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 It's on page 51 of the Red Church Bibles.

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 When the news reached Pharaoh's palace that Joseph's brothers had come,

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 Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased.

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 Pharaoh said to Joseph, tell your brothers, do this,

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 load your animals and return to the land of Canaan,

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 and bring me, your father, and your families back to me.

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 I will give you the best of the land of Egypt,

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 and you can enjoy the fat of the land.

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 You were also instructed to tell them, do this,

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 take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives,

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 and get your father to come.

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 Never mind about your belongings,

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 because the best of all Egypt will be yours.

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 So the son of Israel did this.

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 Joseph gave them carts, as Pharaoh had commanded.

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 He also gave them provisions for their journey.

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 To each of them he gave new clothing,

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 but to Benjamin he gave 300 shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.

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 And this is what he sent to his father,

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 ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt,

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 and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread

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 and other provisions for his journey.

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 Then he sent his brothers away,

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 and as they were leaving he said to them,

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 don't quarrel on the way.

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 So they went up out of Egypt

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 and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

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 They told him,

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 Joseph is still alive,

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 in fact he is the ruler of all Egypt.

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 Jacob was stunned,

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 he did not believe them.

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 But when they told him everything that Joseph had said to them,

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 and when he saw the carts that Joseph has sent

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 to carry him back,

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 the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

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 And Israel said,

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 I'm convinced my son Joseph is still alive.

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 I will go and see him before I die.

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 So Israel set out with all that was his.

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 And when he reached Beersheba,

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 he offered sacrifices to God of his father Isaac.

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 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said,

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 Jacob, Jacob, here I am, he replied.

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 I am God, the God of your father, he said.

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 Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt,

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 for I will make you into a great nation there.

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 I will go down to Egypt with you,

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 and I will surely bring you back again.

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 And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes.

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 Then Jacob left Beersheba,

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 and Israel's sons took their father Jacob

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 and their children and their wives

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 in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport them.

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 So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt,

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 taking with them their livestock

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 and possessions that they had acquired in Canaan.

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 Jacob brought with them to Egypt

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 his sons and grandsons

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 and his daughters and granddaughters

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 and all his offspring.

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 Thank you, Louise.

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 So let's keep our Bibles open there

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 at Genesis 45, 46,

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 and you can follow along.

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 Let's pray as we look at God's word.

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 Father, thank you for these great stories,

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 these true accounts of your people

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 who lived so long ago,

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 but yet speak truth for us today.

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 And so we ask for your help

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 that we would be able to apply that truth to our lives,

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 that it may change us and help us

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 as we walk with you.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, it was an emotional moment.

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 After years of division,

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 lies, and heartache,

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 finally, there's reconciliation and restoration.

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 Just look back, chapter 45, verse 4.

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 22 years had passed,

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 and then Joseph said to his brothers,

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 come close to me.

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 When they had done so, he said,

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 I am your brother Joseph,

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 the one you had sold into Egypt.

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 Verse 14.

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 And Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin

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 and wept.

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 And Benjamin embraced him weeping.

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 And Joseph kissed all his brothers

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 and wept over them.

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 22 years of shame and guilt

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 had been confessed and forgiven.

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 It was a turning point for the brothers.

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 It was a fresh start and a new beginning.

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 And now as we continue on in the account,

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 we discover that they're on their way to Egypt.

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 And as we follow them on their journey,

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 there are three things we're going to learn

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 that will help us on our journey

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 as we walk with God.

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 There's a warning,

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 there's a reminder,

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 and a guarantee.

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 A warning,

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 a reminder,

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 and a guarantee.

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 Three things we're going to follow

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 on this journey.

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 So first,

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 the warning,

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 beware the sins of your fathers.

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 Now,

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 following the brothers' dramatic transformation

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 came this unexpected invitation.

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 Verse 17.

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 Pharaoh said to Joseph,

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 tell your brothers,

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 do this,

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 load your animals

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 and return to your home,

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 to the land of Canaan,

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 and bring your father

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 and your families back to me,

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 and I will give you

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 the best of land in Egypt,

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 and you can enjoy the fat

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 of the land.

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 All they would ever need

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 is promised to them.

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 They've gone from famine

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 to fortune.

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 They could hardly believe it.

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 But old sins

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 threatened

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 to ruin it all.

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 You see,

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 we've all got

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 our weaknesses,

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 haven't we?

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 Our Achilles heel.

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 For Jacob

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 and his family,

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 it was

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 favoritism.

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 And it appears

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 there was a history

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 to it.

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 Apparently,

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 it all started

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 with Jacob's parents,

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 Isaac and Rebecca.

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 They had two children,

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 Esau,

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 and the other one

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 was Jacob.

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 And the story tells us

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 in chapter 25

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 that Isaac

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 loved Esau,

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 but Rebecca

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 loved Jacob.

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 Now,

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 that's never good

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 for family dynamics,

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 is it,

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 to have parents

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 loving one

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 more than the other?

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 In fact,

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 as we read on

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 in the account,

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 it set a pattern

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 that practically

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 divided

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 and destroyed

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 the family.

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 Later on,

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 we learn that

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 Jacob married

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 two women,

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 Leah and Rachel.

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 And once again,

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 favoritism came through.

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 The story tells us

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 in chapter 29

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 that Jacob's love

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 for Rachel

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 was greater

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 than his love

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 for Leah.

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 Favoritism.

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 And this

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 seeped through

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 into the love

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 for the children.

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 Chapter 37,

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 verse 3,

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 tells us,

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 now Jacob

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 loved Joseph

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 more than

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 any of his

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 other's sons.

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 Favoritism.

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 And the brothers

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 hated him

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 for it.

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 They were filled

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 with jealousy

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 and envy

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 and they sold him

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 as a slave.

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 That's what we've been

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 looking at

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 over the weeks.

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 But with Joseph

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 gone,

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 Jacob's favoritism

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 jumped to

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 Benjamin.

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 So when the news

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 came to Jacob

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 that if the family

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 were going to receive

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 any more food

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 from Egypt,

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 they would have to

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 send Benjamin

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 down there.

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 And Jacob

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 would adamant,

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 have a look at

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 chapter 42,

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 just go back

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 a couple of pages,

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 chapter 42,

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 verse 38.

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 So the request

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 has been to bring

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 Benjamin down

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 to Egypt.

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 And Jacob said,

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 my son will not

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 go down there

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 with you.

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 His brother,

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 thinking of Joseph,

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 is dead.

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 And he is the

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 only one

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 left.

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 Well,

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 he wasn't the

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 only one left,

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 was he?

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 Jacob had

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 ten other sons,

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 but of all

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 the sons,

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 it seems

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 only one

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 son mattered.

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 Generations

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 torn apart

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 by favoritism,

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 envy,

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 and jealousy.

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 Now let's go

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 back to

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 chapter 45.

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 But all

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 seems to be

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 different now.

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 The brothers

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 had repented,

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 they've been

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 reconciled to

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 Joseph,

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 it's a new

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 beginning,

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 it's a fresh

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 start,

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 but sin

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 once again

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 raises its

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 ugly head.

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 Did you

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 notice it

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 when we

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 listened to

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 the reading?

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 Verse 21,

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 Joseph gave

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 them carts

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 as Pharaoh

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 had commanded,

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 and he also

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 gave them

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 provisions for

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 the journey.

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 To each of

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 them he gave

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 new clothing.

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 nothing.

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 But to

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 Benjamin,

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 he gave

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 300 shekels

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 of silver.

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 Now that's

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 enough to

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 pay off his

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 mortgage,

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 buy himself

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 a nice new

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 car,

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 and have

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 money left

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 over for a

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 lovely holiday.

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 But not

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 just that,

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 five

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 walk-in

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 wardrobes.

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 it seems

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 that Joseph

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 has got

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 his own

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 favourite.

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 And there

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 was potential

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 for further

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 upset.

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 Was envy

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 and jealousy

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 beginning to

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 strike again?

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 Look at

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 verse 24.

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 And Joseph

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 sent his

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 brothers away,

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 and as they

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 were leaving,

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 he said to

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 them,

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 don't quarrel

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 on the

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 way.

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 It seems

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 Joseph has

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 his own

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 favourites,

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 and he knew

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 the danger

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 of favouritism.

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 But it seems

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 he's blind

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 to his own

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 behaviours.

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 The sins

00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:12.440
 of our

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 fathers

00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:14.960
 are never

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 too far

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 away.

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 Now

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 favouritism

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 mightn't be

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 your issue.

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 It could

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 be stubbornness,

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 or maybe

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 it's control.

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 Or maybe

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 it's lies,

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 or

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 unforgiveness,

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 or

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 manipulation,

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 or keeping

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 a grudge.

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 And if

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 you're not

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 quite sure

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 what your

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 sin struggle

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 is,

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 well then

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 ask your

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 spouse or

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 a close

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 friend,

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 because they'll

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 know what

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 it is,

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 and they'll

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 tell you.

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 You see,

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 we learn

00:11:52.860 --> 00:11:53.620
 behaviours,

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 don't we?

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 We repeat

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 patterns.

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 that's why

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 people say

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 things like

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 this,

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 oh he's

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 an old

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 chip off,

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 he's a

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 chip off

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 the old

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 block.

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 Or she's

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 got her

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 mother's

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 ways.

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 We know

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 what we

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 mean when

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 we say

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 that.

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 You see,

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 God in

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 his grace

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 has given

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 us so

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 much and

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 he's blessed

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 us,

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 not least

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 with family

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 and friends,

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 but how

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 often are

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 those

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 relationships

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 broken and

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 shattered,

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 and remain

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 broken and

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 shattered

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 because of

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 pride and

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 anger and

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 stubbornness and

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 favouritism.

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 Are we able

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 to spot and

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 recognise the

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 sins that

00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:42.680
 continue down

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 through our

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 family and in

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 our own

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 life?

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 Of course,

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 we have sins

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 that are similar

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 to Adam,

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 our first

00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:52.580
 father.

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 sin of

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 selfishness,

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 living as

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 we please

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 and doing

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 as we

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 want.

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 You see,

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 we not only

00:13:02.100 --> 00:13:02.519
 need to

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 recognise our

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 sin,

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 we need to

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 confront it

00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:06.220
 and deal

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 with it,

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 admit to

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 it,

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 own up,

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 confess it

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 to God.

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 Because if

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 we don't

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 deal with

00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:15.879
 our sin,

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 it will

00:13:17.420 --> 00:13:18.040
 come to

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 the surface

00:13:18.860 --> 00:13:20.740
 in divisive

00:13:20.740 --> 00:13:21.519
 and destructive

00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:22.279
 ways.

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 just as it

00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:24.899
 did in

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 Jacob's

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 family and

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 as it

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 seems to

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 be arising

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 once again

00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:31.180
 with Joseph.

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 So as we

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 journey along,

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 first,

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 beware the

00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:39.420
 sins of

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 your fathers.

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 second,

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 a reminder,

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 remember the

00:13:48.400 --> 00:13:48.960
 promises

00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:50.280
 from our

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 God.

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 Jacob's

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 life has

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 been filled

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 with trouble

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 and trials,

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 primarily as

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 we've just

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 seen,

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 by his own

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 doing,

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 especially the

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 sin of

00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:01.379
 favouritism.

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 Yet God

00:14:03.020 --> 00:14:03.900
 doesn't give

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 up.

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 he sticks

00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:07.300
 with sinners.

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 The brothers

00:14:09.680 --> 00:14:10.700
 return home

00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:11.139
 to their

00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:11.620
 father,

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 and it's

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 not just

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 with provisions

00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:14.860
 and an

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 invitation to

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 go to

00:14:16.100 --> 00:14:16.519
 Egypt,

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 but with

00:14:17.420 --> 00:14:18.080
 some great

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 news.

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 Look at

00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.860
 verse 26.

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 The brothers

00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:23.660
 told their

00:14:23.660 --> 00:14:24.660
 father Jacob,

00:14:25.540 --> 00:14:26.440
 Joseph is

00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:27.379
 still alive.

00:14:28.280 --> 00:14:28.840
 In fact,

00:14:28.900 --> 00:14:29.340
 he's the

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 ruler of

00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:30.940
 all Egypt.

00:14:30.940 --> 00:14:32.620
 Jacob was

00:14:32.620 --> 00:14:33.300
 stunned.

00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:34.840
 He couldn't

00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:35.680
 believe it.

00:14:36.540 --> 00:14:37.740
 22 years

00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:38.540
 have passed.

00:14:39.920 --> 00:14:40.300
 And when

00:14:40.300 --> 00:14:40.840
 they told

00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:41.440
 him everything

00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:42.180
 Joseph had

00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:42.600
 said to

00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:42.760
 them,

00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:43.080
 and when

00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:43.480
 he saw

00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:44.140
 the carts

00:14:44.140 --> 00:14:45.160
 Joseph had

00:14:45.160 --> 00:14:45.640
 sent to

00:14:45.640 --> 00:14:46.100
 carry him

00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:46.440
 back,

00:14:46.880 --> 00:14:47.540
 the spirit

00:14:47.540 --> 00:14:47.920
 of their

00:14:47.920 --> 00:14:49.040
 father Jacob

00:14:49.040 --> 00:14:50.220
 revived.

00:14:51.800 --> 00:14:51.940
 And

00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:53.260
 Israel said,

00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:54.000
 I'm

00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.120
 convinced.

00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:56.800
 My son

00:14:56.800 --> 00:14:57.740
 Joseph is

00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.600
 still alive.

00:14:59.340 --> 00:14:59.860
 I will

00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.400
 go.

00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:01.660
 and see

00:15:01.660 --> 00:15:02.680
 him before

00:15:02.680 --> 00:15:04.380
 I die.

00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:06.680
 Now,

00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:07.280
 the question

00:15:07.280 --> 00:15:07.880
 we're all

00:15:07.880 --> 00:15:08.860
 asking is,

00:15:09.880 --> 00:15:10.680
 did the

00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:11.860
 brothers tell

00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:12.740
 their father

00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:14.240
 what they

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.740
 did to

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.140
 Joseph?

00:15:16.140 --> 00:15:16.400
 Do you

00:15:16.400 --> 00:15:16.780
 think they

00:15:16.780 --> 00:15:17.100
 did?

00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.140
 Well,

00:15:20.280 --> 00:15:20.780
 we're not

00:15:20.780 --> 00:15:21.180
 told,

00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:21.720
 are we?

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 We're not

00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:23.820
 told what

00:15:23.820 --> 00:15:24.580
 they told

00:15:24.580 --> 00:15:25.600
 their father.

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 It appears

00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:27.440
 that that

00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:28.460
 particular piece

00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:29.200
 of information

00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:29.960
 is an

00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.400
 important,

00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:30.539
 important.

00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:31.100
 If it

00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:31.860
 really was

00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:32.360
 important,

00:15:32.459 --> 00:15:32.720
 it would

00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:33.419
 be recorded

00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:34.120
 for us,

00:15:34.199 --> 00:15:34.819
 but it's

00:15:34.819 --> 00:15:35.299
 not.

00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:37.019
 Instead,

00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:37.779
 we're told

00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:38.379
 of something

00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.399
 else that

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.059
 is more

00:15:40.059 --> 00:15:40.620
 important,

00:15:40.819 --> 00:15:41.159
 and this

00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:41.500
 is where

00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:42.079
 our focus

00:15:42.079 --> 00:15:42.679
 should be.

00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:43.919
 we don't

00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:44.339
 get an

00:15:44.339 --> 00:15:44.759
 answer,

00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.659
 we do

00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:46.339
 get a

00:15:46.339 --> 00:15:46.979
 promise.

00:15:48.739 --> 00:15:49.500
 Look at

00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:50.500
 chapter 46

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.259
 verse 2.

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:52.259
 God's

00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:53.259
 name.

00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:55.779
 And God

00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:56.620
 spoke to

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:57.659
 Israel in

00:15:57.659 --> 00:15:58.120
 a vision

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.740
 at night

00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.340
 and said,

00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:00.639
 Jacob,

00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:02.480
 Jacob,

00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:04.580
 here I

00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:04.960
 am,

00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:05.840
 he replied.

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.639
 I am

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.299
 God,

00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.559
 the God

00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:09.899
 of your

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.399
 father,

00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:11.100
 he said.

00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:14.920
 God's

00:16:14.920 --> 00:16:15.659
 calling out

00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:16.240
 to Jacob

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:16.600
 in a

00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:17.139
 vision is

00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:17.879
 specific

00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:18.960
 and

00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:19.720
 intentional.

00:16:20.800 --> 00:16:21.240
 God is

00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:22.240
 introducing

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:23.220
 himself to

00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:24.000
 Jacob as

00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.940
 the covenant

00:16:24.940 --> 00:16:25.500
 God,

00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:26.720
 the God

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.300
 who makes

00:16:27.300 --> 00:16:28.120
 promises

00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:29.680
 and keeps

00:16:29.680 --> 00:16:30.320
 promises.

00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:31.700
 I am

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.279
 God,

00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:32.920
 the God

00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.440
 of your

00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:34.379
 father,

00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:35.080
 he said.

00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:36.800
 this is

00:16:36.800 --> 00:16:37.560
 the commitment

00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:38.660
 that God

00:16:38.660 --> 00:16:39.139
 gives.

00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:39.900
 He is

00:16:39.900 --> 00:16:40.240
 the one

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:40.879
 who makes

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.460
 promises

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:42.580
 and keeps

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.120
 promises.

00:16:43.820 --> 00:16:44.180
 And to

00:16:44.180 --> 00:16:45.280
 enable Jacob

00:16:45.280 --> 00:16:46.100
 to trust

00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:46.639
 God,

00:16:47.040 --> 00:16:47.480
 he gives

00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:47.879
 another

00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.420
 promise.

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:48.900
 Look at

00:16:48.900 --> 00:16:49.540
 verse 4.

00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:51.700
 Or sorry,

00:16:51.800 --> 00:16:52.280
 verse 3,

00:16:52.400 --> 00:16:52.800
 we'll take

00:16:52.800 --> 00:16:53.120
 it up in

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.580
 verse 3.

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.379
 I am

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:54.740
 God,

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 the God

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 of your

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 father,

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 he said.

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 Do not

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 be afraid

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 to go

00:16:58.540 --> 00:16:59.040
 down to

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 Egypt,

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 for I

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 will make

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 you into

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 a great

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 nation.

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 And now

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 here comes

00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.600
 another

00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:05.179
 promise.

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 I will

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 go down

00:17:07.959 --> 00:17:08.699
 to Egypt

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 with you

00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.879
 and I

00:17:10.879 --> 00:17:11.740
 will surely

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 bring you

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 back again.

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 That's the

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 commitment of

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 God.

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 That's his

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 loyalty.

00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.539
 He proves

00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.559
 his promises

00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:23.099
 by his

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 presence.

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 Verse 4,

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 I will

00:17:26.699 --> 00:17:27.579
 go

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 with you.

00:17:29.899 --> 00:17:30.959
 I will

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 bring you

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 back.

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 I will

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 do it.

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 you see,

00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:37.619
 if we

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 have the

00:17:38.139 --> 00:17:38.939
 presence of

00:17:38.939 --> 00:17:39.699
 God with

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 us,

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 then we're

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 on solid

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.779
 ground.

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 We don't

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.720
 need to

00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.919
 fear and

00:17:45.919 --> 00:17:46.359
 we don't

00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:46.819
 need to

00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:47.199
 worry.

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 That's the

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 confidence the

00:17:49.899 --> 00:17:51.099
 writer of

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 Psalm 46

00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:52.799
 has.

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 Read along

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 with me.

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 God is our

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 refuge and

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:58.199
 strength,

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 an ever

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:01.539
 present help

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.699
 in trouble.

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:07.259
 God is the

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:08.059
 end of the

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 earth.

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 God is the

00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:09.519
 end of the

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 heart of

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 the sea.

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 Did you see

00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.620
 the solid

00:18:13.620 --> 00:18:14.340
 ground we

00:18:14.340 --> 00:18:14.860
 have there?

00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.380
 Do you see

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:16.140
 the promise?

00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:18.080
 Get your

00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:19.180
 highlighter out,

00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:19.840
 your pen,

00:18:20.360 --> 00:18:21.019
 scribble,

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 mark,

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 ever

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 present.

00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:26.480
 Ever

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 present.

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 It's a

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.339
 guarantee.

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.400
 It's a

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:30.900
 promise.

00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:32.220
 Our God is

00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:33.039
 the ever

00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:34.180
 present God.

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 He doesn't

00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.740
 leave us.

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.440
 He never

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 forsakes us.

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 You see,

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 this isn't just

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:41.240
 a nice

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:42.180
 sentiment that

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 we text to

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.579
 our friends

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 without any

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 thought.

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.099
 Oh,

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 God is with

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 you.

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 We just

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 palm it

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 off.

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 No,

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.519
 this is a

00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:52.640
 truth that

00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:53.200
 provides

00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.980
 security and

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.700
 stability.

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 I will

00:18:57.840 --> 00:18:59.500
 go with

00:18:59.500 --> 00:18:59.799
 you.

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 You see,

00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:02.259
 it doesn't

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:03.900
 matter whether

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.559
 we're travelling

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.140
 down to

00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:05.920
 Egypt like

00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:06.480
 the brothers

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:08.580
 or having

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:09.220
 to go and

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.740
 visit the

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.500
 doctor over

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 some concern

00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:13.220
 or we're

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:14.100
 starting into

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 a new job.

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:16.900
 Yes,

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:18.340
 we will

00:19:18.340 --> 00:19:19.100
 have fears

00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:19.960
 and worries,

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.880
 but we

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.600
 are not

00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:23.580
 alone.

00:19:24.340 --> 00:19:24.500
 The

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.100
 Creator

00:19:25.100 --> 00:19:25.660
 God,

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.539
 the

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.120
 Almighty

00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:27.720
 God,

00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:28.600
 the

00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:29.059
 covenant

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.860
 God who

00:19:29.860 --> 00:19:30.279
 makes

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:30.920
 promises

00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.680
 is

00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.200
 ever

00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:33.120
 present.

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.160
 I

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:34.799
 will

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:34.980
 be

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.299
 with

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:35.580
 you.

00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:37.259
 Yes,

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:37.980
 he is

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.620
 with people

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.200
 like you

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.640
 and me

00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:40.539
 who mess

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.039
 up and

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.720
 sin just

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.400
 like Jacob

00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:42.799
 did,

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:44.519
 but he

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.160
 sticks

00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:46.480
 with us.

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 So

00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:49.500
 first,

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:54.100
 beware of

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.539
 the sins

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:54.939
 of our

00:19:54.939 --> 00:19:55.359
 fathers

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:55.939
 and

00:19:55.939 --> 00:19:57.079
 remember the

00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:57.539
 promises

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:57.959
 of our

00:19:57.959 --> 00:19:58.439
 God

00:19:58.439 --> 00:19:59.279
 and

00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.939
 third,

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 here's the

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.240
 guarantee,

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.500
 recall the

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.399
 assurances

00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:06.299
 for our

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.799
 life,

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.339
 recall the

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:09.219
 assurance for

00:20:09.219 --> 00:20:09.959
 our lives.

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:12.039
 So with

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.680
 the promises

00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.400
 of God

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:14.180
 given to

00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:14.819
 Jacob,

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.940
 his family

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.799
 pack up

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.880
 and they

00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.980
 head for

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.539
 Egypt,

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.440
 verse 7.

00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:23.299
 Jacob

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:24.059
 brought with

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.539
 him to

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.319
 Egypt his

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.600
 sons and

00:20:26.600 --> 00:20:28.120
 grandsons and

00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:28.900
 his daughters

00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:30.600
 and granddaughters

00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:32.259
 and all his

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.759
 offspring.

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:34.599
 Now,

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.740
 that's enough

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.480
 information,

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.099
 isn't it?

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.460
 Isn't that all

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.079
 we need to

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.339
 know?

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.420
 Jacob and

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.039
 his family

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.099
 headed off

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.640
 down to

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.140
 Egypt.

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.799
 But what

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.559
 we get

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.579
 is another

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.579
 catalogue of

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.279
 one of those

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.940
 genealogies,

00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:51.339
 those boring

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:52.019
 details,

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.000
 like how

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.700
 many of us

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.500
 start reading

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.240
 verse 8,

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.319
 these are the

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:57.039
 names of the

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:58.019
 sons of Israel,

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.940
 Jacob and his

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.839
 descendants who

00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.299
 went to

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.720
 Egypt,

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.779
 Reuben,

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:03.240
 the firstborn

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.839
 of Jacob,

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:05.220
 the sons of

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.660
 Reuben,

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.539
 Hanok,

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.240
 Palu,

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.200
 Hezron,

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.099
 Carmi.

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.720
 Do you want

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.220
 me to keep

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.599
 going?

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:14.220
 Do we really

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:14.960
 need to know

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.960
 everybody's

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.319
 name?

00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.019
 I mean,

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.559
 the writer

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.000
 could have

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.740
 just saved a

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.019
 lot of

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.799
 research and

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.819
 time and

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.899
 just stopped

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.920
 at verse 7

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:25.139
 and jump all

00:21:25.139 --> 00:21:25.660
 the way to

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.660
 verse 28

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.740
 where the

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:29.119
 story continues.

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:31.719
 So why

00:21:31.719 --> 00:21:32.000
 have we

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.539
 got all

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.199
 this list

00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:33.819
 of names?

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.419
 Does he

00:21:36.419 --> 00:21:37.179
 just like

00:21:37.179 --> 00:21:37.839
 names?

00:21:37.939 --> 00:21:38.179
 Has he

00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:38.479
 got a

00:21:38.479 --> 00:21:38.859
 particular

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.419
 hobby?

00:21:40.479 --> 00:21:40.739
 No,

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.219
 it's much

00:21:41.219 --> 00:21:41.959
 deeper and

00:21:41.959 --> 00:21:42.479
 richer than

00:21:42.479 --> 00:21:42.739
 that.

00:21:42.739 --> 00:21:43.519
 But this

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.500
 list of

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.939
 names reveals

00:21:45.939 --> 00:21:46.619
 to us

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.500
 God's

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.539
 faithfulness

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.339
 or to be

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:50.339
 more accurate

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:51.259
 God's

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.019
 assurances

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.000
 to his

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:54.339
 people in

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:54.939
 times of

00:21:54.939 --> 00:21:55.799
 great failure.

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:57.839
 look with

00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:58.240
 me at

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.740
 this list

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.399
 of names.

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.700
 They're

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:03.759
 recorded or

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.599
 broken up

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.500
 into four

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.119
 groups.

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.059
 So starting

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:09.019
 in verse 8

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:10.200
 we have a

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.799
 list of

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:12.159
 names of

00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:13.519
 sons and

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.159
 then come

00:22:14.159 --> 00:22:15.339
 to verse 15

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.659
 and we're

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:18.079
 told these

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:18.460
 are the

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.619
 sons of

00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:20.779
 Leah born

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.680
 to Jacob.

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.619
 And then

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.119
 we have a

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.599
 list of

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.460
 other sons.

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.799
 And we

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.240
 get to

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.980
 verse 18

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.359
 and we're

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:29.720
 told these

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.039
 are the

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.899
 children born

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:31.940
 to Jacob

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:33.139
 by Zilpah.

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.879
 And then

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.339
 we've got

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:36.319
 more names.

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.359
 And then

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:38.240
 verse 22

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.819
 these were

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.519
 the sons

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.319
 of Rachel

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.799
 who were

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.339
 born to

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.700
 Jacob.

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.000
 And then

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.339
 a few

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:45.419
 more and

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:45.839
 in verse

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:47.899
 25 these

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:48.220
 are the

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.940
 sons born

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.740
 to Jacob

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:51.159
 by Bilhah.

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.240
 What's

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.000
 going on?

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.980
 why all

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.440
 these

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.039
 kind of

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.619
 references

00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.240
 to their

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.819
 mothers?

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.319
 Well

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.140
 Leah was

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.720
 Jacob's

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.599
 first wife.

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.019
 And remember

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.460
 we learned

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.960
 this just

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.279
 now.

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.319
 Jacob

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.319
 didn't love

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.680
 Leah.

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.799
 He loved

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.400
 Rachel.

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.059
 And it

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.920
 sparked off

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.579
 a baby

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.079
 war.

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.200
 Who could

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.720
 get the

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.640
 most babies

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.220
 out of

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.599
 Jacob?

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.680
 And when

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.259
 they couldn't

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.720
 have more

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.779
 babies they

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.279
 got their

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.240
 maidservants

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.000
 involved.

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.460
 Zilpah

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.380
 and Bilhah.

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:25.960
 It sparked

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.500
 was all

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.279
 sparked off

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.299
 by favoritism

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.859
 which led

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.539
 to envy

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.420
 and rivalry.

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.920
 One family

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:33.759
 but here

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.460
 they are

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.539
 divided

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.960
 and broken

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:38.200
 in four.

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:39.900
 You see

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.400
 that's what

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.220
 favoritism

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.660
 does.

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.559
 That's what

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.380
 sin does.

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.480
 It wrecks

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.019
 and it

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.599
 destroys.

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.859
 They are a

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.660
 family that

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.039
 have been

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:49.140
 broken up.

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:51.420
 But yet

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.320
 here they

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:53.440
 are all

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.040
 listed,

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.280
 all named,

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.640
 all recorded.

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.640
 Not one

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:58.980
 of them

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.600
 is missing.

00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:00.700
 They're all

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.240
 accounted

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.700
 for.

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:02.360
 Why?

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.700
 Because God

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.200
 had made

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.920
 a promise

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.660
 that he

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.160
 was going

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.740
 to make

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.480
 this ragamuffin

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.160
 bunch of

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.680
 failures

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.820
 into a

00:24:10.820 --> 00:24:12.040
 great nation

00:24:12.040 --> 00:24:12.920
 so that

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.520
 they in

00:24:13.520 --> 00:24:14.080
 turn could

00:24:14.080 --> 00:24:14.480
 go and

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:14.860
 be a

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.280
 blessing

00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:15.740
 to the

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.200
 nations.

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:20.620
 It's a

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.259
 wonder that

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.560
 they've

00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:21.900
 actually

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.560
 made it

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:23.280
 so far.

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.200
 In one

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.860
 sense these

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.680
 names shouldn't

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.240
 be here

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.400
 but they

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:28.940
 are.

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.620
 And it's

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.259
 all down

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.140
 to God's

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.780
 stubborn

00:24:32.780 --> 00:24:34.320
 faithfulness

00:24:34.320 --> 00:24:35.900
 to a

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.320
 bunch

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:37.500
 of failures.

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.000
 And so

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.600
 as we look

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:40.960
 at this

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.500
 list of

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.940
 names

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:43.240
 we don't

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.560
 go

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.300
 isn't

00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:44.520
 that

00:24:44.520 --> 00:24:45.000
 boring.

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.819
 we are

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.779
 amazed at

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.339
 what God

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.859
 has done.

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:50.000
 Verse 27

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:52.220
 With the

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.880
 two sons

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.200
 who had

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.700
 been born

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.319
 to Joseph

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.059
 in Egypt

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:56.440
 the members

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.200
 of Jacob's

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.900
 family which

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.380
 went to

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.859
 Egypt

00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:00.480
 were 70

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.900
 in all.

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.539
 Now 70

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.299
 isn't much

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.940
 of a nation

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.500
 is it?

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.079
 And they

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.619
 don't seem

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.240
 to be doing

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:10.059
 much blessing.

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.200
 Maybe you've

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.900
 got 70

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.339
 in your

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.920
 family you

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.160
 wouldn't

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.819
 call yourself

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.439
 a nation.

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.139
 Well nations

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.599
 have to

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.579
 start somewhere

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.220
 don't they?

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.839
 And that's

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.279
 where the

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.220
 story brings

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.519
 us.

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.480
 God

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.460
 assures us

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.039
 that he

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.639
 keeps his

00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.019
 promise.

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.939
 He said

00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:27.220
 he would

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.599
 have a

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:27.919
 nation

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.819
 and here

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.159
 he's

00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:29.559
 building

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.200
 a nation.

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:34.000
 But our

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.839
 story doesn't

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.460
 end there.

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.379
 You see

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.240
 from this

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.059
 broken

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.799
 family

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:41.579
 God was

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.079
 going to

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.679
 bring his

00:25:42.679 --> 00:25:43.299
 promise

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.980
 to

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.579
 fulfillment.

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:46.339
 from the

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.259
 family line

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.839
 of Jacob

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.839
 would come

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.419
 eventually

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:50.119
 down through

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.759
 the years

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.859
 the saviour

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.200
 of the

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.559
 world

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.079
 Jesus

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.740
 Christ.

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.139
 The one

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.700
 who brings

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.319
 the blessing

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.839
 of new

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.740
 life and

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.200
 eternal

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.200
 hope to

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.500
 all the

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:00.980
 nations.

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.700
 You see

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.379
 God may

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.019
 have started

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.980
 out way

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.519
 back in

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:06.919
 Genesis

00:26:06.919 --> 00:26:07.740
 with a

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.500
 nation of

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.059
 70.

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:10.059
 God's

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:11.059
 love to

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.079
 God.

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.539
 But today

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.359
 there are

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:13.220
 hundreds of

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.119
 millions of

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:15.139
 people who

00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:15.619
 have been

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:17.000
 brought into

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.659
 the family

00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.339
 of God

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.599
 by trusting

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.240
 in Jesus

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.000
 Christ.

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.799
 Listen to

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.200
 what the

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.059
 apostle Peter

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.919
 reminds us.

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.240
 You can

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.839
 follow it on

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.399
 the screen.

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.779
 Peter says,

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.200
 I now

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.059
 realize how

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.940
 true it is

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:33.099
 that God

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.960
 does not

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.899
 show

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.740
 favouritism.

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:37.299
 Our

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.779
 problem

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.519
 often is

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.279
 favouritism

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.799
 but not

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.500
 with God.

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.400
 He accepts

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.279
 people from

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.400
 every

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.000
 nation.

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.720
 The one

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.359
 who fears

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.799
 him and

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.299
 does what

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.900
 is right.

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.400
 Everyone

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.279
 who believes

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.799
 in him

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.400
 receives

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.920
 forgiveness

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.839
 of sins

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:55.500
 through his

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.180
 name.

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.319
 You see

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.940
 just as

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.779
 God said

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.900
 he is

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.640
 building a

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.059
 nation,

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.000
 a people

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.839
 belonging to

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.099
 him,

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.039
 a bunch

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.700
 of failures

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.380
 who have

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.160
 been forgiven

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.980
 and are

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.960
 welcomed into

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.420
 God's

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.880
 family.

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.059
 And God

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.940
 loves

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.920
 everyone

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:15.019
 equally.

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.380
 Each one

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.660
 is treasured.

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.059
 There is

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.160
 no favouritism

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.720
 within the

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.240
 family of

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.500
 God.

00:27:21.840 --> 00:27:22.420
 And everyone

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.319
 is remembered

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.100
 and everyone

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.900
 is accounted

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.340
 for.

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.600
 This family,

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:27.759
 this nation

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.420
 is what we

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:29.680
 call the

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.319
 church.

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.700
 That's who

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.299
 we are,

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.400
 a nation

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.400
 gathering

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:36.180
 together,

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:37.580
 who have

00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:38.480
 been commissioned

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.440
 by the

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.280
 risen Jesus

00:27:40.280 --> 00:27:41.320
 to go

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:41.980
 and bring

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.780
 blessing to

00:27:42.780 --> 00:27:43.460
 the nations.

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.640
 Remember what

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.540
 Jesus said?

00:27:46.540 --> 00:27:47.480
 The end of

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.019
 Matthew's

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.400
 gospel,

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:49.480
 chapter 28.

00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:52.040
 Go and

00:27:52.040 --> 00:27:52.500
 make

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.420
 disciples

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:55.280
 of all

00:27:55.280 --> 00:27:55.900
 nations

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:57.960
 and surely

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.800
 I am with

00:27:58.800 --> 00:27:59.880
 you always

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.880
 to the very

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.519
 end of the

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.040
 age.

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.079
 age.

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.500
 There's

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.220
 that promise

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.740
 again.

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.079
 The

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.960
 ever-present

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.700
 promise.

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.460
 These are

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.099
 the last

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.819
 words of

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.200
 Jesus

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.220
 recorded by

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.879
 Matthew in

00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.500
 his gospel.

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.279
 And of

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.700
 all the

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.420
 things Jesus

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.099
 wants us

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.779
 to remember,

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.839
 it's this

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:19.599
 promise that

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.639
 as you go

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.359
 as my

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.899
 people,

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.399
 I am

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:24.099
 with you

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:25.200
 always.

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.519
 grace.

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.360
 I am

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:28.120
 ever-present

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:30.180
 in whatever

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.819
 you do.

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:34.279
 You see,

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.900
 the account

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.680
 of Jacob's

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.200
 family

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:38.480
 enables us

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.860
 to recall

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:41.059
 the assurances

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.860
 of God.

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.980
 It gives us

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.860
 assurance that

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.860
 God will do

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:47.059
 what he says

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.840
 he will do.

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.400
 God is

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.299
 working through

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.200
 his people,

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.340
 people like

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.939
 us, who

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:54.519
 are gathered

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.299
 here in

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.179
 Carigaline,

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.079
 to build

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:59.000
 his church,

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.599
 to share

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.059
 the good

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.599
 news of

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.759
 Christ, so

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.419
 that all

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:04.399
 nations, all

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.579
 people, might

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.240
 be welcomed

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.659
 in.

00:29:07.699 --> 00:29:08.480
 And how do

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.119
 we know it's

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.559
 going to

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:09.919
 happen?

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:12.059
 Because of

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.859
 this story.

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.799
 Because of

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.379
 what God

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:16.199
 started and

00:29:16.199 --> 00:29:16.639
 what he's

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.519
 continuing to

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:17.779
 do.

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.480
 And it

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.679
 happens by

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:20.579
 the stubborn

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.919
 faithfulness of

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.320
 God.

00:29:26.300 --> 00:29:27.380
 So as we

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.039
 follow the

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.680
 journey with

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.420
 these brothers,

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:32.440
 let's learn

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.080
 from them.

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.900
 As we

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.779
 journey with

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.740
 God together,

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:39.160
 let us be

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.960
 aware of the

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.640
 sins of our

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.060
 father.

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.680
 Deal with

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.000
 it.

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:45.019
 Otherwise it

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.940
 will come up

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.680
 to the surface

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.240
 and it will

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.140
 be destructive

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.840
 and divisive.

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:52.299
 And as we

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.359
 journey, let

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:54.039
 us remember

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.779
 the promises

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.319
 of our

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.659
 God.

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.699
 He is

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.519
 with you.

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.319
 He is

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.759
 ever

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.299
 present.

00:30:03.439 --> 00:30:04.579
 And let's

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:05.539
 together recall

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.519
 the assurances

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.759
 for our

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.199
 life.

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.259
 That God

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.980
 will keep

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.740
 his promise

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:13.439
 and God

00:30:13.439 --> 00:30:14.159
 will build

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:15.480
 his church.

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.579
 change.

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.599
 Let's

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.680
 pray together.

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:20.680
 our

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:34.680
 father God,

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.360
 there is

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:36.480
 much for

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.000
 us to

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:39.279
 learn as

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:41.039
 we walk

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.880
 our path,

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.320
 as we

00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:43.220
 journey with

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.620
 you.

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:48.739
 would you

00:30:48.739 --> 00:30:49.519
 please help

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.059
 us to

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:51.939
 learn these

00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:52.979
 three things

00:30:52.979 --> 00:30:53.859
 that we've

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.319
 looked at

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.739
 today.

00:30:57.439 --> 00:30:58.119
 Father,

00:30:58.239 --> 00:30:58.839
 help us

00:30:58.839 --> 00:31:00.019
 not to

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:01.099
 hide our

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.459
 sin,

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:04.019
 but to

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.599
 deal with

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.939
 it, to

00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:06.799
 confess it,

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.039
 so that it

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.899
 doesn't become

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:12.579
 divisive or

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.279
 destructive.

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:16.839
 father,

00:31:16.979 --> 00:31:17.479
 thank you

00:31:17.479 --> 00:31:17.899
 for the

00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:18.299
 wonderful

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.979
 promise

00:31:18.979 --> 00:31:21.119
 that you

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.639
 are ever

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:22.439
 present with

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:23.019
 us this

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.379
 week,

00:31:23.479 --> 00:31:24.039
 wherever we

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.279
 go,

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:24.899
 whether it's

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.519
 to school

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.439
 or college,

00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:28.379
 or maybe

00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:29.019
 we have to

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.679
 go and see

00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:30.339
 someone and

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:30.899
 we're a bit

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.439
 worried.

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.539
 You are

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.279
 with us.

00:31:36.979 --> 00:31:37.799
 And thank

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.299
 you for the

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.179
 great assurance

00:31:39.179 --> 00:31:39.939
 that you have

00:31:39.939 --> 00:31:40.799
 given to us,

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.579
 your church,

00:31:41.719 --> 00:31:42.299
 your people.

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:44.339
 that you

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.979
 are building

00:31:44.979 --> 00:31:45.559
 a people

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:47.699
 and you

00:31:47.699 --> 00:31:48.179
 will see

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.679
 that your

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.559
 promises are

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.039
 fulfilled.

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.099
 So help us

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.839
 to walk with

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.619
 you together.

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.879
 Help us to

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.559
 trust you,

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.739
 knowing that

00:31:59.739 --> 00:32:00.839
 you are good.

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:02.919
 and it's in

00:32:02.919 --> 00:32:03.619
 Jesus' name

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.059
 we all

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.419
 pray.

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.839
 Amen.

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.059
 Well, we're

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.359
 going to

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:14.839
 sing a

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.539
 song which

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.339
 is one of

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:17.019
 praise.

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.740
 We join in

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.299
 with all

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.839
 creation to

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.720
 praise our

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.539
 great God

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:25.339
 God who

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:26.039
 works with

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.819
 sinners like

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.339
 us, who

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.079
 is present

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.799
 with us,

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.879
 and the

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.379
 God who

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.879
 gives us

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.659
 great assurance.

00:32:31.659 --> 00:32:32.059
 Let's