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 A story from Genesis 37 to 50.

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 Peter Jackson had to do that with the movies is because Tolkien had written this beautiful

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 story with so many storylines and he was weaving them back together at the end of the book

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 in such a way that you would have just left all these storylines hanging if he hadn't

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 had seven endings in this movie.

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 I feel a little bit like that about Genesis 50.

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 Genesis 50, we're going to pick up storylines that the writer of Genesis has been weaving

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 and sort of laying out throughout the book.

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 And in fact, as we will see later, it points us even to the greater weaving work of God

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 as he weaves together his work in this world.

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 And so that's what we're going to be looking at this morning.

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 And you know, one of the things we haven't talked about very much as we've thought about

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 this Genesis series, but I want to point out is that as I understand it, the context of

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 the writing of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, it was as Moses was leading

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 the people to the brink of the promised land, as they were wandering through the wilderness

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 for 40 years, as they were waiting and slowly approaching this promised land that God had

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 said they would take.

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 God, through Moses, was recording what he had done up to that point in the history of

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 his people.

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 Think about this for a minute.

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 They're standing on the brink of entering into a land that is full of people, full of other

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 tribes.

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 They're entering into a land where they have never lived and they're going to claim it as

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 their own.

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 Perhaps they were filled with fear.

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 Perhaps their minds were captured by this question.

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 Will God be good to us as we go across the Jordan?

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 I wonder if that's a question that we all ask.

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 Different places, different times in our lives we ask, is God really going to be good to us?

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 Why do we ask it?

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 Well, it's not hard.

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 Open the page on CNN and what will you see?

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 Well, there's racism in Ferguson.

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 There's Ebola devastating West Africa.

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 There's civil wars in various countries around the world and so on and so forth.

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 We live in a world where there's lots of suffering and pain.

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 But my guess is that that's not the most powerful argument for most of you.

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 Probably for most of you as it is for me as well.

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 It's that our experience, our own personal story has moments of trial, moments of pain, moments

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 of injustice, moments of tragedy and disappointment.

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 And even if you have lived one of those blessed lives where you feel like, no, I haven't really seen that.

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 Even then, I wonder if you live with an insecurity.

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 How long will it last?

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 Will it continue forever?

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 You see, the challenge that we have is that our experience doesn't always seem to match with our theology.

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 God says that He is good and we want to believe Him.

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 But then we look at our world and we look at our own lives and we wonder.

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 We wonder why it's so hard and where is God's goodness in all of that.

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 And you know, without diving into the whole philosophy of it, I'll refer you to great books if you want after the service to delve into it.

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 We can resolve it one way by denying that God's good.

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 We can just say God's sovereign but He doesn't care very much.

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 He doesn't care about the details of your life.

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 We could resolve it by saying that God is good but not sovereign.

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 He's like a great-grandfather who's going to hold your hand and say, I'm so sorry.

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 But He can't do anything to help you.

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 But this will not do.

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 It is not what the Scriptures tell us.

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 Jeremiah 29, 11,

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 For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord.

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 Plans for welfare.

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 And not for evil.

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 To give you a future and a hope.

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 And Isaiah 46, 9 says,

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 Remember the former things of old.

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 I am God and there is no other.

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 I am God and there is no one.

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 There is none like me.

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 Declaring the end from the beginning.

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 And from ancient times.

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 And from ancient times.

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 Things not yet done.

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 Saying, my counsel shall stand and I will accomplish my purpose.

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 And so the Bible says that God has good plans.

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 And He will accomplish His purposes.

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 It's hard, isn't it?

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 When your best friend in high school decides that you're now the target of her mockery.

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 When you watch the self-destructive patterns of a loved one spiral down.

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 When that thing you'd hoped for.

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 A spouse, a job, an opportunity.

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 Snatched out of your hands.

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 And an untimely death rocks your family.

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 As you are worn down by the wearying battle.

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 Depression.

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 Chronic pain.

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 Slow, painful tearing apart of a marriage relationship.

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 How is God good in these things?

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 Will God be good to us?

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 This is what our passage is about this morning.

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 As we end the book of Genesis.

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 We see God drawing together these strands of His story.

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 To answer the question, will God be good?

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 Will God be good to Joseph and his family?

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 Will God be good to the people of Israel?

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 Standing on the brink of the promised land.

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 Will God be good to you and to me today?

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 So, turn with me, if you will, to Genesis chapter 50.

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 The page number is in your bulletin.

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 I'm sorry, I forgot to get it.

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 Genesis 50.

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 As you're turning there, we will see that in the first 14 verses of chapter 50,

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 it's this record of Jacob being taken up into Egypt and being buried with a great train of Egyptian court officials and people.

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 He's buried in the tomb of the Bible.

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 He's buried in the tomb of his fathers.

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 And it leads us to verse 15, chapter 15, which is where I'm going to read from.

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 I'm going to read 15 through 21 as the simple text today.

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 So, please read with me.

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 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said,

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 It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.

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 So, they sent a message to Joseph saying,

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 Your father gave this command before he died.

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 Say to Joseph,

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 Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin because they did evil to you.

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 And now, please forgive the transgressions of the servants of God, your father.

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 The servants of the God of your father.

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 Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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 His brothers also came and fell down before him and said,

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 Behold, we are your servants.

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 Joseph said to them,

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 Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?

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 As for you, you meant evil against me.

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 But God meant it for good.

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 To bring it about that many people should be kept alive as they are today.

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 So, do not fear.

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 I will provide for you and your little ones.

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 Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

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 Please pray with me.

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 God, we thank you that you have not left us to strive to understand you in our own efforts.

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 Lord, we thank you that it is not in our reasonable mind alone that, Lord, we know you.

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 But God, it is that you have revealed yourself to us.

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 You have shown us and told us what kind of a God you are.

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 Lord, I pray this morning that we would be comforted.

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 Comforted as we see you as you truly are.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 In this central passage.

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 It's quite a story, isn't it?

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 If you haven't been here, remember?

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 Joseph's brother sold him into slavery long ago in chapter 37.

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 God was with Joseph sovereignly through great trials and sufferings.

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 And miraculously and sovereignly brought them back together years later where Joseph was in a position to provide for and to care for his family.

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 And in the middle of that, God worked not only provision for his family but also reconciliation.

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 God brought them together and brought, in fact, Jacob, his father and his sons and all of their families down to Egypt to live.

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 And at the end of the story, Jacob, the patriarch, dies.

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 And now it is his 12 sons who are left.

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 And 11 of them are afraid.

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 They remember the evil that they did.

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 And even though Joseph had spoken words of forgiveness and pardon, even though he had demonstrated through his actions to them, they don't believe it.

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 Maybe now that Jacob's gone, maybe he'll finally take revenge on us.

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 Maybe he'll finally mete out the punishment that we know that we deserve and never got.

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 So they come up with a scheme.

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 They make up a story.

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 What Jacob probably didn't say.

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 They make up a story about how his father asked them to tell Joseph to forgive them.

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 Joseph sees through this ploy and he weeps.

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 He weeps because his brothers still don't understand.

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 He weeps because they don't get the God that he knows.

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 And therefore the ways that he has acted towards them.

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 They come and they fall down before them.

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 They bow down again.

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 Fulfilling the dream in chapter 37 that sparked the whole story.

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 They say, we are your servants.

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 Please don't kill us for what we did to you.

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 Just make us your servants.

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 Just make us your servants.

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 That's enough.

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 They beg to be his slaves rather than be executed.

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 Joseph's reply is a complex one, isn't it?

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 Joseph says, you did do evil to me.

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 He remembers the suffering.

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 He's not forgotten.

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 He remembers the years of slavery in Potiphar's house.

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 He remembers the time when he was unjustly accused and then sent to prison.

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 He remembers when he was abandoned by the cupbearer.

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 Spent more years.

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 He's totaling probably close to 17 years as a slave in prison in Egypt.

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 He remembers all of those things.

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 And he does not sweep it under the rug or make it go away and say, ah, it's fine.

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 He says, you did mean it for evil.

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 He called it what it is.

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 But then he says, am I in the place of God?

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 I am not the one to be your judge and jury and executioner.

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 That is God's job.

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 And I will not presume to take it.

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 I will not make myself the arrogant one who believe that I have to bring judgment and make the world right.

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 He says, am I in God's place?

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 Your sin certainly deserves punishment.

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 It certainly deserves judgment because of the suffering that I endured.

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 But I won't inflict it on you.

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 I will not take revenge on you.

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 He trusts the judgment to God.

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 And he turns.

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 And in verse 20 makes the most astounding comment.

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 The most surprising thing.

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 A few minutes for evil.

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 But God meant the devil.

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 Joseph saw that through all of the trials and all of the suffering and all of the injustice that he endured,

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 God had a good plan that he was working out.

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 What did that goodness look like?

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 Let's remember this story.

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 Let's think through some of these threads of what God's goodness has looked like to Joseph.

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 First of all, Joseph and his brothers.

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 These brothers that sold him into slavery.

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 They hated him for his dreams.

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 They hated him because he was the favored one.

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 And they wanted to get rid of him.

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 They only didn't kill him because in an act of sudden and unexplained mercy,

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 Judah decided to intervene.

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 And instead of killing him, they sold him off.

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 And he was gone for 17 years.

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 And they never looked for him.

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 And they never went to find him.

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 And God brought them back together.

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 God sovereignly worked through all of Joseph's cycles of suffering and trial and injustice

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 so that he could be exalted to the right hand of Pharaoh

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 so that he could be the one in charge of a grain distribution

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 in the middle of a grand famine.

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 And then brought his brothers from Canaan down to Egypt

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 because it was the only place where there was food

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 so that they could be reconciled.

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 God worked.

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 You remember chapters 42, 3, and 4

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 in surprising ways through Joseph

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 to help his brothers see their sin,

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 to help his brothers confess their sin,

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 to help his brothers overcome the guilt

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 by repenting of it.

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 He reconciled them

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 and brought them together

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 so that they together were family again.

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 Not only a family, but they were provided for.

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 They had everything they needed in Egypt.

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 They had land.

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 They had the protection of the right hand man of the king.

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 Joseph says, and you see in verse 21,

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 this blessing wasn't just for them too,

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 it was for their posterity.

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 Which was a remarkable thing

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 because in that culture,

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 one of the best ways to wreak vengeance on your enemies

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 is to kill their children.

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 Joseph wouldn't do that.

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 Instead, God brought them together

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 into this unity,

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 into this reconciliation.

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 The second thing that God did

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 is that He brought the promise of Abraham

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 to the next step.

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 Do you remember Abraham chapter 12?

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 God comes to him and says,

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 Abraham,

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 I am calling you to God

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 and I'm going to bless you

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 and I'm going to make you a great nation.

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 Your descendants will be as many

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 as the stars in the sky

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 and the sand in the seashore.

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 And I will give you land

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 for you to dwell in.

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 I will make your descendants

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 a great nation

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 and I will bless the nations through you.

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 I will raise up you to be my people

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 so that the world may know

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 what kind of God I am.

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 Well,

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 you think about the storyline of Genesis

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 from 12 to 50.

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 What have we had?

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 Abraham had two sons.

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 Isaac had two sons.

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 The family isn't growing very big, is it?

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 And certainly none of these men

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 showed exemplary character

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 and faithfulness to God.

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 God surprisingly and graciously

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 fulfilled His promise

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 to an undeserving people.

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 And here we are in Genesis 50.

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 And Jacob's household,

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 now more than 70,

00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:38.920
 is positioned to thrive.

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 Positioned to explode

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 in multiplication.

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 Positioned even in,

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 one commentator pointed out

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:49.900
 the fact that God brought

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:51.759
 the family of promise

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 down to Egypt

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 in a culture where

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 the Egyptians would have

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 nothing to do with them

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 so that they couldn't intermarry

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 with the people around them.

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 But that they would live

00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:02.440
 in this isolated

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 setting

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:06.579
 so that they could grow

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 like an incubator

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 from a small family

00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:11.799
 into a great nation of people.

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 God did all of this.

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 All of this providing

00:20:20.659 --> 00:20:22.659
 and all of this furthering

00:20:22.659 --> 00:20:23.559
 of His promises

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 being fulfilled

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 to the patriarchs

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 through Joseph's suffering,

00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:32.099
 through his pain.

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 Not only were they blessed,

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 but they were a blessing.

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 Egypt consolidated its power.

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 Egypt,

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 through this famine,

00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:44.480
 was exalted to

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.819
 the highest place

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 in the nations.

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 And the people of Egypt

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 lived

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 when other nations

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 came to them for food

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 because of Joseph.

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 Because God,

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.740
 through suffering,

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:59.059
 had brought Joseph

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 to this place

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 where God would provide

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 and be a blessing

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 to the nations.

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 Wind the lens again.

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 Think about the Israelites

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 standing on the brink

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.519
 of the promised land.

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 Looking in

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 to where the Canaanites were,

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 the tall men

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 who scared all the spies

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 40 years before.

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 Wondering.

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 But then remembering.

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 How has God been good

00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:30.319
 to Israel?

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 Not only did God

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 preserve the family

00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:34.639
 of promise

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 and take them down

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 into Egypt,

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 but by the time

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 Moses is writing this,

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 they've also been delivered.

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 They've seen God

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 work with a mighty hand.

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 That they became

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 a great nation,

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 so great that they

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.559
 became a threat

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 to the Pharaoh

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 who did not know

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.539
 Joseph anymore.

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 And then God came

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.159
 and the book of Exodus

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.859
 is about

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 God's powerful

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 deliverance

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 of his people.

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 And the rest

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.899
 of the Pentateuch

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.579
 all the way up

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 to the beginning

00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:04.819
 of Joshua

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 is God providing

00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:08.019
 for his people,

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.259
 shaping them

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.839
 to be his people,

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.919
 teaching them

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 what kind of a God

00:22:12.939 --> 00:22:14.139
 he is through the law,

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.319
 providing for them

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.960
 as they wander

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.539
 in the wilderness

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 and as they face

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.500
 various trials

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.240
 and enemies.

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.059
 God's goodness

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:25.380
 is all over.

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 All over

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.420
 the history

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.539
 of his people.

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 All over

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.460
 the history

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.680
 of his people.

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 I want to stop

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 for a second

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 and think about

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 a little bit

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:42.000
 of application

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.660
 for us.

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.580
 Sometimes when we

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:47.900
 in a church setting

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.320
 like this

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:48.880
 talk about

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.539
 God's goodness,

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.799
 isn't God good?

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 And you're sitting there

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.340
 and you're going

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:54.060
 through a really

00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:54.860
 hard trial.

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.140
 You're facing

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:57.019
 something that's

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.680
 overwhelming

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:59.039
 and painful

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.880
 beyond what you

00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.740
 think you can endure.

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 You think,

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.140
 that just sounds

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:04.480
 like happy power.

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:06.019
 That's not real.

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.120
 Friends,

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.920
 I want you to think

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.600
 about Joseph

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.160
 for a minute.

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.519
 Joseph spent

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:16.740
 those 20 years

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:18.600
 prison,

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.460
 in prison,

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.940
 treated as a slave,

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.560
 wrong and unjust.

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:30.840
 I think one

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.440
 of the challenges

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.340
 that we face

00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:33.340
 in the trials

00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:34.420
 that we go through

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.580
 is a question

00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:36.340
 of perspective.

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.039
 We think

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.460
 that God

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.100
 ought to fix

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:42.000
 things now

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:43.320
 for him to be good.

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.480
 Joseph

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.880
 clearly didn't

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.360
 think that

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.320
 that was necessary.

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.640
 God's timing

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.820
 is not our timing.

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.920
 And his greatest

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:56.000
 good for us

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.980
 is not simply

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:58.400
 alleviating the pain

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.380
 of our life

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.259
 in this moment.

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.620
 No matter how

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.740
 great it is.

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.839
 Joseph did not

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.500
 forget

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.640
 the evil

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.640
 and the suffering.

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.819
 He did not

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.779
 pretend that it

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.660
 didn't exist.

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.940
 He acknowledged

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.799
 it and looked

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.720
 beyond it

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:18.819
 to the goodness

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.500
 of God.

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:23.019
 We're going

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.720
 through trial.

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.240
 May we have

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.240
 this perspective

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:28.480
 and be able

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.019
 to wait

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.500
 to see

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.140
 God's goodness.

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.599
 May we also

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.599
 do as Joseph

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.039
 did.

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.299
 May we focus

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.120
 on his

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:36.700
 goodness.

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.680
 May we see

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:42.339
 that

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.839
 every day

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:45.240
 there are things

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.759
 that are good

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:47.279
 about what God

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.759
 has done

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.660
 in our life.

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:50.800
 every day

00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:51.540
 God gives you

00:24:51.540 --> 00:24:51.940
 blood.

00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:53.360
 Every day

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:54.680
 there are people

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.500
 who love you.

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.259
 Every day

00:24:57.259 --> 00:25:00.640
 there's food

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.320
 on the table.

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.220
 And you know

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.360
 what?

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.140
 Even when one

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.519
 of these

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.360
 is taken away

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.160
 there are other

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.800
 ones that are

00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:06.440
 still there.

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:07.779
 I know some

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.380
 of you may not

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.220
 experience those

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.920
 three things I

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.580
 just mentioned.

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:13.060
 But still

00:25:13.060 --> 00:25:14.019
 there is God's

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.660
 goodness in your

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.040
 life.

00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:16.519
 And even if you

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.119
 don't see it

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.940
 right now.

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.039
 Even if you

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:20.079
 are in the

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.859
 place of Psalm

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.619
 88 where

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.519
 darkness is my

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.359
 only friend.

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.720
 And you can't

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.759
 see any goodness

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.500
 in your current

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.139
 situation.

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.839
 Stop and think

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.559
 and remember

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:34.319
 God's goodness

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.059
 in the past.

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.660
 He has been

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.259
 good to you.

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.519
 I have no doubt.

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.720
 It may be hard

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.480
 to remember

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:46.299
 but see it

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.620
 all.

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.860
 Focus on

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.440
 God's goodness

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.440
 and not just

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.140
 the tragedy

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:55.039
 or the evil

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.220
 or the pain

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.220
 that you are

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.980
 facing now.

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.480
 That's what

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.160
 Joseph did

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:03.700
 to be able to

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.279
 say you meant

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.819
 it for evil

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.440
 but God

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.059
 meant it for

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.380
 good.

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:11.640
 Friends I

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.020
 want to

00:26:12.020 --> 00:26:13.580
 say that

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:14.060
 there are

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.840
 times when

00:26:14.840 --> 00:26:15.520
 we do lose

00:26:15.520 --> 00:26:16.120
 sight of

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.980
 any goodness

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.860
 in this world.

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.420
 There are

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.940
 times when

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.500
 we think

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.380
 it would be

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:20.800
 better to

00:26:20.800 --> 00:26:21.240
 not be

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.500
 here.

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.040
 But you

00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:25.300
 know

00:26:25.300 --> 00:26:26.600
 the bedrock

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:28.300
 the bedrock

00:26:28.300 --> 00:26:28.680
 of the

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.320
 Christian

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:30.320
 hope

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:31.860
 for us

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:34.659
 is that

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:35.740
 the greatest

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.439
 evil

00:26:36.439 --> 00:26:37.740
 ever

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.659
 in this

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.219
 world

00:26:39.219 --> 00:26:40.399
 accomplished

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:41.399
 the greatest

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:42.099
 good

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.959
 ever

00:26:42.959 --> 00:26:43.839
 in this

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.219
 world.

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:45.899
 Joseph

00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:46.879
 spoke

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.539
 better than

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.079
 he knew

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.919
 when he

00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.459
 said

00:26:49.459 --> 00:26:50.319
 the words

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.199
 we meant

00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:51.519
 it for

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:51.799
 evil

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.419
 but God

00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:52.819
 meant it

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.319
 for good

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.639
 because he

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.240
 spoke

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.879
 without

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.319
 knowing

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.039
 the details

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.759
 of what

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.359
 God would

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:58.740
 do

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.159
 in the

00:26:59.159 --> 00:26:59.579
 future.

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:01.579
 This is

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.859
 what

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.339
 Kyle read

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.559
 earlier

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.240
 from Acts

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.639
 but let

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.179
 me read

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:07.720
 Acts 2

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.259
 22

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.919
 again

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.500
 for you

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.339
 to remind

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

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.240
 Men of

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.619
 Israel

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.539
 hear these

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.119
 words

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:14.359
 Jesus

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:15.399
 of Nazareth

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:16.000
 a man

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.500
 attested

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.960
 to you

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.579
 by God

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.119
 with mighty

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.539
 works

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.059
 and wonders

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.639
 and signs

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.199
 that God

00:27:20.199 --> 00:27:20.740
 did through

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.059
 him

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.699
 in your

00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.099
 midst

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.599
 as you

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.099
 yourselves

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.579
 know

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.319
 this

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.879
 Jesus

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.879
 delivered

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.359
 up

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.799
 according

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.220
 to the

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.659
 definite

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.259
 plan

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.539
 and

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.359
 foreknowledge

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:29.979
 of God

00:27:29.979 --> 00:27:30.359
 you

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.119
 crucified

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.619
 and killed

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.259
 by the

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.719
 hands

00:27:33.719 --> 00:27:34.719
 of lawless

00:27:34.719 --> 00:27:35.399
 men.

00:27:41.219 --> 00:27:41.939
 Friends

00:27:41.939 --> 00:27:44.779
 Jesus

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.299
 was the

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.699
 best

00:27:45.699 --> 00:27:46.500
 human being

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.659
 ever.

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.519
 He was

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.979
 attested

00:27:50.979 --> 00:27:51.519
 to by

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.079
 mighty

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.779
 works

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.479
 of good.

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.799
 He healed

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.559
 the sick

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.619
 and the

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.019
 lame.

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:57.919
 He raised

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.699
 the dead.

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.840
 He loved

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.960
 the outcast.

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.259
 He challenged

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:04.019
 the injustice

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.140
 in his

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.580
 world.

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.100
 He exposed

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.940
 the religious

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.900
 hypocrisy.

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:13.360
 He exhibited

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:14.200
 love in

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.100
 every time.

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.100
 Jesus

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.799
 was the

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.600
 only

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:18.840
 person

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:20.420
 who did

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.080
 not deserve

00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:21.740
 to die.

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.519
 Who could

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.360
 never say

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:23.819
 you meant

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.420
 it for evil

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:24.840
 for there

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.279
 was no

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.200
 evil in

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.039
 Jesus.

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.259
 Jesus.

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.059
 He did

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.720
 no evil

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.279
 and there

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.819
 was none

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.380
 in him.

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.580
 He alone

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.100
 of all

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.539
 the human

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:34.980
 beings who

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.340
 have walked

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:35.900
 the earth

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.799
 did not

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.319
 deserve

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.819
 to die.

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.240
 Yet he

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.799
 the creator

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.440
 of the world

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.240
 was crucified

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.880
 by his

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.360
 creation.

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.580
 He the author

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:48.180
 of life

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.860
 was beaten

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.799
 mocked

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.399
 and killed

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:50.419
 and killed

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:52.159
 by those

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.419
 that he

00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:53.039
 gave life

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.379
 to.

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.639
 He the

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.059
 sinless

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.500
 righteous

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.539
 one

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:58.079
 who in

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.440
 all of

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.779
 history

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.480
 alone

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.240
 did not

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.720
 deserve

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.220
 to die

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.139
 was accused

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:03.019
 and executed

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:04.379
 as a

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.859
 common

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.559
 criminal.

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.379
 The greatest

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:09.900
 evil

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:11.559
 the greatest

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.220
 wrong

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.619
 that has

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:12.940
 ever

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.400
 happened

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.440
 is the

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.700
 death

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.119
 of Jesus

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.660
 Christ.

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:20.099
 If you

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.440
 are a

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.879
 crusader

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.639
 for injustice

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.359
 in the world

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.539
 hear this.

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.079
 This is the

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.980
 worst injustice

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.500
 ever

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.799
 that Jesus

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.559
 would not

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.180
 be

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:31.379
 honored

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:33.260
 and exalted

00:29:33.260 --> 00:29:34.900
 but instead

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.620
 treated

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:39.100
 with great

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.900
 harshness

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:42.680
 ultimately

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.120
 being

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.660
 crucified.

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.600
 Not only

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.140
 did this

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.960
 great injustice

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.660
 happen but

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.320
 as Peter

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.900
 says in

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.620
 Acts 2

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.580
 it happened

00:29:52.580 --> 00:29:53.060
 by the

00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:53.520
 definite

00:29:53.520 --> 00:29:54.280
 plan and

00:29:54.280 --> 00:29:54.980
 foreknowledge

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.560
 of God.

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:56.860
 God did

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.380
 not send

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.000
 Jesus to

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.500
 try to make

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.880
 the world

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.240
 a better

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.760
 place and

00:29:59.760 --> 00:30:00.300
 then suddenly

00:30:00.300 --> 00:30:00.960
 these evil

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.300
 people

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.319
 jumped out

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.720
 and out

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.039
 of his

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.519
 control

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.059
 and beyond

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.700
 his plan

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.579
 suddenly did

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.139
 something that

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:07.279
 completely derailed

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.940
 his plan

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.680
 and he had

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:08.960
 to think

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.500
 what do I do

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.079
 now I guess

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.480
 I'll raise

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.899
 him from the

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.299
 dead that

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.000
 might help.

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.339
 From the

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.059
 very beginning

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:20.259
 this was

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.940
 God's plan.

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.879
 And the

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.539
 father and

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.279
 the son

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.339
 agreed upon

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.980
 it before

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.819
 the foundations

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.220
 of the

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.579
 earth

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:29.579
 God

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.259
 and Jesus

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.859
 willingly

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.559
 came

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:34.099
 forsaking

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.799
 the privilege

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.240
 of being

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.599
 God

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.179
 himself

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:37.439
 humbling

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.240
 himself to

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.720
 take on

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.699
 human flesh

00:30:39.699 --> 00:30:40.799
 making

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.579
 himself a

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.059
 servant

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:45.939
 and submitting

00:30:45.939 --> 00:30:46.839
 himself even

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.639
 to the cross

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:49.819
 for us.

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:52.220
 for this

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.579
 was the

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.899
 greatest

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.399
 good.

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.000
 The

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.299
 greatest

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.819
 good that

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.579
 God would

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.399
 redeem for

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:58.639
 himself out

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.019
 of this

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.779
 fallen broken

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.759
 world that

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.819
 deserves only

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.659
 judgment for

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.179
 the evil.

00:31:03.179 --> 00:31:04.460
 The evil that's

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.200
 out there and

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.859
 the evil that's

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.980
 in our hearts.

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:10.160
 God wanted to

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.740
 bring something

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.120
 good.

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.819
 So he would

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.299
 redeem a

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.160
 people through

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:16.579
 the death and

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.940
 resurrection of

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.380
 Christ.

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.319
 What good is

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.220
 there for us in

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.039
 Jesus' death and

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.500
 resurrection?

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.700
 Let's think about

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.240
 it for a minute.

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:28.019
 First of all,

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.779
 we have

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:30.120
 forgiveness of

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.900
 our sins.

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.339
 Just like

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.960
 Joseph's

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:35.599
 brothers who

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.400
 bore the

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.740
 burden of

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.740
 guilt and

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.380
 therefore the

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:40.140
 fear of

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:41.240
 judgment throughout

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.880
 their whole

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.640
 lives.

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.620
 So we,

00:31:45.780 --> 00:31:46.620
 knowing our

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:48.340
 sin, bear

00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:49.040
 that burden of

00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:50.280
 guilt and a

00:31:50.280 --> 00:31:50.840
 fear of

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.200
 judgment.

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.620
 And God

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.100
 comes and

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.440
 he says,

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:54.180
 I will do

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.780
 for you what

00:31:54.780 --> 00:31:55.519
 you can't do

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.620
 for yourself.

00:31:56.780 --> 00:31:57.600
 I will die in

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.180
 your place and

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.720
 take the

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.759
 punishment for

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.519
 you just as

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.560
 Joseph suffered

00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:02.460
 for his

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:02.940
 brothers.

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.800
 Instead of

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.240
 inflicting

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.419
 vengeance, he

00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:08.440
 offers forgiveness,

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:10.579
 freedom, welcome,

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.960
 reconciliation.

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.259
 You who don't

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.980
 deserve it, come

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.799
 back to me.

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.859
 This is what God

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:21.619
 says is a good

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.379
 for us.

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:26.519
 Secondly, he

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.480
 brings reconciliation

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:29.279
 with God and

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.960
 adoption into his

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.519
 family.

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.940
 just as God

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.799
 brought Joseph

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.680
 and Jacob's

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.759
 family back

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.700
 into a unity

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.500
 and into a

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.440
 place of health

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.660
 and prosperity

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:41.180
 in Egypt.

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.460
 So God in

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.740
 Christ calls

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.660
 all who believe

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.619
 in him into

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.420
 his family,

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.799
 breaking down the

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.539
 dividing wall,

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.819
 not only between us

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.700
 and God because of

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.480
 our sin, but

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.680
 between each other,

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:56.039
 between Jew and

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.599
 Gentile.

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.519
 And he's made us

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:59.119
 one people in

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.799
 Christ and a

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:02.099
 great family, a

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:03.000
 family that will

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:04.899
 be forever with

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:05.439
 God.

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.859
 Not only does he

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.659
 bring us into

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:11.000
 this reconciled

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.759
 relationship with

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.579
 God and with one

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.119
 another, but he

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.979
 gives us a purpose

00:33:13.979 --> 00:33:14.959
 in this world.

00:33:16.959 --> 00:33:18.139
 1 Peter 2, 9,

00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:18.779
 that we may

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:20.059
 declare the

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:21.599
 excellencies of

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.659
 him who called

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.179
 us out of

00:33:23.179 --> 00:33:24.619
 darkness into

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.459
 his marvelous

00:33:25.459 --> 00:33:26.079
 light.

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:29.139
 God is

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.839
 that all

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.379
 the things

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.720
 of our

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.519
 life, our

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.259
 jobs, our

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.960
 family, our

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.599
 work, our

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.519
 friendships, our

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.579
 hobbies, that

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.379
 were meant to be

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:37.419
 blessings that we

00:33:37.419 --> 00:33:38.939
 so often look for

00:33:38.939 --> 00:33:40.500
 to give us meaning

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.359
 and purpose and

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:42.339
 significance in our

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.740
 world.

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:44.319
 God says, no, I've

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.299
 already given you a

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.799
 purpose.

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:48.159
 It's to tell about

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:49.960
 the great Savior who

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:51.079
 has rescued you.

00:33:52.419 --> 00:33:53.419
 He will one day

00:33:53.419 --> 00:33:56.059
 come and

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:57.019
 renew the world.

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:58.200
 He's given us a

00:33:58.200 --> 00:34:00.859
 purpose like the

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.980
 dying man who

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:03.200
 finally found water

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:04.679
 in the desert is

00:34:04.679 --> 00:34:05.740
 refreshed and ran

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.679
 around for the rest

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.720
 of his life saying,

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.880
 do you know where

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.639
 the water is?

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.480
 It's here.

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.539
 Come, find it.

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.759
 Drink of it and

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.320
 live.

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:20.119
 The goodness of God

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.159
 to us on the cross

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.880
 is forgiveness,

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:23.099
 it's reconciliation,

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.639
 it's adoption,

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:26.099
 it's purpose,

00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.739
 and it's hope.

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.940
 God did not

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.819
 abandon the

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:35.239
 Egyptians.

00:34:35.859 --> 00:34:36.359
 He did not

00:34:36.359 --> 00:34:37.359
 abandon his

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:38.960
 covenant people.

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.619
 You meant this

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:44.259
 for evil, but God

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:45.659
 meant it for good,

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.639
 for the saving of

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:49.779
 many lives as you

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.579
 see it now.

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:53.259
 God, the hope

00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:57.400
 is that our lives

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.679
 will be saved

00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:00.480
 because of Christ.

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:02.639
 Death is no longer

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:04.119
 the end, but the

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:05.420
 beginning for all who

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.159
 have put their hope

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.759
 in Christ.

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.299
 We don't need to

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:09.880
 live to seek our

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:11.079
 life just here,

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.319
 but we can see that

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:13.480
 the 70 years that we

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.500
 have now are merely

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:16.299
 a preparation for an

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:17.480
 eternity of life with

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:17.920
 God.

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.940
 And our pain,

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.679
 and our sickness,

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:23.219
 and our trials,

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:25.099
 no matter how deep

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.639
 they are,

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:26.880
 no matter how

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.920
 overwhelming they

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.300
 are,

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:30.280
 they will not last.

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:33.320
 The trial will not

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:34.179
 be forever.

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.940
 The evil that was

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:38.079
 done to us will

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.820
 not triumph.

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.940
 God raised Christ

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.579
 from the dead.

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.500
 And one day,

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.619
 Christ will return,

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.960
 and He will make

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.059
 all things new.

00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:49.339
 And He will redeem

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:50.000
 this fallen,

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.900
 broken world.

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.400
 And when He does

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.659
 it,

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.980
 evil will be judged.

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:58.299
 And we will see

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:59.519
 goodness that we've

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.460
 never seen before.

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.980
 There will be no

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.539
 more tears.

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.579
 There will be no

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.179
 more sorrow.

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.299
 There will be no

00:36:06.299 --> 00:36:06.880
 more sickness.

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.619
 There will be no

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.219
 more suffering.

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:11.059
 There will be no

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.619
 more death.

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:15.339
 that we will be

00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:16.339
 with the author

00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:16.920
 of life

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:18.159
 forever.

00:36:21.299 --> 00:36:22.079
 So everything

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:23.019
 we do now

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:24.279
 is in preparation

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:25.319
 for that ultimate

00:36:25.319 --> 00:36:26.179
 renewal that is

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.920
 yet to come.

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:32.400
 We have all we need.

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.739
 2 Peter

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:35.079
 says,

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.039
 the apostle

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.900
 writes this,

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:39.119
 His divine power

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:40.340
 has granted to us

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.139
 all things that

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.980
 pertain to life

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.619
 and godliness

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.460
 through the knowledge

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.780
 of Him who called

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.920
 us to His own glory

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.780
 and excellence,

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.400
 by which He has

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.599
 granted to us

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.780
 His precious

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.940
 and very great

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.460
 promises,

00:36:53.180 --> 00:36:54.519
 so that through

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.200
 them you may

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:56.180
 become partakers

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:56.920
 of the divine

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.360
 nature,

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.780
 having escaped

00:36:58.780 --> 00:37:00.160
 from the corruption

00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:01.280
 that is in the

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:02.180
 world because

00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:03.360
 of sinful

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:04.000
 desire.

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:07.019
 God has

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.940
 granted to us

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:09.059
 great and

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:10.019
 precious promises.

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.820
 His goodness

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:13.159
 stands.

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.900
 We look at the

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.920
 cross and we look

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.940
 at the empty tomb

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:18.719
 and if the darkness

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.880
 in your life is so

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:21.219
 completely overwhelming,

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.360
 if the evil

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:23.800
 seems so great,

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.179
 look there.

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:27.000
 There is where

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.980
 you can stand

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:29.099
 in the midst

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.500
 of it.

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.679
 There is where

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.300
 in the midst

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:33.059
 of the storm

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.840
 of your life

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:36.260
 there is not

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.960
 just

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:39.620
 resigned

00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:40.900
 hope.

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.620
 But there is

00:37:43.620 --> 00:37:44.280
 real hope.

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.000
 God

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:47.460
 needs it

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.960
 for good.

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.579
 He has

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.600
 good for you.

00:37:51.180 --> 00:37:51.600
 And friends,

00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:52.160
 He may not

00:37:52.160 --> 00:37:53.160
 explain it to you.

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:53.700
 He's not

00:37:53.700 --> 00:37:54.680
 answerable to us.

00:37:55.240 --> 00:37:56.000
 We don't always

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.720
 get to see

00:37:56.720 --> 00:37:57.620
 in this life

00:37:57.620 --> 00:37:58.300
 what the good

00:37:58.300 --> 00:37:58.740
 is.

00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:02.260
 Friends,

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.880
 I know He's

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.160
 good.

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.680
 and I stand

00:38:04.680 --> 00:38:05.059
 at the foot

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.640
 of the cross

00:38:05.640 --> 00:38:06.340
 in front of you

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:08.320
 and I know

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.940
 that He is

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.240
 there.

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:13.260
 If you are here

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:14.039
 this morning,

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:17.700
 you are not

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:18.300
 a believer

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:18.980
 in Christ.

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:21.100
 I want to urge

00:38:21.100 --> 00:38:21.340
 you.

00:38:22.180 --> 00:38:23.100
 I want you to

00:38:23.100 --> 00:38:25.039
 hear what I

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.620
 have said.

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.619
 hope.

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:27.619
 I don't

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:30.079
 hope there is

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:31.259
 because I

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:31.859
 don't honestly

00:38:31.859 --> 00:38:33.359
 know what

00:38:33.359 --> 00:38:34.400
 hope there is

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:36.519
 outside of

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:36.940
 Christ.

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:40.079
 I don't

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:41.480
 know what

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.159
 will keep you

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:44.420
 going when

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:45.000
 it gets that

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.279
 hard.

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.480
 But I know

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:48.039
 what God has

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.559
 done in the

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:48.839
 world.

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.779
 I know what

00:38:49.779 --> 00:38:50.380
 God did in

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.119
 Joseph's life

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.579
 and I know

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.099
 what God has

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.539
 done at the

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.059
 cross.

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:56.159
 And I know

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:57.300
 that there

00:38:57.300 --> 00:39:00.279
 is a refuge

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:01.019
 and a hope.

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:03.800
 So come to

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:04.239
 Christ.

00:39:04.779 --> 00:39:05.820
 Believe today

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:07.320
 in this God

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:08.019
 who loved the

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.840
 world so much

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.519
 that He did not

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.380
 abandon it but

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.400
 entered into it

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.519
 and endured the

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.360
 greatest evil

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:14.760
 ever for your

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.059
 good.

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:21.119
 For you who

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.639
 have put your

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.539
 faith in Christ

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:25.059
 hold fast.

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:29.280
 Hold fast

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:29.760
 to what you

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.059
 know.

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:33.260
 Look again

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:34.160
 and again

00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:34.780
 and again

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:36.960
 to the Savior

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.740
 who loves you.

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.660
 He's done good

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.199
 for you.

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.399
 God what

00:39:55.399 --> 00:39:56.319
 love have you

00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:57.199
 shown to us

00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:57.679
 that you

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:58.239
 are God.

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:02.000
 What amazing

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:03.500
 grace you

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.879
 have shown

00:40:03.879 --> 00:40:04.480
 to us.

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:10.159
 Lord we

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.719
 thank you.

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.740
 We praise

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:12.960
 you.

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:16.019
 Even in the

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.320
 worst

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:18.360
 even in the

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.719
 darkest

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.699
 hours

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:21.519
 you can

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.099
 serve you

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:22.519
 good.

00:40:24.219 --> 00:40:24.679
 It's not

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:25.300
 just wishful

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:25.639
 thinking.

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.280
 It's not

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:29.079
 just ignoring

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.579
 the evil

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:32.299
 because it's

00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:32.579
 true.

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:34.819
 God

00:40:34.819 --> 00:40:35.380
 hopeless.

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:43.819
 The worship

00:40:43.819 --> 00:40:44.319
 team is going

00:40:44.319 --> 00:40:44.679
 to come

00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:45.679
 and we're

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:45.860
 going to

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.380
 stand and

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.599
 we're going

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:47.059
 to sing a

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.340
 song.

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:49.119
 It's a song

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.619
 of victory.

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:50.219
 Now unto

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:50.699
 the King

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.239
 who reigns

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:51.860
 over all

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:52.840
 and never

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.900
 changes or

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.440
 turns.

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:55.719
 Unfailing

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.319
 justice

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:56.739
 and

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:57.519
 builders

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:57.899
 are

00:40:57.899 --> 00:40:59.199
 willing

00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:04.199
 justice

00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:05.939
 and

00:41:05.939 --> 00:41:09.079
 мир

00:41:13.959 --> 00:41:16.159
 and

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:16.459
 you