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 it's uh wonderful to see the lehman family up here and to see them testify to god's grace

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 in their lives um we're going to talk a lot about families today uh i don't know about you

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 but uh i grew up uh in a family that didn't really have family reunions closest thing was my

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 grandfather's 90th birthday uh but um so we didn't have that sort of culture and i don't know if you've

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 had that culture or not but i want you to imagine with me for a minute the worst family reunion ever

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 imagine a gathering of a family where two brothers won't speak to each other because one slept with

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 the other's wife imagine a bitter grandma masking the sadness of the loss of relationship with her

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 daughters in bitterness endlessly attacking with criticism and out being outspoken about their

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 failures as daughters imagine uncle joe nursing his second six-pack in the corner wondering why his

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 family has never engaged him about his depression attempted suicide let alone his drinking habits

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 and to top it off at the end of the time a father and son have a fist fight in the front yard about

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 who's going to pay for the damage for the car that got wrecked last weekend that would be a pretty

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 unpleasant family reunion wouldn't it it would speak to a fractured and broken family wouldn't it walking

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 on eggshells hiding dark secrets full of grief and regret but you know this may be not far off for some

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 of you from what your family may actually be like and we wouldn't be surprised would we by that for as we

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 look at the bible and as we look at the first family as we look at adam and eve and their sin their rebellion

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 against god as that rippled out into their family what do we see strife envy murder bloodshed

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 brokenness fragmentation over and over again there's a concept in the bible in the old testament it's a

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 word you've heard a lot of shalom shalom means peace and flourishing and well-being and togetherness

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 in the garden of eden shalom was shattered

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 and today we're going to start to look at god's work of shalom in genesis chapter 43 you can turn

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 there in your bible and uh page 36 as we go ahead and the reason why we're looking at this is because

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 jacob's family if you remember your history of the old testament uh the promise to abraham abraham and his

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 son isaac the son of the promise was jacob and we're looking at jacob's family and jacob's family

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 is as bad if not worse than that worst family reunion that i told you about before he rose he he uh was

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 raised in a family full of jealousy deception and favoritism he managed to repeat that quite effectively

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 uh he had two wives he loved one and hated the other uh he had 12 sons he loved two and hated the

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 others uh his marriages were full of strife and sadness uh his children kept coming from the wrong

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 women that he was sleeping with and he was increasingly frustrated by that and by the end you see that not

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 only that but his three oldest sons have gone off and create committed egregious sins against him and

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 against the family to such an extent that they have lost their place as a firstborn reuben simeon levi

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 have all been dispossessed from their favored role as firstborn and as we started this series if you've been

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 here for a while you remember in chapter 37 greg described it one big hot mess of a family

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 a family torn apart by envy by lies by cruelty as joseph's brothers joseph the favored one was sold

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 into slavery and sent away by his brothers because of their envy and jealousy because of their father's

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 favoritism for this beloved son and they go back and they lie to their brother to their father and say

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 jacob is dead here's his bloody robe and jacob is filled with grief and we think what can god do

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 what can god do in this mess what is god going to do in the face of such fragmentation

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 where shalom is completely gone from this family

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 maybe you feel like that in your life too maybe it is your family relationships that make you think

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 what can god do to repair what is so shattered maybe you feel like it in your life what can god do to fix

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 the brokenness the brokenness in my heart and in my life we ask god what are you up to where are you what are you doing

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 god is at work and that's what we're going to look at this morning god is at work restoring

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 shalom restoring broken shattered lives

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 in his people forever how does god do this we're going to look at genesis 43 and 44 this morning let

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 me pray and then we're going to dive in and we'll look at it together god we ask for your help this

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 morning as we look at this passage we pray for your spirit to awaken our minds and stir our hearts

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 so that we would understand your truth god we pray you would help us today to understand your word

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 and as we understand your word will we see the greatness of your grace to us

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 lord your power to restore and to fix to repair that which is broken for your glory and for our good

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 we pray in jesus name amen i'm not going to read genesis 43 and 44 we'd be here till 11 30 just reading

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 the passage so i'm going to read parts of it and we're going to summarize and i'm going to bring you

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 along in the story um but if you remember uh uh well as we look at over these two chapters there are

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 three movements of how god is at work doing this restoring work in his family's life three things that

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 he does he removes idols he overcomes fear and thirdly he repudiates envy in the hearts of the family

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 so this is what we're going to look at verses 1 through 15 he removes idols let's look at it this

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 is actually probably worth reading so we're going to read verses 1 through 15 to set the context

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 uh so you can look with me as we read this now the famine was severe in the land and when they had

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 eaten the grain that they had brought from egypt the brother said to them go again buy us a little

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 food but judah said to him the man solemnly warned us saying you shall not see my face unless your

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 brother is with you if you send if you will send your brother with our brother with us we will go

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 down and buy you food but if you will not send him we will not go down for the man said to us we you

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 shall not see my face unless your brother is with you israel said why do you treat me so badly

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 as to tell the men that you had another brother and they replied the man questioned us carefully

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 about ourselves and our kindred saying is your father still alive do you have another brother

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 what we told him is was an answer to those questions could we have in any way known that

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 he would say bring your brother down and judah said to israel his father send the boy with me and

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 we will rise and go that we may live and not die both we and you and are also our little ones

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 i will be a pledge of his safety from my hand you shall require him if i do not bring him back to you

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 and set him before you then let me bear the blame forever if we had not delayed we would now have

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 returned twice then their father israel said to them if it must be so then do this take some of

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 the choice fruits and the land in your bags and carry a present down to the man a little bomb a little

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 honey gum myrrh pistachio nuts and almonds take double the money with you carry back with you the

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 money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks perhaps it was an oversight take also your brother

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 and arise and go to the man may god almighty grant you mercy before this man and may he send back

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 your other brother and benjamin and as for me if i'm bereaved of my children i am bereaved

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 so this is the opening section this is the opening moon if you remember what it is is jacob's family up in

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 up in israel up in palestine canaan at this point are suffering a famine and the only place in the

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 world to get grain is egypt so they've already gone down to egypt once and encountered their brother

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 joseph but they didn't notice him joseph treated them severely initially and then mercifully blessed

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 them not only with all the food that they could want but repaying their money back by putting it back

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 in the sacks but he kept simeon uh one of the brothers as a uh as a down payment as a deposit as

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 a bond so to speak and said you must come back with your brother benjamin and so uh this is where we

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 start the famine has continued we see it in this scene that there are two pressures going on and

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 they're in conflict because one of the pressures is the famine they're out of food they have nothing more

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 to eat what are they going to do there's only one place to go but then there are these conditions

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 to go back requires them to bring back benjamin and it's the very thing that jacob will not do

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 because jacob loved rachel not leah and he had 12 sons but only two came from rachel and one was joseph

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 and he's gone benjamin is the only one left and over and over and over again jacob's favoritism

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 is shown in this idolatry of loving his one son of his one wife that he would probably call his true

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 wife and everyone else is just along for the ride he has loved his one wife and therefore his two

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 their those sons more than anything

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 and in this scene god is prying jacob's hands off of that idol he brings along judah judah now steps

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 into the forefront in chapter 42 he was not even mentioned but now he steps into the forefront god

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 has moved in judah if you remember there's a whole work he did in chapter 38 god is now moving in judah

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 to be the spokesman to lead the family of jacob in a new direction and he pleads with jacob please

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 let him go please if you don't let him go we will die we have no food you and we and our little ones

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 will all die but if we go if we take benjamin with us if you let go of your desperate desire

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 to try to keep this favored son if you will release your hand from this idol

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 then we will go and i promise you i'll bring him back i promise you that i will do it

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 notice that even judah or notice that even as jacob agrees to this even as jacob says all right let's do

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 it his plans change the first time when he sent them down he said go get grain this time he says

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 okay if you're going to get grain and you're taking benjamin well here's how we're going to do it here's

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 the strategy you got to take all this stuff to make sure that you're going to bless them and and make

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 sure that you have favor with this guy and and oh by the way make sure you take tons of money repay the

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 money that that was in your bag that that joseph had put back into their sacks take that plus enough

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 money to buy the new grain so that there's no question about your your intentions you're not

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 wanting to steal your status do everything you can to position this so that this is going to succeed

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 so that you may bring back your other brother whatever his name is i don't remember him and

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 benjamin my beloved one and that's that's what god is doing here god is prying jacob's hands off of this

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 beloved son i don't even think at the end the blessing is a faith-filled joyful one but even

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 there you see jacob turn back to god may god almighty meaning may the god of the covenants

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 the god who made the covenant to abraham and isaac may that god have mercy on you

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 he is at least resigned to god's plan even though he says yeah maybe if i'm bereaved i'm bereaved you

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 can just see him old jewish man sitting there being sad uh well but think about it by letting him go

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 he is letting go all of his family he now has when these guys go out to egypt he has no sons he is alone

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 in canaan and so let us not be too hard on him but let us recognize how hard it must have been for

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 him to release all of his sons to do this

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 not only did he have to let go of all of his sons but he had to let go of all of his control

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 he had to let go of all of his schemes to save his family

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 he was driven by the providence of god and by the working of joseph which is also a hand of the

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 providence of god he's driven by these things to have to take this step of faith this step of

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 letting go of the idols and it's essential because it's the only way that god can do the work of

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 actually restoring the shalom of the family he needs to get god is working to get all of the

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 family together in one place so that shalom can be restored and benjamin's favoritism and his

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 separation from his other brothers is the barrier to god accomplishing that purpose and so he has to go

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 friends i wonder if there are things that you cling to in your life

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 things that like suitcases of gold that you would clutch to even as the ship is sinking around you

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 the opinion of others the love of a particular person your comfort your plans

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 maybe it's sin patterns that you return to for comfort over and over and over again

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 idols that have captured our hearts such that we grasp them so tightly

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 that only great moves of god's providence and even compulsion can pry our hands off of them

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 friends what's the one thing that if god said i want you to let go of this

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 would you want to run and hide instead of willingly saying lord i give to you

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 do you see that those things that capture our hearts like that

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 end up becoming then these magnetic centers that warp our relationships with one another

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 because we're unable to love fully and how these things harden our hearts towards god a loving god

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 who knows our needs before we ask them

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 friends just like jacob god is at work in our lives he wants to pry our fingers off of those idols

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 so that he might do restoring work in our life

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 so that's the first movement that's what he does in chapter in verses 1 through 14 and then verse 15

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 is really fun it's kind of like if you've ever been to a theater show it's like when the curtain comes

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 down and two characters walk across the stage in front there's a scene change going on behind

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 that's what that's what verse 15 is it's just a reminder that and then they all went the men took

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 they went all went down and suddenly at the end the curtain comes back and for the first time in

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 five chapters all of jacob's brothers are in the same place in egypt and in the second one what you

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 see is that god overcomes the fear that joseph's brothers have as they enter into this they come down

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 jacob or joseph is looking from afar he sees benjamin with them he tells his servant go out

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 welcome these men invite them to our house for dinner now remember when joseph's brothers left

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 he put the money that they had paid for the grain back in their sacks and they got back and jacob

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 looked at and said what you come back with all this money but not simeon did you do it again it looks

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 shady it looks really shady and now they have to go back to the same person and ask for more grain

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 and it looks like they've stolen the grain the first time around and so they are afraid they are

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 sore afraid look with me verses 18 through 25 just so we can capture this story and the men were afraid

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 because they were brought to joseph's house and they said it is because of the money which was

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 replaced in our sacks the first time that we brought that we are brought in so that he may assault us and

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 fall upon us make us servants and seize our donkeys

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 you see their fear and they have every good reason to be afraid don't they they have every good reason

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 to let go of it or to come in and think we could be done he could just kill us all he could put us all

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 in prison what in the world is going to happen and remember they've already protested in chapter 42

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 we're honest men so they're trying to protest their honesty they go to the steward they know joseph man

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 i don't know what he's going to say we're going to try to get in with the steward first so they go to

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 the steward and they try to explain what's happened and that's what they do in verses 19 through 24

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 and do you see what happened they come in and say when we came in we we found our money in the sacks and

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 we don't know where we don't know where it came from but we didn't put it there we didn't steal it we

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 really didn't pay for it friends look at what god does in the mouth of a pagan egyptian in the mouth

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 of someone who didn't know god at all look what he says in verse 23

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 he said peace to you oh by the way that's shalom that's where it shows up the first time in the

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 passage peace be to you do not be afraid your god and the god of your fathers has put treasure in your

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 sacks for you i received my money he's saying there's no outstanding debt there's no bill we're not

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 wondering where the money is that paid for your grain i got that god has provided for you god has

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 lavished undeserved grace upon you you got all the grain you needed to live and the money to come back

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 and do it again and all i know is that if i could read into what the servant is thinking all i know is

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 that i've seen this dude joseph enough to know that god is up to something through him he has blessed

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 our country he has saved our country and now he god has worked to save you god has lavished undeserved

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 favor upon you and this is what god does and so then the servant takes them treats them like honored

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 guests he washes their feet he washes their feet he washes their feet he washes their feet he washes their

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 donkeys he invites them to a feast and brings them into this feast where joseph interacts with them

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 about his family and you see the question is your father well is he in shalom is the idea

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 and when he hears that it's all well he feasts them like honored guests

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 he lavishes upon them

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 he lavishes upon them

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 riches wealth imagine they've been in a famine and suddenly they're at a feast

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 friends

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 this is god's restoring work and this is how he does it

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 sometimes he pries our hands off of our idols but sometimes he just lavishes undeserved grace upon us

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 it touches the brothers they make glad and marry and have a big party and celebrate

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 it washes over joseph joseph joseph sees the first dream that he had back in chapter 37 fulfilled

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 his 11 brothers are now bowing down before him

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 simeon has been restored to the brothers he's no longer a bond

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 and he's overcome with

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 passion

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 love

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 for his brothers and he weeps he has to hide it

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 because his long con isn't done yet

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 friends i wonder for you how you respond when god

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 lavishes grace upon you

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 i wonder if your instinct to be afraid as you approach god is greater

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 than he

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 than his grace to you sometimes

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 i wonder if you ever wonder whether his grace

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 just seems too good to be true

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 and it becomes instead for you a burden

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 if god has been so good to me then i have to do everything i can

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 to try to repay him

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 for it

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 our guilty conscience thinks

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 i don't deserve this it can't be real

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 our fallen hearts i think make us grace resistant

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 and god lavishes

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 his grace upon us

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 his goodness his favor

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 in everything from common grace of everyday blessings

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 to miraculous healings and provisions

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:39.779
 to ultimately

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:42.000
 his son in salvation

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:44.420
 he lavishes grace on us over

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:46.500
 and over and over and over

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:49.060
 and over and over again

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:51.860
 to free our hearts from our fear

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:56.980
 he has made us to receive this gladly

00:24:56.980 --> 00:25:00.440
 but we often

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:04.079
 we often struggle with it

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:05.019
 don't we

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:07.680
 sometimes we struggle with false guilt

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:11.019
 where we think there's no way god could ever love me

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:13.640
 sometimes we struggle with true guilt

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:16.500
 i've done things that are so bad

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:19.420
 is it possible that god could love me

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:25.380
 god wants to break us

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:28.519
 break us of our self-reliance

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:31.620
 and of our self-saving strategies

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:35.880
 by showing us grace upon grace upon grace

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:40.140
 and when we get to the end of chapter 43

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:42.120
 we think maybe this is the time

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:43.800
 joseph is going to step forward

00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:45.720
 and take off his egyptian clothing

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:48.060
 and say brothers now we're together

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:50.919
 isn't this great we're having this great feast

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:55.000
 but god isn't done with his brothers

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:57.559
 and the shalom is not perfect yet

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:59.000
 god has more to do

00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:02.200
 and that's what chapter 44 is all about

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:05.679
 chapter 44 is the one more step

00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:07.659
 that god wants to do in their hearts

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:10.819
 to restore shalom to the family

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:13.559
 and you see it set up at the very end

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:16.119
 joseph when he sets them up for the feast

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.639
 which is great

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:19.240
 he sets he seats them in order of birth

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:22.340
 how could he know that

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:25.700
 they must have been a little freaked out by that

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:27.800
 like how did that happen

00:26:27.800 --> 00:26:29.880
 and then

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:31.100
 benjamin

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:34.080
 gets five times what the other guys get

00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:34.920
 in this feast

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:37.880
 and if you're one of his brothers

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:39.540
 overwhelmed with the goodness

00:26:39.540 --> 00:26:40.460
 rejoicing this

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.200
 and then suddenly like

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.140
 wait a minute

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:42.640
 again

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:44.000
 are you kidding me

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:46.120
 we've lived with this

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:47.520
 our whole lives

00:26:47.520 --> 00:26:49.080
 he's the favored one

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.900
 we get it

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.820
 but here

00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:53.120
 this guy doesn't even know who he is

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:55.560
 how could this be

00:26:55.560 --> 00:27:00.060
 you don't see that in the story

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:01.660
 but you might have wanted

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.380
 they might have

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.660
 they must have noticed

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:05.759
 the storyteller is very clear

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.280
 to make it

00:27:06.280 --> 00:27:07.020
 exact

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.779
 and then

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:09.599
 having had a long party

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.900
 they fall asleep

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:12.460
 for a long time

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.920
 probably

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.940
 they might have even

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.680
 hung up

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:16.279
 woke up with a hangover

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.960
 the next day

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.819
 and

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:19.680
 in the meantime

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.660
 joseph now

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.420
 activates his last

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.000
 movement

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:24.500
 the last scene

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:26.139
 in the act of the long con

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:27.220
 that god is working

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.539
 in these chapters

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:30.000
 to try to bring restoration

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.119
 to this family

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.960
 he tells his servant

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.879
 restore

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.860
 their money

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:36.340
 fill their sacks

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:37.760
 as full as they could be

00:27:37.760 --> 00:27:38.940
 and put a cup

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:40.080
 in the sack

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:41.000
 of the youngest one

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:43.280
 so he does this

00:27:43.280 --> 00:27:44.640
 the brothers wake up

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.340
 the next morning

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:46.620
 they load up their donkeys

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.580
 they ride off

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:48.600
 back to their brother

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:49.940
 back to their father

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:51.000
 they have everything

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.480
 they want

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.940
 they're thinking

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:53.280
 hey this was a success

00:27:53.280 --> 00:27:54.040
 we have Simeon

00:27:54.040 --> 00:27:54.760
 we have Benjamin

00:27:54.760 --> 00:27:56.220
 we have food

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.300
 this is great

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:58.200
 and then the servant

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:59.400
 comes out after him

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.800
 and says

00:27:59.800 --> 00:28:01.040
 how can you treat

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:02.420
 this host

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.740
 with such disdain

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.519
 how can you be

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.519
 such a bad guest

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.400
 you stole

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:07.420
 his cup

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.519
 and they

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.980
 and they

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.519
 they think

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.000
 no no no

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.980
 you don't understand

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.359
 verse 8

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.680
 this cannot be

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:15.579
 we would not do this

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.319
 we came back

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.799
 we were ready

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.819
 to pay back money

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.799
 we are not

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.279
 going to be

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.960
 we are not

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.880
 dishonest men

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:22.960
 don't think about

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.819
 as a matter of fact

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.920
 we are so sure

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.539
 of our innocence

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.420
 that if you find

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.079
 the guy who stole

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.460
 the cup

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.059
 kill him

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:31.359
 and that begins

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.420
 this fascinating

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.299
 back and forth

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.539
 about the consequences

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.500
 of the cup

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.019
 being found

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.539
 you see it

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.200
 in 9 and 10

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.919
 you see it again

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:39.559
 in 16 or 17

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:41.240
 the servant says

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.779
 oh no no no

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.319
 we don't need to

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.339
 kill anyone

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.099
 we just want

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:45.079
 the one who stole it

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.819
 we'll take him back

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.779
 and make him our servant

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.500
 because he's broken

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.899
 the rule

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.619
 right

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.839
 and so this then

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:51.000
 and so then

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:52.639
 again in birth order

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.299
 from the oldest

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.940
 to the youngest

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.639
 they take down

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.099
 their sacks

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.779
 they open them

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:57.259
 and as they go along

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.819
 the brothers must be saying

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.419
 see

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.879
 we haven't done anything

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.500
 and then they get

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.000
 to the end

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.540
 and Benjamin

00:29:02.540 --> 00:29:04.080
 and there's the cup

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:05.660
 oh no

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:11.000
 and for the first time

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.800
 it seems

00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:14.340
 the brothers

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:16.900
 stand in solidarity

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:18.760
 they mourn

00:29:18.760 --> 00:29:20.880
 they tear their clothes

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:22.880
 they pack up their stuff

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:24.380
 and with Benjamin

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.800
 they go back to Egypt

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:30.059
 for the first time

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:32.200
 they've acted

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:33.339
 in solidarity

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.419
 and then they get

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:35.220
 back to Joseph

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.079
 and they recount

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:37.159
 the whole thing again

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:38.200
 and again we have

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:39.279
 this back and forth

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.319
 Judas says

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.159
 hey you know

00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:42.440
 like we can all

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.019
 like if

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:44.339
 we are guilty

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.480
 they admit it

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.440
 in verse 16

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:48.379
 God has found out

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:48.899
 our guilt

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:50.359
 and we have no defense

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.480
 and it's probably

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.339
 not talking about

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.759
 the cup

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.539
 because they must

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.419
 still be confused

00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:55.200
 about how the cup

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.840
 got in there

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:58.860
 it's probably

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.660
 about their guilt

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.279
 going all the way

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.640
 back to chapter 37

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.980
 God has now

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.660
 revealed

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:05.700
 their guilt

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.819
 so profoundly

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:08.660
 and to the very one

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.799
 whom they have hurt

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:11.059
 by their sin

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:12.660
 that they have

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.480
 confessed it

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:16.380
 and Joseph

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:18.039
 presses home

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:19.500
 how much

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.580
 have you actually

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.279
 repented

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.220
 of that sin

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.460
 that's what verse

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.180
 17

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:25.080
 is about

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:27.460
 just leave

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.060
 the youngest

00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:29.019
 one with me

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.980
 the favored

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.400
 one

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.039
 the one

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.600
 who has caused

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.279
 you so much

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.620
 grief

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:32.960
 the one

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.480
 your father

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.080
 loves

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:35.220
 the one

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.799
 who as Judah

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.600
 will say later

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:38.100
 is the one

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.500
 who's treated

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.259
 like the only

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.940
 real son

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.380
 and everyone

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:40.860
 else is

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.519
 illegitimate

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:46.059
 just leave him

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:47.119
 the rest of you

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.900
 go on back

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:49.379
 you can have

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:49.940
 all the money

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.920
 all the grain

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.539
 just go

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.400
 just give him

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.839
 to me

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:54.900
 Joseph has

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.859
 recreated

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:57.139
 the very

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:58.339
 scene

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:59.859
 of chapter 37

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.839
 to give them

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.660
 an opportunity

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:03.379
 to repent

00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:04.680
 to repudiate

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:06.099
 their envy

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:07.519
 their jealousy

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.839
 their sin

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.980
 and rather

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.679
 than working

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.619
 to destroy

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.399
 and fragment

00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:13.119
 their family

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:14.559
 to give them

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.220
 an opportunity

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.879
 to begin

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.319
 to act

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.039
 righteously

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:18.859
 in response

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.899
 to restore

00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:20.959
 their family

00:31:20.959 --> 00:31:25.220
 it might have

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.659
 been tempting

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.359
 for a moment

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.619
 for the brothers

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.099
 to think

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:29.159
 we could do

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.539
 this

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:32.179
 but Judah

00:31:32.179 --> 00:31:33.059
 says no

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:34.779
 Judah rises up

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.419
 again as the

00:31:35.419 --> 00:31:35.959
 spokesperson

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:37.180
 as the representative

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.860
 of all the

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.220
 brothers

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.880
 and he says

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.680
 no

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.920
 and he recounts

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:42.680
 in painstakingly

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.600
 Hebrew narrative

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.160
 detail

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.980
 over and over

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.440
 again

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.319
 what

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:47.720
 what the

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.799
 situation was

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.380
 and how

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.140
 for the love

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:51.140
 of his father

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:52.240
 who will be

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.100
 heartbroken

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.860
 if Benjamin

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.940
 does not return

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:56.860
 and for the love

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.559
 of his brother

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.319
 who they will

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.100
 not abandon

00:31:59.100 --> 00:31:59.660
 like they

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.259
 abandoned

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.840
 Joseph

00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:02.079
 so long

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.519
 ago

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:06.440
 he says

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.720
 no

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.099
 we will

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.579
 not

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.079
 do

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.579
 this

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:10.599
 and it

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.000
 comes to

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.519
 its climax

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.079
 in verse

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.940
 30 through

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.420
 34

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:13.980
 let's read

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.639
 those together

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.859
 now

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.339
 therefore

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:17.079
 as soon

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.519
 as I

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:17.980
 come

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.900
 to your

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.220
 servant

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.859
 my father

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.299
 and the

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.480
 boy

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.859
 is not

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.400
 with me

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.440
 with us

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.440
 then

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.139
 his life

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.619
 is bound

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:24.980
 up

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.460
 in the

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:25.799
 boy's

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.099
 life

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.480
 that is

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.099
 Jacob's

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.319
 life

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.740
 is bound

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:27.960
 up

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.220
 in the

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.500
 boy's

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.819
 life

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.779
 as soon

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.059
 as he

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.299
 sees

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.519
 that the

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:30.680
 boy

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:30.980
 is not

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.559
 with us

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:31.920
 he will

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.299
 die

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.359
 and your

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.680
 servants

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.119
 will bring

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.379
 down

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:35.339
 the gray

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.659
 hairs

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.000
 of your

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.359
 servant

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.960
 our father

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.680
 with sorrow

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.379
 to Sheol

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:39.720
 for your

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.059
 servant

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.619
 became

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.339
 now he's

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.639
 talking about

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.099
 himself

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.859
 for your

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.220
 servant

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.759
 became a

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.279
 pledge of

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.619
 safety

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.000
 for the

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.159
 boy

00:32:45.159 --> 00:32:45.440
 to my

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.799
 father

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.200
 saying

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.639
 if I

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.059
 do not

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.379
 bring

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:47.839
 him

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.079
 back

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.519
 to you

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.099
 then I

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.339
 shall

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.539
 bear

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.740
 the

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.079
 blame

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.720
 before

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:50.980
 my

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.399
 father

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:51.899
 all

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.079
 my

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.440
 life

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.960
 now

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.359
 therefore

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:53.819
 please

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.259
 let your

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.539
 servant

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.099
 remain

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:56.299
 instead

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.659
 of the

00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:56.960
 boy

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.859
 as a

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.139
 servant

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.579
 for my

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:58.899
 lord

00:32:58.899 --> 00:32:59.599
 and let

00:32:59.599 --> 00:32:59.919
 the boy

00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:00.460
 go back

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.839
 with his

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.220
 brothers

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.960
 for how

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.480
 can I

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:03.880
 go back

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.220
 to my

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.740
 father

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.799
 if the

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.160
 boy is

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.620
 not with

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:06.860
 me

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:08.100
 I fear

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:08.539
 to see

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.079
 the evil

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:10.180
 that would

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.700
 find

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.480
 my

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.000
 father

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:15.920
 instead

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.839
 of abandoning

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.420
 the brother

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.259
 Judas

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:19.079
 says take

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.839
 me instead

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:21.360
 if justice

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.220
 must be done

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.920
 even though it

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.620
 doesn't feel

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.660
 like justice

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.480
 I will

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.860
 bear

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.720
 the unjust

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:28.680
 imprisonment

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.460
 for we

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.920
 didn't steal

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.300
 the cup

00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:30.660
 but I

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.240
 will bear

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:32.360
 that injustice

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.480
 for the

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.820
 sake

00:33:33.820 --> 00:33:34.740
 of this

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.200
 brother

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:36.019
 for the

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.340
 sake

00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:37.300
 of love

00:33:37.300 --> 00:33:37.740
 for my

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.320
 father

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:39.220
 I will

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.120
 give myself

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.980
 to restore

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.640
 my brother

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.100
 so that

00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:43.140
 my family

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.800
 will have

00:33:43.800 --> 00:33:44.320
 peace

00:33:44.320 --> 00:33:47.360
 I cannot

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.140
 go back

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:48.580
 without

00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:49.120
 Benjamin

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:50.560
 my father

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:51.500
 would die

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:55.799
 envy

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.599
 rivalry

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.160
 jealousy

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.740
 and hatred

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.960
 are replaced

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.779
 by self

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.619
 sacrificial

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.480
 love

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:03.980
 that which

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.460
 is broken

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.200
 is restored

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:12.000
 I wonder

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.360
 friends

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.760
 if you

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.340
 ever

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.980
 experience

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.400
 times

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.880
 when God

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.239
 has brought

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.760
 you back

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.139
 to the

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.340
 same

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.619
 thing

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:16.980
 again

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.699
 to the

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:17.900
 same

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.340
 trial

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.699
 or the

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:18.900
 same

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.460
 temptation

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.280
 and you

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:20.480
 wonder

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.920
 why am

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.280
 I doing

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.560
 this

00:34:21.560 --> 00:34:22.000
 is God

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.440
 punishing

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.760
 me

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.160
 am I

00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:23.700
 a failure

00:34:23.700 --> 00:34:24.720
 maybe I

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.180
 can't

00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:25.700
 maybe

00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:27.019
 maybe I'll

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.480
 be stuck

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.880
 with this

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.300
 forever

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:30.120
 what I want

00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:30.620
 you to see

00:34:30.620 --> 00:34:31.120
 is that

00:34:31.120 --> 00:34:32.140
 just like

00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:32.600
 here

00:34:32.600 --> 00:34:33.560
 God

00:34:33.560 --> 00:34:35.720
 gives us

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.380
 opportunities

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.960
 sometimes

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:39.180
 to repeat

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.800
 the same

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.519
 circumstances

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.080
 again

00:34:41.080 --> 00:34:42.380
 so that

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.980
 we can

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.560
 show

00:34:43.560 --> 00:34:44.320
 our repentance

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:45.460
 so that

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.860
 we can

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.440
 turn from

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.880
 the sin

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.440
 that captured

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.900
 our hearts

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.440
 before

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.580
 and see

00:34:49.580 --> 00:34:50.360
 his gracious

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.940
 work

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:52.240
 in our

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.720
 lives

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.200
 bearing

00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:53.760
 fruit

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.420
 by living

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.880
 differently

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.340
 in those

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:56.039
 circumstances

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:59.940
 the

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.380
 restoration

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.880
 has

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.300
 begun

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:03.200
 love

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:03.860
 sacrificial

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.240
 love

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.420
 has

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.820
 replaced

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.260
 envy

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.000
 fear

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.240
 has

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.400
 been

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.740
 overcome

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.099
 by

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.619
 grace

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.639
 idolatry

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:08.880
 of the

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.139
 heart

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.559
 has been

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.000
 removed

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.240
 by

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.639
 sovereign

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.000
 acts

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.519
 of God

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.019
 now

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.380
 all

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.559
 the

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.000
 brothers

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.519
 eleven

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:13.960
 brothers

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.240
 are

00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.800
 united

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.200
 in

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:15.619
 love

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.159
 and have

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:16.380
 given

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.760
 themselves

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.079
 in

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.360
 love

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.820
 for one

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.179
 another

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:19.119
 jacob's

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.339
 heart

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:19.719
 has been

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.099
 turned

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.480
 back

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.859
 towards

00:35:20.859 --> 00:35:21.960
 the lord

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.379
 as his

00:35:22.379 --> 00:35:23.299
 hands

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.599
 have been

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.019
 pried

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.179
 off

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.339
 the

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:24.639
 idol

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:24.940
 he's

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.239
 given

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.460
 up

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.639
 his

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.839
 own

00:35:25.839 --> 00:35:26.399
 scheming

00:35:26.399 --> 00:35:26.639
 and his

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.199
 protection

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.859
 self

00:35:27.859 --> 00:35:28.339
 protection

00:35:28.339 --> 00:35:28.719
 and his

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.119
 self

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.639
 provision

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.599
 and we

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.239
 see the

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.759
 arcs

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.679
 the story

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.139
 lines

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.359
 of

00:35:33.359 --> 00:35:34.199
 this

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.579
 last

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:34.879
 section

00:35:34.879 --> 00:35:35.039
 of

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.319
 Genesis

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:35.779
 beginning

00:35:35.779 --> 00:35:36.619
 to come

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.059
 together

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.619
 chapter

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.199
 37

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:39.059
 we saw

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.299
 that

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.980
 Jacob

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.659
 or

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.159
 that

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.719
 Jacob's

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.039
 sons

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.539
 Joseph

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:42.879
 and

00:35:42.879 --> 00:35:43.159
 Judah

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.559
 were the

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:43.919
 two

00:35:43.919 --> 00:35:44.399
 key

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:44.819
 people

00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.039
 in

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.359
 this

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.140
 and now

00:35:46.140 --> 00:35:46.860
 we see

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:48.380
 Judah

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.539
 restored

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.340
 his brothers

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:50.900
 restored

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.519
 Jacob

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.640
 turning a

00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:53.019
 corner

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:54.280
 and the

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.680
 only one

00:35:54.680 --> 00:35:55.380
 left to be

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.120
 restored now

00:35:56.120 --> 00:35:56.740
 is Joseph

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.680
 you have to

00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:58.000
 come back

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.460
 next week

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.780
 because that's

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.240
 what Greg's

00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.440
 going to

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.980
 preach about

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.780
 is the

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.180
 restoration

00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:01.660
 of

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:03.059
 Joseph

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.820
 as he

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:05.140
 makes himself

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:05.720
 known to

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.360
 his family

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:08.360
 but in the

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.640
 meantime

00:36:08.640 --> 00:36:09.579
 we see that

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.340
 the restoration

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.860
 of the

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.260
 brothers

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:12.160
 and particularly

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.820
 Judah

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:14.480
 Judah

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.900
 who

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.400
 for the

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.800
 love

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.140
 of his

00:36:16.140 --> 00:36:16.580
 father

00:36:16.580 --> 00:36:17.100
 gave

00:36:17.100 --> 00:36:17.720
 himself

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.360
 to

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.740
 redeem

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:19.019
 his

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.440
 brother

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.280
 and

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.800
 restore

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.500
 shalom

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.100
 to his

00:36:22.100 --> 00:36:22.600
 family

00:36:22.600 --> 00:36:25.080
 what a

00:36:25.080 --> 00:36:25.500
 powerful

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.039
 story

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.740
 that is

00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:27.380
 who

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:27.980
 points us

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.500
 ahead

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.660
 points us

00:36:29.660 --> 00:36:29.980
 through

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.380
 chapter

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:30.920
 49

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.440
 where the

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:31.820
 blessing

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.400
 of Jacob

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.960
 on Judah

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.400
 will be

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:34.160
 from your

00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.660
 line

00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:35.320
 will come

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.980
 the future

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.780
 king

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.480
 the scepter

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:39.019
 shall not

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.480
 depart

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.340
 from your

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.800
 mouth

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:42.220
 and further

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.819
 on as we

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.299
 get to the

00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:44.079
 genealogies

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.279
 in the

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:44.639
 beginning

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.319
 of Matthew

00:36:45.319 --> 00:36:46.079
 we see

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.980
 that through

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.500
 the line

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:47.959
 of Judah

00:36:47.959 --> 00:36:48.639
 comes

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:50.699
 the ultimate

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.739
 brother

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:53.659
 who for

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.039
 the love

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.399
 of his

00:36:54.399 --> 00:36:54.859
 father

00:36:54.859 --> 00:36:56.659
 gave himself

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:58.719
 to bear

00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:59.599
 the unjust

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:01.719
 punishment

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:04.079
 upon himself

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.659
 because he

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.599
 did no wrong

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.859
 in order to

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:07.559
 redeem his

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.139
 brothers

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.279
 and sisters

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:10.279
 and to

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:10.939
 restore

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:12.200
 his family

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:13.280
 forever

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:14.900
 this is what

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.599
 Paul points

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:15.980
 us to in

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.740
 Ephesians 2

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.380
 that we read

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.880
 earlier

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:19.000
 that in

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.840
 Jesus Christ

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.559
 God has

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.380
 broken down

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:22.220
 the wall

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:23.039
 of hostility

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.720
 caused by

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.360
 our sin

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.760
 that in

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:26.420
 Jesus the

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:27.019
 forgiveness

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.860
 that is there

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.579
 because of his

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.619
 substitutionary

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:30.579
 death for us

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:31.780
 restores us

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:32.539
 to a relationship

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.159
 with God

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.980
 but not only

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.700
 that it

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:35.280
 brings us

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:35.780
 into a new

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:36.619
 family and a

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.400
 new household

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.980
 and God

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.660
 is building

00:37:39.660 --> 00:37:40.660
 the household

00:37:40.660 --> 00:37:42.180
 on the

00:37:42.180 --> 00:37:42.960
 foundation of

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:44.039
 God's grace

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:46.119
 so that we

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:47.139
 might be his

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.780
 family

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:49.059
 forever

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:55.000
 that's a

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.860
 family reunion

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.800
 worth looking

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.420
 forward to

00:37:57.420 --> 00:38:02.260
 God so

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:03.099
 gracious as to

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.960
 rescue a family

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.740
 as broken as

00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.840
 Jacob's is at

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.720
 work to rescue

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:08.260
 us from our

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:09.300
 broken fragmented

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:11.000
 lives from our

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.900
 broken fragmented

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:13.800
 families to bring

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:15.039
 us to him and

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:16.079
 into his family

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:19.120
 what a love we

00:38:19.120 --> 00:38:20.539
 have what a

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.760
 savior we have

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:23.380
 let's pray

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:30.620
 oh Lord we

00:38:30.620 --> 00:38:32.160
 worship you this

00:38:32.160 --> 00:38:33.420
 morning as a

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.000
 God who has

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:35.120
 pursued us that

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.920
 we might know

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:37.199
 peace with you

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:38.819
 peace to those

00:38:38.819 --> 00:38:39.299
 who are far

00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:40.059
 off and peace

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.739
 to those who

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.179
 are near

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:43.239
 peace to us

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:45.900
 who knew

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.679
 nothing of your

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:49.019
 grace and yet

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:50.719
 you have revealed

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.400
 yourself

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:54.980
 proclaimed yourself

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:56.679
 drawn us to

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:57.219
 yourself

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:58.239
 turned our

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:59.159
 hearts to you

00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:00.259
 given us faith

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:01.839
 to believe and

00:39:01.839 --> 00:39:03.559
 carried us into

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.219
 your family

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:06.939
 God we

00:39:06.939 --> 00:39:07.759
 praise you for

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.519
 that today

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:12.139
 in Jesus

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.559
 name

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.500
 amen

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:15.519
 as the

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.019
 worship team

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.779
 comes forward

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:18.599
 we're going to

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.219
 sing a great

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:19.579
 hymn

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.879
 a great hymn

00:39:20.879 --> 00:39:21.799
 about the

00:39:21.799 --> 00:39:22.859
 amazing grace

00:39:22.859 --> 00:39:23.359
 and mercy

00:39:23.359 --> 00:39:23.879
 that God

00:39:23.879 --> 00:39:24.319
 has shown

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:25.559
 us in

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.039
 Christ

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:28.000
 and can

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.639
 it be that

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:29.079
 I should

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:30.039
 gain an

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.699
 interest in

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.599
 my savior's

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.019
 blood

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:33.679
 died he

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.340
 for me

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:35.179
 who caused

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:35.820
 his pain

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:36.880
 for me

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.679
 to him

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.559
 who him

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.099
 to death

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.679
 pursued

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:42.019
 amazing love

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:43.619
 how can it

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:43.900
 be

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:45.179
 that thou

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:45.860
 my God

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:47.000
 should die

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.440
 for me

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:48.179
 please stand

00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:48.739
 as we sing

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:49.139
 together

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:53.719
 as we sing

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:54.119
 together

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.659
 all

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:54.920
 plats

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:56.179
 I

00:39:56.279 --> 00:39:56.759
 like

00:39:56.759 --> 00:39:57.359
 more

00:39:57.359 --> 00:39:57.480
 than

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:58.079
 I

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.579
 love

00:39:58.579 --> 00:39:59.199
 to

00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.519
 where

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.159
 to

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:02.619
Über