WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.099 It's chapter 41, and Donald will come and read for us. 00:00:05.500 --> 00:00:09.460 Genesis 41. Let's hear the Word of God. 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:17.679 When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream. 00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:26.420 He was standing by the Nile, when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:33.420 and they grazed among the reeds. And after them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile 00:00:33.420 --> 00:00:41.540 and stood beside those on the riverbank. And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. 00:00:42.260 --> 00:00:47.120 Then Pharaoh woke up. He fell asleep again and had a second dream. 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:52.060 Seven ears of corn, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk. 00:00:52.060 --> 00:00:58.040 After them, seven other ears of corn sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind. 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:02.640 The thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven healthy, full ears. 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:05.820 Then Pharaoh woke up. It had been a dream. 00:01:07.100 --> 00:01:12.260 In the morning, his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. 00:01:13.020 --> 00:01:16.800 Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him. 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:22.420 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, Today I am reminded of my shortcomings. 00:01:23.099 --> 00:01:29.560 Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard. 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:34.799 Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own. 00:01:35.500 --> 00:01:38.700 The young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. 00:01:39.219 --> 00:01:46.099 We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream. 00:01:46.099 --> 00:01:50.759 And these things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us. 00:01:51.179 --> 00:01:54.919 I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged. 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:59.599 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. 00:02:00.039 --> 00:02:03.319 When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh. 00:02:04.139 --> 00:02:08.099 Pharaoh said to Joseph, I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:13.219 But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream, you can interpret it. 00:02:13.219 --> 00:02:17.020 I cannot do it, Joseph replied to Pharaoh. 00:02:17.539 --> 00:02:20.659 But God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires. 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:25.979 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile. 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:31.919 When out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds. 00:02:32.659 --> 00:02:36.960 After them seven other cows came up scrawny and very ugly and lean. 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:40.960 I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt. 00:02:41.659 --> 00:02:45.960 The lean ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first. 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:50.920 Even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so. 00:02:51.420 --> 00:02:53.000 They looked just as ugly as before. 00:02:53.640 --> 00:02:54.719 Then I woke up. 00:02:55.620 --> 00:03:01.319 In my dreams I also saw seven ears of corn, full and good, growing on a single stalk. 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:07.560 After them seven other ears sprouted, withered and thin and scorched by the east wind. 00:03:08.359 --> 00:03:11.620 The thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven good ears. 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:15.859 I told this to magicians, but none could explain it to me. 00:03:16.500 --> 00:03:22.060 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.939 God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 00:03:25.939 --> 00:03:32.319 The seven good cows are seven ears, and the seven good ears of corn are seven ears. 00:03:32.859 --> 00:03:35.039 It is one and the same dream. 00:03:35.620 --> 00:03:40.000 The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterwards are seven ears, 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:44.979 and so are the seven worthless ears of corn scorched by the east wind. 00:03:45.139 --> 00:03:47.259 They are seven years of famine. 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:53.400 It is just as I said to Pharaoh, God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:57.939 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt, 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:00.740 but seven years of famine will follow them. 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:06.080 Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land. 00:04:06.659 --> 00:04:08.640 The abundance in the land will not be remembered, 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:12.280 because the famine that follows it will be so severe. 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:16.120 The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.680 is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:21.579 and God will do it soon. 00:04:21.579 --> 00:04:26.099 And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man, 00:04:26.459 --> 00:04:28.620 and put him in charge of the land of Egypt. 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:31.620 Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land 00:04:31.620 --> 00:04:35.699 to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance. 00:04:36.459 --> 00:04:39.740 They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming, 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:42.719 and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh 00:04:42.719 --> 00:04:45.599 to be kept in the cities for food. 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.980 This food should be held in reserve for the country, 00:04:48.980 --> 00:04:53.300 to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:56.520 so the country may not be ruined by the famine. 00:04:57.200 --> 00:05:00.200 The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials, 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:01.320 so Pharaoh asked him, 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:05.939 Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the Spirit of God? 00:05:06.699 --> 00:05:08.139 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:11.159 Since God has made all this known to you, 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:14.360 there is no one so discerning and wise as you. 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:16.839 You shall be in charge of my palace, 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.899 and all my people are to submit to your orders. 00:05:20.420 --> 00:05:23.459 Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you. 00:05:23.459 --> 00:05:25.680 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, 00:05:26.239 --> 00:05:29.339 I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt. 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:33.859 Then Pharaoh took a signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. 00:05:34.299 --> 00:05:39.379 He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. 00:05:39.859 --> 00:05:43.159 He had him ride in a chariot as his second in command, 00:05:43.699 --> 00:05:45.319 and men shouted before him, 00:05:45.379 --> 00:05:45.859 Make way! 00:05:46.620 --> 00:05:49.339 Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt. 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:51.379 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, 00:05:51.379 --> 00:05:52.980 I am Pharaoh, 00:05:53.500 --> 00:05:54.800 but without your word, 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:57.860 no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt. 00:05:58.620 --> 00:06:02.019 Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphonath, 00:06:02.159 --> 00:06:05.500 and gave him Asenath, 00:06:05.620 --> 00:06:07.259 daughter of Potipharah, 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:08.180 priest of Onn, 00:06:08.219 --> 00:06:08.860 to be his wife. 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:11.319 And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt. 00:06:12.100 --> 00:06:13.519 Joseph was 30 years old 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:15.639 when he entered the service of Pharaoh, 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:16.620 king of Egypt. 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:18.980 Joseph went out from Pharaoh's presence 00:06:18.980 --> 00:06:20.639 and traveled throughout Egypt. 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:22.839 During the seven years of abundance, 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:24.360 the land produced plentifully. 00:06:25.139 --> 00:06:26.800 Joseph collected all the food produced 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:28.800 in these seven years of abundance in Egypt 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:30.439 and stored it in the cities. 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:31.680 In each city, 00:06:31.779 --> 00:06:34.219 he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. 00:06:35.060 --> 00:06:37.339 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:38.860 like the sand of the sea. 00:06:39.379 --> 00:06:41.680 It was so much that he stopped keeping records 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:43.459 because it was beyond measure. 00:06:43.459 --> 00:06:46.139 Before the years of famine came, 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:50.060 two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath, 00:06:50.159 --> 00:06:51.680 daughter of Potipharah, 00:06:51.859 --> 00:06:52.419 priest of Onn. 00:06:53.219 --> 00:06:55.859 And Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh 00:06:55.859 --> 00:06:56.939 and said, 00:06:57.060 --> 00:06:59.060 it is because God has made me forget 00:06:59.060 --> 00:07:01.979 all my trouble and all my father's household. 00:07:02.779 --> 00:07:03.560 The second son, 00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:05.699 he named Ephraim and said, 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:08.199 it is because God has made me fruitful 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:10.060 in the land of my suffering. 00:07:10.939 --> 00:07:14.120 The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:16.219 and the seven years of famine began, 00:07:16.719 --> 00:07:17.980 just as Joseph had said, 00:07:18.659 --> 00:07:20.839 there was famine in all the other lands, 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:22.719 but in the whole land of Egypt, 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:24.219 there was food. 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:26.980 When all Egypt began to feel the famine, 00:07:27.500 --> 00:07:29.639 the people cried to Pharaoh for food. 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:32.279 Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 00:07:32.919 --> 00:07:35.360 go to Joseph and do what he tells you. 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:38.599 When the famine had spread over the whole country, 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:40.779 Joseph opened the storehouses 00:07:40.779 --> 00:07:42.439 and sold grain to the Egyptians. 00:07:43.300 --> 00:07:45.399 The famine was severe throughout Egypt 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:47.759 and all the countries came to Egypt 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:49.019 to buy grain from Joseph 00:07:49.019 --> 00:07:51.979 because the famine was severe in all the world. 00:07:53.779 --> 00:07:55.939 To Genesis chapter 41, 00:07:57.199 --> 00:07:59.120 to notice in particular, 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:00.779 in this great chapter, 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:04.919 God's timing and God's deliverer. 00:08:05.259 --> 00:08:08.180 The Joseph story is epic in its scale, isn't it? 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:10.779 It takes a long time even to read it. 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:14.099 And here we're reminded of this movement 00:08:14.099 --> 00:08:15.319 in the story of Joseph. 00:08:15.479 --> 00:08:16.680 We began with him, 00:08:17.039 --> 00:08:18.039 sort of riches, 00:08:18.599 --> 00:08:20.699 glory in his father's house. 00:08:20.779 --> 00:08:21.839 Then we see him in rags. 00:08:21.939 --> 00:08:23.860 Now we see him in riches again 00:08:23.860 --> 00:08:25.939 in Pharaoh's palace. 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:27.680 There's a great drama, 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:31.920 a great sweep of drama taking place in his story. 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:35.960 But also the Joseph story is a great illustration for us 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:37.700 of the Bible's big story. 00:08:38.259 --> 00:08:40.539 You know, what's the Bible all about? 00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:45.220 As you look across 66 books that are contained, 00:08:45.379 --> 00:08:49.060 and it's really telling one great story. 00:08:49.059 --> 00:08:50.799 Who is God? 00:08:51.339 --> 00:08:53.500 And how can I know this God? 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:56.079 What's wrong with the world? 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:58.179 And how can I be saved 00:08:58.179 --> 00:09:01.039 so that I might know and enjoy God? 00:09:01.319 --> 00:09:03.119 And so you read the Old Testament 00:09:03.119 --> 00:09:05.500 before Jesus comes, 00:09:06.059 --> 00:09:08.379 and you see that it's all pointing forward 00:09:08.379 --> 00:09:10.139 towards Jesus. 00:09:10.619 --> 00:09:13.479 It's like the shadows before the substance comes. 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:15.200 You read the New Testament, 00:09:15.740 --> 00:09:18.159 and you see that it's reflecting back 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:20.240 on the life of Jesus, 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:22.420 the death and the resurrection of Jesus, 00:09:22.539 --> 00:09:24.980 and its significance for the church, 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:27.279 and indeed for the world. 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:29.620 So there's one big story, 00:09:29.680 --> 00:09:31.180 and this big chapter, I think, 00:09:31.220 --> 00:09:35.519 can help us to see so much of the good news 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:37.080 at the heart of the Christian faith. 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:41.759 And to summarize these 57 verses, 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:45.480 what we see here is the all-powerful God 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:49.159 who is working to his perfect timetable 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:51.480 to raise up a savior 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.360 who is the answer to human distress 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:58.580 so as to bring blessing to the world. 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:00.500 That's the gospel, 00:10:00.980 --> 00:10:04.279 as we'll see as we get into this story. 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:05.740 First thing to look at, 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:09.840 God's timing and God's control. 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:11.600 So here is Moses, 00:10:11.940 --> 00:10:13.660 and he's writing the story of Joseph, 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:16.540 and he wants us to see very clearly 00:10:16.540 --> 00:10:19.180 God is in control, 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:21.519 and his timing is perfect. 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:22.620 Now, how does he do that? 00:10:22.920 --> 00:10:25.019 Well, we see it throughout our text. 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:26.620 So verse 16, 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:29.379 we discover God is the God 00:10:29.379 --> 00:10:32.060 who gives answer to dreams. 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:34.740 In verse 28, 00:10:34.740 --> 00:10:37.820 we discover God is the God 00:10:37.820 --> 00:10:39.639 who will bring these seven good years 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.659 and seven years of famine. 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:45.659 We see in verses 51 and 52 00:10:45.659 --> 00:10:48.419 as Joseph names his sons 00:10:48.419 --> 00:10:51.560 an awareness of God's providence and control. 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:53.240 God has made me. 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:55.539 God has made me. 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:58.100 So it's there in the flow of the text, 00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:03.100 but it's also in the theme of the dreams 00:11:03.100 --> 00:11:06.279 that we get through the story of Joseph. 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:07.580 So very quickly, 00:11:08.139 --> 00:11:09.340 some of us haven't been here 00:11:09.340 --> 00:11:11.600 since we began our Joseph story. 00:11:12.019 --> 00:11:13.860 Joseph at the age of 17 00:11:13.860 --> 00:11:17.200 has a couple of dreams sent by God 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:19.379 announcing to Joseph 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:21.360 that he will be raised up 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.320 to a position of prominence 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:25.519 so that his family will bow down to him. 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:27.319 Now his brothers, 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:30.419 they don't like this message to say the least. 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:32.039 They hate Joseph anyway 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:33.399 because he's the father's favorite. 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:35.019 They hate him all the more 00:11:35.019 --> 00:11:36.100 because of these dreams 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:40.980 and so they sell him into slavery in Egypt. 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:42.600 And while in Egypt, 00:11:42.980 --> 00:11:45.699 he'll go from being a slave to being a prisoner, 00:11:46.179 --> 00:11:47.519 but while he's in prison, 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:50.100 so somewhere between the ages of 17 and 30, 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:53.199 we find Joseph both a slave 00:11:53.199 --> 00:11:55.120 and a servant and a prisoner. 00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:58.079 Somewhere during that time, 00:11:58.439 --> 00:12:00.319 around the age of 28, 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:02.379 another prisoner comes, 00:12:02.699 --> 00:12:04.139 the cupbearer of Pharaoh, 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:06.019 and he too has a dream 00:12:06.019 --> 00:12:08.899 and Joseph interprets that dream 00:12:08.899 --> 00:12:10.500 and it's a favorable interpretation 00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:13.000 because he has returned 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:16.159 to the place of honor with the Pharaoh. 00:12:16.319 --> 00:12:17.740 God gave him the interpretation. 00:12:18.139 --> 00:12:18.860 God was announcing 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:20.399 that the cupbearer would be back 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:22.120 beside Pharaoh 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:23.460 so that, 00:12:24.299 --> 00:12:25.039 chapter 41, 00:12:25.179 --> 00:12:25.879 verse 1, 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:28.240 when two few years had passed, 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:30.740 Pharaoh would now also have a dream. 00:12:30.820 --> 00:12:32.060 So here's our third dream 00:12:32.060 --> 00:12:33.200 and what happens? 00:12:33.299 --> 00:12:34.419 The cupbearer, 00:12:35.259 --> 00:12:36.159 verse 9 to 13, 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:37.120 he remembers. 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:38.419 Joseph. 00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:39.740 He remembers. 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:40.759 There's someone in prison 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:42.840 who's able to interpret the dream for you, 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:43.139 Pharaoh, 00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:46.659 and because of that sequence, 00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:49.419 Joseph finds himself 00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:51.559 in the palace of Pharaoh. 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:52.799 Joseph finds himself 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:53.879 in the position 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:54.879 where he can be, 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:55.539 effectively, 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:57.840 the savior for the world 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:00.580 because this famine hits hard. 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:02.160 And so what we see 00:13:02.160 --> 00:13:03.620 by the end of the chapter, 00:13:03.740 --> 00:13:04.320 we've got Joseph 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:06.519 somewhere around the age of 37, 00:13:07.040 --> 00:13:08.340 so about nine years pass 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:09.879 in the course of chapter 41, 00:13:10.259 --> 00:13:12.040 and we can see that his dream 00:13:12.040 --> 00:13:14.040 from 20 years earlier 00:13:14.040 --> 00:13:16.700 is beginning to come to pass, 00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:20.200 but it's not fully realized yet. 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:23.680 God is in control 00:13:23.680 --> 00:13:25.900 in this long drama 00:13:25.900 --> 00:13:28.080 of Joseph's life. 00:13:28.160 --> 00:13:29.560 At any point in the story, 00:13:30.040 --> 00:13:31.200 someone might have asked, 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:33.440 has God lost control? 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:35.560 There was this dream 00:13:35.560 --> 00:13:36.360 about Joseph 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:37.640 and glory and honor, 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:38.300 but look at him. 00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:38.980 He's a slave. 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:39.520 Look at him. 00:13:39.560 --> 00:13:40.280 He's a prisoner. 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:40.840 Look at him. 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:41.940 He's been forgotten 00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:44.100 by the cupbearer. 00:13:45.500 --> 00:13:47.120 But as Moses invites us 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:48.800 to take this wide-angled view, 00:13:48.940 --> 00:13:49.840 we recognize 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:52.420 God has not lost control 00:13:52.420 --> 00:13:55.360 because God never loses control. 00:13:56.060 --> 00:13:57.700 That's one of the central teachings 00:13:57.700 --> 00:13:59.379 of the Bible about God. 00:13:59.800 --> 00:14:00.940 He is our creator. 00:14:01.660 --> 00:14:03.620 He is the one who sustains our life. 00:14:03.920 --> 00:14:06.500 He is the one who plans all things 00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:08.440 according to his will, 00:14:08.780 --> 00:14:11.360 his way, and his timetable. 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:13.920 He is the sovereign king. 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:17.240 For Moses' first readers, 00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:20.720 for the newly established people of Israel, 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:22.680 as they're wandering in the wilderness, 00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:24.000 as they haven't reached 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.440 their final destination, 00:14:25.560 --> 00:14:26.440 this is good news. 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:29.139 It's good news for them to hear 00:14:29.139 --> 00:14:31.240 that God who rescued you, 00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:33.080 just as he promised from Egypt, 00:14:33.659 --> 00:14:34.799 you can trust him. 00:14:36.580 --> 00:14:39.100 The promised land will come. 00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:39.720 come, 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:43.860 have faith in God's perfect timing. 00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.639 And you know, 00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:48.960 those truths about God never change. 00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:51.440 We need those truths too. 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:53.279 We need that encouragement 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:54.560 that we have a God 00:14:54.560 --> 00:14:56.060 who we can trust. 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.899 We have a God 00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.700 whose word 00:14:58.700 --> 00:14:59.779 and whose promise 00:14:59.779 --> 00:15:01.560 never fails 00:15:01.560 --> 00:15:03.779 for his people, 00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:06.019 for his plans. 00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:08.100 And in particular, 00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:09.059 not only do we see 00:15:09.059 --> 00:15:10.480 God is directing things, 00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.960 we see God is directing things 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:13.299 for a particular purpose. 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:15.699 God is directing 00:15:15.699 --> 00:15:17.259 history here 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:18.759 so that he might 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:20.159 keep his promise 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:21.039 to bless 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:22.659 and to save 00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:25.039 through the family of Abraham. 00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:27.740 Genesis chapter 12. 00:15:29.079 --> 00:15:30.199 From your family, 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:30.620 Abraham, 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:31.579 will come blessing 00:15:31.579 --> 00:15:32.779 to the nations, 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.659 will come blessing 00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:34.319 to the world. 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:36.780 Joseph is a small part 00:15:36.780 --> 00:15:38.379 of how that is going 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.900 to work out 00:15:39.900 --> 00:15:41.180 as he is sent 00:15:41.180 --> 00:15:42.600 to be the people's savior 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:44.580 from this famine. 00:15:45.700 --> 00:15:47.400 And that climaxes, 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:49.000 that blessing 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:49.960 to the nations 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:51.120 from the family of Abraham, 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:52.500 that climaxes 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.860 when God sends 00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.700 his own son, 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.200 Jesus, 00:15:55.800 --> 00:15:56.940 to be born of a woman, 00:15:57.060 --> 00:15:57.720 to be born 00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:59.060 in the family line 00:15:59.060 --> 00:15:59.840 of Abraham 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:01.780 to bring ultimate blessing 00:16:01.780 --> 00:16:03.160 and salvation 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:04.620 to all those 00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:06.079 who will trust in him. 00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:08.980 So we see very clearly 00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:09.799 God's timing 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:11.939 and God's control. 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.120 What we also see 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:14.860 very clearly 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:16.659 in our story here 00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:18.419 is human trouble 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:20.039 and distress. 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:22.000 And it begins 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:23.699 with Pharaoh's 00:16:23.699 --> 00:16:25.740 troubled sleep. 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:27.580 I wonder 00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:28.440 if you've known 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:29.860 that experience 00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:31.700 of having 00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:33.360 a disturbing dream 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:34.820 and you wake up 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.440 with a start 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:36.139 and your heart 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:36.740 is racing 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.799 and you can feel 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:38.379 the sweat 00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:39.259 on your face 00:16:39.259 --> 00:16:40.340 and you're distressed, 00:16:40.940 --> 00:16:41.680 agitated, 00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:42.519 confused. 00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.560 And sometimes 00:16:43.560 --> 00:16:44.419 it can take a while 00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:45.039 to realize 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:46.960 it was just a dream. 00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.600 But you know, 00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:49.200 for Pharaoh, 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.279 he doesn't have 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:51.419 that resolution 00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:52.680 to the tension 00:16:52.680 --> 00:16:53.799 and the agitation. 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:57.219 because in the Pharaoh's 00:16:57.219 --> 00:16:57.699 story, 00:16:59.199 --> 00:17:00.159 because it's part 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.139 of the Joseph story, 00:17:01.219 --> 00:17:01.819 we know 00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:03.039 that this dream 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:04.779 is sent by God 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.899 to reveal 00:17:05.899 --> 00:17:07.779 future reality. 00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:09.980 And that future reality 00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:11.399 contains within it 00:17:11.399 --> 00:17:12.119 the distressing 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:13.240 and disturbing news 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.419 of famine for Egypt 00:17:14.419 --> 00:17:15.000 and indeed 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.159 for the world. 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:19.500 That's what's 00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:20.300 in those dreams 00:17:20.300 --> 00:17:21.620 in verses 2 to 7. 00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:23.500 You've got the fat cows 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.680 and then the skinny cows 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:25.480 and the skinny cows 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:26.380 eat up the fat cows 00:17:26.380 --> 00:17:26.920 but they're still 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.960 as skinny as they were. 00:17:28.540 --> 00:17:28.860 And you've got 00:17:28.860 --> 00:17:30.080 the really good grain 00:17:30.080 --> 00:17:31.880 and the bad scorched grain 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:33.040 and it swallows it up 00:17:33.040 --> 00:17:33.640 but it's still 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.300 the same. 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:36.300 Verse 8, 00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:37.120 we're told 00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:39.080 Pharaoh's mind 00:17:39.080 --> 00:17:40.660 was troubled. 00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:42.519 So he sent 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.340 for all the magicians 00:17:43.340 --> 00:17:43.960 and wise men 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.500 of Egypt. 00:17:45.300 --> 00:17:46.019 Pharaoh told them 00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.500 his dreams 00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.340 but no one 00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:49.720 could interpret them. 00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:52.019 And then the cupbearer 00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.940 remembers Joseph 00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.519 and Joseph 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.160 is brought in 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.820 and Joseph 00:17:54.820 --> 00:17:56.440 for God 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:57.980 interprets 00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.960 the dream. 00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:00.940 And what we see 00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:01.820 as the chapter 00:18:01.820 --> 00:18:02.500 progresses 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.460 is what begins 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.620 as personal distress 00:18:04.620 --> 00:18:05.440 for Pharaoh 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:06.800 on earth 00:18:06.800 --> 00:18:07.480 with those dreams 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:07.800 about 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:10.899 becomes national distress 00:18:10.899 --> 00:18:12.079 as Egypt is told 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.240 famine will come 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:14.279 in seven years time 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.419 so you better get ready. 00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:16.720 And that then 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.139 becomes 00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:18.899 global distress 00:18:18.899 --> 00:18:20.599 as the countries 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:21.480 find themselves 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.220 in famine 00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:23.339 and need to know 00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:25.259 what they can do. 00:18:25.379 --> 00:18:27.379 This is a dramatic story. 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:30.799 If this was happening today 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:32.099 it would dominate 00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:33.799 world headlines. 00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:35.720 Global famine 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:38.279 in this story. 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:41.480 What do we make of it? 00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:42.120 Now again 00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:43.600 we need to remember 00:18:43.600 --> 00:18:44.819 here's Moses writing 00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:46.279 the first five books 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.799 of the Bible. 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:47.860 He's written 00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:49.059 the book of Genesis 00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:50.860 and in the Genesis story 00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:52.640 we are 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:54.180 introduced 00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:55.180 to the reason 00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:56.120 why 00:18:56.120 --> 00:18:57.779 death comes. 00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.660 We are introduced 00:18:59.660 --> 00:19:00.480 to the reason 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:00.720 why 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:02.839 there is suffering. 00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.519 We are introduced 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.119 to the reason 00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:06.900 why there is threat 00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:08.200 that looms 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:10.039 on our horizon 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:12.059 because we are 00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:13.099 introduced to 00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:14.339 the fall 00:19:14.339 --> 00:19:16.019 of Adam and Eve. 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:19.000 They were created 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:21.200 in a perfect environment 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:22.420 to enjoy 00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:23.680 perfect relationship 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.680 with one another 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:26.059 and with God. 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:28.359 There was no famine 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:29.720 in Eden 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:30.960 but then 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:32.220 sin came 00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:33.400 and as they 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:34.220 decided 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.480 to mistrust 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:36.720 and distrust 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:38.240 God and His word 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:39.579 as they decided 00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:41.100 life would be better 00:19:41.100 --> 00:19:41.680 for them 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:43.319 making up 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:44.500 their own rules 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.400 and refusing 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:46.240 to listen 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:47.200 to God's voice 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.980 or to submit 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.559 to God 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.460 as king 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:51.620 sin came 00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:53.720 and with sin 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.680 came suffering 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.039 and curse 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:57.700 and death. 00:19:57.700 --> 00:20:00.080 And so Moses 00:20:00.080 --> 00:20:01.140 has introduced 00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:02.080 us to that 00:20:02.080 --> 00:20:02.740 reality 00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:04.140 and we will see 00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:05.140 throughout 00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:06.740 the book of Genesis 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:08.000 the threat 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.900 of death 00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:10.080 and suffering 00:20:10.080 --> 00:20:10.720 that looms 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.980 because of 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:13.340 this fall 00:20:13.340 --> 00:20:14.340 into sin. 00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.400 And it's important 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:17.920 for us to recognize 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:19.519 the importance 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.880 of verse 8 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:23.319 because we are 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:23.960 reminded 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:25.200 in a very 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:26.500 deliberate way 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:28.720 here is Pharaoh 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.599 and he faces 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.759 trouble and distress 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:32.680 but it's a problem 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.259 that neither 00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.500 human power 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:36.440 nor human wisdom 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.720 is capable 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:39.380 of fixing. 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:41.559 Who is Pharaoh? 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:43.180 Pharaoh is the 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:44.519 most powerful man 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.619 of his day. 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.859 He is 00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.920 the great 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.680 superpower. 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:49.400 He has 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.759 all resources 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:52.319 at his 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.099 fingertips 00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:54.279 but that is 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:55.240 not and will 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.019 not be enough 00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:57.339 to spare him 00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.220 from the 00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.819 disaster 00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.220 that is 00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.639 coming. 00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:03.259 It is 00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.819 true that 00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:05.079 wealth can 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:06.000 act like a 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.259 bubble 00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.859 and it can 00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.660 save us 00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.259 from much 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.240 suffering 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.319 and heartache. 00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.960 Resources 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.980 can do much 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:13.660 to insulate 00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.240 us 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:15.279 but power 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:16.000 is a bubble 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.920 that can burst 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:19.000 and it can be 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.539 lost 00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:21.160 and it does 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.519 not spare 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.059 us 00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.460 and it 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:23.980 will not 00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.299 spare 00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.859 Pharaoh 00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.859 from 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.960 suffering. 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.480 Sometimes 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.139 we lose 00:21:30.139 --> 00:21:30.740 sight of 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.079 that. 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.799 As society 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.440 I think we 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.799 expect that if 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.440 people are 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.639 wealthy and 00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.619 successful 00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:39.759 then nothing 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.359 bad can 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:41.279 possibly ever 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.899 happen. 00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:45.920 and it's 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.340 one of the 00:21:46.340 --> 00:21:47.240 reasons why 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:48.960 tragedies, 00:21:50.780 --> 00:21:51.560 sudden deaths 00:21:51.560 --> 00:21:52.240 of famous 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:53.560 people is 00:21:53.560 --> 00:21:54.440 so shocking 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.540 to many. 00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.560 Death invades 00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:59.600 that reality, 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.360 challenges us 00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:02.820 with the 00:22:02.820 --> 00:22:03.700 brevity of 00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.140 life. 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.019 It reminds us 00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.560 that no matter 00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:07.500 how much 00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.540 we have 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.720 we are 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.440 still weak 00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:10.779 and we 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.539 will one 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:13.059 day die. 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.420 And human 00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.000 power and 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.599 wealth doesn't 00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.139 spare us 00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.579 from that. 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.480 Human 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.920 wisdom 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.740 doesn't 00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.339 provide an 00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:21.879 answer. 00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.779 The wise 00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.259 men of 00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.779 Pharaoh's 00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.119 court, 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.559 I guess 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.099 like every 00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.779 wise man, 00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.259 would like 00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.839 to believe 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:29.279 ideas can 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.899 fix the 00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.279 world but 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.659 here they 00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.460 find themselves 00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.460 clueless as 00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.200 to how to 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.519 help Pharaoh 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.399 in his 00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:36.500 distress. 00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.500 the wise 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:39.980 in our 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.579 generation, 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.099 just like 00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.500 every 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.180 generation, 00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:44.700 would expect 00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.339 that more 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:46.319 legislation 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:48.099 and better 00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:48.940 education 00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:50.279 and tighter 00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.940 security 00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:52.019 will lead 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:54.180 to life 00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.940 being good 00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.960 and life 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.639 being perfect. 00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.359 But what we 00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:59.920 see is that 00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.659 regardless of 00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:01.079 how good 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.539 legislation is, 00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.619 still there 00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.440 is suffering 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.759 in nations 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.639 and societies, 00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.500 still there 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.159 is hurt, 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.340 still there 00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:10.580 is death. 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:15.120 So often 00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:16.420 the wise 00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.880 are looking 00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.700 for answers 00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:19.060 in the 00:23:19.060 --> 00:23:20.240 wrong places, 00:23:20.800 --> 00:23:23.019 looking for 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:24.600 superficial fixes 00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:25.620 when the 00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:26.400 problem with 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.259 humanity and 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.220 society lies 00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.940 at the heart 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.440 level. 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.759 It's where the 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.519 Bible goes, 00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:31.920 saying the 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.940 problem lies 00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.840 in the human 00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.860 heart. 00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.440 That's what we 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.040 need to fix 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.399 and that's 00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:37.960 something only 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:39.139 God can 00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:40.039 fix. 00:23:41.659 --> 00:23:42.460 As the 00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.740 chapter moves 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.779 on, we see 00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.399 the distress 00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.000 as it moves 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.859 from Pharaoh 00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.940 to Egypt 00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.960 to the end 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.639 of the chapter. 00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.220 The famine 00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.899 is severe 00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.700 in all the 00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.079 world. 00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.000 Here is a 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.639 problem that 00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:56.099 everybody is 00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.279 facing. 00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.379 famine. 00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.579 And it's a 00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.440 great illustration 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.740 of sin 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.700 and its 00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.619 effects. 00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.980 One of the 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.899 themes of 00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.539 the book 00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.240 of Genesis 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.339 is the 00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.819 seed 00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.579 theme. 00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.759 And we 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.299 can see that 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.639 in this 00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:13.940 chapter, 00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.779 both negatively 00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.700 and positively. 00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:16.519 The famine 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:18.460 is a result 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.019 of the 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.420 seed 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.740 in the 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.220 ground 00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.259 not 00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.740 growing. 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.420 Here is 00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.940 part of 00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:26.440 that curse 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.400 that came 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.360 because of 00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.860 sin. 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.279 That growth 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.400 and fruitfulness 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.680 is affected 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:35.640 because Adam 00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.019 and Eve 00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.880 did not want 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.380 to live 00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.080 under the 00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.920 good rule 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:40.460 of God. 00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.779 Because of 00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.460 sin, the 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.220 earth fell 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.180 under a 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.680 curse. 00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.740 The environment 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:49.180 is affected. 00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:51.060 Adam was 00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:51.320 told, 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.779 you will 00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.960 toil to 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.480 produce 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.180 food. 00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.279 So at 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.660 the roots 00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.079 of this 00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.539 famine, 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.559 at the 00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.200 roots of 00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.039 all disaster 00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.799 and suffering, 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.400 is the 00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:01.980 consequence 00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.720 of our 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.319 rejection 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.000 of God. 00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.720 We 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.319 recognize 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.740 the world 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.000 is a 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.340 beautiful 00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:08.759 place 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.360 because God 00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:09.980 has made 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.579 it beautiful, 00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:11.660 but the 00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.100 world is 00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:13.059 also broken 00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:15.200 because of 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.720 our sin, 00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:16.840 because of 00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.340 the mess 00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:18.220 that we 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.880 have made. 00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.539 And what 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.240 becomes clear 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.720 in Genesis 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.579 41 is 00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.000 that as 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.619 people, 00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:25.059 we cannot 00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.740 save 00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.299 ourselves 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.179 from 00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:28.119 suffering, 00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.319 from a 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.699 biblical, 00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:30.699 taking the 00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:31.359 whole picture 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:31.559 of the 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.740 Bible, 00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.259 we cannot 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.819 save 00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.259 ourselves 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.740 from this 00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.279 sin that 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.839 leads to 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.299 death, 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.220 which is 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.980 the greatest 00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:38.480 crisis for 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.960 the human 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.679 race in 00:25:39.679 --> 00:25:41.179 every generation. 00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.379 But that 00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.159 seed theme 00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.740 that we find 00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.439 in Genesis 00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:46.339 also has a 00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.279 positive element 00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.839 because it 00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.639 speaks to us 00:25:48.639 --> 00:25:49.359 of God's 00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:50.339 grace. 00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.799 So after 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.359 Adam and 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:52.799 Eve had 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:54.059 sinned and 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.579 rebelled 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.399 against God, 00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.399 there was a 00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:56.959 promise that 00:25:56.959 --> 00:25:57.459 from the 00:25:57.459 --> 00:25:58.079 seed of the 00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.579 women would 00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.240 come one 00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.599 who would 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.220 crush the 00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.599 head of 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.039 the serpent, 00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:01.319 there would 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.240 be one who 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.699 would win a 00:26:02.699 --> 00:26:03.980 decisive victory 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.639 over the 00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.639 powers of 00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.480 evil. 00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.179 And then in 00:26:08.179 --> 00:26:09.079 Genesis 12, 00:26:09.459 --> 00:26:10.839 the seed from 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.980 Abraham's family 00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.599 who would bring 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.699 God's blessing 00:26:13.699 --> 00:26:15.019 to the world. 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.039 And so our 00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:18.039 story, even 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.839 as it moves 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.799 towards global 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:22.000 crisis, is 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.639 also at the 00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:24.839 same time a 00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.559 message where 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.319 there is hope 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:28.000 because of 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.740 God's promise, 00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:30.299 God's promise of 00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:31.500 a rescuer who 00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.139 will come. 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.440 Here in this 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.599 story, we see 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.460 him in Joseph, 00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.220 but Joseph 00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:38.400 represents Jesus. 00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.539 That's what we 00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.160 want to look at 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.200 next, God's 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:44.240 chosen deliverer 00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.480 comes. 00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.259 One of the 00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.940 wonderful things 00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:49.079 that this chapter 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.700 does and that 00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.599 the Bible does 00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:52.039 is it highlights 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.819 that God's 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:54.539 salvation comes 00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.519 from the humble 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.859 place, comes 00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.920 from the lowly 00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.559 place, comes 00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.279 from the 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.259 unexpected 00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:01.220 place. 00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.799 Who is the 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.279 hero of 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.259 Genesis 41 00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.240 at a human 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.559 level? 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.500 It's Joseph. 00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.779 Now who is 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.279 Joseph? 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.180 In Egypt, he 00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:10.339 is a foreigner, 00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.420 a slave, 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.380 and a 00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.720 prisoner. 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.359 And where 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.960 does he come 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.480 from? 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.839 Not from power 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.380 and prestige, 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.240 he's summoned 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.000 from the 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.299 king's dungeon. 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.259 The answer 00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.140 to the problem 00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.900 facing Egypt, 00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.599 facing the world, 00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.299 doesn't come 00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.980 from the mighty 00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.839 and the powerful. 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.279 The answer 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.940 doesn't come 00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.759 from the wise 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.420 men of the 00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.140 royal court. 00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.779 It doesn't lie 00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.599 in the resources 00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.539 of Pharaoh the 00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:37.880 king. 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.519 It comes from 00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.059 this humble 00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.819 and unexpected 00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.339 place. 00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:43.079 And this 00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.599 has always 00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.419 been God's 00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:45.359 chosen way 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:46.839 of working. 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.339 Joseph is 00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.879 in Abraham's 00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.379 family. 00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.919 Abraham gets 00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.500 that wonderful 00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.059 promise, 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.179 your family 00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:54.779 will be as 00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.519 many as the 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.399 stars in the 00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:56.879 sky. 00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.199 Your family 00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:58.559 will be a 00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.559 blessing to the 00:27:59.559 --> 00:27:59.759 world. 00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.439 Kings will 00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:01.139 come from you. 00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.679 That promise 00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.319 is given to 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.839 Abraham, 00:28:04.419 --> 00:28:05.099 married to 00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.439 Sarah, 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.899 very old, 00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:09.880 and with 00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.640 no children. 00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.240 That's a 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.019 small beginning, 00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.019 an unexpected 00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.920 place to 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.800 announce salvation. 00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.740 But it 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.800 emphasizes God's 00:28:18.800 --> 00:28:19.300 grace and 00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:19.960 God's glory. 00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.680 Or think 00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.019 about the 00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.560 nation of 00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:21.840 Israel. 00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.240 So they've 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.600 just been 00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.360 called by 00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:23.880 God to 00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.340 be his 00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:24.700 people. 00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:25.900 Israel 00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.500 wasn't the 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.240 great superpower 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.900 of its day, 00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.280 not even 00:28:28.280 --> 00:28:28.900 close. 00:28:30.040 --> 00:28:30.820 A tiny 00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.340 nation at 00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:31.900 this point, 00:28:32.280 --> 00:28:33.160 weak and 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.440 landless and 00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.140 vulnerable, 00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.220 but God 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.460 has called 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.980 them to 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.519 himself, 00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:39.819 and he's 00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.600 made a 00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.039 covenant 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.100 commitment to 00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.279 them, 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.559 and he's 00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.500 given promises 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.980 to them, 00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:44.720 and given 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.140 them this 00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.720 message that 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.220 they will 00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.360 be his 00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:48.079 messengers 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.840 bringing light 00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.180 to the 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.500 world. 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.420 Through that 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.180 tiny nation, 00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:53.279 salvation would 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.720 come. 00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.500 It's the same 00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.079 for us as a 00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.519 church. 00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.940 Paul says, 00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.720 not many 00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.180 powerful, 00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:00.640 not many 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.340 noble were 00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:01.980 called, 00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.700 because God 00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.340 delights to 00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:04.920 work in the 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:06.180 weak and the 00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.519 small. 00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.140 The church 00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.660 can seem 00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.140 weak and 00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.680 small and 00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.800 insignificant to 00:29:09.800 --> 00:29:10.680 our society, 00:29:10.800 --> 00:29:11.340 perhaps to 00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:11.960 ourselves, 00:29:13.020 --> 00:29:13.400 but in 00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.360 God's hands, 00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:15.759 God can use 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.140 his church, 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.860 and God has 00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.700 always used 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.360 his church, 00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:20.460 weak as we 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:22.120 are, for 00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:23.240 his purposes, 00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.740 so that God 00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:26.360 gets the 00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.780 glory. 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.500 And when we 00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.340 think of 00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:30.620 salvation coming 00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.040 from the 00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:31.880 humble place, 00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.520 and the low 00:29:32.520 --> 00:29:33.060 place, and the 00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:34.040 unexpected place, 00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:34.920 don't we see 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.759 this is true in 00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.359 the story of 00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.680 Jesus? 00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.539 Here is 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:41.099 Jesus, the 00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.879 eternal Son of 00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.839 God, but in 00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.799 human terms, how 00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.619 does he enter 00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.160 the world? 00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.519 He is born in 00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:49.119 a stable, in a 00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:51.440 backwater town, to 00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.440 a poor young 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.019 mother. 00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.920 And as he 00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.720 grows and as he 00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.420 begins his 00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:58.660 ministry, he is 00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.279 seen by the 00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.339 religious establishment 00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:02.220 as mixing with 00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.160 the wrong crowd. 00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.299 Here he is 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.940 spending his 00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.619 time with the 00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.200 poor and the 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.960 sinners, not the 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.740 religious elite. 00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.740 He's seen to be 00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.440 working in the 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.000 wrong place. 00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.680 He's working up 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.319 in Galilee. 00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:14.200 That's a bit of a 00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.519 mixed background. 00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.259 Why is he not 00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.079 in Jerusalem? 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.659 That's where kings 00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.139 should be. 00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.099 That's where the 00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:21.619 power people are. 00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:25.180 Jesus is called a 00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.839 blasphemer. 00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.539 He's called a 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.700 false messiah. 00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:30.940 people cannot 00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:32.640 marry up his 00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:34.440 low place with 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.980 his high claims. 00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.600 And he will be 00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:40.819 crucified, dying 00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:42.059 in apparent 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.660 weakness. 00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:45.360 But, as the 00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:46.600 Bible declares, in 00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:48.960 his death is God's 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:51.340 loving response to 00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:52.180 our need. 00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:54.140 As God, as 00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:56.100 Jesus dies for our 00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:57.960 sin and in the 00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:59.140 place of 00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:00.000 sinners. 00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.340 So, Jesus takes a 00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:06.420 low place in 00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.259 order to 00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.960 rescue and 00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.240 deliver. 00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.299 And it's 00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.920 announced and 00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.680 foretold in the 00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.460 story of Joseph. 00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.240 What else can we 00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.920 say about Joseph as 00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:18.019 deliverer from our 00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.539 text? 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.299 We see some 00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.960 wonderful scenes 00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:20.880 here. 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.000 In verse 16, 00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:23.680 we see very 00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:25.180 clearly, Joseph is 00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.640 God's man. 00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:28.259 Here he is, brought 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.779 into the palace from 00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.380 the prison. 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.160 Pharaoh tells him 00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.900 he's got a dream. 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.660 I've heard it said 00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.539 of you that when you 00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.299 hear a dream, you 00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.840 can interpret it. 00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:39.060 I cannot do it, 00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.039 Joseph replied to 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:41.500 Pharaoh, but God 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.820 will give Pharaoh the 00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.880 answer he desires. 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.279 So, here is Joseph 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.299 standing in front of 00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.580 Pharaoh. 00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.180 Pharaoh who 00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:48.380 describes himself as 00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:49.299 a son of the 00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.620 God. 00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:52.059 And Joseph boldly 00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.479 says, the true 00:31:53.479 --> 00:31:55.099 God, he will give 00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.819 interpretation. 00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:59.739 Joseph has God's 00:31:59.739 --> 00:32:00.500 spirit. 00:32:01.199 --> 00:32:01.919 It's amazing, even 00:32:01.919 --> 00:32:03.079 Pharaoh can see it, 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:05.459 verse 38, as 00:32:05.459 --> 00:32:06.519 Joseph announces 00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:08.099 his plans for how 00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:09.339 to prepare the 00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:10.779 nation for 00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.500 famine. 00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.719 The plan seemed 00:32:12.719 --> 00:32:13.599 good to Pharaoh 00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.179 and to all his 00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.659 officials. 00:32:15.239 --> 00:32:15.939 So, Pharaoh asked 00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.679 them, can we find 00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:17.659 anyone like this 00:32:17.659 --> 00:32:19.479 man, one in whom 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:21.000 is the spirit of 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.440 God? 00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.360 Recognizing he's 00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:24.500 equipped in a 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.579 unique way, called 00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:27.460 clearly, God's hand 00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:29.240 is with this man. 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.779 And Joseph, too, 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:33.160 identifies with 00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.740 God's people. 00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:37.200 And we see that in 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.460 what happens in his 00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.620 own family life and 00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.120 personal life. 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:41.880 So, in verse 44 00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.920 onwards, as 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:44.460 Pharaoh introduces 00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.460 Joseph to the 00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:47.279 establishment, what 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.759 does he do? 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.660 he gives him a 00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.279 new name. 00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:53.220 Let's put 00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.299 Egyptian culture 00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.859 on him. 00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:57.039 He's given an 00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.779 Egyptian wife, 00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:00.200 and that wife 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.359 comes from a 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.240 line of 00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.940 pagan 00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:04.079 false 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.960 worship. 00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.900 But what do we 00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:08.420 see about 00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.980 Joseph? 00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.599 In verse 50 00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.759 to 52, we see 00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.640 two sons are 00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.059 born. 00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.740 They're not given 00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.819 Egyptian names. 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.920 They're given 00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.720 Hebrew names. 00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.400 He hasn't lost 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.259 his identity. 00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.940 He hasn't lost 00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.539 his sense of 00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.900 connection to the 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.620 people of God 00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.640 and to his 00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:26.559 father's house. 00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:29.440 He identifies 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.339 with the people 00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.799 of God. 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.920 And in verse 00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:34.079 57 and in 00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:35.200 verse 55, 00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.480 Joseph is 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.579 clearly revealed 00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.279 to us as 00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.680 God's answer 00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.839 to human 00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.519 need. 00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:43.619 When Egypt 00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:44.700 cries to 00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.119 Pharaoh, 00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.200 Pharaoh says, 00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.639 don't come 00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.119 to me, 00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.019 go to 00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.379 Joseph. 00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.339 He's the 00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:51.000 one who 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.720 can help 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:51.900 you. 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.440 Do what he 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:53.019 tells you. 00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.759 And then in 00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.579 verse 57, 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.279 all the 00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.099 countries came 00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.680 to Egypt 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.660 to buy 00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.359 grain 00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:59.180 from 00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.980 Joseph. 00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.740 Moses is 00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:02.319 very deliberate. 00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.700 God has 00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.400 raised 00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:05.700 Joseph up 00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.400 so that he 00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.160 is seen 00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.839 to be 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:09.159 the deliverer 00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.899 for the 00:34:09.899 --> 00:34:10.339 world. 00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.119 From the 00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.079 distress that 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.440 they are 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.500 facing through 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.779 Joseph comes 00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:15.940 blessing. 00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:18.079 Just as God 00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.500 has been 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.639 promising all 00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.099 along. 00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.420 And in this 00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.519 chapter, the 00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.500 promise of 00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:25.259 Jesus is 00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.899 everywhere. 00:34:26.899 --> 00:34:27.619 Jesus isn't 00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.440 just God's 00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.679 man. 00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.460 He is God 00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.579 who became 00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.579 man in 00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.420 order to be 00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.819 our deliverer. 00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:35.099 Jesus is 00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:36.759 spirit-filled. 00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.579 He is empowered 00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.360 for ministry 00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.420 by the 00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:41.519 filling of 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.319 the spirit. 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.039 Jesus is 00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.500 the one who 00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.559 left heaven 00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.139 to become 00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.900 one of us, 00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.759 to identify 00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.599 with us 00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.299 in our 00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:50.259 need, so 00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:50.699 much that 00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.099 he'd be 00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:52.579 baptized for 00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.239 us, that 00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:53.559 he would 00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.539 then go to 00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.119 the cross 00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.699 to die 00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.099 in our 00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:57.420 place for 00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.940 us. 00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.299 And Jesus 00:34:59.299 --> 00:35:00.340 offers salvation 00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.019 to the world, 00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.000 to anyone 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.400 who believes, 00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:05.119 regardless of 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:06.179 culture, 00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.400 or race, 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:08.960 or background. 00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.920 He is 00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.780 God's 00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.320 chosen 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:14.579 deliverer. 00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.780 How should 00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.500 we respond 00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.780 to the 00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.599 Jesus story 00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.180 as we see 00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:20.240 signpost to 00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:21.019 it here in 00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.019 chapter 41? 00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.259 one. 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.259 We certainly 00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.820 need to be 00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.539 like the 00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.500 cup bearer 00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:31.239 who recognized 00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:32.239 it was wrong 00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.820 of him to 00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.719 forget about 00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.199 Joseph. 00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:36.360 It is wrong 00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:37.559 for us 00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.900 to forget 00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.759 about Jesus, 00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:42.059 to push him 00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.920 to one side 00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:44.259 as if he is 00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:45.079 no big deal, 00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.400 as if his 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.539 identity and his 00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.139 death on the 00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.739 cross and his 00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.500 resurrection and 00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.300 return to glory 00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:51.019 is of no 00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.060 consequence to 00:35:52.060 --> 00:35:52.260 him. 00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:54.080 Jesus is the 00:35:54.080 --> 00:35:54.980 central figure 00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.660 in history 00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.780 and he needs 00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.600 to be central 00:35:57.600 --> 00:35:58.840 to our lives 00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.580 as the only 00:35:59.580 --> 00:36:01.100 hope for a 00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.960 broken world. 00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.200 We also 00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:05.840 would do 00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.360 well to 00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.720 follow 00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.220 Pharaoh, 00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:09.320 respond 00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:10.539 like 00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:11.039 Pharaoh. 00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:11.740 What does 00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:12.220 Pharaoh do 00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:12.760 for Joseph? 00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.220 First of all, 00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.880 he honors 00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:15.700 Joseph and 00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.160 we should 00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:17.580 honor Jesus 00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.960 in our 00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.340 lives, 00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.259 recognizing 00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:21.360 here is 00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.559 God's 00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:23.559 rescuer. 00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.779 And just 00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:26.319 as 00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:27.360 Pharaoh 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.099 told 00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.159 Egypt, 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.019 we should 00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.259 go to 00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:31.719 Jesus. 00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.579 We should 00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.440 listen to 00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:34.679 him. 00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.480 We should 00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.539 trust in 00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:36.779 him. 00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.519 And indeed, 00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.259 this is our 00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:39.139 message to 00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.639 others. 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.840 Once they 00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.319 come to 00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:41.659 us, 00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.380 we can fix 00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.019 your problems. 00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.460 We say, 00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.279 go to 00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:44.699 Jesus. 00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.340 We found 00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:45.719 the one 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.500 who can. 00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.759 We need 00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.219 to be like 00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.980 the nations 00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:51.279 of verse 00:36:51.279 --> 00:36:52.159 57 who 00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:53.239 come streaming 00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:54.879 to Joseph, 00:36:55.439 --> 00:36:56.719 coming empty, 00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:58.159 needing to 00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.899 be filled. 00:36:59.839 --> 00:37:00.219 We need 00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:00.719 to come 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.419 to Jesus 00:37:01.419 --> 00:37:02.439 in our 00:37:02.439 --> 00:37:03.299 need to 00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:04.279 recognize 00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:05.319 he is the 00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:06.079 bread of 00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.500 life, 00:37:06.879 --> 00:37:07.459 to recognize 00:37:07.459 --> 00:37:08.359 he is the 00:37:08.359 --> 00:37:09.079 one who 00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.019 can satisfy 00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.259 and who 00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:13.259 can save. 00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:14.739 Nothing 00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.679 changes. 00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:17.419 in all 00:37:17.419 --> 00:37:18.359 of history. 00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:21.039 The world 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:22.039 still needs 00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.939 God's 00:37:22.939 --> 00:37:23.299 Savior. 00:37:23.899 --> 00:37:24.199 You and 00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.859 I still 00:37:24.859 --> 00:37:25.379 need 00:37:25.379 --> 00:37:26.319 God's 00:37:26.319 --> 00:37:27.099 Savior. 00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:29.000 The story 00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.500 of Joseph 00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:29.919 is an 00:37:29.919 --> 00:37:30.719 old story, 00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.079 it's an 00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.519 ancient 00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.000 story, 00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.339 but it's 00:37:32.339 --> 00:37:32.959 a vital 00:37:32.959 --> 00:37:33.739 story for 00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.099 you and 00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.359 me as 00:37:34.359 --> 00:37:34.959 it points 00:37:34.959 --> 00:37:35.919 us towards 00:37:35.919 --> 00:37:37.539 Jesus, 00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:39.119 as it 00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.839 reminds us 00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:40.119 of the 00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.919 reality of 00:37:40.919 --> 00:37:41.179 human 00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:41.659 distress 00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.379 and 00:37:42.379 --> 00:37:43.079 suffering, 00:37:43.779 --> 00:37:44.459 as it 00:37:44.459 --> 00:37:45.119 reminds us 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.440 that we 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.079 are by 00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.819 ourselves 00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:47.359 despite 00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:47.759 our 00:37:47.759 --> 00:37:48.299 resources 00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:49.199 unable 00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:50.000 to fix 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.859 all that 00:37:50.859 --> 00:37:51.440 is broken 00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.920 in our 00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.380 hearts 00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.859 and in 00:37:52.859 --> 00:37:53.059 our 00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.460 world. 00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:53.980 It 00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.619 points us 00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.139 beyond 00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.719 ourselves 00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.500 to God's 00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:56.980 provision, 00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.559 to God's 00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.179 Savior, 00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:00.259 to a hope 00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:01.079 that comes 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:02.299 from God. 00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.639 This story 00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:04.619 points us 00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.480 squarely 00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:06.859 to Jesus, 00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.039 to the 00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.739 cross of 00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:09.099 Jesus, 00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.719 as my 00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.900 hope and 00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.639 your hope 00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.079 to date. 00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.139 Thank you.