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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 It strikes me as, well, it struck me as I was listening to them.

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 You guys are really excellent. You know that?

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 And I tend to, I think I take that for granted.

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 I mean, I've only been here for a couple of years, and James is really good.

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 And he organizes people around him that are also really good.

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 And I'm proud to call you a friend, James, and I'm grateful every time you get to be up here and lead us in worship.

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 Will calls people out because he's playing a long game.

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 And as the junior member of the pastoral staff, he likes to remind everybody else that they're getting older,

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 and he looks like he's staying the same age.

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 And I'm grateful for you, brother.

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 Not for you calling me out, but I'm grateful for you in general.

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 This morning we're going to continue in our summer series, Redemption Stories,

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 the Gospel According to the Old Testament.

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 Last week, young Will preached about our hero, King David,

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 as a foretaste of our true champion, King Jesus.

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 And this week we're going to take a further step back in time

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 and examine the life of Jacob's son, Judah,

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 who's the namesake of the tribe from which the Messiah comes, David and the Messiah.

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 We're going to cover a rather large swath of Scripture, pretty much chapter 37 of Genesis through 45.

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 But we'll focus our reading in two specific areas,

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 on two specific scenes within the context of the rest of the story.

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 So I'll be doing a lot of storytelling this morning.

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 Raise your hand if you get lost.

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 I'm happy to stop and go back.

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 What I'm going to encourage you to do, though,

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 is to think of the Gospel reflections and implications of the Scriptures

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 as we're going through them.

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 Will reminded us last week, none of these characters are the Christ.

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 And that's a little easier to see this week than it has been in other weeks.

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 But our Heavenly Father seemed fit to use these people

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 and to use people like you and like me to accomplish His purposes on the earth.

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 Most importantly, His purpose to reconcile all things to Himself through Jesus.

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 So let's pray together, and then we're going to get into it.

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 Gracious God and Heavenly Father,

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 I can't help but be led this morning to confess my own willingness to think too much of myself.

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 We know we actually can't think anything of ourselves at all.

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 You don't call us to dwell there and to be mashed into the ground like worms,

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 even though we can be compared to that.

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 Because you've made a way for us.

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 You've given us your Son, our King Jesus.

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 As we go through this text today,

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 I pray that the meditations of all of our hearts,

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 the words of my lips will be pleasing to you.

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 I pray that we will learn more about the gospel,

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 learn more about the love that you have for us,

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 that you've shown us.

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 Your servant, the writer of Genesis,

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 picks and chooses these things to communicate a greater story about you

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 and about who you are and how you love your people in actual time and actual space.

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 And this reflects upon us.

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 I pray that we would see how big the gospel is and how far reaching your story goes.

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 Thank you for loving us.

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 And thank you for our King Jesus.

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 In his name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Not much on reality television,

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 but the most intriguing piece of reality television that I've probably ever seen in my life

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 is the 2005 NFL Draft.

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 And for those of you, you can chuckle.

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 For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about,

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 long before he was a future Hall of Famer and a sure-fire future Hall of Famer,

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 Aaron Rodgers left college a year early,

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 assuring everyone that he was going to be the number one pick in the NFL Draft.

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 And he knew and said loudly to anyone who would listen to him

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 that he is going to be the key to whatever franchise he was going to join.

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 Mel Kuyper and the other people who also seem ageless.

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 They may be robots, though.

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 They knew that he was unorthodox in the way that he operated.

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 There were chinks in his armor and widely,

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 and this was the reason that Mike Nolan,

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 the then coach of number one pick San Francisco 49ers,

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 said he was just arrogant.

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 He was just hard to be around in that way.

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 And so football being a fraternal game,

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 any of the 11 guys on the field are no more important

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 than any of the other guys on the field.

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 If they don't all pull their weight and do their job,

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 nobody is going to be successful.

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 And so there's a certain kind of arrogance that can work,

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 and then there's a certain kind of arrogance that's just not going to work.

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 So that's the state that Rogers was in,

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 but as it led up to the draft, the media,

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 especially ESPN, who was hosting the draft on television,

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 said, hey, you're going to be one of the six people we bring here

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 because you're probably going to be the number one pick,

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 and we know it.

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 We want you to be here to go up on stage

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 and wear the hat and the jersey and all that kind of stuff.

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 Well, as a viewing audience, it was very interesting.

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 We watched at home with empathy,

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 with interest in the beginning,

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 then empathy, then sympathy, and then just sadness.

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 My wife still can't watch any replays of that

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 because we remember watching it in 2005 and just thinking,

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 oh, this is so painful to watch.

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 Unfortunately for Mr. Rogers,

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 the climax of his draft was with the number one pick

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 because with the number one pick,

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 the San Francisco 49ers chose not Aaron Rogers.

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 And for the next five hours,

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 that guy sat there in the green room

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 as pick after pick after pick went.

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 And they could keep it interesting for a little while,

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 but after a while, it just got really painful.

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 You see this guy there sitting by himself

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 as pick went and pick went,

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 and by the 10th pick, all the other five guys were gone,

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 and there he sat.

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 In fact, the problem with Aaron was his arrogance.

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 He thought way too much of himself.

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 He was unwilling to learn,

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 some people thought about that, or about him.

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 But finally, with the 24th pick,

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 the Green Bay Packers said,

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 well, hey, we'll take him.

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 And so there was this dude who had told everybody

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 about how he was the best,

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 and he was going to be the number one pick.

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 He was the key to any franchise,

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 rebuilding it, stabilizing it, whatever.

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 And instead, he goes, number 24 overall,

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 five hours later,

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 to be a backup quarterback

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 for somebody else who was already

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 a surefire Hall of Famer in Brett Favre.

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 It's quite a difference a little bit of time can make.

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 He thought too much of himself.

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 He probably thought too little of the weaknesses

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 that he showed,

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 and thought that he didn't need to learn anything.

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 I wish that was just Aaron,

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 but like me, and probably like most of us,

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 he lacked some self-awareness

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 to understand how vulnerable he actually is

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 and was,

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 to understand all of those things.

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 And unfortunately, like most of us,

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 it took a pretty dramatic event

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 to get his attention,

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 and to make him realize

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 that he probably needs to learn.

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 Of course, that worked out well for him, right?

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 He's gone on to do a couple of things.

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 I wish that my greatest weakness

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 was my arrogance and athletic talent.

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 I really do,

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 and I don't mean to make light

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 of Aaron's situation,

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 but unfortunately for me,

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 my greatest weakness is thinking

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 that I'm capable of growing

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 to the point that

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 I no longer need God.

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 I function that way every day.

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 It shows itself in many ways for me,

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 but the bottom line for me

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 and probably for us

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 is that we just overestimate who we are.

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 As people,

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 we define a purpose for ourselves,

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 and then we pursue it,

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 not wrong in and of itself,

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 but we think that we have it all figured out

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 and we need to teach others

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 about how we've had it figured out.

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 We feel like we understand

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 pain and suffering

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 and that we can grow to be immune to it,

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 and we live as though

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 the person and work of Jesus,

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 the very cross we come to remember today,

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 are just nice pillows

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 that we can rest on at night

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 and don't have any bearing

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 on the rest of our lives.

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 The good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 is that God already knows this about us.

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 This sinful behavior,

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 these sinful thoughts,

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 our sinful inclinations,

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 they've already been taken into account

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 and why we were yet sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 I'm thankful for that.

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 As we go through this,

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 Judah is going to show us

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 that he committed

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 these same types of sins,

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 many of them much worse,

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 but they actually have the same root cause

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 and the same degeneration

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 of the heart and mind.

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 But the same grace

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 that's drawn us together

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 in this place

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 to celebrate our Savior

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 at this table

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 is a grace that God has shown

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 to Old Testament believers,

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 and we'll find that out today.

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 So let's get into it.

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 We're going to jump into Judah's story

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 in Genesis 37,

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 and we'll find him and his brothers

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 in the midst of another famous narrative,

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 but Judah and his brothers

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 have gone away from home.

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 They're having some issues at home,

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 and he and nine of his brothers

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 decided to take their flocks

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 and go out,

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 and so they went out

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 to this place called Shechem,

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 and then they decided

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 to go a little bit further.

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 They decided to go down to Dothan,

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 which is an actual place in Canaan.

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 They didn't go to South Alabama.

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 They got new jobs,

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 building tires,

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 and they were really happy

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 with their lives.

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 So they're on the plains of Dothan

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 with their livestock together,

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 and one of the things

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 that they were trying to escape,

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 they see coming over the horizon

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 at them.

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 They are sons either

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 of Jacob's wife's handmaids,

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 or else they are the sons

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 of Jacob's wife Leah,

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 who was not really the wife

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 that Jacob loved.

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 If you remember the story

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 of Jacob and Laban,

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 he went in and he saw Rachel,

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 and Jacob said,

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 hey, I want to marry your daughter,

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 and Laban said,

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 hey, no problem.

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 He worked for me for seven years,

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 and you'll get to marry my daughter,

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 and he says, great.

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 So he works for him for seven years,

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 and the night of their marriage

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 to consummate the relationship,

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 Laban sends his oldest daughter,

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 Leah, into the tent,

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 and they consummate their marriage,

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 and when he wakes up,

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 he realizes this isn't Rachel at all.

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 This is his sister.

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 And Laban says, hey, I'll make it right.

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 You worked for me for another seven years,

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 and I'll also give you

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 my daughter, Rachel, for marriage.

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 I'm making sure in my mind

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 I don't have Rachel and Rebecca

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 mixed up in my head.

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 At any rate,

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 I'll give you her for marriage as well.

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 Well, this is insane in two reasons.

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 One, as a pastor friend of mine

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 infamously says,

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 one woman is enough for any sane man,

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 and one man is enough for any sane woman.

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 The Bible is not saying here

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 that it's okay to be polygamous.

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 But the other problem is,

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 he's got these two wives,

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 and he's been tricked into this situation.

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 And Leah had four sons first.

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 Reuben is the oldest.

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 Jacob was, I'm sorry,

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 Judah was the fourth,

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 who we're going to be talking about today.

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 And then he had more sons by the concubines,

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 or the wives,

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 or the handmaids of his wives,

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 who he treated like concubines.

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 And then finally,

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 much like it happened to Jacob's mother,

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 his beloved wife becomes pregnant,

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 and she bears him two sons.

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 And that's where Joseph and Benjamin come from.

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 So he gave Joseph a pretty gaudy robe.

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 You may have heard about this.

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 And Joseph comes walking over the hill,

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 and his brothers see him.

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 And unlike the song that we just heard them singing,

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 the opposite was going through their heads.

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 When they looked into the face of their brother,

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 they saw their enemy,

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 and they decided they were going to kill him.

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 And Judah was at the forefront of this

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 and was pretty much okay with it.

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 Reuben, the oldest brother,

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 said,

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 no, you can't kill him.

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 Throw him into one of these pits.

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 Well, the pits that are around there

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 are these cisterns

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 that are usually filled with water.

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 But they found a dry one.

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 And I'll read from Genesis 37,

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 starting in verse 24.

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 Well, I'll start in 22 or 23.

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 When Joseph came to his brothers,

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 they stripped him of his robe,

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 the robe of many colors that he wore,

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 and they took him and they threw him into a pit.

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 The pit was empty.

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 There was no water in it.

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 And then they sat down to eat.

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 And looking up,

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 they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites

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 coming from Gilead

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 with their camels bearing gum, balm, myrrh,

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 on their way to carry it down to Egypt.

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 Then Judah said to his brothers,

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 got an idea, guys?

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 What profit is it if we kill our brother

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 and conceal his blood?

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 Come on, let's sell him to these people.

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 And let not our hand be upon him,

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 for he's our brother, our own flesh.

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 And his brothers listened to him.

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 Then Midianite traders.

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 Midianite is interchangeable with Ishmaelite there.

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 Think in your minds.

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 We would call Arab people,

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 appropriately Arab people,

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 and then there are nationals.

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 Our nation's inside of that, correct?

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 Then the Midianite traders passed by

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 and they drew up Joseph

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 and they lifted him out of the pit

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 and they sold him to the Ishmaelites

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 for 20 shekels of silver

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 and they took Joseph to Egypt.

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 Then they decided they had to go tell their dad something.

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 And if you remember about Jacob,

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 Jacob did something pretty ornery in his early days.

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 His father was going to give his birthright

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 to his big brother Esau.

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 And Jacob did what?

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 He went and found a goat and he killed it

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 and he put the goat pelts on his arms

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 and he went to his dad and his dad felt his hairy arms

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 and said, well, you must be Esau.

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 I'll give you my birthright.

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 And he tricked his father out of his birthright.

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 Well, these brothers do something interesting.

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 They go and they also find a goat

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 and they slaughter it

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 and they tear Joseph's robe up a little bit

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 and they pour blood on it.

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 And then they send it to their dad

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 to tell him about what had happened.

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 And commentators are a little mixed up

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 as to whether or not they sent it ahead

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 because they didn't want to physically be present

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 when their dad got the news

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 or if they brought it to him themselves.

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 Either way, they were lying to their father

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 and they'd just gotten rid of one of their brothers,

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 one of their father's favorite sons.

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 But even through that ruse,

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 what the brothers didn't realize

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 is that the Midianites had taken Joseph to Egypt, right?

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 And they'd sold him into Potiphar's house.

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 The way Jacob, I'm sorry,

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 Jacob responded to seeing it,

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 the torn robe was first of all

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 in disbelief to his sons.

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 He thought they were liars.

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 He found them to be bad people.

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 But he also began to weep and mourn.

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 And in Jewish cultures,

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 it's not strange to have set periods of time

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 that you weep and mourn.

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 But Jacob says,

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 I'm not weeping and mourning for a set period of time.

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 I'm weeping and mourning until I die,

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 until I see this son again.

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 He couldn't be talked out of it by any of his family,

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 any of his daughters,

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 any of his wives,

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 any of his brothers.

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 Nothing could stop him from it.

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 And in that moment,

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 the sons realized a little bit more

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 about what they'd done to their father.

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 My work with students has revealed

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 that they tend to react in a few different ways

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 to a potentially new member

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 joining their group.

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 A particularly malicious way,

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 which is something that is not allowed

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 at any high-life events,

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 is the pack mentality

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 of seeing a new person coming in

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 and the group decides

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 at the sight of this new person

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 that they are not going to allow them in

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 no matter what.

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 And the interesting thing

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 that happens to them mentally

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 is that they actually pit the group

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 against the person.

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 And they convince themselves

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 that they are actually the ones

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 who are in the right

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 and this person is in the wrong.

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 And they begin to make up

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 all of these ways

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 that this person is wrong

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 and the group is right,

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 therefore that person cannot be accepted

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 into the group.

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 And you can deal with them

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 by any means necessary.

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 This happens for a few reasons.

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 Scientifically, we can say that,

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 well, teenagers' brains

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 are being rushed with hormones

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 and their prefrontal cortex

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 is underdeveloped

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 and therefore until they're 25, 27,

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 maybe 30,

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 they're not going to be able

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 to deal with emotions

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 and reasons perfectly

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 at the same time.

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 And therefore,

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 things like this happen.

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 Some people are just jerks.

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 That's another explanation.

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 That's my favorite one.

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 Even though I've studied the other.

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 But I just can't imagine

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 as I look at them,

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 can you imagine,

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 I mean, I can't,

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 can you imagine being arrogant like that?

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 Can you imagine being so self-absorbed

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 that you could ever treat

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 another human like that?

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 Well, unfortunately,

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 I feel like I witness it every day

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 in civil discourse,

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 in the so-called civil discourse

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 in the United States

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 on political issues.

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 and they actually give way

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 to something completely other.

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 If I say the phrase,

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 President Donald Trump,

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 it tends to evoke

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 an emotional reaction

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 from many people.

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 People who are against him

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 will give you one chance

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 to be on their side,

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 and then they quickly chastise

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 or chide you

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 for your ignorance

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 or worse,

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 right?

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 People who are for him

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 will give you one chance

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 to be on their side

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 or they will chastise you

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 and chide you

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 for your ignorance

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 or worse.

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 This really shouldn't be

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 at all

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 the way that we deal

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 with each other.

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 And we've developed

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 this pack mentality

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 on issues such as politics,

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 on issues such as religion,

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 on issues

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 like economics

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 and things like that

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 that break down

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 any reasonable discussion,

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 any reasonable ability

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 to relate to other people.

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 I asked James

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 to sing that song,

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 Brother,

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 for three different reasons.

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 One, I really like it,

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 and Hosea listens to it

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 every night

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 as he goes to sleep.

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 Two,

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 we played it a few weeks ago,

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 maybe months ago now,

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 during a sermon of Wills

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 when we were discussing

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 ideas of seeing your enemy

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 and recognizing yourself

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 with them.

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 I wanted to show

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 kind of the other side

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 of that this morning

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 and consider who we are

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 as brothers and sisters

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 in Jesus

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 and what our role is

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 to the world,

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 to a watching world especially.

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 The arrogance

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 and self-absorption

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 that we show

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 in civil discourse,

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 so-called civil discourse anymore,

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:48.240
 has poisoned our brains

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 into thinking that

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 a person's worth

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 is wrapped up

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 in their political affiliation,

00:20:55.639 --> 00:20:57.139
 their religious affiliation,

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 their whatever.

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 Whatever is not us,

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 it's them,

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 and that's how they are defined.

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 This type of idolatry

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 is what an unbelieving world

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 simply finds unbelievable.

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 When you look at Christians

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 and you see that way

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 of interacting with each other

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 and with other people,

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 how can you even think

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 that they're offering you

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 a taste of the kingdom?

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 And that's exactly

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.939
 what we're supposed to be,

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 a taste of the very kingdom

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 of God.

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 But we allow our conversations

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 to betray our source of hope

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 in the face of many

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:38.059
 different situations.

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 We seek safety

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 in those around us

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 rather than running

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:42.619
 to King Jesus

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 for safety,

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 knowing that image bearers

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.680
 are waiting desperately

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:50.580
 to know about

00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:51.620
 their heavenly father.

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:57.440
 The hens of this idolatry

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 of the brothers here

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 have come home to roost

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 when they see the impact

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 of their decision on Jacob.

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 He can't respond

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 with any measure of grace.

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 He's completely torn apart

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 as a person.

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 Thankfully,

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.700
 our God doesn't receive us

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.240
 this way.

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 He is certainly torn apart

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.839
 by our sin,

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.339
 even this idolatry,

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.319
 this pact mentality

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 that I'm talking about.

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 But he bridges the gap

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 on our behalf

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 because for those of us

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.920
 who run to Jesus

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 in faith,

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 believing in him,

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 he welcomes us.

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 Remember way back

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 in Luke 5,

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 two and a half years ago

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 when we began our series

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 on Luke?

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 Way back in Luke 5,

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 when he was calling

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 the disciple Matthew,

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 Jesus said to Matthew,

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.100
 Levi,

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 those who are well

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.740
 have no need

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.380
 of a physician,

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 but those who are sick do.

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 I haven't come

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 to call the righteous

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 but sinners

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 to repentance.

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 And that's good news

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 because somewhere

00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:00.980
 in the story

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 that I just told,

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 you should probably

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 be able to identify yourself.

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 And thankfully

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 for you and me,

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 our heavenly father,

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 knows these things

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 about our hearts already.

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 We run to him

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 and King Jesus

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 and we find

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 fatherly grace

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:18.819
 for self-righteous

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.639
 sons and daughters

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.579
 like you and me.

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.539
 And maybe even Judah.

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.819
 We'll find out.

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.559
 Let's keep going.

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.919
 Judah wasn't quite done

00:23:26.919 --> 00:23:28.079
 learning his lesson.

00:23:29.699 --> 00:23:30.240
 This guy,

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:32.019
 I don't want to get

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.980
 into the events

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:34.179
 of Genesis 38 here,

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:36.180
 but we can safely assume

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:37.279
 that the lordship of God

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.039
 was not manifest

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.700
 in his life.

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.860
 It was not in the forefront

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.539
 of his mind.

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.120
 I can identify with that

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:43.019
 practically speaking.

00:23:44.560 --> 00:23:45.340
 What happens

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:46.519
 after that,

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.580
 we get some stories

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:49.060
 of Joseph

00:23:49.060 --> 00:23:50.700
 and Potiphar's wife

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:52.259
 and everything

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.000
 that happens to him

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.940
 as he raises up

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:55.120
 and in Genesis 43,

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.680
 we begin to see

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.240
 that Jacob

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.660
 is understanding

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.539
 what's going on

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.220
 around him.

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.900
 There's a famine

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.600
 on the land

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:03.819
 and he needs

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.579
 to send the boys

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.220
 to Egypt

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.120
 to get grain

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.620
 so that people

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.220
 don't die.

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.420
 So you have

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.240
 a mourning father

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.480
 who is still

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.019
 in mourning

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.759
 and we'll find

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.500
 that out later

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:15.200
 who's also looking

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.620
 at,

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.940
 he's been greatly

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.980
 materially blessed

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:19.000
 and he's looking

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:20.160
 at all of these people,

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.400
 all of this livestock,

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.299
 all of his stuff

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.680
 and going,

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.140
 oh man,

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:26.240
 this is going to happen.

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:27.100
 We're all going to die

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.740
 unless something

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.420
 happens here.

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.960
 And so he sends

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.720
 ten of his boys,

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.539
 he keeps Benjamin

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:32.880
 at home

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.400
 and sends the other

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.160
 ten to Egypt

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:35.759
 where they run

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.339
 into a guy

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.920
 who they knew

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.720
 from their past,

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.259
 he knew them,

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.059
 they didn't know

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.720
 who he was

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:42.839
 and he begins

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.620
 to ask them

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.500
 a bunch of questions

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.920
 about their home

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:48.319
 and he gives them

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.700
 all the grain

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.079
 that they were

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.799
 looking for

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:51.279
 and then he sends

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.600
 them back on their way

00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:54.339
 to their father

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.140
 but he says,

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:57.059
 you have one condition

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.680
 on this,

00:24:57.680 --> 00:25:00.220
 you all have

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.820
 to leave somebody

00:25:01.820 --> 00:25:02.620
 here with me

00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:04.080
 and bring back

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.860
 your younger brother.

00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:08.160
 And they said,

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:10.019
 what do you mean?

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.640
 Long story short,

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.900
 Simeon stays behind

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.380
 in Egypt

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:17.200
 while they go home

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.620
 thinking,

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.539
 how in the world

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:18.920
 are we going to

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.960
 talk dad into this?

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.640
 He doesn't want

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.840
 Benjamin going anywhere

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.360
 because of what

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:25.000
 happened to Joseph

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.700
 but Joseph

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:28.019
 is testing his brothers

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.759
 and he's tricking them

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.160
 and he desperately

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:29.579
 wants to see

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.220
 his brother Benjamin

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.920
 but they leave

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.680
 Simeon there

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.700
 in jail

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:35.299
 waiting for them

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.880
 to return.

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.599
 It's funny to listen

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.319
 to these stories

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.319
 and to think about them

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:41.039
 because they happen

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.920
 so rapidly

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.599
 and you could read

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.259
 through all of this

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:45.160
 in less than an hour

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.940
 and digest it

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:47.160
 and get what's going on.

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.740
 I just did a Google Maps

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.599
 thing from Jerusalem

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:52.740
 to Cairo

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.759
 and it's roughly

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:55.640
 a 146 hour walk

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.420
 continuously,

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.180
 that's a little over

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.720
 six days,

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.579
 continuously from

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.400
 Jerusalem to Cairo

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.980
 somewhere in central

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.220
 Canaan

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.700
 to somewhere in

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.279
 central Egypt.

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:05.059
 Add on top of that

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.799
 whatever you're

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.720
 bringing with you

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.519
 as far as

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.039
 animals,

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.900
 stopping,

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:10.680
 eating,

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.559
 all of that kind

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.059
 of stuff.

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.640
 The trip itself

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.579
 took a long,

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.299
 long time

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:17.279
 and then they had

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.200
 regular life to deal

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.740
 with when they were

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.620
 at home as well.

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:21.959
 Simeon didn't just

00:26:21.959 --> 00:26:22.899
 go sit in jail

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.559
 while they drove

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.579
 the 10 hour drive

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.239
 from Cairo

00:26:25.239 --> 00:26:25.879
 back to Egypt

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.639
 and then came back

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.319
 the next day.

00:26:27.739 --> 00:26:28.479
 Simeon was in jail

00:26:28.479 --> 00:26:30.099
 for maybe as long

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.979
 as two years

00:26:30.979 --> 00:26:32.359
 where they were

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:32.859
 waiting for him

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.359
 to return.

00:26:39.939 --> 00:26:40.339
 So,

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:42.019
 they come back

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.719
 and they open up

00:26:42.719 --> 00:26:43.239
 their bags

00:26:43.239 --> 00:26:43.899
 and not only do they

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.399
 have the food

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:45.339
 that they bought

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.519
 but they have all

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.139
 the money that they

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:47.779
 brought to purchase

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.819
 it with as well

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.960
 and now they're

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.519
 freaking out

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:52.299
 because they're

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.519
 thinking,

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.079
 oh man,

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.700
 how did this happen?

00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:55.500
 We've stolen

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.319
 from this guy

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.359
 who can clearly

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:59.439
 dictate our lives

00:26:59.439 --> 00:27:01.139
 and now they have

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.839
 to figure out also

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.539
 how in the world

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.899
 are we going to

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:04.759
 talk dad into this

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:06.200
 giving us double

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.659
 the money

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.359
 because we have

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:08.399
 this money as well

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:09.599
 and giving us

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.619
 Benjamin to go back

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.599
 with him.

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:13.819
 So,

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:15.039
 what this is a picture

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.779
 of in my mind

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.079
 is sympathy

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:18.359
 empathy versus

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:19.059
 experience

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.179
 and some of you

00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:21.039
 may know this

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.779
 from your own

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.559
 personal lives.

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.439
 There are people

00:27:23.439 --> 00:27:24.240
 who tell you

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.220
 that they feel

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.859
 sorry for you,

00:27:25.919 --> 00:27:26.379
 I'm sorry,

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.899
 it's a good thing

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:27.240
 to say,

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.659
 don't hear me

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.179
 saying that that's

00:27:28.179 --> 00:27:28.559
 not a good thing

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:28.919
 to say.

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.720
 I'm sorry

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:32.480
 or maybe there

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.099
 is some type

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.579
 of empathy

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.139
 because there

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.619
 is a related

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.639
 situation between

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.299
 you and them

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.240
 that they've

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.339
 experienced with you

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:40.819
 but they have

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:42.119
 not experienced

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.899
 what you're

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.839
 experiencing

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:46.579
 and so their

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.339
 attempt to

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.979
 console you

00:27:47.979 --> 00:27:49.119
 often falls flat

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.039
 because as people

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.639
 we aren't very good

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.099
 at keeping our

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.839
 mouths shut

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.819
 when we say

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.279
 something

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.359
 sympathetically

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.859
 or even

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.539
 empathetically

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.239
 to somebody

00:27:56.239 --> 00:27:59.199
 and then they

00:27:59.199 --> 00:28:00.619
 respond in a way

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.239
 that doesn't give us

00:28:01.239 --> 00:28:02.159
 a lot of confirmation

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.739
 because sometimes

00:28:02.739 --> 00:28:03.359
 when we say stuff

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:03.659
 like that

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.139
 really what we're

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:04.559
 looking for

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:04.819
 is for them

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.199
 to pat us

00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:05.539
 on the back

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:05.979
 for noticing,

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.259
 right?

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:07.859
 When they don't

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.479
 give us that

00:28:08.479 --> 00:28:10.559
 we keep talking

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:12.220
 and we keep

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.819
 digging a hole

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.299
 and we get

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.960
 deeper in it

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.379
 and we get

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:14.919
 deeper in it

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.379
 and we get

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.019
 deeper in it

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:17.279
 and what's

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.859
 happening with

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.379
 the brothers

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:19.399
 especially with

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:19.679
 Judah,

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.339
 he comes to

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.779
 his father

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.440
 and he's

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.179
 saying,

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.519
 hey,

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:24.159
 send Benjamin

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:24.779
 back with us

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.539
 I promise you

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:25.740
 hey,

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.700
 I'm staking

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.659
 myself on it.

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.379
 Reuben

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.879
 stepped forward

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.200
 and said,

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.440
 hey,

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.559
 you can have

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.279
 you can kill

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.000
 my two sons

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.399
 if something

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:32.899
 happens to

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.240
 Benjamin

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:35.720
 and they're

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.419
 showing some

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.099
 kind of weird

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.859
 understanding of

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.579
 the situation

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:40.440
 but they have

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.279
 no appreciation

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.440
 for the experience

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.100
 of a father

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:43.820
 who is sitting

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:46.039
 there watching

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.940
 everything around

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.660
 him potentially

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.600
 die from a

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:48.900
 famine

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:51.980
 and still

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.880
 grieving the

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.740
 loss of his

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.380
 son.

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:58.160
 There's nothing

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.860
 that can pay

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.519
 that back.

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.420
 There's no way

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.200
 you can give

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.940
 him the assurance

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:05.240
 that he needs.

00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:07.820
 We find out

00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:08.600
 in a couple

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.140
 of chapters

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:11.140
 that Jacob

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.960
 is wrapped

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.640
 up in

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.140
 Benjamin

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:14.440
 that their

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.000
 lives are

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.420
 basically

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.320
 intertwined

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.800
 together.

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:17.820
 The same

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.240
 word in

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.540
 Hebrew

00:29:18.540 --> 00:29:19.580
 is what's

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.000
 used to

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.500
 describe the

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.980
 relationship

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:22.000
 between David

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.640
 and Jonathan.

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.800
 That there

00:29:24.800 --> 00:29:25.320
 is this

00:29:25.320 --> 00:29:26.040
 underlying

00:29:26.040 --> 00:29:26.720
 intimate

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.300
 level

00:29:27.300 --> 00:29:27.940
 of

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:29.780
 something

00:29:29.780 --> 00:29:31.259
 that allows

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.220
 them to

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.800
 be one

00:29:33.800 --> 00:29:34.720
 in essence.

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:37.519
 the brothers

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.860
 can't

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:38.220
 understand

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.700
 that.

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.740
 They're

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.279
 trying to

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.620
 but they

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.120
 can't.

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:43.940
 And they're

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.500
 pragmatically

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.380
 walking forward

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.000
 trying to

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.980
 experience that

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:48.779
 and trying to

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.400
 get what they

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.960
 need out of

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.640
 the situation.

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.220
 Eventually

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.660
 Jacob

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.940
 understands

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.480
 what has

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.920
 to happen.

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.680
 He has to

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.100
 send Benjamin

00:29:59.100 --> 00:29:59.480
 with him.

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:02.140
 and so

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.500
 they go

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.940
 back

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:04.519
 and

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.039
 Joseph

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.660
 is

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.559
 just

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:06.940
 over the

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.079
 moon

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.360
 to see

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.519
 his

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.779
 brother.

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.299
 So much

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.819
 so that

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.599
 he had to

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:09.880
 run out

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.059
 of the

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.299
 room.

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.120
 Then he

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.960
 comes back

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.559
 in and he

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:14.920
 says,

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.660
 great,

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.000
 I'm glad

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.299
 you all

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.860
 did this.

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.180
 And he

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.620
 decides to

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:18.960
 test his

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.420
 brothers one

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.920
 more time.

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.559
 He gives

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:20.799
 them the

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.160
 grain that

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.599
 they needed

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.799
 and he

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.279
 sends them

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.059
 back to

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.799
 their

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.160
 father.

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:27.680
 And along

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.279
 the way

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.800
 they stop

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.340
 and find

00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:31.040
 out that

00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:32.820
 they've been

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.360
 chased down

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.960
 because something

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.220
 has been

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.120
 stolen from

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.660
 Joseph's

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:35.940
 table,

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.220
 which is

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.660
 stealing from

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:37.960
 Pharaoh.

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.360
 And it

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.600
 was a

00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:40.900
 goblet,

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.300
 a cup

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:41.600
 from the

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:41.860
 table.

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.800
 And whoever

00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:44.920
 sack that

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.540
 that was in

00:30:45.540 --> 00:30:46.080
 was the only

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.460
 one that was

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.820
 going to get

00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.240
 in trouble.

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.600
 And the

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:47.960
 brothers are

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.100
 like,

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.360
 okay,

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.759
 whatever.

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.620
 Well,

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:50.940
 they found

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.140
 it in

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.640
 Benjamin's

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:51.960
 sack

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:53.560
 because

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:54.000
 Joseph had

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.400
 planted it

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.620
 there.

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.660
 And he

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.080
 calls all

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.279
 of the

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.640
 brothers

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.340
 back to

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.680
 him.

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.759
 And the

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.480
 most amazing

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.100
 transformation

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:04.080
 happens in

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.480
 this guy

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:04.880
 Judah,

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.800
 who was

00:31:06.800 --> 00:31:07.519
 spearheading

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.759
 killing his

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.040
 brother,

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.519
 then was

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.040
 spearheading

00:31:10.040 --> 00:31:10.620
 selling his

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:10.900
 brother,

00:31:11.060 --> 00:31:11.340
 then was

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:11.820
 spearheading

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:12.300
 lying to

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:12.960
 their father,

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.400
 had evil

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.080
 sons,

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.080
 defiled his

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.820
 daughter-in-law.

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.040
 And in

00:31:22.040 --> 00:31:22.740
 verse 18

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.800
 starts one

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.220
 of the most

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:25.000
 amazing speeches

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.519
 that you

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.160
 can see

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.599
 of

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.319
 transformation,

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:28.880
 God can

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.220
 transform

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.740
 people in

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:29.980
 seven

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.500
 chapters of

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.799
 scripture.

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.660
 We'll listen

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.539
 to Judah

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.640
 starting in

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.099
 verse 18

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.539
 of chapter

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.240
 44.

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:37.279
 Then Judah

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.700
 went up to

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.079
 him and

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.279
 said,

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:38.559
 Oh my

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.059
 Lord,

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.819
 talking to

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.400
 Joseph,

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.240
 please let

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.660
 your servant

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.200
 speak a

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.480
 word in

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.980
 my Lord's

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.460
 ear and let

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:43.799
 not your

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.339
 anger burn

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.859
 against your

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.380
 servant for

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.680
 you're like

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.039
 a pharaoh

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.599
 himself.

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.059
 My Lord

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.480
 asked his

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.740
 servant

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.140
 saying,

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.599
 have you a

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:50.059
 father or

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.440
 a brother?

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.000
 He starts

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.380
 to lay the

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.119
 facts out for

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.299
 him.

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.200
 And we

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.379
 said,

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.700
 my Lord,

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.099
 we have a

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.379
 father,

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:54.680
 he's an

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.180
 old man,

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.460
 then we

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:55.659
 have a

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:56.779
 younger brother,

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.419
 the child of

00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:58.039
 my father's

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.659
 old age.

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.000
 His brother's

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.419
 dead,

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.240
 meaning Joseph,

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.659
 and he alone

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:03.359
 is left of his

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.059
 mother's children

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.700
 and his father

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.319
 loves him.

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:07.180
 Then he said to

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.680
 your servants,

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:08.480
 bring him down

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.079
 to me so that I

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.720
 may have eyes

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.180
 on him.

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.200
 We said to my

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.419
 Lord,

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.079
 the boy can't

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.460
 leave his

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.379
 father because

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.960
 if he leaves

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.379
 his father,

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.859
 his father

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.480
 would die.

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:17.279
 Then he said

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.460
 to your

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.019
 servants again,

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.579
 unless your

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:18.980
 younger brother

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.400
 comes down

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.779
 with you,

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.140
 you won't

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.599
 see my

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.200
 face again

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:22.839
 and ostensibly

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.480
 you'll die.

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.360
 Verse 24,

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.920
 when we went

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.599
 back to your

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:26.940
 servant,

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.480
 my father,

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.180
 we told him

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.599
 the words

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.259
 of my Lord.

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.259
 And when our

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.779
 father said,

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.259
 go again,

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.799
 buy us a

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.299
 little food,

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.680
 we said,

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.140
 we can't

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.620
 go down.

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.660
 If our

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.180
 younger brother

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:36.039
 goes with us,

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.579
 then we will

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.079
 go down,

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.620
 for we can't

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.200
 see the man's

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.279
 face unless

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.740
 our younger

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.180
 brother is

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.759
 with us.

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.880
 Then your

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.099
 servant,

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.559
 my father,

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.120
 said to us,

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.799
 you know that

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.460
 my wife bore

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.920
 me two

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.519
 sons,

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:46.640
 you left

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.740
 me,

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.420
 or I'm

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:48.539
 sorry,

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:49.100
 one left

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.740
 me and I

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.019
 said,

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.920
 surely he's

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.240
 been torn

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.740
 to pieces

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.400
 and I've

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:52.740
 never seen

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.340
 him since.

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.400
 If you

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:55.800
 take this

00:32:55.800 --> 00:32:56.140
 one from

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.640
 me also

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.039
 and harm

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.580
 happens to

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:57.779
 him,

00:32:57.820 --> 00:32:58.039
 you'll

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.440
 bring my

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:58.960
 gray hairs

00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:00.039
 in evil

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.600
 to Sheol.

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:01.880
 Now

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.220
 therefore,

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.640
 as soon

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:02.900
 as I

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.320
 come to

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.500
 your

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:03.820
 servant,

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.460
 my father,

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.180
 and the

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.480
 boy is

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.960
 not with

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.180
 us,

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.180
 then as

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.640
 his life

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.160
 is bound

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.539
 up in

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.019
 the boy's

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.480
 life,

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:11.220
 as soon

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.440
 as he

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.720
 sees that

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.060
 the boy's

00:33:12.060 --> 00:33:12.400
 not with

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.539
 us,

00:33:12.560 --> 00:33:13.060
 he'll die

00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:14.160
 and your

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.460
 servants

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:14.759
 will bring

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.059
 down the

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.500
 gray hairs

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.819
 of your

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.079
 servant,

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.660
 our father,

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.620
 with sorrow

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.180
 to Sheol.

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.160
 For your

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.720
 servant became

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.220
 a pledge of

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.759
 safety to

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.140
 the boy,

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.460
 to my

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.799
 father,

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.140
 saying,

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.360
 if I

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:23.620
 don't bring

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:23.980
 him back

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.380
 to you,

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:24.940
 then I

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.279
 share the

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:26.559
 blame before

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.059
 my father

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.400
 for all

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.660
 of my

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.059
 life.

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.579
 Now

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.100
 therefore,

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.819
 please let

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.299
 me stand

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.559
 in his

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.019
 place.

00:33:34.340 --> 00:33:34.759
 Let your

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.500
 servant remain

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.000
 instead of

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.579
 the boy as

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:36.940
 a servant

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.279
 to my

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.559
 Lord,

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:37.840
 and let

00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:38.100
 the boy

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.539
 go back

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.840
 with his

00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:39.160
 brothers.

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.860
 For how

00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:41.240
 can I go

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.539
 back to

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.039
 my father

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.559
 if the boy

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.860
 is not

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.360
 with me?

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.140
 I fear

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.600
 to see the

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.100
 evil that

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:46.519
 would find

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.100
 my father.

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:47.960
 Man,

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.440
 how beautiful

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.000
 is that?

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.460
 The same

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.240
 guy who

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.180
 ruthlessly dealt

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.740
 with Joseph

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.440
 somewhere along

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.980
 this journey

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.600
 of suffering

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:57.539
 and waiting

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.319
 and wandering,

00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:00.000
 God got to

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.660
 Judah's heart.

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:05.660
 one of the

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:08.659
 interesting things

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.619
 about the

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:09.960
 plains of

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.240
 Dothan

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:10.820
 where Joseph

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:12.220
 was in the

00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:13.400
 well is that

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.920
 that's the

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.360
 same place

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.900
 that Elisha

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.340
 was taken

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.960
 in a whirlwind

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.519
 of chariots

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:16.980
 and fire

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.380
 up into

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.639
 heaven.

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.400
 Two different

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.059
 types of

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.539
 events,

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.920
 but both of

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.200
 them were

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:24.380
 governed by

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:24.800
 the will of

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.300
 a God who

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.920
 is also a

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:28.019
 loving heavenly

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.420
 father.

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.500
 father.

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:29.880
 And in

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.320
 times of

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.800
 suffering,

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:32.099
 we're safe

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.539
 to press

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.220
 into God.

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.780
 Think of

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.500
 Jacob wrestling

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.019
 with him.

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:36.900
 Can you

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.440
 imagine the

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.940
 conversations

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.639
 between Judah

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:38.920
 and his

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.480
 brothers as

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.780
 they went

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.280
 back and

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.700
 forth from

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:41.200
 Egypt as

00:34:41.200 --> 00:34:41.599
 it dawned

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.860
 on them

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.340
 that all

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:42.680
 of this

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.079
 was from

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.460
 the hand

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.980
 of God?

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:46.760
 God has

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.680
 fatherly grace

00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:48.400
 for suffering

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.240
 sons and

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.539
 daughters.

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.099
 And this

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.539
 picture of

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.139
 Judah is

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.700
 beautiful

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:54.739
 because it

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.739
 points to

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:57.799
 the transformation

00:34:57.799 --> 00:34:58.739
 of a heart,

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.539
 the turning

00:34:59.539 --> 00:34:59.960
 of a sinner

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.519
 toward his

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.279
 heavenly father.

00:35:01.439 --> 00:35:02.000
 Judah gets

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.259
 it.

00:35:03.919 --> 00:35:04.399
 He's willing

00:35:04.399 --> 00:35:04.960
 to lay down

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.559
 his life

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.599
 for his

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.939
 brother.

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.759
 Hebrews 2

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.519
 tells us

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.719
 of how Jesus

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.559
 knows this

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.219
 in us.

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:16.759
 Putting

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.279
 everything in

00:35:17.279 --> 00:35:17.899
 subjection to

00:35:17.899 --> 00:35:18.319
 him, he left

00:35:18.319 --> 00:35:19.019
 nothing outside

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.339
 of his

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:19.859
 control.

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.399
 At present,

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.820
 we don't

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.559
 see everything

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.460
 in subjection

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.800
 to him.

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.099
 But we

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.760
 will in a

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.420
 little while.

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.920
 Jesus

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.579
 crowned with

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.139
 glory and

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.360
 honor because

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:31.820
 of the

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:33.440
 suffering of

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.460
 death so

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.900
 that by the

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.300
 grace of

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.720
 God he

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.400
 might taste

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.099
 death for

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.740
 everyone.

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.240
 For it was

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:39.740
 fitting that

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.700
 he for whom

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.340
 and by whom

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.820
 all things

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:43.220
 exist in

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.820
 bringing many

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.400
 sons to

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.039
 glory should

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.460
 make the

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.019
 founder of

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.760
 their salvation

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.880
 perfect through

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:49.000
 suffering.

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:51.559
 We don't

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.539
 suffer alone.

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:54.559
 This is a

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.160
 picture of our

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.760
 elder brother

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.559
 made perfect

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.680
 in suffering.

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.639
 We can't

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.200
 afford to

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:03.099
 think very

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.639
 much of

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.480
 ourselves in

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.099
 the face of

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.579
 these types

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.280
 of realities.

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:09.000
 And if

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.280
 you're here

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.680
 today and

00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:10.019
 you don't

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:11.360
 understand the

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.039
 significance of

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:13.059
 Jesus, listen

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.940
 to just a

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.559
 little bit from

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.220
 Romans chapter

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:15.740
 five.

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:19.799
 through Jesus

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.519
 we've obtained

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.479
 access by

00:36:21.479 --> 00:36:22.959
 faith into

00:36:22.959 --> 00:36:23.679
 grace, into

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.139
 the grace in

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.439
 which we

00:36:24.439 --> 00:36:25.059
 stand and we

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.739
 rejoice in the

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.099
 hope of the

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.839
 glory of God.

00:36:26.959 --> 00:36:27.279
 More than

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:28.039
 that we rejoice

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.439
 in our

00:36:28.439 --> 00:36:29.219
 sufferings.

00:36:30.919 --> 00:36:31.619
 Knowing that

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:32.519
 suffering produces

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.639
 endurance and

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.539
 endurance produces

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.399
 character and

00:36:35.399 --> 00:36:36.279
 character produces

00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:36.799
 hope.

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:38.699
 And hope does

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.459
 not put us to

00:36:39.459 --> 00:36:41.059
 shame because

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.819
 God's love has

00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:42.500
 been poured into

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.819
 our hearts through

00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.559
 the Holy Spirit

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.119
 who's been given

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.779
 to us.

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.579
 For while we

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.400
 were still weak at

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.139
 the right time

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.359
 Christ died for

00:36:50.359 --> 00:36:51.199
 the ungodly.

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:56.119
 For if we, if

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.699
 while we were

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.599
 enemies we were

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.539
 reconciled to God

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.139
 by the death of

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.920
 his son, much

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.779
 more now that we

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.619
 were reconciled

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.500
 shall we be saved

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.480
 by his life.

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.139
 That's the

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.819
 significance of

00:37:05.819 --> 00:37:06.079
 Jesus.

00:37:06.279 --> 00:37:07.699
 Without him we're

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.380
 nothing but enemies

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.940
 of God.

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.279
 In Christ we're

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:11.900
 made whole.

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:15.680
 and we're able

00:37:15.680 --> 00:37:16.480
 to look to our

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.139
 elder brother

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:19.300
 whose glory, his

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:20.019
 perfection on

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.559
 earth, his

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.300
 status as the

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:22.519
 one through whom

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.260
 all things were

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:24.980
 created and

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:26.440
 through whom all

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.240
 things will be

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:28.180
 reconciled to the

00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:28.500
 Father.

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.860
 And that's the

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.619
 significance of this

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.360
 table as we come

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.960
 to it today.

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:38.539
 this represents the

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:39.780
 love shown to you

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:41.139
 not begrudgingly by

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:42.920
 a son who had to

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.720
 learn along the

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:46.179
 way but by God

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:48.579
 himself who knew

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:50.780
 how to perfectly

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.740
 obey the will of

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:53.659
 his Father and

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.980
 chose to come and

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.780
 to intercede on

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.619
 behalf of sinners

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:58.420
 like you and like

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.840
 me.

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.820
 This is a table of

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.159
 remembrance.

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:04.159
 It can be a table

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:06.420
 of sadness but

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:07.699
 this is also a

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.980
 table of celebration

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:10.059
 for those who are

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.920
 in Christ Jesus.

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.659
 We get to come

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:16.220
 practicing what we

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:16.900
 know in eternity

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.780
 will be the wedding

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.740
 feast of the Lamb.

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:22.280
 Hear these words of

00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:23.860
 institution that Paul

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.699
 gave us from 1

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.679
 Corinthians 11.

00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:27.659
 For I receive from

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.659
 the Lord what I also

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:30.260
 deliver to you that

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.199
 the Lord Jesus on the

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:31.579
 night he was

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:32.579
 betrayed took bread

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.719
 and when he had

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:34.380
 given thanks he

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:35.000
 broke it and he

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.599
 said this is my

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:36.400
 body which is for

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:36.699
 you.

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.340
 Do this in

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:39.279
 remembrance of me.

00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:41.579
 In the same way he

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.440
 took the cup after

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.579
 supper saying this cup

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.360
 is the new covenant in

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:44.819
 my blood.

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:46.380
 Do this as often as

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:46.980
 you drink it in

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.880
 remembrance of me.

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:49.519
 For as often as you

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:51.500
 eat this bread and

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:53.259
 drink this cup you

00:38:53.259 --> 00:38:54.360
 proclaim the Lord's

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:56.099
 death until he comes

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.420
 again.

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:59.920
 this is not Southwood's

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.240
 table.

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:03.340
 This is not the table

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:04.360
 of the PCA.

00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:05.539
 This is certainly not

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.119
 my table.

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:08.599
 This is the table of

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.360
 our Lord and Savior

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.260
 Jesus Christ.

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.400
 Please pray with me.

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:17.860
 Gracious God we come

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.860
 before you as sinners

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:20.059
 claiming the blood of

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:21.139
 our elder brother Jesus.

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.339
 Jesus.

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:24.500
 You have promised that

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.799
 all who believe in

00:39:25.799 --> 00:39:28.359
 him and all who

00:39:28.359 --> 00:39:29.420
 believe that you

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:31.139
 raised him from the

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:34.159
 dead as the firstborn

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:37.179
 among many that we

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:39.519
 can come to you and

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.739
 rest in you as our

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.480
 heavenly father.

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:44.480
 We're grateful for the

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.739
 love that you show us

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:47.819
 and we're grateful for

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:49.920
 the perfection shown in

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.720
 our brother Christ

00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:51.099
 Jesus.

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:54.559
 Please bless this

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:56.800
 simple bread and this

00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.599
 wine that we drink,

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:58.340
 this juice that we

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.720
 drink.

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:01.139
 Set it aside for your

00:40:01.139 --> 00:40:01.559
 purposes.

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.559
 We know that we're

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.599
 doing more than just

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:06.940
 remembering Jesus and

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.639
 we pray that the

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:09.039
 significance of this,

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.980
 your sacrament, will be

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:14.260
 shown to us and felt by

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:15.360
 us and experienced by

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:15.700
 us.

00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:17.139
 For the sake of our

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:18.599
 King Christ Jesus,

00:40:18.740 --> 00:40:18.940
 amen.

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:24.039
 For more information

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:25.740
 visit us online at

00:40:25.740 --> 00:40:26.619
 southwood.org.

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:32.000
 For more information

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.139
 visit us online at

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:33.700
 southwood.org.