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 Amen. Good, good music. If you have Bibles, I want you to turn to Genesis chapter 50.

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 Genesis chapter 50. If you remember a long time ago, we were talking about Joseph. That

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 was back before vacation Bible school, before graduation, and before the preacher decided

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 to fall out. Slow down quite a bit. So, where were we? Well, let's get back at it. Joseph

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 had risen through a lot of hardship to govern Egypt, through a famine, and to manage what

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 became the breadbasket of the world. And when the brothers that sold him into slavery came

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 to Egypt for help, they unknowingly faced him. And when he revealed himself to them, he then

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 took in the family. He cared for them, just like his beloved daddy would want. However,

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 when dad died, and all that's left are the sorry brothers that sold him into slavery, the

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 plot thickens. Genesis chapter 50, beginning in verse 15, it says this, when Joseph's brothers

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 saw that their father was dead, they said, it may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us

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 back for all the evil that we did to him. So they sent a message to Joseph saying, your father

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 gave this command before he died, say to Joseph, please forgive the transgression of your brothers

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 and their sin because they did evil to you. And now please forgive the transgression of the

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 servants of the God of your father. Joseph wept when they spoke to him. His brothers also came

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 and fell down before him and said, behold, we are your servants. But Joseph said to them, do not fear.

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 For am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good

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 to bring it about that many people should be kept alive as they are today. So do not fear.

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 I will provide for you and your little ones. Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

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 What an amazing godly answer Joseph gave them. It goes above and beyond and makes him a real hero.

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 I mean, listen, if going from prison after being falsely accused to managing the food distribution

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 successfully for really all the known world, if that don't make you a hero, and it does, by the way,

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 I'll tell you what else does. His response to his brothers. Remember, these are the sorry brothers

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 that sold him into slavery, and now they are scared to death of him. They had in their mind that he had

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 saved their lives and restored them because he loved his dad. And now dad just died, and they probably

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 wet their tunics again, bowed their knees, and said, please make us slaves. And the part that's not

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 written or said is instead of killing us. And they didn't say that because they didn't want to give

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 them those ideas. And he looks at them and says, I'm not God. I'm not here to judge you. You tried to do

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 evil against me, but God used that to save many lives, including yours.

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 I wonder how many times Joseph ever asked the hardest question before he ever heard the answer.

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 Hardest question anybody ever has asked me is why. It's the toughest question I've ever been asked,

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 and I've been asked that many times. And before you ask me your why,

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 I will tell you, I may not give you, I probably won't give you a definitive answer.

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 Because there are some things in life that we just don't know. I can give you some hints.

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 Let me explain. Young inquisitive minds like to know, and if they're not allowed to do something,

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 they're going to ask you why. Why can't I do that? And after several whys, at least with my girls,

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 after several whys, it always ended up because I said so. That was about the way it ended. Not

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 the best parenting, but that's the way it goes. But you take them to the zoo and an animal does

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 something that you don't know how to explain to them. Instead of taking it in and just enjoying

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 the moment, the child says why. Well, I don't know why monkeys catch their excrement and throw it.

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 I'm not sure. He's probably a dude, you know. I mean, don't ask, but just take it in

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 and don't ever do it. But then there's also harder questions. Why questions that we face?

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 When you see a loved one suffer? When one is snuffed out too early? Why? I prayed, I've asked

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 God to intervene, and I don't see his intervention. It's not what I anticipated. Why?

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 Why? In April of 2011, the rural Mississippi County that we lived in got hit in a devastating

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 EF3 tornado. And 12 hours later, after that tornado came through, another tornado came through

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 and crossed the path of the previous tornado. The counties north and south of us got hit a lot,

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 but this one had kind of bullseyeed upon us. 200 homes were damaged. Dozens were destroyed.

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 50 affected homes had no insurance at all. Three were killed in that rural small county. Six were killed

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 in the area around that county that we claimed as our own. Smithville, Mississippi, about 30 miles

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 from us got wiped off the map. And that got a lot of attention. So a lot of crews and a lot of volunteers

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 were going to Smithville. One of those tornadoes, after coming through, hit Tuscaloosa, Alabama,

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 and knocked out part of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. That got a lot of attention. A lot of crews went there.

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 Disaster relief units flooded to those areas because of the news media. Chickasaw County didn't get a lot

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 of attention. It wasn't until Smithville and Tuscaloosa and those type areas were saturated with folks

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 that they began to trickle back. Or maybe somebody knew somebody in our area and their church came.

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 Volunteers made their way to us when other areas got full. And a couple of local pastors

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 leaders led the command center for cleanup from the front seats of their car, directed volunteers to

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 strategic spots to work. And I was one of those two preachers. I was a, I met a man one day whose brother

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 died. I had heard there was damage in that area and I rode down that road and the brother would, there was a

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 mobile home that was there and the brother was in the back of that mobile home. And the survivor was in

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 the front room. He said the wind and the storms were coming and then he felt a stillness in the air.

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 And then he said, I could feel my house just begin to twist just a little bit and hear it.

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 And he said, the next thing I knew, I was standing in the front yard

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 and my home was gone.

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 It was across the road, probably 75 feet, just in shambles.

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 And his brother

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 was in that mess.

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 He died in the rubble.

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 I know a milkman who was

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 going down the road in his milk truck,

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 drove right through the middle of the tornado,

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 picked up that truck and it

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 threw him across a field

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 and into thankfully

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 a muddy field and he sank

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 in the mud, broke many bones

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 in his body.

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 He always walked with a limp

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 after that, but he lived on.

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 Amazingly after

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 that. Then there was

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 the lady down the street

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 that the storm

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 they said had just

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 twisted her when they found her.

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 Why?

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 There were a lot of why

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 questions when I went door to door

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 and asked how we could help.

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 Why does a tornado

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 come and take innocent lives?

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 Why does a

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 why does God allow a person

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 to lose their house

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 and their home

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 and the next one

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 right next to it

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 may be sorry folk

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 next door?

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 Their home don't even look scathed.

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 Why my brother

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 and not me?

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 How do you deal with that?

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 It's the hardest questions.

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 Why do my loved one

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 make such sinful decisions?

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 Why do I have to deal

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 with such laws?

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 Why do I feel like

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 life is so unfair?

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 I've heard the whys.

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 I have my own whys.

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 And when I look deeper

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 at my whys,

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 I begin to find

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 an answer

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 about other people's whys.

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 Sometimes I have whys

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 about things in Scripture.

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 That's what sermons come from.

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 One that I came across

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 that gets me

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 is in 2 Samuel 23, verse 20.

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 And it says,

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 and Benaiah,

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 the son of Jehuda,

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 was a valiant man

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 of Kabziel,

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 a doer

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 of great deeds.

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 He struck down

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 two arrows of Moab.

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 He also went down

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 and struck down

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 a lion in a pit

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 on a day

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 when snow

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 had fallen.

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 Okay, well,

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 maybe that's not

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 earth-shattering,

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 brain-twisting passages.

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 I don't know.

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 But you wasn't

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 in the snowy pit

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 with him,

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 were you?

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 Because the difference

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 in major and minor events

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 are who's involved in it.

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 And if I'm involved in it,

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 it gets pretty major

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 for me.

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 Now, if I heard

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 of someone in a pit

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 with a lion,

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 not a big deal.

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 I might even turn

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 the channel.

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 But if I'm in a pit

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 with a lion

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 on a snowy day

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 and I make it out alive,

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 I'm speaking

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 at Wild Game Fest

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 all over the nation

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 riding around

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 on a big old bus.

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 It's a major deal.

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 But why in Scripture?

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 Well, that passage

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 in Scripture

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 is there

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 because it was

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 a significant happening

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 in his life

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 and it would have

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 seemed really bad.

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 However,

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 when he walked

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 out of that pit

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 with a few scratches

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 and realized

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 what he had conquered,

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 it made him stronger

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 to face

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 much more in life

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 because this man

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 did mighty things

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 for God.

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 He was a priest,

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 but he was not

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 the kind of priest

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 that you would think of

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 when you think of a priest.

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 He was a worship leader.

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 He was an intercessor.

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 He was a man of God.

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 He was honorable

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 in his walk,

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 but also in the strength

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 as a protector.

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 He's the one

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 that escorted Solomon

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 during his coronation parade.

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 He was a hero killer.

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 He killed a man

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 that stood

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 seven and a half feet tall

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 that carried

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 a Goliath-sized spear.

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 Benaiah,

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 with a staff in his hand,

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 snatched the spear

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 out of the man's hand

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 and killed him with it.

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 Not only that,

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 but he commanded

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 David's 30 mighty men

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 and he was a mighty man

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 and he did many mighty things

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 and one of them

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 was that he killed a lion

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 on a snowy day

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 in a pit.

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 Now, I understand

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 that most people

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 would run from a lion,

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 but if you do,

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 it'll do you no good

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 because a lion

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 can run 35 miles per hour.

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 I know because

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 I outran one one day.

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 When they don't want to run,

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 they can leap 30 feet

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 in a single bound.

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 They eat manwich for lunch.

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 But Danaiah faced it

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 and he killed it.

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 You never know

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 what you'll have to face

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 and you're bothered

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 and disturbed

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 and even mad

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 about what you have to face.

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 However,

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 it's the things

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 that we have to face

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 that make us ready

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 for whatever it is

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 God's preparing us for.

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 It's the things

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 that we face

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 that make us stronger

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 in him.

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 It's the things

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 that we face

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 that help us to grow.

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 Benaiah was a lot more

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 than a lion killer,

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 but his lion

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 killing strength

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 strengthened him

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 for other things

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 that God had in store for him.

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 So why do bad things

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 happen to good people?

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 Preparation.

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 Sometimes

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 it happens

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 to prepare us

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 for more

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 that he has in store.

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 Let me tell you

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 about a horrible

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 natural disaster

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 that overwhelms

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 anything and everything

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 that we've ever experienced

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 or that we've heard about

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 concerning weather-related tragedies.

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 A long, long time ago

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 there was a flood,

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 a huge flood,

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 so catastrophic

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 that the whole earth

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 flooded.

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 Not just part of it,

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 all of it.

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 Only one

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 extended family

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 survived.

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 And the only animals

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 that survived

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 were the ones

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 that boarded

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 onto that boat

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 or those

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 that lived

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 in the sea.

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 It was a,

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 those that lived

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 in the sea.

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 It was a complete

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 cleansing

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 of the land.

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 And it had never

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 happened before.

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 It has never

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 happened since.

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 It will not

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 happen again.

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 It's guaranteed

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 by the greatest

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 meteorologist

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 that has ever

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 lived.

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 As a matter of fact,

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 this meteorologist

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 is the one

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 that developed

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.659
 meteorology

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 and created

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 the sun

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 and the moon

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 and the stars

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 and placed

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 them

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 in orbit.

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 Why in the world

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 would a loving God

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 destroy the whole earth

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 as it was known

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 and preserve

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 one family

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 and many pairs

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 of animals

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 to replenish it?

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 To cleanse it?

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 It says it over

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 and over again

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 in Genesis chapter 6

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 that he wanted

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 to cleanse

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 the earth

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 of evil

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 and lead

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 all living

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 to turn their eyes

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 to him.

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 So why do bad

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 things happen

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 to good people?

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.000
 Because even good

00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.839
 people are guilty.

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 As a matter of fact,

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 it could be argued

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 there ain't any good people.

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 Even wonderful people

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 are not perfect.

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 And those events

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 prepare us

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 for what's to come.

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 But there's another

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 reason why

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 bad things happen

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 and that's reflection.

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 Bad things

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 happen to cause us

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 to reflect upon

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 our lives

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 and upon God

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 and to turn our eyes

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 to him.

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 And when we do that,

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 cleansing can come

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 that way.

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 I mean,

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 if that's hard

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 for you to understand,

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 you're not the first one.

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 Let me reiterate.

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 Joseph's brothers

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 had a hard time

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 with it.

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 They had sold

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 their younger,

00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:56.700
 more favored brother

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 into slavery

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 and then made him

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 out for dead.

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 They had went

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 about their way

00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:03.279
 until a famine came

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 and in their hunger,

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 they went to the only place

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 that they could find relief

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 and that was Egypt.

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 There they found

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 the governor of Egypt

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 who held the world's economies

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 in his silos.

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 And little did they know

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 that the governor

00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:22.019
 was their long-souled brother

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 who had prospered

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 and succeeded

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 either in spite

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 of their action

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 or because of their action.

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 And once he confronted them,

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 he also comforted them.

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 He also provided for them.

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 And then their mutual father died

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 and they knew

00:18:40.360 --> 00:18:41.360
 they were in trouble.

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 Notice what happens

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 in our passage.

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 The brothers got together

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 and thought,

00:18:46.100 --> 00:18:47.640
 maybe he did the good

00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:48.640
 that he did for us

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 for the sake of daddy.

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 Now what do we do?

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 And they grew very afraid

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 and they sent a message

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 to him.

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 But it's not what they said,

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 it's what he said

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 and I'll reiterate.

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 It says,

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 but Joseph said to them,

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 do not fear

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 for I am,

00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:06.439
 am I in the place of God?

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 As for you,

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:10.099
 you meant evil against me

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:11.460
 but God meant it for good.

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.960
 To bring it about

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 that many people

00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.779
 should be kept alive

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:16.859
 as they are today.

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 How in the world

00:19:18.159 --> 00:19:19.559
 could God have meant

00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:21.500
 such a thing for good?

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.359
 I mean,

00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:25.019
 Joseph said

00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.779
 without his

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:27.960
 God-given insight

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.559
 and preparation

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 for this famine,

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 many more would have died

00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:33.440
 due to the famine.

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 God allowed

00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.659
 the dreams

00:19:36.659 --> 00:19:37.419
 that he had,

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.159
 God allowed

00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:38.899
 the slavery

00:19:38.899 --> 00:19:39.740
 that he endured,

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.819
 God allowed

00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.559
 the prison

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.500
 that he endured,

00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:43.419
 God allowed

00:19:43.419 --> 00:19:44.940
 even the forgetfulness

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:46.899
 because if you don't remember,

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.940
 they left him

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.419
 in prison

00:19:48.419 --> 00:19:49.379
 for two years

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 because his friends

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 forgot about him.

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 Didn't tell

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.680
 what his abilities were.

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 And that two years

00:20:00.820 --> 00:20:01.560
 in prison

00:20:01.560 --> 00:20:02.279
 actually

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:03.820
 was spiritually

00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:04.759
 strategic

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:07.700
 because when he came out,

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.360
 the timing

00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:09.320
 of the famine

00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:10.320
 was upon them.

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.720
 It was all

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.500
 in God's plan

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.080
 but it sure

00:20:13.080 --> 00:20:14.080
 didn't feel like it

00:20:14.080 --> 00:20:14.460
 when he was

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.000
 in the dungeon.

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 However,

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.340
 by doing that,

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:21.100
 in that amount

00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:21.620
 of time,

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.560
 Joseph showed up

00:20:22.560 --> 00:20:23.900
 at the proper place,

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:25.200
 at the proper time

00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:27.200
 to feed the known world.

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:29.460
 Why do bad things

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.460
 happen to good people?

00:20:30.580 --> 00:20:32.059
 Scripture tells us,

00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:34.480
 as I've mentioned already,

00:20:34.580 --> 00:20:35.380
 that we're not good.

00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.779
 Don't take offense

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.360
 to that.

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:38.960
 We're all

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.880
 in the same boat.

00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:41.279
 We've done wrong

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.480
 and that separates us

00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.080
 from God.

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.259
 Outside of Christ,

00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:45.180
 we'd have no hope

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:46.799
 of reunion with God.

00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:48.559
 But because of

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.920
 what Christ did for us

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:51.019
 and demonstrated

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.960
 his own love for us

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.660
 that while we were

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.160
 yet sinners,

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:53.880
 while he knew

00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:55.160
 everything about us

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.680
 and everything

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.380
 we had done,

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.620
 yet he was willing

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:58.580
 to give his life

00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:59.500
 for us to have

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.180
 the opportunity

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:01.220
 to come back

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:02.220
 to the Lord.

00:21:02.320 --> 00:21:03.560
 So why do bad

00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:04.340
 things happen?

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.140
 I'll tell you why.

00:21:05.340 --> 00:21:05.779
 Salvation.

00:21:09.300 --> 00:21:09.779
 Earthquakes

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.660
 and tsunamis,

00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.860
 they're bad things,

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.240
 aren't they?

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:16.440
 You've seen the devastation

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.420
 that happens with that.

00:21:19.040 --> 00:21:20.120
 Bad things come

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.640
 from them,

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.900
 but does anything

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.900
 good come from them?

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.300
 Yes.

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.600
 Of course it does.

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:27.779
 Peter Ward

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:29.500
 and Donald Brownlee

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:31.820
 explain in their book

00:21:31.820 --> 00:21:32.880
 Rare Earth

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:34.660
 how earthquakes

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:37.620
 and the ensuing tsunamis

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.620
 are necessary.

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.620
 There is an anthopic

00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:45.440
 principle at work.

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.200
 In other words,

00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:49.440
 we need them to live.

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.680
 Let me explain

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.640
 as best I can

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.180
 and I am

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.740
 science illiterate.

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:56.000
 earthquakes

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.079
 and tsunamis

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:59.079
 are the consequence

00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:01.460
 of plate tectonics.

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:03.079
 That's the giant plates

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:04.480
 of rock and earth

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.880
 that move below

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:06.519
 the surface

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.420
 of the earth.

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:09.500
 And earth is unique

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:11.700
 in having such plates.

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.819
 And without them,

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:15.240
 there would be no large

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.120
 mountain ranges

00:22:16.120 --> 00:22:16.819
 or continents.

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:19.059
 Without the movement

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.480
 of them,

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.099
 which causes

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.859
 these disasters,

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:22.319
 the earth's land

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.539
 would be submerged

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.099
 to the depth

00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:25.819
 of several thousand feet.

00:22:25.959 --> 00:22:26.819
 Fish could live here,

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:27.619
 we could not.

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.779
 Plate tectonics

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:30.359
 regulate our climate.

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.919
 They prevent scorching

00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:33.419
 and freezing temperatures.

00:22:33.959 --> 00:22:34.619
 As a matter of fact,

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:35.139
 the movement

00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:36.199
 of these plates

00:22:36.199 --> 00:22:37.719
 are necessary

00:22:37.719 --> 00:22:38.599
 for us to live.

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:40.279
 So why did God

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:41.439
 build it

00:22:41.439 --> 00:22:42.779
 where earthquakes

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:46.819
 are necessary?

00:22:46.939 --> 00:22:48.179
 Or why didn't he build it

00:22:48.179 --> 00:22:49.240
 where they wasn't necessary?

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:52.639
 Ward is an eminent

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:53.899
 paleontologist

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.859
 and Brownlee

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.619
 is a college

00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:57.079
 professor astronomer.

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.779
 And they say

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.980
 that some creatures

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:01.439
 could live here

00:23:01.439 --> 00:23:02.539
 without earthquakes

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:04.500
 but not Homo sapiens.

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:06.299
 And if you forgot,

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:06.940
 that's us,

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.460
 by the way.

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.980
 Our planet

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:11.460
 requires oxygen

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.799
 and we need

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.980
 a warming sun

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:15.559
 and we need water.

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.279
 Now,

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.180
 I will warn you

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:18.400
 that sun can cause

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:19.160
 a sunstroke

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.640
 and water

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.859
 can cause drowning.

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.099
 However,

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.220
 both give life

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:27.180
 and both

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:28.920
 are necessary

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:31.619
 for us to live.

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:34.599
 So why do bad things

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.000
 happen

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.799
 to good people?

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:38.279
 It may surprise you

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.659
 so that we can live.

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.379
 Salvation.

00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:44.739
 That's why.

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.719
 The worst thing,

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:50.419
 the most unjust event,

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.479
 the most horrible

00:23:51.479 --> 00:23:53.059
 happening in all of history

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:55.419
 could easily cause one

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:56.339
 to beg the question,

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.879
 why?

00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.359
 Why?

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:58.439
 Why?

00:23:58.440 --> 00:24:01.740
 Why does God's son

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.980
 leave his home in heaven

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:05.400
 to come into

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.980
 a very humble means

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:08.360
 and live his life

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.100
 as a servant

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.720
 for many?

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:13.759
 Why did the people

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:15.720
 he came to

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:17.519
 mostly reject him,

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:19.220
 falsely accuse him

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 and fail to acknowledge

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 that he was the only

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 perfect person

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 to ever live?

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 Why did they become

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 so adamant

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 about being against him

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 that they arrested him,

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.480
 that they falsely accused him,

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 that they beat him

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 nearly to death

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 only to hang him

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 on the cross

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 of the cruelest death

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 known to man,

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 crucifixion

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 of the Roman Empire

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 on a Roman cross?

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 Why did they strip him?

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.960
 Why did they demean him

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.279
 by gambling for his clothes?

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 Why did they mock him

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.259
 as he died?

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 Why did they throw

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.740
 his corpse

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 into a borrowed tomb

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 without any celebration

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.359
 of life?

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.619
 Why did the worst thing

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.099
 happen

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 to the very best person

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 for the same reason

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.160
 we have earthquakes

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 so that we can live?

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.059
 Salvation.

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 I don't think it's ironic

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.319
 that the earthquake

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 quaked

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 as he died.

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 The worst thing

00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.379
 happened

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 so that the greatest

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 thing could happen

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 because three days later

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 he rose

00:25:30.939 --> 00:25:32.279
 proclaiming his life

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:34.059
 as he had previously

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 done with his mouth.

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 In John 11, 25

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:38.119
 he said,

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.679
 I am the resurrection

00:25:39.679 --> 00:25:40.299
 and the life.

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 Whoever believes in me

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.700
 though he die

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:45.879
 yet shall he live.

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 Why do bad things happen?

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:51.120
 Well, there's a variety

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.900
 of reasons

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 but the primary one

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:54.180
 is so that we can live.

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.120
 Salvation

00:25:57.120 --> 00:26:01.720
 or as Joseph put it,

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:04.160
 what others

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:05.220
 meant for evil

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:07.480
 and what others

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.400
 take as evil,

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.380
 God meant

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.740
 for good.

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:15.140
 So why do bad things

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.560
 happen

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:19.020
 to prepare us,

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:23.700
 to lead us,

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:28.040
 to reflect,

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:35.540
 which leads

00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:37.380
 to salvation.

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.680
 Romans 8, 28

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.520
 says this,

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 and we know

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:45.200
 that for those

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.200
 who love God

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:48.059
 all things

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.680
 work together

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.240
 for good

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.839
 for those

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.420
 who are called

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.859
 according

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:54.200
 to his purpose.

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.819
 So why do bad

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.539
 things happen?

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.440
 Because God

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.139
 said so.

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 That's why.

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:04.079
 Let that be enough

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:06.519
 because God's

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.980
 at work.

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.400
 God's at work

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.900
 in the good.

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:11.600
 God's at work

00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:12.220
 in the bad.

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.400
 Praise the Lord

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.320
 and bless

00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:17.360
 his holy name.

00:27:20.060 --> 00:27:21.440
 What is it today

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:23.860
 that you need

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.740
 to entrust to him?

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.420
 It might be

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.040
 your life.

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.060
 I'm so glad

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:31.720
 you're in the house

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.600
 of God this morning.

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.759
 I'm so glad

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.820
 you heard

00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:36.360
 the story

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:37.100
 of what Christ

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:38.120
 has done for you.

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:39.479
 I believe

00:27:39.479 --> 00:27:40.239
 it's a divine

00:27:40.239 --> 00:27:40.779
 appointment.

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:43.159
 And if you're

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.819
 here this morning

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.699
 and you've never

00:27:44.699 --> 00:27:45.699
 surrendered your life

00:27:45.699 --> 00:27:46.159
 to the Lord

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:46.899
 Jesus Christ,

00:27:46.979 --> 00:27:47.919
 I want you to know

00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:49.679
 that he'll meet

00:27:49.679 --> 00:27:50.759
 you where you are

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:52.719
 and if you'll

00:27:52.719 --> 00:27:53.500
 just admit

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.919
 of your need

00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:55.279
 of him

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.839
 and ask him

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.359
 to save you

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:57.019
 and change you,

00:27:57.459 --> 00:27:57.979
 your life

00:27:57.979 --> 00:27:58.399
 will forever

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:59.199
 be changed.

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.079
 Today's the day

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.739
 of salvation.

00:28:03.959 --> 00:28:04.659
 Whosoever will

00:28:04.659 --> 00:28:05.259
 may come

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.500
 to him.

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.379
 Maybe you're here

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:09.799
 this morning

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.259
 and you've done

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.940
 that but you've

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.599
 only acknowledged

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.240
 that privately.

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.720
 You've never

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.299
 acknowledged that

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.740
 publicly.

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.059
 And Jesus

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.700
 says if you're

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.339
 ashamed of me

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.980
 before others

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.559
 I'll be ashamed

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:19.960
 of you before

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.460
 my Father.

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.440
 What that means

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.619
 is it's not real

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.339
 if you're ashamed

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.740
 of it.

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.640
 So in reality

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.400
 if you've never

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.559
 publicly acknowledged

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.680
 the salvation

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.460
 that God's given

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.019
 you, I encourage

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.519
 you to come.

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.740
 Jesus by his

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.460
 commission, by his

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.400
 example told us

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.000
 to follow that

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.619
 with baptism.

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.000
 We'd love to

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.660
 guide you in that

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:38.940
 process.

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.440
 We're not doing

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.059
 it this morning.

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.400
 We'll set that up

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:41.980
 in the future

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:43.460
 but you obey God

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.940
 as he speaks

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.440
 to your heart and

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.660
 life.

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.660
 Maybe you're