WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.320 If you're able to, stay for sandwiches and cake, a cup of tea, great way to catch up. 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:10.720 And thank you for your prayers for myself and Kirsty. 00:00:11.740 --> 00:00:14.380 When we were over in Sheffield, it was a great time. 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:20.080 It was good to visit Amy, to see and to meet people that she's with every day. 00:00:22.140 --> 00:00:23.859 Just setting up something here. 00:00:25.080 --> 00:00:26.600 Can't do two things at once. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.000 Thank you. 00:00:32.579 --> 00:00:36.920 So, yeah, and I'm sure Kirsty actually would appreciate your prayers. 00:00:37.100 --> 00:00:43.560 She would have been here, only she's done her back in, so she's not able to be here this afternoon. 00:00:43.659 --> 00:00:48.939 But we're both grateful and thankful for your prayers for us while we were away. 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:52.840 Turn in your Bibles, please, to Genesis chapter 38. 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:58.240 We're looking at a new series in the life of Joseph. 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:05.540 But maybe you'll already know this, but chapter 38 says nothing of Joseph at all. 00:01:05.620 --> 00:01:10.420 So we go from chapter 37 about Joseph, then to chapter 39 all about Joseph. 00:01:10.579 --> 00:01:19.520 And then we get this, well, you'll see a strange story, an account that we read about in chapter 38. 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:23.719 But it's there for a reason, and that's good. 00:01:24.340 --> 00:01:27.379 So we're going to read Genesis chapter 38. 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:28.939 It's at the beginning of your Bible. 00:01:30.119 --> 00:01:31.479 First book in the Bible. 00:01:32.019 --> 00:01:35.340 And we're going to read from verses 1 to 14. 00:01:35.340 --> 00:01:39.540 So let's hear God's word. 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:48.219 At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hira. 00:01:49.300 --> 00:01:53.379 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shuha. 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:56.719 He married her, made love to her. 00:01:57.300 --> 00:02:01.060 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son who was named Er. 00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:06.680 She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan. 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:11.740 She gave birth still to another son and named him Shelah. 00:02:12.659 --> 00:02:16.259 It was at Kazib that she gave birth to him. 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:23.819 Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 00:02:24.740 --> 00:02:28.840 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the Lord's sight. 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:32.060 So the Lord put him to death. 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:35.240 Then Judah said to Onan, 00:02:35.740 --> 00:02:40.780 Sleep with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law 00:02:40.780 --> 00:02:44.039 to raise up offspring for your brother. 00:02:45.460 --> 00:02:48.560 But Onan knew that the child would not be his, 00:02:49.219 --> 00:02:52.080 so that whenever he slept with his brother's wife, 00:02:52.500 --> 00:02:56.960 he spilled his semen on the ground to avoid providing offspring for his brother. 00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:01.360 What he did was wicked in the Lord's sight, 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:04.580 so the Lord put him to death also. 00:03:06.420 --> 00:03:09.379 Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:14.580 Live as a widow in your father's household until my son Shelah grows up, 00:03:15.300 --> 00:03:19.500 for he thought he may die too, just like his brothers. 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:24.080 So Tamar went to live in her father's household. 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:30.800 After a long time, Judah's wife, the daughter of Shuha, died. 00:03:31.980 --> 00:03:34.360 When Judah had recovered from his grief, 00:03:34.460 --> 00:03:38.160 he went up to Timnah to the men who were shearing his sheep, 00:03:38.540 --> 00:03:41.500 and his friend Hera, the Adolamite, went with him. 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:45.099 When Tamar was told, 00:03:45.979 --> 00:03:49.180 Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep, 00:03:49.780 --> 00:03:52.259 she took off her widow's clothes, 00:03:53.259 --> 00:03:57.319 covered herself with a veil to disguise herself. 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:01.639 Then she sat down at the entrance to Aneim, 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:04.180 which is on the road to Timnah. 00:04:04.180 --> 00:04:08.920 For she saw that though Shelah had grown up, 00:04:09.939 --> 00:04:13.219 she had not been given to him as his wife. 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:17.439 Well, we're going to look at the whole story, 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:20.079 but we're going to stop our reading there and pray 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:23.259 and ask for God's help as we look at his word. 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:23.920 Let's pray. 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:30.000 Father, we thank you for these old accounts, 00:04:30.180 --> 00:04:32.140 but yet true accounts 00:04:32.140 --> 00:04:36.240 of individuals and families 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:39.319 living life just as us 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:43.840 that have been written down and recorded 00:04:43.840 --> 00:04:45.040 to teach us 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:48.379 about the wonder 00:04:48.379 --> 00:04:52.040 and goodness and redemption of God. 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:56.920 And so we pray that as we look at this story together, 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:00.220 we would see the Saviour, 00:05:00.900 --> 00:05:02.400 the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:05:03.140 --> 00:05:06.720 who has come to redeem people like us, 00:05:06.980 --> 00:05:10.120 to bring us into your family. 00:05:11.520 --> 00:05:14.140 So help us now, we pray in Jesus' name. 00:05:14.139 --> 00:05:15.379 Amen. 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:21.120 Well, when we were younger, 00:05:21.819 --> 00:05:25.399 my sister decided she was going to run away. 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:27.740 She was about eight or nine. 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:29.539 For some reason, 00:05:29.659 --> 00:05:31.860 she had felt let down by her family, 00:05:32.060 --> 00:05:34.500 probably annoyed by her younger brother. 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:37.959 So one day, she just ran away 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:41.060 down to the bottom of the road. 00:05:42.159 --> 00:05:43.899 About 20 minutes later, 00:05:44.139 --> 00:05:45.639 she arrived home 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:47.699 and burst into tears. 00:05:48.899 --> 00:05:50.500 Inquiring what was wrong, 00:05:51.219 --> 00:05:52.159 she told my mum 00:05:52.159 --> 00:05:55.819 she had run away 00:05:55.819 --> 00:05:58.759 and no one had come looking for her. 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:02.219 But isn't that why we run away? 00:06:02.939 --> 00:06:05.560 So no one can find you. 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:09.939 What do we do with a runaway? 00:06:11.139 --> 00:06:13.720 Well, our friend Judah that we're reading about 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:15.980 in chapter 38 is on the run. 00:06:17.139 --> 00:06:19.120 Chapter 37 told us 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:22.819 he had sold his younger brother Joseph off as a slave. 00:06:22.819 --> 00:06:25.180 And to make matters worse, 00:06:26.180 --> 00:06:30.920 Judah told his father that Joseph had been killed by wild animals. 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:34.620 Now Judah wants out. 00:06:35.340 --> 00:06:36.400 So, verse 1. 00:06:36.939 --> 00:06:38.140 At that time, 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:41.500 at the time of all those events with Joseph, 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:44.160 Judah left his brothers 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:47.879 and went down to stay with a man of Adullam 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:50.139 near named Hera. 00:06:50.139 --> 00:06:55.279 Judah literally turns his back on his family 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:58.879 and runs away from his past. 00:06:59.599 --> 00:07:02.120 However, Judah isn't just running from home. 00:07:02.539 --> 00:07:05.360 He's turning his back on God. 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:09.920 You see, Judah was part of God's chosen family. 00:07:10.280 --> 00:07:12.699 His great-grandfather was Abraham. 00:07:13.340 --> 00:07:15.319 And God had made a promise to Abraham 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:17.420 that through his family, 00:07:17.780 --> 00:07:20.319 all the nations of the world would be blessed. 00:07:21.580 --> 00:07:24.540 Well, we're now three generations later from Abraham 00:07:24.540 --> 00:07:29.160 and this family is a dysfunctional mess. 00:07:30.300 --> 00:07:33.680 Judah, it seems, has no interest in God's plans 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:35.300 or God's promises. 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:38.500 Judah has walked out 00:07:38.500 --> 00:07:41.280 and turned his back on God. 00:07:41.580 --> 00:07:43.580 He has run away. 00:07:44.960 --> 00:07:48.319 What will God do with a runaway? 00:07:50.460 --> 00:07:52.379 Now we may not be a Judah, 00:07:52.580 --> 00:07:55.780 but we do know what it is to run away from God, don't we? 00:07:55.819 --> 00:07:57.400 It's what we do all the time 00:07:57.400 --> 00:07:59.460 in big ways and in small ways. 00:08:00.100 --> 00:08:02.280 Despite God being our creator 00:08:02.280 --> 00:08:03.900 and our provider, 00:08:03.899 --> 00:08:08.339 we decide that we want to have nothing to do 00:08:08.339 --> 00:08:10.060 with God's plans and promises. 00:08:11.019 --> 00:08:13.759 We so often turn our back on God, 00:08:14.500 --> 00:08:15.699 live our own way 00:08:15.699 --> 00:08:17.899 and run away. 00:08:17.899 --> 00:08:23.379 What does God do with runaways like us? 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:27.799 Well, we're in for a big surprise. 00:08:28.500 --> 00:08:30.679 Because in our text, in this story, 00:08:30.819 --> 00:08:34.980 we're going to see four surprising responses 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:36.419 from God. 00:08:36.419 --> 00:08:39.579 Here's the first big surprise. 00:08:40.719 --> 00:08:44.659 The surprising mercy God shows. 00:08:44.779 --> 00:08:46.699 The surprising mercy God shows. 00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:49.419 The first thing Jacob does as he runs away 00:08:49.419 --> 00:08:51.860 is to get himself a wife. 00:08:52.199 --> 00:08:52.740 Verse 2. 00:08:53.199 --> 00:08:55.919 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:56.759 named Shuha. 00:08:57.639 --> 00:08:58.779 He married her 00:08:58.779 --> 00:09:01.100 and made love to her. 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:03.459 Together they had three children 00:09:03.459 --> 00:09:04.299 that we read about. 00:09:04.439 --> 00:09:06.819 Er, Onan, and Shelah. 00:09:07.299 --> 00:09:08.459 All seems well. 00:09:08.819 --> 00:09:10.259 His runaway has been good. 00:09:10.339 --> 00:09:11.519 He now has a family. 00:09:12.659 --> 00:09:14.759 But we're in for a surprise, aren't we? 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:15.459 Verse 6. 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:19.039 Judah got a wife for Er, 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:20.539 his firstborn, 00:09:20.539 --> 00:09:22.799 and her name was Tamar. 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:25.659 But Er, Judah's firstborn, 00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:27.959 was wicked in the Lord's sight. 00:09:29.019 --> 00:09:31.480 So the Lord put him to death. 00:09:32.419 --> 00:09:34.559 It's a tragedy for the family. 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:36.240 The firstborn, 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:38.639 through whom the family line 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:39.839 is going to continue, 00:09:40.339 --> 00:09:42.019 is now dead. 00:09:43.740 --> 00:09:45.299 But all is not lost 00:09:45.299 --> 00:09:47.759 because Judah has two more sons, 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:48.419 hasn't he? 00:09:48.419 --> 00:09:51.240 However, son number two, 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:52.719 it seems, is no better. 00:09:53.259 --> 00:09:54.459 Onan's responsibility, 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:56.539 according to custom and tradition, 00:09:57.399 --> 00:10:00.240 was to become a kind of surrogate father 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:02.819 for his dead brother's wife. 00:10:03.839 --> 00:10:04.879 So, verse 9. 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:08.019 But Onan knew 00:10:08.019 --> 00:10:10.360 that the child would not be his, 00:10:11.139 --> 00:10:12.599 so that whenever he slept 00:10:12.599 --> 00:10:13.939 with his brother's wife, 00:10:14.719 --> 00:10:16.579 he spilled his semen on the ground 00:10:16.580 --> 00:10:18.820 to avoid providing offspring 00:10:18.820 --> 00:10:20.360 for his brother. 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:22.980 What he did 00:10:22.980 --> 00:10:25.520 was wicked in the Lord's sight. 00:10:26.460 --> 00:10:29.360 So the Lord put him to death also. 00:10:30.860 --> 00:10:32.980 To lose one son is bad enough, 00:10:32.980 --> 00:10:34.600 but to lose two? 00:10:35.900 --> 00:10:37.300 Judah, it seems, 00:10:37.420 --> 00:10:38.920 is forced to take action. 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:41.439 Instead of giving his son, 00:10:41.959 --> 00:10:43.299 his third son, 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:44.679 to Tamar, 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:47.139 he sends Tamar back 00:10:47.139 --> 00:10:48.759 childless to her father 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:50.399 and keeps his son 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:52.059 wrapped in cotton wool 00:10:52.059 --> 00:10:52.919 at home. 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.339 Now, we can have a little bit 00:10:55.339 --> 00:10:56.599 of sympathy for Judah. 00:10:57.099 --> 00:10:58.199 Things didn't go well 00:10:58.199 --> 00:10:59.439 for the first two sons, 00:10:59.779 --> 00:11:01.919 so best to keep son number three 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.059 well away from this Tamar girl. 00:11:04.379 --> 00:11:06.319 It seems that bad things happen 00:11:06.319 --> 00:11:07.459 whenever she's around. 00:11:07.460 --> 00:11:10.060 You could lose your life. 00:11:11.060 --> 00:11:12.080 End of verse 11. 00:11:13.560 --> 00:11:14.580 For he thought, 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:16.759 he, that is Shelah, 00:11:16.860 --> 00:11:17.879 may die too, 00:11:18.500 --> 00:11:19.639 just like his brothers. 00:11:20.660 --> 00:11:22.340 So Tamar went to live 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:24.280 in her father's household. 00:11:26.040 --> 00:11:27.040 Now again, 00:11:27.259 --> 00:11:28.420 thinking about this, 00:11:28.460 --> 00:11:30.259 and if we were in Judah's situation, 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:31.740 we might do the same. 00:11:32.379 --> 00:11:34.120 But that's not what Judah 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:35.420 is meant to do. 00:11:35.419 --> 00:11:37.639 He's meant to follow 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:39.059 God's plan. 00:11:39.939 --> 00:11:40.299 Remember, 00:11:40.500 --> 00:11:41.719 Jacob is part of, 00:11:41.959 --> 00:11:43.120 or Judah is part of, 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:44.419 God's chosen family 00:11:44.419 --> 00:11:45.919 through whom the nations 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:46.519 of the world 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:47.299 will be blessed. 00:11:47.839 --> 00:11:49.299 He's meant to preserve 00:11:49.299 --> 00:11:51.019 the seed of the firstborn, 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:52.639 not cut it off. 00:11:53.339 --> 00:11:54.299 His responsibility 00:11:54.299 --> 00:11:55.439 is to make sure 00:11:55.439 --> 00:11:57.039 that the family line continues. 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:59.039 He's to live God's way, 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:00.480 not his own way. 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:04.220 So what's God going to do 00:12:04.220 --> 00:12:05.779 with a runaway like Judah? 00:12:07.940 --> 00:12:08.539 Well, 00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:10.139 considering what God did 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:11.460 to Heir and Onan 00:12:11.460 --> 00:12:12.379 for being wicked 00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:13.600 and disobedient, 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:16.060 my goodness me, 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:18.279 it seems God 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:19.680 should put Judah to death 00:12:19.680 --> 00:12:20.960 for attempting to scupper 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:22.460 God's plan and promise. 00:12:22.460 --> 00:12:24.500 You see, 00:12:24.580 --> 00:12:25.420 the big surprise 00:12:25.420 --> 00:12:26.480 in this story 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:27.220 is not that 00:12:27.220 --> 00:12:28.560 Aaron and Onan die, 00:12:29.680 --> 00:12:30.940 but that Judah 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:33.000 does not die. 00:12:34.060 --> 00:12:35.440 It's a surprising 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:36.639 mercy. 00:12:38.060 --> 00:12:38.740 His life 00:12:38.740 --> 00:12:39.920 is spared. 00:12:41.680 --> 00:12:42.420 Now, 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:43.300 our sensitive, 00:12:43.680 --> 00:12:44.500 selfish hearts 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:45.460 may find God's 00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:46.960 judgment hard 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:47.620 as we read 00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:48.240 these verses, 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:50.019 but death 00:12:50.019 --> 00:12:51.060 is what we deserve 00:12:51.060 --> 00:12:52.200 for turning our backs 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:52.860 on God. 00:12:54.060 --> 00:12:54.820 The Bible 00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:55.659 is very clear 00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:56.060 on that 00:12:56.060 --> 00:12:56.620 from beginning 00:12:56.620 --> 00:12:57.139 to end 00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:57.759 at the start 00:12:57.759 --> 00:12:58.320 of Genesis 00:12:58.320 --> 00:12:59.680 when Adam and Eve 00:12:59.680 --> 00:13:00.919 turned against God, 00:13:01.680 --> 00:13:02.460 death came 00:13:02.460 --> 00:13:03.220 into the world. 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:04.720 It's why 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:05.480 the New Testament 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:06.519 writers will say 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:07.620 the wages 00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:08.279 of sin 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:10.299 is death. 00:13:11.659 --> 00:13:12.019 You see, 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:12.539 the fact 00:13:12.539 --> 00:13:13.419 that you and I 00:13:13.419 --> 00:13:14.299 get out of bed 00:13:14.299 --> 00:13:15.080 each morning 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:16.460 is 00:13:16.460 --> 00:13:17.659 a mercy. 00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:19.720 Despite our 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:20.659 continued running 00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:21.259 from God 00:13:21.259 --> 00:13:21.759 and turning 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:22.259 our back 00:13:22.259 --> 00:13:22.720 on God, 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:24.039 God doesn't 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:25.240 always treat us 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:26.019 as our sins 00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:26.519 deserve. 00:13:29.220 --> 00:13:30.240 We should be 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:30.919 astounded 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:31.700 and amazed 00:13:31.700 --> 00:13:32.480 at the kindness 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:33.180 and goodness 00:13:33.180 --> 00:13:33.940 of God. 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:35.960 So what does 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:36.560 God do 00:13:36.560 --> 00:13:37.399 with a runaway? 00:13:39.259 --> 00:13:39.840 Well, 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:40.759 God shows 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:42.220 surprising 00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:43.360 mercy. 00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:46.320 But there's 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:47.180 more surprises 00:13:47.179 --> 00:13:49.159 the surprising 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:49.719 way, 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:50.239 second, 00:13:51.139 --> 00:13:51.719 that God 00:13:51.719 --> 00:13:52.120 works, 00:13:52.219 --> 00:13:52.819 the surprising 00:13:52.819 --> 00:13:53.479 way God 00:13:53.479 --> 00:13:54.019 works. 00:13:55.199 --> 00:13:55.779 Judah's 00:13:55.779 --> 00:13:57.399 wife dies 00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:58.759 and after 00:13:58.759 --> 00:13:59.419 a time of 00:13:59.419 --> 00:13:59.919 mourning, 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:01.759 Judah heads 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:02.439 off with his 00:14:02.439 --> 00:14:02.819 buddy, 00:14:03.079 --> 00:14:03.339 Hera. 00:14:04.339 --> 00:14:05.339 We might say 00:14:05.339 --> 00:14:05.899 they've gone 00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:06.779 on a lad's 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.199 trip. 00:14:08.579 --> 00:14:09.279 But news 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:10.019 of this trip 00:14:10.019 --> 00:14:10.659 has travelled 00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:11.779 to Tamar. 00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:21.899 Tamar disguises 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:23.600 herself as 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:24.620 a prostitute 00:14:24.620 --> 00:14:26.439 right along 00:14:26.439 --> 00:14:27.319 the road that 00:14:27.319 --> 00:14:28.079 Judah and 00:14:28.079 --> 00:14:28.779 his brother, 00:14:29.079 --> 00:14:29.600 his buddy, 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:30.379 are travelling. 00:14:31.319 --> 00:14:32.220 Why would she 00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:32.879 do that? 00:14:33.459 --> 00:14:33.679 Well, 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:34.240 we're given a 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:34.819 clue at the 00:14:34.819 --> 00:14:35.339 end of verse 00:14:35.339 --> 00:14:35.959 14. 00:14:38.079 --> 00:14:39.019 See the end 00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:39.759 verse 14, 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:40.779 for she 00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:41.659 thought that 00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:42.419 though Shelah 00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:42.939 had now 00:14:42.939 --> 00:14:43.740 grown up, 00:14:44.659 --> 00:14:45.259 she had not 00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:45.759 been given 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.360 to him 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:47.480 as his 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:47.939 wife. 00:14:49.079 --> 00:14:49.659 She's not 00:14:49.659 --> 00:14:50.079 going to 00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:50.659 have any 00:14:50.659 --> 00:14:51.179 children, 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:52.439 and children 00:14:52.439 --> 00:14:53.500 were important. 00:14:54.419 --> 00:14:55.100 On with 00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:55.699 the story, 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:56.279 we pick it 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:56.620 up in 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.439 verse 15. 00:14:58.600 --> 00:14:59.419 So there's 00:14:59.419 --> 00:15:00.460 a Tamar 00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:01.039 dressed as 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:01.759 a prostitute 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.120 on the 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:02.519 side of 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:02.899 the road, 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:03.539 and Judah's 00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:04.059 on his 00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:05.000 way. 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:06.059 Verse 15, 00:15:06.139 --> 00:15:06.639 when Judah 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.340 saw her, 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:08.580 he thought 00:15:08.580 --> 00:15:08.980 she was 00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:09.740 a prostitute, 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:10.139 for she 00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:10.580 had covered 00:15:10.580 --> 00:15:11.280 her face. 00:15:12.180 --> 00:15:12.700 Not 00:15:12.700 --> 00:15:13.460 realising 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:14.180 that she 00:15:14.180 --> 00:15:14.660 was his 00:15:14.660 --> 00:15:15.740 daughter-in-law, 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.000 he went 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:17.519 over to 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:17.920 her by 00:15:17.920 --> 00:15:18.620 the roadside 00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.200 and said, 00:15:19.560 --> 00:15:20.360 come now, 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:20.759 let me 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:21.360 sleep with 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:21.580 you. 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:22.879 He's 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:23.379 essentially 00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.060 demanding 00:15:24.060 --> 00:15:24.879 sex. 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.280 And what 00:15:27.280 --> 00:15:27.639 will you 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.160 give me 00:15:28.160 --> 00:15:28.860 to sleep 00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:29.399 with you? 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:30.440 She asked. 00:15:31.160 --> 00:15:31.920 I'll send 00:15:31.920 --> 00:15:32.460 you a young 00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:33.100 goat from 00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:33.800 my flock, 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:34.780 he said. 00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:36.980 Will you 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.399 give me 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:38.060 something as 00:15:38.060 --> 00:15:38.539 a pledge 00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:39.100 until you 00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:39.779 send it? 00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.659 She asked. 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.220 He said, 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:43.259 what pledge 00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:43.680 should I 00:15:43.680 --> 00:15:44.200 give you? 00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.539 Your seal 00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:47.279 and its 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:48.240 cord and 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:48.840 the staff 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:49.159 in your 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:49.639 hand, 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.500 she answered. 00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.379 Basically, 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.080 she's saying, 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:53.500 give me 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.019 your wallet 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:55.060 and your 00:15:55.060 --> 00:15:55.580 keys, 00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:56.259 and then 00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:56.700 I'll know 00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:57.159 who you 00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:57.480 are. 00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.220 So he 00:15:59.220 --> 00:15:59.680 gave them 00:15:59.680 --> 00:16:00.180 to her 00:16:00.180 --> 00:16:01.300 and slept 00:16:01.300 --> 00:16:01.779 with her, 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:02.920 and she 00:16:02.920 --> 00:16:03.320 became 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:04.180 pregnant by 00:16:04.180 --> 00:16:04.519 him. 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.240 After she 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.659 left, 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.620 she took 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.000 off the 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.480 veil and 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:09.920 put on 00:16:09.920 --> 00:16:10.560 her widow's 00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:11.300 clothes again. 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:13.759 Now what 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.019 are we 00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:14.700 to make 00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:15.379 of this 00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:16.120 sordid 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:16.980 sexual 00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:17.840 encounter? 00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:19.259 What 00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:19.920 does God 00:16:19.920 --> 00:16:20.759 do with 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.480 a runaway 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:22.379 like 00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:22.759 Judah? 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:24.460 Well, 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:24.879 let's be 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.279 clear. 00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:26.480 It's a 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:27.300 very sad 00:16:27.300 --> 00:16:28.019 account of 00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.519 sinful 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:29.539 desires and 00:16:29.539 --> 00:16:29.940 desperate 00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:30.420 measures. 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.399 Judah, 00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.159 it seems, 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:32.659 has cared 00:16:32.659 --> 00:16:33.500 very little 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:34.379 for Tamar, 00:16:34.700 --> 00:16:35.320 and now it 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:35.800 seems he 00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.399 cares very 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.059 little for 00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:37.379 women. 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:39.019 He sees 00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:39.759 an opportunity 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.600 to satisfy 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:41.500 his desires 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.720 and exploits 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.340 a vulnerable 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:44.259 prostitute. 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.699 He gets 00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:46.179 what he 00:16:46.179 --> 00:16:48.000 wants and 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.819 leaves her 00:16:48.819 --> 00:16:49.840 with the 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:50.600 consequences. 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:52.779 Tamar, 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.379 on the other 00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:53.720 hand, 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:54.199 well, 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.860 she's lost 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.519 her husband. 00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:57.120 She's been 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:58.039 abused by 00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:59.039 her brother-in-law 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:00.039 who doesn't 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:00.419 give her 00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:01.059 children but 00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:01.679 just takes 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:02.500 advantage and 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.079 sleeps with 00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:03.259 her. 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:04.859 and she's 00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.700 ignored by 00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.700 her father-in-law 00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:07.799 who sent 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.319 her away. 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.160 And on top 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:10.619 of all of 00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:10.839 that, 00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.579 she has no 00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:12.019 children. 00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.019 And children 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:13.559 in those 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.559 days were 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.160 not just 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:16.099 your children, 00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:16.900 your family. 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.440 It was a 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:18.900 means of 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.740 security and 00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.680 provision who 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.400 would care for 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:21.859 you and look 00:17:21.859 --> 00:17:22.980 after you in 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.819 older age. 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.720 She's left in 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:26.500 desperation, 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:27.980 which leads 00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:29.420 to desperate 00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:30.299 measures. 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:32.279 for Tamar, 00:17:32.399 --> 00:17:32.919 this is all 00:17:32.919 --> 00:17:33.980 about survival. 00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.079 For Judah, 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:36.480 it's about a 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.399 good time. 00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:40.019 In this sad 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.639 and broken 00:17:40.639 --> 00:17:41.440 encounter, 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:42.839 Judah gets 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.220 what he 00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:44.940 wants and 00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.919 Tamar gets 00:17:45.919 --> 00:17:46.720 what she 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.259 wants. 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.599 Judah has 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:50.339 his way 00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:52.359 and Tamar 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:53.680 gets pregnant. 00:17:55.379 --> 00:17:56.000 It's a 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:57.240 win-win 00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:58.419 kind of 00:17:58.419 --> 00:17:59.200 situation. 00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:00.720 but the 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.639 consequences 00:18:01.639 --> 00:18:03.339 are terrible 00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:04.460 as we 00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.019 will see. 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.240 But there's 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:08.000 something more 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.759 going on 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.299 in this 00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:09.839 account. 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.720 Tamar 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:13.200 is pregnant 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:14.579 by Judah. 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:16.000 The very 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.720 thing that 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.319 Judah has 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.899 been trying 00:18:17.899 --> 00:18:18.579 to avoid 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.639 has actually 00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.180 come to 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.559 pass. 00:18:20.899 --> 00:18:21.339 He might 00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:22.000 know anything 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.759 about who 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.559 Tamar is 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.079 and the 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:24.519 fact that 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:24.819 she's 00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.200 pregnant, 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:26.019 but at 00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:26.759 this stage, 00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:28.159 well, 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:28.859 there is a 00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.460 firstborn. 00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:30.879 Well, 00:18:31.639 --> 00:18:32.299 a firstborn 00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:32.680 in the 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:32.940 womb, 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:33.399 anyway. 00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:34.740 You see, 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:35.539 God's plan 00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:36.119 was that the 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.779 family of 00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.759 Judah would 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:38.399 be a 00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:39.319 blessing to 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:40.019 the nations. 00:18:40.899 --> 00:18:41.419 And you 00:18:41.419 --> 00:18:42.119 can't be a 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:42.720 blessing if 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.200 the family 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:43.799 comes to 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.299 an abrupt 00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:45.259 end. 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.139 And so 00:18:46.139 --> 00:18:47.039 through this 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:48.079 sordid 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:49.039 sexual 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.779 encounter, 00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.579 the family 00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:52.480 of promise 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.759 continues. 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:56.019 it's not 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.400 what we 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:56.960 expect, 00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.319 is it? 00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:57.920 A story 00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:58.700 like this 00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.579 in the 00:18:59.579 --> 00:18:59.980 Bible? 00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.960 It catches 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.480 us all 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:03.240 off guard. 00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:04.920 God's 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.420 ways 00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:06.759 surprise us. 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.480 It's not 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:08.019 that God 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:09.119 condones the 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.859 actions of 00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:10.460 Judah or 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:11.000 Tamar. 00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:11.799 Rather, 00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.599 God is at 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.319 work through 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:14.480 sinful choices 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.379 and scheming 00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:16.779 plans of the 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.859 individuals for 00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:19.379 his purpose. 00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:19.580 us. 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.600 You see, 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.240 in our 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:23.760 runaway 00:19:23.760 --> 00:19:24.480 moments, 00:19:25.260 --> 00:19:26.140 we may 00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:26.820 engage in 00:19:26.820 --> 00:19:27.520 all kinds 00:19:27.520 --> 00:19:28.060 of sinful 00:19:28.060 --> 00:19:28.640 behaviour. 00:19:29.840 --> 00:19:30.360 We may 00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:31.040 revert to 00:19:31.040 --> 00:19:31.720 all kinds 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.420 of desperate 00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:33.080 actions. 00:19:34.520 --> 00:19:35.020 We may 00:19:35.020 --> 00:19:35.660 feel that 00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.220 in the midst 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.800 of it all, 00:19:37.020 --> 00:19:37.980 all is lost 00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.700 and all is 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.140 broken. 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.260 And while 00:19:41.260 --> 00:19:41.840 we still 00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:43.040 remain responsible 00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:43.640 for our 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:44.360 choices and 00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:44.920 decisions, 00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.160 our sin 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:47.840 is not a 00:19:47.840 --> 00:19:48.680 hindrance to 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.120 God. 00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:50.400 working out 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:51.280 his purposes 00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:52.380 in our 00:19:52.380 --> 00:19:52.960 life and 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.500 through our 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:53.900 life. 00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:56.500 So what 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.080 does God 00:19:57.080 --> 00:19:57.840 do with a 00:19:57.840 --> 00:19:58.620 runaway like 00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.060 Judah? 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.980 What does 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.720 God do with 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.620 runaways like 00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:03.100 us? 00:20:04.600 --> 00:20:05.300 Well, God 00:20:05.300 --> 00:20:06.100 works in 00:20:06.100 --> 00:20:07.360 surprising ways 00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:08.140 through our 00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:10.460 mess for 00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.880 our good. 00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:14.500 So, 00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.200 surprising 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.680 mercy, 00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.420 surprising 00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:17.900 way, 00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:20.380 and surprising 00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:21.560 transformation 00:20:21.560 --> 00:20:22.640 that God 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.300 brings. 00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.759 The surprising 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.500 transformation 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.280 that God 00:20:26.280 --> 00:20:26.840 brings. 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.720 Judah has 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.720 long forgotten 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:30.700 his liaison 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:32.299 and he 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.660 certainly 00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.500 knows nothing 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.420 of Tamar's 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.039 pregnancy. 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.559 But all 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.100 that is to 00:20:37.100 --> 00:20:37.920 change in a 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.940 very surprising 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.500 way. 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.660 Realizing that 00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.360 he's let the 00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:43.880 desires in 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.900 his heart get 00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.600 the better of 00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:46.680 him, Judah 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.559 sends his 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.779 friend to 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.580 go and search 00:20:49.580 --> 00:20:50.380 for this 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.279 prostitute. 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.620 The plan is 00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:53.360 to exchange 00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:54.920 the goat for 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:56.220 those identity 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:57.019 items. 00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.680 He wants his 00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.200 wallet and 00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.759 his keys 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.220 back. 00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.160 They could 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.799 get him in 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.120 trouble. 00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:03.720 Only there's 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.600 one small 00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.279 problem. 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.640 Let's pick 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.080 it up in 00:21:07.080 --> 00:21:07.880 verse 22. 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.820 So his 00:21:11.820 --> 00:21:12.700 friend went 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.240 back to 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.840 Judah and 00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:14.240 said, 00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.900 I can't 00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:16.580 find her. 00:21:17.560 --> 00:21:18.460 I've been 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.100 looking all 00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:19.380 over. 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.880 I even 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.580 asked around 00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:21.240 in the town 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.240 and they all 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.740 said there's 00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.660 no prostitute 00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.060 here. 00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:26.480 Then Judah 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:26.980 said, 00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:28.500 let her keep 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.919 what she 00:21:28.919 --> 00:21:30.500 has or we 00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.019 will become 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.559 a laughing 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.119 stock. 00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.419 After all, 00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.259 I did send 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.659 her this 00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:35.339 young goat, 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.379 but you 00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.059 didn't find 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.359 her. 00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.460 Best to 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.059 keep a lid 00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.559 on these 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.059 things. 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.419 Let's not 00:21:42.419 --> 00:21:43.099 make too 00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:43.779 much of a 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.200 fuss. 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.679 The last 00:21:45.679 --> 00:21:46.279 thing Judah 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.039 wants is to 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.539 see his 00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.379 face sprawled 00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:48.899 across the 00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.579 front pages 00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:49.940 of the 00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.639 local gossip. 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:52.940 However, 00:21:54.060 --> 00:21:55.360 verse 24, 00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:58.040 about three 00:21:58.040 --> 00:21:58.980 months later, 00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:00.440 Judah was 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.040 told, 00:22:02.280 --> 00:22:03.480 your daughter-in-law 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.320 Tamar is 00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:05.040 guilty of 00:22:05.040 --> 00:22:05.780 prostitution 00:22:05.780 --> 00:22:06.740 and as a 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.100 result, 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.740 she's now 00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.240 pregnant. 00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:11.160 Judah said, 00:22:11.780 --> 00:22:12.460 bring her 00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.259 out and let 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.580 her be 00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:14.380 burned to 00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.900 death. 00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.860 Judah, 00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:18.560 it seems, 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.680 still blames 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.540 Tamar for 00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.059 the deaths 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.460 of his 00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.039 sons. 00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.099 He doesn't 00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:23.680 like her. 00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:24.940 Now's his 00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.619 chance to 00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.259 get rid of 00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.000 that cursed 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.480 woman. 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.619 And in 00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.039 such a 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.700 culture and 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.259 society, 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.700 there would 00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:30.980 have been 00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:32.000 little opposition 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.940 to what 00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.399 they wanted 00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:33.920 to do. 00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:35.960 But, 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:38.259 verse 25, 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:40.299 as she was 00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.079 being brought 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:42.200 out to 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.819 her death 00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.319 penalty, 00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.039 she sent 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.599 a message 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.019 to her 00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.740 father-in-law. 00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.799 I'm 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.960 pregnant by 00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.579 the man 00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:51.480 who owns 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.240 these, 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.519 she said. 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.420 And then 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.100 she added, 00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:58.180 do you 00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.640 recognise 00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.680 this seal, 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.279 this cord, 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.319 and this 00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.840 staff? 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.480 Well, 00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:06.880 like an 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.539 ice-cold 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.059 bath, 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.819 Judah is 00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.880 woken up 00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.960 to the 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:12.039 horror of 00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.799 his ways. 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.539 Judah is 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.240 confronted 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.500 with his 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.420 own sin. 00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.640 And the 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.180 evidence 00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.900 couldn't be 00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:20.359 ignored. 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.299 They all 00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.019 belong to 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.319 him. 00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:22.960 The 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.380 judgement 00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:23.940 that he 00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.720 passed on 00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.799 Tamar is 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.420 a judgement 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.079 that now 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:28.559 belongs to 00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.940 him. 00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.599 Tamar's 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.400 words must 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.160 have smashed 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.980 through his 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:35.799 hard heart. 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.839 Do you 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.960 recognise this 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.620 cord and 00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.140 staff? 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.519 Judah, 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.299 is this 00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.259 your wallet 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.900 and keys? 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.319 Ironically, 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.660 the place 00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.180 where this 00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.039 sexual sin 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.960 took place, 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.319 as we read 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:55.339 in verse 14, 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.900 was a place 00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.420 called 00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.180 eneim, 00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.680 which means 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:01.639 opening of 00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.619 the eyes. 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.660 Well, 00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.139 Judah's 00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:06.660 eyes have 00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.540 been opened 00:24:07.540 --> 00:24:08.840 wide now. 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.600 But all 00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:12.120 of this 00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:12.900 was to 00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.500 do good 00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.200 in Judah's 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.620 life. 00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.220 It seems 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.820 there is a 00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.340 conversion 00:24:17.340 --> 00:24:18.420 moment in 00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.100 his life. 00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.740 He no 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.200 longer 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.240 hides 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.220 his sin. 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.540 Judah 00:24:24.540 --> 00:24:25.320 now comes 00:24:25.320 --> 00:24:25.800 clean. 00:24:26.300 --> 00:24:27.000 Rather than 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.740 running from 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.180 his sin, 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.580 which he 00:24:28.580 --> 00:24:29.380 did over 00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.940 his brother 00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.440 Joseph, 00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.560 he now 00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:32.400 owns 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.360 his sin. 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.200 Verse 26, 00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:37.480 Judah 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.900 did 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.600 recognize 00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.039 them and 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.400 said, 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.779 Tamar 00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.500 is more 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.019 righteous 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.640 than I, 00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:45.100 since I 00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.400 wouldn't 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.779 give her 00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.240 to my 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.539 son 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.100 Shelah. 00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.740 And he 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.059 didn't 00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.779 sleep with 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.400 her again. 00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.519 In other 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:51.759 words, 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.299 he treated 00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.319 her as 00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.680 he should 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.160 have done 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.980 with 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.640 respect. 00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.759 What 00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.299 does God 00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.279 do with 00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.779 runaways? 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.740 Well, 00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.299 it seems 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:03.660 he confronts 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.279 us with 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.860 our sin. 00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:06.620 He opens 00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.240 up our 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.240 blind eyes 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.960 so that 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.380 we can 00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:09.700 take 00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.640 responsibility 00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.960 for our 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.779 behavior and 00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.460 our actions 00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.620 and confess. 00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.700 For 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.160 Judah, 00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.880 it was 00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.319 life 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.120 transforming. 00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.160 Just have 00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.480 a look 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.100 forward to 00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:22.039 chapter 44 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:23.160 in your 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.480 Bible. 00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:23.880 Chapter 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.519 44, 00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.019 the very 00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.480 end of 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.000 the chapter. 00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.960 This is 00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.940 later on 00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:30.140 when, 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.660 in fact, 00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.539 Judah will 00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.440 be confronted 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.259 by his 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.559 younger 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:33.920 brother, 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.360 Joseph, 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:34.900 who he'd 00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.500 sold into 00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.019 slavery. 00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.160 And at 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.539 last, 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.340 Judah doesn't 00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:39.980 run from 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.720 his mess, 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.240 but he's 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.740 learned to 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.840 take responsibility 00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.700 for his 00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.500 behavior of 00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.160 the past. 00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.000 So, 00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.800 speaking to 00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:48.340 his brother 00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:48.840 Joseph, 00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.240 look at 00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.080 verse 33. 00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:54.399 this is 00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:54.659 what 00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:54.980 Judah 00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.519 says, 00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:57.319 Now then, 00:25:57.419 --> 00:25:58.039 please let 00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.599 your servant 00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.659 remain here 00:25:59.659 --> 00:26:01.000 as my 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.579 lord's 00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.619 slave in 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.199 place of 00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:03.699 the boy, 00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.339 one of his 00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.019 other brothers, 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.619 and let him 00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:08.000 return with 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.099 his brothers. 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.220 You see, 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.879 he wants to 00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:13.079 take responsibility. 00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.960 He wants to 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.539 become a 00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.199 slave to 00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:17.919 Joseph for 00:26:17.919 --> 00:26:18.699 his behavior 00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.240 and his 00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.700 actions 00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.680 towards him. 00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.180 Let's go 00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.700 back to 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.660 chapter 38. 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.660 You see, 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.580 there is no 00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:27.660 sin so 00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.180 great. 00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:30.120 There is no 00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:31.600 past so 00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.200 horrid. 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.160 There is no 00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:35.740 heart so 00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:37.740 hard that 00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.620 God cannot 00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:40.240 change or 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.799 transform. 00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:43.220 What does 00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.220 God do with 00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.740 runaways? 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.819 God 00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.859 surprisingly 00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.920 transforms 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.680 the worst 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.299 of sinners 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:52.059 like us. 00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.799 But there is 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.279 one more 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.039 surprise, 00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:58.500 I think 00:26:58.500 --> 00:27:00.079 the greatest 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.960 of them 00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.299 all, 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.960 the surprising 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.700 grace 00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.880 God 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.480 displays. 00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.740 Judah has 00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.640 been confronted 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.160 with his 00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:09.480 sin. 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.880 He has 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.680 confessed his 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:11.880 sin. 00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.220 He has 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.819 owned up to 00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:12.940 it. 00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.759 His life 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.120 has been 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.899 changed and 00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.439 transformed. 00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:15.959 He is no 00:27:15.959 --> 00:27:16.719 longer hiding 00:27:16.719 --> 00:27:17.699 things but 00:27:17.699 --> 00:27:18.219 willing to 00:27:18.219 --> 00:27:19.159 take responsibility 00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:19.859 for it. 00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.799 He is 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.539 transformed. 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.679 That is 00:27:22.679 --> 00:27:23.699 God's grace. 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.939 Tamar, 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.599 well, 00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:26.959 she has 00:27:26.959 --> 00:27:27.279 become 00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.039 pregnant and 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.419 as we will 00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:28.659 see, 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.299 gives birth 00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.819 to two 00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.319 children. 00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.439 At last, 00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.899 she has 00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.779 security and 00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.439 provision for 00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:33.939 her later 00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.379 life. 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.559 That's 00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.359 God's 00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.799 grace. 00:27:38.739 --> 00:27:39.619 But more 00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:40.239 than that, 00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.339 surprisingly in 00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.079 this story, 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.000 there is 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.679 grace for 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.560 us because 00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:45.259 out of 00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.080 this family, 00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.759 grace breaks 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:49.620 free and 00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.299 comes to 00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.420 you and 00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:51.920 to I. 00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.700 Look at 00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.620 verse 27. 00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.600 When the 00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.340 time came 00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:59.060 for Tamar 00:27:59.060 --> 00:27:59.480 to give 00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.980 birth, 00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.700 there were 00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.440 twins in 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.960 her womb. 00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:05.019 As she was 00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.700 giving birth, 00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:06.220 one of them 00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.900 put out his 00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.360 hand, 00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.380 so the 00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.140 midwife took 00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.740 a scarlet 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.779 thread and 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.460 tied it on 00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.060 his wrist and 00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.339 said, 00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.200 this one 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.720 came out 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.240 first. 00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.059 But when 00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.519 he drew 00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.220 back his 00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.759 hand, 00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.099 his brother 00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.819 came out 00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.279 and she 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.639 said, 00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.960 so this 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.379 is how 00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:23.740 you've 00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.019 broken 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.500 out. 00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.940 And he 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.779 named him 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.539 Perez, 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.500 which means 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.859 breaking 00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.460 out. 00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.379 Then his 00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:33.779 brother, 00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:34.419 who had the 00:28:34.419 --> 00:28:35.200 scarlet thread 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.659 on his 00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.059 wrist, 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:36.940 well, 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.419 he came 00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.039 out after 00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.399 and he 00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.079 was named 00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.099 Zerah. 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.240 What a 00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.720 strange 00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.179 account. 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.919 Why all 00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.619 this pushing 00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.439 and shoving 00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:47.279 in the 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.619 womb? 00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:49.720 Well, 00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.259 when everyone 00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.679 in the 00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.240 labour room 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.119 thought Zerah 00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.559 was the 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.199 firstborn, 00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.339 surprise, 00:28:55.439 --> 00:28:56.079 it wasn't 00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.519 Zerah, 00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.480 but Perez. 00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.319 It seems 00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.939 that in the 00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.659 mess and 00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:01.539 brokenness of 00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.879 life, 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.000 God is 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.480 going to 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.000 have the 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.960 last word. 00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.939 Perez 00:29:06.939 --> 00:29:08.339 breaks through 00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.139 and he 00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.759 comes out 00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.199 first. 00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:11.879 Well, 00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.299 what's the 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.759 significance 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.419 of that? 00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.099 Well, 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.619 Perez, 00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:15.559 the son of 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.139 Judah and 00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.659 Tamar, 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.419 is going 00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:18.059 to play 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.959 a significant 00:29:18.959 --> 00:29:19.919 role in 00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.399 God's 00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.019 plan and 00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.559 promise. 00:29:22.959 --> 00:29:23.559 Well, 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.019 what role 00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.299 is he 00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.579 going to 00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:24.879 play? 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.599 Well, 00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:28.139 look with 00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.579 me to 00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:28.959 Matthew 00:29:28.959 --> 00:29:29.480 chapter 00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.899 one. 00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:32.559 Matthew's 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.959 gospel, 00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.079 the first 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.839 in the 00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.019 New 00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.500 Testament, 00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.220 Matthew 00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.720 chapter 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.139 one. 00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:47.299 Matthew 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.099 opens his 00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:49.039 account by 00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.619 giving us 00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.679 the genealogy 00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:52.459 of Jesus, 00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:55.559 where he 00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.179 can trace 00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:56.799 his family 00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.240 line. 00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.459 This is 00:29:59.459 --> 00:30:00.359 the genealogy 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.000 of Jesus, 00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.740 the Messiah, 00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.439 the son of 00:30:02.439 --> 00:30:02.779 David, 00:30:02.939 --> 00:30:03.439 the son of 00:30:03.439 --> 00:30:03.919 Abraham. 00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.899 Verse two, 00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.459 Abraham was 00:30:06.459 --> 00:30:07.199 the father of 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.680 Isaac, 00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:09.039 Isaac, 00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.640 the father 00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.440 of Jacob, 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.059 Jacob, 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.720 the father 00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.819 of Judah, 00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.740 who we've 00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.120 just been 00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.680 reading and 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.440 listening about, 00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.480 and his 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.900 brothers. 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.700 Judah, 00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.340 the father 00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:22.039 of Perez 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:23.680 and Zerah, 00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.920 whose mother 00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:26.460 was Tamar, 00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.360 and Perez 00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.340 was the father 00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.459 of Hezron. 00:30:30.459 --> 00:30:32.500 And so all 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.839 the way 00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.179 down, 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.799 we continue 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.439 to read, 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.179 and then we 00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:35.559 come to 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.419 verse 16, 00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.859 and Jacob, 00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.439 the father 00:30:40.439 --> 00:30:41.279 of Joseph, 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.799 the husband 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.519 of Mary, 00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.359 and Mary 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.939 was the 00:30:45.939 --> 00:30:46.759 mother of 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.539 Jesus, 00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.159 who is 00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:50.319 called the 00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.819 Messiah. 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:50.899 Messiah. 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.179 You see, 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:54.480 this is 00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.679 grace. 00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.359 From the 00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.439 family line 00:30:58.439 --> 00:30:59.139 of Perez, 00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.159 from Abraham 00:31:00.159 --> 00:31:00.980 and Isaac, 00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:01.980 to Judah, 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.379 to Perez, 00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.079 come the 00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.700 saviour of 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.299 the world, 00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.379 Jesus Christ, 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.059 the one 00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.579 who would 00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:12.220 bring blessing 00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.099 to the 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.539 nations. 00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.319 You see, 00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:16.159 God doesn't 00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:17.339 hide from 00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.839 runaways. 00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:19.039 God comes 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.859 to search 00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:21.059 for runaways. 00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.579 By including 00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.139 the names 00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:23.740 of Judah 00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.740 and Tamar 00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.559 in the 00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.279 genealogy 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.859 of Jesus, 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.019 we're reminded 00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:29.019 that God 00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.720 comes through 00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.240 a family 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.759 that was 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.639 broken and 00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.039 messy, 00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.240 much as 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.859 we are. 00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:35.740 A family 00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.659 with a story 00:31:36.659 --> 00:31:37.480 full of 00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.519 sinful desires 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.199 and desperate 00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:39.699 measures, 00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.679 but yet, 00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.339 through the 00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.959 brokenness 00:31:41.959 --> 00:31:42.559 of it all, 00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.559 grace 00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:45.079 breaks through. 00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.599 Grace 00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.579 will have 00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.199 the last 00:31:48.199 --> 00:31:48.679 word. 00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.879 You see, 00:31:50.939 --> 00:31:51.319 we shouldn't 00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.359 be surprised 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.619 that as we 00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.319 read through 00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.939 Matthew's 00:31:54.939 --> 00:31:55.599 gospel and 00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:55.960 the other 00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.500 gospels, 00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.399 we meet 00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:58.000 Jesus, 00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.879 who meets 00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.220 who? 00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:00.399 Who does 00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:00.839 he spend 00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.619 time with? 00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:03.079 Sinners 00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:05.019 and prostitutes. 00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.720 Because Jesus 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.619 came to seek 00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.259 and save 00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.399 the runaways. 00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.720 He came 00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.199 for both 00:32:11.199 --> 00:32:12.220 the perpetrator 00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:13.240 and the 00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.639 victim, 00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:15.439 for Judah's 00:32:15.439 --> 00:32:16.460 and for 00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.279 Tamar's. 00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.359 he came 00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.879 to humble 00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.539 the proud 00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:21.199 and welcome 00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:22.379 the humble. 00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.319 Just as a 00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.839 newborn 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:26.179 through Tamar 00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:27.039 broke out 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.500 centuries ago, 00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.439 so the 00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:30.179 Son of God 00:32:30.179 --> 00:32:30.659 has come 00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.099 and now 00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:32.039 he breaks 00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.539 through 00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.480 into the 00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.099 brokenness 00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.500 of our 00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.039 world and 00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.679 our lives, 00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.599 shoving 00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.419 and pushing 00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:38.559 and doing 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.639 all that is 00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.339 necessary 00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:42.319 to reach 00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.879 us, 00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:45.019 even working 00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.920 through all 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.700 our mess 00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.460 and sin 00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:49.099 so that 00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.680 we can 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.139 meet 00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:51.019 the 00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.539 Saviour. 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.200 What does 00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.940 God do 00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.799 with runaways? 00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.940 Well, 00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.480 he sends 00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:58.940 his Son, 00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.359 Jesus, 00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.019 into the 00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.779 sinful mess 00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.180 of our 00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.660 world 00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:03.299 so that 00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.740 he might 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.660 find us, 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.079 that he 00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.819 might die 00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.680 for us, 00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.019 that he 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.859 might forgive 00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.359 us, 00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:12.279 that he 00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.299 might change 00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.799 us. 00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.019 He seeks 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.699 us out 00:33:16.699 --> 00:33:17.979 so that 00:33:17.979 --> 00:33:18.579 we might 00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.719 receive his 00:33:19.719 --> 00:33:20.539 mercy. 00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.539 That's the 00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.179 surprising 00:33:23.179 --> 00:33:24.359 grace God 00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.939 displays 00:33:24.939 --> 00:33:27.079 to runaways 00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:28.539 like you 00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:28.919 and me. 00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.899 Let's 00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:32.179 pray. 00:33:32.179 --> 00:33:32.240 Amen. 00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.299 Amen. 00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.319 Amen. 00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.339 Amen. 00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.379 Amen. 00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:46.379 Father, 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.859 as we 00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.519 reflect 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:49.399 on this 00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:49.859 family 00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.479 story, 00:33:50.699 --> 00:33:51.339 we see 00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.919 mess 00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:54.139 and sin, 00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.319 wrong 00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.139 choices, 00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.719 terrible 00:33:58.719 --> 00:33:59.579 decisions, 00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:02.939 but yet 00:34:02.939 --> 00:34:03.679 winding its 00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:04.339 way through 00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.359 and overflowing 00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.859 it all 00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:07.679 is the 00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:08.139 amazing 00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.000 mercy and 00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.539 grace of 00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.900 God, 00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:12.460 who comes 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.920 searching 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.679 for us, 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:16.639 who never 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.559 leaves us, 00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.619 but comes 00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.239 looking to 00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.659 save. 00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.480 Thank you, 00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:23.840 God, 00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.340 that you 00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.940 have reached 00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.480 down to 00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.039 us through 00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.599 your Son, 00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.579 Jesus Christ, 00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:29.659 that you 00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.239 have broken 00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.860 into the 00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.300 mess of 00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:32.039 our lives 00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:34.039 and you 00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.500 have brought 00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.139 your grace 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.860 to us. 00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.619 Father, 00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.480 forgive us 00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.960 when we 00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.519 have turned 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.019 our back 00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.519 on you. 00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.079 Please 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.840 help us 00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:47.860 that we 00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.619 would confess 00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.219 our sin, 00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.280 own up, 00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.579 take 00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.380 responsibility 00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.139 for our 00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.519 life, 00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.639 and know 00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.420 your amazing 00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.460 grace that 00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.079 sets us 00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.659 free and 00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.340 transforms 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.599 us for 00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:02.980 good. 00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:06.139 thank you, 00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.500 God, 00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.519 that you 00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.019 redeem 00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.840 runaways 00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:11.599 like us. 00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.440 Amen. 00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:17.579 well, 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:17.920 we're going 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.380 to sing 00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.700 together. 00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:22.420 Our 00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:22.960 sins 00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.840 can be 00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.220 many, 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.179 like 00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.820 Judah and 00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.340 Tamar, 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.700 but his 00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:29.900 mercy and 00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.619 his grace 00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.059 is 00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:32.420 dead. 00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.099 Meghan 00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.619 had so 00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.159 dead. 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.400 God, 00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.500 man, 00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.199 he's 00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.480 Give Victim 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.179 Tir Ryse. 00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:40.839 Mark, 00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.799 inASH NO, 00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.659 every 00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:44.019 verse 00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.199 nothing here. 00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:45.159 You 00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:46.659 have so 00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.539 happened to be 00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:47.980 license, 00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.219 оды, 00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.599 Heil, 00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:48.940 Manhattan, 00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.039 Jesusiv신. 00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.420 We've got so 00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.199 after this 00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.440 grace, 00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.980 руз effort.