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 Good morning, Christchurch. My name is Carrie Moulton, and I'm a member of the Welcome Team.

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 And today's reading is from the Old Testament, Genesis chapter 32, verses 7 through 12, and 22 to 32.

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 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, and the flocks and herds and camels as well.

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 He thought, if Esau comes and attacks one group, the group that is left may escape.

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 Then Jacob prayed,

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 O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, Lord, you who have said to me,

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 Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper.

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 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant.

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 I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

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 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.

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 But you have said, I will surely make you prosper, and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.

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 That night, Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok.

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 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.

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 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.

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 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip,

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 so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.

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 And then the man said,

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 Let me go, for it is daybreak.

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 But Jacob replied,

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 I will not let you go unless you bless me.

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 The man asked,

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 What is your name?

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 Jacob, he answered.

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 Then the man said,

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 Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,

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 because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.

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 Jacob said,

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 Please tell me your name.

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 But he replied,

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 Why do you ask my name?

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 Then he blessed him there.

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 So Jacob called the place Peniel,

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 saying,

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 It is because I saw God face to face,

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 and yet my life was spared.

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 The sun rose over him as he passed Peniel,

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 and he was limping because of his hip.

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 Therefore, to this day,

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 the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip,

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 because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near the tenderloin.

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 Near the tendon, sorry.

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 The grass withers, and the flowers fade.

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 But the word of our God stands for over.

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 We are going to have a Q&A after this service,

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 as we're closing out this sermon series on Genesis.

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 So anything from today's text,

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 anything from this book of Genesis,

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 the Bible as a whole,

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 anything about Christianity,

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 anything about life with God,

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 if you have questions,

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 we'd love to not just have a monologue here,

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 but to have a dialogue.

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 So please come and join me after the service for some Q&A.

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 For me personally,

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 the book of Genesis has held me fast

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 in what's been kind of a challenging season,

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 but it's helped me to connect with the power of our creator God.

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 It's helped me connect with,

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 in a fresh way,

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 with the grace of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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 All these amazing promises and blessings

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 that the Lord has for his people

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 from beginning with that mother promise in Genesis 3.15

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 that through the offspring of the woman,

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 God will win a victory over evil.

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 All the way to this promise in Genesis 32.10

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 that God in his kindness,

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 God in his faithfulness,

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 will make his people prosper.

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 He'll multiply them like the sand of the sea.

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 And if you identify as a Christian,

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 you're a child of Abraham.

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 If you have been baptized,

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 you're a son of Jacob.

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 You're a daughter of Jacob.

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 And all these promises,

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 all these blessings are yours.

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 We're going to close this series today with Jacob,

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 who's probably one of the characters in Genesis

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 we can identify with the most

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 because he's a real sinner.

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 As we say in the South,

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 he's a deep-fried sinner.

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 And his spiritual life is bracketed

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 by these two nighttime encounters with God.

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 We remember a few weeks ago

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 his first encounter in Genesis 28

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 in that place called Beth-El,

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 the house of God.

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 And now in his second encounter in Genesis 32

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 in this place called Penny-El,

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 the face of God.

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 And this is really the great turning point of his life.

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 He has this life-changing encounter

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 with the living God

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 and he basically becomes a new person, right?

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 He never walked the same way again

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 having encountered the living God.

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 So I want to conclude our series

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 with a four-point sermon.

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 It began this morning as a five-point sermon,

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 so you're welcome.

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 And I should have you all out of here

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 in a couple of hours.

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 It should be fine.

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 But I want to talk about getting alone with God,

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 wrestling with God,

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 living with a new name,

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 and seeing the face of God.

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 So getting alone with God,

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 wrestling with God,

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 living with a new name,

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 and seeing the face of God.

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 So let's talk about getting alone with God.

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 Verse 7 says that Jacob's afraid

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 and in verse 24 it says Jacob's alone.

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 So why is he afraid and why is he alone?

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 Well, if you remember his story,

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 he wrestled in his mother's womb

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 with his twin brother,

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 his brother Esau.

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 And the story, as it's told,

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 is that Jacob came out of the womb

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 and he was grabbing the heel

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 of his brother Esau.

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 And everybody saw that

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 and they thought,

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 oh, that's so cute.

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 He's grappling with his brother.

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 He's wrestling his brother.

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 And so they named him Jacob,

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 which means heel grabber.

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 But nobody really thought about

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 how that was going to unfold, right?

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 Because for the next 20 years

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 he'd be wrestling with his brother Esau.

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 He convinced Esau to sell his birthright

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 for a pot of stew.

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 He lied and he acted like Esau

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 in order to steal the blessing

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 of the firstborn.

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 And that's what Jacob is.

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 He's a heel grabber.

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 He's a man wrestler.

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 And he's run away from home

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 as a fugitive and as an exile

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 because he's made his brother so angry

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 that his brother wants to murder him.

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 And so Jacob leaves the promised land

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 and for the next 20 years

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 he finds another man to wrestle with.

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 His name's Laban.

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 He's a conniving and covetous man.

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 And Jacob finds a way

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 to come out on top again.

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 He marries not just one of Laban's daughters

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 but two of them.

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 He piles up great wealth

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 at Laban's expense.

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 And this is just who Jacob is.

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 He knows how to wrestle with people

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 and he knows how to win

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 every time.

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 But now he's afraid

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 and he's alone

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 because he has to face up to his past.

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 His brother Esau is on the way

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 with a fighting force

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 of about 400 men

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 and Jacob's guilty conscience

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 is beginning to imagine the worst.

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 And what is he afraid of?

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 Well he's thinking to himself

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 you know if I wrestle my brother

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 who's coming to meet me tomorrow

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 this time I'm going to lose.

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 This time I'm going to die.

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 And so what does he do?

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 Well he sends gifts

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 to pacify Esau

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 and he divides up his group

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 in order to minimize

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 the collateral damage.

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 But he's still alone

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 and he's still afraid.

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 And in his desperation

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 he prays the longest prayer

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 in the book of Genesis.

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 And here's what he says

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 in verse 9.

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 Then Jacob prayed,

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 O God of my father Abraham,

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 God of my father Isaac,

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 Lord you who said to me

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 go back to your country

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 and your relatives

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 and I will make you prosper.

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 God had commanded Jacob

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 in Genesis 31.3

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 to go back to the promised land

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 and Jacob hears the word of the Lord

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 and he submits to it.

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 He obeys it.

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 And now he's learning

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 how to be alone with God.

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 Learning how to pray to God.

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 He's changing, right?

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 He's listening to God

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 and he's talking to God.

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 And his prayer sounds like

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 one of the penitential psalms,

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 one of those psalms of confession.

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 And just listen to the elements

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 of this prayer.

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 He says in verse 10,

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 I am unworthy of all the kindness

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 and faithfulness

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 you've shown your servant.

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 I had only my staff

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 when I crossed this Jordan

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 but now I've come in two camps.

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 Save me I pray

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 from the hand of my brother Esau

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 for I'm afraid

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 he will come and attack me

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 and also the mothers

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 with their children.

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 But you have said

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 I will surely make you prosper

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 and will make your descendants

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 like the sand of the sea

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 which cannot be counted.

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 It's a model prayer really.

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 He says,

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 O Lord,

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 God of my fathers,

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 I'm unworthy.

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 I'm undeserving

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 before your goodness.

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 And he begins to affirm

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 the attributes of God's character.

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 He says,

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 God, you are kind.

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 God, you are faithful.

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 And your loyal love

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 can be counted on.

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 And you are worthy.

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 As a result of that,

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 you're worthy that

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 I should be your humble servant.

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 And so he says,

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 God, as your humble servant,

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 I'm ready to serve others.

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 I'm ready to serve my enemies.

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 I'm ready to serve my brother

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 who wants to kill me.

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 And then he petitions God

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 and he says,

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 Lord, save me.

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 Lord, give me salvation.

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 And he argues his case

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 for why God should save him.

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 He says,

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 Lord,

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 you made promises to me.

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 You made promises to Isaac.

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 You made promises to Abraham.

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 You said

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 that you would make me prosper.

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 You said

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 that you would make my people

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 like the sand of the sea.

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 And so what I'm praying

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 is I'm praying

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 that you would keep

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 your promises.

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 And so this is such a good sign.

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 This prayer of Jacob

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 is such a good sign

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 because it shows us

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 that he's learning

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 how to be alone with God.

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 Right?

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 And this isn't just

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 a one-off prayer

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 because he gets alone

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 with God again

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 in verse 23.

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 It says that

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 after he'd sent

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 his people across the stream

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 and he sent

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 his possessions

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 across the stream,

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 it says Jacob

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 was left alone

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 and a man wrestled

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 with him

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 till daybreak.

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 See, we need

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 a community

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 of believers

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 around us

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 to help us grow

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 in our relationship

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 with God,

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 to help us grow

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 in faith,

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 to grow in wisdom.

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 But Jacob

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 would not have had

00:12:13.420 --> 00:12:15.180
 this life-transforming

00:12:15.180 --> 00:12:16.120
 personal encounter

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 with God

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 if he

00:12:18.300 --> 00:12:19.519
 had not gotten

00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:20.360
 alone with God.

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 if he had not

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 experienced

00:12:24.980 --> 00:12:26.639
 solitude with God,

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 if he hadn't

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 had some distance

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 from himself

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 and his people,

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 from himself

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 and his possessions,

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 he would have never

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 been in this position

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 to wrestle with God,

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 which we're going to

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 talk about in a moment.

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 So how does this

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 apply to our lives?

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 Well, the question today

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 is do you get alone

00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:43.580
 with God?

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 It's so easy

00:12:46.539 --> 00:12:47.440
 to be carried along

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 by a community

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 of faith

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 and to experience

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 the people around us

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 as they're experiencing

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 God,

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 but to not actually

00:12:54.340 --> 00:12:55.700
 be getting alone

00:12:55.700 --> 00:12:56.560
 with God yourself

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 and coming in direct

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 personal contact

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 with God

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 yourself.

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 Right?

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 It's so easy

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 for us to know

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 information about God

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 but to not really

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 know God

00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:08.680
 himself.

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 So if your faith

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 is just cultural,

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 if your faith

00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:15.300
 is just sociological,

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 if it's just cerebral,

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 if it's just a set

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 of intellectual propositions

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 but you're not

00:13:21.199 --> 00:13:21.859
 actually alone

00:13:21.859 --> 00:13:22.299
 with God

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 like Jacob

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 was alone

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 with God,

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 you're not actually

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 praying to God

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 like Jacob

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 was praying to God,

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 then is your faith

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 real?

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 Is your faith

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 personal?

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 Is your faith

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 experiential?

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 Are you living

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 externally in an

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 atmosphere of faith

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 but that atmosphere

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 hasn't actually

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 penetrated you

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 internally?

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 It hasn't entered

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 into the inner life

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 of your soul?

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 And here's what

00:13:47.059 --> 00:13:47.460
 I've learned

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 is that if we

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 don't volunteer

00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:50.100
 to get alone

00:13:50.100 --> 00:13:50.559
 with God,

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 often God

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 will find a way

00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:53.220
 to get us

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 alone with him.

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 Right?

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 God gets Jacob

00:13:59.199 --> 00:14:00.100
 alone through

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 an enemy

00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:02.620
 who's breathing

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 down his neck.

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 I don't even think

00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.740
 Jacob would be

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 alone were it

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 not for this

00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:07.639
 situation that's

00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:08.600
 utterly beyond him,

00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.539
 that's causing him

00:14:09.539 --> 00:14:10.620
 to feel absolutely

00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:11.740
 desperate.

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 God can use

00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:14.259
 an enemy like

00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:14.680
 Esau.

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 He can use

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 tragedy,

00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:18.980
 sickness,

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 broken relationships,

00:14:21.680 --> 00:14:22.740
 conflict at home,

00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:24.240
 conflict at work,

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 a rebellious child,

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 financial trouble.

00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:27.940
 Whatever he,

00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:29.159
 whatever means

00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:30.100
 seems good to God,

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 he can use it

00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:31.740
 to get us alone

00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:32.320
 with him.

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 And like it or not,

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 the reality is

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 that a day is

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 coming in life

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 when all of us

00:14:38.580 --> 00:14:39.320
 must be alone

00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:39.860
 with God.

00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:43.060
 when you're

00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:43.840
 wheeled into that

00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:45.080
 surgery all alone,

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 when you're on

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 your deathbed

00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:48.700
 in the middle

00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:49.220
 of the night

00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:50.259
 all alone,

00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:50.940
 all of us are

00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:51.820
 eventually going

00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:53.100
 to be alone

00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:53.680
 with God.

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 And so I think

00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:56.299
 this text suggests

00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:57.740
 that it's better

00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.259
 to go ahead

00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:59.299
 and just volunteer

00:14:59.299 --> 00:15:02.220
 to get alone

00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:02.659
 with God

00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:03.200
 and learn how

00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:03.899
 to pray to God

00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:04.940
 now before you're

00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:06.259
 in absolute crisis.

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 So that's point

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 one,

00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:10.080
 getting alone

00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:10.460
 with God.

00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:11.040
 Point two,

00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:12.900
 wrestling with God.

00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:16.639
 Jacob spent his

00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:17.100
 whole life

00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:18.040
 wrestling with people.

00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.379
 He wrestled

00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:20.080
 with his family,

00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:20.660
 his brother,

00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:21.440
 his dad.

00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:23.200
 He wrestled

00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:24.500
 with his boss,

00:15:25.660 --> 00:15:25.960
 Laban.

00:15:26.060 --> 00:15:26.500
 He wrestled

00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:27.800
 with the women

00:15:27.800 --> 00:15:28.560
 in his life.

00:15:29.540 --> 00:15:30.620
 But what he needs

00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:31.100
 is to be

00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:32.320
 spiritually transformed.

00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.820
 He needs to learn

00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:34.400
 how to wrestle

00:15:34.400 --> 00:15:35.600
 with God.

00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:36.160
 And so God

00:15:36.160 --> 00:15:37.720
 initiates a wrestling

00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.160
 match.

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 And it says

00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:40.799
 in verse 24

00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:41.839
 that Jacob

00:15:41.839 --> 00:15:42.539
 was left alone

00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:42.959
 and a man

00:15:42.959 --> 00:15:43.779
 wrestled with him

00:15:43.779 --> 00:15:45.480
 until daybreak.

00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:45.879
 And this is

00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:46.699
 totally unexpected.

00:15:47.079 --> 00:15:48.299
 It's absolutely

00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:49.120
 full of mystery.

00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:51.839
 Jacob

00:15:51.839 --> 00:15:53.759
 isn't even sure

00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.679
 who it is

00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:55.419
 that's jumped him.

00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:57.339
 He just knows

00:15:57.339 --> 00:15:58.620
 that he's being

00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.120
 attacked

00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:00.879
 by some

00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:01.419
 nameless

00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:02.740
 assailant.

00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:04.460
 and really

00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:05.139
 that's what it means

00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.840
 to be a Christian.

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:07.240
 To be a Christian

00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:09.120
 is to be aware

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:10.500
 that someone

00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:12.060
 has intruded

00:16:12.060 --> 00:16:12.580
 on you.

00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:15.120
 Somebody has

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:16.779
 interfered

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.620
 in your life.

00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.700
 Somebody's jumped you.

00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.560
 Somebody has

00:16:19.560 --> 00:16:21.240
 made you uncomfortable.

00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:22.539
 Somebody has apprehended

00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:23.000
 you and they're

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.899
 bothering you

00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.600
 and they're

00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.860
 holding on to you.

00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:26.180
 They're not

00:16:26.180 --> 00:16:27.419
 letting go of you.

00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:29.440
 That's what it means

00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:30.180
 to be a Christian.

00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:34.239
 It means to wrestle

00:16:34.239 --> 00:16:34.919
 with somebody.

00:16:36.099 --> 00:16:36.859
 Anybody wrestle?

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:39.019
 Anybody ever wrestle

00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:39.639
 with your siblings

00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.239
 growing up?

00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:41.819
 All three of my kids

00:16:41.819 --> 00:16:42.259
 should be raising

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:43.079
 their hands right now.

00:16:44.239 --> 00:16:45.559
 Anybody actually wrestle

00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:46.159
 in high school

00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:46.899
 or anything like that?

00:16:46.979 --> 00:16:47.339
 Like serious?

00:16:47.439 --> 00:16:47.679
 Okay.

00:16:48.739 --> 00:16:49.819
 If you wrestled

00:16:49.819 --> 00:16:51.239
 for just like five minutes

00:16:51.239 --> 00:16:51.839
 I can't remember

00:16:51.839 --> 00:16:53.279
 how long the rounds go

00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:54.319
 but just five minutes

00:16:54.319 --> 00:16:55.299
 of trying to

00:16:55.299 --> 00:16:56.659
 overpower your opponent.

00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:58.019
 Just five minutes

00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.559
 of trying to

00:16:58.559 --> 00:16:59.599
 pin down their shoulders

00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:00.860
 in submission

00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:02.320
 is an absolutely

00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:02.940
 sweaty

00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:04.259
 and exhausting

00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:05.240
 struggle.

00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:08.079
 And this says

00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.720
 that Jacob

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:10.160
 is so strong

00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:12.539
 he's so resistant

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:14.240
 that he will not

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.940
 be overpowered.

00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.839
 He will not be

00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.740
 pinned down.

00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:18.059
 Right?

00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:19.200
 He holds God off

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:20.240
 all night long.

00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:22.819
 And if you go

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.700
 to a strength trainer

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.319
 if you go to

00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:25.680
 you know

00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:27.200
 a physical therapist

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.980
 they'll tell you

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:29.480
 that your hip

00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.039
 rotation

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:32.779
 is the source

00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.460
 of your power

00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:34.140
 generation.

00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:34.680
 Right?

00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.259
 If you want

00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:36.279
 that kind of

00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.519
 kinetic explosive

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.079
 power

00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:40.299
 in any kind of sport

00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:41.079
 especially wrestling

00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.559
 you've got to

00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:42.339
 strengthen your hips.

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:42.779
 Right?

00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.180
 You've got to

00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:44.660
 drive with your hips.

00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:47.259
 And this is really

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:48.079
 the moment of

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:49.480
 Jacob's transformation

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.400
 because it says

00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:51.240
 in verse 25

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:53.500
 that when the man

00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.220
 saw that he could

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:55.099
 not overpower

00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:55.480
 Jacob

00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.039
 he touched

00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:56.579
 the socket

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.379
 of Jacob's hip

00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:58.559
 so that his hip

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:59.559
 was wrenched

00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:00.399
 as he wrestled

00:18:00.399 --> 00:18:00.879
 with God

00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:02.059
 as he wrestled

00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:03.240
 with the man.

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:07.299
 This is the first

00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:07.939
 hint that

00:18:07.939 --> 00:18:08.859
 Jacob gets

00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.219
 that

00:18:09.219 --> 00:18:11.539
 in the dark

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.339
 he's being

00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:14.439
 grappled with

00:18:14.439 --> 00:18:15.379
 by a formidable

00:18:15.379 --> 00:18:15.919
 foe.

00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:17.939
 And it doesn't

00:18:17.939 --> 00:18:18.419
 say that

00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:18.740
 his

00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:20.559
 assailant

00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:22.199
 yanked his hip

00:18:22.199 --> 00:18:22.519
 or

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:24.199
 smashed his hip

00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:24.640
 or

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:26.000
 you know

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.940
 hit his hip

00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:27.500
 it just says

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:27.620
 that

00:18:27.620 --> 00:18:28.600
 with a mere

00:18:28.600 --> 00:18:29.279
 touch

00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:32.059
 just with a mere

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.660
 tap

00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:34.860
 Jacob's hip

00:18:34.860 --> 00:18:35.940
 was wrenched

00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:37.000
 it was disjointed

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:38.420
 it was dislocated

00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:39.539
 Jacob was rendered

00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.900
 powerless.

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.680
 Now why

00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:45.220
 would Jacob's

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.900
 wrestling partner

00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:46.500
 do that?

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.039
 Why would

00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:50.019
 he show

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.680
 his immense

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.180
 power

00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:51.819
 by just

00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:53.220
 touching his hip

00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:54.819
 so that

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.319
 his leg

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:55.980
 was utterly

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:57.180
 painful

00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:57.660
 and utterly

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.180
 useless

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.819
 and utterly

00:18:58.819 --> 00:18:59.860
 powerless

00:18:59.860 --> 00:19:00.860
 so that all

00:19:00.860 --> 00:19:01.700
 Jacob could do

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.100
 would just

00:19:02.100 --> 00:19:03.019
 be to

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:04.620
 hold on

00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:05.500
 for dear life

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 right

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:06.839
 would just be

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:08.019
 to cling

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.500
 to him

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 and to not

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.319
 let him go.

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:11.960
 Why would

00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.500
 he do that?

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.680
 Because Jacob

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:14.420
 his whole life

00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:14.839
 long

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:17.759
 has been relying

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.480
 on himself.

00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.900
 His whole life

00:19:20.900 --> 00:19:21.480
 long he's been

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:22.059
 relying on his

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:23.480
 own strength

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.839
 right

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.240
 with his

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.579
 brother

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.019
 with his

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.400
 father

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:26.920
 with his

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.880
 boss

00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:28.240
 with the

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.599
 women in

00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:28.920
 his life

00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:29.319
 he's saying

00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:29.960
 I will not

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.660
 I'll never

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.200
 surrender

00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:32.360
 I'll never

00:19:32.360 --> 00:19:33.099
 be overpowered

00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.519
 and even in

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:33.960
 this moment

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:34.319
 he's saying

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.759
 I'm not

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.759
 I'm not

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.079
 going to

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.400
 surrender

00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:36.920
 to you

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:39.339
 but it's

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:39.740
 only when

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.579
 he's wrenched

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:40.960
 right

00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.299
 it's only

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:42.460
 when he's

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.039
 wounded

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:44.360
 it's only

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:44.740
 when he's

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.160
 weak

00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:46.380
 and powerless

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:47.279
 that Jacob

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.660
 stops

00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.980
 wrestling

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.800
 against

00:19:50.800 --> 00:19:51.200
 God

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.640
 to hold

00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:51.779
 him

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.140
 off

00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:53.640
 and that

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:53.840
 Jacob

00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.240
 starts

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.680
 wrestling

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.600
 with

00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:55.980
 God

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.400
 to hold

00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:56.519
 him

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.000
 close

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:59.920
 right

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.200
 and here's

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.400
 what it

00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:00.660
 says

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.060
 in verse

00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:02.259
 26

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:04.400
 then the

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:05.000
 man said

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:06.080
 let me

00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:06.360
 go

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:06.660
 for it

00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:06.980
 is day

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.240
 break

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.740
 but Jacob

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.120
 replied

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:08.440
 I will

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.820
 not let

00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:09.279
 you go

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.500
 unless

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:10.960
 you bless

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.300
 me

00:20:11.300 --> 00:20:14.060
 see before

00:20:14.060 --> 00:20:14.400
 Jacob

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:14.720
 said

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.980
 I'll

00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:16.740
 never

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.160
 let you

00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:17.800
 overpower

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.079
 me

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.659
 nobody

00:20:18.659 --> 00:20:19.000
 is going

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.059
 to

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.519
 overpower

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:19.839
 me

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:21.599
 but now

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:21.980
 Jacob

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.299
 says

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:22.659
 I will

00:20:22.659 --> 00:20:23.019
 not let

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.339
 you go

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:23.639
 unless

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:23.960
 you

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.980
 bless

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.319
 me

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:28.139
 before

00:20:28.139 --> 00:20:28.519
 Jacob

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:28.819
 says

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.259
 I was

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.480
 trying

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:29.819
 to make

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:29.960
 you

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.359
 let go

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.599
 of me

00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:31.139
 but now

00:20:31.139 --> 00:20:32.759
 I'm

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.059
 not going

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.299
 to let

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.480
 go

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:33.839
 of you

00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:36.099
 and he

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.539
 realizes

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:36.839
 that the

00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.220
 one who

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.619
 has the

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:37.940
 power

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.379
 to

00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:40.019
 dislocate

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.200
 his

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.379
 hip

00:20:40.379 --> 00:20:40.740
 with the

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.079
 slightest

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.740
 touch

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:43.519
 must also

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:43.839
 be the

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.180
 one who

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.519
 has

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.159
 the power

00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:45.579
 to bless

00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:45.879
 me

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:48.200
 you

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:48.400
 must

00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:48.700
 be the

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.040
 person

00:20:49.040 --> 00:20:49.380
 that

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:50.940
 that can

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.200
 give me

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.640
 the blessing

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.040
 that I've

00:20:52.040 --> 00:20:52.580
 always

00:20:52.580 --> 00:20:53.020
 wanted

00:20:53.020 --> 00:20:53.320
 and that

00:20:53.320 --> 00:20:53.520
 I've

00:20:53.520 --> 00:20:53.840
 sought

00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:54.460
 by wrestling

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:55.140
 with people

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:57.580
 and this

00:20:57.580 --> 00:20:57.800
 is the

00:20:57.800 --> 00:20:58.240
 moment of

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.540
 spiritual

00:20:58.540 --> 00:20:59.220
 transformation

00:20:59.220 --> 00:21:00.900
 in his

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.320
 pain

00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:01.740
 in his

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.220
 weakness

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.740
 in his

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.620
 vulnerability

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.120
 and his

00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:05.680
 powerlessness

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.280
 when Jacob

00:21:06.280 --> 00:21:06.880
 realizes

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:08.380
 that he

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:08.880
 can really

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.380
 only get

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.840
 the blessing

00:21:09.840 --> 00:21:10.440
 he wants

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:12.480
 by wrestling

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.040
 with God

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:14.299
 now how

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.599
 does this

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:14.980
 apply

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.859
 to our

00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.159
 lives

00:21:16.159 --> 00:21:16.579
 well many

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.339
 many modern

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:17.899
 people think

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.879
 that having

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.420
 a spiritual

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.119
 experience

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.740
 with God

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.740
 will feel

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.079
 like a

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.639
 good thing

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:25.220
 will feel

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.879
 you know

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.539
 getting close

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.019
 to God

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.539
 will cause

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:27.940
 me to feel

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.559
 calm

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.759
 and centered

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.440
 and it'll

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.460
 be healing

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.519
 and peaceful

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.899
 and I'll

00:21:33.899 --> 00:21:34.539
 just be

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:34.859
 overcome

00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.519
 by a sense

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.139
 of love

00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:37.039
 and comfort

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.779
 and I'll

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.700
 be so uplifted

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:38.940
 and there'll

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.339
 be no

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:39.960
 unexpected

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:41.059
 difficulties

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:44.299
 but we

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:44.839
 already know

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.519
 from Genesis

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:45.919
 28

00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:47.019
 when Jacob

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.559
 encountered

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:47.919
 the Lord

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.139
 of the

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:48.519
 stairway

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:48.919
 it says

00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:49.179
 that he

00:21:49.179 --> 00:21:49.899
 was afraid

00:21:49.899 --> 00:21:51.980
 and he

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.200
 felt

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.839
 extremely

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.559
 uncomfortable

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.639
 in the

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:54.899
 presence

00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.379
 of God

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:56.700
 and the

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.220
 result of

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.539
 that was

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:57.980
 that Jacob

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.019
 gave away

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.559
 10%

00:21:59.559 --> 00:21:59.859
 of his

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.299
 wealth

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:01.519
 which was

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:01.940
 incredibly

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.500
 painful

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:06.639
 and then

00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:07.179
 here in

00:22:07.179 --> 00:22:07.440
 Genesis

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.019
 22

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.359
 Jacob

00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:08.839
 encounters

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.539
 this unknown

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.299
 wrestler

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.619
 and it

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:10.980
 says he

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.579
 was wounded

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:13.460
 and he

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:13.940
 was rendered

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.880
 powerless

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:17.200
 and so

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.660
 the question

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.339
 is do you

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.620
 really want

00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.220
 to have a

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.579
 spiritual

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.140
 encounter

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:22.079
 with the

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.680
 living God

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:25.920
 the reality

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.319
 is that

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.839
 most of

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.099
 us

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.980
 if we

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.319
 want to

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.740
 transform

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.240
 life

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.660
 we're not

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:29.819
 going to

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.539
 be comforted

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:30.900
 into a

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.259
 transformed

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.720
 life

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.920
 we're going

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.099
 to be

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.500
 wrestled

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.099
 into it

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:36.420
 and what

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.779
 if like

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.140
 Jacob

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.559
 God

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:40.160
 loves you

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.740
 too much

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.860
 to leave

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.140
 you the

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.500
 way you

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.860
 are

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:45.400
 what if

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.120
 instead of

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.940
 healing

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.279
 you

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.540
 or what

00:22:47.540 --> 00:22:47.940
 if instead

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:49.180
 of preserving

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.740
 your health

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.320
 God actually

00:22:50.320 --> 00:22:50.779
 wants to

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.560
 change you

00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:53.940
 which means

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.320
 that he's

00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:54.900
 got to deal

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.259
 with the

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.740
 things that

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.360
 are destroying

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.580
 you

00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:57.000
 the self

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.580
 sufficiency

00:22:57.580 --> 00:22:58.220
 the self

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:59.500
 centeredness

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:01.360
 operating out

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:01.980
 of your own

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.820
 strength

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.380
 and your own

00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:04.100
 strategies

00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:04.680
 and your own

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.519
 resources

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.000
 if he's going

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.519
 to get rid

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.859
 of those

00:23:06.859 --> 00:23:07.119
 things

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.379
 in your

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:07.639
 life

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:07.940
 it's going

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.359
 to involve

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.079
 a painful

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.799
 wrenching

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:13.200
 what if

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.059
 God is

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:16.319
 actually at

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.940
 war against

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.420
 the stuff

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:17.940
 within us

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.720
 that's at

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.139
 odds with

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.440
 him

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:22.359
 you see

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:22.639
 in his

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.220
 severe mercy

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.839
 he wrenches

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.680
 Jacob's hip

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:27.099
 and he gets

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:27.539
 him into a

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.279
 position where

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.960
 instead of

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.799
 trying to

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.639
 wriggle his

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.379
 way out of

00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:32.059
 God's grip

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.660
 which is what

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.379
 Jacob's always

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:33.980
 been doing

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:37.500
 that

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:40.099
 instead

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:41.480
 he says

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.839
 God

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:44.000
 you're in

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.420
 my grip

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:44.720
 now

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:46.839
 and I'm

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.220
 not letting

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.700
 you go

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.360
 because

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:49.599
 only you

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:49.900
 have the

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.400
 blessing I

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.019
 really need

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:53.220
 the blessing

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.700
 I wanted

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:55.079
 from my

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.420
 family

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:55.940
 the blessing

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:57.079
 I wanted

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.500
 from my

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:57.799
 work

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.299
 the blessing

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.740
 I wanted

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.180
 from

00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:01.279
 the significant

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.779
 others in

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.400
 my life

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:04.540
 I realize

00:24:04.540 --> 00:24:04.980
 now that

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.400
 only you

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:05.740
 can give

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:05.960
 me the

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.400
 blessing

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.740
 that I

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.240
 really need

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.580
 and that I

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:09.120
 really want

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.560
 and so

00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:11.340
 he says

00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:11.940
 oh love

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.300
 that will

00:24:12.300 --> 00:24:12.700
 not let

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.019
 me go

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.519
 I'm not

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:13.720
 going to

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.100
 let you

00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:14.420
 go

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:16.740
 and he's

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.019
 wrestling

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.519
 with God

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:21.160
 point number

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.600
 three

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:23.500
 getting alone

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.880
 with God

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.259
 wrestling

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.800
 with God

00:24:24.800 --> 00:24:25.480
 point number

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:25.759
 three

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.460
 living with

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.700
 a new

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.140
 name

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:30.380
 living with

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:30.660
 a new

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:30.980
 name

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.180
 what

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:32.000
 fascinates

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.200
 me

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.539
 is that

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:32.960
 Jacob

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.519
 Jacob

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.880
 says

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.279
 bless

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.580
 me

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:37.360
 and then

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:37.660
 the next

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:37.980
 thing

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.600
 he hears

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:38.820
 is

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.340
 well what's

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:39.799
 your name

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:41.880
 and that

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.259
 tells us

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.680
 that part

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:42.860
 of the

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.140
 blessing

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.380
 is

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:46.700
 getting rid

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:46.980
 of our

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.600
 old name

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:47.860
 and our

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.539
 old identity

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:50.460
 and receiving

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.940
 from God

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.539
 a new name

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.019
 and a new

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.680
 identity

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:55.060
 and this is

00:24:55.060 --> 00:24:55.279
 what it

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.620
 says in

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.380
 verse 26

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.860
 it says

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:58.820
 I will

00:24:58.820 --> 00:24:59.220
 not let

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.539
 you go

00:24:59.539 --> 00:24:59.960
 unless you

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.400
 bless me

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.620
 and then

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:00.880
 the man

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.259
 asked him

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.680
 well what

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:01.980
 is your

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.360
 name

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:04.080
 and he

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.500
 answered

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:06.420
 Jacob

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:08.680
 now what

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.140
 is God

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:10.040
 doing here

00:25:10.040 --> 00:25:10.400
 does God

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:10.900
 not know

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.440
 his name

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:13.240
 you know

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.560
 when God

00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:14.340
 asks questions

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:14.960
 in the Bible

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.380
 it's not

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.100
 for his

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.600
 benefit

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.160
 it's

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.940
 for ours

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.259
 right

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.060
 Genesis 3

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:19.620
 Adam

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.180
 where are

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.420
 you

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.420
 he knows

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:21.780
 where Adam

00:25:21.780 --> 00:25:22.140
 is

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.860
 Adam

00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:24.700
 do you

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:24.980
 know

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.540
 where you

00:25:25.540 --> 00:25:25.960
 are

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.059
 in relation

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.740
 to me

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:29.579
 Jacob

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.720
 what's

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.279
 your name

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.900
 do you

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.160
 know

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.640
 who you

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:33.980
 are

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:35.500
 before me

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:38.759
 and Jacob

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.059
 says

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.420
 well my

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:39.860
 name is

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.259
 Yaakov

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:42.420
 my name

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:42.640
 is

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.740
 heel grabber

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:45.799
 and he

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.240
 knows he's

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.819
 being invited

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.519
 to confess

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:47.960
 his sins

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.600
 because 20

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.440
 years ago

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.579
 I lied

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.100
 about my

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.440
 name

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.079
 in order

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.840
 to get

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.140
 ahead

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.480
 and get

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.799
 what I

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.140
 wanted

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.840
 20 years

00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:55.040
 ago

00:25:55.040 --> 00:25:55.400
 I said

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.880
 my name

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.020
 is

00:25:56.020 --> 00:25:56.580
 Esau

00:25:56.580 --> 00:25:57.940
 and I

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.259
 pretended

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.540
 to be

00:25:58.540 --> 00:25:58.940
 somebody

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.280
 I was

00:25:59.280 --> 00:25:59.660
 not

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.180
 in order

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.460
 to get

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:00.980
 the blessing

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.480
 that I

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.960
 most deeply

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.360
 wanted

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:04.340
 and so

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:04.880
 now I'm

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.980
 I'm

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.440
 renouncing

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.080
 my wrongs

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.440
 my name

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.740
 is

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.340
 Yaakov

00:26:08.340 --> 00:26:09.500
 and I'm

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:09.980
 not just

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.780
 renouncing

00:26:10.780 --> 00:26:11.200
 what I've

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.360
 done

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.540
 I'm

00:26:11.540 --> 00:26:11.960
 renouncing

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.440
 who I

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.860
 am

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:14.560
 my name

00:26:14.560 --> 00:26:14.700
 is

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:14.900
 Yaakov

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.259
 I don't

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.560
 say it

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.040
 with pride

00:26:16.040 --> 00:26:16.880
 I say it

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.460
 with my

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.000
 head down

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.420
 because I

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.720
 have a

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.040
 grimy

00:26:19.040 --> 00:26:19.600
 past

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:19.940
 and I

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.240
 have an

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.880
 unsavory

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.880
 character

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.120
 I've

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.720
 been grabbing

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:24.000
 and pulling

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.380
 and pulling

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:26.160
 and lying

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.759
 and cheating

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.619
 and manipulating

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.900
 and overreaching

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.720
 and deceiving

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:31.299
 and living

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.759
 my life

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.200
 to win

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.660
 at all

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.339
 costs

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:36.059
 I've been

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.660
 self-centered

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:38.559
 I've been

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.400
 self-interested

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.880
 I've been

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:41.079
 self-sufficient

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:43.299
 my name

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.539
 is

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.079
 Jacob

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:46.319
 I'm an

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.680
 unworthy

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.160
 sinner

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.799
 I'm a

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.319
 slave

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.819
 to myself

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.460
 I'm a slave

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:51.900
 to sin

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.220
 I'm a

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.619
 spiritual

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.700
 disaster

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:55.140
 I'm a

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.480
 moral

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.700
 failure

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:58.940
 what this

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.340
 tells us

00:26:59.340 --> 00:26:59.580
 is that

00:26:59.580 --> 00:26:59.819
 if we

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.140
 want to

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.680
 experience

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.019
 God

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.259
 there's

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.680
 absolutely

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.039
 no

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.940
 way

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.420
 around

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.779
 just

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.440
 confessing

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.120
 who we

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:05.420
 are

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:07.640
 and the

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:07.960
 moment

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.420
 he does

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.740
 that

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.420
 God

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.720
 gives

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:09.960
 him

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.539
 a new

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:10.920
 name

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:13.200
 Jacob's

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.380
 been

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.700
 holding

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.000
 on to

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.240
 God

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.600
 in pain

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:14.920
 saying

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.259
 bless

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.480
 me

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.680
 and

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.019
 God's

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.319
 actually

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.680
 holding

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:16.980
 on

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.420
 to

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.759
 Jacob

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.120
 and he

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.440
 says

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.640
 to

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:18.940
 Jacob

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.100
 in

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.259
 verse

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.600
 28

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:20.059
 he says

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.960
 your name

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.220
 will no

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.679
 longer be

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:22.019
 Jacob

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.700
 but Israel

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.259
 because you

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.720
 have struggled

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.259
 with God

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.099
 and with human

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.579
 beings

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.819
 and have

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:28.119
 overcome

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:31.000
 see what does

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.879
 Jacob really need

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.279
 what do we

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.899
 really need

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:35.139
 we need to

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:35.460
 know

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.759
 who we are

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.179
 in relation

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:37.679
 to God

00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:39.099
 we need to

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.419
 know

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:40.500
 our true

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.919
 identity

00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:41.460
 and what is

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.659
 that

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.039
 well this

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.599
 name

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.599
 Israel

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:46.379
 it's a name

00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:46.919
 L means

00:27:46.919 --> 00:27:47.220
 God

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.620
 it's a name

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.120
 that means

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:49.740
 God

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.299
 fights

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.920
 God

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.920
 wins

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:54.319
 God

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:55.160
 rules

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:57.220
 and when

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.720
 applied to

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.059
 Jacob

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.579
 the name

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:58.960
 means

00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:00.180
 from now

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.440
 on

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.839
 you are

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.319
 one who

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.779
 fights

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.420
 with God

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.980
 and wins

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.819
 with God

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:06.620
 and rules

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.980
 with God

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:09.740
 that is

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.240
 your true

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.960
 nature

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.400
 that is

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.839
 your deep

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.660
 essence

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.960
 that is

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.339
 to be

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.960
 your authentic

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.519
 identity

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.079
 and the way

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.500
 that you

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.640
 define yourself

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.079
 from here

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.440
 on out

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.079
 and as

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.039
 Israel

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:21.019
 you will

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.380
 no longer

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:21.880
 struggle

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.299
 you'll no

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.039
 longer prevail

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.920
 in your own

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.480
 strength

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:26.000
 you'll struggle

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.640
 and prevail

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.700
 in God's

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.039
 strength

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:31.359
 you are to be

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:31.680
 one

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:33.339
 who persistently

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:34.759
 struggles with

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.119
 God

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:36.660
 in humble

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.039
 prayer

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:39.019
 and with a

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.299
 limp

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:41.279
 permanently

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.819
 crumpled

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.960
 physically

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:44.579
 but empowered

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.599
 spiritually

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:47.599
 until you

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.259
 overcome

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:50.779
 you're to be

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.219
 one who

00:28:51.219 --> 00:28:51.679
 clings

00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:52.579
 dependently

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.079
 to God

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.799
 until God

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.719
 gets the

00:28:54.719 --> 00:28:55.099
 victory

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:56.659
 in your

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.119
 life

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:59.299
 you guys

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.000
 tracking with me

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:02.219
 how does this

00:29:02.219 --> 00:29:02.679
 apply

00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:04.059
 to our lives

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.379
 well

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:06.839
 I think all

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.319
 of us want

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.819
 to get the

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.159
 blessing

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:11.380
 I think all

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.279
 of us want

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.620
 someone who

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.120
 matters

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:16.340
 to lay their

00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:17.220
 hands on us

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:19.880
 and to take us

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.500
 in their arms

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.200
 to take us in

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.660
 their grip

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:23.700
 and to say

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.360
 you're worthy

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:25.040
 you're special

00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:27.860
 you have a name

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.680
 of significance

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.300
 you have an

00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:29.759
 identity

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.100
 with a hopeful

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:31.640
 future

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:34.040
 and you know

00:29:34.040 --> 00:29:34.540
 there's so much

00:29:34.540 --> 00:29:35.060
 pain in the

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.720
 world because

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:37.240
 everybody wants

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.640
 the blessing

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.200
 but they don't

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.740
 actually know

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.180
 how to get

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.480
 it

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:41.240
 and in our

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.000
 secular age

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.860
 masses of

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.240
 people are

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.740
 experiencing

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.940
 identity crises

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.880
 that are profound

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:48.080
 and pervasive

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:50.460
 everybody's feeling

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.360
 a burden to name

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:51.860
 themselves

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:53.240
 to define

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.860
 their identity

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.880
 to construct

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:57.160
 an inner self

00:29:57.160 --> 00:30:00.440
 about who I am

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.180
 apart from any

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.440
 kind of

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.180
 transcendent

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:03.400
 reality

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.019
 any sort of

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.620
 transcendent

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:04.980
 order

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.880
 or power

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:08.060
 the modern

00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:08.900
 project is to

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.580
 find my

00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:10.860
 highest truth

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:12.380
 in my

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.160
 deepest desires

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.860
 and then to

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.320
 somehow

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:15.779
 express the

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.259
 real me

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.800
 the authentic

00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:17.240
 me

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:19.740
 and that I

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.080
 think is a

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:21.120
 terribly oppressive

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.940
 and enslaving

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:23.360
 burden that people

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.100
 have placed upon

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.820
 themselves because

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.680
 Genesis 32

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.240
 says that

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.120
 identity formation

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:28.599
 actually works

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.079
 the exact

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.939
 opposite way

00:30:29.939 --> 00:30:32.379
 identity formation

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.139
 is not about

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:34.839
 inside out

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.139
 it's about

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.919
 outside in

00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:37.859
 it's about

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.319
 God

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.059
 coming

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.779
 to you

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.359
 and jumping

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.139
 you

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.659
 and taking

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.399
 hold of you

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:43.259
 and interrogating

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.939
 you

00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:44.739
 and saying

00:30:44.739 --> 00:30:45.439
 what's your

00:30:45.439 --> 00:30:45.679
 name

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.459
 who are you

00:30:46.459 --> 00:30:47.099
 really

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:49.579
 and if you

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.179
 say to God

00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:50.819
 well

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:52.579
 my name is

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.879
 good

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:55.079
 and my

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.519
 identity is

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.839
 fine

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.519
 just the way

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.700
 I am

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.960
 if you say

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.240
 that

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.779
 you're not

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.220
 ready for

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.579
 God

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:03.900
 as long

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.299
 as you say

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.980
 I'm okay

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.379
 the way

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.819
 I am

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.299
 you're going

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.759
 to go on

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.420
 being okay

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.160
 but without

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.700
 God

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:11.779
 but Genesis

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.599
 32 says

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.500
 by disclosing

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.079
 your name

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:15.639
 by

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:17.680
 opening up

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.139
 your heart

00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:18.559
 about your

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.039
 character

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.339
 and your

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:19.779
 condition

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.639
 before God

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:22.460
 by owning

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:22.960
 up to the

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.700
 shadow side

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.540
 and confessing

00:31:24.540 --> 00:31:25.400
 the guilt

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:25.759
 and the

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.220
 shame

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.980
 you put

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.380
 yourself

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:28.980
 in a position

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.840
 to experience

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.360
 the mercy

00:31:30.360 --> 00:31:30.960
 and the grace

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.740
 of God

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:34.380
 because only a

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.880
 God of mercy

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.640
 can truly know

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.420
 us as we are

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.540
 all the way

00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:37.980
 down to the

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.340
 bottom

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:40.400
 that we're

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.759
 Jacob

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:42.440
 and yet

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.080
 he still

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:43.780
 loves us

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:45.859
 and only a

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.379
 God of grace

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:46.980
 can do away

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.299
 with our

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.000
 old name

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.259
 and our

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.099
 shady past

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:50.899
 and give us

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.539
 a new name

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.000
 that points

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.279
 to a

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.779
 triumphant

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.240
 future

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.599
 God

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.059
 fights

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.480
 God

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.339
 wins

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:55.700
 God

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.399
 rules

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:59.180
 and Genesis

00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.160
 32 says

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:01.220
 that God

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.539
 in his

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.839
 sovereign

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.359
 kindness

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:02.720
 God

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.000
 in his

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.319
 sovereign

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.039
 faithfulness

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.579
 is a

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.879
 God

00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.500
 who takes

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.559
 Jacob's

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.160
 with all

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.420
 of our

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.779
 failures

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.200
 with all

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.420
 of our

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.740
 sorry

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.160
 track

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.519
 records

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.879
 with all

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.259
 of our

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.279
 unworthiness

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.839
 that makes

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.039
 us

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.599
 and he makes

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:12.980
 us

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.599
 into

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.759
 Israels

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:17.259
 he takes

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.799
 people

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.519
 manipulators

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:20.359
 and turns

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:20.699
 them into

00:32:20.699 --> 00:32:21.019
 God

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.619
 wrestlers

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:24.919
 and he

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:25.240
 gives us

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.559
 a name

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:25.799
 that we

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.059
 can be

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.659
 proud of

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:28.139
 a name

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.419
 that we

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:29.899
 can aspire

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.379
 to live

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.699
 up to

00:32:30.699 --> 00:32:31.019
 and really

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.359
 this is

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:31.599
 what it

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:31.859
 means

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.179
 to be

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.319
 a

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.599
 Christian

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:32.899
 that you

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.459
 no longer

00:32:33.459 --> 00:32:34.240
 identify

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:36.939
 as someone

00:32:36.939 --> 00:32:37.259
 who's

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.500
 centered

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.980
 on

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.799
 yourself

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.139
 and what

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.519
 you make

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:39.980
 of yourself

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.679
 you identify

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:41.879
 as a person

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.279
 who's centered

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.759
 on God

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.019
 and what

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.259
 God

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.519
 makes

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.000
 of you

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:46.759
 and when

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:46.920
 you're

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.299
 baptized

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.160
 into the

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.460
 name

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.839
 of the

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.180
 Father

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.700
 Son

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.079
 and Holy

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.480
 Spirit

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:52.000
 you now

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.460
 identify

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.039
 as someone

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.319
 who's

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.720
 personally

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.220
 related

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.000
 to the

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.240
 living

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.920
 and triune

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.319
 God

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:58.259
 and when

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.619
 you take

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.000
 upon

00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:00.180
 yourself

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.900
 the name

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.460
 Christian

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.960
 which means

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.259
 little

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.740
 Christ

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.539
 you no

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:03.839
 longer

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.359
 identify

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.420
 as yourself

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.000
 you identify

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.980
 as Christ

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:10.120
 which means

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.380
 that your

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:10.880
 old

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:12.759
 self

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.380
 your Jacob

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:13.839
 identity

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.640
 is dead

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:16.480
 and your

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.180
 new self

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:18.099
 your Israel

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.500
 identity

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.200
 is alive

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.519
 you are

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.180
 in Christ

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.559
 you are

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.039
 united

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.940
 to the

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.400
 resurrected

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.779
 Lord

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.079
 and you

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.620
 are alive

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:23.940
 to the

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.299
 love

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.860
 of the

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.140
 Trinity

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.700
 who's

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.000
 clinging

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.480
 to you

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.700
 and will

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:26.920
 never

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.380
 let you

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.720
 go

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.380
 from

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.759
 his

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.200
 blessing

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.539
 and so

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:31.920
 friends

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.259
 do you

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.599
 know

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:35.480
 do you

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.599
 know

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:35.779
 who

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:35.939
 you

00:33:35.939 --> 00:33:36.299
 are

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:38.419
 what's

00:33:38.419 --> 00:33:38.539
 your

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.959
 name

00:33:38.959 --> 00:33:41.240
 are

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.379
 you

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:41.699
 living

00:33:41.699 --> 00:33:41.980
 from

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.139
 your

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.439
 God

00:33:42.439 --> 00:33:42.719
 given

00:33:42.719 --> 00:33:43.439
 name

00:33:43.439 --> 00:33:43.899
 and

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:44.019
 your

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.240
 God

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.539
 given

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.819
 identity

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:49.159
 point

00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:49.659
 number

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.099
 four

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:52.919
 and I'm

00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:53.240
 glad I

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.480
 cut

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.799
 point

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.000
 number

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.439
 five

00:33:54.439 --> 00:33:54.719
 I'm

00:33:54.719 --> 00:33:54.919
 seeing

00:33:54.919 --> 00:33:55.099
 that

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.199
 at

00:33:55.199 --> 00:33:55.359
 this

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:55.659
 point

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:57.639
 point

00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:57.839
 number

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.199
 four

00:33:58.199 --> 00:33:58.699
 is

00:33:58.699 --> 00:34:00.980
 seeing

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.379
 the face

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.519
 of

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:01.819
 God

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:03.220
 right

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.619
 having

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.359
 gotten

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.659
 alone

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:04.859
 with

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.119
 God

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.379
 having

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.759
 wrestled

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:05.939
 with

00:34:05.939 --> 00:34:06.200
 God

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.619
 having

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.779
 received

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.099
 a new

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.400
 name

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.639
 from

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:08.980
 God

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:11.039
 seeing

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.500
 the face

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.840
 of

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.139
 God

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.299
 and

00:34:12.299 --> 00:34:12.639
 remember

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.319
 the context

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:13.860
 is that

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:15.340
 Jacob's

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.819
 forced to

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:16.079
 face

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.539
 reality

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.900
 he's

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.039
 got

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.239
 this

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:17.579
 long

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.099
 dreaded

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.920
 meeting

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.139
 with

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.299
 his

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:19.559
 brother

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.759
 that

00:34:19.759 --> 00:34:19.900
 he

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.319
 cannot

00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:21.199
 avoid

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.579
 coming

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.840
 the

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.039
 next

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.299
 day

00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:22.719
 Esau

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:22.860
 is

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.119
 just

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.539
 around

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.719
 the

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.019
 corner

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:25.659
 he's

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.079
 a guy

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.400
 who's

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.719
 angry

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:28.239
 and he's

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.380
 been

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.799
 saying

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.279
 for

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:29.599
 20

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:29.900
 years

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.259
 when my

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.539
 mom

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.900
 and dad

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.279
 die

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:31.579
 I'm

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:31.759
 going to

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.019
 kill

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.380
 my

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.659
 brother

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:35.079
 and

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.639
 Jacob

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.139
 doesn't

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.420
 want to

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.739
 see his

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:36.960
 brother

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.460
 face to

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.799
 face

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:39.420
 because

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.699
 if he

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.199
 sees his

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.460
 brother

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.000
 face to

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.400
 face

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:43.900
 he's

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.139
 afraid

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.360
 he's

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.559
 going to

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:44.880
 die

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:47.199
 and so

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:47.559
 listen to

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.960
 these words

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.219
 in verse

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.599
 29

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.019
 Jacob

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.299
 said

00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:49.679
 please

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.139
 tell me

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.679
 your name

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.039
 but he

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.380
 replied

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.719
 why do

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.079
 you ask

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.559
 my name

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.819
 and then

00:34:52.819 --> 00:34:52.940
 he

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.219
 blessed

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.380
 him

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:53.539
 there

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.759
 so

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.039
 Jacob

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.340
 called

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.460
 the

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.719
 place

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.159
 Penny

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.940
 L

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.759
 saying

00:34:56.759 --> 00:34:57.059
 it is

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.380
 because

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.019
 I saw

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.400
 God

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.900
 face to

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.199
 face

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.500
 and yet

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.059
 my life

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:01.079
 was spared

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.059
!

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:04.019
 See Jacob

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.340
 thought

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.559
 if I

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.019
 see my

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.239
 brother

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.679
 face to

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:06.880
 face

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.259
 tomorrow

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:08.380
 I'm

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:08.579
 going to

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:08.779
 die

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.239
 my life's

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:09.400
 not

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:09.539
 going to

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.679
 be

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:09.980
 spared

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:12.759
 and his

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.000
 greatest

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.480
 concern

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.079
 is

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:15.779
 right here

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:18.060
 but

00:35:18.060 --> 00:35:18.320
 now

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:18.640
 Jacob

00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:19.140
 realizes

00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:19.560
 that

00:35:19.560 --> 00:35:20.480
 actually

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.740
 he's

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.040
 facing

00:35:21.040 --> 00:35:21.220
 a

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:21.400
 deeper

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.840
 reality

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.180
 than

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:22.820
 his

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.140
 brother

00:35:23.140 --> 00:35:24.800
 right

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.240
 he thought

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.800
 his

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.040
 biggest

00:35:26.040 --> 00:35:26.440
 concern

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.620
 is

00:35:26.620 --> 00:35:26.920
 what's

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.100
 going to

00:35:27.100 --> 00:35:27.360
 happen

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.820
 tomorrow

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.380
 on this

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.820
 horizontal

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.280
 level

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:29.660
 on this

00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:30.000
 human

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.400
 plane

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.740
 but he

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.260
 realizes

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.460
 that

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.860
 actually

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.400
 his

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:32.660
 biggest

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:33.100
 concern

00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:33.280
 is

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:33.519
 what's

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:33.880
 happening

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.620
 right

00:35:34.620 --> 00:35:34.940
 now

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.320
 on the

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.660
 vertical

00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:36.000
 level

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.260
 on the

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.680
 divine

00:35:36.680 --> 00:35:37.460
 plane

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.060
 as I'm

00:35:38.060 --> 00:35:38.280
 meeting

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.780
 with God

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.400
 face

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.560
 to

00:35:39.560 --> 00:35:40.000
 face

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:43.500
 he thinks

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.800
 that

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:45.440
 his

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.699
 biggest

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.199
 problem

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.539
 is that

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.019
 he needs

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.440
 to deal

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.800
 with his

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.380
 estranged

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:48.739
 brother

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.199
 who he

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.960
 can see

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:52.139
 when actually

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.659
 he needs

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:52.960
 to deal

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.300
 with this

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.820
 strange

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.280
 mysterious

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.719
 other

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.119
 whom he

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.440
 cannot

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.840
 see

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:58.159
 and so

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.440
 what is

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.980
 Israel

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.519
 what is

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.000
 this man

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.760
 who struggles

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:02.079
 with God

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.659
 and wins

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.280
 with God

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:04.039
 do

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.679
 he says

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.860
 please

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.599
 tell me

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.920
 your name

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:09.739
 and this

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.099
 is quite

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.439
 bold

00:36:10.439 --> 00:36:10.859
 because

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:11.179
 Jacob

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.579
 is saying

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:14.099
 I want

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.359
 to know

00:36:14.359 --> 00:36:14.739
 who you

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:15.139
 are

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:18.019
 I want

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.359
 you to

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:18.679
 give me

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.139
 more

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.939
 of yourself

00:36:19.939 --> 00:36:22.019
 I want

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.559
 to have

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:24.139
 a relationship

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.759
 with you

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:26.439
 please

00:36:26.439 --> 00:36:26.779
 tell me

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.259
 your name

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:29.579
 and what

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:29.839
 he hears

00:36:29.839 --> 00:36:30.399
 back is

00:36:30.399 --> 00:36:31.719
 why do

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.339
 you ask

00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:33.500
 my name

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:36.739
 Jacob

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:37.579
 you know

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:37.919
 the answer

00:36:37.919 --> 00:36:38.179
 to the

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:38.539
 question

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:40.559
 who else

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.199
 who else

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:41.519
 could I

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.980
 possibly

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.400
 be

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:44.759
 and then

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.500
 the wrestling

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.880
 match

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:47.059
 is over

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:49.480
 and as the

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.980
 morning sun

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.599
 is rising

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.000
 Jacob

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.460
 says

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:52.340
 to himself

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.920
 maybe he

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.279
 says out

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:53.500
 loud

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:53.840
 he says

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.360
 I saw

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:55.059
 God

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.559
 face to

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:55.980
 face

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:57.039
 and yet

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.960
 my life

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.440
 was spared

00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:00.699
 he can

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.059
 hardly

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:03.119
 believe

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.659
 that

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:05.539
 somehow

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.059
 God

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.319
 has

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:06.799
 voluntarily

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.199
 come

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.599
 down

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:10.219
 onto my

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.539
 level

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:12.699
 that

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:14.739
 for some

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.000
 reason

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.299
 God

00:37:15.299 --> 00:37:15.519
 has

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.199
 intentionally

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:16.980
 held back

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.440
 his full

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:17.940
 strength

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.940
 and he's

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.599
 curbed

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:21.259
 his incredible

00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:22.079
 power so as

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.679
 not to crush

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:22.960
 me

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:25.199
 and

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:27.239
 yet with the

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.759
 mere touch

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.399
 of his divine

00:37:28.399 --> 00:37:29.199
 power he

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:30.480
 conquered me

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:30.980
 in an instant

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:33.420
 and he stamped

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.860
 me with his

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.599
 name he stamped

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.000
 me with his

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.760
 identity and he

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.219
 gave me the

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.840
 blessing I've

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.440
 been looking for

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.099
 my whole

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:39.320
 life long and

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:40.460
 somehow I an

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.920
 unworthy

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:42.159
 sinner

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:43.179
 Jacob had a

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:44.340
 direct personal

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.900
 relational

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:46.159
 encounter with

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:47.360
 a holy and

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.480
 living God and

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.840
 yet I

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.659
 survived

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:52.599
 yet my life

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.340
 was spared and

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:54.159
 I was saved

00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:56.219
 and he's

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.719
 overwhelmed

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:58.879
 he says

00:37:58.879 --> 00:37:59.299
 God

00:37:59.299 --> 00:38:01.079
 for some

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.599
 reason he

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.159
 feigned

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:03.039
 weakness

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:05.179
 in order to

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:06.239
 answer my

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:06.739
 prayer for

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.319
 salvation

00:38:07.319 --> 00:38:10.199
 now can any

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.759
 of us think of

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.440
 another time

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:13.379
 when God

00:38:13.379 --> 00:38:14.460
 came down

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:14.759
 on our

00:38:14.759 --> 00:38:15.079
 level

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:17.460
 and when God

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.239
 held back his

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.879
 full strength

00:38:18.879 --> 00:38:19.399
 and when God

00:38:19.399 --> 00:38:20.159
 laid aside

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:21.379
 his power

00:38:21.379 --> 00:38:21.739
 and God

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.480
 became weak

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.900
 in order to

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.400
 show us

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:25.719
 his face

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:27.480
 and where God

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.420
 didn't destroy us

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:29.059
 in judgment but

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.860
 he actually spared

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:30.559
 our life and he

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.280
 gave us salvation

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.960
 anybody think of a

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.619
 time when that

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.019
 happened

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:35.960
 2nd Corinthians 4

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.780
 says the light of

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.360
 the knowledge of

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:38.159
 God's glory is

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:39.139
 displayed in the

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:39.860
 face of Jesus

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.320
 Christ

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:42.740
 and that means

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:43.579
 that in the face

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.719
 of Jesus we see

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:45.740
 the face of God

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:46.380
 most clearly

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:48.340
 and yet at the

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:49.139
 same time

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.760
 Jesus is

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.960
 an Israelite

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:54.059
 he comes

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.720
 into the world

00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:55.519
 as the true

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:56.380
 Israelite who

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:57.579
 bears the name

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.039
 of God and

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.960
 whose whole life

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.599
 long was a

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.699
 desperate clinging

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.420
 to God

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:03.780
 and then at the

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:04.099
 end of the

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.679
 gospels when

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.599
 Jesus is alone

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.199
 in the dark

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:07.500
 like Jacob was

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.019
 alone in the

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.320
 dark

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:10.039
 and he's there

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.720
 in Gethsemane

00:39:10.720 --> 00:39:11.519
 Jesus says

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.000
 father

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:13.820
 I will not

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.440
 let you go

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.579
 even if you

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:16.139
 break me

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:19.519
 and of course

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:21.559
 the next day

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.199
 on his cross

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:23.099
 Jesus entire

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.559
 body

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.339
 Jesus entire

00:39:24.339 --> 00:39:24.879
 soul

00:39:24.879 --> 00:39:27.139
 was absolutely

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:28.279
 wrenched

00:39:28.279 --> 00:39:29.599
 in agony

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:32.359
 and while Jacob

00:39:32.359 --> 00:39:33.039
 risked his life

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.440
 to say

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.960
 I will not let

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.279
 you go

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:35.980
 unless you bless

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.359
 me

00:39:36.359 --> 00:39:39.480
 Jesus actually

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.359
 gave his life

00:39:40.359 --> 00:39:40.699
 and said

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:41.400
 I will not let

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:41.739
 you go

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:42.619
 until you bless

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:42.960
 them

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:46.000
 and on the

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.639
 cross we see

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.400
 this one who's

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:48.159
 struggling with

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:48.559
 God

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:50.579
 to win the

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.300
 blessing for us

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:51.740
 he's saying

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.420
 God let me

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.119
 take the curse

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.539
 so that they

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.039
 can get the

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:54.400
 blessing

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:58.119
 God do not

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:59.139
 spare my life

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:01.860
 because I want

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.380
 to spare their

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:03.300
 lives eternally

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:06.619
 God's war

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:07.199
 against our

00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:08.039
 sin that's

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.940
 destroying us

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.840
 is finally

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:11.420
 finally won

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:13.159
 in that

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:13.880
 bloody mess

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.300
 of Jesus

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:14.900
 cross

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:17.099
 and the

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:17.760
 crucifixion

00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:18.059
 of

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:20.240
 the Lord

00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:21.400
 who made

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:21.860
 heaven and

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.180
 earth

00:40:22.180 --> 00:40:23.720
 shows us

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:23.960
 what it

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.500
 actually means

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:24.920
 to be

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.480
 Israel

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:27.559
 right

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.599
 because God

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.240
 in that

00:40:29.240 --> 00:40:29.740
 moment on the

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:29.980
 cross

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.340
 God

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:30.840
 fights

00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:31.320
 God

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:33.180
 wins

00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:33.639
 God

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:34.519
 rules

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:36.240
 not through

00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:37.039
 naked power

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.539
 not through

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.280
 raw strength

00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:38.519
 he

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:40.259
 he wins

00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:40.599
 through

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.679
 weakness

00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:44.000
 he wins

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.199
 through

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:44.880
 powerlessness

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:47.179
 he wins

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.380
 through

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:47.940
 sacrificial

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.579
 self-giving

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.579
 love

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:51.980
 and so

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.300
 friends

00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:52.860
 I ask you

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.300
 are you

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:54.980
 are you

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:55.380
 able to

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:55.719
 say

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.960
 like Jacob

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.320
 said

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.940
 I have

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.340
 seen

00:40:59.340 --> 00:41:00.320
 God's

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.699
 face

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:02.940
 in his

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.340
 crucified

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:03.880
 son

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.500
 Jesus

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:07.260
 and because

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:07.780
 of that

00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:10.239
 my life

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:10.739
 was spared

00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:13.119
 my life

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:13.559
 has been

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:14.659
 saved

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:18.079
 you know

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:18.400
 if God

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:18.820
 can turn

00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:19.239
 this night

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.599
 of fear

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.079
 for Jacob

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.519
 into a

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:20.900
 new morning

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.340
 of hope

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:22.840
 for Israel

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:24.960
 how much

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.420
 more hope

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:26.059
 do we have

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.500
 in the morning

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:26.840
 light

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:29.000
 that's risen

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.760
 upon us

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:30.300
 on Easter

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:30.679
 Sunday

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:32.619
 how much

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:33.099
 more hope

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:33.719
 do we have

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:34.219
 in that new

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:34.579
 life

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:34.959
 that's been

00:41:34.959 --> 00:41:35.559
 given to us

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:35.859
 by our

00:41:35.859 --> 00:41:36.399
 crucified

00:41:36.399 --> 00:41:37.879
 yet resurrected

00:41:37.879 --> 00:41:38.619
 Lord Jesus

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:44.119
 the story

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.819
 ends in a

00:41:44.819 --> 00:41:45.679
 fascinating way

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.079
 it says in

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.619
 verse 31

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.619
 the son

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:48.239
 rose above

00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:48.759
 him as he

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:49.099
 passed

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:49.480
 Peniel

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:49.899
 and he

00:41:49.899 --> 00:41:50.480
 was limping

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.000
 because

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.759
 of his

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:52.039
 hip

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:53.599
 therefore

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.079
 to this

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.259
 day

00:41:54.259 --> 00:41:54.759
 the Israelites

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:55.199
 do not

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:55.539
 eat the

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:55.759
 tendon

00:41:55.759 --> 00:41:56.239
 attached

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:56.500
 to the

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:56.759
 socket

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:56.980
 of the

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.159
 hip

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.439
 because

00:41:57.439 --> 00:41:57.619
 the

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:57.919
 socket

00:41:57.919 --> 00:41:58.159
 of

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:58.579
 Jacob's

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:58.839
 hip

00:41:58.839 --> 00:41:59.719
 was

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:00.159
 touched

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.239
 near

00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:01.419
 the

00:42:01.419 --> 00:42:01.679
 tendon

00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:03.359
 let's

00:42:03.359 --> 00:42:03.619
 pray

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:09.000
 oh God

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.599
 make us

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:12.039
 a people

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.500
 who want

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:12.759
 to get

00:42:12.759 --> 00:42:13.039
 alone

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:13.480
 with you

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:16.940
 make us

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:17.440
 a community

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:17.920
 of God

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.539
 wrestlers

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:22.480
 Lord make

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:22.859
 us people

00:42:22.859 --> 00:42:23.359
 who cling

00:42:23.359 --> 00:42:23.839
 to you

00:42:23.839 --> 00:42:24.339
 even when

00:42:24.339 --> 00:42:24.859
 it hurts

00:42:24.859 --> 00:42:27.380
 people who

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:27.819
 hold on

00:42:27.819 --> 00:42:28.159
 to you

00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:28.519
 no matter

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:28.900
 what

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:32.000
 make us

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.320
 a people

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:32.700
 who will

00:42:32.700 --> 00:42:33.119
 not let

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:33.539
 go of

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:33.720
 you

00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:34.180
 until we

00:42:34.180 --> 00:42:34.460
 get the

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.840
 blessing

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:37.880
 of God

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.139
 and the

00:42:38.139 --> 00:42:38.539
 name of

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:38.860
 God

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:39.200
 and the

00:42:39.200 --> 00:42:39.840
 face of

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:40.119
 God

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:42.900
 Lord make

00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:43.099
 us a

00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:43.480
 people who

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:44.079
 walk not

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:44.460
 in our

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:44.700
 own

00:42:44.700 --> 00:42:45.320
 sufficiency

00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:47.320
 relying on

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:47.800
 ourselves

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:48.220
 and relying

00:42:48.220 --> 00:42:48.519
 on our

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:48.980
 strength

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:51.260
 but cause

00:42:51.260 --> 00:42:51.500
 us to

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:51.699
 be a

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:51.940
 people

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:52.240
 who

00:42:52.240 --> 00:42:53.280
 walk

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:53.420
 with

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:53.539
 a

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:53.780
 limp

00:42:53.780 --> 00:42:56.159
 cause

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:56.380
 us to

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:56.579
 be a

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:56.800
 people

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:56.960
 who

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.380
 pray

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:58.820
 in

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.059
 humble

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.639
 dependence

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:01.199
 on the

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:01.539
 God of

00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:01.860
 Abraham

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.519
 Isaac

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:02.719
 and

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.019
 Jacob

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:05.039
 we pray

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.280
 in

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:05.840
 Jesus

00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:06.260
 name

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:07.360
 amen

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:07.680