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 Good evening. Thank you for the opportunity to come back. It's been a while, I think,

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 since I was at Brunsfield, but it's great to be back here. I'm in college with Graham,

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 so I see Graham quite a bit. That's okay on some days. I don't know what kind of mood

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 Graham's in, you know, depending on how much coffee he's had on the way in in the morning.

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 The story of Joseph is, I think, in terms of the Old Testament ones, probably the one

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 that had the biggest impact on me as a young Christian. I remember when I became a Christian

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 when I was 17, and I was probably quite a confused Christian. I remember my stepmom giving me

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 a copy of R.T. Kendall's book, God Meant It For Good, and she said to me, go away and read

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 that. And she says, I think that that might solve some of your difficulties. And it certainly

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 did, because I had lots of doubts about how God could deal with difficult situations and

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 turn them around. I think sometimes the story of Joseph is helpful, just as you actually

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 try to live as a human being on the planet. And to be honest with you, there's so much

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 within it. And it's a helpful story. And also, you see Jesus almost on every page. It really

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 points forward to Jesus as a Savior, a Messiah story coming out of the Joseph story, which is

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 tremendous. But I thought that this evening, really, by way of introduction, rather than

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 telling you about how much impact it had on me, I want to introduce you to a guy called

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 Jim. My years prior to working and coming to work as a pastor were spent working for Bethany

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 Christian Trust. I worked for 14 and a half years for Bethany Christian Trust, particularly

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 working with addicts, those recovering from drug, alcohol, gambling problems. And as you can

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 imagine, with that kind of lifestyle comes convictions. So probably about 85 to 90% of

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 the guys I worked with were convicts or were ex-convicts or were waiting on a conviction case.

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 Jim's case, though, was something slightly different. One night, he and I were chatting, and it was

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 late at night, and he confessed to me that he had committed a crime. And it was one that he'd

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 never been caught for. It was one that he felt extremely guilty about. It would cause him

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 sleepless nights. And often when the police would arrive at the hostel door, which happened quite a

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 bit when you're working with 17 guys who have charges waiting, he would wonder if this was his time up.

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 Is this when I'm going to be found out? In fact, it wasn't uncommon to see guys jumping out their

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 bedroom windows and diving out the back door, even if they hadn't done anything wrong.

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 The feeling of guilt, often, I don't think it's just the criminal fraternity, to be honest. I don't

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 know about you, but even when I'm driving down the road and I see a police car and I know I'm doing

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 the right speed, there's that instant look down and going, am I guilty? But for Jim, that feeling was

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 real, he had committed a crime and one that would have put him in prison, or should have put him in

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 prison. And often he and I would discuss, you know, what would it be like if he was to be found out?

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 Maybe it would be better for him to go and confess. Maybe that would at least remove the constant

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 feeling of having to look over his shoulder every time he stepped out the front door.

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 Would it be better if he felt like he could pay for this crime that he committed?

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 I'm not going to tell you the ending of the story. Jim's no longer with us.

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 But it had a big impact on me watching somebody in the middle of that kind of guilt,

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 wondering if the next knock on the door was going to be the one that would bring his whole world

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 tumbling around about him. The passage that Alistair read so well to us, thank you Alistair for reading

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 that, it was a long passage, you did well with that. I'm glad I didn't have to do it.

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 Joseph's brothers have lived in a similar position to my friend Jim. It's probably about 22 years,

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 at best estimates, it's probably about 22 years since they've sold Joseph, since he's gone to Egypt.

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 So that's 22 years since they've committed a crime that they've never been caught for.

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 A crime that only they know about.

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 A crime that I think they feel guilty about.

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 And as Alistair read that passage, you'll have seen this whole web of lies starts to fall down.

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 The title you gave me for the sermon was An Examination.

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 And boy, oh boy, are the brothers about to get a tough examination about their life.

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 They're about to be exposed, or the beginning of their exposure for their wrongdoing is starting

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 in Genesis chapter 42.

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 So I thought that we might look through this passage and look at the five family meetings that go on.

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 I don't know if you come from a family where you have family meetings.

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 Our family, they were always really short. Whatever my dad said went.

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 So that was the way it was.

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 But the first family meeting is one of crisis, isn't it?

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 And I think it's probably hard for us to, today in this country,

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 that some I'm sure maybe experience hunger,

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 but it's not a countrywide famine that we're living in.

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 In this situation, they are facing a huge famine.

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 A huge famine.

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 In fact, the final verse of chapter 41, what we read, it says that the famine is severe

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 in all the world.

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 In all the world.

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 So this family meeting is convened.

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 They are in crisis point.

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 And if you're in crisis point and there's a severe famine,

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 it's not a surprise, I suppose, that word reaches Jacob

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 that in Egypt there is an answer.

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 There is an answer to his problems.

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 There's an answer to the famine.

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 But, but, although he is unaware,

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 there is also an answer to Jacob's grief.

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 That will come in a few chapters' time.

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 But there's lots of answers in Egypt that are about to be unfolded

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 over the course of the next few chapters that you'll look at.

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 It says that Jacob had decided, in chapter 37 of Genesis,

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 to take his mourning to the grave.

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 And actually, if you look at the impact in Jacob's life of his relationship with God,

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 it is severely impacted.

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 If you look at Jacob as a young man, getting these visions, wrestling,

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 amazing things happening to him.

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 And then you look at Jacob now,

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 and we'll look at him a little bit towards the end of the chapter this evening.

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 Because he has made a decision to not leave his grieving behind,

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 to not get on with his life,

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 to live in the middle of the problem,

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 his relationship with God has been drastically, drastically affected.

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 And he isn't aware that over the next few chapters,

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 there is going to be an amazing reunion, of course,

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 that's going to happen.

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 The brothers, though, they're not so in the dark, are they?

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 They have this history.

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 They're aware that they've sold Joseph.

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 They've sold him to the Ishmaelite traders,

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 who are on the way to trade there,

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 when they decided to palm Joseph off.

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 That is going to cause some apprehension about going to Egypt.

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 If you know that what you have done

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 is betrayed your own flesh and blood.

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 And so I would think that if you picture the horror

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 on the brothers' faces,

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 as Jacob calls this family meeting together,

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 and he informs them that,

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 listen guys, we are in crisis point.

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 The famine is severe in all the world.

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 We're in big trouble here.

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 We aren't going to last out.

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 We don't have enough provision of ourselves

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 that we can kind of sit tight and make it through.

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 The answer to our problems

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 lies in Egypt, boys.

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 There's grain there.

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 And I think that Jacob's question

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 in the very first verse that we read

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 is really one that we can highlight this evening.

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 It's a really insightful thing.

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 Because I actually think that Jacob's suspicions are aroused.

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 I wonder if he's always had some suspicion

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 about the brothers.

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 And he says this,

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 why do you keep looking at each other?

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 Here we are in the middle of a famine.

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 We've not got enough food.

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 We've not got enough food.

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 We've not got enough seed to grow things with.

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 We're just not going to make it.

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 I've told you what we need to do.

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 And then in the middle of this family meeting,

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 there's just silence

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 as the brothers kind of cast,

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 shifting glances at one another.

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 You know, that knowing look

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 when you hold a secret in a group of friends

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 that somebody doesn't know about.

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 Were Jacob's suspicions aroused?

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 Why do you keep looking at each other?

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 I mean, after all, we know,

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 we know that in previous chapters,

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 we're told about the suspect character of these boys.

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 Chapter 38 goes through the suspect character

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 of one of them in particular.

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 These guys are no good guys.

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 I'm sure Jacob as a father

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 must have looked at them and thought,

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 I wonder, I just wonder

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 what really went on between them and Joseph.

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 He knew they didn't like him.

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 But we know the story from the beginning to the end.

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 Jacob's in the middle of it here.

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 We know what's really going on.

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 We know why they're looking at each other.

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 The past has now got a potential

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 to catch up with these boys.

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 They know that they've sold Joseph as a slave.

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 They know that it's most likely

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 that he is in Egypt,

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 that he's ended up there.

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 And therefore,

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 they now risk exposure.

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 As they travel into Egypt,

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 and as they stare into the face

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 of every Egyptian slave,

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 they'll be wondering and asking the question,

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 is that Joseph?

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 Is that Joseph's face staring back at us?

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 And that's why,

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 that's why,

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 they're looking at each other.

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 unspoken words between them.

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 Perhaps a terror,

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 as they realize now

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 the severity of their situation,

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 leaves them with little choice

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 but to head down to Egypt

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 and to face their fears.

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 And I actually think also

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 that they're hoping

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 as they look from one another

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 that one of them might just be able

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 to come up with a plan

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 that means they don't have to go there.

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 each knowing the weight of guilt

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 that the other one bears.

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 Only they understand

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 each other's plight.

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 They don't know though, do they,

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 that this is all God ordained.

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 This family meeting here,

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 this point we get to

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 in the story of Joseph

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 in the book of Genesis,

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 is God ordained.

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 God has ordained the famine

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 for a purpose.

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 He's going to use this famine

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 not just to save the lives of many

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 as Joseph will say

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 in a later chapter,

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 but he's also ordained this family

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 to reunite the broken relationships,

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 to give the offer of forgiveness

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 and true repentance

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 that these brothers really need.

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 That is going to come later.

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 But for now,

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 they must endure the ordeal

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 of a 250 to 300 mile journey to Egypt

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 to have any possible chance

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 of experiencing salvation.

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 because God has left them

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 with no choice

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 but to go.

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 God has left them

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 with no choice

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 but to go.

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 And I do think

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 that that is

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 one of the first challenges

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 for us this evening.

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 those moments

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 where you wonder

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 why calamity has happened,

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 why tragedy has happened,

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 why you're going through tough time,

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 why you're suffering.

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 And we all ask these questions

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 and we accuse God

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 and we say,

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 how could you let this happen?

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 Why are you doing this to me?

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 Perhaps you might say something like,

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 I've served you

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 and I've done this

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 and I'm following you here

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 and yet you let this happen.

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 Of course,

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 we know the brothers can't say that

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 because they're of suspect character.

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 But who in this room tonight

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 doesn't have suspect character

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 about them?

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 Doesn't have little things

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 that you wouldn't want

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 other people to find out about?

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 What choice do you have

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 in those moments of suffering

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 that are,

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 whether we like it or not,

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 God-ordained?

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 I'm not saying I understand

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 why that is the case.

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 I'm not saying I understand

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 why the people of Nepal

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 are suffering the way they are.

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 I don't think we'll ever understand that.

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 But to say that God

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 has been caught by surprise

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 by those things that have happened

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 is to doubt His sovereignty.

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 To doubt His sovereignty

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 is to say that God isn't big enough.

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 To say that God isn't big enough

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 opens a whole lot more problems for you.

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 Is His salvation enough?

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 Is that complete enough?

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 God is sovereign.

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 God ordains that suffering will come.

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 Do we understand why?

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 No.

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 But when we read stories like this,

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 we begin to see

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 that we can trust God

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 to be in control

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 no matter how tough

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 the situation brings.

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 It's tough.

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 The Christian life is tough.

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 I was preaching

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 from Philippians 3 this morning

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 where Paul basically just says that.

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 I expect that the suffering

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 of a Christian life

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 is just a given.

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 It's going to happen.

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 In fact, Paul says,

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 I invite it

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 because that way

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 I get to experience

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 and empathize with Christ

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 in some way.

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 God has ordained this famine

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 for a purpose.

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 This famine isn't about

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 punishment

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 of the brothers

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 because it's worldwide, remember.

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 It's not just their sin

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 that he's been talking about.

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 It's not just their sin

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 that he's been talking about here.

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 This famine will bring about

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 an amazing reconciliation

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 between Joseph

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 and his family.

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 And so it can often be

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 in our lives

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 that those things

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 that we go through,

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 I think we should often

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 ask the question,

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 how can I be reconciled

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 to Jesus

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 through this circumstance,

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 the author,

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 the perfecter of my faith,

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 when I'm going through

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 a tough time?

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 What are the things

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 I think about Jesus?

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 What are the things

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 I say about him

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 in these moments?

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 I believe these times

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 are often sent

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 to reconcile us to God.

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 So that's the first bit.

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 The family meeting part one

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 is done.

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 The family meeting part one

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 is done

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 and we're going to come

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 to our next part in there.

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 Family meeting part two.

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 The reunion.

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 The reunion.

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 The brothers,

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 they embark on this

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 arduous journey

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 unsure of what's going

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 to meet them at the end.

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 Not only do they fear

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 who they might meet,

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 but they've also got

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 the fear of being

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 foreigners in a strange land

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 where they might not be wanted.

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 And it's not long

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 into this scene

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 as Alistair read

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 through this chapter

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 with us

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 that we look in

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 on the scene

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 of their sternest test

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 where the real examination

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 begins.

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 Of course for them

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 it's a family meeting

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 that they're actually

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 unaware of.

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 And the first thing

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 that happens

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 in this

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 is that Joseph's dream

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 is fulfilled.

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 The dream that had caused

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 all the problems

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 in the first place.

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 And as the brothers

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 arrive at Joseph

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 though they don't know

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 who it is,

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 they bow down

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 and they worship him.

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 Just as Joseph

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 predicted would happen.

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 But it is a tough meeting.

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 If the brothers

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 have aroused

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 suspicion of Jacob

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 back home,

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 they've now aroused

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 the suspicions

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 of the man

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 they needed the most

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 in this whole process.

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 And I think

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 there's two things

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 that we have to actually

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 consider

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 as we look through

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 this next section.

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 Firstly,

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 we have to look at

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 the motivation

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 of Joseph's words.

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 And then we have to think

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 about how the brothers

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 respond

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 as they experience

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 what Joseph

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 has experienced

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 for parts of his

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 22 years in Egypt.

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 So let's first

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 look at Joseph's

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 motives.

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 Joseph isn't willing

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 to reveal himself

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 yet to his brothers.

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 And so he speaks

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 harshly to them

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 it says

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 from verses 7

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 through to 21

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 we see this

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 fascinating encounter

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 within this

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 family meeting.

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 And the question

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 you first ask

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 is well

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 is Joseph

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 out for revenge

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 here?

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 Is he out

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 for revenge

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 on his brothers

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 with a false

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 accusation

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 and an imprisonment?

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 Is this

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 finally the moment

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 that he has waited

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 22 years for?

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 I don't think

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 this theory

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 is plausible

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 though

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 when you consider

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 later chapters

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 in Genesis

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 like Genesis 45

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 and Genesis 50

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 where Joseph

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 when he is reunited

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 reassures his brothers

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 that he's witnessed

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 God's hand

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 in all that's happened

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 despite

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 the consequence

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 of their sin

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 despite the circumstances

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 that he had to live

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 through because of it.

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 And in actual fact

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 in the same way

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 that the brothers

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 are being examined

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 here in this chapter

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 so too

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 is Joseph.

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 Joseph

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 he is under

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 huge examination

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 here.

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 Who could blame him

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 if he used

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 the power

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 that he now has

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 to bring about

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 revenge?

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 I mean you've all

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 had it haven't you?

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 Where somebody

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 has noised you up

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 and you're thinking

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 how am I going

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 to get back

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 at that person?

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 Okay well

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 I'll admit

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 I have okay

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 maybe you haven't

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 but I have

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 I have

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 I have often

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.120
 felt

00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:03.279
 revengeful thoughts

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:03.880
 in my heart

00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.519
 over people

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.539
 who I perceive

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.299
 have wronged me.

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 And if given

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:09.160
 an opportunity

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:11.440
 where I may have

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:11.779
 had power

00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:12.480
 in this situation

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.440
 I cannot tell you

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.220
 what I would have done

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.920
 would have been godly.

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.000
 Abraham Lincoln

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.579
 says this

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:19.920
 he says

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.960
 nearly all men

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.980
 can stand adversity

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.960
 but if you want

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.759
 to test a man's

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.160
 character

00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:25.299
 give him power.

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 And I think

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 that's really true.

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 That is so true.

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 If you have

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.079
 opportunities

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:33.059
 to have power

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.860
 over somebody

00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:35.460
 very often

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:36.539
 the human will

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.420
 that comes out

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:39.620
 is one

00:20:39.620 --> 00:20:40.960
 to dominate somebody.

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 And you know

00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:45.059
 what I think about

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.720
 when I was reading

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.460
 this story here

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.059
 as Joseph does

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.740
 something different

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:49.220
 is that of Jesus

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:51.079
 when he has power

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.759
 over Judah

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.680
 on the night

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.460
 of the last supper

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.759
 he knows

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.160
 who's going to

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.620
 betray him

00:20:55.620 --> 00:20:56.059
 and it says

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.559
 that Jesus

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.180
 has power

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.839
 over everything

00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.980
 it says that God

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.360
 has given him

00:20:59.360 --> 00:21:00.200
 power over everything

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:03.299
 and in humility

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:05.759
 Jesus kneels down

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.120
 and washes

00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:08.580
 his betrayer's feet.

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.420
 If you want to

00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.120
 test a man's

00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:12.519
 character

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.799
 give him power

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:15.259
 and Jesus'

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.279
 example in this

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.720
 situation

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.340
 is one that

00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:18.480
 we must look to

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:22.220
 to be humble

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:23.039
 in that moment

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:24.799
 and say

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.460
 Lord I need you

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.340
 to help me here

00:21:26.340 --> 00:21:27.740
 I need your wisdom

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.460
 in this situation

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.579
 because humanly

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:29.960
 speaking

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.700
 I want to do

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.480
 that person in

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.880
 I want to do

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.460
 them harm

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:37.079
 these Old Testament

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:38.019
 stories are great

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:39.579
 but Jesus'

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.720
 example is the

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.460
 best there

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.880
 that's real

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.480
 humility

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:45.400
 it's guaranteed

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:46.120
 that there was

00:21:46.120 --> 00:21:47.200
 nothing of humanity

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.660
 in Jesus'

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.779
 response in that way

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.940
 Joseph there might

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.240
 have been

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.740
 he's human

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.620
 he's got feelings

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:53.259
 but in Jesus

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.799
 we have our

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.759
 perfect example

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:56.119
 of a situation

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.739
 where you may

00:21:56.739 --> 00:21:57.259
 have power

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.859
 over somebody

00:21:57.859 --> 00:22:02.799
 Joseph has

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.279
 power

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:05.799
 but Joseph

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.659
 has

00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:07.939
 experienced

00:22:07.939 --> 00:22:09.179
 God's

00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:09.659
 blessing

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:11.639
 in his

00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:12.139
 adversity

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:14.480
 he's come

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.200
 from the

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.620
 arrogant

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:15.980
 young

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.480
 dreamer

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:19.060
 to a man

00:22:19.060 --> 00:22:19.860
 with integrity

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:21.440
 a man of

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.980
 wisdom

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.740
 of God

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:25.140
 and so

00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:27.420
 he passes

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.300
 his examination

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:29.600
 because he

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.540
 recognizes that

00:22:30.540 --> 00:22:31.180
 what God is

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.680
 doing through

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.060
 him

00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:33.580
 is for his

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:33.920
 brothers

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.620
 it's for this

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:36.360
 reunion that's

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:36.880
 going to come

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:39.360
 because Joseph

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:39.860
 could have

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.520
 revealed himself

00:22:40.520 --> 00:22:41.060
 to his brothers

00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:41.600
 straight away

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.060
 couldn't he

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:43.480
 Matthew Henry

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.440
 suggests in his

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.859
 commentary

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.720
 that given

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.659
 Joseph's status

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:48.039
 now in Egypt

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:49.099
 he must have

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.799
 had plenty of

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.019
 money

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.259
 he must have

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.759
 had access

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.799
 to horses

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.599
 and chariots

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:56.379
 we know that

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:56.720
 the brothers

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.179
 have made a

00:22:57.179 --> 00:22:58.299
 250 to 300

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.919
 mile journey

00:22:58.919 --> 00:22:59.639
 themselves

00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:01.240
 that would have

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.759
 been nothing

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.299
 for a man

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.899
 in Joseph's

00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.240
 position

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:04.000
 he could have

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.559
 trotted off

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.240
 to Canaan

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.899
 at any point

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.299
 and revealed

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.000
 himself to his

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.299
 brothers

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:10.619
 it's speculation

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.399
 I know to say

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.380
 that we know

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:14.019
 that he saw

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.560
 God's hand

00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:15.080
 in it

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:17.240
 but God

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.960
 ordains this

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.460
 meeting to

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.800
 happen

00:23:18.800 --> 00:23:19.920
 and not for

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.460
 Joseph to

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.040
 run off

00:23:21.040 --> 00:23:22.420
 and make

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.120
 himself known

00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:24.620
 and again it's

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.180
 interesting when you

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.640
 look through the

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.140
 life of Joseph

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.700
 you remember

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.680
 when he interprets

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.080
 one of the

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:28.360
 dreams

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:28.680
 he says

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.420
 remember me

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.019
 today when you

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.740
 come into

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.140
 Pharaoh's

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.620
 household

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.700
 it's that thing

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.080
 that Joseph

00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:33.940
 constantly wanted

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.380
 to run on

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:34.700
 ahead

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.300
 and yet here

00:23:35.300 --> 00:23:35.700
 you see

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:35.980
 something

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.480
 different

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.660
 Joseph is

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.059
 older

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.839
 and wiser

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.839
 and has

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.279
 recognised

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.839
 that it's

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.200
 God's

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.559
 timing

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.519
 and not

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:42.940
 his own

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.160
 that's

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.640
 important

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:47.000
 Joseph

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.720
 hasn't revealed

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.120
 himself

00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:49.079
 because he

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.519
 has to

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.759
 see them

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.140
 come to

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:52.039
 true repentance

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:55.279
 and in some

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.799
 ways they

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.339
 have to

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.240
 experience

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.740
 perhaps a

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.019
 little bit

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.319
 of what

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.620
 Joseph

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.460
 experienced

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.559
 this is

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.000
 what Keith

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.180
 Krell

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.759
 the associate

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.360
 pastor of

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:04.620
 biblical

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.220
 exposition

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.600
 and Moody

00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:05.980
 Institute

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.000
 says about

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.519
 what they

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.180
 experienced

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.019
 over verses

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.960
 7 to 21

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.579
 and Joseph's

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.079
 treatment of

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.259
 them

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:14.000
 this is what

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.240
 he says

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.700
 I would also

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.380
 suggest that

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.240
 Joseph repeats

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.559
 with his

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.079
 brothers the

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.839
 exact scene

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.100
 that has

00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:18.500
 happened to

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.539
 him 22

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.299
 years earlier

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.620
 in chapter

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.579
 37 verse

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.319
 2 Joseph

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.880
 brought his

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.579
 father a bad

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.200
 report about

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.640
 his brothers

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:27.259
 in 37

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.480
 14 to 17

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.539
 Jacob sent

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.299
 Joseph on a

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.759
 mission to

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.240
 find out where

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.640
 his brothers

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.259
 were and what

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.799
 they were doing

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:34.440
 when Joseph

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.059
 finds his

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.419
 brothers

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:36.419
 they're upset

00:24:36.419 --> 00:24:37.200
 because no

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.519
 doubt they

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.079
 think he's

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.639
 spying on

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.039
 them for a

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.759
 second time

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.419
 reading between

00:24:41.419 --> 00:24:42.179
 the lines it's

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.659
 likely that

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:43.279
 Joseph's brothers

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.139
 accused him of

00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:44.759
 being both a

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.480
 spy and an

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.839
 ark

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:48.119
 now in an

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:49.000
 unusual turn of

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.059
 events Joseph

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.919
 accuses his

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.440
 brothers of

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.179
 being spies

00:24:52.179 --> 00:24:53.980
 no doubt

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.500
 Joseph would

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.119
 have protested

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.659
 that he wasn't

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.500
 spying just as

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.919
 they now

00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:57.460
 protest

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:59.240
 they would

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.639
 have answered

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.159
 him roughly

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.579
 and without

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.319
 any basis

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.859
 for their

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.559
 accusation

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.639
 just as

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.259
 Joseph now

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.960
 answers them

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.519
 they threw

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.059
 him into a

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:08.340
 pit just as

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:08.980
 Joseph now

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.420
 throws them

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.779
 into a

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.100
 dungeon

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:11.819
 the parallels

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.539
 between their

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.000
 treatment of

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.920
 Joseph and

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.380
 the treatment

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:14.940
 they're now

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:16.319
 receiving is a

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:17.460
 powerful stimulant

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.039
 to their

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.460
 sleeping

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.279
 consciences

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:21.019
 Joseph is

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.620
 doing all of

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.059
 this in the

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.559
 hope that his

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.039
 brothers will

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.759
 wake up to

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.319
 the nature of

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.799
 the actions

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:26.400
 he is hoping

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.840
 this treatment

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:29.319
 will make them

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.059
 come clean

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:33.059
 so the

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.859
 brothers at

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.240
 the end of

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.700
 this first

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.200
 family meeting

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.700
 with Joseph

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.319
 they're banged

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.319
 up for want

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.740
 of a better

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.139
 word

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:40.039
 and their

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.519
 examination

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.480
 will continue

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.679
 further in

00:25:42.679 --> 00:25:43.419
 the confinements

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:43.879
 of a prison

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:45.679
 cell left to

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:47.139
 reflect that

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.720
 perhaps their

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.359
 actions of the

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.480
 past have

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.379
 finally caught

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:50.980
 up with them

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:54.640
 of course

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:56.599
 Joseph has

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.279
 also revealed

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.779
 an ulterior

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.460
 motive here

00:25:58.460 --> 00:26:00.099
 in his request

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:01.019
 that the only

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.539
 way they can

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.920
 prove their

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.620
 innocence is to

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.319
 bring back the

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.839
 younger brother

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:06.259
 by the treatment

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.200
 of both Benjamin

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.799
 and ultimately

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.579
 of Jacob

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:10.960
 Joseph will be

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.759
 able to discern

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.039
 here if there

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.680
 has been a

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.460
 spiritual change

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.059
 in the brothers

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.660
 since they

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.319
 last met

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:22.220
 and so

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.539
 they're in

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.000
 prison for

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.720
 three days

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:25.119
 and at the

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.480
 end of

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.679
 these three

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.059
 days we've

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.319
 got the

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.059
 next part

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.679
 of our

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.519
 family meeting

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:31.399
 family meeting

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.240
 part three

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.559
 the solution

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:36.159
 Joseph opens

00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:36.679
 this meeting

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.019
 with an

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.659
 extraordinary

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.759
 declaration

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:40.240
 he has

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.859
 explained what

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.519
 they must do

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.759
 now he

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.259
 wants to give

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.659
 them something

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:45.399
 more specific

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:47.299
 but before

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.720
 he does

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.680
 that he

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.519
 informs them

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.500
 that he

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.220
 fears God

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:54.139
 he fears

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.579
 God

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:56.480
 it's the

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.419
 first explicit

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:58.039
 mention of

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.539
 God in this

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.940
 chapter

00:26:58.940 --> 00:27:01.019
 and I think

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.480
 that we can

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.200
 surmise that

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.819
 Joseph given

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.359
 his wisdom

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.619
 is probably

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.700
 aware that

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.419
 God is now

00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:07.139
 working out

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:08.019
 his bigger

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.480
 plan

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:10.119
 and Joseph

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.639
 wants his

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.139
 brothers to be

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:12.480
 aware I

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.159
 think firstly

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:13.579
 that his

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:15.399
 actions aren't

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:15.839
 just of his

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.460
 own thinking

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:18.240
 it's not

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.720
 just some

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.259
 random

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.680
 Egyptian

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.279
 ruler here

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.880
 that's decided

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.440
 this is what's

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.799
 going to happen

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.120
 to these

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.519
 boys

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:24.140
 listen guys

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.559
 he says

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.400
 I fear

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:25.819
 God

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:27.360
 I fear

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:27.980
 your God

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:31.100
 and it's

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:31.579
 that that

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.299
 brings about

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:35.299
 a realization

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.759
 in the

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.100
 brothers

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:41.059
 their actions

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:43.039
 have caused

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.620
 or have led

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:43.900
 to the

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.400
 situation

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.820
 they now

00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.519
 find themselves

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.860
 in

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:48.920
 they are

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.620
 now facing

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.259
 the crisis

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.860
 in life

00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:51.860
 because of

00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.259
 what they've

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.620
 done to

00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:52.880
 Joseph

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:54.440
 and the

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.280
 full open

00:27:55.280 --> 00:27:56.300
 and honest

00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:56.860
 confession

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.540
 begins

00:27:57.540 --> 00:27:59.759
 you remember

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.180
 this guy

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.620
 some of you

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:01.900
 as well

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.380
 some of you

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.680
 as look

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:04.580
 old enough

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.120
 to remember

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:05.560
 Columbo

00:28:05.560 --> 00:28:06.500
 I didn't have

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.800
 a TV

00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:07.240
 growing up

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.460
 and we

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:09.100
 would get

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:09.600
 crammed in

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:09.920
 the family

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.340
 car on a

00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:10.740
 Friday night

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.180
 to go to my

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.480
 uncle and

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.920
 aunties and

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.340
 watch a bit

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.799
 of Columbo

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.659
 so Columbo

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.099
 was a

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.319
 favourite

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.579
 in our

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:14.819
 house

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.379
 Columbo

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:15.740
 had this

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.299
 incredible

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:17.619
 way about

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:17.799
 him

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:19.000
 of just

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.559
 asking one

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.179
 more question

00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:20.539
 to the

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:20.919
 point of

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.759
 real frustration

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.159
 with the

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.419
 criminal

00:28:22.419 --> 00:28:23.720
 before all

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.199
 of a sudden

00:28:24.199 --> 00:28:25.519
 those who

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:25.859
 you thought

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.119
 had got

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:26.459
 away with

00:28:26.459 --> 00:28:26.699
 it would

00:28:26.699 --> 00:28:27.079
 open up

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.339
 with a

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:27.659
 full on

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.099
 confession

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.539
 of how

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:28.859
 they did

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:28.959
 it

00:28:28.959 --> 00:28:29.139
 where

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:29.459
 they did

00:28:29.459 --> 00:28:29.579
 it

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:29.759
 what

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.019
 they did

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.139
 it

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:30.399
 with

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:31.259
 and yes

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.659
 just bang

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:31.899
 me up

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.199
 and take

00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:32.459
 me away

00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:32.859
 to jail

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.859
 now in

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.559
 my dealings

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.159
 my 14

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.559
 years of

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:35.779
 dealing

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.139
 with the

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.439
 criminal

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:37.379
 fraternity

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:37.899
 I never

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.399
 once

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:38.959
 really had

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.279
 anybody

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.620
 in the

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:39.860
 prison

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.200
 cell

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.079
 confessing

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.380
 in that

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.680
 way

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.059
 but

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.559
 Columbo

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.000
 could do

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.100
 it

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:43.460
 and there's

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:43.759
 the answer

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.180
 maybe they

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.559
 needed to

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.460
 watch more

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.420
 more cop shows

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.240
 with Columbo

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.600
 in it

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:49.440
 the brothers

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:49.819
 though

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.940
 are met

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.620
 with this

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.799
 full on

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.380
 force of

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:53.720
 God

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:55.100
 Joseph

00:28:55.100 --> 00:28:55.980
 I fear

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.420
 God

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:57.340
 and that's

00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:57.819
 why

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:59.039
 I've made

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.740
 these decisions

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.900
 and that's

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.319
 why

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.120
 I'm asking

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.799
 you to use

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.360
 this as your

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:04.059
 solution to the

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.519
 problem to

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.079
 confirm that

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.700
 you are not

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.299
 spies

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:08.059
 sent to see

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.400
 where our

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:08.819
 land is

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.240
 vulnerable

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:13.259
 but

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:15.339
 within that

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:18.579
 fear of

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.019
 God

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:21.000
 brings hope

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.579
 it's a

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.059
 chance of

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.559
 hope for

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.039
 the brothers

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.279
 Joseph's

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.980
 confession that

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.339
 he fears

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.759
 God will

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.200
 allow them

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.539
 to see

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.079
 that perhaps

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.859
 there will

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.139
 be an

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.579
 opportunity

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.339
 of compassion

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.679
 here

00:29:30.679 --> 00:29:31.720
 there will

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.000
 be an

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.399
 opportunity

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:33.299
 for grace

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:36.000
 if God's

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.480
 character

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.539
 is one

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.399
 that they

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.759
 believe

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.100
 Joseph

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.380
 is the

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.660
 Egyptian

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.180
 if one

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.480
 that the

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.880
 Egyptian

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.320
 Joseph

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:41.860
 is aware

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.180
 of

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.380
 yes

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.620
 their

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:43.960
 past

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.320
 has caught

00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:44.640
 up with

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:44.800
 them

00:29:44.800 --> 00:29:45.200
 finally

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.880
 but the

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.259
 mention

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.720
 of God

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:46.980
 is what

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.280
 they need

00:29:47.280 --> 00:29:47.720
 to hear

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:49.060
 that though

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:49.340
 they've

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:49.900
 tried to

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.220
 hide their

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.620
 actions

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.120
 from human

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:51.620
 perception

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.599
 God

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:52.759
 God has

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.319
 been aware

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.639
 of it

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.519
 all along

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:57.319
 and they

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.739
 have lived

00:29:57.739 --> 00:29:58.339
 for 22

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.859
 years

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.739
 trying to

00:29:59.739 --> 00:30:00.479
 hide it

00:30:00.479 --> 00:30:06.459
 which sin

00:30:06.459 --> 00:30:07.039
 do you fear

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.579
 being found

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.979
 out for

00:30:07.979 --> 00:30:12.379
 because we

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:12.859
 are not

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.539
 unlike the

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.199
 brothers here

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:18.600
 simply

00:30:18.600 --> 00:30:19.160
 living as

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.299
 I've

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.539
 already

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:19.819
 said

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.180
 brings

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.440
 about

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:20.840
 guilt

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.240
 it

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.559
 will

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:23.840
 friendships

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.559
 betrayed

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:26.400
 perhaps that

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.240
 gossiping word

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.799
 you uttered

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.100
 that you

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:28.600
 pray the

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:29.120
 person

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:29.960
 will never

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.600
 hear about

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:32.120
 maybe

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:33.120
 that fiddling

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.400
 of the

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.960
 expenses

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.360
 account

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.680
 that you

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.080
 hope

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:36.160
 will remain

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:37.160
 unnoticed

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:41.060
 but what

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.620
 the story

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.120
 of Joseph

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.840
 shows us

00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:43.220
 is

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.880
 and the

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.180
 story

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.420
 of his

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:44.759
 brothers

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.040
 in a

00:30:45.040 --> 00:30:45.200
 sense

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.340
 because

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:45.640
 this is

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:45.840
 really

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.340
 the story

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:46.940
 of Joseph's

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.360
 brothers

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.720
 here

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:49.080
 it's

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.380
 their

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:49.880
 examination

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.519
 here

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:52.100
 it shows

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.440
 us that

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.400
 God sees

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.680
 and knows

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:56.120
 everything

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:58.259
 and that

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.820
 from human

00:30:58.820 --> 00:30:59.380
 perspectives

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.920
 we may

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.500
 think that

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.800
 we've got

00:31:00.800 --> 00:31:01.220
 away with

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.380
 it

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:02.720
 and we

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.200
 might well

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.560
 get away

00:31:03.560 --> 00:31:03.860
 with the

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.279
 sin for

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.040
 many years

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:06.320
 maybe until

00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:06.600
 the day

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.120
 we face

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.539
 God on

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.859
 judgment

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:09.079
 that is

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.619
 the reality

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.119
 that might

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.599
 happen

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:15.339
 but as

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.779
 the brothers

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.379
 remind us

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:16.699
 here

00:31:16.699 --> 00:31:18.619
 we will

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:18.879
 have to

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.199
 make an

00:31:19.199 --> 00:31:19.619
 account

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.179
 on judgment

00:31:20.179 --> 00:31:20.500
 day

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.799
 for the

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.099
 way that

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.319
 we've

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.599
 lived

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.619
 in front

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:22.899
 of a

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.119
 God

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.419
 who has

00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:23.739
 seen

00:31:23.739 --> 00:31:24.179
 it all

00:31:24.179 --> 00:31:25.279
 who has

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.579
 known

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.079
 it all

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:28.359
 are there

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.839
 dark

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.339
 places

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:29.739
 in your

00:31:29.739 --> 00:31:30.219
 life

00:31:30.219 --> 00:31:30.699
 that you're

00:31:30.699 --> 00:31:31.219
 holding

00:31:31.219 --> 00:31:32.219
 unconfessed

00:31:32.219 --> 00:31:32.779
 sin in

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:34.500
 and what

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.839
 is that

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.439
 doing to

00:31:35.439 --> 00:31:35.919
 you on a

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.619
 daily basis

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.479
 as you

00:31:37.479 --> 00:31:38.099
 try to

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.559
 live

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.279
 for Jesus

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.879
 Christ

00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:45.719
 confession

00:31:45.719 --> 00:31:46.299
 of sin

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.779
 doesn't just

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.299
 happen at

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.839
 conversion

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:49.699
 or shouldn't

00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:50.139
 just happen

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.779
 at conversion

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:52.679
 and yet

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.139
 for a lot

00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:53.759
 of Christians

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.759
 that is the

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.039
 way it

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.539
 works

00:31:55.539 --> 00:32:00.859
 are you

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.700
 wondering why

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.200
 you're not

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.659
 connecting

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:03.480
 with Christ

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:05.159
 are you

00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:05.859
 wondering why

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.299
 there's this

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.159
 constant weight

00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:07.480
 on your

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.920
 shoulders

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:12.980
 what is that

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.740
 sin that you

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.720
 really worry

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.779
 about the

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.440
 person sitting

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.119
 next to you

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.420
 tonight

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:18.039
 finding out

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.319
 about

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:23.119
 the one

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.419
 that you

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:23.799
 know

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.919
 is damaging

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:26.000
 the relationship

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.519
 you have

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:26.839
 with your

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.179
 work

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:27.899
 with your

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.659
 church

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:29.679
 family

00:32:29.679 --> 00:32:30.539
 with your

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:30.799
 work

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.299
 colleagues

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.819
 with your

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.179
 wife

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:33.839
 with your

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.179
 husband

00:32:34.179 --> 00:32:35.759
 with your

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.179
 kids

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:41.080
 I can

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:41.519
 imagine

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.400
 if you're

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.600
 anything

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.279
 like me

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:46.039
 sometimes

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.779
 there's dark

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.400
 thoughts that

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.740
 go through

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.120
 our mind

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.340
 and you

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:48.900
 wonder how

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.259
 on earth

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.640
 can that

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:49.960
 be

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.840
 sin doesn't

00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:52.680
 make sense

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.620
 in the life

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.080
 of believers

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:55.980
 it doesn't

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.779
 apostle Paul

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.220
 says you're

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.900
 dead to sin

00:32:57.900 --> 00:33:03.340
 so why do

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.680
 you end up

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.140
 doing the

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.700
 things

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:06.200
 that we

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.600
 don't want

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:06.940
 to do

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:11.299
 I would

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.640
 say it's

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.100
 better to

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.580
 keep short

00:33:12.580 --> 00:33:13.059
 accounts

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:17.220
 finding that

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.880
 someone you

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.640
 can trust

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.299
 in your

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.980
 church family

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.319
 that you

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.559
 know you

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.140
 can go to

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.819
 and talk

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.259
 about this

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.840
 sin with

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:28.900
 and you

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.100
 know the

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.640
 reality of the

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.299
 situation is

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.080
 unconfessed

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:32.380
 sin if it

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:33.019
 remains that

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.440
 way if you're

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.900
 not a believer

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.400
 tonight and

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.759
 you have

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.500
 unconfessed

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.660
 sin when

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.120
 you stand

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.620
 before God

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.220
 in judgment

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:39.300
 that

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:40.040
 unconfessed

00:33:40.040 --> 00:33:40.500
 sin

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:43.500
 well it

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.820
 will take

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.040
 you to

00:33:44.040 --> 00:33:44.300
 hell

00:33:44.300 --> 00:33:48.440
 as a

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.860
 Christian

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.900
 you'll

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.400
 stand before

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:50.780
 God with

00:33:50.780 --> 00:33:51.360
 unconfessed

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:53.600
 sin and

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:53.860
 you'll have

00:33:53.860 --> 00:33:54.280
 nothing to

00:33:54.280 --> 00:33:54.519
 make an

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.860
 account of

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.360
 yourself for

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:55.600
 in that

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:55.820
 way

00:33:55.819 --> 00:34:00.519
 there is

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.839
 hope

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:02.579
 there is

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.039
 hope

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.419
 that if we

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:04.059
 confess our

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.460
 sins he's

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.039
 faithful and

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.480
 just to

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.839
 forgive us

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.179
 our sins

00:34:06.179 --> 00:34:07.139
 and cleanse

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.539
 us from

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:08.599
 all unrighteousness

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:10.900
 what a great

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.759
 verse that is

00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:13.219
 it's a promise

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.759
 that we have

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.239
 an offer

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:15.599
 and perhaps

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.039
 it's something

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.420
 that we'd

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.420
 be better

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.960
 taking up

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.759
 now sooner

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.279
 rather than

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:19.639
 later

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:27.199
 family meeting

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:28.440
 part four

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.639
 I've not got

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.239
 long to go

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:34.059
 Joseph sends

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.439
 them on the

00:34:34.439 --> 00:34:35.000
 way but he

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.719
 initiates the

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.279
 next part of

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.919
 God's plan

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:38.799
 he sends

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.159
 them for

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.479
 what they

00:34:39.479 --> 00:34:40.199
 came for

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:41.739
 but he

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.179
 sends them

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:42.719
 back with a

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.339
 full refund

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:43.619
 of the

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.019
 cost

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:47.459
 and I

00:34:47.459 --> 00:34:47.799
 think it's

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.139
 in this

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.759
 discovery that

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.339
 we finally have

00:34:49.339 --> 00:34:49.679
 the brothers

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.179
 acknowledgement

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:51.079
 that God

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.699
 is at work

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.119
 that he is

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:53.039
 explicitly at

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.259
 work

00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:54.199
 verse 28

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:55.159
 it says

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:56.000
 that their

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:57.279
 hearts sank

00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:59.279
 what is this

00:34:59.279 --> 00:34:59.879
 that God

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.300
 has done

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.780
 to us

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:03.140
 yes there's

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:03.440
 been a

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.780
 jailhouse

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.340
 confession

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.880
 there's

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.360
 recognition

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.800
 that they've

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.340
 finally been

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:07.079
 found out

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.079
 the realisation

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.700
 fully that

00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:10.300
 they are now

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:11.360
 answerable to

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:11.900
 God for

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.300
 this

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:16.380
 maybe

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.940
 Joseph's

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.740
 motivation was

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.260
 to see if his

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:18.700
 brothers could

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.380
 still be bought

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.119
 off with money

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:21.119
 as they had

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.840
 been with him

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:24.200
 but I suggest

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:25.260
 more appropriate

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.800
 it was an act

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.300
 of love

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:28.559
 he knew

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.200
 that they were

00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:29.599
 going to have

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.119
 to return

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.480
 that they were

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.819
 going to have

00:35:30.819 --> 00:35:31.159
 to buy

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.559
 more

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.679
 and I

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.000
 think he

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.519
 knew that

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.339
 given their

00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:34.839
 dealings he

00:35:34.839 --> 00:35:35.199
 would also

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.460
 have known

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.659
 that they

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:35.920
 would have

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.659
 felt and

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.299
 been fearful

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:38.079
 of accusation

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.619
 of theft

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:41.940
 whatever his

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.639
 motivation in

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.319
 this instance

00:35:43.319 --> 00:35:44.839
 God uses

00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:45.579
 elements of

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.179
 grace and

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.519
 fear to

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.000
 bring about

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.819
 a realisation

00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:49.179
 of their

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.579
 guilt

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:52.339
 and what I

00:35:52.339 --> 00:35:52.659
 was just

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.179
 saying a few

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.839
 moments ago

00:35:53.839 --> 00:35:54.860
 that is a

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.299
 sign of the

00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:55.579
 Lord's

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.099
 discipline in

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.739
 our lives

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:58.579
 that he

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.259
 often uses

00:35:59.259 --> 00:35:59.859
 this combination

00:35:59.859 --> 00:36:00.619
 of grace

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.239
 and fear

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:02.219
 remember reading

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.759
 a book by

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:04.239
 Jackie Chan

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:04.739
 not Jackie

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:05.039
 Chan

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:06.219
 I hope it

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.719
 wasn't Jackie

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.000
 Chan

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.739
 maybe does he

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.359
 write commentaries

00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:08.939
 I don't know

00:36:08.939 --> 00:36:11.059
 Francis Chan

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.739
 where he talks

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:12.479
 about you

00:36:12.479 --> 00:36:12.939
 shouldn't be

00:36:12.939 --> 00:36:13.659
 frightened about

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.359
 preaching about

00:36:14.359 --> 00:36:14.679
 hell

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:16.539
 because it

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.079
 appears in

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.659
 scripture the

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.739
 reality is there

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.500
 that if you

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.199
 never come to

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.859
 know Christ

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.959
 hell is there

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:25.119
 elements of

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.539
 grace and

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.940
 fear

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:27.699
 well I think

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.380
 that's okay

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:30.380
 but there is

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.240
 grace in this

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:31.880
 situation and

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.579
 that's how God

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.340
 brings them to

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.119
 this situation

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:35.039
 it's a real

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.980
 picture here

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:37.220
 Isaiah 55

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:38.220
 come and buy

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:39.820
 without money

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:41.139
 without cost

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:42.220
 and Joseph

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:42.920
 sent them on

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.380
 the way saying

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.099
 listen you've

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.579
 got what you

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.240
 needed without

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.800
 money without

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:47.880
 cost because I

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.360
 know that you're

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.720
 going to come

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.400
 back to something

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.119
 even greater

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:54.679
 fear and grace

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:55.659
 should bring us

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.299
 to a place of

00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:57.179
 repentance in

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:58.239
 our lives a

00:36:58.239 --> 00:36:58.679
 place of

00:36:58.679 --> 00:37:00.219
 dependence and

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:01.940
 accountability on

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:04.500
 God on the

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.599
 work of Jesus

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:07.539
 because that is

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:08.559
 the only way

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.819
 folks it's the

00:37:09.819 --> 00:37:11.559
 only way that

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.440
 life can work

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:15.519
 the last family

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.699
 meeting back to

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.099
 the beginning

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:18.960
 the return to

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.359
 Jacob

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.920
 probably brought

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.559
 back men

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.640
 very different

00:37:22.640 --> 00:37:23.240
 from the ones

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:23.920
 who had left

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:25.240
 perhaps more

00:37:25.240 --> 00:37:26.079
 conscious of God

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.660
 than they'd ever

00:37:26.660 --> 00:37:27.440
 been before

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:29.559
 Jacob on the

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.140
 other hand

00:37:30.140 --> 00:37:31.180
 not so

00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:34.599
 the story of

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.000
 the journey

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.579
 the discovery

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.160
 of the silver

00:37:36.160 --> 00:37:37.079
 the confession

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.680
 that Simeon

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:39.079
 was left behind

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:40.420
 that Benjamin's

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.500
 release from

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.340
 Jacob's apron

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:43.039
 strings is the

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:44.120
 only possibility

00:37:44.120 --> 00:37:45.680
 of Simeon's

00:37:45.680 --> 00:37:46.059
 freedom

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:47.800
 brought about a

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.420
 response from

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.119
 Jacob that was

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.860
 not godly

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:53.659
 and yet in my

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.240
 dealings with

00:37:54.240 --> 00:37:54.880
 Christians and

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.659
 my conversations

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.760
 and perhaps my

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.500
 own experiences

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:59.700
 it's a response

00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:00.659
 toward God that

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.440
 is not uncommon

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:04.220
 Jacob's first

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:06.159
 thing is to be

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.740
 faithless

00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:08.740
 he blames

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:12.279
 you have deprived

00:38:12.279 --> 00:38:12.779
 me

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:15.919
 his next response

00:38:15.919 --> 00:38:16.599
 is one to be

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.519
 pessimistic

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.919
 everything is

00:38:18.919 --> 00:38:19.759
 against me

00:38:19.759 --> 00:38:24.219
 his next response

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.739
 is to be

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:25.519
 fearful

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.959
 fearful that his

00:38:26.959 --> 00:38:27.539
 son will be

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.979
 harmed

00:38:27.979 --> 00:38:31.039
 and that question

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.719
 again is do you

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.739
 recognize any of

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:33.519
 these things

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:35.139
 that when you're

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.759
 met with a

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:36.759
 solution and

00:38:36.759 --> 00:38:37.699
 response to

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.159
 what's going

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.599
 on in your

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.039
 life

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:41.259
 and God

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:41.899
 says do it

00:38:41.899 --> 00:38:42.399
 my way

00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:42.899
 and you say

00:38:42.899 --> 00:38:43.899
 you've done

00:38:43.899 --> 00:38:44.599
 all this to

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.059
 me how on

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.500
 earth can I

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.000
 trust you

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.339
 now

00:38:46.339 --> 00:38:48.460
 how can I

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:48.879
 have faith

00:38:48.879 --> 00:38:49.399
 in you now

00:38:49.399 --> 00:38:50.019
 God when I'm

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.399
 going through

00:38:50.399 --> 00:38:51.219
 this difficulty

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:55.739
 maybe you're

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.299
 tempted this

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:56.679
 evening to

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:57.439
 respond in the

00:38:57.439 --> 00:38:58.019
 way that Jacob

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.679
 did under the

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.339
 sternest of

00:38:59.339 --> 00:38:59.859
 tests

00:38:59.859 --> 00:39:01.579
 when your

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.199
 examination

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:02.879
 begins

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:04.740
 and as I

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.260
 said near the

00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:05.960
 start perhaps

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.380
 God is

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:06.980
 ordained in

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.840
 fact not

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.320
 perhaps

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:10.460
 God ordains

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.960
 everything

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:13.360
 and this

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:14.019
 difficult time

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.340
 that you're

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.940
 going through

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:18.480
 do you need

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:18.980
 to come back

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.559
 to a place of

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:20.039
 repentance

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:23.960
 you'll see that

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.400
 in the upcoming

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:25.160
 weeks that

00:39:25.160 --> 00:39:26.200
 unlike Jacob

00:39:26.200 --> 00:39:27.019
 Joseph has

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.559
 come to know

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:28.160
 and trust

00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:28.660
 that in

00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:29.579
 adversity God

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:30.240
 will work out

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:31.019
 his purposes

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:32.280
 he's learned

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:32.759
 the beauty

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:33.119
 of being

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.800
 carried by

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.239
 God

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:35.039
 to allow

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.840
 God's plans

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.119
 to be

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:37.139
 outworked

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:38.539
 Jacob must

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.019
 and will

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.400
 come to

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.960
 learn this

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.539
 but at

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:41.199
 present he's

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.880
 so far from

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.559
 doing so

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:45.659
 and finally

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.099
 this evening

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.539
 I think we

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.219
 should consider

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:48.960
 more about

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.639
 Jesus in

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.539
 this situation

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:52.139
 Peter Granger

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.639
 in his book

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.480
 Foundations for

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.360
 Faith has a

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.920
 really helpful

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.780
 suggestion for

00:39:55.780 --> 00:39:56.440
 finishing the

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.920
 thoughts on

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.539
 this chapter

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:59.340
 he says we

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.800
 could look at

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:00.400
 the actions of

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:00.880
 Joseph in

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.340
 this chapter

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:02.140
 and ask the

00:40:02.140 --> 00:40:03.180
 question is

00:40:03.180 --> 00:40:04.960
 he judge or

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.740
 is he saviour

00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:06.640
 is he judging

00:40:06.640 --> 00:40:07.220
 the brothers or

00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:07.740
 is he saving

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:09.079
 them and I

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.579
 think perhaps

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:10.140
 it's an element

00:40:10.140 --> 00:40:10.880
 of both

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:12.940
 he must lead

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:13.380
 them to a

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:13.920
 place of

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.660
 considering their

00:40:14.660 --> 00:40:15.960
 sin before he

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.579
 can grant them

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.400
 freedom from it

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:19.539
 and so it is

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.579
 with Jesus

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:24.180
 Jesus like

00:40:24.180 --> 00:40:25.099
 Joseph suffered

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:26.340
 an injustice

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:28.039
 a crime against

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.380
 him

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:30.220
 but Jesus

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:31.380
 unlike Joseph

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:32.280
 the crime

00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:32.920
 against him

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.420
 was the

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:34.360
 perfect crime

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:35.900
 a friend of

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.160
 mine at

00:40:36.160 --> 00:40:36.840
 college recently

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:37.599
 described the

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:37.920
 murder of

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.900
 Jesus as the

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.740
 perfect murder

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:40.099
 and I remember

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.960
 sort of taking a

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:41.820
 step back going

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:42.200
 what do you

00:40:42.200 --> 00:40:42.960
 mean by that

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:47.260
 but it was

00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:48.900
 the perfect

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.300
 murder

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:51.720
 father forgive

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:52.220
 them they don't

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:52.500
 know what

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:52.980
 they're doing

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.620
 they don't

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:54.120
 know that in

00:40:54.120 --> 00:40:54.820
 putting Christ

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.600
 on the cross

00:40:55.600 --> 00:40:58.100
 salvation for

00:40:58.100 --> 00:40:58.680
 the world is

00:40:58.680 --> 00:40:59.140
 possible

00:40:59.140 --> 00:41:00.620
 that's why it

00:41:00.620 --> 00:41:00.880
 was the

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.500
 perfect murder

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:05.000
 and so judge

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.620
 or save you

00:41:05.620 --> 00:41:06.140
 when we think

00:41:06.140 --> 00:41:06.780
 about Jesus

00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:08.960
 and Joseph

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:10.860
 Joseph does

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.280
 judge his

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:11.580
 brothers

00:41:11.580 --> 00:41:13.660
 to bring about

00:41:13.660 --> 00:41:14.400
 true repentance

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:15.680
 to bring about

00:41:15.680 --> 00:41:16.480
 God's plan

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.980
 for the eventual

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.599
 salvation

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:19.980
 of many

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.579
 it says

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:24.099
 Romans 2

00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:25.059
 16 tells us

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.720
 that God will

00:41:25.720 --> 00:41:26.300
 judge us all

00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:26.780
 one day

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:28.059
 through Jesus

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:30.820
 Jesus is the

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:31.220
 judge

00:41:31.220 --> 00:41:33.200
 but then

00:41:33.200 --> 00:41:33.880
 Hebrews 9

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.920
 says just as

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:35.400
 people are

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:36.059
 destined to die

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:36.740
 once and after

00:41:36.740 --> 00:41:37.300
 that to face

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:37.639
 judgment

00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:38.780
 so Christ

00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:39.400
 was sacrificed

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:40.660
 once to take

00:41:40.660 --> 00:41:41.180
 away the sins

00:41:41.180 --> 00:41:41.639
 of many

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:42.559
 and he will

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:43.320
 appear a second

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:43.660
 time

00:41:43.659 --> 00:41:44.839
 not to bear

00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:45.099
 sin

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.940
 but to bring

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.739
 salvation for

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:47.179
 those who are

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.920
 waiting for him

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.980
 you see

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.759
 forgiveness is

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.319
 possible

00:41:50.319 --> 00:41:51.839
 salvation is

00:41:51.839 --> 00:41:52.420
 made possible

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:52.960
 for the people

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.440
 of Israel

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:54.039
 and the world

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:54.539
 as they come

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:55.159
 to Egypt

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:56.960
 through God's

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.859
 ordained life

00:41:57.859 --> 00:41:59.519
 and Joseph's

00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:00.199
 circumstances

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:01.940
 however God

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.579
 ordains the

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.420
 death of Christ

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:05.339
 to lead to the

00:42:05.339 --> 00:42:06.279
 salvation of the

00:42:06.279 --> 00:42:06.699
 world

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:10.460
 and then as we

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:11.539
 examine ourselves

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:12.619
 in light of this

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:14.239
 and ask ourselves

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:15.139
 that question

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:16.139
 do I need

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.900
 forgiveness of

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:17.460
 my sin

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:19.839
 like Joseph's

00:42:19.839 --> 00:42:20.579
 brothers did

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:24.239
 the only

00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:25.139
 conclusion we

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:25.900
 can come to

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:26.960
 is that we do

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.579
 because there is

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.179
 not one of you

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:28.880
 is perfect out

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.420
 here tonight

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:30.759
 not one of you

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:30.940
 is

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:32.480
 and you know

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.960
 that you would

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.619
 admit to that

00:42:33.619 --> 00:42:34.420
 in private

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:35.000
 conversations

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:37.760
 and because

00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:38.119
 you're not

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:39.320
 perfect you do

00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:39.940
 not meet God's

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.239
 standard

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:41.820
 because God's

00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:42.239
 standard is

00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:42.719
 perfection

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:45.860
 that's why Jesus

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.780
 met his standard

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:48.000
 perfection

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:49.559
 perfection

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:51.059
 him who knew

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:52.019
 no sin

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:53.699
 died in our

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.179
 place

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:56.840
 and so as you

00:42:56.840 --> 00:42:57.619
 answer yes to

00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:58.420
 that question of

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.059
 needing forgiveness

00:42:59.059 --> 00:43:00.579
 I'll leave you again

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:01.119
 with that verse

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:01.699
 for some reason

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:02.539
 it's repeated twice

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:03.280
 but maybe that's not

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:03.800
 a bad thing

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:05.580
 if we confess our

00:43:05.580 --> 00:43:06.420
 sins he is faithful

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:06.980
 and just

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:08.160
 to forgive us our

00:43:08.160 --> 00:43:08.540
 sins

00:43:08.540 --> 00:43:09.980
 and cleanse us

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:11.500
 from all unrighteousness

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.280
 as you will see

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:13.260
 in the chapters coming

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:14.660
 this reunion between

00:43:14.660 --> 00:43:15.360
 Joseph and his

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:15.720
 brothers

00:43:15.720 --> 00:43:17.380
 is a glorious one

00:43:17.380 --> 00:43:18.660
 but there's still

00:43:18.660 --> 00:43:19.440
 got things that they

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:20.360
 need to work through

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:22.000
 but confession is the

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.980
 place where they begin

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:23.880
 let's pray

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:28.260
 father we do thank you

00:43:28.260 --> 00:43:28.900
 for your word

00:43:28.900 --> 00:43:31.740
 we thank you for all

00:43:31.740 --> 00:43:32.840
 that it can teach us

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:35.100
 father we thank you

00:43:35.100 --> 00:43:35.700
 that your word

00:43:35.700 --> 00:43:36.780
 points to Jesus

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:38.660
 the author

00:43:38.660 --> 00:43:39.440
 the perfecter

00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:40.079
 of our faith

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:43.000
 lord we praise you

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:44.019
 for Jesus this evening

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:47.720
 lord we praise you

00:43:47.720 --> 00:43:48.660
 that because of Jesus

00:43:48.660 --> 00:43:50.039
 we can be forgiven

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:50.800
 from our sin

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:53.900
 that we can be made

00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:54.579
 righteous

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:55.900
 before you

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:58.900
 lord I pray for the

00:43:58.900 --> 00:43:59.620
 rest of this evening

00:43:59.620 --> 00:44:00.380
 whatever we've got

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:01.260
 planned this evening

00:44:01.260 --> 00:44:02.120
 that we'll continue

00:44:02.120 --> 00:44:03.000
 to think of you

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:05.180
 to think about

00:44:05.180 --> 00:44:06.520
 your precious gift

00:44:06.520 --> 00:44:07.160
 of salvation

00:44:07.160 --> 00:44:07.700
 for us

00:44:07.700 --> 00:44:11.660
 lord we thank you

00:44:11.660 --> 00:44:12.260
 for being here

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:13.000
 with us this evening

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:13.820
 and I pray that

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:14.740
 lord anything

00:44:14.740 --> 00:44:15.580
 that I have said

00:44:15.580 --> 00:44:16.660
 that isn't of you

00:44:16.660 --> 00:44:17.260
 lord you will

00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:18.340
 deafen ears to that

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:18.640
 now

00:44:18.640 --> 00:44:20.480
 but lord we thank you

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:21.080
 that your word

00:44:21.080 --> 00:44:22.020
 will not return void

00:44:22.020 --> 00:44:23.500
 in your precious name

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:24.080
 amen

00:44:24.799 --> 00:44:38.259
 or

00:44:38.259 --> 00:44:40.299
 for