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 to Genesis chapter 47 on page 54.

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 We find ourselves coming to the last words of Jacob

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 as he blesses his grandchildren, his sons,

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 and as he places his hope in God and God's promises.

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 Now let's hear the word of God, first of all,

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 in Genesis 47 and at verse 28.

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 Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years,

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 and the years of his life were 147.

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 When the time drew near for Israel to die,

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 he called for his son Joseph and said to him,

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 if I have found favor in your eyes,

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 put your hand under my thigh

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 and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness.

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 Do not bury me in Egypt,

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 but when I rest with my fathers,

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 carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.

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 I will do as you say, he said.

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 Swear to me, he said.

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 Then Joseph swore to him,

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 and Israel worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

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 Sometime later, Joseph was told,

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 your father is ill.

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 So he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim,

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 along with him.

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 When Jacob was told,

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 your son Joseph has come to you,

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 Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.

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 Jacob said to Joseph,

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 God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan,

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 and there he blessed me and said to me,

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 I am going to make you fruitful

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 and will increase your numbers.

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 I will make you a community of peoples,

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 and I will give this land as an everlasting possession

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 to your descendants after you.

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 Now then,

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 your two sons born to you in Egypt

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 before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine.

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 Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine,

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 just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

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 Any children born to you after them will be yours.

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 In the territory they inherit,

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 they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers.

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 As I was returning from Paddan,

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 to my sorrow,

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 Rachel died in the land of Canaan

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 while we were still on the way,

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 a little distance from Ephraim.

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 So I buried her there beside the road to Ephraim,

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 that is Bethlehem.

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 When Israel saw the sons of Joseph,

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 he asked,

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 who are these?

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 They are the sons God has given me here,

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 Joseph said to his father.

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 Then Israel said,

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 bring them to me so that I may bless them.

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 Now Israel's eyes were failing because of old age

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 and he could hardly see.

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 So Joseph brought his sons close to him

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 and his father kissed them and embraced them.

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 Israel said to Joseph,

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 I never expected to see your face again

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 and now God has allowed me to see your children too.

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 Then Joseph removed them from Israel's knees

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 and bowed down with his face to the ground.

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 And Joseph took both of them,

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 Ephraim on his right towards Israel's left hand,

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 and Manasseh on his left towards Israel's right hand

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 and brought them close to him.

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 But Israel reached out his right hand

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 and put it on Ephraim's head,

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 though he was the younger and crossing his arms,

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 he put his left hand on Manasseh's head,

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 even though Manasseh was the firstborn.

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 Then he blessed Joseph and said,

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 may the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,

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 the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

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 the angel who has delivered me from all harm,

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 may he bless these boys.

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 May they be called by my name

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 and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,

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 and may they increase greatly upon the earth.

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 When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand

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 on Ephraim's head, he was displeased.

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 So he took hold of his father's hand

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 to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

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 Joseph said to him,

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 no, my father, this one is the firstborn.

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 Put your right hand on his head.

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 But his father refused and said,

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 I know, my son, I know.

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 He too will become a people

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 and he too will become great.

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 Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he

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 and his descendants will become a group of nations.

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 He blessed them that day and said,

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 in your name will Israel pronounce this blessing.

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 May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.

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 So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

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 Then Israel said to Joseph,

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 I am about to die,

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 but God will be with you

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 and take you back to the land of your fathers.

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 And to you, as one who is over your brothers,

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 I give the ridge of land I took from the Amorites

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 with my sword and my bow.

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 And then into Genesis 49,

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 we find Jacob blessing each of his children,

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 speaking prophetic words of them.

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 But I want us to turn to chapter 49 and verse 29.

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 So just over the page.

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 So after he blessed them,

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 then he gave them these instructions.

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 I am about to be gathered to my people.

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 Bury me with my fathers in the cave

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 in the land of Ephron the Hittite,

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 the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in Canaan,

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 which Abram bought as a burial place

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 from Ephron the Hittite along with the field.

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 There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried.

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 There Isaac and his wife Rebecca were buried.

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 And there I buried Leah.

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 The field and the cave in it

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 were brought from the Hittites.

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 When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons,

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 he drew his feet up into the bed,

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 breathed his last,

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 and was gathered to his people.

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 Let's pray once again.

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 Now, can we turn back in our Bibles

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 to Genesis 47 to 49

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 in our church Bibles on page 54?

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 Let me say at this time,

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 welcome to those who are listening online.

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 It's great to be able to worship together.

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 As we think today about Jacob,

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 as we think about a dying man's faith,

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 and as we see in his experience

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 and in his words,

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 hope for a fearful world.

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 It's almost hard to avoid fear right now.

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 There are words that are becoming

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 such a normal part of our vocabulary.

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 Pandemic,

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 self-isolation,

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 virus that cannot be contained.

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 And we can see that these words

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 and the reality of the virus

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 are striking fear around the globe.

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 And perhaps as we gather here or at home,

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 perhaps there is fear in our own hearts too.

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 We're waiting,

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 always waiting,

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 waiting for the World Health Organization

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 or for government

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 or for the NHS to issue guidelines.

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 It's dominating every conversation

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 in every household,

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 so it seems.

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 And I wonder if we're finding too

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 that it's setting the beat

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 for our own hearts,

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 that it's determining how we think

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 and how we feel.

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 So I want to use the words of Jacob

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 to speak to us in this situation.

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 How can Jacob's dying words guide us?

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 Two questions to think about this morning.

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 The first is to do with promise,

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 to ask ourselves the question,

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 what is it that I am hanging my hope on?

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 And then a question to do with peace.

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 How can I have rest

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 in a climate of fear?

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 Whether we're Christians

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 or whether we're not Christians,

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 it's always good for us to think,

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 what is my life built on?

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 And what do I look for,

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 look to for peace and security?

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 So let's first of all,

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 think about this question,

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 what am I hanging my hope on?

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 And let's see it in Jacob's experience,

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 first of all.

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 So we began reading in chapter 47

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 from verse 28 to 31.

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 And there we see that Jacob,

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 who'd arrived as an old man in Egypt,

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 130,

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 he enjoyed prosperity and plenty

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 in Egypt for 17 years,

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 cared for, provided for by Joseph,

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 his son.

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 But now he is dying

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 and his thoughts turn to his burial

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 where his bones will rest.

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 And you notice what he asks,

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 what he wants Joseph to swear to,

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 do not bury me in Egypt,

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 but when I rest with my fathers,

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 carry me out of Egypt

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 and bury me where they are buried.

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 Now this is not some kind of superstition

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 and this is not a simple sentiment.

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 This is Jacob showing that he is holding onto

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 a greater hope,

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 that God's promised land is his true home.

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 Jacob has been in Egypt for 17 years,

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 but still he is homesick

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 for the promised land.

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 His heart is back in Canaan.

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 That was the land of God's promise.

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 And that was the land where God had promised

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 to be with his people.

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 So just as at the beginning of Genesis,

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 you discover God creating the world

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 and God establishing the Garden of Eden,

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 that good, that perfect land

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 where God and his people could dwell together.

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 So Canaan becomes Eden part two

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 in Jacob's thought.

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 So he wants to be home.

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 We see how important the promise of God is

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 to him and to his family

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 at the end of chapter 48,

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 which we read.

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 What is his dying wish for Joseph?

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 What does he give to Joseph?

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 To you as one who is over your brothers,

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 I give the ridge of land.

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 I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.

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 So Joseph has become really wealthy in Egypt.

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 He has power and influence in Egypt.

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 He is second only to the Pharaoh.

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 But Jacob in his dying words reminds Joseph,

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 this is not your true home.

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 So he gives him that ridge,

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 that portion of land that connects Joseph

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 to the promise of God.

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 And we'll see in chapter 50

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 how Joseph, the man of faith,

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 also in his heart longs for the promised land

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 because it's God's land.

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 And then we concluded

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 and we heard the dying words of Jacob

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 in chapter 49,

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 his last will and testament.

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 What are the last instructions he gives

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 to his sons?

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 His detailed instructions

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 for where he is to be buried.

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 He wants to be buried with the people of God

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 in the land that God had promised.

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 And what we see here is that Jacob

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 both lives and dies

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 standing on the promises of God.

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 We have that wonderful picture

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 when he anticipates his own death

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 there at the end of verse 47.

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 We see him worshipping.

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 He worships the God that he knows.

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 The God who has proved faithful to him,

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 who has proved faithful to his family,

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 and who will prove faithful to those promises

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 even after he has died.

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 So we can say that Jacob's life

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 and especially here Jacob's death

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 reveals the foundation for his life.

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 All of us have something

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 that we build our hope and identity on.

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 All of us, when we are pushed,

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 whether we would say it explicitly

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 or whether it's just the implicit reality

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 of our lives,

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 we think and we act

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 as if my life is about something.

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 When I face trouble,

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 we turn in a particular direction.

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 Now we see for Jacob,

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 his life was built on God

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 and his promises in his heart

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 and mind is turned there often.

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 In different industries,

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 we talk about stress testing.

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 In the construction industry,

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 the stress testing of materials

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 to see if they will stand the strain

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 or the stress testing

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 of banking procedures.

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 Will they be able to cope

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 with financial strain and crisis?

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 I want to suggest to you and to me today

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 that the coronavirus

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 is serving for us

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 as a stress test

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 to the foundation of your life and mine.

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 It's making us

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 perhaps ask questions

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 that we hardly ever find the time

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 to ask ourselves.

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 Am I hanging my hope

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 on something solid and firm

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 or is my whole life

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 hanging on

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 a sugary pang?

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 Jesus,

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 speaking to the crowd,

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 said that he was

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 a solid rock,

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 that his word

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 was a solid rock

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 to build on,

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 that anything else

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 is shifting sands

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 that will not

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 hold the weight

00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:27.060
 of a life

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 and especially not

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 as we consider

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 eternity.

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 One of the striking things

00:13:34.619 --> 00:13:36.199
 that this virus

00:13:36.199 --> 00:13:38.119
 is revealing to us

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 is that our gods

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 are too small.

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 What is it that our culture

00:13:45.579 --> 00:13:46.219
 and society,

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 what is it that we often live for?

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 Wealth.

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 What's happening?

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 The stock markets

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 are crashing.

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 Businesses are collapsing.

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 Work is coming to an end.

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 That God

00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:04.060
 is not one

00:14:04.060 --> 00:14:05.279
 that people are able

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 to rely on.

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 Health.

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 We so often

00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:11.379
 live as if

00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:12.560
 health is everything,

00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.879
 but here we have

00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:15.340
 this unseen virus

00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:16.440
 that can take it

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 and it is no respecter

00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:18.659
 of persons.

00:14:20.899 --> 00:14:21.980
 For many people

00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:22.560
 in our culture,

00:14:22.680 --> 00:14:23.180
 we love

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 and we live

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 for leisure.

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 But what are we seeing?

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 Sports closing down,

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 holidays being cancelled,

00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:30.659
 life is grinding

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 to a halt.

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 We cannot

00:14:32.180 --> 00:14:33.539
 bank on these.

00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:35.399
 What we are seeing

00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:36.180
 in these weeks

00:14:36.180 --> 00:14:37.340
 is that all the pillars

00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:38.300
 of modern life

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 are shaking.

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 That they are failing

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 the stress test

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 and they are reminding us

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 if we're Christians

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 or not

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 that we need

00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:49.399
 to find a hope

00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:50.440
 that lasts.

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 Something to build

00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:53.259
 our life on

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 that will not fail

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 and disappoint us.

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 And what do we see

00:14:58.579 --> 00:14:59.079
 in Jacob?

00:14:59.179 --> 00:14:59.919
 We see a man

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 who trusts God

00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:02.579
 and who trusts

00:15:02.579 --> 00:15:04.219
 the promises of God

00:15:04.219 --> 00:15:05.939
 and we see a solid

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 and stable foundation

00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:08.500
 both in his life

00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:09.879
 and in his death.

00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:11.259
 Jacob points us

00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:12.259
 to the better way,

00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:13.779
 the way of faith

00:15:13.779 --> 00:15:14.319
 in God.

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 And when we think

00:15:16.760 --> 00:15:17.820
 about the coming

00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:19.080
 of Jesus,

00:15:19.800 --> 00:15:20.780
 we have the one

00:15:20.780 --> 00:15:21.660
 that we are called

00:15:21.660 --> 00:15:22.860
 to look to

00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:24.120
 and to place

00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:24.980
 all our trust

00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:26.379
 and confidence in.

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 This Jesus

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.680
 who in love

00:15:28.680 --> 00:15:30.100
 entered into

00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:31.080
 our world.

00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:33.200
 Jesus who suffered

00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:34.300
 with us,

00:15:34.400 --> 00:15:35.780
 who knows what it is

00:15:35.780 --> 00:15:36.720
 to experience

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.700
 want

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 and to suffer.

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 Jesus who goes

00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:42.140
 to the cross

00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:43.139
 to deal with

00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:43.960
 the great enemy

00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:45.139
 that so many of us

00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:46.379
 are confronting

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:47.379
 in our mind's eye,

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 the enemy of death,

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 the wages for sin.

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 And Jesus goes

00:15:53.699 --> 00:15:54.279
 to the cross

00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:54.939
 to defeat

00:15:54.939 --> 00:15:55.740
 that enemy

00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.879
 so that

00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:59.679
 by faith in him,

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 through his loving

00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:02.360
 sacrifice,

00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:04.259
 we might be forgiven,

00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:06.039
 that we too

00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:06.799
 might become

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:08.080
 the people of God

00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:09.340
 adopted into

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:10.639
 God's family,

00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.799
 that we too

00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:12.559
 might live

00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:13.839
 in the presence

00:16:13.839 --> 00:16:14.659
 of God

00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:16.899
 with a hope

00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:18.159
 of the place

00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:18.939
 of God,

00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:19.659
 glory,

00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:20.819
 the new heaven

00:16:20.819 --> 00:16:21.719
 and earth

00:16:21.719 --> 00:16:23.459
 still to come.

00:16:25.859 --> 00:16:27.019
 This virus

00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.620
 is proving

00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.879
 a wake-up call

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:30.620
 to all of us.

00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:33.759
 God

00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.120
 and his word,

00:16:35.699 --> 00:16:36.039
 Jesus

00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:37.639
 and the gospel

00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:39.120
 are the only

00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:40.620
 virus-proof

00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:42.120
 and future-proof

00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:43.039
 hope that we

00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:43.899
 will find

00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:45.120
 anywhere.

00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.759
 Another thing

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.440
 that we see

00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.460
 in Jacob

00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:51.320
 is just that

00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:52.220
 his heart

00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:52.840
 has that

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.720
 longing

00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:55.340
 for home,

00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:56.580
 the place

00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:58.019
 where God's

00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.560
 promises

00:16:58.560 --> 00:16:59.460
 lie.

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 It explains

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.960
 why when people

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.879
 move to different

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.539
 countries,

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.799
 they treasure

00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.440
 and they hold

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.180
 on to their

00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:07.380
 home culture

00:17:07.380 --> 00:17:08.140
 really tightly,

00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.880
 move to a different

00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:09.620
 part of the world,

00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.900
 but hold on to

00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:12.420
 language and food

00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:13.780
 and festivals.

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 Home is where

00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:17.560
 the heart is.

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:21.919
 and this virus

00:17:21.919 --> 00:17:23.700
 is exposing

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.859
 to us

00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:25.919
 where our

00:17:25.919 --> 00:17:26.559
 hearts

00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:27.679
 really lie.

00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.500
 We see

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.079
 stories,

00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:32.079
 we read stories,

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:32.679
 we watch

00:17:32.679 --> 00:17:33.859
 videos of people

00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.980
 panic buying,

00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:36.359
 people fighting

00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:37.720
 over toilet paper

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.460
 and packets of

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:38.919
 pasta,

00:17:39.919 --> 00:17:40.539
 people living

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.099
 with fear

00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:41.819
 because if all

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:42.480
 I have is

00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:43.079
 now,

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.759
 if this life

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.059
 is it,

00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:45.500
 then I need

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.279
 to grab hold

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.779
 of everything

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.519
 I can get.

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.480
 And so this

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.339
 virus is striking

00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:51.180
 real terror

00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:51.980
 into many

00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:52.720
 people's hearts

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.440
 because this

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.200
 is it

00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:55.819
 in many

00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:56.220
 people's

00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:56.599
 thinking.

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.259
 But there's

00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:58.619
 a different

00:17:58.619 --> 00:17:59.399
 response.

00:17:59.599 --> 00:17:59.859
 It's gone

00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.379
 under the

00:18:00.379 --> 00:18:00.799
 radar,

00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:01.799
 but maybe

00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.240
 you heard

00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:02.500
 of what

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.059
 the Christians

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.639
 in Wuhan

00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.980
 were doing,

00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.879
 the center

00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:06.819
 of the epidemic

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:09.319
 as the virus

00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:09.759
 was just

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.519
 beginning to

00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:12.000
 become news

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.559
 for the rest

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.119
 of the world.

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:13.879
 There were

00:18:13.879 --> 00:18:14.500
 Christians,

00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:15.559
 while facing

00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:16.639
 opposition from

00:18:16.639 --> 00:18:17.240
 a government,

00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:17.859
 they were

00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:18.559
 caring for

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.039
 the sick.

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:19.779
 They were

00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.759
 bringing supplies,

00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:21.119
 they were

00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:22.200
 showing mercy

00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:23.000
 and sharing

00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:23.559
 the hope

00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.419
 of Jesus

00:18:24.419 --> 00:18:24.919
 Christ.

00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:25.419
 Why?

00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.519
 Because as

00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:26.919
 Christians,

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.359
 they knew

00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:27.759
 they had a

00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.139
 true and

00:18:28.139 --> 00:18:28.899
 better home

00:18:28.899 --> 00:18:29.240
 coming.

00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:29.799
 That's where

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.379
 their heart

00:18:30.379 --> 00:18:30.740
 is.

00:18:32.899 --> 00:18:33.519
 So they

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:33.779
 were able

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.319
 to serve

00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:34.720
 rather than

00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:35.159
 to cling

00:18:35.159 --> 00:18:35.599
 on,

00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.500
 able to

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.099
 show peace

00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:38.700
 rather than

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.099
 panic.

00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.839
 What is our

00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.779
 source of hope

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.859
 really and

00:18:43.859 --> 00:18:44.159
 truly?

00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:46.199
 The source

00:18:46.199 --> 00:18:46.659
 of hope

00:18:46.659 --> 00:18:47.359
 we long

00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:49.839
 for can

00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:50.259
 only be

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.740
 found in

00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:51.079
 Jesus,

00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:53.339
 not in

00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:53.679
 stuff.

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:55.699
 Jesus in

00:18:55.699 --> 00:18:56.099
 his mercy

00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:56.359
 and his

00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:56.619
 grace,

00:18:56.699 --> 00:18:57.159
 he offers

00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:58.259
 himself to

00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:58.539
 us.

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:58.979
 He offers

00:18:58.979 --> 00:18:59.539
 himself to

00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.219
 our fearful

00:19:00.219 --> 00:19:01.639
 and fragile

00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:03.419
 world to

00:19:03.419 --> 00:19:04.959
 receive by

00:19:04.959 --> 00:19:05.500
 faith.

00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:08.839
 So that

00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:10.500
 was Jacob

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.719
 showing us

00:19:11.719 --> 00:19:12.139
 that he was

00:19:12.139 --> 00:19:12.959
 holding on to

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:14.000
 God's promise.

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.340
 But what

00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:15.819
 about this

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.559
 question of

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.019
 peace?

00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:18.000
 How can I

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.819
 have rest

00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:19.720
 in a

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:21.259
 climate of

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:22.259
 fear?

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.840
 Chapter 49

00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:25.600
 and verse

00:19:25.600 --> 00:19:27.900
 33 is a

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:28.640
 beautiful

00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:30.440
 deathbed

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:30.940
 scene.

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:33.640
 When Jacob

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.319
 had finished

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:35.500
 giving instructions

00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.140
 to his

00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:36.660
 sons,

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.380
 he drew his

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:39.079
 feet up

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.720
 into the

00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.120
 bed,

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.720
 breathed his

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.360
 last,

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.579
 and was

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:45.380
 gathered to

00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:46.420
 his people.

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:47.880
 Here is

00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:48.440
 Jacob,

00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:49.880
 a man at

00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:51.180
 peace with

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.660
 God,

00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:53.160
 now enters

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.980
 his eternal

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:55.740
 rest to be

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:57.600
 with God.

00:20:00.100 --> 00:20:00.660
 Catechisms,

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.500
 the Heidelberg

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.160
 Catechism,

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:03.019
 the New City

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.700
 Catechism,

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.440
 more recently,

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.860
 begin with the

00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:06.240
 question,

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:06.880
 what is our

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:08.319
 only hope in

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:09.059
 life and

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.480
 death?

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.279
 The answer

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:10.740
 that we are

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.279
 not our

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:11.579
 own,

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:11.920
 but we

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.759
 belong body

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.299
 and soul

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:13.900
 to God

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:14.299
 and to

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.559
 our

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.019
 Savior,

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.099
 Jesus

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.759
 Christ.

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.779
 I had

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.299
 hope that

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.640
 we would

00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.680
 be learning

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.480
 as a church

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:21.339
 together a

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:22.420
 new hymn for

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:23.120
 Easter by the

00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:24.440
 Gettys and

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.920
 some of their

00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:25.319
 friends,

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.000
 Christ our

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.599
 hope in

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.140
 life and

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.420
 death,

00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:28.180
 which speaks

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:29.720
 to this

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:30.420
 truth.

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:30.940
 And we see

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.480
 Jacob,

00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.480
 this dying

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:32.920
 man of

00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.120
 faith,

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:34.200
 he gets

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.460
 it.

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.480
 He's got

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.539
 hope and

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.019
 he's got

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.700
 peace because

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.399
 his faith

00:20:39.399 --> 00:20:40.319
 is rooted

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:42.099
 in God.

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.440
 The God

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.019
 who has

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:45.299
 entered into

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:46.599
 covenant with

00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.200
 his family,

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.819
 with Abraham,

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.500
 with Isaac,

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.599
 and now with

00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:50.099
 Jacob,

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.240
 the one who

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.740
 has shown

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.779
 himself faithful

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.700
 to those

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:55.059
 covenant promises

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:56.299
 so that Jacob

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.500
 is able to

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.619
 rest in

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.180
 peace.

00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.299
 peace.

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.160
 Isn't that

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.480
 what we

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.880
 would all

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.460
 want?

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.720
 To have

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.279
 peace.

00:21:07.080 --> 00:21:07.440
 To have

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.920
 peace in

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.440
 our hearts

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.360
 regardless of

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:10.160
 circumstances.

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.440
 To have

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.299
 peace in

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.940
 our hearts

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:14.340
 for life

00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:15.220
 and facing

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.799
 death.

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.840
 Isn't this

00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:18.500
 what we want

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.279
 for ourselves,

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:19.779
 for our

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.259
 families,

00:21:21.080 --> 00:21:21.460
 for our

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:21.700
 city,

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.019
 for our

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.340
 country,

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:22.759
 for our

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.240
 world?

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:24.940
 That instead

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.500
 of panic

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.140
 and fear,

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:27.200
 there'd be

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.860
 hope and

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.279
 peace?

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:30.860
 We find

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.140
 it in

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.460
 God's

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:31.900
 word.

00:21:32.580 --> 00:21:32.900
 I love

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.240
 as well

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.799
 how Jacob

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.420
 wants this

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.299
 legacy of

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.360
 faith for

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:37.500
 future generations

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:37.940
 that they

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.460
 might have

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:38.880
 the peace

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.360
 that he

00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:40.900
 has enjoyed.

00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.080
 Genesis

00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:45.440
 48 and

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.299
 49 is

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:47.660
 one extended

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:49.180
 deathbed

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.000
 scene where

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.180
 Jacob,

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:51.840
 first of all,

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.500
 blesses

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.600
 Joseph and

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:53.759
 his

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.600
 grandchildren,

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:55.759
 Jacob's

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.220
 grandchildren,

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:56.799
 and then he

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.580
 turns to bless

00:21:57.580 --> 00:21:58.080
 his sons.

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.440
 But I want

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.060
 us to focus

00:21:59.059 --> 00:22:00.980
 on the

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:02.399
 words that

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:03.460
 Grandpa

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.519
 Jacob has

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.899
 for Ephraim

00:22:05.899 --> 00:22:07.379
 and Manasseh

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.519
 in verses

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.460
 15 and

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:09.899
 16.

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.419
 So remember,

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.079
 these are two

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:12.639
 boys born to

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.000
 Joseph,

00:22:13.179 --> 00:22:13.599
 born in

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:13.819
 Egypt,

00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:14.539
 never been to

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.079
 the promised

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.599
 land,

00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.579
 born and

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:17.839
 raised

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.359
 Egyptian.

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.200
 As he

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.839
 blesses

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.460
 Joseph,

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:23.960
 extending

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.799
 blessing to

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.399
 Ephraim and

00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:25.960
 Manasseh,

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.659
 he said,

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.660
 may the

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:28.340
 God before

00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:28.980
 whom my

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.580
 fathers,

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.320
 Abraham and

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:30.660
 Isaac,

00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:31.180
 walked,

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.600
 the God

00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:33.000
 who has been

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.560
 my shepherd

00:22:33.560 --> 00:22:34.320
 all my life

00:22:34.320 --> 00:22:34.759
 to this

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.080
 day,

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.380
 the angel

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.740
 who has

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.480
 delivered me

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.000
 from all

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.460
 harm,

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:39.500
 may he

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.400
 bless these

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:40.740
 boys.

00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:42.200
 May they be

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.740
 called by

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.640
 my name

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.380
 and the

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:44.800
 names of

00:22:44.800 --> 00:22:45.560
 my fathers,

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.340
 Abraham and

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.680
 Isaac,

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:48.240
 and may they

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.920
 increase

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.680
 greatly

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:51.560
 upon the

00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:51.920
 earth.

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:53.220
 what's

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.580
 happening

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:53.960
 there?

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:54.900
 He's

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.460
 adopting

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.080
 his

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:57.700
 grandkids

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.200
 into

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.900
 the

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.380
 family

00:22:59.380 --> 00:22:59.680
 of

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.000
 faith.

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:00.779
 He is

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.000
 desiring

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.620
 for them

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:02.960
 that they

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.560
 would have

00:23:03.560 --> 00:23:05.039
 God as

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.500
 their

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.340
 Lord and

00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:06.779
 that they

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.620
 too would

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.300
 come under

00:23:08.300 --> 00:23:09.000
 the blessing

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:10.360
 of God's

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:11.380
 promises.

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.580
 Here is

00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:14.100
 Grandpa

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:15.120
 Jacob saying

00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.539
 to them,

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.259
 I want

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.960
 you boys

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.420
 to know

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.039
 God as

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.779
 your good

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.320
 shepherd,

00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:20.779
 just as I

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.360
 have known

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.799
 him as

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.119
 mine.

00:23:22.899 --> 00:23:23.459
 I want

00:23:23.459 --> 00:23:23.799
 you to

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.500
 trust him

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.139
 to guide

00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:26.059
 you and

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.500
 protect

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.099
 you.

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.500
 I want

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.799
 you to

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.319
 see your

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.159
 true identity

00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:30.819
 not as

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.459
 an Egyptian

00:23:31.459 --> 00:23:32.579
 but as

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.139
 a child

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:33.899
 of God

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.839
 to place

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.219
 your hope

00:23:35.219 --> 00:23:35.479
 in the

00:23:35.479 --> 00:23:36.019
 promises

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.519
 of God

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.919
 not the

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.379
 wealth

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.019
 of

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.740
 Egypt.

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.419
 This is

00:23:40.419 --> 00:23:41.240
 the legacy

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.740
 that he

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.779
 wants for

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.559
 his children

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.319
 and his

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.019
 grandchildren.

00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:47.579
 Let me

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.179
 speak to

00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:48.799
 our parents

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.139
 and our

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.879
 grandchildren,

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:50.659
 our

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.199
 grandparents.

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.699
 What legacy

00:23:52.699 --> 00:23:53.199
 is it that

00:23:53.199 --> 00:23:53.879
 we want

00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:54.399
 to pass

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:54.859
 on to

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.419
 our kids

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:55.859
 and our

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.419
 grandkids?

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.740
 What is it

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.059
 that we

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.799
 want for

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.079
 them?

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.779
 Of course

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.279
 we want

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.959
 health,

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.379
 we want

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:02.799
 success,

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.259
 and we

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.959
 want happiness,

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.279
 and we

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.000
 want security,

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.740
 but do we

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.519
 want above

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:08.439
 all that

00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:08.839
 they would

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:10.019
 know God,

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:11.039
 that they

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.759
 would love

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.399
 Jesus,

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.539
 that they

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.179
 would walk

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:15.179
 by faith,

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:15.799
 that they

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.359
 would live

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.199
 lives of

00:24:17.199 --> 00:24:17.679
 obedience?

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:17.980
 obedience.

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:19.960
 Nothing

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.640
 else

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.620
 matters,

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.880
 really,

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.600
 eternally,

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:25.799
 nothing

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.360
 else

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:27.220
 matters,

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.740
 except that

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.460
 our children

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.259
 and our

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.980
 grandchildren

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.440
 belong to

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.860
 God.

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.220
 They need

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.000
 Jesus.

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.539
 They need

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.600
 the peace

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:39.380
 of God,

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.620
 and so

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:41.120
 do we.

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:42.959
 how can

00:24:42.959 --> 00:24:43.599
 we have

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.919
 this peace

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:46.839
 that allows

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:48.039
 Jacob to

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.879
 die and

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.779
 rest in

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.199
 peace?

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.979
 We need

00:24:51.979 --> 00:24:52.639
 to look to

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.000
 Jesus,

00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:54.379
 who comes

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.119
 to us as

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.679
 the prince

00:24:55.679 --> 00:24:56.259
 of peace.

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.739
 We've heard

00:24:57.739 --> 00:24:59.119
 Jacob's dying

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.659
 words.

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.919
 Let's hear

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.679
 Jesus'

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.799
 words,

00:25:03.219 --> 00:25:04.139
 dying words

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:05.479
 spoken on

00:25:05.479 --> 00:25:06.159
 the cross.

00:25:06.719 --> 00:25:07.139
 Let's see

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:08.000
 how they can

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:09.079
 give us

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.599
 peace and

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.099
 rest.

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.719
 Think about

00:25:12.719 --> 00:25:14.179
 Jesus saying,

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.099
 Father,

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.639
 forgive them.

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.899
 They don't

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.559
 know what

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.939
 they are

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:19.279
 doing.

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:20.819
 Think of

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.879
 Jesus extending

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:23.299
 love and

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.259
 seeking forgiveness

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.479
 for his

00:25:25.479 --> 00:25:26.119
 enemies,

00:25:26.459 --> 00:25:27.459
 and recognize

00:25:27.459 --> 00:25:28.259
 that Jesus'

00:25:28.479 --> 00:25:29.159
 death on the

00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:30.239
 cross is the

00:25:30.239 --> 00:25:31.219
 answer to the

00:25:31.219 --> 00:25:31.959
 problem of

00:25:31.959 --> 00:25:33.000
 sin and

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.039
 guilt and

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:35.059
 the fear of

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.939
 judgment that

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:37.000
 lies in all

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.339
 of our

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.899
 hearts.

00:25:39.219 --> 00:25:39.819
 There is hope

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.419
 for peace

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:41.240
 beyond that

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.980
 because of

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.599
 the forgiveness

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.259
 that Jesus

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.599
 came to

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.099
 secure.

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 And how does

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.099
 he secure it?

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 He secures it

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 by becoming

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 a sacrifice.

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 Think too

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:52.379
 of the words

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 of Jesus

00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:54.240
 as he cried

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.559
 out,

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.419
 my God,

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 my God,

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.519
 why have

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.939
 you forsaken

00:25:59.939 --> 00:26:00.259
 me?

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 Here is Jesus

00:26:01.919 --> 00:26:03.119
 at the cross

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.500
 having

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:05.039
 experienced and

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.579
 enjoyed the

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.019
 eternal

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:07.980
 love of

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.720
 the Father,

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.379
 enjoying

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:10.319
 fellowship with

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:10.839
 the Father,

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:12.000
 but here in

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.859
 this moment

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:14.119
 as he takes

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.960
 on himself

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.680
 the crushing

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.339
 weight of

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.039
 the Father's

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.819
 anger against

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.700
 our sin,

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.180
 he cannot

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.819
 feel that

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.259
 love.

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.619
 He feels

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.859
 forsaken.

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.139
 Why?

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.559
 He is going

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.240
 there so that

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.299
 you and I

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.259
 could be

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.859
 adopted into

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:33.119
 the family

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.799
 of God.

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:35.139
 He knows

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:36.200
 no peace

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.220
 so that we

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.919
 might have

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:39.299
 true and

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.379
 eternal peace.

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.799
 Think too

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.819
 of Jesus'

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:44.519
 words,

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.059
 it is

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.220
 finished.

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.539
 What is he

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.159
 saying there?

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.559
 He's saying

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.819
 his work of

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:52.180
 salvation is

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.919
 complete.

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.240
 The victory

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.559
 had been won.

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.480
 Those great

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.200
 enemies of

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.599
 Satan,

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.639
 sin and

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:58.960
 death,

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.319
 no longer

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.819
 rule and

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.379
 reign.

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.280
 for us

00:27:03.280 --> 00:27:03.860
 as the

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.380
 people of

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.620
 God,

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.200
 we are no

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.640
 longer

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.580
 slaves to

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:06.840
 sin.

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.220
 We don't

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.620
 need to

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.720
 live with

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.240
 a fear

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.680
 of death.

00:27:11.280 --> 00:27:11.620
 The way

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.320
 home to

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:13.020
 God is

00:27:13.020 --> 00:27:14.040
 now open

00:27:14.040 --> 00:27:15.940
 through the

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.980
 sacrifice of

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.180
 Jesus and

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.540
 that's a

00:27:18.540 --> 00:27:19.500
 finished work

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.860
 that we

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.800
 don't have

00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:21.680
 to earn

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.620
 for ourselves,

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.360
 we receive

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:24.300
 it as a

00:27:24.300 --> 00:27:24.880
 gift of

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.800
 his grace

00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:26.340
 and there is

00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:27.540
 peace in

00:27:27.540 --> 00:27:28.600
 that because

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.520
 our salvation

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.319
 and our

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.759
 eternal

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.639
 security does

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.259
 not depend

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.039
 on me and

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.920
 my effort.

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.259
 It depends

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.019
 on me looking

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.839
 to Christ and

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.440
 clinging to

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:37.960
 him and

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.420
 trusting in

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.819
 what he

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:40.359
 has done.

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.779
 And we

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.379
 also hear

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.460
 Jesus on

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.039
 the cross

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.299
 say,

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.139
 into your

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:46.559
 hands I

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.839
 commit my

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.379
 spirit.

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.940
 Jesus ready

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.779
 to be received

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:52.039
 back to

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:53.119
 return to

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.359
 glory with

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.539
 his father

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.539
 and Jesus

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.299
 had already

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.059
 said to his

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.879
 disciples that

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.720
 where he

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.440
 would go

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.480
 his people

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.519
 would follow.

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.679
 Here is a

00:28:03.679 --> 00:28:04.500
 promise of

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.119
 eternal

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:06.639
 lasting peace

00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.339
 in the

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.599
 glorious presence

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.779
 of our

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.599
 God and

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.279
 our Savior

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.579
 in a world

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.440
 made new,

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.679
 in a world

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.659
 free of sin,

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.639
 in a world

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.419
 free of

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:18.240
 virus and

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.799
 the threat

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.879
 of death,

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.779
 all because

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.859
 of Jesus.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.539
 What promise

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.259
 can we rely

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.579
 on?

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.559
 What peace

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.399
 will never

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:31.139
 fail us?

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:34.019
 Jesus said,

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.200
 in this

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.579
 world you

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.559
 will have

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.279
 trouble.

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:39.940
 And the

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.799
 coronavirus is

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.119
 just one

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.559
 example,

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.039
 isn't it?

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.639
 We've lived

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.099
 long enough,

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:44.579
 we know there

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:44.899
 are many

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.279
 troubles,

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.139
 but it's

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.500
 certainly a

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.079
 wake-up call

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.440
 to how

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.980
 fragile life

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.759
 is.

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.099
 And one of

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.379
 the things

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:52.740
 that we can

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.599
 do as a

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:53.919
 church,

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.460
 as Christians,

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.079
 is to pray

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.539
 that God

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.119
 would use

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.500
 this in

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.059
 his wisdom,

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.419
 in his

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:57.899
 mercy,

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.000
 in his

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.599
 desire to

00:28:59.599 --> 00:28:59.859
 save,

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.079
 that he

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.439
 would open

00:29:00.439 --> 00:29:00.839
 people's

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:02.099
 hearts and

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.579
 minds at

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.219
 this time

00:29:03.219 --> 00:29:04.059
 to the

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.619
 goodness of

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:04.959
 Jesus.

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.259
 But Jesus

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.539
 said,

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.559
 more than in

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.079
 this world

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.519
 you will have

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.799
 trouble,

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.519
 he also said,

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.139
 take heart,

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.719
 I have

00:29:12.719 --> 00:29:13.299
 overcome the

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.579
 world.

00:29:14.739 --> 00:29:15.339
 He said,

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:15.839
 do not let

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.339
 your hearts

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.879
 be troubled,

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.679
 you believe in

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.059
 God,

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.679
 believe also in

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:20.860
 me.

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.100
 Here is the

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:23.600
 peace that all

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:24.200
 our hearts are

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.960
 longing for,

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.680
 is found

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.380
 and trusting in

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:27.700
 Jesus,

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.539
 Jesus' death,

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.380
 Jesus'

00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:31.100
 resurrection.

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.400
 That's the

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.860
 hope and the

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.440
 peace that a

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.259
 dying world

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.240
 needs.

00:29:37.320 --> 00:29:38.080
 So as we

00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:39.580
 consider the

00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:40.140
 words of

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.779
 Jacob, as we

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.759
 consider the

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.279
 words of

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.940
 Jesus, let me

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.720
 invite all of

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.759
 us to

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.600
 repent of

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.560
 sin and

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.279
 unbelief,

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:49.039
 to believe in

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:50.859
 Jesus, to

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.839
 trust the

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.619
 promises of

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.879
 God, to

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.740
 find true

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.639
 rest, not

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:58.119
 in people or

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.720
 things,

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:00.099
 circumstances,

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.059
 to find true

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:02.159
 rest in

00:30:02.159 --> 00:30:02.460
 Jesus.

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.680
 Let's pray

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.079
 together.