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 So, Genesis 41, it's a long chapter, and I'm going to read sections of it, but I'll tell

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 you where we're going as we move along.

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 So, Genesis 41, we'll start with the first 16 verses, and then we'll move to others, but

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 let's hear God's word to us this morning.

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 Follow along as I read, starting in verse 1.

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 When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream.

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 He was standing by the Nile, when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and

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 fat, and they grazed among the reeds.

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 After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those

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 on the riverbank.

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 And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows.

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 Then Pharaoh woke up.

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 He fell asleep again and had a second dream.

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 Seven ears of corn, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.

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 After them, seven other ears of corn sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.

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 The thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven healthy, full ears.

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 Then Pharaoh woke up.

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 It had been a dream.

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 In the morning, his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and the wise men

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 of Egypt.

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 And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

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 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, today I'm reminded of my shortcomings.

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 Pharaoh was once angry with me, his servant, and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the

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 house of the captain of the guard.

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 Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.

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 Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard.

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 We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation

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 of his dream.

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 And things turned out exactly as he had interpreted them to us.

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 I was restored to my position, and the other man was impaled.

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 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon.

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 When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.

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 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I had a dream, and no one can interpret it.

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 But I've heard it said of you that when you hear a dream, you can interpret it.

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 I cannot do it, Joseph replied to Pharaoh.

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 But God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.

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 Now let's move down to verse 25.

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 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, the dreams of Pharaoh are one of the same.

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 God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

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 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears of corn are also seven years.

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 It is one and the same dream.

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 The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterwards are seven years.

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 And so are the seven worthless ears of corn scorched by the east wind.

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 They are seven years of famine.

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 It is just as I said to Pharaoh, God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

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 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt.

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 But seven years of famine will follow them.

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 Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.

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 The abundance in the land will not be remembered, because the famine that follows it will be so severe.

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 The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God,

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 and God will do it soon.

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 And now, let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.

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 Down to verse 39.

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 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, since God has made all of this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.

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 You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are submit to your orders.

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 Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.

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 Verse 48.

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 Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities.

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 In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it.

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 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea.

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 It was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

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 Verse 53.

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 The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end, and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said.

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 There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.

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 Well, let's pray and ask for God's help to us.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, thank you again for your word.

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 We thank you that it is true.

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 And more than that, it is life-giving.

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 And so we pray that as we hear your words to us today,

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 you would show us the life you have given to us,

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 the life that you have given to the whole world.

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 Father, may your word bless us today as we listen.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, it's quite the story, isn't it?

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 From the pit of a prison to power in the palace.

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 And if that doesn't impress you, all happened within 24 hours.

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 We could imagine Joseph at his first book launch down at his local Egyptian Eason's.

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 The secret of my success.

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 The true story of one man's journey from slave to master.

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 Get your signed copies here.

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 What a transformation.

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 So, Joseph, tell me, how did you do it?

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 What was your secret?

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 Well, it's the kind of story we would all dream of for ourselves.

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 We would long for these sorts of things to happen to us.

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 We would long, too, that our struggles would come to an end.

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 That things would dramatically change.

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 That we would have a better life than the one we have right now.

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 So, Joseph, how did you do it?

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 How did you manage to turn things around?

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 To go from prison to palace?

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 Well, as we'll discover in this account, it's not about Joseph at all.

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 It's about God.

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 And it's not Joseph's secret to success.

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 But God's story of salvation.

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 In fact, this account is all about how God works through his servants to bless the nations.

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 Three things we're going to look at that will show how this is true.

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 That first, God ordains the events of his servants.

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 Second, God establishes the purposes for his servants.

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 And then third, God blesses the nations by his servants.

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 So, let's look at these together.

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 First, God ordains the events of his servants.

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 Everything in this account is God's fingerprints all over it.

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 God decides what happens and when it happens.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 When two full years had passed.

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 So, Joseph has now actually been in prison for 13 years for a crime he had never committed.

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 But just as God had overseen Joseph in prison, so God was going to take him out of prison.

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 You see, everything happens according to God's timing.

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 Verse 1.

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 So, when the two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream.

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 But the problem is, verse 8, nobody in all the land of Egypt could interpret Pharaoh's dream.

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 But, all of a sudden, verse 9, the chief cupbearer who had forgotten Joseph had suddenly remembered Joseph.

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 Pharaoh, Pharaoh, I know someone who can interpret dreams.

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 And it's exactly as the dreams say.

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 Now, there's Joseph.

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 Stuck in his dirty, grubby cell.

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 Chalking off the days in his prison wall.

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 Oblivious to the upset in the palace.

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 When all of a sudden, Joseph, get up here.

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 Now.

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 Well, Joseph, verse 14, is ushered along by the guards.

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 Thrown into the shower room for a hose down.

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 Given a shave and some decent clothes.

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 But what's happening?

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 Where am I going?

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 To see Pharaoh.

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 He's got a problem.

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 And you can help.

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 Do you see how God is ordaining the events of his servants?

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 He's bringing all things together.

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 And all the people together according to his timing.

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 God is at work in Pharaoh's life.

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 In the cupbearer's life.

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 In Joseph's life.

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 God is the one who is over all these things.

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 In fact, if we look a little closer to the dreams.

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 We learn a little bit more.

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 The way in which God ordains everything.

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 Three quick things here.

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 First, God discloses what's going to happen.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 Pharaoh said to Joseph, I had a dream and no one can interpret it.

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 But I have heard it said that you can interpret it.

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 I cannot do it, Joseph replied to Pharaoh.

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 But God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.

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 I can't.

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 But God can.

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 Only God reveals what will happen.

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 Only God knows the future.

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 Now of course we have all kinds of people.

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 Who will promise to predict the future for a few euro.

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 Especially religious people that we can see on God channel.

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 They promise you all kinds of things about telling your future and what's going to happen next year.

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 It's all wild speculation.

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 It's just imaginations and thoughts and ideas.

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 God alone knows what will happen.

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 But more than that, God directs what will happen.

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 As Pharaoh retells his dream.

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 Verse 25.

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 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh.

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 The dreams of Pharaoh are one of the same.

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 God has revealed to Pharaoh what God is about to do.

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 You see, only God knows the future.

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 But he is the one who's going to bring it about.

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 You see, the dream isn't just information about the future.

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 But God's action to bring it to pass.

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 Verse 28.

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 It is just as I said to Pharaoh.

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 God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

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 God is not only saying what will happen.

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 God is saying, I will direct the very events themselves.

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 Now you and I can't do that.

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 We can't change any event or make any event happen tomorrow, next year.

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 Never mind the events of the world.

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 But God discloses and directs everything.

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 In fact, God determines what will happen.

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 The dreams are clear in the interpretation.

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 There will be seven years of good harvest and seven years of no harvest.

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 A time of abundance and a time of famine.

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 But why were there two dreams saying the same thing?

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 Well, we're given the answer, aren't we, in verse 32.

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 The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms

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 is that the matter has been firmly decided by God.

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 And God will do it soon.

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 I want you to be crystal clear in your understanding, Pharaoh.

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 You may claim to be king of Egypt,

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 but God determines the times and the events of this world.

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 God has fixed the future.

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 Every second and every century is known by God

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 and is acted out by God.

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 Well, if God is in control of world events,

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 how much more is he in control of my life and your life?

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 Psalm 139 verse 16 reminds us,

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 All the days ordained for me

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 were written in your book

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 before one of them came to be.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 That our life is ordained from beginning to end?

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 God is in charge of the bad times

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 when we're in the pit of life.

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 God is in control of the good times

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 when we're enjoying the pleasures of life.

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 We don't live in a world of random events

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 and chance circumstances.

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 No, God ordains everything.

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 You see, this is not about finding the secret to success.

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 This is all about God

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 who ordains the events of his servants.

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 So, God ordains the events of his servants.

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 Second, God establishes the purposes of his servants.

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 Well, God is clearly in control of all that's going on

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 including the choices and decisions of Pharaoh.

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 In fact, God uses the king of Egypt

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 to establish his own servant in his place.

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 Verse 33.

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 Joseph says,

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 And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man

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 and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.

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 Now, I don't think Joseph is seeking power here

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 or an upgrade.

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 I think Joseph is just stating the obvious implication of the dreams.

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 Look, Pharaoh, if there's going to be a famine,

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 you're going to need to store up grain in the good years.

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 You need a plan.

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 You need somebody who's going to look after that.

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 Positions and power were far from Joseph's mind.

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 But yet it seems God is at work through Pharaoh

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 to establish his servant.

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 In fact, as we look more closely at the story,

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 we see how God does this.

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 First, look at Joseph's rise to power.

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 To say that Joseph had suffered was an understatement.

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 He had 13 years in the pit of a prison,

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 but all of that was to change.

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 Verse 39.

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 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,

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 Since God has made all this known to you,

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 there is no one so discerning and wise as you.

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 You shall be in charge of my palace,

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 and all my people are to submit to your orders.

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 Only with respect to the throne

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 will I be greater than you.

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 From the pit to power,

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 from being a slave to a master,

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 Joseph's life was radically changed in a matter of hours.

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 Once in grubby clothes and in irons of chain.

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 Now look at the end of verse 42.

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 We find him dressed in a robe of fine linen,

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 and not with chains of iron,

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 but a gold chain around his neck.

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 In fact, Joseph went from a position

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 of bowing down to others,

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 to where the whole nation were bowing down to him.

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 Look at verse 43.

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 Pharaoh made Joseph ride in a chariot.

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 Today it would be a fine, long-stretched limousine.

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 As his second in command.

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 And people shouted before him,

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 Make way, or bow down!

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 Thus, he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.

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 What an incredible transformation!

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 But why are we surprised?

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 I mean, doesn't God ordain the events of all things?

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 What God has firmly decided will come to pass?

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 Now all of this was not for Joseph's sake,

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 so that he could write bestsellers

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 down at the local bookstore.

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 No, this was all for God's saving purposes.

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 You see, as Joseph came to power,

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 God was putting his ruler in place.

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 You see, the author wants us to see

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 that God's purpose is central.

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 This is not a story about how God is going to give me

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 power and riches.

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 No, this is a true story of God

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 putting his ruler in the right place.

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 Verse 42.

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 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger

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 and put it on Joseph's finger.

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 The signet ring was the king's official stamp.

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 In other words, Joseph was acting on behalf of the king.

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 What Joseph said, the king said.

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 Verse 44.

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 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,

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 I am Pharaoh, but without your word,

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 no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.

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 Joseph is given absolute power

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 and complete authority.

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 Don't you marvel at how the king of Egypt

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 places God's servant

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 into a position of being ruler of all Egypt?

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 You see, kings don't rule.

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 God does.

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 The leaders and governments of our world

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 are not in charge.

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 God is in charge.

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 In fact, God will use the leaders and the kings

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 and he will use their choices and decisions

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 to bring about God's ultimate and greater purposes.

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 Now, if that is true for the world,

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 how is that true for us?

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 You see, if you are a Christian here today,

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 then you are God's servant

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 in God's place.

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 Where you live and where you are

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 is not a mistake.

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 It's not a chance.

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 God has you where he has you

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 for his purpose.

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 For Joseph, that would be the experience

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 of being in a pit and a palace.

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 God has you in his place.

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 But wherever we are and whatever we do,

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 God has you in his place.

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 You see, this is not about finding the secret to success.

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 This is about God who establishes the purposes

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 for his servants.

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 So, God ordains, God establishes.

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 And third, God blesses the nations by his servants.

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 You see, as we follow in this story,

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 like a master chess player,

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 God is manoeuvring all the pieces and the people

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 for his victorious move.

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 All the events and all the people

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 served the great purposes of God.

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 Look at verse 46.

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 Joseph was 30 years old

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 when he entered the service of Pharaoh,

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 king of Egypt.

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 And Joseph went out from Pharaoh's presence

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 and travelled throughout Egypt.

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 You see, God was going to bring blessing

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 to and through his servant.

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 First, God's servant is blessed.

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 Joseph is in charge of all Egypt.

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 He's gone from the depths of the dungeon

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 to the heights of the palace.

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 What would Joseph be thinking

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 as he saw his life unfold before him?

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 Well, we're told.

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 He's very clear about how it all happened.

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 Look down at verse 51.

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 In between the years of abundance and famine,

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 we're told that Joseph had two children.

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 Verse 51.

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 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said,

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 It is because God has made me forget

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 all my trouble and all my father's household.

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 The second son he named Ephraim and said,

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 It is because God has made me fruitful

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 in the land of my suffering.

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 You see, if Joseph was learning anything,

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 it was learning that God made everything happen.

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 God was in control.

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 All that Joseph received was by God's grace

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 and God's goodness.

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 Verse 51.

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 God made me forget.

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 God made me fruitful.

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 We could imagine that every time Joseph went out

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 to call his two boys in for dinner.

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 Forgetful.

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 Fruitful.

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 Every time he heard their names,

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 he was reminding himself of God's intervention

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 and God's blessing to him.

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 It was all of God's goodness and grace.

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 How he took the troubles of Joseph's life

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 and weaved them together for something beautiful and good.

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 How God had taken the hard times

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 to bring about blessing for Joseph.

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 But there was a purpose in blessing Joseph.

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 The purpose was

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 that God's servant would bring blessing to others.

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 You see, Joseph is blessed.

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 But God has a much greater blessing in mind.

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 Look how God provided.

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 Verse 49.

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 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain.

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 Like the sand of the sea,

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 it was so much that he had to stop keeping records

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 because it was beyond measure.

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 Verse 55.

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 When all Egypt began to feel the famine,

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 the people cried out to Pharaoh for food.

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 Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians,

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 go to Joseph and do what he tells you.

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 When the famine had spread over the whole country,

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 Joseph opened all the storehouses

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 and sold grain to the Egyptians

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 for the famine was severe throughout Egypt.

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 What a means of blessing

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:39.659
 Joseph became not just to his family,

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 but to all the families of Egypt.

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 If Joseph hadn't stored up that grain,

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:50.399
 the loss of life would have been countless.

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:53.839
 Thousands upon thousands would have died.

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:58.500
 But God was thinking bigger and greater

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 than just Egypt.

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 The blessing extended beyond Egypt.

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.199
 Look at verse 57.

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 And all the world,

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 the surrounding nations,

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:13.079
 came to Egypt

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:15.179
 to buy grain from Joseph

00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:18.639
 because the famine was severe everywhere.

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:23.419
 The surrounding nations

00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:25.859
 came to God's servant

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:28.000
 who blessed them.

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 Instead of death,

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.980
 there was life.

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:35.379
 God's blessing to Joseph

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:37.419
 was overflowing

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:39.880
 to the whole world.

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:46.620
 Now, as great as Joseph was,

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:49.600
 the blessings that he brought

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:51.100
 were both temporary

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:53.480
 and costly.

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:56.640
 People had to come with their money

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:59.440
 to buy their food,

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:01.980
 but hunger would soon return,

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:02.680
 wouldn't it?

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:05.460
 However, we're told

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:08.200
 of one who invites us

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:10.960
 to buy and to eat

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:13.539
 without any cost.

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:17.759
 Look with me to Isaiah chapter 55.

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.700
 Isaiah chapter 55.

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:20.900
 Isaiah chapter 55.

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:41.560
 You see, what Joseph offered

00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:43.420
 was temporary and costly.

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:47.539
 But there is one who invites us

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:50.220
 to buy and eat without cost.

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:52.519
 We're offered food

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:54.440
 that will fill us

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:56.039
 and satisfy us forever.

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:58.400
 Isaiah 55 verse 1.

00:28:58.860 --> 00:29:01.080
 God says through his servant,

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:04.379
 Come, all you who are thirsty.

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:06.659
 Come to the waters.

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.960
 And you who have no money,

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:11.379
 come, buy and eat.

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:14.179
 Come, buy wine and milk

00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:15.980
 without money and without cost.

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.879
 Why spend money

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:19.539
 on what is not bread

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:21.240
 and your labor

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:22.699
 on what does not satisfy?

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:25.000
 Listen, listen to me

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:26.919
 and eat what is good

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:28.359
 and you will delight

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:30.039
 in the richest affair.

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:34.259
 The promise of food.

00:29:35.199 --> 00:29:37.279
 Where do we get this bread?

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:42.679
 Well, listen to what Jesus said.

00:29:44.679 --> 00:29:47.559
 I am the bread of life.

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:50.639
 I am the living bread

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:52.279
 that came down from heaven.

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.740
 Whoever eats this bread

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:56.199
 will live forever.

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:59.700
 This bread is my flesh

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.720
 which I will give

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:03.920
 for the life of the world.

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:08.480
 You see, the true and eternal food

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.759
 that God offers

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.960
 and that God gives

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:12.680
 is Christ.

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.140
 He gives life

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:16.319
 that is free

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.759
 and eternal.

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:21.000
 You see, this account in Genesis

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.799
 is not about Joseph

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:24.680
 and the secret of his success.

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:26.299
 this is about God

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.160
 and the story

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.700
 of his greater servant

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:30.160
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.900
 The one who comes

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.960
 to give food

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:34.980
 that will truly satisfy

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:37.060
 and will truly fill us

00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:38.560
 not just for us

00:30:38.560 --> 00:30:40.640
 but for the nations

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.400
 of the world.

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:43.900
 for Jesus came

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.840
 into this world

00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:46.600
 and went into the pit

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.820
 not of a prison

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:49.380
 but into the judgment

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.560
 of hell itself

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:51.780
 for you and for me.

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.700
 He suffered death

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.380
 on the cross

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:55.519
 for my sin

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.640
 and for your sin.

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.900
 But more than that

00:30:58.900 --> 00:31:00.259
 Jesus was raised

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.560
 from the dead

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:03.400
 defeating death for us

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.740
 and now he reigns

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:06.019
 with absolute power

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.259
 and supreme authority

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:09.400
 not just over a palace

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:12.300
 but over the world

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:13.320
 and the universe.

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.720
 And as ruler

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.640
 over all

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:18.340
 he comes to us

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:19.460
 in Christ

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:21.019
 and offers us

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:22.540
 the bread of life

00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:24.100
 without cost.

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:26.920
 He invites us

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.340
 to come to him today

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:29.500
 needy

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.460
 and hungry

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:32.040
 to come empty

00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:33.460
 seeking him

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:35.160
 who will fill you.

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:38.440
 and as we turn

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.180
 to Jesus

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.019
 in faith

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.740
 so we receive

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:43.380
 his blessings

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:45.360
 forgiveness

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:46.940
 of all of our sin

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:49.519
 peace with God

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:52.120
 life eternal

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:55.940
 what a feast

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.440
 we have been

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.519
 invited to

00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:01.300
 but this isn't

00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:01.880
 a feast

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.940
 that we keep

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.740
 to ourselves

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.380
 is it?

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:06.620
 As we receive

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:08.799
 so we give

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:11.240
 as God's servants

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.000
 are blessed

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.900
 in Christ

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:14.420
 so we go

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.440
 to be a blessing

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.279
 to the world

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.259
 and to the nations

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.299
 the blessings

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.599
 that we have received

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.559
 overflow

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.759
 from us

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:23.039
 as we show

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.640
 people

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.960
 and offer people

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.519
 Jesus

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.900
 the true bread

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.539
 of life

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:30.039
 isn't that

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.880
 what the church

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:32.000
 is called to do?

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:34.180
 just like

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.880
 Patrick

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:36.339
 who came

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.079
 to the shores

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:38.059
 of this island

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:40.440
 1500 years ago

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:42.039
 to preach

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.900
 the good news

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.619
 of the gospel

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:45.119
 so that the people

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.640
 of Ireland

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.579
 might receive

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.339
 and have

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.980
 the bread

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.680
 of life

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:50.200
 that would

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:51.140
 satisfy

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:56.000
 well so too

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.539
 for us

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.000
 today

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:59.259
 our country

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.099
 is needy

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:02.000
 there will be

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.519
 Patrick

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.179
 parades

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:03.759
 all around

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.419
 the country

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:06.459
 but how many

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:06.879
 of them

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.679
 will be offering

00:33:07.679 --> 00:33:08.219
 the bread

00:33:08.219 --> 00:33:08.779
 of life

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.539
 that is found

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.299
 in Christ

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:13.879
 so we go

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:15.519
 knowing that

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.159
 God has

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:16.759
 ordained

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:18.159
 every detail

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:19.019
 of our life

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:21.159
 we go

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:21.919
 confident

00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.719
 that we are

00:33:22.719 --> 00:33:23.899
 his servants

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:25.759
 in his place

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:28.059
 and we go

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 as a blessed

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 people

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 to bless

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 others

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 as we show

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 them Jesus

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 who satisfies

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 who fulfills

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 us

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 and gives us

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 the life

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 of Christ

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 himself

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 let's pray

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.720
 together

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 Father God

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:05.240
 we are

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.799
 sorry

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 for so

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 often

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 making

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 your word

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 out to be

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 all about

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 us

00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:13.639
 about me

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 help us

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.360
 to see

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 afresh

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 that it

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 is all

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 about

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 God's

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.420
 great

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.140
 story

00:34:21.140 --> 00:34:23.300
 his plan

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.120
 of salvation

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 through his

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.360
 servant

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.820
 Jesus

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.460
 Christ

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 who takes

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.100
 us from

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 the pit

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 of our

00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:32.660
 sin

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 and mess

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.539
 and brokenness

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 and lifts

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 us up

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 to a greater

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 palace

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 of the

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 kingdom

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.960
 of God

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.580
 itself

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 where we

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.660
 are satisfied

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 and fulfilled

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 forever

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 and forever

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:51.019
 thank you

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.719
 for Jesus

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 the bread

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 of life

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 thank you

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 that in him

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 we have all

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 that we need

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 help us

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 to go

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 into our

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.339
 communities

00:35:04.339 --> 00:35:06.000
 to our

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.679
 families

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 to our

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:09.039
 workplaces

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:11.299
 help us

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:11.759
 to bring

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.480
 the blessing

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.219
 of Christ

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 may it

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.839
 overflow

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.619
 from our

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.059
 life

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.839
 and may

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:19.259
 people

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:19.799
 taste

00:35:19.799 --> 00:35:20.439
 and see

00:35:20.439 --> 00:35:22.459
 that Jesus

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 is good

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:26.559
 amen

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 well we're

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.860
 going to

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.199
 sing

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 this

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:44.380
 do

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:44.980
 he

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 and

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 he

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 will