.240
 although he is

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.299
 perfectly innocent

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.319
 and he knows

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.480
 we are guilty,

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.660
 he takes on

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.400
 himself

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:42.600
 our guilt

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.180
 so that when

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.120
 we are trusting

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:45.000
 in him,

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:45.980
 we can be

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.799
 considered to be

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.759
 absolutely perfect

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.460
 and righteous

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.440
 in God's sight.

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.460
 There's that

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.340
 wonderful great

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:52.100
 exchange that

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:53.200
 happens at the cross,

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:54.019
 Jesus takes

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.779
 my sin

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:56.519
 and he gives

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.980
 to me

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:58.759
 his righteousness.

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.039
 And now,

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.720
 right now,

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.839
 Jesus in heaven

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.599
 is still

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.660
 our mediator.

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.579
 He's still

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.359
 pleading the

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.420
 cause of

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.420
 his people

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.539
 on the basis

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.500
 of his

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.379
 completed

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.639
 sacrifice.

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:15.259
 Accept them

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.980
 because you

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:17.000
 accepted me,

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.839
 Father.

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:19.699
 and because

00:26:19.699 --> 00:26:20.259
 of that,

00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:21.139
 if we are

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:21.779
 trusting in

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.039
 Jesus,

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:22.439
 we have

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:23.619
 total security

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.819
 as the

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.259
 people of

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.639
 God.

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.740
 Our freedom

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.679
 is sure.

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.679
 Unlike

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.220
 Judah,

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.519
 Jesus,

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.359
 our brother,

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.019
 pays the

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:35.199
 ultimate price

00:26:35.199 --> 00:26:36.599
 to secure

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.359
 our pardon.

00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.079
 One of the

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.659
 amazing things

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.079
 about Judah

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.699
 is that he

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:41.459
 was willing

00:26:41.459 --> 00:26:42.119
 to go into

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.779
 slavery

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.660
 for the

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.079
 rest of

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.480
 his life

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.819
 so that

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.200
 Benjamin,

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.799
 his brother,

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.619
 might go

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:46.899
 free.

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:47.819
 But that

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.579
 didn't happen.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.319
 Instead,

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.680
 there was

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.519
 family reunion.

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.660
 But Jesus,

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.839
 Jesus said,

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.019
 I've come

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.859
 to serve

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:59.160
 and I've

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.599
 come to

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.399
 give my

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:01.039
 life as

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.700
 a ransom.

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.359
 I have

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.960
 come to

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.839
 pay the

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.500
 price to

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.319
 free people

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.839
 from the

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.740
 slavery to

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.319
 sin so they

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.759
 can enjoy

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.279
 the freedom

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.779
 of knowing

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.420
 and enjoying

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.019
 God.

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.059
 God,

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.299
 and he

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.799
 paid the

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.119
 ultimate

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.539
 price.

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.240
 His death

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.940
 on the

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.879
 cross is

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.440
 where we

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.460
 find our

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.299
 freedom.

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.079
 The only

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.700
 way for us

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.240
 to know

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.559
 God,

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:22.879
 to have

00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:23.420
 peace with

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.700
 God,

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.259
 to enjoy

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.000
 life with

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.319
 God,

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.079
 is because

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.779
 Jesus was

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.579
 willing to

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.200
 pay that

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:30.019
 price to

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:31.500
 secure our

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.400
 ransom.

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.799
 Just like

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.240
 Judah,

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.119
 praise God

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.400
 for the

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.720
 gospel,

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.240
 Jesus

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.220
 passed

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.940
 his test.

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.019
 So where

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.619
 we stand

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:42.920
 in our

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.359
 place in

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.680
 history,

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.359
 everything

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.299
 that is

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.259
 needed for

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.980
 our salvation

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:48.160
 has already

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.920
 been done.

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.180
 If you're

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.500
 not a

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.740
 Christian,

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.160
 you have

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:53.139
 nothing to

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:54.619
 do to

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.379
 be saved

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:56.379
 other than

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:57.859
 to confess

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.539
 your sin

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.000
 and your

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.379
 need,

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.720
 other than

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.359
 to trust

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:02.000
 that when

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.720
 Jesus died,

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.339
 he died

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.940
 for you,

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.559
 and to

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.339
 have him

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.139
 as your

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.879
 Lord and

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.160
 King,

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.980
 to receive

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.740
 him as

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.200
 a gift.

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:10.980
 And when

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.279
 we do

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.640
 that,

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.380
 we get

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:13.740
 to live

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.160
 and join

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.660
 the freedom

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.160
 that Jesus

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.660
 came to

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.100
 buy for

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.420
 us.

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.700
 That's

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:21.759
 the story

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.220
 of Judah

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.580
 and how

00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:23.360
 Judah reveals

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:23.779
 God's

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.059
 grace.

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:24.940
 Let's also

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.500
 think about

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.980
 Joseph.

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.420
 Now when

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.420
 Joseph reveals

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.279
 his identity,

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.680
 he's doing

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.080
 more than

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.380
 that.

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.480
 He's also

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.259
 showing them

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.940
 God's

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:34.039
 saving

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:35.000
 grace.

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:36.079
 I wanted

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.880
 to get

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.279
 to chapter

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.940
 45 so

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.140
 we wouldn't

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:39.440
 have another

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.839
 cliffhanger

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.880
 moment but

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.380
 rather we'd

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.039
 get to this

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.799
 point.

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.680
 You know,

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.480
 we've probably

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.940
 seen TV

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.619
 shows that

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.980
 have the

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:50.319
 big reveal

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:51.660
 idea for

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.720
 some of us.

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.099
 We maybe

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.559
 grew up

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:53.980
 watching

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:55.039
 Surprise,

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.859
 Surprise or

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.559
 maybe Michael

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.440
 McIntyre's

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.140
 big show you

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.759
 see occasionally

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.619
 those big

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.859
 family reunions.

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.880
 People haven't

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.460
 seen each other

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.140
 for decades

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.779
 perhaps and

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.359
 they're on

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.660
 different

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:07.420
 continents and

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.940
 they're brought

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.519
 back together.

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:08.899
 You get this

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:10.059
 wonderful reunion.

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.899
 Everybody loves

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.079
 those,

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.319
 doesn't they?

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.740
 Some of those

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.180
 stories are

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.220
 really profoundly

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.680
 dramatic but

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.099
 none of them

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.259
 come close to

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:22.160
 this amazing

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.660
 family reunion.

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.519
 Just imagine

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:27.579
 Joseph's emotions

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:29.079
 for a moment.

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:31.539
 Imagine his

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.619
 joy,

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.220
 imagine all

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.599
 that's going

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:33.879
 on.

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.480
 Think about

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.759
 all that

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:34.960
 he'd

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.339
 suffered

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:37.240
 as a

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.740
 teenager.

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.660
 The hate

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.019
 that he'd

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.380
 endured

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.740
 from his

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.019
 brothers,

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.740
 the jealousy

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:42.059
 being sold

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.759
 as a slave

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.220
 by your

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.599
 brothers,

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.900
 being thrown

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.599
 into a pit

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:48.160
 and then

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.720
 moving from

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.519
 slavery to

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.920
 being a

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.240
 prisoner,

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.839
 falsely

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.480
 accused and

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.860
 having to

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.240
 be there

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.700
 for three

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.240
 years.

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.099
 He has

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:55.079
 suffered so

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:56.120
 much in

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:57.360
 his story.

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.779
 Think about

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.220
 all he had

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.900
 lost and

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.839
 left behind.

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:02.519
 he'd been

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.339
 living in

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.759
 the land

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.379
 of promise.

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.919
 He was

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.500
 part of a

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.079
 family that

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.559
 God had

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.179
 made great

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:09.119
 promises to

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.819
 but again

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.279
 he's been

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.759
 stripped from

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.339
 that and

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.359
 sent to

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.220
 Egypt.

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.519
 He has

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.519
 gone through

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:19.220
 a lot.

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.899
 What about

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.379
 his brothers

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:22.539
 as this

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.619
 reunion happens?

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.319
 How are they

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.099
 feeling?

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:25.519
 Are they feeling

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.019
 joy?

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.039
 Hooray,

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.659
 our brother's

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:27.840
 back.

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.240
 Look at

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.980
 verse 3.

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.440
 His brothers

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.740
 were not

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.100
 able to

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.600
 answer him

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:31.980
 because they

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.740
 were terrified

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:34.540
 at his

00:30:34.540 --> 00:30:36.019
 presence.

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.259
 Remember

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.000
 Joseph has

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:39.200
 been talking

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.640
 through a

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.259
 translator

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.960
 pretending he

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.640
 didn't know

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.500
 their language.

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.040
 All of a sudden

00:30:43.040 --> 00:30:43.700
 they're realizing

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.440
 Joseph has heard

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.360
 every conversation

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:46.200
 and that's

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.500
 a cause for

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.800
 terror.

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.259
 But now

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.000
 more importantly

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.460
 they're also

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.320
 thinking have

00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:52.279
 we found

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.279
 ourselves the

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:54.480
 enemy of the

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.080
 second most

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.940
 powerful man in

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.420
 the world?

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.480
 God now

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.920
 we're in the

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.560
 hands of our

00:30:58.560 --> 00:30:58.880
 brother.

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.500
 When he was

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.920
 in our hands

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.500
 we sold him

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.080
 into slavery.

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.680
 What's he

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.420
 going to do

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.500
 to us now?

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.820
 Two ways

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:09.220
 we see grace

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.960
 shining in this

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.360
 reunion.

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.880
 In the words

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.420
 of Joseph

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.840
 first of all

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.620
 in verse 4

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:16.039
 words of

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.400
 comfort.

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.120
 Joseph said

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.460
 to his

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.779
 brothers

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:20.100
 come close

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:21.000
 to me.

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.640
 What is

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.500
 Joseph saying

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.900
 there?

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.820
 He's saying

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.740
 I am

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.559
 your brother.

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.039
 I am

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.299
 not here

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:30.259
 as an

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.599
 enemy.

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.140
 I am

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.960
 not against

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.319
 you.

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.120
 I am

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:35.299
 for you.

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.960
 We've

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.299
 seen it

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.680
 in his

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.079
 story.

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.819
 There is

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.559
 no bitterness

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.920
 in Joseph's

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.140
 life.

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.500
 He has

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.940
 forgiven

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.980
 his brothers.

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.819
 They gave

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.519
 him evil

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.960
 but now

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.359
 he will

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.859
 return

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.819
 it with

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.700
 good.

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:49.380
 And then

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.740
 in verse

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.420
 five to

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.759
 eight

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:53.160
 obviously a

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.680
 lesson they

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.580
 really need

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.299
 to hear

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.840
 three times

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:58.279
 he reveals

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.420
 that this

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.019
 was all

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.720
 part of

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.400
 God's

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.279
 plan.

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.200
 End of

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.019
 verse five

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:06.600
 it was to

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.759
 save lives

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.759
 that God

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.480
 sent me

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.460
 ahead of

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.720
 you.

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.160
 Verse seven

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:13.279
 God sent

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:14.039
 me ahead of

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.420
 you to

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.200
 preserve for

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.580
 you a

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:16.259
 remnant on

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.720
 earth and

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.220
 to save

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.799
 your lives

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.200
 by a

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.480
 great

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.099
 deliverance.

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.680
 Verse eight

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.640
 so then it

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.099
 was not

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.960
 you who

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.660
 sent me

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.779
 here but

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.720
 God.

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.039
 Behind

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.599
 their

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.440
 evil

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:30.859
 stood a

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.500
 faithful

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.920
 promise

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.420
 keeping

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.640
 sovereign

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.339
 God who

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.799
 was in

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:37.119
 control and

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.400
 who was

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.660
 going to

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.240
 make sure

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.599
 that that

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.299
 promise to

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.039
 Abraham and

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.660
 his family

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.319
 would

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.180
 continue.

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:45.259
 Just as an

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.240
 aside it's

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.900
 important for

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.160
 us to

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.779
 recognize that

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.160
 both of

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.559
 those things

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.140
 are held

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.539
 true.

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.500
 Joseph will

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.140
 say you

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.859
 were responsible

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.500
 you sold

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.779
 me.

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:53.740
 Human

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.339
 responsibility

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.940
 is never

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.460
 denied in

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.940
 the Bible but

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:57.400
 also God's

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.039
 sovereignty is

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.620
 clearly in

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:58.779
 view.

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.220
 God is

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.339
 clearly in

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.140
 control and

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.819
 that's one of

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.420
 the tensions

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.819
 for us as we

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.420
 read the Bible

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.400
 that both of

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.859
 these things

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.200
 are true.

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.579
 It's not an

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.299
 either or.

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.220
 We are

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.140
 responsible and

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:10.440
 God is in

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.180
 control when it

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:12.660
 comes to our

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.820
 actions.

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.800
 But we

00:33:15.800 --> 00:33:16.840
 see in the

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:17.480
 words of

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.720
 Joseph a

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.920
 wonderful response

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.840
 to the grief

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:22.259
 the brothers have

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.380
 felt.

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.000
 Remember back in

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.740
 verse 13 they

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.519
 tear their

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.080
 clothes and

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:25.640
 they trudge

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.220
 back to

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.720
 Egypt not

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.300
 sure what's

00:33:27.300 --> 00:33:27.519
 going to

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.960
 happen.

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.700
 Wondering is

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.300
 this the end

00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:30.820
 of God's

00:33:30.820 --> 00:33:31.440
 promise for

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.680
 us?

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.120
 Is this the

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:33.560
 end of our

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:34.080
 family?

00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:35.100
 And Joseph

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.820
 in his words

00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.320
 of grace

00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:37.080
 answers with a

00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:37.660
 loud and

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.660
 clear no.

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:40.340
 God's promises

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:41.660
 can never and

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.660
 will never

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.580
 fail.

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:45.120
 We have a

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:46.519
 God that we

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.320
 can trust.

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.540
 We have a

00:33:48.540 --> 00:33:49.120
 God who is

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:49.560
 reliable.

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.100
 Now of course

00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:50.860
 we won't

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:51.540
 always know

00:33:51.540 --> 00:33:52.519
 his timetable

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.660
 and we will

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.600
 not always be

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:54.940
 able to

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.940
 understand why

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.700
 certain things

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.860
 happen but we

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:59.720
 do know that

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.460
 God is faithful

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.000
 and God is

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.820
 loving and God

00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:02.800
 always keeps

00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:03.880
 his promises

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.460
 and so we

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.620
 can hold on

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.840
 to that.

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:09.179
 as we see

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.920
 it work out

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.079
 in the story

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.699
 of Joseph

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.279
 and of course

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:13.559
 we see this

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:15.340
 reality again

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:16.840
 in the story

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:18.420
 of Jesus.

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.279
 The very first

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:21.699
 sermon of the

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:23.259
 early church

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:24.159
 in Acts

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:26.019
 chapter 2

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.199
 we find Peter

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:28.380
 preaching and

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:29.199
 he will say

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:30.440
 to a crowd

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.819
 quite clearly

00:34:31.819 --> 00:34:33.880
 you put

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.799
 Jesus to

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.179
 death.

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.360
 You killed

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.140
 God's son

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:38.180
 and God's

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:38.680
 savior.

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.200
 He could

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:40.780
 say to a

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.180
 crowd you

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.740
 are guilty

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.380
 of sin

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:43.200
 and unbelief

00:34:43.200 --> 00:34:43.960
 and of

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:45.039
 sending Jesus

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.000
 the son of

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.380
 God the

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.800
 savior of

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.059
 the world

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.480
 to the

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.360
 cross but

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.760
 he can

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.760
 also say

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:51.240
 that Jesus

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.840
 was handed

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.480
 over by

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.320
 God's set

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.880
 purpose

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:55.640
 by God's

00:34:55.640 --> 00:34:57.200
 foreknowledge

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:58.320
 and that God

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:59.400
 raised Jesus

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.260
 and God

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.820
 made him

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:02.019
 Lord and

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.680
 Christ.

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.640
 The greatest

00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:04.980
 evil that has

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.740
 ever taken

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.400
 place was

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.820
 when the

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.619
 perfect son

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.340
 of God

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.599
 was killed

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:09.920
 on the

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.400
 cross.

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.619
 But behind

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.219
 that great

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.920
 evil was the

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.760
 greatest good

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.320
 we have ever

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:14.719
 seen.

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:16.659
 God's salvation

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:18.260
 plan for

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:19.300
 sinners like

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:20.579
 us established

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:22.159
 there in the

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:23.240
 loving sacrifice

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.840
 of Jesus.

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.880
 When the

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.000
 crowd in

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.699
 Peter's day

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.960
 heard his

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.420
 words and they

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.019
 were convicted

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.519
 they said

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.440
 what is it that

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.960
 we need to

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.300
 do?

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.800
 Peter said

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.200
 you need to

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:35.760
 repent, you

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.440
 need to turn

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.380
 away from sin

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.860
 and turn back

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.360
 to God, you

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.740
 need to be

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.480
 baptized, you

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.920
 need to show

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.200
 that you

00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:41.760
 belong to

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.380
 God to

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.760
 believe in

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.820
 Jesus.

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.980
 It's a

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.659
 message.

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.019
 Just as

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.860
 Joseph said

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.159
 to his

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.700
 brothers come

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.360
 close to

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:54.659
 me, Jesus

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.099
 is the

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.599
 brother who

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.760
 invites us.

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.840
 Come near,

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.659
 come close

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.860
 to me, enjoy

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:02.360
 peace with

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:03.079
 God through

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.620
 me, enjoy

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:04.720
 love because

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:05.519
 of me, enjoy

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.720
 reunion in a

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.519
 place in the

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.579
 family of God

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:10.300
 in Jesus.

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.519
 Have you

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.160
 come to

00:36:15.160 --> 00:36:15.900
 Jesus your

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.260
 brother?

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.460
 Have you

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.200
 found that

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:19.860
 joy of

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.460
 reunion?

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.400
 If not,

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:23.940
 what's

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:25.220
 stopping you

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:25.579
 today?

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.700
 What is it

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:28.420
 that's holding

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:30.320
 you back from

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.039
 knowing God's

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.820
 love in

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.220
 Jesus?

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.340
 There is a

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:36.300
 wonderful promise

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:37.580
 that if you

00:36:37.580 --> 00:36:38.360
 will turn to

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.720
 him, he

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.300
 will never

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.559
 turn away

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:42.200
 from you, but

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:42.940
 rather he will

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:44.480
 welcome you to

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:46.019
 enjoy life with

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:47.700
 him now and

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:48.200
 forever.

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:48.799
itor.

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.799
 What?

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:52.259
 Verse roman

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.759
日本本

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.619
 Emmanuel