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 Let me open our time in prayer.

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 Lord, we come again to Sunday,

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 and my guess is that our hearts are in a lot of different places.

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 and just knowing my own heart.

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 and so Lord, I pray that you would bring alignment today.

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 I pray that you bring focus today,

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 that we would be able to concentrate on the lesson at hand,

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 concentrate and meditate on the work of God in the life of Joseph,

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 the restorative work that is taking place through his faith and forgiveness,

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 this example that he has set.

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 What you did for him personally,

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 what you did for his family,

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 and what you did for future generations because of his commitment to trusting in you.

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 So Lord, as we evaluate our own lives,

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 I pray that you just wipe away whatever distractions there might be.

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 Perhaps there were squabbles this morning,

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 even amongst the family today.

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 Put that aside.

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 Maybe there are pressing things that need to happen this week,

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 and Lord, I pray that you would just remove those pressures for this time,

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 and I pray that you'd help us to concentrate.

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 Lord, maybe there are sin issues today that need to be dealt with,

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 and especially in relationship to communion that will be happening in the second service.

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 God, I pray that you would forgive our sin,

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 that you would bring alignment in our hearts,

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 and help us just to concentrate again on the words that we'll study

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 through this passage of Genesis.

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 Jesus, we pray all of these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, last week we talked about sowing seeds of faith and forgiveness.

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 And just as a recap,

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 let me just ask a couple of questions to get us started here.

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 First, what is at stake?

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 Last week we talked about what is at stake

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 when we choose not to forgive?

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 What is at stake?

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 What do we give up?

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 What do we risk?

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 We looked at Ephesians chapter 4, 30 to 32.

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 It begins with a little phrase,

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 Grieve not the Spirit.

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 That's what's at stake.

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 And all that the Spirit brings is what's at stake.

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 Empowerment for ministry,

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 fellowship with the Father,

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 the ability to understand the Scriptures,

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 our posture before Him,

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 and the intercessor who is taking our requests before the Lord.

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 The fruits of the Spirit,

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 effectiveness in the Christian life.

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 All of those things

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 is the potential collateral damage

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 of having a heart that chooses not to forgive.

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 So we ask the question,

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 is forgiveness a big deal?

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 Is it important?

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 And certainly,

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 if that was the only element

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 that we were risking,

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 certainly that would be an issue.

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 We talked about what are some of the reasons

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 why the Holy Spirit would be grieved.

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 Why would the Spirit be grieved

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 with a lack of forgiveness in our life?

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 And there were a lot of things we talked about,

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 and we didn't really have a bullet for bullet,

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 point for point thing.

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 But what are some of the things you remembered?

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 What does forgiveness say about faith in God?

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 What does forgiveness,

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 why is forgiveness so important?

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 Not just because of the Holy Spirit,

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 but other elements that come into play.

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 What do you remember from last week?

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 Maybe.

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 Maybe.

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 That's right.

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 That's good.

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 That's good.

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 When we choose not to forgive,

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 especially a fellow believer,

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 what we say,

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 in a sense,

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 is,

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 Jesus,

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 your sacrifice

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 wasn't enough

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 to pay for that.

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 The wrath of God

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 on your life

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 didn't cover that.

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 Something else

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 must be done.

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 More justice

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 must be served.

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 That's one

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 potential implication.

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 What else?

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 What else?

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 It's good.

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 What is the heart of God?

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 The heart of Christ,

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 the heart of the Father

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 is to forgive.

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 And so,

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 in understanding the heart of God

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 to forgive,

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 to withhold forgiveness,

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 is to say,

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 I don't care,

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 God,

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 what your passion

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 for this is.

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 I don't care

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 what your heart

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 for this individual is.

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 I want my way.

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 I don't want to

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 choose to love.

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 There was something else

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 that plays into that,

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 and I think

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 you mentioned it

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 last week,

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 Carrie.

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 Kind of coincides

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 with forgiving

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 because just as

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 Christ forgave us,

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 what might be

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 the other implication?

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 Not just recognizing

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 the love of God

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 for individuals,

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 but what else?

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 Okay.

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 Our way,

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 our time,

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 and I want it,

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 I want it now.

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 I'm not being patient.

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 It's good.

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 What else?

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 Right in line,

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 in the stream of that.

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 Since,

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 and I'll make it

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 a little simpler for you

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 so you don't have

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 to read my mind.

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 Since Christ forgave us,

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 so we must forgive others.

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 What's the implication there?

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 We don't begin to understand

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 the gravity of our own sin

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 in relationship to fellowship with God.

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 and so,

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 we're kind of like that servant

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 who was forgiven

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 a massive debt

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 and then we go out

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 and wring the neck

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 of our fellow servant

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 or the one who's

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 essentially working for us

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 and who owes just a penance

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 in comparison.

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 We say,

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 we can be forgiven

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 but we can't forgive.

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 The audacity

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 of that kind

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 of statement.

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 Anything else

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 come to your mind?

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 You've covered

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 many of them.

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 Most of them.

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 It was alluded to a bit

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 just in the comment

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 but

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 when

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 we say

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 that God might be able

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 to forgive

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 but we choose

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 not to forgive,

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 what are we saying?

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 Where are we putting ourself?

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 What are we making

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 of ourself?

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 That's right.

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 That's right.

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 And as a matter of fact,

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 we're not just putting ourselves

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 a little higher.

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 We're putting ourselves

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 higher than God.

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 the judge

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 chooses to forgive

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 and we trump him

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 and say,

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 nope,

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 sorry,

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 forgiveness is undeserved.

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 The audacity

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 of that statement.

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 We make ourselves

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 judges.

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 We put ourselves

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 in the place of God.

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 does that help

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 maybe describe

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 some of the reason

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 why the Holy Spirit

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 might be grieved?

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 Does that help us

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 understand a bit

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 why forgiveness

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 is so important?

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 I really like

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 when I read a book

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 called Forgiveness

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 by Mary Mary's help.

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 He talks about

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 it costs Christ

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 something to forgive

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 and we don't realize

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 what the sacrifice

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 and the cost

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 and he's willing

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 to bear the weight

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 of pain

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 and suffering

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 or for us

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 and to take it on.

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 And we don't realize

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 that it's going to

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 cost us something

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 to offer forgiveness

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 as well.

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 And that's the part

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 that we don't like.

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 We don't like

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 anything to cost us.

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 We just want

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 something for nothing.

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 And so understanding

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 forgiveness in that sense

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 has helped me

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 to feel like

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 it's going to cost

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 something

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 and I'm willing

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 to bear the weight

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 of hurt

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 so that they can

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 be hurt.

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 Okay?

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 Okay?

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 Did you all hear that?

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 Okay.

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 So I think part of it

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 is not appreciating

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 the cost

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 for Christ

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 to forgive

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 and to in a sense

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 say

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 I deserve

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 not to be hurt.

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 My life

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 should be free

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 and clear

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 of pain.

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 And God

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 I'm not so happy

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 about this arrangement

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 of you letting pain

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 happen to my life.

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 And so in order

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 for me to feel

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 a sense of

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 a measure of justice

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 I need to inflict pain

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 you know

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 the equal

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 and opposite reaction

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 as it were

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 before I can finally

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 feel a sense

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 of vindication

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 in my own heart

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 that God will

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 that I can be satisfied

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 that pain

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 has been inflicted

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 on them.

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 I want them

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 to feel pain.

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 I can actually

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 remember

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 and maybe I shouldn't

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 share this

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 but I will

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 since I've already

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 started down the path

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 there was somebody

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 that I hurt

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 unintentionally

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 but I hurt

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 them deeply

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 and for weeks

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 they kept

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 rehashing

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 the hurt

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 publicly

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 and so

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 in a closed room

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 with them

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 and some other

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 leaders of our church

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 I apologized

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 to this individual.

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 I mean

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 it was no problem

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 for me

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 because in my mind

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 the hurt

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 they were feeling

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 wasn't hurt

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 that I meant

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 to inflict

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 and so

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 the fact

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 that they were

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 feeling hurt

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 man it was

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 very easy

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 for me

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 to say

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 please forgive me

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 for doing this

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 because I had no

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 intention

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 to create hurt

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 but

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 they weren't

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 satisfied.

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 I mean

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 that was a little

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 too easy.

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 They wanted

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 something more.

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 You ever been

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 in that situation?

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 and I think

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 sometimes

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 that's in our

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 own heart

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 where

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 even when

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 someone does

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 ask for

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 forgiveness

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 we still

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 want there

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 to be

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 something else.

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 We want

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 them to know

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 just how deep

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 that pain

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 went

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 and so

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 we just

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 we want

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 we don't want

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 it to end

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 right there

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 we want

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 them to

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 kind of

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 get it

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 and so

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 we tend

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 to extend

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 or delay

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 our forgiveness

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 because

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 they haven't

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 hurt enough.

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 And that's

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 certainly not

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 that's certainly

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 not the

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 illustration we

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 find with

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 the parable

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 of the

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 prodigal son

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 is it?

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 This immediate

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 relinquishing

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 of justice

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 and accepting

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 of hurt

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 that the father

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 the shame

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 and the hurt

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 that the father

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 was willing

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 to wear

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 for the sake

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 of reconciled

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 relationship.

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 So

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 I'd like to

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 kind of breeze

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 through

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 this first

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 point

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 so we can

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 move on

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 and then

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 finish

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 this part

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 of the study.

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 After this

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 week

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 we have

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 one more

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 to go

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 and we'll

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 be finished

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 with Joseph.

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 So

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 Genesis

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 chapter 45

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 Genesis

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 chapter 45

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 chapter 45

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 and

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 what I'm

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 hoping

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 to help

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 us see

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 is I

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 want us

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 to show

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 excuse me

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 I want us

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 to see

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 from the

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 life of

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 Joseph

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 what are

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 some of

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 the marks

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 that forgiveness

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 is taking

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 place.

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 And the

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 points that I

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 give you here

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 is not the

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 path of

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 forgiveness

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 it's not

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 the process

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 for forgiveness

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 how forgiveness

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 works itself

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 out but it's

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 the mark

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 that forgiveness

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 is working

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 itself out

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 in your

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 own heart

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 and how it

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 maybe shows

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 up in some

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 ways how it

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 plays out

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 in your

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 life.

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 Okay so

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 that's I

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 just want to

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 make that

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 differentiation.

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 And I

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 wanted you to

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 see that it

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 shows up in

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 our words

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 but it also

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 shows up in

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 our works.

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 That's kind

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 of A and B

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 underneath point

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 number one

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 sowing the

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 seeds of

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 faith and

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 forgiveness.

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 Shows up in

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 our words

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 and shows up

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 in our works.

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 Shows up in

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 Joseph's words

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 in three

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 different

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 ways.

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 First of all

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 he shares

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 honestly.

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 And we see

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 that here in

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 chapter 45

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 verse 3.

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 He says I

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 am Joseph

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 is my

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 father still

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 alive?

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 Now what's

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 interesting about

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 that is Judah

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 has just given

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 the longest

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 discourse that

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 we find in

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 the book of

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 Genesis of

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 an individual

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 and he's just

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 expounding his

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 love and loyalty

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 to his father

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 which is

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 remarkable

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 considering the

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 fact that

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 what had been

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 strained before

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 is now

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 those seeds

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 of reconciliation

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 are taking

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 place.

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 And in

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 aligning

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 himself or

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 affirming

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 that loyalty

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 Joseph speaks

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 and essentially

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 affirms his own

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 personal commitment

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 to his father's

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 welfare.

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 Is my father

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 alive?

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 And in

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 affirming

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 his

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 good intentions

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 for his father

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 he is also

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 helping to convey

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 his good intentions

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 for them

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 because Judah

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 has just made

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 it very clear

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 the father's

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 future is

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 dependent upon

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 the welfare

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 of the brothers.

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 Joseph does a lot

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 in that one

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 short statement.

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 I am Joseph

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 is my father

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 still alive?

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 And then in

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 verse 4

00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:08.260
 he says I am

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 your brother

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 Joseph

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 whom you

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 sold into

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 slavery.

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 Now

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 we talked

00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:15.960
 about this a bit

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 why is honesty

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 important?

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 Why is it an

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 important mark

00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:21.840
 in the

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 path of

00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:23.019
 forgiveness?

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 Okay?

00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:28.620
 You need to be

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 honest about

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 what we are

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 forgiving.

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 Why?

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 Why is it

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 important?

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 Okay?

00:14:38.180 --> 00:14:39.080
 There's hurt

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 involved in

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 just an honesty

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 about the hurt

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 that has been

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 inflicted and

00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:44.139
 experienced.

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 Okay?

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 Okay?

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 Good point.

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 Really good

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 point.

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 I know the

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 situation.

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 I'm going to

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 speak it clearly.

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 We don't have

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 to dodge this

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 issue anymore.

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 I'm going to

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 get it right out

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 into the open.

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 It's good.

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 What else?

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 Okay?

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 Honesty implies

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 trust.

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 So in order to

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 build trust

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 trust, there

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 has to be an

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 honest confession

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 of what was

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 experienced.

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 If we're going

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 to begin this

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 path, the

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 path of what

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 dishonesty and

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 manipulation

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 started, in

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 order to really

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 set the trajectory

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 and make it

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 fresh, there

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 needs to be an

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 honest look.

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 That's good.

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 That's good.

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 So you kind of

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 keep things

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 undercover.

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 And really, it's

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 as much for the

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 people who are

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 being forgiven,

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 excuse me, it's

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 as much for the

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 person sharing the

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 honesty as it is

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 for the people who

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 are being forgiven.

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 Because this gives

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 him an opportunity

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 or that individual

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 an opportunity to

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 come clean with

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 what he's forgiving

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 so that he can't

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.799
 bring it up again.

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 Right?

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 Whereas if you

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 weren't quite honest

00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:08.100
 about it, in the

00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:08.600
 future you might say,

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 well, remember da-da-da?

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 Well, I thought you

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 forgave me for that.

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 Well, not yet.

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 Right?

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 The importance of

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 honesty in this

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 situation.

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 I think honesty is

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 also important in

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 that it is a way for

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 us to point to

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 Christ.

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 Not to minimize the

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 sin, but to really

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 weave the gospel into

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 the story.

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 forgiveness.

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 To help us

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 understand that we're

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 not just passing

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 things over.

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 Forgiveness doesn't

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 just pass things

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 over.

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 Forgiveness is

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 honest about the

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 offense, but then

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 commits that offense

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 to God.

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 So that down the

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 road, when things

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 are a big deal,

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 like I'm thinking

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 particularly of our

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 kids, when sin is

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 happening in their

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 life, you know, it

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 might be pretty small

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 in comparison when

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 they're younger, but

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 when they're older, if

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 you've not been honest

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 about previous sins,

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 they might get to that

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 big sin and say,

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 maybe God can't forgive

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 you for this one.

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 Maybe this is too

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 big to be neglected,

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 to be forgotten.

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 And when you push

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 things out into full

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 view, and you're able

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 to forgive those

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 things honestly,

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 instead of dismissing

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 them, I think it's a

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 way for you to help

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 your children understand,

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 you know what, I know

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 they seemed a bit

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 smaller, but my mom

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 and dad didn't pass

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 those off before.

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 So maybe God can

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 forgive me for this

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 too.

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 For the brothers,

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 going back to the

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 cost, they need to

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 know that it did

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 cost those of

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 something to forgive.

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 And on their end,

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 they need to be

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 humble and realize

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 that it did cost

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 them something.

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 because I think

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 we don't like to

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 receive forgiveness

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 knowing that someone

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 else has suffered

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 from the past.

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 And so, instead of

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 them bearing their own

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 thing, you know,

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 they can be free.

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 And realize she's

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 willing to bear that

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 cost.

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 That's good.

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 That's good.

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 All right.

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 I'm sorry, I'm taking

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 too much time on this.

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 So let me move on.

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 Okay?

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 So, the honest look

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 and then the next one

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 is desiring proximity.

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 In verse 4, Joseph

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 says, come near to me

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 please.

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 And then in verse 9,

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 he says, hurry and go

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 to my father and then

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 come down to me.

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 Do not tarry.

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 There is this desire for

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 renewed relationship.

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 There's this desire for

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 proximity, nearness with

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 one another, intimacy,

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 restored fellowship with

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 one another.

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 Now, how might that be

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 different from the

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 world's idea of

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 forgiveness?

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 Thoughts?

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 When the world forgives,

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 do they have that same

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 interest in things being

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 restored to the way

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 things were?

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 I think you're right.

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:25.319
 Yeah, exactly.

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 I think that's what I've

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 experienced.

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 That's good.

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 That's good.

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 It becomes kind of this

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 socially acceptable

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 something we do just to

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 make amends, but there's

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 not really a restoration in

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 the actual relationship.

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 Right?

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 But Joseph, it's clear that

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 he desires something more.

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 I want things to actually

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 be better than they have

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 ever been before.

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 That's what he's talking

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 about here.

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 I mean, because things with

00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:10.680
 Joseph and his family had

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:13.399
 really never been very

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 wholesome or helpful.

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 The conflict was there from

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 the start.

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 And so what Joseph is doing

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:21.839
 here is he's using this as

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 an opportunity, not just to

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 kind of patch things up and

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 get them back to the way

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 they were, but to use this

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 as an opportunity to make it

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 better than it's ever been

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 before.

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 That's what true forgiveness

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 looks like.

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 That's what true forgiveness

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 looks like.

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 And he's able to do that

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 because of this number three.

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 He's able to do that because

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 he's resting in God's

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 sovereignty.

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 He's resting in the fact that

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 that God has been kind of

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 ordering his steps from the

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 very beginning.

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 He alludes to it in verse

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 five and in verse seven,

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 twice in verse eight.

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 And at the end of the story

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 in Genesis chapter 50,

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:57.759
 we, this familiar verse

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 where he says, you meant

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 this for evil, but God

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 meant it for good.

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 There is a commitment to

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 recognizing the sovereignty

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 of God in this.

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 And that's why his heart's

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 at peace.

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 That's why he's able to

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 offer this kind of

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 restoration to his brothers.

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 We talked a bit about,

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 so that's the words

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 of faith and forgiveness.

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 We talked a little bit

00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.779
 about the works

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 of faith and forgiveness.

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 And we kind of camped

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:29.019
 on verse 10 through 15

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 where Joseph is kind of

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 laying out the things

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 that he hopes to do

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.259
 for his brothers

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 in terms of sending

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 things back

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 and calling them to

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 himself.

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 It says, you shall dwell

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 in the land of Goshen

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.319
 in verse 10.

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 There I will provide

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 for you so that you

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.079
 and your household

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 and all that you have

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 do not come to poverty.

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 I got this covered.

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 I'm going to take care

00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:50.919
 of you.

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 God's put me in a position

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 to make this happen.

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 And so there is this

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 giving generously

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 or dealing kindly.

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 And we again looked

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:01.839
 at Ephesians chapter 4

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:03.220
 verses 30 to 32

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 and we kind of use

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.559
 that says,

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:06.099
 be kindly affectionate

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.939
 one towards another.

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:11.380
 How does it go?

00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:11.860
 Be kind.

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.880
 Tenderhearted,

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.759
 forgiving one another

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.600
 even as God

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.220
 for Christ's sake

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.860
 hath forgiven you.

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 I think the reason

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.700
 why forgiveness

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:22.759
 is often elusive

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.580
 for us

00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:25.500
 is because we speak

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:25.940
 forgiveness

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:27.440
 with our words

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:29.180
 but we don't ever

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.840
 back it up

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:31.160
 with our works.

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 and so often

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:36.640
 our heart

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.640
 actually follows

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.180
 our hands.

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.360
 Our hands

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.220
 have to do

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:42.180
 maybe sometimes

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.100
 even without

00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:43.700
 the right

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:45.840
 heart emotion

00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:47.120
 they do

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:48.040
 what's right

00:22:48.040 --> 00:22:48.880
 and sometimes

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.500
 the heart

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.360
 actually follows

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:50.840
 the hands.

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 And I think

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.960
 that's what you find

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:54.800
 in Ephesians chapter 4.

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.300
 That's why it says

00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:57.560
 be kindly affectionate

00:22:57.560 --> 00:22:58.360
 one towards another

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:59.820
 brotherly love

00:22:59.820 --> 00:23:00.440
 tenderhearted

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.320
 and then forgiving

00:23:01.320 --> 00:23:02.440
 one another.

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.279
 Walking through

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.920
 the process

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:07.799
 of acting

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.960
 out forgiveness

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.799
 and kindness

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:11.299
 is sometimes

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.960
 the instrument

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.660
 that God uses

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.519
 to lead us

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.120
 to true

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.860
 heartfelt

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.779
 forgiveness.

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.420
 So,

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.180
 Joseph

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:21.480
 in his desire

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.559
 to deal kindly

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:24.259
 and generously

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.400
 with his brothers.

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.980
 So this morning

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.740
 I want to spend

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.680
 some time

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.799
 talking about

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.619
 the fruit

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.279
 of faith

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.740
 and forgiveness.

00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:33.740
 So what is the fruit?

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.839
 How does it show up?

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.119
 How does doing

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.980
 the right thing

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.259
 offering faith

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.759
 and forgiveness

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.319
 to brothers

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.119
 how does that

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:41.460
 affect his circles?

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:43.039
 Joseph's circles?

00:23:44.159 --> 00:23:44.539
 And first

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.399
 I think we see

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:45.879
 the effect

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.960
 on Pharaoh himself.

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:49.079
 Verses 16 to 24.

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:51.779
 Now remember

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:53.539
 that Joseph

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.679
 sent everyone

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.379
 out of the room

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:57.079
 so that he could

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.720
 essentially have

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.639
 this private session

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.319
 with his brothers

00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:01.299
 but it was so

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.599
 boisterous

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.960
 and so expressive

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.980
 where there was

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.519
 crying

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:07.619
 that the noise

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.139
 traveled.

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.399
 We find in verse 2

00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:10.500
 he wept aloud

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.240
 so the Egyptians

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.899
 heard it

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:13.259
 and the household

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.819
 of Pharaoh

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.579
 heard it.

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.879
 And because of that

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:18.140
 we find in verse 16.

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 Here's what he says.

00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.540
 When the report

00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:21.980
 was heard

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:23.020
 in Pharaoh's house

00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:24.640
 Joseph's brothers

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.300
 have come

00:24:25.300 --> 00:24:26.840
 it pleased

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.280
 Pharaoh

00:24:27.280 --> 00:24:28.080
 and his servants.

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.180
 And Pharaoh

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.740
 said to Joseph

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.460
 say to your brothers

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.280
 do this

00:24:31.280 --> 00:24:32.140
 load your

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:33.020
 beasts

00:24:33.020 --> 00:24:33.640
 and go back

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.440
 to the land of Canaan

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.740
 and take your father

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.380
 and your household

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.180
 and come to me

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.380
 and I will give you

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.300
 the best of the land

00:24:39.300 --> 00:24:39.680
 of Egypt

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.860
 and you shall eat

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.680
 the fat of the land

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.840
 and you Joseph

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.660
 are commanded

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.220
 to say

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.040
 do this

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.779
 take wagons

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.220
 from the land

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.539
 of Egypt

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.339
 for your little ones

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.519
 and for your wives

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.579
 and bring your father

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.480
 and come

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:52.079
 have no concern

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.720
 for your goods

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.359
 for the best

00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:54.420
 of all the land

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.819
 of Egypt

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.759
 is yours.

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.399
 Does that make you

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:01.539
 just stand back

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.000
 and go

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.700
 wow?

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.159
 I mean

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:06.759
 what do these words

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.519
 sound like?

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.079
 And unfortunately

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.720
 I didn't read

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:11.119
 the previous passage

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.379
 so

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:13.779
 this is almost

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:16.799
 a mirror image

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.379
 of what Joseph

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:18.160
 told his brothers

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:19.279
 earlier in the passage.

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.259
 What do you see?

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.200
 What are some

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.200
 of the similarities

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.019
 that you might see

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:28.319
 between what Pharaoh

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.740
 says

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.660
 and what Joseph

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.359
 said to his brothers?

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.299
 What are some

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.879
 of those ingredients

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.799
 that are similar?

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.899
 I'm going to give you

00:25:38.899 --> 00:25:39.779
 the best of the land.

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.579
 Pharaoh says that

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.240
 and Joseph

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.920
 had just said that

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.180
 earlier.

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:45.700
 What else?

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.240
 Bring

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.859
 bring him here.

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.220
 Come on down.

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.579
 It's not

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.059
 I'm just going to

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.759
 send you away

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.680
 with good stuff

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.700
 but you

00:25:58.700 --> 00:26:00.500
 go and come back

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.460
 and we're going

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.059
 to take care of you.

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.399
 Anything else?

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:11.740
 Now

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:14.300
 I find this word

00:26:14.300 --> 00:26:14.920
 very interesting

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:17.180
 in verse 16.

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.700
 When the report

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.259
 was heard

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.900
 in Pharaoh's house

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:23.140
 Joseph and his

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:24.000
 brothers have come

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.800
 it

00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:25.800
 this word

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:26.980
 pleased

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.820
 Pharaoh

00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:28.900
 and his servants.

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.400
 Now

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.420
 why does that

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.140
 why should

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:33.000
 that word

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.640
 stand out

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.220
 in our minds?

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:35.600
 It pleased

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:36.020
 Pharaoh

00:26:36.020 --> 00:26:36.620
 and his servants.

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:39.020
 What do we know

00:26:39.020 --> 00:26:40.060
 about the

00:26:40.060 --> 00:26:41.800
 relationship

00:26:41.800 --> 00:26:42.920
 or the

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.980
 ethnic

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:46.300
 tension

00:26:46.300 --> 00:26:47.120
 that existed

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.720
 between

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.660
 Egyptians

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.700
 and Hebrews?

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.940
 Was there

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.220
 some

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.340
 tension there?

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.680
 Where did it

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.240
 show up

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.280
 in particular?

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.359
 together?

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.519
 They didn't

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.039
 eat together.

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.420
 There were

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.940
 tables

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:01.920
 by classes

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.240
 right?

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.180
 That's right.

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:07.940
 There were

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.299
 farmers

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.859
 and there were

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.259
 shepherds

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.539
 and we're going

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:09.819
 to see that

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.339
 later in our

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.619
 story.

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.200
 Okay?

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.460
 But

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:14.539
 it was just

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.039
 taboo

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:16.359
 to

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.559
 associate

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.639
 with

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.740
 that tier

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.559
 of individual.

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.559
 This is the

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.119
 lowest

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.099
 of the low.

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.139
 We're the

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.960
 refined Egyptians

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.720
 and I'm

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.880
 adding some

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.319
 words here

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.240
 but there was

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.700
 definitely

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:32.140
 a system

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.980
 of hierarchy

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.720
 that existed

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.039
 there

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.500
 and the

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.759
 Hebrews

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.079
 didn't

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.360
 meet the

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.539
 cut.

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:41.720
 So this

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.079
 is

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.740
 evidence

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.180
 that

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:44.119
 Pharaoh

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.440
 has put

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.899
 that aside.

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.700
 He's

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.240
 put that

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.740
 aside

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.420
 I think

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.579
 not only

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:49.960
 because

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.379
 Joseph

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.899
 has done

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.359
 such a

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.059
 good job

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.819
 at

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:55.019
 bringing

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.420
 some

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.180
 glory

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.879
 and some

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.539
 favor to

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.059
 the empire

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.359
 and to

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.519
 him

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.279
 himself

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.740
 but I

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.079
 think in

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.740
 terms of

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.339
 even

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.680
 the

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.220
 whole

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.079
 atmosphere

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:06.339
 that was

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.179
 created by

00:28:07.179 --> 00:28:07.799
 Joseph

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:09.460
 just

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.759
 when you're

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.539
 drinking in

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.379
 breathing in

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.019
 the oxygen

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.759
 of grace

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.899
 you're going

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.500
 to exhale

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.659
 grace

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.419
 to the

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:17.899
 relationships

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.659
 around you.

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.299
 This breathing

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.000
 in and breathing

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.399
 out

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:22.539
 of grace.

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:34.539
 It's good.

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.279
 It's good.

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.279
 Did you hear

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.500
 that?

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.339
 So because

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:40.019
 of the

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.799
 authentic

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:42.579
 and sincere

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.220
 and intimate

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.920
 relationship

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.740
 that Joseph

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.279
 was able to

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.859
 have with

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.259
 Pharaoh

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:48.180
 it just

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.099
 brought joy

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.960
 to Pharaoh

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.399
 to be able

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:50.920
 to continue

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.960
 to nurture

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.660
 that friendship

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.080
 and to

00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.900
 bless anybody

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.800
 in Joseph's

00:28:54.800 --> 00:28:55.039
 circle.

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.360
 Anybody who

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:56.900
 was associated

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.380
 with him

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:58.320
 he wanted

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:58.700
 to bless.

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.620
 Maybe.

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.019
 Hard to

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.240
 say.

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:15.960
 Good point.

00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:16.820
 Good point.

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.060
 Good point.

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.519
 Any other

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.820
 thoughts?

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.140
 Yes.

00:29:38.340 --> 00:29:38.740
 Undoubtedly.

00:29:39.060 --> 00:29:39.519
 Well there's

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.080
 no question

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:40.440
 about the

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.820
 fact that

00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.160
 Pharaoh

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.920
 assigned to

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.220
 Joseph

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.080
 and recognized

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:45.960
 you have a

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.680
 spirit of God

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.360
 living in you.

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.360
 And so

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:49.900
 all of these

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.460
 things I think

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.960
 were factors

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.040
 in his

00:29:52.040 --> 00:29:52.780
 desire to

00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:53.140
 bless.

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.259
 And I guess

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.860
 what I want

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.100
 us to

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.560
 understand

00:29:55.560 --> 00:29:56.460
 is that

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.060
 kindness

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:59.140
 and forgiveness

00:29:59.140 --> 00:30:00.120
 is infectious.

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.340
 It creates

00:30:02.340 --> 00:30:03.480
 an atmosphere

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.519
 of grace.

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.140
 When you

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.880
 are gracious

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:08.640
 you bring

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.519
 grace into

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:09.940
 the room.

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:11.920
 Grace

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.980
 follows you

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.420
 where you

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.620
 are.

00:30:13.780 --> 00:30:14.100
 Hopefully.

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.460
 It should.

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.880
 And when

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.100
 you're

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:18.099
 gracious

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:19.500
 you'll find

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.659
 that the

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:21.199
 atmosphere

00:30:21.199 --> 00:30:21.699
 of the

00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:22.059
 room will

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.679
 change

00:30:22.679 --> 00:30:23.559
 based upon

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.480
 the grace

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.679
 that you

00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.119
 bring into

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.379
 it.

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:28.699
 Joseph's

00:30:28.699 --> 00:30:29.379
 kindness to

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:29.919
 Pharaoh not

00:30:29.919 --> 00:30:31.219
 only affected

00:30:31.219 --> 00:30:32.019
 his heart

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:33.759
 his affection

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.539
 towards

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.399
 Joseph but

00:30:35.399 --> 00:30:36.299
 notice it also

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.859
 affected his

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.219
 hands.

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.699
 Hands and

00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:39.319
 heart go

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.980
 together.

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.039
 Pharaoh

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.619
 actually had

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.019
 something to

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.179
 give.

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:43.019
 He was happy

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.419
 to give.

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:45.580
 And then

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.100
 Joseph's

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.500
 continued

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.920
 kindness

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.539
 we find

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:47.860
 in verses

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.460
 21 and

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.820
 23.

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.880
 Joseph gave

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.460
 them wagons

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.920
 according to

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.300
 the command

00:30:51.300 --> 00:30:51.740
 of Pharaoh.

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.420
 He gave

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.920
 them provisions

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.340
 for their

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:53.680
 journey.

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.460
 To each

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.680
 of them

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.160
 he gave

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.640
 a change

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.140
 of clothes

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.480
 but to

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.779
 Benjamin

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.300
 he gave

00:30:57.300 --> 00:30:57.860
 300

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.460
 shekels

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.080
 of silver

00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.900
 and five

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.279
 changes

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.860
 of clothes.

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.680
 To his

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.240
 father he

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.779
 sent as

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.300
 follows.

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:03.900
 Ten

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.380
 donkeys

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.840
 loaded with

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.279
 good things

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.700
 of Egypt

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.960
 and ten

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.320
 female

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:07.759
 donkeys

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.519
 loaded with

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.900
 grain,

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.500
 bread,

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.140
 and provisions

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:11.120
 for his

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.920
 father on

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.400
 the journey.

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:15.080
 Why was

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.920
 this important?

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.940
 Why was

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.560
 this important?

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.180
 Think about

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:22.539
 that conversation

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:24.480
 between the

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.720
 brothers and

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.100
 dad.

00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:28.320
 So why

00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:29.180
 would this

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.800
 be important?

00:31:31.560 --> 00:31:32.380
 Sending

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.340
 along all

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:33.960
 this stuff.

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:37.380
 They weren't

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.100
 making it up

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.840
 it's exactly

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.320
 right.

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.380
 I mean

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.100
 what do you

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:41.460
 know about

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:41.940
 the track

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.380
 record of

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.960
 these guys?

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:43.820
 And the

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.340
 news that

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:44.720
 they have

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.300
 to bring.

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.279
 Oh by

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.580
 the way

00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:47.100
 Joseph is

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.560
 alive?

00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.460
 He what?

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.980
 So

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.400
 Joseph's

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.700
 got to

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:52.980
 bring

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:54.220
 he's got

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.519
 he's got

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.019
 to send

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:56.039
 along a

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.360
 bit of

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:57.039
 evidence to

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.660
 show that

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.660
 what they're

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.680
 saying is

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.000
 true.

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:02.060
 He has

00:32:02.060 --> 00:32:02.600
 to speak

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.220
 his dad's

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.820
 language and

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.220
 this is the

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.240
 language that

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.500
 Jacob

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.200
 understands.

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.240
 Right?

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.279
 Jacob is

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.640
 going to need

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.320
 some hard

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:10.779
 evidence.

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.960
 especially

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.720
 based upon

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:14.899
 the testimony

00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:15.879
 of his

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.799
 ten lying

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.279
 brothers

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.319
 who've been

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.839
 keeping this

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.259
 a secret

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.180
 for 25

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:21.200
 years or

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.480
 so.

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.000
 And

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.319
 interesting

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.200
 here in

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.799
 verse 24

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.839
 chapter 45

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.420
 verse 24

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:30.980
 Joseph gives

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.859
 them some

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.799
 instruction on

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.200
 their trip

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.460
 home.

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.680
 It says

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.100
 then he

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.640
 sent his

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:35.940
 brothers

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:37.180
 away and

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.960
 as they

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.539
 departed he

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.860
 said to

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.580
 them do

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:40.460
 not choral

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.840
 on the

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.080
 way.

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.500
 Now how

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.799
 many of

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:42.900
 your

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.360
 translations

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.120
 say choral?

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.680
 Okay?

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.560
 It's

00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:48.900
 actually the

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.820
 word to

00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:51.060
 quake or

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:51.600
 to shake.

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.860
 Now there

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.380
 could be some

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.799
 choraling.

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.220
 The ESV has

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.660
 choral.

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.180
 The NAS

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:58.019
 has choral.

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.740
 The NIV

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.519
 has choral.

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.460
 RSV has

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.900
 choral.

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:02.019
 NLT has

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.460
 choral.

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:03.920
 The New

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.539
 King James

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.360
 has troubled.

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.740
 I think

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.420
 that's actually

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.759
 a better

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.319
 translation.

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.299
 Especially

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.160
 based upon

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:12.600
 where they

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.220
 are right

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.539
 now.

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.880
 In this

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.420
 story and

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.759
 what we've

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.460
 learned about

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.700
 them.

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.600
 I think

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:21.120
 that by

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.620
 God's

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.720
 grace the

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:24.700
 restoration

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.680
 has really

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.700
 begun among

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.140
 the family

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.460
 unit.

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.380
 And so

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.600
 when it

00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:30.160
 comes to

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:31.079
 shaking or

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.759
 trembling or

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.100
 fearing,

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.940
 I think

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.240
 that's a

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.620
 little bit

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.600
 more in

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.100
 line with

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.940
 where they

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.160
 are.

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.620
 Because

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.559
 think about

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.380
 what's going

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:39.600
 to be

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:39.980
 happening.

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.880
 Why might

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.380
 they be

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:42.860
 afraid?

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.980
 Have to

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.640
 face dad.

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.759
 That's a

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.160
 big deal.

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:51.840
 What else?

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.019
 Okay?

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.180
 There's still

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.920
 uncertainty about

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.400
 the future,

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.860
 isn't there?

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.160
 You know,

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.440
 yes we're

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.900
 heading back

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.360
 and yes the

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:01.100
 plan is to

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:01.840
 come back to

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.319
 Egypt but

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:04.899
 this is a

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.319
 long trip.

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.399
 And what

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.759
 if dad

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.059
 doesn't

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:09.579
 accept this

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.420
 whole strategy

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.159
 of moving

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.579
 back to

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:11.880
 Egypt?

00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:14.460
 Or their

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.880
 wives.

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.639
 Right.

00:34:21.819 --> 00:34:22.759
 Nice try.

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.539
 I'm staying

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.920
 here.

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.380
 I'm tired

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.799
 of moving.

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:28.760
 What else?

00:34:34.620 --> 00:34:35.060
 Yeah.

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.260
 They've

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:37.080
 dealt with

00:34:37.080 --> 00:34:37.519
 a measure

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.100
 of guilt

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:38.519
 already,

00:34:38.600 --> 00:34:39.019
 haven't they?

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.600
 And that's

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:41.539
 the beginnings

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.039
 of that is

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.519
 starting to get

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:43.060
 resolved in

00:34:43.060 --> 00:34:43.320
 their heart

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:43.820
 but there's

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:45.720
 still some

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.000
 fear.

00:34:47.140 --> 00:34:47.340
 You know,

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:47.780
 like,

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.660
 things are

00:34:49.660 --> 00:34:50.000
 good right

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.360
 now with

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:51.880
 Joseph but

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:53.320
 this is a

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:54.000
 pretty big

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.360
 thing that

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.760
 happened to

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:54.900
 him.

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.480
 What happens

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:56.960
 a couple

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.440
 years from

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.699
 now?

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.639
 We're in

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.039
 Egypt,

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.659
 we're under

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.340
 his control

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.280
 and then

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.599
 what?

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:02.860
 Right?

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:04.019
 That could

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.960
 be a real

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.219
 fear.

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:07.059
 What happens

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.440
 when this

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.300
 wears out?

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.579
 This wears

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.059
 off?

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.579
 He's feeling

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:12.099
 really generous

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.760
 right now but

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.119
 there's no

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.639
 guarantee for

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.000
 the future.

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.280
 Yeah.

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.380
 Sure.

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.659
 Sure.

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:22.519
 Second

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.899
 guessing.

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.659
 Can we

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.259
 really trust

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.879
 our brother?

00:35:26.839 --> 00:35:27.379
 He's already

00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:28.059
 tried to help

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:30.159
 us understand

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:31.239
 the significance

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.920
 of our sin.

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.480
 John.

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.139
 Yeah.

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.799
 That's right.

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.239
 He really

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:39.559
 is.

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.839
 Have faith

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.259
 in God

00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:42.500
 and that

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.379
 sometimes

00:35:43.379 --> 00:35:44.599
 leads to

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:44.859
 fear

00:35:44.859 --> 00:35:46.019
 because when

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.639
 the future

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.299
 is uncertain

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:48.559
 and we have

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:48.859
 to trust

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.259
 in God,

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.599
 sometimes

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:52.659
 it's not

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.019
 as easy

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.759
 as what it

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.019
 says,

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.400
 what it

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.739
 should be.

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:55.659
 Trusting

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:55.799
 God

00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:56.179
 isn't always

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.480
 an easy

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.960
 step.

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.539
 That's

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:05.699
 right.

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.779
 To read

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.239
 into his

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:07.699
 heart what

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:07.940
 they know

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.319
 to be true

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:08.539
 of their

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.940
 own heart.

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:12.239
 So we

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:12.659
 find,

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.380
 first of all,

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.739
 that there

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.659
 is an

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.139
 effect on

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.579
 Pharaoh and

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.639
 then in

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.480
 this next

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.559
 segment we're

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.880
 going to find

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.440
 out that it

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.940
 affects

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.940
 Joseph's

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.360
 brothers.

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:22.679
 Verses 25

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.119
 to 28.

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.480
 Let me read

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.139
 this for us.

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.260
 So they

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:26.000
 went up out

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.380
 of Egypt

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:27.019
 and came

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.519
 to the

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.820
 land of

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.099
 Canaan

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.720
 to their

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.300
 father Jacob

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.679
 and they

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.099
 told him,

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.860
 Joseph is

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.659
 still alive.

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.539
 He is

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.200
 ruler over

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:33.559
 all the

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.840
 land of

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.159
 Egypt.

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.380
 And his

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.720
 heart

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.740
 became

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:37.099
 numb,

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.559
 numb,

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:37.940
 that's

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.539
 Jacob's

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.740
 heart,

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.420
 for he

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.820
 did not

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.260
 believe

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.519
 them.

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.539
 But when

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:41.960
 they told

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.280
 him all

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:42.820
 the words

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.300
 of Joseph

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.159
 which he

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.579
 had said

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:44.940
 to them

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.500
 and when

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.880
 he saw

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.619
 the wagons

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.139
 that Joseph

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.619
 had sent

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.059
 to carry

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.319
 him,

00:36:48.319 --> 00:36:49.219
 the spirit

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.779
 of their

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.679
 father Jacob

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.480
 revived.

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.960
 And Israel

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.460
 said,

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.480
 it is

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.380
 enough.

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:56.980
 Joseph,

00:36:57.339 --> 00:36:58.000
 my son,

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.179
 is still

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.739
 alive.

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:01.019
 I will go

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.619
 and see

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.819
 him before

00:37:02.819 --> 00:37:03.599
 I die.

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.159
 Now,

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.199
 I try to

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.980
 envision this

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.319
 scene.

00:37:08.279 --> 00:37:08.420
 Okay?

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.880
 Imagine

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:11.339
 this family

00:37:11.339 --> 00:37:12.799
 there in

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.119
 Canaan

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:15.039
 and they

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.659
 know that

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.719
 two,

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.440
 four months,

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:19.119
 I don't know

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.900
 how long

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.339
 that trip

00:37:20.339 --> 00:37:20.759
 was but

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.619
 it was a

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.659
 good distance.

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:23.859
 Can you

00:37:23.859 --> 00:37:24.179
 imagine

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:25.179
 little kids?

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.579
 Their dad

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:26.859
 has been

00:37:26.859 --> 00:37:27.900
 gone for

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.819
 two to

00:37:28.819 --> 00:37:29.279
 four months.

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:30.940
 Where do

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.359
 you suppose

00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:33.159
 they position

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.940
 themselves

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:35.019
 towards the

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.400
 end of

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.799
 every day?

00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:38.380
 One of

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.779
 those high

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.259
 points so

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.460
 they can

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.900
 see as

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.319
 far as

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:40.619
 the eye

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.000
 can see.

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:42.920
 And then

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.720
 coming up

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:44.300
 over the

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.740
 horizon

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:46.240
 is this

00:37:46.240 --> 00:37:46.940
 figure.

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.159
 Still too

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.800
 distant to

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.260
 be able

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:50.019
 to make

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.300
 out.

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:51.380
 And

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.639
 wondering,

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.420
 is that

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.360
 my daddy?

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.760
 Is my

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:55.099
 daddy

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.460
 coming?

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.860
 And then

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.780
 one by

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.740
 one by

00:37:58.740 --> 00:37:59.159
 one,

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:01.119
 figure after

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:02.099
 figure comes

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.700
 up over the

00:38:02.700 --> 00:38:03.039
 horizon.

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.720
 Now the

00:38:04.720 --> 00:38:06.119
 chance of

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:07.440
 my daddy

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.960
 being a part

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.139
 of that

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.740
 group becomes

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.220
 better and

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:09.420
 better.

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.860
 And oh,

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.539
 there must

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:12.559
 be Simeon.

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.340
 And that

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.739
 must be

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:14.139
 Benjamin,

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.480
 I can

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.920
 tell.

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.820
 And what

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.139
 are the

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.820
 rest of

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.480
 these things?

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.340
 These

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.239
 donkeys and

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:20.480
 wagons and

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.259
 supplies.

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.259
 Let me

00:38:24.259 --> 00:38:24.579
 tell you,

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:26.400
 the elation

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:27.059
 that that

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:27.320
 would have

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:28.840
 created for

00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:30.079
 this small

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.739
 community

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:32.099
 would have

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.500
 been

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:34.539
 riding high.

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:36.259
 There will

00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:37.159
 be feasting

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.699
 tonight.

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:40.259
 The months

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:41.560
 of near

00:38:41.560 --> 00:38:42.560
 starvation,

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:44.100
 wondering if

00:38:44.100 --> 00:38:45.480
 dad was

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:45.800
 ever going

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.080
 to come

00:38:46.080 --> 00:38:46.380
 home,

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.520
 the protection

00:38:47.520 --> 00:38:48.620
 that he

00:38:48.620 --> 00:38:49.720
 affords and

00:38:49.720 --> 00:38:50.440
 the help

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:51.440
 that comes

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.280
 with having

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:53.400
 that figure

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:54.160
 around the

00:38:54.160 --> 00:38:54.520
 home,

00:38:55.580 --> 00:38:56.200
 that shared

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:56.900
 responsibility,

00:38:57.180 --> 00:38:57.740
 that peace

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.260
 of mind,

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:59.100
 that warm

00:38:59.100 --> 00:38:59.800
 embrace,

00:39:00.060 --> 00:39:00.800
 you'll finally

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.320
 be able to

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:02.200
 experience that

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:02.500
 again.

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.780
 There was

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:04.080
 going to be

00:39:04.080 --> 00:39:04.660
 celebration

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.440
 tonight.

00:39:08.899 --> 00:39:09.460
 There was

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.940
 going to be

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.799
 excitement.

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.219
 There was

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:12.460
 going to be

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:12.859
 joy.

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.759
 But they

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:15.159
 didn't know

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.659
 the whole of

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.299
 it, did

00:39:16.299 --> 00:39:16.500
 they?

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.759
 And they

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.059
 didn't even

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.619
 know the

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.059
 best of

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.259
 it.

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:23.000
 Joseph was

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.399
 alive.

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.699
 We don't

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.460
 see here how

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:27.980
 they address

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.519
 the subject

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.859
 and we'll

00:39:28.859 --> 00:39:29.319
 never know.

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.699
 But if I

00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:32.000
 were to

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.420
 speculate,

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:34.339
 it would be

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:34.980
 my guess

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:36.480
 that the

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:38.900
 joy of

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.240
 that whole

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:39.960
 experience

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:41.539
 in the

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.180
 knowledge of

00:39:42.180 --> 00:39:42.860
 having been

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.640
 forgiven by

00:39:43.640 --> 00:39:44.180
 the one

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:46.260
 by whom

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:46.980
 the offense

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:48.220
 was given

00:39:48.220 --> 00:39:49.480
 led them

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:50.280
 to full

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.900
 disclosure.

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.840
 This bubbling

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:54.220
 over of

00:39:54.220 --> 00:39:55.480
 self and

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:56.360
 sharing the

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.780
 good news.

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:57.420
 This was the

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:58.480
 best news

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:59.280
 in Canaan.

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.160
 Not only are

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:00.360
 they going to

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:00.880
 be provided

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.320
 for, not

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:01.760
 only is

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:02.660
 Joseph alive,

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.640
 but they're

00:40:03.640 --> 00:40:04.000
 going to be

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.420
 able to

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:05.559
 avoid any

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:05.920
 of the

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.800
 pain and

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:07.519
 the difficulty

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.019
 that they

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.239
 had been

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:08.780
 experiencing

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.199
 for the

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.639
 last two

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:09.960
 years.

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.719
 Finally

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.420
 home free,

00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:14.079
 finally taken

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.659
 care of.

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:16.739
 And I

00:40:16.739 --> 00:40:17.059
 have to

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:18.780
 guess that

00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:19.099
 when those

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:19.840
 brothers came

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.739
 over that

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:21.139
 hill and

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.539
 met the

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.920
 family,

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:23.599
 that the

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:23.980
 forgiveness

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.280
 that they

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.659
 had already

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.460
 experienced

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:26.480
 had worked

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.119
 itself in

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.480
 the heart

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.900
 and the

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.880
 ripples of

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:30.019
 that forgiveness

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:31.539
 spilled out

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:32.940
 in true

00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:33.460
 confession,

00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:34.559
 honest confession

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:36.460
 to their

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.940
 father and

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:37.199
 to their

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.539
 family.

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.900
 There's no

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.539
 indication that

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:41.960
 there was any

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:43.079
 struggle here

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.779
 in sharing the

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.019
 news.

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:45.460
 As hard as

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:45.980
 that news

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.559
 was.

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:47.920
 And I

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.340
 think that's

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:48.960
 what happens.

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.679
 If you've

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:51.360
 ever felt

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:51.820
 forgiven,

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.179
 if you've

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:52.779
 ever been

00:40:52.779 --> 00:40:54.420
 forgiven for

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:55.099
 something in

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:55.619
 the past,

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.920
 maybe even a

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.539
 painful thing

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:58.119
 in the past,

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:59.159
 it's my

00:40:59.159 --> 00:40:59.980
 experience that

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:00.440
 when that

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.259
 forgiveness comes,

00:41:01.339 --> 00:41:01.940
 it just opens

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.639
 the floodgates

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:04.039
 to honesty in

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.579
 that person's

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.059
 life and a

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.599
 willingness to

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:06.339
 share what

00:41:06.339 --> 00:41:06.960
 they've experienced

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.559
 in relationship

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:08.139
 to forgiveness.

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.400
 Is that your

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.880
 experience?

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:12.139
 And I can

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:12.819
 only imagine

00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:13.380
 that these

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:15.559
 sons felt

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:15.980
 the same

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.299
 thing.

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.739
 There was

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:18.079
 this,

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:19.679
 now finally,

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.819
 this best

00:41:20.819 --> 00:41:21.699
 kept secret

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:22.199
 in Canaan

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:23.980
 could be

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:24.539
 turned loose.

00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:25.619
 There was no

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:26.659
 need to keep

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:27.099
 it a secret

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.619
 anymore.

00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:30.239
 even though

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:30.880
 the truth

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.559
 was painful,

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:32.980
 there was

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.880
 good news

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.259
 on the other

00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:34.539
 end.

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.500
 But,

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:39.079
 Jacob is

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.539
 stunned.

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:41.539
 Imagine that

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:41.960
 moment,

00:41:42.299 --> 00:41:42.739
 what was

00:41:42.739 --> 00:41:43.179
 going through

00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:43.699
 his mind.

00:41:45.759 --> 00:41:46.559
 How can

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.259
 this be?

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.460
 Joseph is

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:48.900
 alive?

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:50.819
 And at

00:41:50.819 --> 00:41:51.579
 the very

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:52.119
 beginnings,

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:52.739
 what are

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:53.059
 some of the

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:53.359
 things that

00:41:53.359 --> 00:41:54.059
 you see here

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.819
 in verse

00:41:54.819 --> 00:41:55.460
 27 and

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:56.199
 28 that

00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:56.579
 mark his

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:56.900
 life?

00:41:58.119 --> 00:42:01.519
 natural for

00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:02.559
 any of us

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:02.779
 who would

00:42:02.779 --> 00:42:03.380
 be hearing

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:03.920
 this news

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.199
 for the

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:04.699
 first time.

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:06.980
 What do

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:07.199
 you see?

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.619
 It's like,

00:42:12.819 --> 00:42:13.599
 what in the

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:14.599
 world are you

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.259
 talking about?

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.679
 Do you see

00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:18.960
 faith?

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.039
 Faith?

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:23.480
 not initially,

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.300
 right?

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:25.559
 Matter of

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:25.759
 fact, it

00:42:25.759 --> 00:42:26.420
 says he

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:27.000
 did not

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.599
 believe.

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.759
 The old

00:42:29.759 --> 00:42:30.300
 Jacob is

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:30.900
 coming out.

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:32.300
 Okay?

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:36.620
 And then,

00:42:36.620 --> 00:42:38.780
 he sees the

00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:39.280
 wagons,

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.680
 and certainly,

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:42.140
 it doesn't

00:42:42.140 --> 00:42:42.539
 mention it

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.039
 here, but he

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.820
 saw the

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:44.260
 donkeys,

00:42:44.660 --> 00:42:45.200
 this gift

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:46.380
 from his

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:46.640
 son,

00:42:47.640 --> 00:42:48.620
 and now he's

00:42:48.620 --> 00:42:49.100
 beginning to

00:42:49.100 --> 00:42:50.480
 actually believe.

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:51.260
 Faith is

00:42:51.260 --> 00:42:51.820
 beginning to

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:52.280
 take hold.

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:54.680
 And that's

00:42:54.680 --> 00:42:55.300
 now the

00:42:55.300 --> 00:42:55.780
 effect on

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:56.160
 Jacob that

00:42:56.160 --> 00:42:57.019
 we see the

00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:57.460
 first few

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:59.100
 verses of

00:42:59.100 --> 00:43:00.220
 chapter 46.

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:01.699
 It says,

00:43:01.839 --> 00:43:02.139
 so Israel

00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:02.579
 took his

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:03.399
 journey with

00:43:03.399 --> 00:43:03.879
 all that he

00:43:03.879 --> 00:43:04.359
 had and

00:43:04.359 --> 00:43:04.739
 came to

00:43:04.739 --> 00:43:05.159
 Beersheba.

00:43:05.259 --> 00:43:06.779
 They finally

00:43:06.779 --> 00:43:07.439
 decide, okay,

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.019
 we're going to

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.359
 go ahead and

00:43:08.359 --> 00:43:08.679
 make this

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:08.899
 trip.

00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:11.419
 Joseph is

00:43:11.419 --> 00:43:11.819
 down there,

00:43:11.859 --> 00:43:12.459
 we're going to

00:43:12.459 --> 00:43:12.819
 make this

00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:13.039
 trip.

00:43:13.699 --> 00:43:14.219
 And they

00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:15.119
 begin to

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:15.799
 make this

00:43:15.799 --> 00:43:16.339
 trek with

00:43:16.339 --> 00:43:16.839
 all their

00:43:16.839 --> 00:43:18.159
 stuff, and

00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:18.719
 they come to

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:19.219
 the southern

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:19.739
 edge of

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:20.339
 Canaan, to

00:43:20.339 --> 00:43:21.639
 this place of

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:23.239
 Beersheba, and

00:43:23.239 --> 00:43:23.519
 what do they

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:23.759
 do?

00:43:25.359 --> 00:43:25.719
 It says,

00:43:25.819 --> 00:43:26.199
 they offered

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:27.139
 sacrifices to

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:28.899
 the God of

00:43:28.899 --> 00:43:29.399
 his father

00:43:29.399 --> 00:43:29.879
 Isaac,

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:31.019
 and God

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.679
 spoke to

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:32.199
 Israel in

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:33.259
 visions of

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:33.779
 the night and

00:43:33.779 --> 00:43:34.379
 said, Jacob,

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:34.819
 Jacob.

00:43:35.379 --> 00:43:35.859
 And he said,

00:43:35.919 --> 00:43:36.500
 here I am.

00:43:37.439 --> 00:43:37.919
 Then he said,

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:39.579
 I am God, the

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:40.019
 God of your

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.319
 father.

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:41.319
 Do not be

00:43:41.319 --> 00:43:42.000
 afraid to go

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:42.500
 down to

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:43.539
 Egypt, for

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:44.379
 there I will

00:43:44.379 --> 00:43:45.199
 make you into

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:45.919
 a great nation.

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:47.379
 I myself will

00:43:47.379 --> 00:43:48.139
 go down with

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:48.859
 you to Egypt,

00:43:49.219 --> 00:43:49.919
 and I will

00:43:49.919 --> 00:43:50.599
 bring you up

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:52.000
 again, and

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.839
 Joseph's hand

00:43:52.839 --> 00:43:53.799
 shall close

00:43:53.799 --> 00:43:54.480
 your eyes.

00:43:55.819 --> 00:43:56.799
 We see

00:43:56.799 --> 00:43:59.239
 restored faith

00:43:59.239 --> 00:44:00.159
 faith in

00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:00.459
 Jacob.

00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:02.239
 How does

00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:02.679
 that show

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:03.579
 up in

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.619
 this scene?

00:44:05.419 --> 00:44:05.819
 How does

00:44:05.819 --> 00:44:06.559
 this faith

00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:07.379
 begin to

00:44:07.379 --> 00:44:08.259
 emerge again

00:44:08.259 --> 00:44:09.699
 in Jacob's

00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:09.899
 heart?

00:44:10.859 --> 00:44:11.279
 What are

00:44:11.279 --> 00:44:11.519
 some of the

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:12.039
 evidences of

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.199
 that?

00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:26.359
 he's going

00:44:26.359 --> 00:44:26.819
 back to

00:44:26.819 --> 00:44:27.199
 remember

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:28.079
 the God

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:28.379
 of his

00:44:28.379 --> 00:44:28.799
 father,

00:44:29.379 --> 00:44:30.639
 and that's

00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:30.659
 the

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:30.899
 he's going

00:44:30.899 --> 00:44:30.919
 back to

00:44:30.839 --> 00:44:31.239
 God of

00:44:31.239 --> 00:44:31.259
 his

00:44:31.259 --> 00:44:31.359
 father.

00:44:31.359 --> 00:44:34.019
 Okay, good.

00:44:34.399 --> 00:44:34.879
 Did you hear

00:44:34.879 --> 00:44:35.059
 that?

00:44:36.059 --> 00:44:36.859
 Making

00:44:36.859 --> 00:44:37.879
 sacrifices to

00:44:37.879 --> 00:44:38.259
 the God of

00:44:38.259 --> 00:44:38.579
 Isaac.

00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:40.099
 Um,

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:43.279
 and certainly

00:44:43.279 --> 00:44:43.799
 he was the

00:44:43.799 --> 00:44:44.079
 God of

00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:44.599
 Abraham,

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:45.599
 Isaac,

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:46.519
 and Jacob.

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.299
 Sometimes

00:44:48.299 --> 00:44:48.739
 the starting

00:44:48.739 --> 00:44:49.559
 point is

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:50.239
 just to

00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:50.739
 remember

00:44:50.739 --> 00:44:51.920
 the God

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.139
 of your

00:44:52.139 --> 00:44:52.460
 father.

00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:54.319
 And so

00:44:54.319 --> 00:44:54.799
 here he is,

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:55.599
 he's making

00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:56.279
 sacrifices.

00:44:56.799 --> 00:44:57.059
 Now why

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:57.400
 was that

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:57.799
 important?

00:44:58.779 --> 00:44:59.440
 In making

00:44:59.440 --> 00:44:59.980
 a sacrifice,

00:45:00.139 --> 00:45:00.559
 what was he

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:01.099
 doing there?

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:04.679
 And maybe

00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:05.319
 we can

00:45:05.319 --> 00:45:06.239
 find out

00:45:06.239 --> 00:45:06.420
 what he

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:06.860
 was doing

00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:08.179
 by the

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:09.359
 thing that

00:45:09.359 --> 00:45:10.099
 God tells

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:10.739
 Jacob.

00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:12.319
 Okay.

00:45:14.259 --> 00:45:14.859
 What is

00:45:14.859 --> 00:45:15.359
 God doing

00:45:15.359 --> 00:45:16.599
 through this

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:17.039
 experience?

00:45:20.379 --> 00:45:20.899
 What does

00:45:20.899 --> 00:45:21.359
 God say?

00:45:34.359 --> 00:45:34.960
 That's right.

00:45:36.819 --> 00:45:37.440
 That's right.

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:40.519
 that's right.

00:45:41.179 --> 00:45:41.639
 That's right.

00:45:42.379 --> 00:45:42.699
 Now,

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.679
 his heart

00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:44.000
 was in

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.319
 Egypt

00:45:44.319 --> 00:45:45.039
 because

00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:45.440
 that's

00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:45.719
 where his

00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:46.379
 son was.

00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:47.739
 But finally

00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:48.480
 we're seeing

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:49.199
 Jacob

00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:49.879
 come to

00:45:49.879 --> 00:45:50.219
 the point

00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:50.419
 where he

00:45:50.419 --> 00:45:50.599
 says,

00:45:50.699 --> 00:45:50.879
 okay,

00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:52.059
 God,

00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:52.359
 here's

00:45:52.359 --> 00:45:52.679
 what I

00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:53.219
 want,

00:45:53.859 --> 00:45:54.159
 but

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:55.319
 I know

00:45:55.319 --> 00:45:55.539
 what you

00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:55.980
 have said

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:56.699
 and I

00:45:56.699 --> 00:45:56.839
 don't

00:45:56.839 --> 00:45:57.059
 want to

00:45:57.059 --> 00:45:57.480
 disobey.

00:45:58.419 --> 00:45:59.099
 So I'm

00:45:59.099 --> 00:45:59.460
 not going

00:45:59.460 --> 00:45:59.719
 to take

00:45:59.719 --> 00:45:59.919
 another

00:45:59.919 --> 00:46:00.519
 step

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:01.239
 out of

00:46:01.239 --> 00:46:01.579
 Canaan

00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:02.399
 where you

00:46:02.399 --> 00:46:02.779
 have told

00:46:02.779 --> 00:46:03.099
 me to

00:46:03.099 --> 00:46:03.440
 stay,

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:03.819
 where you've

00:46:03.819 --> 00:46:04.079
 told me

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:04.500
 to be,

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:05.779
 unless you

00:46:05.779 --> 00:46:06.119
 give me

00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:06.619
 the permission

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:07.219
 to go.

00:46:07.219 --> 00:46:08.139
 And God

00:46:08.139 --> 00:46:08.839
 reaffirms

00:46:08.839 --> 00:46:09.799
 this in

00:46:09.799 --> 00:46:10.119
 his heart

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:10.459
 and life

00:46:10.459 --> 00:46:11.339
 and says,

00:46:11.459 --> 00:46:11.859
 I will bring

00:46:11.859 --> 00:46:12.179
 you back.

00:46:12.259 --> 00:46:12.659
 Don't worry.

00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:13.159
 I'm going to

00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:13.459
 make you a

00:46:13.459 --> 00:46:13.899
 great nation

00:46:13.899 --> 00:46:14.139
 there.

00:46:20.939 --> 00:46:21.259
 Amen.

00:46:21.779 --> 00:46:22.079
 Amen.

00:46:22.719 --> 00:46:23.299
 I'm going to

00:46:23.299 --> 00:46:23.859
 keep up my

00:46:23.859 --> 00:46:24.139
 end of the

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:24.339
 bargain.

00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:24.839
 I'm going to

00:46:24.839 --> 00:46:25.519
 bring you

00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:25.899
 back to land.

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:26.099
 I'm going

00:46:26.099 --> 00:46:26.460
 to make you

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:26.720
 a great

00:46:26.720 --> 00:46:27.000
 nation.

00:46:27.099 --> 00:46:27.400
 I'm going

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:28.180
 to even

00:46:28.180 --> 00:46:28.760
 use this

00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:29.119
 time in

00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:29.619
 Egypt to

00:46:29.619 --> 00:46:31.320
 help you

00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:31.960
 become and

00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:32.660
 to experience

00:46:32.660 --> 00:46:33.000
 the things

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:33.260
 that I've

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:34.940
 promised since

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:35.380
 Abraham.

00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:37.019
 Good.

00:46:38.160 --> 00:46:38.599
 Yes.

00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:51.079
 That's good.

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:51.780
 That's good.

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:52.320
 I didn't pick

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:52.780
 up on that,

00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:54.039
 but I think

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:54.980
 that could be a

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.579
 good clue for

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:56.380
 us, right?

00:46:56.880 --> 00:46:58.280
 That now he's

00:46:58.280 --> 00:46:59.460
 beginning to

00:46:59.460 --> 00:47:01.159
 emerge again as

00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:01.900
 this person of

00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:02.420
 faith, the

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:02.960
 person who's

00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:03.260
 going to be

00:47:03.260 --> 00:47:04.079
 essentially the

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:04.559
 father of

00:47:04.559 --> 00:47:05.320
 Israel, not

00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:05.940
 just the old

00:47:05.940 --> 00:47:06.559
 Jacob who

00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:07.579
 was kind of

00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:08.400
 wallowing in

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:09.639
 self-pity and

00:47:09.639 --> 00:47:11.000
 loss of his

00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:11.280
 son.

00:47:11.860 --> 00:47:12.760
 But good

00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:13.559
 point, good

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:14.280
 observation there.

00:47:16.740 --> 00:47:17.019
 All right.

00:47:17.019 --> 00:47:21.219
 in verses 28

00:47:21.219 --> 00:47:21.880
 and 29, we

00:47:21.880 --> 00:47:23.420
 see personal

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:24.579
 restoration take

00:47:24.579 --> 00:47:24.900
 place.

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:26.460
 The chapter

00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:27.360
 46, most of

00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:27.619
 it is just

00:47:27.619 --> 00:47:27.840
 kind of

00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:29.199
 accounting this

00:47:29.199 --> 00:47:29.800
 trip and who

00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:30.619
 was part of

00:47:30.619 --> 00:47:31.800
 this group.

00:47:32.860 --> 00:47:33.539
 Verse 28

00:47:33.539 --> 00:47:35.619
 shows the

00:47:35.619 --> 00:47:36.719
 reunion that

00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:37.420
 takes place.

00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:38.500
 It says,

00:47:38.500 --> 00:47:39.179
 And he sent

00:47:39.179 --> 00:47:39.900
 Judah ahead of

00:47:39.900 --> 00:47:40.260
 him to

00:47:40.260 --> 00:47:40.800
 Joseph to

00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:41.199
 show the

00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:41.739
 way before

00:47:41.739 --> 00:47:42.480
 him in

00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:42.900
 Goshen.

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:44.079
 And they

00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:44.539
 came into

00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:45.179
 the land of

00:47:45.179 --> 00:47:45.559
 Goshen.

00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:46.679
 Then Joseph

00:47:46.679 --> 00:47:47.300
 prepared his

00:47:47.300 --> 00:47:48.000
 chariot and

00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:48.519
 went up to

00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:49.019
 meet Israel,

00:47:49.239 --> 00:47:49.760
 his father,

00:47:49.920 --> 00:47:50.400
 in Goshen.

00:47:50.860 --> 00:47:51.480
 He presented

00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:52.039
 himself to

00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:52.579
 him, fell on

00:47:52.579 --> 00:47:53.460
 his neck, and

00:47:53.460 --> 00:47:54.079
 wept on his

00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:54.619
 neck a good

00:47:54.619 --> 00:47:54.920
 while.

00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:57.039
 Israel said

00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:57.579
 to Joseph,

00:47:58.079 --> 00:47:58.960
 Now let me

00:47:58.960 --> 00:48:00.260
 die, since I

00:48:00.260 --> 00:48:00.980
 have seen your

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:02.039
 face and know

00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:03.019
 that you are

00:48:03.019 --> 00:48:03.820
 still alive.

00:48:03.820 --> 00:48:05.900
 So there's

00:48:05.900 --> 00:48:07.920
 this private

00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:08.600
 reunion that

00:48:08.600 --> 00:48:09.220
 takes place.

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.000
 Joseph and

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.519
 his family

00:48:10.519 --> 00:48:11.900
 reconnected

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:12.220
 with his

00:48:12.220 --> 00:48:12.480
 dad.

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:15.280
 This sense

00:48:15.280 --> 00:48:16.640
 of finally

00:48:16.640 --> 00:48:17.300
 being together

00:48:17.300 --> 00:48:17.960
 after years

00:48:17.960 --> 00:48:18.440
 and years

00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:19.340
 of being

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:19.660
 apart.

00:48:20.640 --> 00:48:21.120
 No more

00:48:21.120 --> 00:48:21.860
 worry about

00:48:21.860 --> 00:48:22.240
 provision.

00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:22.920
 No more

00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:24.240
 anxiety about

00:48:24.240 --> 00:48:24.700
 protection.

00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:25.340
 There is

00:48:25.340 --> 00:48:27.820
 this entire

00:48:27.820 --> 00:48:32.500
 letdown of

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:33.380
 all of his

00:48:33.380 --> 00:48:33.760
 burdens.

00:48:33.980 --> 00:48:34.640
 That Jacob

00:48:34.640 --> 00:48:35.160
 doesn't have

00:48:35.160 --> 00:48:35.700
 to carry

00:48:35.700 --> 00:48:36.500
 this burden

00:48:36.500 --> 00:48:37.080
 anymore for

00:48:37.080 --> 00:48:37.519
 his family.

00:48:38.780 --> 00:48:39.160
 That God's

00:48:39.160 --> 00:48:39.700
 got it handled.

00:48:40.740 --> 00:48:41.700
 I think that

00:48:41.700 --> 00:48:43.700
 embrace captured

00:48:43.700 --> 00:48:46.480
 this unburdening

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:47.840
 of all things

00:48:47.840 --> 00:48:49.440
 in this reunion

00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:50.320
 with his son.

00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:51.559
 I find it

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:53.340
 interesting that

00:48:53.340 --> 00:48:55.160
 earlier he was

00:48:55.160 --> 00:48:56.080
 grieving so much

00:48:56.080 --> 00:48:56.700
 over the lost

00:48:56.700 --> 00:48:57.080
 his son

00:48:57.080 --> 00:48:57.480
 and he wanted

00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:58.000
 to die.

00:48:58.820 --> 00:48:59.680
 Now he

00:48:59.680 --> 00:49:00.080
 says,

00:49:00.519 --> 00:49:01.100
 let me die

00:49:01.100 --> 00:49:01.620
 now that I

00:49:01.620 --> 00:49:02.039
 see you.

00:49:02.140 --> 00:49:02.980
 Okay, so the

00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:03.620
 first time he

00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:04.079
 was like,

00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:04.599
 let me be

00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:05.059
 rid of all

00:49:05.059 --> 00:49:05.639
 my pain.

00:49:06.139 --> 00:49:06.440
 I want to

00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:06.940
 escape.

00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:08.519
 Now I'm at such

00:49:08.519 --> 00:49:08.980
 breath.

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:10.239
 I can go.

00:49:11.239 --> 00:49:11.839
 I can die.

00:49:11.960 --> 00:49:12.299
 That's good.

00:49:12.739 --> 00:49:13.219
 Good point.

00:49:13.859 --> 00:49:14.359
 Good point.

00:49:14.940 --> 00:49:15.440
 Good point.

00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:18.260
 We don't have

00:49:18.260 --> 00:49:19.320
 time for this

00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:19.700
 but let me

00:49:19.700 --> 00:49:20.360
 just allude to

00:49:20.360 --> 00:49:20.539
 it.

00:49:20.539 --> 00:49:20.840
 Okay?

00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:22.820
 In verses,

00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:23.619
 we're in

00:49:23.619 --> 00:49:24.360
 chapter 46,

00:49:24.840 --> 00:49:26.360
 verses 30 to

00:49:26.360 --> 00:49:26.820
 the end of the

00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:27.800
 chapter and

00:49:27.800 --> 00:49:28.320
 then continuing

00:49:28.320 --> 00:49:29.380
 to chapter 47

00:49:29.380 --> 00:49:30.019
 verse 12,

00:49:30.800 --> 00:49:32.059
 we find this,

00:49:32.179 --> 00:49:34.940
 what do I

00:49:34.940 --> 00:49:35.260
 want to say,

00:49:35.260 --> 00:49:38.480
 this public

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:39.440
 restoration that's

00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:40.140
 taking place

00:49:40.140 --> 00:49:41.860
 where now

00:49:41.860 --> 00:49:42.900
 Joseph brings

00:49:42.900 --> 00:49:43.540
 his brothers

00:49:43.540 --> 00:49:44.960
 before Pharaoh.

00:49:45.880 --> 00:49:46.020
 Okay?

00:49:46.140 --> 00:49:46.980
 He introduces

00:49:46.980 --> 00:49:47.680
 them to

00:49:47.680 --> 00:49:49.520
 Pharaoh and

00:49:49.520 --> 00:49:51.640
 he meets his

00:49:51.640 --> 00:49:51.960
 brothers,

00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:52.880
 he meets his

00:49:52.880 --> 00:49:53.300
 father,

00:49:53.940 --> 00:49:55.040
 Jacob and

00:49:55.040 --> 00:49:55.740
 Pharaoh have

00:49:55.740 --> 00:49:56.520
 this conversation

00:49:56.520 --> 00:49:57.280
 about his

00:49:57.280 --> 00:49:58.120
 age and

00:49:58.120 --> 00:49:59.160
 interestingly

00:49:59.160 --> 00:49:59.840
 enough,

00:50:00.240 --> 00:50:02.520
 Jacob says,

00:50:02.519 --> 00:50:03.900
 where is

00:50:03.900 --> 00:50:04.259
 this?

00:50:06.679 --> 00:50:07.480
 This is

00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:09.380
 chapter 47

00:50:09.380 --> 00:50:13.739
 in verse

00:50:13.739 --> 00:50:15.300
 10,

00:50:16.340 --> 00:50:16.759
 and Jacob

00:50:16.759 --> 00:50:17.519
 blessed Pharaoh

00:50:17.519 --> 00:50:18.159
 and went out,

00:50:18.259 --> 00:50:18.699
 I'm sorry,

00:50:18.920 --> 00:50:19.219
 back up,

00:50:19.579 --> 00:50:20.019
 one more verse,

00:50:20.360 --> 00:50:20.960
 verse 9,

00:50:21.280 --> 00:50:21.980
 Jacob says to

00:50:21.980 --> 00:50:22.239
 Pharaoh,

00:50:22.440 --> 00:50:23.000
 the days of

00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:23.519
 the years of

00:50:23.519 --> 00:50:24.199
 my sojourning

00:50:24.199 --> 00:50:24.980
 are 130,

00:50:25.759 --> 00:50:26.860
 few and evil

00:50:26.860 --> 00:50:27.480
 have been the

00:50:27.480 --> 00:50:28.039
 days of the

00:50:28.039 --> 00:50:28.539
 years of my

00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:29.759
 life and they

00:50:29.759 --> 00:50:30.039
 have not

00:50:30.039 --> 00:50:30.599
 attained to

00:50:30.599 --> 00:50:31.539
 the days of

00:50:31.539 --> 00:50:32.139
 the years of

00:50:32.139 --> 00:50:32.779
 the life of

00:50:32.779 --> 00:50:33.460
 my fathers

00:50:33.460 --> 00:50:34.460
 in the days

00:50:34.460 --> 00:50:34.739
 of their

00:50:34.739 --> 00:50:35.299
 sojourning.

00:50:35.879 --> 00:50:35.980
 Okay?

00:50:37.039 --> 00:50:37.980
 Why might

00:50:37.980 --> 00:50:38.759
 it be so

00:50:38.759 --> 00:50:41.179
 important for

00:50:41.179 --> 00:50:41.779
 Pharaoh to

00:50:41.779 --> 00:50:43.219
 meet Joseph's

00:50:43.219 --> 00:50:43.719
 family?

00:50:46.239 --> 00:50:47.059
 Especially as

00:50:47.059 --> 00:50:47.819
 it relates to

00:50:47.819 --> 00:50:48.480
 their future

00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:49.000
 legacy,

00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:50.699
 their enduring

00:50:50.699 --> 00:50:51.659
 legacy in the

00:50:51.659 --> 00:50:52.500
 land of Goshen.

00:50:53.599 --> 00:50:54.739
 Why might that

00:50:54.739 --> 00:50:55.319
 be important?

00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:57.079
 Not only this

00:50:57.079 --> 00:50:57.779
 private

00:50:57.779 --> 00:50:59.259
 reconciliation

00:50:59.259 --> 00:51:00.059
 that's coming,

00:51:00.420 --> 00:51:01.039
 but now a

00:51:01.039 --> 00:51:01.440
 public

00:51:01.440 --> 00:51:02.400
 restoration

00:51:02.400 --> 00:51:03.579
 that's

00:51:03.579 --> 00:51:05.200
 being visible

00:51:05.200 --> 00:51:05.599
 to Pharaoh.

00:51:10.300 --> 00:51:11.039
 That's right.

00:51:11.500 --> 00:51:11.980
 This isn't

00:51:11.980 --> 00:51:12.720
 just Joseph,

00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:13.260
 this isn't

00:51:13.260 --> 00:51:14.860
 just hearsay.

00:51:15.420 --> 00:51:16.119
 Here are

00:51:16.119 --> 00:51:17.220
 flesh and

00:51:17.220 --> 00:51:18.240
 blood brothers

00:51:18.240 --> 00:51:18.860
 and father.

00:51:19.440 --> 00:51:19.900
 Hear it

00:51:19.900 --> 00:51:20.400
 before me.

00:51:21.679 --> 00:51:22.480
 Joseph is

00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:23.860
 painting hard

00:51:23.860 --> 00:51:24.679
 lines to his

00:51:24.679 --> 00:51:25.039
 family.

00:51:25.920 --> 00:51:26.480
 Not just

00:51:26.480 --> 00:51:27.480
 theoretical lines,

00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:29.360
 hard lines in

00:51:29.360 --> 00:51:30.019
 relationship.

00:51:30.019 --> 00:51:30.159
 relationship.

00:51:30.159 --> 00:51:30.900
 And so now

00:51:30.900 --> 00:51:32.079
 the association

00:51:32.079 --> 00:51:32.599
 has been

00:51:32.599 --> 00:51:33.079
 complete.

00:51:33.199 --> 00:51:33.400
 It's been

00:51:33.400 --> 00:51:33.840
 public.

00:51:34.179 --> 00:51:34.440
 It's been

00:51:34.440 --> 00:51:35.119
 affirmed.

00:51:35.759 --> 00:51:35.880
 Okay?

00:51:36.619 --> 00:51:37.300
 The significance

00:51:37.300 --> 00:51:37.820
 of that.

00:51:37.940 --> 00:51:38.559
 It's not just

00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:39.559
 happening behind

00:51:39.559 --> 00:51:40.239
 closed doors.

00:51:40.300 --> 00:51:40.759
 It's happening

00:51:40.759 --> 00:51:41.380
 in full view.

00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:43.159
 So that when

00:51:43.159 --> 00:51:44.059
 Pharaoh and

00:51:44.059 --> 00:51:45.199
 anyone after

00:51:45.199 --> 00:51:46.360
 Pharaoh sees

00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:47.280
 Joseph's family,

00:51:47.679 --> 00:51:48.139
 they say,

00:51:48.460 --> 00:51:49.400
 this is the

00:51:49.400 --> 00:51:50.420
 family in

00:51:50.420 --> 00:51:50.840
 Goshen.

00:51:51.059 --> 00:51:51.599
 I put my

00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:52.119
 eyes on them.

00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:52.699
 I've made a

00:51:52.699 --> 00:51:53.199
 hard connection

00:51:53.199 --> 00:51:54.019
 with them through

00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:54.420
 Joseph.

00:51:54.420 --> 00:51:54.539
 Joseph.

00:51:55.099 --> 00:51:55.300
 Okay?

00:51:56.180 --> 00:51:56.559
 I think that's

00:51:56.559 --> 00:51:57.300
 important for the

00:51:57.300 --> 00:51:58.000
 enduring legacy

00:51:58.000 --> 00:51:59.019
 of the people.

00:51:59.760 --> 00:52:00.260
 It didn't just

00:52:00.260 --> 00:52:01.519
 happen undercover.

00:52:01.680 --> 00:52:02.240
 It happened in

00:52:02.240 --> 00:52:02.680
 full view.

00:52:03.019 --> 00:52:03.360
 That was

00:52:03.360 --> 00:52:03.720
 important.

00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:05.300
 And then,

00:52:06.039 --> 00:52:07.240
 the second part,

00:52:07.980 --> 00:52:08.579
 and I'm sorry

00:52:08.579 --> 00:52:09.880
 that we don't

00:52:09.880 --> 00:52:10.579
 have more time

00:52:10.579 --> 00:52:11.000
 for this,

00:52:11.119 --> 00:52:12.039
 but in verses

00:52:12.039 --> 00:52:13.260
 13 to 31,

00:52:14.079 --> 00:52:15.980
 we see that

00:52:15.980 --> 00:52:16.539
 there is a

00:52:16.539 --> 00:52:17.180
 legacy that's

00:52:17.180 --> 00:52:17.740
 preserved.

00:52:19.840 --> 00:52:20.960
 And year

00:52:20.960 --> 00:52:21.539
 after year,

00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:22.280
 the people keep

00:52:22.280 --> 00:52:23.700
 coming back to

00:52:23.699 --> 00:52:24.139
 Joseph.

00:52:25.079 --> 00:52:25.399
 And, you

00:52:25.399 --> 00:52:27.259
 know, two

00:52:27.259 --> 00:52:27.659
 years have

00:52:27.659 --> 00:52:29.439
 gone by, and

00:52:29.439 --> 00:52:30.460
 Joseph's brothers

00:52:30.460 --> 00:52:31.279
 come, and he

00:52:31.279 --> 00:52:31.980
 sends them back.

00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:33.039
 I would guess

00:52:33.039 --> 00:52:33.639
 probably another

00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:34.559
 year for them

00:52:34.559 --> 00:52:35.139
 to collect their

00:52:35.139 --> 00:52:35.819
 stuff and make

00:52:35.819 --> 00:52:37.099
 their way to

00:52:37.099 --> 00:52:37.839
 Egypt.

00:52:38.379 --> 00:52:38.460
 Okay?

00:52:39.239 --> 00:52:39.919
 And then,

00:52:40.079 --> 00:52:40.659
 this next year,

00:52:40.739 --> 00:52:42.879
 year four, the

00:52:42.879 --> 00:52:44.859
 people expend all

00:52:44.859 --> 00:52:45.179
 their money.

00:52:45.299 --> 00:52:46.039
 There's no money

00:52:46.039 --> 00:52:46.819
 left at this

00:52:46.819 --> 00:52:47.079
 point.

00:52:47.779 --> 00:52:48.980
 Year five, they

00:52:48.980 --> 00:52:49.480
 give their

00:52:49.480 --> 00:52:51.099
 livestock as a

00:52:51.099 --> 00:52:52.079
 payment to

00:52:52.079 --> 00:52:52.919
 getting grain.

00:52:52.920 --> 00:52:54.460
 year six, they

00:52:54.460 --> 00:52:55.579
 give their land

00:52:55.579 --> 00:52:56.840
 to Egypt.

00:52:56.940 --> 00:52:57.680
 Now it belongs

00:52:57.680 --> 00:52:58.460
 to the state.

00:52:59.200 --> 00:53:00.039
 And year seven,

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:00.820
 they give

00:53:00.820 --> 00:53:01.599
 themselves as

00:53:01.599 --> 00:53:02.519
 servants to

00:53:02.519 --> 00:53:02.980
 the state.

00:53:04.680 --> 00:53:05.519
 Now imagine

00:53:05.519 --> 00:53:05.920
 this.

00:53:07.139 --> 00:53:08.039
 Land has been

00:53:08.039 --> 00:53:08.900
 set up and

00:53:08.900 --> 00:53:10.119
 established for

00:53:10.119 --> 00:53:10.639
 the brothers,

00:53:10.780 --> 00:53:11.740
 for a family in

00:53:11.740 --> 00:53:12.119
 Goshen.

00:53:12.300 --> 00:53:13.220
 It's off-limits.

00:53:13.780 --> 00:53:14.519
 It belongs to

00:53:14.519 --> 00:53:14.780
 them.

00:53:15.599 --> 00:53:16.559
 The rest of the

00:53:16.559 --> 00:53:17.720
 land now belongs

00:53:17.720 --> 00:53:18.360
 to Egypt.

00:53:18.360 --> 00:53:18.440
 Egypt.

00:53:19.079 --> 00:53:19.880
 What does that

00:53:19.880 --> 00:53:20.519
 do for the

00:53:20.519 --> 00:53:21.780
 preservation of

00:53:21.780 --> 00:53:22.980
 a nation in

00:53:22.980 --> 00:53:23.360
 Egypt?

00:53:24.120 --> 00:53:24.559
 How does that

00:53:24.559 --> 00:53:24.800
 help?

00:53:30.640 --> 00:53:31.460
 Any thoughts?

00:53:31.460 --> 00:53:45.300
 that's one.

00:53:45.800 --> 00:53:46.559
 The fact that

00:53:46.559 --> 00:53:47.340
 they're by

00:53:47.340 --> 00:53:48.360
 themselves gives

00:53:48.360 --> 00:53:48.699
 them the

00:53:48.699 --> 00:53:49.400
 opportunity to

00:53:49.400 --> 00:53:50.199
 thrive as

00:53:50.199 --> 00:53:51.900
 people without

00:53:51.900 --> 00:53:53.199
 the pressures of

00:53:53.199 --> 00:53:54.539
 being integrated

00:53:54.539 --> 00:53:55.599
 into the

00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:56.519
 Egyptian society.

00:53:57.059 --> 00:53:57.860
 That's one.

00:53:58.059 --> 00:53:58.220
 Good.

00:53:58.219 --> 00:54:01.159
 own language,

00:54:01.459 --> 00:54:02.959
 own values,

00:54:03.359 --> 00:54:04.159
 own heritage

00:54:04.159 --> 00:54:04.779
 and marrying

00:54:04.779 --> 00:54:05.379
 one another,

00:54:05.739 --> 00:54:06.139
 their own

00:54:06.139 --> 00:54:08.139
 national ethnicity.

00:54:08.699 --> 00:54:09.299
 That's important.

00:54:10.099 --> 00:54:10.539
 What else?

00:54:13.359 --> 00:54:14.500
 I was thinking

00:54:14.500 --> 00:54:15.159
 about this.

00:54:15.959 --> 00:54:16.539
 When people

00:54:16.539 --> 00:54:17.399
 don't own

00:54:17.399 --> 00:54:17.980
 land,

00:54:18.739 --> 00:54:19.500
 they can't

00:54:19.500 --> 00:54:20.119
 extend

00:54:20.119 --> 00:54:21.079
 boundaries.

00:54:21.739 --> 00:54:22.019
 They don't

00:54:22.019 --> 00:54:22.659
 have boundaries.

00:54:23.539 --> 00:54:24.159
 They can't

00:54:24.159 --> 00:54:25.279
 compete with

00:54:25.279 --> 00:54:25.739
 one another

00:54:25.739 --> 00:54:26.579
 over property.

00:54:27.259 --> 00:54:27.839
 They can't

00:54:27.840 --> 00:54:29.559
 pass anything

00:54:29.559 --> 00:54:30.280
 down in

00:54:30.280 --> 00:54:30.660
 terms of

00:54:30.660 --> 00:54:31.420
 legacy to

00:54:31.420 --> 00:54:33.400
 their subsequent

00:54:33.400 --> 00:54:34.400
 generations because

00:54:34.400 --> 00:54:34.940
 they don't have

00:54:34.940 --> 00:54:35.360
 anything to

00:54:35.360 --> 00:54:35.860
 pass on.

00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:36.800
 And so God

00:54:36.800 --> 00:54:37.660
 has systematically

00:54:37.660 --> 00:54:39.400
 ripped it

00:54:39.400 --> 00:54:40.140
 away from

00:54:40.140 --> 00:54:40.860
 the people

00:54:40.860 --> 00:54:43.340
 and positioned

00:54:43.340 --> 00:54:44.220
 it underneath

00:54:44.220 --> 00:54:45.579
 the Pharaoh

00:54:45.579 --> 00:54:48.280
 to set

00:54:48.280 --> 00:54:49.559
 exclusively

00:54:49.559 --> 00:54:50.660
 this place

00:54:50.660 --> 00:54:51.640
 for Egypt,

00:54:52.059 --> 00:54:53.519
 this land of

00:54:53.519 --> 00:54:54.019
 Goshen for

00:54:54.019 --> 00:54:54.880
 the Hebrews,

00:54:55.280 --> 00:54:56.019
 uncontested.

00:54:56.900 --> 00:54:57.240
 See what I'm

00:54:57.240 --> 00:54:57.400
 saying?

00:54:57.840 --> 00:55:00.100
 And then,

00:55:00.380 --> 00:55:00.940
 we'll close

00:55:00.940 --> 00:55:01.360
 with this.

00:55:04.800 --> 00:55:05.780
 Verse 23,

00:55:06.860 --> 00:55:07.420
 they come that

00:55:07.420 --> 00:55:08.000
 last year

00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:09.660
 and Joseph

00:55:09.660 --> 00:55:10.160
 says,

00:55:10.280 --> 00:55:10.700
 Behold,

00:55:10.820 --> 00:55:11.400
 I have this

00:55:11.400 --> 00:55:12.320
 day bought

00:55:12.320 --> 00:55:13.120
 you and your

00:55:13.120 --> 00:55:13.680
 land for

00:55:13.680 --> 00:55:13.960
 Pharaoh.

00:55:14.320 --> 00:55:15.140
 Now here is

00:55:15.140 --> 00:55:15.820
 seed for you

00:55:15.820 --> 00:55:16.440
 and you shall

00:55:16.440 --> 00:55:17.220
 sow the land

00:55:17.220 --> 00:55:18.539
 and the harvest

00:55:18.539 --> 00:55:19.420
 you shall give

00:55:19.420 --> 00:55:20.400
 a fifth to

00:55:20.400 --> 00:55:21.240
 Pharaoh and

00:55:21.240 --> 00:55:21.940
 four fifths

00:55:21.940 --> 00:55:22.519
 shall be your

00:55:22.519 --> 00:55:22.700
 own.

00:55:22.699 --> 00:55:23.399
 God

00:55:23.399 --> 00:55:25.079
 so

00:55:25.079 --> 00:55:26.659
 everything has

00:55:26.659 --> 00:55:27.339
 been complete

00:55:27.339 --> 00:55:29.079
 and now

00:55:29.079 --> 00:55:30.079
 God turns

00:55:30.079 --> 00:55:31.099
 on the

00:55:31.099 --> 00:55:31.359
 water.

00:55:33.099 --> 00:55:33.739
 The famine

00:55:33.739 --> 00:55:34.299
 is over,

00:55:35.579 --> 00:55:35.839
 the

00:55:35.839 --> 00:55:39.039
 mission has

00:55:39.039 --> 00:55:39.739
 been accomplished,

00:55:40.639 --> 00:55:41.579
 the legacy has

00:55:41.579 --> 00:55:42.119
 been preserved

00:55:42.119 --> 00:55:43.759
 and now an

00:55:43.759 --> 00:55:44.779
 empire can

00:55:44.779 --> 00:55:45.179
 thrive.

00:55:45.659 --> 00:55:46.179
 Again,

00:55:46.339 --> 00:55:47.319
 with seed that

00:55:47.319 --> 00:55:47.919
 Joseph is sending

00:55:47.919 --> 00:55:48.379
 home with him

00:55:48.379 --> 00:55:48.859
 to plant.

00:55:48.860 --> 00:55:50.579
 I just think

00:55:50.579 --> 00:55:51.579
 just the

00:55:51.579 --> 00:55:52.920
 implications of

00:55:52.920 --> 00:55:54.440
 Joseph's faith

00:55:54.440 --> 00:55:55.320
 in forgiving

00:55:55.320 --> 00:55:55.860
 his brothers

00:55:55.860 --> 00:55:56.420
 that continue

00:55:56.420 --> 00:55:56.820
 to lead,

00:55:56.920 --> 00:55:57.320
 just this

00:55:57.320 --> 00:55:59.340
 spillover of

00:55:59.340 --> 00:56:00.440
 blessing on

00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:02.019
 brothers and

00:56:02.019 --> 00:56:03.460
 father and

00:56:03.460 --> 00:56:04.160
 Pharaoh,

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 you know,

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 employees and

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 employers and

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 the empire

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 itself.

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 the blessing

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 of faith and

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 forgiveness.

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 May that be

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 true of us.

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 Thanks for

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 coming today

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 and let's

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 pick up our

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 kids so we

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 can get to

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 the service.