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 I know that I'm visually challenged.

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 So if you're trying to wave at me and get my attention,

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 and I don't seem to be paying any attention,

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 you might want to try harder or give up.

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 Whatever you think best.

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 Ah, thank you, Eli.

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 Yes, I think we're good.

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 And, yeah, I guess we can leave that right there.

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 Good.

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 Good.

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 Good.

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 Well, I'm going to start off this morning with a little story about a family.

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 The main characters are a brother and a sister.

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 And I'm, true story, but I'm going to give fictitious names, John and Rachel.

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 And here is John's account.

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 I called home to see how my father was doing as he recovered from his heart attack.

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 But what I found out is that my mother was now in the hospital.

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 At first, they wouldn't tell me what was wrong.

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 But finally, my sister Rachel let it out that Mom was in the psychiatric unit

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 after taking an overdose of drugs.

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 Rachel said to me, we don't call you anymore.

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 We don't tell you because you don't care about the family.

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 You're too good for us now.

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 John says, I have never been cut so deeply in my life.

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 My sister doesn't know that I've been sending home a quarter of my paycheck each month

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 to help with my dad's hospitalization costs.

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 She doesn't know how often I call home.

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 So what she said was unfair and untrue.

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 But I decided I'd rather that I wouldn't say anything about this to her.

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 After all, she's been carrying quite a load at home.

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 I'll just forgive her.

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 Just forgive and forget, it has often been said.

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 And I think that at times that is what we should do.

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 But in a case like that of John and Rachel,

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 where their relationship has been badly damaged by misunderstanding

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 and now is characterized by lack of trust and deep hurt,

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 in a situation like that, just forgiving and forgetting,

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 I think usually does not do anything to help repair the damage to the relationship.

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 Today and the next three Sunday mornings,

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 we're going to be looking at damaged relationships and how to restore them.

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 On the handout that I hope you have,

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 you'll see at the top a little introduction section with what I call five truths

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 that the Bible tells us about relationships.

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 And I'm going to go through those briefly now.

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 First, relationships get damaged.

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 How many people believe that?

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 Probably I don't have to prove that to you.

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 But I will mention that in the book of Genesis,

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 which has the primary theme of beginnings,

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 there is this strong secondary theme of damaged relationships.

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 I think it's true, or at least almost true to say,

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 that every single relationship in Genesis that we read about in any detail got badly damaged.

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 And up on the screen, you'll see a partial list of these relationships,

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 which I think, to me anyway, make very clear that God knows this is true,

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 and he cares deeply about it.

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 The damaged relationship that we'll be focusing on comes at the end of Genesis,

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 and it's about Joseph and his brothers.

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 Now, the second truth about relationships from the Bible is that it's hard work to repair a damaged relationship.

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 But they can be restored with God's help.

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 And here I reference, and on your sheet, you know, you'll see a lot of text,

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 and next to most of them is a Bible reference,

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 and I'm going to put those up on the screen when I'm referring to them.

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 So, it's hard work to maintain and restore relationships.

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 In Ephesians 4.2, we read,

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 Be completely humble and gentle.

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 Be patient, bearing with one another in love.

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 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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 Make every effort.

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 The message is, it's hard work.

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 But we're to do that.

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 By the way, I just remembered something that I had forgotten.

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 And that is that I was hoping to use the youth group Bibles

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 that are sitting in a box in the back room there.

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 Eli would know where they are and if they're still available.

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 But later today, when we look at Genesis,

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 I wanted to encourage all of you to,

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 if you don't have your own Bible, to look on there.

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 Thank you, Ben.

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 All right.

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 So, the third truth about relationships from the Bible.

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 Not that these are the only truths, but these are some.

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 Number three.

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 Restoring damaged relationships is critically important to God's work in the world.

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 We read in John 13, 35, that Jesus said,

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 By this, all men will know that you are my disciples,

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 if you love one another.

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 Now, the implication is that, on the other hand,

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 if Christians are fighting with one another,

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 are not getting along with one another,

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 if their love isn't showing,

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 people will doubt that we are disciples of Jesus.

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 And I think in the United States today,

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 we see that in a big way.

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 People outside the church,

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 people who wouldn't call themselves Christians,

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 typically, so the polls show,

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 look at Christians and think,

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 they're unloving,

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 and they're not really following Jesus.

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 Which has a terrible negative effect

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 on what God wants to do through us.

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 So, good relationships between Christians

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 and people in general are important to God's work.

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 Fourth truth.

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 God's goal for us in our relationship

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 when they get damaged

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 is not just that the anger and hostility ends.

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 God's goal is that we have good relationships

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 with one another.

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 Colossians 3, 12 and following.

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 Therefore, as God's chosen people,

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 holy and dearly loved,

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 clothe yourselves with compassion,

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 kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

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 Bear with each other

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 and forgive whatever grievances

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 you have against one another.

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 Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

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 And over all these virtues put on love,

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 which binds them all together

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 in perfect unity.

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 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,

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 since as members of one body,

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 you were called to peace.

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 A lot of words there.

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 But if you can form a picture

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 of what the church and our relationships

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 would be like if we obeyed that,

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 it is a beautiful thing.

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 Something to be greatly treasured

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 and worth working hard for.

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 The fifth point.

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 Restoring damaged relationships

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 is usually a process.

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 Now, there may be those times

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 when, let's say,

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 you get hurt by somebody else

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 that you've had a good relationship with

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 and you get angry

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 and there may be times when,

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 you know, very quickly,

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 all of a sudden, problem solved,

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 it's over with,

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 good relationship again.

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 But,

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 I believe both experience

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 and the Bible

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 indicate that that's not

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 the way things usually work.

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 Usually, restoring a badly damaged relationship

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 is a process.

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 We'll see, I believe,

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 good evidence for that

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 in the Bible as we go along.

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 But I think also,

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 in Genesis 37 through 50,

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 the story of Joseph and his brothers,

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 we see how that gets played out

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 as a long-term process of restoration.

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 Now, the Bible says a lot about relationships,

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 how they get damaged,

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 how they can be fixed.

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 I think one way

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 to summarize

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 what the Bible teaches

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 is that restoring relationships

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 is a process

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 that can be described

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 in four steps.

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 Not the only way

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 to, you know,

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 summarize the Bible's teaching,

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 but I think this is

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 a good way.

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 On your sheet,

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 and the front side

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 that we're looking at

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 is the one that starts

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 with restoring damaged relationships,

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 not the one that says

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 step three on the back.

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 But right here,

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 you have

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 what I call

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 four steps

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 to

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 restoring damaged relationships.

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 And you can read those,

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 but what I want to do now

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 is

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 try and explain

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 briefly

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 what I mean by them,

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 making reference back

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 to the story

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 I told at the beginning

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 about

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 John and Rachel.

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 John was

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 deeply hurt

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 and then angered

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 by what Rachel told him.

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 But it seems

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 that fairly quickly

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 he got over his anger.

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 And that's what I mean

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 by renouncing anger.

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 You know,

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 letting go of it

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 so that you're not

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 angry with

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 the person who hurt you

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 anymore.

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 And then

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 it seems

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 that instead of

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 focusing on

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 the hurt

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 and anger

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 that he was feeling,

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 he started thinking

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 about Rachel

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 and all that

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 she was going through.

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 And I would

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 describe that

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 as responding

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 in love.

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 He really starts

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 to care about

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 the person

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 who hurt him.

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 Now,

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 I don't think

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 that was

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 the total approach

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 he took

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 was wise,

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 but at least

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 I believe

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 he was responding

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 in love.

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 What's wrong

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 with that approach

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 is that

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 if he isn't

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 going to do

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 anything else

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 but just

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 forgive and forget,

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 he's not going

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 to get to

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 what I call

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 reconciliation.

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 By which I mean

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 things are discussed.

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 There's good

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 communication.

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 People come

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 to an agreement

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 on the truth.

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 And where there's

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 a need

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 for somebody

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 to ask forgiveness

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 and for forgiveness

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 to be granted,

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 there's an opportunity

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 for that to be done.

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 Now,

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 if that doesn't

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 get done,

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 the hurt

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 of the past

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 is probably

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 going to continue

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 into the future

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 in a form

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 of lack

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 of trust.

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 This person

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 hurt me before.

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 You know,

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 why should I believe

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 the future

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 should be any different?

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 The person's

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 probably going

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 to hurt me again.

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 So,

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 in the case

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 of John,

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 Rachel,

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 you know,

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 if John just

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 forgives and forgets,

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 Rachel's probably

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 going to continue

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 to think

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 John doesn't care

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 about the family

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 anymore.

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 He thinks,

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 you know,

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 he's too good

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 for us now.

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 And so she

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 certainly isn't

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 going to trust

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 him to act

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 in the best way

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 towards her

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 and the rest

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 of the family.

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 So,

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 these are

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 four steps

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 that often

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 are worked

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 through in the

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 order that

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 you have them

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 there.

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 During this

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 study,

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 today in the

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 next three weeks,

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 this is my

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 hope and goal,

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 that as we

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 look at what

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 the Bible says,

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 we'll come to

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 understand more

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 about relationships,

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 how they get

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 damaged,

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 how God

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 wants to work

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 with us and

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 through us

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 to restore

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 them.

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 But I also

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 want us

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 to work

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 together

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 to

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 help each

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 other

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 apply

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 the truths

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 that we

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 read.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly

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 Father,

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 we are

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 broken people

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 who have

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 broken

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 relationships.

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 We ask

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 that you

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 will give

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 us a

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 picture

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 of what

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 you want

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 those

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 relationships

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 to be

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 in the

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 future.

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 May we

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 see the

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 love

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 and the

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 joy

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 that you

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 desire

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 us and

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 others to

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 have.

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 We ask

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 that you'll

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 bring conviction

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 where you

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 want us to

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 change,

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 that you'll

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 give us

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 hope,

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 that you

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 will enable

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 us to

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 change.

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 help us

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 obey you

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 so that we

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 may experience

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 your peace,

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 love,

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 and joy.

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 That the

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 name of

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 Jesus may

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 be praised.

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 Amen.

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 that.

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 Now,

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 at this

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 point,

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 I'll just

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 invite you

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 to do two

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 things if you

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 can.

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 One,

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 get a

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 handout if

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 you haven't

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 gotten one

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 yet,

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 and we're

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 going to be

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 looking in

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 a moment

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 at this

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 section

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 about

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 Jacob

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 and his

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 family.

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 And also,

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 if you don't

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 have a

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 Bible,

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 then how

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 do we

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 do our

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 Bibles?

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 We have

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 many,

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 and hopefully

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 they're the

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 ones I'm

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 imagining,

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 but if not,

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 probably close

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 enough.

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 I'd like you

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 to turn to

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 Genesis 37,

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 and we're

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 going to

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 begin by

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 reading verses

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 3 through

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 11.

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 If you're

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 using the

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 Bible,

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 I think you

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 have,

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 you'll find

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 this on

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 page 31.

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 Somebody,

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 if you find

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 that's true,

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 let me know.

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 If it's not

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 true,

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 you can also

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 let me know.

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 But,

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 Genesis chapter

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 37,

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 and we'll

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 start with

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 verse 1.

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 But,

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 as you

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 turn there,

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 let me just

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 give you a

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 little bit of

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 background.

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 Jacob,

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 one of the

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 main people

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 in this

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 story,

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 it's mentioned

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 over here,

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 Jacob also

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 has the name

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 Israel,

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 and he's

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 called by

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 both names

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 in this

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 text,

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 but they

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 both refer

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 to the same

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 people.

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 Now,

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 Jacob was

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 the grandson

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 of Abraham

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 and the

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 son of

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 Isaac,

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 part of

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 the family

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 that God

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 picked to

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 reveal himself

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 to the

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 world.

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 So,

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 they have a

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 special part

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 in God's

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 plan.

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 But,

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 as we'll

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 see,

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 that didn't

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 guarantee that

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 they were

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 necessarily

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 very godly

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 people.

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 people.

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 This chart

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 describes

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 Jacob's

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 family.

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 He had

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 what we

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 might call

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 two first

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 class wives,

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 Leah and

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 Rachel.

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 children.

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 But then

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 he had

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 what we

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 might call

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 two second

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 class wives,

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 Bilhah,

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 Rachel's

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 servant

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 originally,

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 and Zilpah,

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 Leah's

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 servant.

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 And between

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 the four of

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 them,

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 he had

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 twelve

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 sons,

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 and they're

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 listed there

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 underneath

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 their mother,

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 and the

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 number there

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 is their

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 birth order,

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 as it

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 turns out.

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 Now,

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.839
 this is a

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 great recipe

00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:29.200
 for a

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:30.059
 dysfunctional

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.500
 family.

00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:32.620
 And that

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 is what

00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:34.680
 we see

00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:36.000
 happen for

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:37.180
 the marriage

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.660
 setup and

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 for other

00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:38.400
 reasons,

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 too.

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 But even

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 in a family

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 such as

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 this,

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 there were

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 certain

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 expectations.

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 And one

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 is that

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 the oldest

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 son would

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 become the

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.660
 leader of

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 the family

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 when dad

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 died.

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 And the

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 oldest son

00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:53.400
 would also

00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:54.620
 inherit a

00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:55.699
 greater share

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 of whatever

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 inheritance

00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:58.479
 the father

00:18:58.479 --> 00:18:59.179
 passed on

00:18:59.179 --> 00:19:00.159
 to his

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 sons.

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.439
 However,

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:03.139
 in this

00:19:03.139 --> 00:19:03.839
 family

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.599
 situation,

00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:06.719
 which the

00:19:06.719 --> 00:19:07.239
 other brothers

00:19:07.239 --> 00:19:07.639
 wouldn't have

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 liked,

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 but they

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 would have

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 gone along

00:19:08.959 --> 00:19:09.299
 with it

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 because,

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.019
 you know,

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 that's

00:19:10.459 --> 00:19:11.219
 tradition,

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 that's what

00:19:11.699 --> 00:19:12.799
 we have

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.119
 to live

00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:13.379
 with.

00:19:13.979 --> 00:19:14.519
 But a

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.000
 complicating

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.679
 factor was

00:19:15.679 --> 00:19:18.459
 that Jacob

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 had a

00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:19.879
 favorite

00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:21.459
 son who

00:19:21.459 --> 00:19:21.779
 he loved

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.319
 more than

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.679
 all the

00:19:22.679 --> 00:19:22.919
 others.

00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.359
 That was

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:24.439
 Joseph.

00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:26.739
 And between

00:19:26.739 --> 00:19:28.239
 that and

00:19:28.239 --> 00:19:30.139
 some

00:19:30.139 --> 00:19:30.919
 shenanigans

00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:32.119
 that Reuben

00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.939
 was involved

00:19:32.939 --> 00:19:33.339
 in,

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:35.659
 it wasn't

00:19:35.659 --> 00:19:37.179
 clear that

00:19:37.179 --> 00:19:39.239
 Reuben was

00:19:39.239 --> 00:19:40.659
 going to be

00:19:40.659 --> 00:19:41.019
 the head of

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.439
 the family

00:19:41.439 --> 00:19:41.739
 in the

00:19:41.739 --> 00:19:42.039
 future.

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:42.719
 You know,

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.479
 maybe Joseph

00:19:43.479 --> 00:19:44.000
 was.

00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:46.119
 And that

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:47.019
 just made

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.459
 things more

00:19:47.459 --> 00:19:48.759
 complicated and

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:50.019
 less happy

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:51.519
 in general.

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 all right,

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 that being

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.740
 said,

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 I'm going

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:56.019
 to start

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:57.059
 reading

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:58.299
 Genesis 37

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:59.500
 with verse

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 1.

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.559
 Jacob lived

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:01.920
 in the

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.480
 land of

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:02.680
 his

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.299
 fathers,

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.480
 that is,

00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.139
 Abraham and

00:20:05.139 --> 00:20:05.420
 Isaac,

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.639
 his father's

00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:07.319
 sojournings

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.839
 in the

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.440
 land of

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.900
 Canaan,

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:09.639
 what we

00:20:09.639 --> 00:20:10.200
 would call

00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.819
 Israel

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.539
 today.

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.559
 And the

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.259
 next phrase,

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.000
 these are

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.759
 the generations

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.539
 of Jacob,

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.000
 may not

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.720
 communicate a

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.180
 lot to

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.400
 us.

00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:20.000
 another

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.720
 translation

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.280
 puts it,

00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:22.019
 I think,

00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:22.720
 helpfully this

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.019
 way.

00:20:23.540 --> 00:20:24.120
 This is an

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:25.100
 account of

00:20:25.100 --> 00:20:25.780
 Jacob's

00:20:25.780 --> 00:20:26.900
 family line.

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:33.019
 And now

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.519
 the second

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.620
 part of

00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:35.380
 verse 2.

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.640
 Joseph,

00:20:37.100 --> 00:20:37.840
 being 17

00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.640
 years old,

00:20:38.780 --> 00:20:39.700
 was pasturing

00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:40.380
 the flock

00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:40.800
 with his

00:20:40.800 --> 00:20:41.180
 brothers.

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.400
 He was

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:44.200
 a boy

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:45.340
 with the

00:20:45.340 --> 00:20:45.900
 sons of

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.540
 Bilhah

00:20:46.540 --> 00:20:47.519
 and Zilpah,

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.660
 his father's

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.060
 wives.

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.440
 And Joseph

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.220
 brought a

00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:52.300
 bad report

00:20:52.300 --> 00:20:53.300
 of them

00:20:53.300 --> 00:20:54.120
 to his

00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:54.480
 father.

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.200
 Now,

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.180
 we don't

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.940
 know whether

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.519
 that bad

00:20:58.519 --> 00:21:00.019
 report was

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:01.500
 warranted

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.080
 or not.

00:21:02.800 --> 00:21:03.820
 And we

00:21:03.820 --> 00:21:04.600
 don't know

00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.759
 in what

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.700
 way Joseph

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.740
 brought the

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.280
 report to

00:21:08.280 --> 00:21:08.700
 his father.

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:10.100
 But,

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.980
 however that

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.360
 be,

00:21:12.780 --> 00:21:13.500
 it certainly

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:15.440
 was not

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.000
 something that

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.480
 the other

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:16.900
 brothers

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.720
 appreciated.

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:21.620
 verse 3.

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.120
 Now,

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:24.000
 Israel,

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.940
 once again,

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:25.720
 same person

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.960
 as Jacob.

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.240
 Israel

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.940
 loved Joseph

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.799
 more than

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:31.860
 any other

00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.279
 of his

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.740
 sons,

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.759
 because he

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.140
 was the

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.680
 son of

00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:35.079
 his old

00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:35.539
 age.

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.960
 And he

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.440
 made him

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.000
 a robe

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.519
 of many

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:38.900
 colors.

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.319
 But,

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.839
 when his

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.680
 brothers saw

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.079
 that their

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.799
 father loved

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.559
 him more

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.700
 than all

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.099
 his

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.559
 brothers,

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.639
 they hated

00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:47.720
 him and

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.319
 could not

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.859
 speak

00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:49.659
 peacefully

00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:50.599
 to him.

00:21:52.679 --> 00:21:53.480
 So,

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:55.079
 Jacob

00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.779
 showed

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.579
 favoritism.

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.960
 That wasn't

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.859
 Joseph's fault.

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.519
 But,

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.480
 it was

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:02.759
 certainly

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.460
 easy for

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:03.940
 the brothers

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:05.019
 to focus

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:06.059
 their unhappiness

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.740
 about it

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:08.440
 on

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.500
 Joseph

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.960
 in

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.399
 anger.

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.919
 Now,

00:22:15.679 --> 00:22:18.220
 it would

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.480
 have been

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:18.980
 wonderful

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:20.519
 at this

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.039
 point if

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.599
 Joseph's

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:22.019
 brothers,

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.159
 feeling this

00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:23.440
 anger,

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:23.779
 said,

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.379
 you know,

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.759
 we should

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.940
 not hold

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.339
 a grudge

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:28.740
 against

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.139
 Joseph.

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.559
 We should

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.039
 love him.

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.240
 You know,

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:31.720
 we should

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.220
 renounce

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.819
 our anger.

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:40.139
 They did

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.799
 not have

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.379
 the benefit

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:42.539
 of the

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.819
 whole

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.220
 Bible.

00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:45.000
 They did

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:46.379
 not have

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:47.039
 the benefit

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:48.220
 of understanding

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:49.559
 the joy

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.240
 of forgiveness

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.240
 through faith

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.899
 in Jesus,

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.679
 nor the

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.240
 fullness of

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.559
 the Holy

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.000
 Spirit,

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:56.399
 nor a

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:57.220
 greater church

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.980
 around them

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.639
 to help

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:58.899
 them.

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.200
 So,

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.359
 and plus,

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.879
 there's no

00:23:01.879 --> 00:23:02.599
 indication they

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.240
 were particularly

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:04.299
 godly people,

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.500
 even though

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.980
 they were in

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.579
 this special

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.319
 family that

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.699
 God was

00:23:07.699 --> 00:23:08.259
 working with.

00:23:11.459 --> 00:23:12.459
 We do

00:23:12.459 --> 00:23:13.099
 have those

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.980
 other benefits

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.480
 today,

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.000
 and even

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.659
 so,

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.659
 it's hard

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.539
 for us

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:19.339
 to react

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.779
 as God

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.359
 wants us

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.039
 to in a

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.399
 similar

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:22.199
 situation.

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:22.980
 But,

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.019
 with God's

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.259
 help,

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.579
 we can.

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.579
 And,

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.259
 so,

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.939
 in a situation

00:23:27.939 --> 00:23:28.559
 like that,

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.899
 first thing,

00:23:30.679 --> 00:23:31.399
 renounce

00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:32.219
 anger.

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:40.139
 But,

00:23:40.219 --> 00:23:40.679
 they didn't.

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.599
 Alright,

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.179
 let's read

00:23:42.179 --> 00:23:42.519
 on.

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.219
 Not only

00:23:46.219 --> 00:23:46.559
 did they

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.539
 not renounce

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.799
 anger,

00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:48.379
 but at this

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:48.659
 point,

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.119
 we read

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.759
 that Joseph

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:51.179
 added fuel

00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:51.779
 to their

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.579
 simmering,

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.899
 angry fire.

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:56.320
 Now,

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:57.120
 Joseph had

00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:57.640
 a dream,

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.440
 and when

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.960
 he told

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.300
 it to

00:23:59.300 --> 00:23:59.640
 them,

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.980
 he said

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.320
 to them,

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.860
 hear this

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.980
 dream that

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.560
 I had.

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.380
 Yeah,

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.540
 suddenly my

00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:11.180
 glasses don't

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.620
 seem to be

00:24:11.620 --> 00:24:12.200
 working well.

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:12.560
 But,

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.519
 I,

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.240
 here we go.

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.920
 Hear this

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.519
 dream that I

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.880
 dreamed.

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.520
 behold,

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.180
 we were

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.400
 binding

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.880
 sheaves

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.220
 in the

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.560
 field,

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.840
 and behold,

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.640
 my sheave

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.120
 arose

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:24.160
 and stood

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.600
 upright,

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.920
 and behold,

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.920
 your sheaves

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.840
 gathered around

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.780
 it and bowed

00:24:28.780 --> 00:24:29.540
 down to my

00:24:29.540 --> 00:24:29.940
 sheave.

00:24:30.580 --> 00:24:31.420
 His brother

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.080
 said to him,

00:24:32.540 --> 00:24:33.380
 are you

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:33.840
 indeed

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.800
 to reign

00:24:34.800 --> 00:24:35.440
 over us,

00:24:35.780 --> 00:24:36.940
 or are you

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.480
 indeed

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.620
 to rule

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.380
 over us?

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:41.740
 imagine

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.720
 negative

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.160
 tone of

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.500
 voice.

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.780
 So,

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.360
 they hated

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:47.020
 him even

00:24:47.020 --> 00:24:47.880
 more for

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.660
 his dreams

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.180
 and for

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.840
 his words.

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.780
 Then he

00:24:51.780 --> 00:24:52.280
 dreamed

00:24:52.280 --> 00:24:53.420
 another dream

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.060
 and told

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.560
 it to his

00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:55.580
 brothers and

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:55.900
 said,

00:24:56.800 --> 00:24:57.760
 behold,

00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:58.780
 I have

00:24:58.780 --> 00:24:59.380
 dreamed another

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.860
 dream.

00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:01.020
 Behold,

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.840
 the sun,

00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:02.640
 the moon,

00:25:02.780 --> 00:25:03.260
 and eleven

00:25:03.260 --> 00:25:04.060
 stars were

00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:04.740
 bowing down

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.160
 to me.

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.680
 But when

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.300
 he told it

00:25:07.300 --> 00:25:07.940
 to his

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.720
 father and

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.040
 to his

00:25:09.040 --> 00:25:09.360
 brothers,

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.320
 his father

00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:11.080
 rebuked him

00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:11.820
 and said

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.120
 to him,

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.300
 what is

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:13.940
 this dream

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.300
 that you

00:25:14.300 --> 00:25:15.060
 have dreamed?

00:25:15.780 --> 00:25:16.600
 Shall I

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.020
 and your

00:25:17.020 --> 00:25:17.820
 mother and

00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.440
 your brothers

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.400
 indeed come

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.900
 and bow

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.600
 ourselves down

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.100
 to the ground

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:21.780
 before you?

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:23.380
 And the

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.060
 brothers were

00:25:24.060 --> 00:25:24.720
 jealous of

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:24.980
 him,

00:25:25.540 --> 00:25:26.000
 but his

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:27.420
 father kept

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.160
 this saying

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.880
 in mind.

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:30.740
 Now,

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.480
 when Joseph

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.200
 told this

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.620
 dream,

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:34.160
 he was at

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.780
 least seventeen

00:25:34.780 --> 00:25:35.600
 years old

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:37.080
 and

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:39.360
 he was

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.099
 a smart

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.459
 young man.

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.899
 I think

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.339
 those things

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.799
 are clear.

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.779
 I also

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.919
 think that

00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:47.479
 he was a

00:25:47.479 --> 00:25:48.119
 spoiled

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:49.419
 teenager

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:51.019
 and was

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.839
 acting like

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.319
 a jerk.

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.039
 So,

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.699
 we could

00:25:55.699 --> 00:25:56.179
 say,

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.719
 yeah,

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.879
 his

00:25:58.879 --> 00:26:00.439
 brothers had

00:26:00.439 --> 00:26:01.339
 good reason

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.740
 to be angry

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.240
 with him.

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:07.940
 and they

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.920
 stayed angry

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:10.039
 and

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.720
 eventually

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.539
 their

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.079
 anger

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.980
 turned

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.599
 violent.

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:20.339
 As I've

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.000
 said before,

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.559
 we,

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.579
 by God's

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.039
 grace,

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.880
 have a lot

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.640
 more resources

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.240
 than they

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.960
 had to

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.319
 deal

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.940
 properly

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.380
 with

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.720
 damaged

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.559
 relationships.

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:28.679
 relationships.

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.679
 So,

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.379
 let's look

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:33.299
 first at

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.899
 what the

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.779
 Bible says

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.379
 we should

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:35.940
 do in

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.519
 a situation

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.240
 like this.

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.460
 And,

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:38.839
 so,

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.240
 at this

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:39.639
 point,

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:41.940
 we're

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.319
 looking at

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.179
 step one

00:26:44.179 --> 00:26:44.879
 in restoring

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:45.379
 damaged

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.279
 relationships,

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.899
 renouncing

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.519
 anger.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.500
 And,

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:52.139
 what I call

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.799
 step one

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.659
 here is

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:55.079
 acknowledging

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:56.259
 that God

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.659
 doesn't want

00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:57.220
 me to stay

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.900
 angry even

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.360
 if somebody

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.039
 really has

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.900
 hurt me.

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.539
 He does

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.880
 not want

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.100
 me to

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.620
 stay angry

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.039
 with this

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.740
 person.

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.400
 And,

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:05.100
 let's

00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:06.240
 see here,

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.940
 the

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.819
 reference I

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.620
 give is

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.240
 Ephesians

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.740
 4,

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:13.440
 26-27,

00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:14.900
 which is

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.420
 up on the

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.819
 screen.

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.180
 It reads,

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.220
 be angry

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.400
 and do

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:20.059
 not sin.

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.519
 Do not

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.100
 let the

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.480
 sun go

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.980
 down on

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.539
 your anger

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.500
 and give

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.660
 no opportunity

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.640
 to the

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:26.920
 devil.

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:29.240
 that

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.720
 phrase,

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.160
 don't let

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.539
 the sun

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.059
 go down

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.519
 on your

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.140
 anger,

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:33.559
 it was

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.839
 a,

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.259
 I think,

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.660
 putting it

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.600
 in our

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:39.140
 context today,

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:39.720
 it would be

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.259
 something like

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.620
 this.

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.039
 Don't stay

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.700
 angry with

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.380
 somebody for

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:43.839
 more than

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.120
 a few

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.559
 days.

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:48.380
 When you're

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.880
 hurt,

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.620
 it's normal

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.519
 and not

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.019
 necessarily

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.440
 sinful to

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.240
 respond in

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.620
 anger.

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.180
 Jesus was

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.940
 angry at

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.380
 times.

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.620
 But

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:02.279
 staying

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.660
 angry with

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.200
 somebody

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.460
 is a

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:05.700
 sin.

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.779
 And the

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.160
 implication

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.960
 here is

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.460
 that if

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.820
 you stay

00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:12.440
 angry with

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.759
 somebody,

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.100
 you're

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:13.740
 inviting

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.519
 Satan to

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.000
 come into

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.600
 your life

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.920
 and stay

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.960
 there and

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.740
 continue

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:21.100
 to make

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.599
 your

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.419
 relationships

00:28:22.419 --> 00:28:24.579
 bad.

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.699
 So,

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:28.779
 first thing

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.419
 to do

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.019
 is,

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.079
 if you

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.019
 find yourself

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.859
 hurt and

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:34.099
 angry and

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.559
 you're staying

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:34.980
 angry,

00:28:35.199 --> 00:28:35.639
 to realize,

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.000
 ah,

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.139
 this is not

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.579
 what God

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.019
 wants,

00:28:38.719 --> 00:28:39.740
 and to

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.219
 pray and

00:28:40.219 --> 00:28:40.480
 commit

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.919
 yourself to

00:28:41.919 --> 00:28:44.480
 not staying

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.980
 angry with

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.459
 this person.

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:47.140
 now,

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.400
 at this

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:48.680
 point,

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.120
 I think

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.380
 it would

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:50.240
 be good

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.660
 to do

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.100
 a little

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:51.860
 reality

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.319
 check.

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.500
 So,

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:57.039
 let me

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.660
 ask this,

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.920
 or ask

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.279
 you to

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.660
 raise your

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:01.900
 hand,

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.319
 if this

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.660
 is true

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.039
 of you.

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.539
 At

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.920
 some time

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.180
 in the

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.559
 past,

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:05.920
 have you

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:07.000
 been really

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.480
 hurt by

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.960
 somebody,

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:08.799
 gotten

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.460
 angry with

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.680
 them,

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:11.039
 and stayed

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.860
 angry with

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.539
 them for a

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.059
 few days

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.759
 or longer?

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:15.879
 if that's

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.359
 happened to

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.700
 you,

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.299
 as it's

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.779
 happened to

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.099
 me,

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.779
 I invite you

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.259
 to raise

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.779
 your hand.

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.400
 Now,

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:21.680
 there may

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.019
 be some

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.440
 of us

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.059
 who haven't

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.619
 experienced

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:23.980
 that.

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.500
 If not,

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.920
 if you

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.299
 live very

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.660
 long,

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.299
 most likely

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:29.019
 it will

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.480
 happen,

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:29.779
 but,

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.460
 you know,

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.960
 some of us

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.319
 are more

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.940
 angry people

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.539
 than others,

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.339
 and some

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:35.019
 people stay

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.319
 more angry

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.960
 than others.

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.259
 But,

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.900
 whether you've

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.500
 experienced it

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.859
 or not,

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.759
 here's another

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.180
 question.

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.980
 Let's say

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.379
 you find

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.860
 yourself

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.680
 in that

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.260
 situation.

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.160
 Maybe you're

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.740
 in it now,

00:29:47.020 --> 00:29:47.800
 maybe in

00:29:47.800 --> 00:29:48.300
 the future,

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:51.000
 you feel

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.520
 the conviction

00:29:51.520 --> 00:29:52.120
 of God,

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.300
 I should

00:29:54.300 --> 00:29:55.580
 renounce

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.120
 this anger,

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.080
 it should,

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:57.960
 you know,

00:29:58.040 --> 00:29:59.180
 be wiped

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.680
 out of my

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.000
 life,

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:01.280
 and you pray

00:30:01.280 --> 00:30:01.860
 about it,

00:30:02.260 --> 00:30:02.940
 and you say,

00:30:03.020 --> 00:30:03.300
 Lord,

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.680
 help me

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.420
 release this

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:05.680
 anger.

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.180
 Do you

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.560
 think

00:30:08.560 --> 00:30:10.060
 that that

00:30:10.060 --> 00:30:10.440
 will,

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.020
 by itself,

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.480
 solve the

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.800
 problem?

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:14.700
 If you

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.180
 think that

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:16.300
 will likely

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:16.740
 for you

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.200
 solve the

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.580
 problem,

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.760
 raise your

00:30:18.760 --> 00:30:19.040
 hand.

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.360
 If you

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.200
 think,

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:23.600
 ah,

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.140
 that may

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.700
 not solve

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.100
 the problem

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:25.560
 just by

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:25.980
 itself,

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.760
 raise your

00:30:26.760 --> 00:30:27.060
 hand,

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.920
 and here

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:29.160
 I raise

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.740
 my hand.

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.300
 You probably

00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:32.980
 know that

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.700
 just because

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.440
 you decide

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.000
 you're going

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.280
 to do

00:30:35.280 --> 00:30:35.720
 something,

00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:36.500
 doesn't mean

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.900
 it's

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.980
 automatically

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.340
 going to

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.640
 happen.

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:38.700
 sin.

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.740
 A child

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.400
 may decide

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.720
 they're going

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.020
 to become

00:30:41.020 --> 00:30:41.840
 a veterinarian,

00:30:42.280 --> 00:30:42.740
 but that

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.580
 decision in

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:44.800
 itself will

00:30:44.800 --> 00:30:45.320
 not bring

00:30:45.320 --> 00:30:45.920
 that to

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.400
 pass.

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.500
 And many

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.240
 of us have

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.920
 experienced

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.360
 this.

00:30:50.520 --> 00:30:50.960
 We've been

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.640
 convicted of

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:51.980
 sin,

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:55.420
 we pray,

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.180
 confess it

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.740
 to God,

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.960
 ask him to

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:59.500
 help us

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:01.140
 have victory

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:02.020
 over that

00:31:02.020 --> 00:31:02.340
 sin,

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:04.660
 and have

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.360
 found that

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:07.339
 we continue

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.839
 to do

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.179
 it.

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.419
 Now,

00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:14.740
 if you've

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.179
 experienced

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:15.699
 that,

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.879
 and gotten

00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:17.519
 discouraged,

00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:19.399
 be encouraged,

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:22.719
 because of

00:31:22.719 --> 00:31:23.399
 two things.

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.240
 These are

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.719
 not on your

00:31:25.719 --> 00:31:25.979
 sheet,

00:31:26.199 --> 00:31:28.779
 but one,

00:31:29.479 --> 00:31:30.479
 God has

00:31:30.479 --> 00:31:31.199
 given us

00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:32.219
 everything

00:31:32.219 --> 00:31:33.699
 we need

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:35.400
 to have

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:35.759
 victory

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.440
 over sin,

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.600
 and

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:40.480
 to get

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.819
 rid of

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.480
 the sin

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.759
 in our

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.200
 life.

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:47.600
 By the

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:47.740
 way,

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.400
 this reference

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.319
 is now

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.720
 on your

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.019
 sheet,

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.420
 but it's

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.940
 up here

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.240
 after point

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.039
 number five,

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:54.160
 if you

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.539
 want to

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.059
 look at

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.440
 it in

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.840
 the future.

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.340
 So,

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:59.220
 2 Peter 1,

00:31:59.460 --> 00:31:59.960
 starting with

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.600
 verse 3,

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.019
 God's

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.980
 divine power

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.720
 has granted

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.579
 to us

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.599
 all things

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.420
 that pertain

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.019
 to life

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.759
 and godliness,

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.799
 through the

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.400
 knowledge of

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.180
 him who

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:11.000
 called us

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.980
 to his

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.799
 own glory

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.819
 and excellence,

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.339
 by which

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.259
 he has

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.839
 granted to

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.259
 us his

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.720
 precious

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.400
 and very

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:18.920
 great

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.519
 promises,

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.720
 so that

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.440
 through them

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.299
 you may

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.660
 become

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.360
 partakers

00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:23.860
 of the

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.220
 divine

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.680
 nature,

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.500
 having

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.180
 escaped

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.700
 from the

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.160
 corruption

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:28.180
 that is

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.559
 in the

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:28.900
 world

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.559
 because

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.279
 of sinful

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.880
 desire.

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:34.280
 I find

00:32:34.280 --> 00:32:34.640
 that

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.680
 an amazing

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:37.140
 and

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:38.800
 encouraging

00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:39.640
 statement.

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.760
 God will

00:32:40.760 --> 00:32:41.200
 give us

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.660
 what we

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.020
 need.

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.180
 Secondly,

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:46.740
 God knows

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:48.040
 that in

00:32:48.040 --> 00:32:48.340
 the way

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:48.620
 he's

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:49.040
 ordained

00:32:49.040 --> 00:32:49.620
 things,

00:32:50.780 --> 00:32:51.680
 if we've

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.520
 had habitual

00:32:52.520 --> 00:32:53.260
 sin,

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:54.560
 getting

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:55.260
 victory

00:32:55.260 --> 00:32:56.300
 over sin

00:32:56.300 --> 00:32:57.260
 is usually

00:32:57.260 --> 00:32:58.380
 a process

00:32:58.380 --> 00:33:00.180
 by which

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:01.680
 God

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.180
 through

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.980
 his

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.460
 work

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:05.340
 over

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.860
 time

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.280
 pushes

00:33:06.280 --> 00:33:06.680
 out

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:06.900
 the

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.120
 old

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.520
 habit

00:33:07.520 --> 00:33:08.180
 and

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.700
 replaces

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.100
 it

00:33:09.100 --> 00:33:09.600
 with

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:09.820
 the

00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:10.180
 new

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.840
 habit

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.340
 that

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.580
 God

00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:11.900
 wants

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.060
 us

00:33:12.060 --> 00:33:12.200
 to

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.520
 have.

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.340
 If

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.480
 you

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.920
 continue

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.360
 reading

00:33:14.360 --> 00:33:14.740
 in

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:14.960
 that

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.560
 passage

00:33:15.560 --> 00:33:17.420
 5

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.680
 through

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.000
 verses

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.500
 11,

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:18.920
 this

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.120
 is

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.740
 very

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.380
 clear

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.660
 that

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:20.840
 it

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.060
 is

00:33:21.060 --> 00:33:21.340
 a

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:22.320
 process

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.220
 by

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.839
 which

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:25.339
 God

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:28.339
 removes

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.960
 the sin

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.259
 in our

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.779
 lives

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.899
 and replaces

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.319
 it

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:32.279
 with his

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.779
 character,

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.419
 the character

00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:33.960
 of Jesus.

00:33:35.679 --> 00:33:36.539
 And in

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.099
 addition to

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.639
 that general

00:33:37.639 --> 00:33:38.019
 teaching,

00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:38.579
 the Bible

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.539
 is full

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.200
 of

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.119
 information

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.519
 about

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.500
 the steps

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.579
 that

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:45.079
 we

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:46.579
 can take

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.179
 in the

00:33:47.179 --> 00:33:47.740
 process

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.619
 to experience

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:48.939
 that.

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:50.200
 And

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.500
 so

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:53.299
 right now

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.900
 we're going

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.380
 to

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.259
 continue

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:56.380
 looking

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:56.880
 at

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.539
 what I'm

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.860
 calling

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.860
 for the

00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.400
 big picture

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.140
 step one,

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:00.860
 renouncing

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.220
 anger,

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.140
 but

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:03.519
 sub-steps

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:05.180
 in that.

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:06.200
 So the

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.640
 first one

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.380
 is to

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.960
 recognize

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.340
 ah,

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.000
 you know,

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.619
 this is not

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:09.980
 what God

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.380
 wants

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.840
 and ask

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.360
 for his

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.639
 help

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.440
 in

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.599
 renouncing

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:14.960
 anger.

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.400
 The

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.679
 second

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.200
 step

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.480
 that I

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.839
 mentioned

00:34:19.839 --> 00:34:20.899
 there is

00:34:20.899 --> 00:34:21.460
 don't

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.099
 replay

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:23.579
 the

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:23.980
 negative

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.639
 past.

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.119
 So

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:30.439
 let's

00:34:30.439 --> 00:34:30.839
 say

00:34:30.839 --> 00:34:32.659
 somebody's

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:32.859
 hurt

00:34:32.859 --> 00:34:33.139
 you

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:35.579
 and

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.859
 you know,

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.159
 you're going

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.599
 about your

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.239
 daily business

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:38.799
 and

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:40.259
 you remember

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:41.359
 the event.

00:34:42.939 --> 00:34:43.699
 Here are

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.299
 two choices

00:34:44.299 --> 00:34:44.960
 that you

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.239
 have.

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:45.639
 One,

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:46.699
 you can

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.159
 go over

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.359
 it.

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:48.099
 You know,

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.440
 you can

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.780
 kind of

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.559
 put in

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.340
 that mental

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.900
 video

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:52.440
 you have

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.920
 of what

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.500
 that person

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.920
 did to

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.140
 you.

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.200
 And as

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:57.059
 you replay

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.400
 it,

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.740
 you know,

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.599
 experience

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.480
 the hurt

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.120
 and anger

00:35:00.120 --> 00:35:01.079
 all over

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.519
 again.

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.200
 And as

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:03.559
 you do

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:03.900
 that,

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.700
 you may

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.500
 experience

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.160
 a certain

00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:07.460
 devious

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.300
 delight

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:09.559
 of righteous

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.099
 anger.

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.700
 Oh,

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.780
 I have

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.700
 been wrong.

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:13.820
 That is

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.280
 terrible.

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:18.440
 And it's

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.200
 easy to

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:19.820
 do that

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.660
 again

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:22.060
 and again

00:35:22.060 --> 00:35:23.320
 and again.

00:35:26.540 --> 00:35:27.440
 But

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.540
 what

00:35:28.540 --> 00:35:29.380
 God

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.740
 says

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.820
 to do

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:32.080
 is

00:35:32.080 --> 00:35:33.560
 as we

00:35:33.560 --> 00:35:36.040
 read

00:35:36.040 --> 00:35:36.300
 in

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:37.120
 1 Corinthians

00:35:37.120 --> 00:35:37.900
 13,

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:40.240
 I think

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:41.059
 it speaks

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.880
 to this

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.740
 point.

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.639
 Love

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.820
 keeps

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.260
 no

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.800
 record

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:50.180
 of wrongs.

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.460
 It doesn't

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.099
 hold on to

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.720
 that mental

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.200
 video.

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.740
 You know,

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.119
 it doesn't

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.820
 keep it

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:56.480
 right there

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.139
 ready to

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.680
 play

00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:58.660
 again

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.519
 and again.

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:01.679
 love

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.259
 does not

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.679
 delight

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.280
 in evil.

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.159
 You know,

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:05.599
 it doesn't

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:05.940
 make a

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.420
 practice

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.659
 of,

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.320
 oh yeah,

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:07.920
 that's

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.239
 what that

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:08.579
 person

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:08.980
 did to

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.139
 me.

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.059
 Get

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.259
 the

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:10.679
 adrenaline

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.179
 going

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.739
 again.

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.699
 No.

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.920
 So

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.460
 instead

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.500
 of when

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.840
 that

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.579
 event,

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.559
 that hurt

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.480
 comes to

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.860
 mind,

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.840
 instead

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:24.199
 of replaying

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.780
 the negative

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:25.340
 paths,

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.820
 you could

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.559
 choose,

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:28.420
 with God's

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.659
 help,

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.440
 to

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.319
 practice

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.739
 step

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.299
 four

00:36:31.299 --> 00:36:31.659
 or

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.239
 five.

00:36:33.799 --> 00:36:34.420
 But

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.000
 before we

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.379
 get to

00:36:35.379 --> 00:36:35.799
 those

00:36:35.799 --> 00:36:36.099
 and

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.779
 to

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:41.179
 step

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.719
 three,

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.500
 let's

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.139
 go back

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:44.859
 to our

00:36:44.859 --> 00:36:45.539
 Bible

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.119
 text.

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:51.039
 And

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:52.179
 we

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.639
 read

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:52.920
 in

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.319
 Genesis

00:36:53.319 --> 00:36:54.599
 37,

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:56.379
 12

00:36:56.379 --> 00:36:56.940
 through

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.599
 17,

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.619
 that

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:58.960
 Joseph

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.420
 was at

00:36:59.420 --> 00:36:59.839
 home.

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:02.019
 His

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.480
 brothers,

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:03.079
 it seems

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.960
 maybe all

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.199
 his

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.639
 brothers,

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:05.099
 except

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.719
 for his

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:05.960
 full

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.360
 brother

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.940
 and the

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.179
 youngest

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.500
 brother

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.920
 Benjamin,

00:37:08.339 --> 00:37:09.599
 were out

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.159
 a ways

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.739
 from home

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.699
 taking care

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:11.980
 of the

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.259
 family

00:37:12.259 --> 00:37:12.599
 sheep,

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.039
 the

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.480
 flocks.

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:14.819
 And

00:37:14.819 --> 00:37:15.739
 their

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.179
 father,

00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:17.000
 Jacob,

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.380
 wanted to

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.679
 know how

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.139
 they were,

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:19.539
 so he

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.460
 sends

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.880
 Joseph

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:21.839
 out to

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:22.259
 find them

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.619
 and check

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.039
 on them.

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:24.279
 And then

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.800
 we come

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.619
 to verse

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.519
 18.

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.679
 The

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.139
 brothers

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.920
 saw him

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.619
 from afar

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.860
 and before

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.380
 he came

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:32.840
 near to

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.179
 them,

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.860
 they conspired

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.519
 against him

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.000
 to kill

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.279
 him.

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.320
 They

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:37.699
 said to

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.159
 one another,

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.119
 here

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:40.099
 comes this

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.659
 dreamer,

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.539
 come

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:41.900
 now,

00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:42.639
 let us

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.159
 kill him

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.559
 and throw

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.079
 him into

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.420
 one of

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.900
 the pits.

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:45.920
 Then

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.279
 we will

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:46.719
 say that

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.199
 a fierce

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.739
 animal

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.500
 has

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.019
 devoured

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.320
 him

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:51.680
 and we

00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:52.580
 will see

00:37:52.580 --> 00:37:53.940
 what

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:55.480
 becomes

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.019
 of his

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.680
 dreams.

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.120
 But

00:37:59.120 --> 00:37:59.360
 when

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.600
 Reuben

00:37:59.600 --> 00:38:00.019
 heard

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.580
 this,

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.960
 he

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.620
 rescued

00:38:02.620 --> 00:38:02.920
 him

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.280
 out of

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.460
 their

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:03.840
 hands

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.240
 saying,

00:38:04.680 --> 00:38:05.100
 let us

00:38:05.100 --> 00:38:05.580
 not take

00:38:05.580 --> 00:38:05.760
 his

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.120
 life.

00:38:06.700 --> 00:38:06.960
 And

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.200
 Reuben

00:38:07.200 --> 00:38:07.640
 said to

00:38:07.640 --> 00:38:07.880
 them,

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.519
 shed

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:08.760
 no

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.180
 blood,

00:38:09.660 --> 00:38:09.820
 throw

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.039
 him

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.300
 into

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:12.920
 this

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.280
 pit

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.640
 here

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:14.280
 in the

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.620
 wilderness,

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.240
 but do

00:38:15.240 --> 00:38:15.660
 not lay

00:38:15.660 --> 00:38:16.180
 a hand

00:38:16.180 --> 00:38:16.760
 on him.

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.660
 That

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.579
 he

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:19.839
 might

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:20.299
 rescue

00:38:20.299 --> 00:38:20.679
 him

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:20.960
 out

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.079
 of

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.239
 their

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.599
 hand

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:21.819
 and

00:38:21.819 --> 00:38:22.259
 restore

00:38:22.259 --> 00:38:22.619
 him

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:22.980
 to

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.179
 his

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.519
 father.

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.619
 Now,

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.420
 it may

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:26.799
 be

00:38:26.799 --> 00:38:27.259
 that

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:27.639
 some

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:28.000
 of

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.480
 Reuben's

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.000
 motivation

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:30.579
 was

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:30.940
 good.

00:38:31.879 --> 00:38:32.319
 Love

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:32.759
 for his

00:38:32.759 --> 00:38:33.159
 father,

00:38:33.859 --> 00:38:34.219
 love

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.819
 for

00:38:34.819 --> 00:38:35.179
 Joseph.

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.299
 But

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:38.559
 it

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:38.879
 may

00:38:38.879 --> 00:38:39.359
 also

00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:39.779
 be

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.139
 that

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.899
 because

00:38:40.899 --> 00:38:41.299
 Reuben

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:41.559
 had

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.000
 offended

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.500
 his

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:42.879
 father

00:38:42.879 --> 00:38:44.739
 and

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.940
 you

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.099
 know,

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.319
 that

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:46.579
 maybe

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:46.899
 threw

00:38:46.899 --> 00:38:47.079
 into

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.559
 question

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.239
 whether

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:48.599
 Reuben

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:48.979
 was

00:38:48.979 --> 00:38:49.359
 going

00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:49.459
 to

00:38:49.459 --> 00:38:49.719
 become

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:49.879
 the

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.000
 head

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.099
 of

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.179
 the

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:50.479
 family.

00:38:50.839 --> 00:38:51.119
 Reuben

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.579
 was

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.099
 looking

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.539
 for

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:52.839
 some

00:38:52.839 --> 00:38:53.059
 way

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.219
 to

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.399
 get

00:38:53.399 --> 00:38:54.039
 back

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.879
 into

00:38:54.879 --> 00:38:55.039
 the

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:55.199
 good

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.539
 graces

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:55.819
 of

00:38:55.819 --> 00:38:55.959
 his

00:38:55.959 --> 00:38:56.259
 father.

00:38:56.939 --> 00:38:57.299
 We

00:38:57.299 --> 00:38:57.539
 don't

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:57.799
 know.

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.119
 But

00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:00.500
 a good

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.000
 result

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.679
 of this,

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:01.939
 whatever

00:39:01.939 --> 00:39:02.519
 the motivation

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.939
 was,

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.599
 is that

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.059
 Joseph

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.519
 was not

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:04.899
 killed

00:39:04.899 --> 00:39:05.939
 at this

00:39:05.939 --> 00:39:06.259
 time.

00:39:08.899 --> 00:39:09.539
 Verse

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.219
 23.

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.659
 So when

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:11.979
 Joseph

00:39:11.979 --> 00:39:12.899
 came to

00:39:12.899 --> 00:39:13.079
 his

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.439
 brothers,

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.439
 they stripped

00:39:14.439 --> 00:39:15.099
 him of

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.699
 his robe,

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:16.699
 the robe

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.099
 of many

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.500
 colors

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:17.819
 that he

00:39:17.819 --> 00:39:18.139
 wore,

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:19.219
 and they

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:19.899
 took him

00:39:19.899 --> 00:39:20.419
 and threw

00:39:20.419 --> 00:39:21.159
 him into

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.639
 a pit.

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.500
 The pit

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:23.099
 was empty

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.679
 and there

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.079
 was no

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.659
 water

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.459
 in it.

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.799
 Joseph

00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:32.179
 was wearing

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:34.039
 the robe

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.619
 of many

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:35.219
 colors.

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:36.179
 The

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:37.599
 obvious

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:40.319
 evidence

00:39:40.319 --> 00:39:41.279
 that he

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.699
 was the

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.059
 favorite,

00:39:42.459 --> 00:39:42.719
 that he

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.159
 was loved

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:44.000
 more than

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.659
 all the

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:45.079
 others.

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:47.079
 was the

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.219
 man.

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:47.599
 That's

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.119
 how it

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.940
 was that

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.119
 they

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.619
 recognized

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.239
 him from

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:50.759
 afar.

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:53.480
 So far

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.079
 away that

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.440
 they had

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:55.519
 time to

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:57.099
 get this

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.639
 conspiracy

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:58.880
 together and

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.619
 also to

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.139
 change it.

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.920
 What a

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:05.340
 nice young

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:05.920
 man Joseph

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.639
 was, not

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.239
 flaunting.

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:08.019
 he

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:09.239
 was the

00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:10.239
 thing.

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.959
 He

00:40:10.959 --> 00:40:13.299
 wasn't that

00:40:13.299 --> 00:40:13.899
 nice or so

00:40:13.899 --> 00:40:14.339
 it appears

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:14.719
 to me.

00:40:15.959 --> 00:40:17.339
 So the

00:40:17.339 --> 00:40:18.339
 anger that

00:40:18.339 --> 00:40:18.939
 had been

00:40:18.939 --> 00:40:20.019
 simmering

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:21.399
 comes out

00:40:21.399 --> 00:40:21.899
 here.

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:23.599
 and what

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:25.320
 was in

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:25.980
 back of

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.139
 the

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.780
 conspiracy,

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:28.000
 they saw

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:28.579
 the robe

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.000
 of many

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:30.380
 colors and

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:31.400
 they replayed

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.880
 the negative

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.500
 past.

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:33.840
 You know,

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.380
 the bad

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:35.220
 report he

00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:35.780
 brought about

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.539
 them before,

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:38.160
 that dad

00:40:38.160 --> 00:40:38.720
 loved him

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.320
 best,

00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:42.300
 that Joseph

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:43.240
 obviously

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:44.000
 thought that

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.900
 he was

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.119
 going to

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.440
 be in

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:45.720
 charge.

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:47.599
 So not

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.000
 only was

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.320
 that a

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:48.579
 negative

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.059
 past,

00:40:49.180 --> 00:40:50.180
 but imagining

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:51.419
 Joseph in

00:40:51.419 --> 00:40:52.039
 charge of

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.739
 the family,

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:54.019
 that spoiled

00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:55.159
 teenager

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:56.079
 jerk,

00:40:56.919 --> 00:40:58.239
 that was

00:40:58.239 --> 00:41:00.899
 not a

00:41:00.899 --> 00:41:01.440
 desirable

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:03.879
 future for

00:41:03.879 --> 00:41:04.179
 them.

00:41:04.359 --> 00:41:04.719
 And you

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:05.199
 notice in

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:06.019
 verse 18

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.739
 that they

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.099
 say,

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:07.379
 ah,

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:08.539
 we're going

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:08.859
 to take

00:41:08.859 --> 00:41:09.159
 care of

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:09.619
 this and

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:10.219
 then we'll

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:11.460
 see what

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:12.980
 becomes of

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.639
 his dreams.

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.960
 So,

00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:19.079
 when we're

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.819
 badly hurt,

00:41:20.179 --> 00:41:21.539
 it's easy

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:22.319
 to get

00:41:22.319 --> 00:41:23.500
 angry and

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.139
 every time

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.759
 we remember

00:41:24.759 --> 00:41:25.019
 it,

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:25.859
 to play

00:41:25.859 --> 00:41:26.359
 the video

00:41:26.359 --> 00:41:26.639
 of the

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:26.940
 negative

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.579
 past,

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:29.000
 and then

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:30.460
 project

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:32.980
 an image

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.419
 of a

00:41:33.419 --> 00:41:33.779
 negative

00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:34.460
 future.

00:41:35.919 --> 00:41:36.899
 Think of

00:41:36.899 --> 00:41:38.679
 John and

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:39.079
 Rachel

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:40.279
 again.

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.960
 You know,

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:45.159
 when John

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:45.719
 thinks of

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:46.219
 his father

00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:46.699
 and mother,

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.559
 both struggling

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.039
 with health

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.840
 issues now,

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:51.300
 you know,

00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:51.719
 it would be

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:52.300
 easy for

00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:52.639
 him to

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:52.940
 think,

00:41:53.779 --> 00:41:54.699
 well,

00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:55.800
 whatever

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:56.400
 happens now,

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:56.739
 I'm not

00:41:56.739 --> 00:41:56.940
 going to

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.420
 hear about

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:57.599
 it.

00:41:58.659 --> 00:41:58.960
 You know,

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.559
 Rachel didn't

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.039
 tell me what

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.400
 was going

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:00.800
 on in the

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:01.179
 past,

00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:01.679
 and that's

00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:01.980
 how it's

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.159
 going to

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:02.539
 be in the

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:02.900
 future,

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:05.179
 so how am I

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:05.539
 going to deal

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:05.880
 with this

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.179
 now?

00:42:06.279 --> 00:42:06.579
 I can't

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.039
 expect any

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.380
 help from

00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:07.619
 Rachel.

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:11.299
 So,

00:42:11.739 --> 00:42:12.539
 the Bible

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.599
 tells us

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:14.339
 not to

00:42:14.339 --> 00:42:14.880
 replay the

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:15.199
 negative

00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:15.739
 past,

00:42:15.839 --> 00:42:16.579
 and not

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.500
 to

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:19.159
 project a

00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:19.480
 negative

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:19.980
 future.

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.980
 I believe

00:42:20.980 --> 00:42:21.940
 one indication

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:22.579
 of that

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:24.359
 is in

00:42:24.359 --> 00:42:26.539
 1 Corinthians

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.059
 13,

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:27.859
 7,

00:42:28.359 --> 00:42:28.880
 where we

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.519
 read that

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.199
 love

00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:31.679
 believes

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:32.719
 all things,

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:33.980
 hopes all

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.539
 things.

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:37.360
 we can

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:37.820
 believe

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.940
 that just

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.679
 as God

00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:40.079
 is at

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.500
 work in

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:40.860
 us,

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:41.860
 he's at

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:42.759
 work in

00:42:42.759 --> 00:42:43.000
 other

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.400
 people.

00:42:45.279 --> 00:42:45.900
 God

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:46.619
 can

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:47.940
 change

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.500
 that person

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:48.880
 for good.

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.279
 God can

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:49.759
 change me

00:42:49.759 --> 00:42:50.159
 for good.

00:42:50.259 --> 00:42:50.960
 God can

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:52.059
 bring about

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:53.599
 a better

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:54.300
 relationship

00:42:54.300 --> 00:42:55.179
 between us.

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:57.279
 And so

00:42:57.279 --> 00:42:57.779
 we can

00:42:57.779 --> 00:42:58.880
 have a

00:42:58.880 --> 00:42:59.360
 positive

00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:00.179
 hope for

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:00.699
 the future

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:01.719
 rather

00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:02.219
 than

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:06.879
 an

00:43:06.879 --> 00:43:07.319
 assurance

00:43:07.319 --> 00:43:07.679
 that

00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:08.139
 things

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:08.480
 are

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:08.639
 going

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:08.719
 to

00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:08.879
 be

00:43:08.879 --> 00:43:09.159
 just

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:09.379
 as

00:43:09.379 --> 00:43:09.799
 bad

00:43:09.799 --> 00:43:10.019
 as

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.299
 they

00:43:10.299 --> 00:43:10.599
 have

00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:10.859
 been

00:43:10.859 --> 00:43:11.299
 or

00:43:11.299 --> 00:43:12.039
 worse.

00:43:13.859 --> 00:43:14.179
 Now,

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:18.739
 there was

00:43:18.739 --> 00:43:20.500
 a time

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:20.919
 in my

00:43:20.919 --> 00:43:21.339
 life

00:43:21.339 --> 00:43:22.299
 where

00:43:22.299 --> 00:43:24.959
 one day

00:43:24.959 --> 00:43:26.159
 I realized

00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:26.859
 what I

00:43:26.859 --> 00:43:27.339
 was doing.

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:30.519
 I was

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:31.240
 thinking about

00:43:31.240 --> 00:43:31.880
 a certain

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.260
 negative

00:43:32.260 --> 00:43:32.960
 situation

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:34.100
 and I

00:43:34.100 --> 00:43:34.840
 sat down

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.420
 and

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:36.400
 said,

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:36.720
 okay,

00:43:37.160 --> 00:43:37.539
 this has

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:37.840
 happened,

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:38.400
 what's the

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:38.780
 worst that

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:39.220
 can happen

00:43:39.220 --> 00:43:39.680
 next?

00:43:40.200 --> 00:43:40.720
 What about

00:43:40.720 --> 00:43:41.059
 that?

00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:41.720
 And then

00:43:41.720 --> 00:43:42.200
 what's the

00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:42.600
 worst that

00:43:42.600 --> 00:43:43.019
 can happen

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.640
 after that

00:43:43.640 --> 00:43:44.039
 happens?

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:44.600
 And then

00:43:44.600 --> 00:43:45.000
 what's the

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.440
 worst that

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:45.840
 can happen

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:46.400
 after that

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.720
 happened?

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:50.139
 And in

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:50.480
 part,

00:43:50.699 --> 00:43:51.139
 I was

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:51.719
 doing this

00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:52.079
 as an

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:52.539
 exercise

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:53.419
 in

00:43:53.419 --> 00:43:54.719
 placing

00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:55.379
 blame

00:43:55.379 --> 00:43:56.619
 on

00:43:56.619 --> 00:43:57.039
 somebody

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:57.319
 else

00:43:57.319 --> 00:43:57.839
 involved.

00:43:58.699 --> 00:43:59.159
 So,

00:43:59.359 --> 00:43:59.879
 when I

00:43:59.879 --> 00:44:00.299
 sat down

00:44:00.299 --> 00:44:00.699
 and started

00:44:00.699 --> 00:44:01.299
 this process,

00:44:01.399 --> 00:44:01.619
 I was

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:02.279
 feeling bad

00:44:02.279 --> 00:44:02.619
 and by

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:02.959
 the time

00:44:02.959 --> 00:44:03.239
 I was

00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:03.519
 done,

00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:04.000
 I felt

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.480
 horribly.

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:06.019
 And on

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.239
 this

00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:06.699
 particular

00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:07.359
 occasion,

00:44:07.939 --> 00:44:08.919
 I believe

00:44:08.919 --> 00:44:09.519
 God spoke

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:09.939
 to me

00:44:09.939 --> 00:44:10.399
 and said,

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:10.779
 do you

00:44:10.779 --> 00:44:11.759
 know what

00:44:11.759 --> 00:44:11.939
 you're

00:44:11.939 --> 00:44:12.319
 doing?

00:44:14.459 --> 00:44:15.099
 And then

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.699
 I realized

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:16.500
 it wasn't

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:17.139
 just then.

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:18.019
 This had

00:44:18.019 --> 00:44:18.379
 been a

00:44:18.379 --> 00:44:18.819
 habit,

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:21.339
 long-standing

00:44:21.339 --> 00:44:22.419
 habit in

00:44:22.419 --> 00:44:22.960
 my life.

00:44:24.299 --> 00:44:25.139
 It did

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.719
 not help

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:26.419
 me to

00:44:26.419 --> 00:44:27.079
 restore

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:28.019
 better

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.759
 relationships

00:44:28.759 --> 00:44:29.299
 with the

00:44:29.299 --> 00:44:29.619
 people

00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:30.099
 involved.

00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:31.599
 And so,

00:44:31.759 --> 00:44:33.339
 with God's

00:44:33.339 --> 00:44:33.599
 help,

00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:35.119
 that habit

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:36.099
 got done

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:36.619
 away with.

00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:39.639
 And God

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:40.259
 helped me

00:44:40.259 --> 00:44:41.460
 start practicing

00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:43.259
 what I

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:43.960
 call here

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:45.559
 steps,

00:44:46.119 --> 00:44:48.139
 four and

00:44:48.139 --> 00:44:48.460
 five,

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:48.659
 in

00:44:48.659 --> 00:44:49.179
 renouncing

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:49.539
 anger.

00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:52.039
 Oh,

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:53.780
 lost track

00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:54.119
 of time

00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:54.380
 for a

00:44:54.380 --> 00:44:54.539
 moment.

00:44:54.699 --> 00:44:54.880
 So,

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.300
 what we're

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:55.500
 going to

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:56.360
 do is

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:56.599
 we're going

00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:56.860
 to come

00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:58.199
 back to

00:44:58.199 --> 00:44:58.679
 those

00:44:58.679 --> 00:44:59.420
 steps

00:44:59.420 --> 00:45:02.380
 next week.

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:02.579
 We'll

00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:03.280
 finish off

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:03.980
 renouncing

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:05.079
 anger and

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:05.619
 then start

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:06.139
 to look

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:06.679
 at

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:08.139
 responding

00:45:08.139 --> 00:45:08.900
 in love.

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:12.740
 for better

00:45:12.740 --> 00:45:13.059
 or for

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.539
 worse,

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:14.720
 I haven't

00:45:14.720 --> 00:45:15.180
 noticed

00:45:15.180 --> 00:45:15.920
 anybody

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:16.420
 trying to

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:16.940
 ask any

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.500
 questions

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:18.700
 today.

00:45:21.180 --> 00:45:22.039
 And we're

00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:22.320
 out of

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:22.920
 time now.

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:28.000
 I do,

00:45:28.180 --> 00:45:28.720
 after a

00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:29.019
 fashion.

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:30.700
 But

00:45:30.700 --> 00:45:32.280
 here's what

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:33.460
 I want

00:45:33.460 --> 00:45:33.820
 us to

00:45:33.820 --> 00:45:34.039
 do.

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:35.360
 If God's

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:35.940
 been speaking

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:36.599
 to you

00:45:36.599 --> 00:45:37.500
 this morning,

00:45:38.779 --> 00:45:39.079
 you know,

00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:39.579
 and saying,

00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:41.659
 this is an

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:42.659
 issue that

00:45:42.659 --> 00:45:43.500
 I want

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:44.920
 you and

00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:45.360
 I to

00:45:45.360 --> 00:45:45.920
 deal with,

00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:49.900
 don't

00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:51.739
 push it

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:52.259
 aside

00:45:52.259 --> 00:45:53.980
 and not

00:45:53.980 --> 00:45:54.579
 act on

00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:54.920
 it.

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:57.539
 Maybe even

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:58.400
 right now,

00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:00.179
 God would

00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:00.819
 like you

00:46:00.819 --> 00:46:01.539
 to say,

00:46:01.819 --> 00:46:02.079
 you know,

00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:02.980
 this afternoon,

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:04.159
 I want you

00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:04.920
 to get

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:06.079
 alone and

00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:07.779
 talk to

00:46:07.779 --> 00:46:08.699
 me about

00:46:08.699 --> 00:46:09.119
 this.

00:46:09.819 --> 00:46:11.059
 If you

00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:12.099
 find this

00:46:12.099 --> 00:46:12.739
 and some

00:46:12.739 --> 00:46:12.899
 of the

00:46:12.899 --> 00:46:13.139
 Bible

00:46:13.139 --> 00:46:13.699
 references

00:46:13.699 --> 00:46:14.559
 may be

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:15.179
 potentially

00:46:15.179 --> 00:46:15.699
 helpful,

00:46:16.339 --> 00:46:17.099
 use these.

00:46:17.259 --> 00:46:17.559
 One of

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:17.980
 the things

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.500
 that I

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:19.099
 have found

00:46:19.099 --> 00:46:20.199
 so helpful

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:20.659
 in my

00:46:20.659 --> 00:46:22.279
 life lately

00:46:22.279 --> 00:46:23.179
 is on

00:46:23.179 --> 00:46:23.679
 a daily

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:24.279
 basis,

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:25.019
 trying to

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:26.059
 pick a

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:26.920
 phrase from

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:27.359
 either what

00:46:27.359 --> 00:46:27.759
 I'm reading

00:46:27.759 --> 00:46:28.000
 in the

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:28.619
 Bible right

00:46:28.619 --> 00:46:28.899
 now,

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:29.519
 a verse,

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.599
 or maybe

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:30.980
 you'd want

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:31.259
 to pick

00:46:31.259 --> 00:46:31.920
 something off

00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:32.379
 of here,

00:46:32.380 --> 00:46:34.140
 and read

00:46:34.140 --> 00:46:34.740
 it over

00:46:34.740 --> 00:46:35.579
 so that

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:36.000
 you can

00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:36.400
 meditate

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:37.099
 on it

00:46:37.099 --> 00:46:37.760
 during the

00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:38.039
 day.

00:46:39.800 --> 00:46:40.599
 For example,

00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:41.519
 if you're

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:42.300
 a habitually

00:46:42.300 --> 00:46:43.360
 angry person,

00:46:43.680 --> 00:46:44.019
 you might

00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:44.599
 want to

00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:47.079
 put in

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:47.780
 your mind,

00:46:48.220 --> 00:46:48.700
 do not

00:46:48.700 --> 00:46:49.099
 let the

00:46:49.099 --> 00:46:49.460
 sun go

00:46:49.460 --> 00:46:49.900
 down on

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:50.360
 your anger.

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:53.160
 And as

00:46:53.160 --> 00:46:53.660
 you find

00:46:53.660 --> 00:46:54.460
 yourself angry

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:55.019
 during the

00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:55.400
 day,

00:46:56.619 --> 00:46:57.400
 the Holy

00:46:57.400 --> 00:46:57.980
 Spirit can

00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:58.420
 bring that

00:46:58.420 --> 00:46:58.960
 to mind

00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:00.380
 and give

00:47:00.380 --> 00:47:00.619
 you the

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:01.760
 grace to

00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:02.180
 turn away

00:47:02.180 --> 00:47:02.620
 from that.

00:47:03.040 --> 00:47:03.440
 But if

00:47:03.440 --> 00:47:03.800
 he's been

00:47:03.800 --> 00:47:04.400
 speaking to

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:04.640
 you,

00:47:05.040 --> 00:47:05.580
 don't,

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:06.440
 don't,

00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:08.180
 just ignore

00:47:08.180 --> 00:47:08.480
 that.

00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:11.160
 The Bible

00:47:11.160 --> 00:47:13.400
 says it's

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:14.040
 not people

00:47:14.040 --> 00:47:14.760
 who hear

00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:15.240
 the word

00:47:15.240 --> 00:47:15.800
 of God

00:47:15.800 --> 00:47:17.040
 who experience

00:47:17.040 --> 00:47:17.440
 God's

00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:17.800
 blessing.

00:47:18.240 --> 00:47:18.580
 It's the

00:47:18.580 --> 00:47:19.580
 people who

00:47:19.580 --> 00:47:20.320
 remember it

00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:21.060
 and put it

00:47:21.060 --> 00:47:22.360
 into practice.

00:47:26.420 --> 00:47:27.240
 One other

00:47:27.240 --> 00:47:27.720
 thing,

00:47:28.200 --> 00:47:28.980
 in small

00:47:28.980 --> 00:47:29.360
 type,

00:47:29.680 --> 00:47:30.340
 underneath the

00:47:30.340 --> 00:47:30.640
 title,

00:47:30.880 --> 00:47:31.340
 is my

00:47:31.340 --> 00:47:32.320
 name and

00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:32.880
 my phone

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:33.220
 number.

00:47:34.260 --> 00:47:36.019
 And feel

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:37.019
 free to

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.820
 call me if

00:47:37.820 --> 00:47:38.240
 you have

00:47:38.240 --> 00:47:38.740
 follow-up

00:47:38.740 --> 00:47:40.059
 questions this

00:47:40.059 --> 00:47:40.400
 week,

00:47:40.760 --> 00:47:43.660
 or if you've

00:47:43.660 --> 00:47:44.059
 already

00:47:44.059 --> 00:47:44.980
 experienced

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:46.780
 God's blessing

00:47:46.780 --> 00:47:47.720
 about restoring

00:47:47.720 --> 00:47:48.460
 a relationship,

00:47:48.880 --> 00:47:50.180
 or if even

00:47:50.180 --> 00:47:51.019
 this week you

00:47:51.019 --> 00:47:51.740
 have something,

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:53.240
 an experience

00:47:53.240 --> 00:47:54.019
 that you think

00:47:54.019 --> 00:47:54.539
 would be helpful

00:47:54.539 --> 00:47:55.220
 for me to hear

00:47:55.220 --> 00:47:55.960
 about, feel

00:47:55.960 --> 00:47:57.100
 free to call.

00:47:57.099 --> 00:48:00.659
 let's close

00:48:00.659 --> 00:48:01.139
 in prayer.

00:48:05.639 --> 00:48:06.279
 Heavenly

00:48:06.279 --> 00:48:06.739
 Father,

00:48:07.339 --> 00:48:08.860
 we thank

00:48:08.860 --> 00:48:09.500
 you and

00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:11.019
 rejoice in

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:11.739
 your love

00:48:11.739 --> 00:48:12.539
 for us

00:48:12.539 --> 00:48:14.440
 and

00:48:14.440 --> 00:48:16.219
 the great

00:48:16.219 --> 00:48:16.819
 sacrifice

00:48:16.819 --> 00:48:17.980
 you made

00:48:17.980 --> 00:48:19.139
 to reconcile

00:48:19.139 --> 00:48:20.179
 us to

00:48:20.179 --> 00:48:20.679
 yourself

00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:21.559
 through Jesus.

00:48:21.559 --> 00:48:26.139
 Lord, may

00:48:26.139 --> 00:48:26.659
 we have the

00:48:26.659 --> 00:48:28.559
 experience as

00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:29.279
 your children

00:48:29.279 --> 00:48:32.340
 to be

00:48:32.340 --> 00:48:35.039
 reconcilers

00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:36.820
 here and

00:48:36.820 --> 00:48:37.139
 now,

00:48:37.579 --> 00:48:40.000
 that people

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:41.579
 may see

00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:42.259
 your love

00:48:42.259 --> 00:48:42.900
 in us

00:48:42.900 --> 00:48:44.539
 and know

00:48:44.539 --> 00:48:45.420
 that we

00:48:45.420 --> 00:48:46.380
 are your

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:46.860
 disciples.

00:48:46.860 --> 00:48:49.059
 Amen.

00:48:51.559 --> 00:49:00.559
 God

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 is

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 brought

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 to him,

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 okay?

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 He

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 is

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 convinced

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,

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 how

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 could

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 try

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 to

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 get

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 the

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 push

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 it

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."

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".

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 Please

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 check

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 the

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 characterize

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 the