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 Well, any of you who have taken a trip, you know, maybe across the country, or you visited

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! some special landmarks. You know, when we were in California, a drive up the Pacific

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! Coast Highway, or a trip to Yosemite, or going to the Sequoia National Park. On the trip, there are

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 these little scenic detours, these little pull-outs by the side of the road, and you stand

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 there as a family, maybe take a picture, but it's designed because they want you to just

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 appreciate, to stop, and consider, and enjoy, not just the journey itself, but enjoy the

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 scenic things along the journey. And so, that's kind of what I want to do today.

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 I want us to, we're obviously taking this journey in Genesis, chapter 42 today, but along this

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 journey this morning, in this story of the life of Joseph, I want us to pull off by the

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 side of the road, and I want us just to pause and consider the view. It's not on, it's not

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 on, they're recording, but just ignore the mic. You can all hear me, right? Okay, if we

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 need to turn it on, we can do that. Now, where was I?

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 I think it's easy to lose sight of the fact that in a story of Joseph, in a story of Jacob and his

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 ten brothers, in this narrative of heading to Egypt, in this rise to power, I think it's really

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 easy for us to miss the fact this is not just a story about Joseph. This is the story of God.

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 This is the story of God working and moving through his people.

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 Really, the Old Testament and the New Testament both is a story of God. That's why it's written.

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 It's written to inform us about the wonder of the God that we serve. Not just about individuals,

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 but his working through individuals to shine the spotlight on himself. And so, in our scenic tour

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 this morning, I want us to pull over and just to take in the view. Take in a view of our God today.

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 And I think there are five, five scenic stops that we're going to make in this journey this morning,

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 if we make it through. And I trust and pray that this will be encouraging to you.

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 As we remind ourselves of who our God is and what God desires, what his character is aiming for,

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 for you. As he is transforming you into his image, as we've seen that is the ultimate purpose of God

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 in your life, and in my life, and in Joseph's life, the ultimate purpose for God, for you,

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 is not some future version of you. It's not what you're going to become one day when somehow all of

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 the things of your life kind of culminate into this one ultimate plan. But God's ultimate purpose for you

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 is the purpose he's working out for you today. And that purpose is the purpose he's going to

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 continue to work on until he comes to take you to heaven. And that's the purpose of transforming you

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 into the image of Christ. So, if that's the purpose, then we need to take in the view today of seeing

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 what is God like? What are some of those things about God that make him stand out so that when you

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 portray the wonderful picture of Christ and people look at Christ by looking at you, he's shining through

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 your life, what sort of things should they see? What portrait should we convey? The masterpiece that God is

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 working in your life is a masterpiece to make you look like God. And so, if that's the case, then

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 what does God look like? Or how should God look like in your world? In the world in which he's placed you?

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 How should God look? And how can you make the gospel look like the gospel? It's the word euangelion.

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 It's good news. How can the message of Christ be good news through you? And it will only be good news

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 as it contrasts itself from the darkness and the despair and the chaos and the destruction of this life.

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 All the things that happen in this life are contrasted as people look at you and they see the good news

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 shining through, which is the image of Christ shining through your life. So, how does that show up?

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 Well, look with me at chapter 42, verse 1. This is the first scenic stop. And the first scenic stop is

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 God is interested in his renown. He's interested in his image. He's interested in making much of

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 himself. So, how do I get there? Here's what it says in verse 1. It says,

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 Alright. Let's take a time out right there.

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 There is news in Canaan about something. What's happening? What news is Jacob hearing?

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 There's food in Egypt. Not a trick question. Why was that important?

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 There's food in Canaan. Matter of fact, there is no food in any of the known world except for Egypt.

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 Jacob knows that there is worldwide famine, but there's also an answer.

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 Think about this with me for a moment. Think about the incalculable suffering that is taking place in this moment.

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 Think about the reach that this has had in the world and the collateral damage that has been playing out.

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 Think about that for a moment. Think about the millions of individuals who are suffering because of needing some food.

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 Think of how indiscriminate this suffering was.

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 So that whether you were an old person or a young person, a man or a woman, a boy or a girl,

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 a baby, a toddler, it doesn't matter.

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 Hunger was indiscriminate.

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 And the suffering that was taking place in this moment was profound.

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 And yet God had to allow that.

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 God had to allow that for a greater purpose to be played out.

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 What was at least one of those purposes for God to allow suffering?

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 What resulted, what happened because of suffering?

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 Here in verse 1.

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 Okay?

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 It's great. Okay?

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 The immediate purpose here is that Jacob heard, and it sets in motion what will follow here in the remaining chapters,

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 that God will now bring Israel and 70 of his family to Egypt.

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 Why was that important?

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 Egypt?

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 Ever thought about why Egypt?

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 Dialogue with me.

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 Why do you suppose Egypt was important?

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 And I'm not looking for a deep theological answer here.

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 Just real practically.

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 Why would a group of, a small group of 70 people,

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 why would being kind of absorbed into this massive, powerful, prominent, and fruitful empire,

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 why would that be important?

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 Okay?

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 So they were protected in Goshen,

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 but they were a little nation growing within a greater empire, weren't they?

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 So there was at least the potential of worldwide proclamation.

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 Okay?

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 Worldwide testimony.

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 What else?

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 Just practically.

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 Why would that be important?

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 Okay.

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 Perhaps some refinement.

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 Learning.

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 Some cultural values.

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 Maybe growing in educationally, perhaps.

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 Okay?

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 That would be something to that.

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 What about in terms of provision?

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 What about in terms of protection?

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 Do you realize that for 400 years,

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 we don't really hear about the history of this nation?

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 Because, I think, because there was no conflict.

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 There was no warring.

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 There was no need for provision or protection,

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 because that was all handled by the greater empire.

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 So Egypt actually becomes this incredible incubator for this fledgling nation,

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 so that by the time they rise in power,

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 now all of a sudden Pharaoh is saying,

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 holy cow, there are more Jews here than there are Egyptians.

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 Do you think that was by design?

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 That God providentially uses this secular, heathen nation to nurture and grow

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 and allow his people to flourish like never before.

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 That was amazing.

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 So God does that.

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 So he allows suffering for the sake of his people.

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 For the sake of transplanting his people for a time

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 in a place where they will like, boom, explosion time.

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 But I think it's more than that.

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 And that's why I say God is interested in his renown.

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 I think that perhaps the other reason,

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 and I'm kind of filling in the white space is because it's not clear.

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 So I want you to understand this is my feeling.

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 But I think that God is interested in worldwide evangelization.

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 Because think about this.

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 God tells Abraham, he says,

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 I will make you a great nation.

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 I will bless you and make your name great so that you will be a blessing.

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 I will bless those who bless you,

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 and him who dishonors you I will curse.

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 And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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 Now why is that important?

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 Because as the nations see God's people flourish,

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 they will automatically ask themselves the question,

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 who is their God?

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 It's just the way things happened in that day.

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 When good things happened to certain individuals,

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 it was an evidence of the fact that they were following a God

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 who had incredible power to bless and to favor

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 the people that were serving him.

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 And so it would be through Abraham

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 that the nations would enjoy a measure of prosperity,

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 a measure of blessing.

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 And so God is on display through the life of Joseph,

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 showing up,

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 and the world gets to take advantage of Joseph's God.

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 Worldwide evangelization.

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 Think with me about this for a moment.

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 What does Potiphar say in Genesis 39.3?

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 He says,

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 And his master saw that the Lord was with him, Joseph,

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 and that the Lord made all he did prosper in his hand.

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 God showed up in Joseph's life.

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 And Potiphar recognized it.

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 It wasn't just anybody.

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 It was the Lord, Yahweh.

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 It's very distinct in the text.

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 How about Potiphar's wife?

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 She says,

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 Lie with me.

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 And Joseph is very clear.

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 He says,

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 How can I do this great wickedness and sin against my God?

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 What about the keeper of the prison?

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 Genesis 39.23.

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 It says,

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 The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph's authority

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 because the Lord was with him.

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 And whatever he did,

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 the Lord made it prosper.

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 What about the cupbearer and the baker?

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 They come to Joseph,

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 or Joseph comes to them,

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 and they say,

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 We're troubled.

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 We've had some dreams.

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 And Joseph says,

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 Actually,

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 They say to him,

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 We have each had a dream,

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 and there is no interpreter.

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 And Joseph says to them,

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 Do not interpretations belong to God?

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 How about Pharaoh?

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 Pharaoh calls him in.

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 He says,

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 I have heard.

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 I've had a dream,

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 and there is no one who can interpret it.

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 But I've heard that it is said of you

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 that you can understand a dream to interpret it.

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 And Joseph says to Pharaoh,

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 It is not me.

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 God will give Pharaoh an answer.

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 How about Pharaoh's staff?

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 In Genesis 41, 38, and 39.

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 And Pharaoh said to his servants,

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 Can we find such a one as this,

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 a man in whom is the Spirit of God?

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 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,

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 Inasmuch as God has shown you all this,

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 there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

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 So what conclusion?

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 Do I think we can legitimately draw from Joseph's example?

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 That wherever Joseph thrives,

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 whatever situation Joseph finds himself,

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 God is always pushed to the forefront of his life.

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 So here is Joseph.

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 He is on the world stage.

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 And who do you suppose is getting the glory for that?

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 I promise you it's not Joseph.

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 Joseph has faithfully pushed God to the forefront.

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 He has faithfully allowed God to show up in the spotlight

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 because he knew that's where God deserved to be.

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 I think that God is graciously allowing very hard things to happen

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 so the world will know this is who I am.

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 They will come to Egypt.

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 And the conversation might go something like this.

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 Egypt has food?

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 Has there not been a famine in Egypt?

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 Oh no.

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 There's been a famine there.

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 But let me tell you, they've got somebody in charge.

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 How did he know that there was going to be a need?

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 He started storing up food for the last seven years?

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 How did he even know?

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 Well, Pharaoh had this dream.

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 And this guy Joseph shows up and he says,

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 God will show the dream.

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 And that same God is the one who's worked all these things out.

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 And Joseph has wisely stored up food.

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 And so we've got to go to Egypt.

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 That's where the food is.

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 God shows up.

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 Because Joseph faithfully pushes God to the forefront.

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 And so the nations are blessed by God through the conduit of Joseph.

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 I think that's really amazing.

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 Jacob hears there's grain in Egypt.

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 He says to his sons, get going.

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 Get a move on.

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 What you waiting around for?

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 Come on, start heading to Egypt.

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 And here we find them in verse 2.

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 Or excuse me, verse 3.

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 It says here,

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 And behold,

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 Excuse me.

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 Wrong chapter.

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 So, ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

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 Time out.

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 Ten?

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 You think that's a problem?

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 Let's keep reading.

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 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers.

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 For he feared that harm might happen to him.

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 Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came.

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 For the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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 It's a big problem.

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 Last we left Jacob in chapter 37,

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 He had been confronted with some news.

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 The news of his son's death.

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 Now these rascals,

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 The ten older brothers,

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 I call them rascals because not only

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 Did they not take responsibility for what they did to their brother,

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 But instead,

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 Their story is,

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 He was mauled by a fierce animal.

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 And here's his robe.

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 And so,

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 What is Jacob supposed to conclude by that?

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 He's the one to own the responsibility.

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 Since he's the one who sent Joseph out on his own.

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 So,

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 For the next 13 years,

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 Jacob is grieving for his son,

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 Not only the loss of his son,

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 But the guilt that he felt for having done that to his son.

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 It says that,

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 In chapter 37, 34, and 35,

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 Jacob tore his clothes,

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 Put sackcloth on his waist,

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 And mourned for his son many days.

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 And all his sons and daughters arose to comfort him,

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 But he refused to be comforted.

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 And he said,

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 For I shall go down into the grave,

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 To my son in mourning.

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 There will never be a happy day in my life again.

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 My son is dead.

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 And so,

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 In withholding Benjamin,

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 And keeping him back for himself,

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 God is now beginning another,

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 There's kind of this tandem situation taking place,

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 Where now the ten older brothers are making their way to Egypt,

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 And what do you suppose is really at the forefront of their attention.

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 Benjamin's not with us.

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 I can't believe we did that to Joseph.

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 God's already beginning this process.

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 He's beginning the process of helping them to connect in their own minds,

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 The time of past events.

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 So, Jacob sends them down,

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 And they show up.

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 So, let's pull over in this first stop.

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 This scenic stop.

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 Let's talk a little bit about the gospel.

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.519
 Okay?

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 We see the gospel, I think, show up.

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 This message about God show up in the life of Joseph.

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 But what about, what about in your life?

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 What is the gospel?

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.959
 You ever thought about that?

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 What is the gospel?

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 I think we would all say,

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 Well, the gospel involves a need for repentance from sin.

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 There's got to be a sense in which I understand

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 Where I stand in relationship to God as a sinner,

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 Separated from him.

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 There's a need for repentance in my life.

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 That Jesus is the only perfect one who can save.

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 And he paid the penalty for sin for me.

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 And by receiving him in faith,

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 And trusting in him,

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 And confessing that he is Lord,

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 And believing in my heart that God raised him from the dead,

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 I'll be saved.

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 That's the gospel, right?

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 And I say, yes.

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 That's a part of the gospel.

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 But I think that's just a sliver.

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 I think that's just a piece.

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 Certainly, the good news about God is that he saves.

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 But it's more than that.

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 I think the gospel,

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 As we find in Luke chapter 24,

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 When Jesus shows up with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus,

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 Walking back that stretch of seven miles.

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 It says he,

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 In beginning with Moses and all the prophets,

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 Told the story about himself.

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 Really, the gospel is the good news of God.

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 It's the story of God in your life.

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 In Acts chapter 2,

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 This is the,

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 No need to turn there.

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 Let's just think together.

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 In Acts chapter 2,

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 On the day of Pentecost,

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 The Holy Spirit shows up,

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 And all of a sudden,

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 These 120 believers move out into Jerusalem.

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 And you know what it says that they did?

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 It says,

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 In verse 11,

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 We hear them telling in our own tongues,

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 The mighty works of God.

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 That is the gospel.

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 The mighty works of God.

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 How God has changed your life.

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 The blessing and the wonder of your God,

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 Showing up in every aspect of your life.

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 Every part.

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 Invading every compartment.

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 Every sphere.

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 Dominating it.

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 Transforming it.

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 Changing it.

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 Renewing it.

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 Helping it.

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 Saving it.

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 Not just for some future eternal thing,

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 But for today.

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 That's the gospel.

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 Chapter 2,

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 47.

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 Talking about this early church that develops.

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 It says,

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 They were praising God,

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 And having favor with all the people.

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 And the Lord added to their number,

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 Day by day,

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 Those who were being saved.

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 Why?

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 Because of praise.

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 Praising God.

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 God.

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 They were a transformed people.

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 And they let the whole world know,

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 What the difference maker was for them.

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 It was God.

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 It was God changing them.

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 Every aspect of their life.

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 And because of their incredible testimony,

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 Of praising God.

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 Giving voice to his story.

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 Helping people understand the mighty works of God.

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 God gets the glory.

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 His renown is known.

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 And God is saving people day by day.

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 It's extraordinary.

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 In chapter 7,

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 This is Stephen.

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 Acts chapter 7.

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 Stephen is standing before this group of individuals.

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 And we find this really full treatment of the gospel.

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 Before he's martyred.

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 And his version of the gospel begins with the history of Israel.

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 All the way from Abraham until the present day.

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 It culminates in the person of Jesus.

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 Because he is certainly front and center in the gospel message.

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 But it is a story of God working in his people throughout history.

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 Changing them.

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 It's the work of God.

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 So,

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 I believe the gospel becomes tangible.

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 As it demonstrates its redemptive quality in every aspect of your life.

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 Has Jesus saved you?

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 Just for some future date?

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 Or has he rescued your family?

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 Has he rescued your husbanding?

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 And your wifing?

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 And your childing?

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 Has he rescued your academic pursuits?

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.360
 Your studenting?

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.920
 Has he rescued your working?

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:17.160
 Has he rescued your submitting to the authorities that he's placed over you?

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:21.320
 Has he rescued your leading?

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.400
 Has he rescued your relationships?

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:30.400
 Has he rescued your posture towards your health?

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 Has he rescued your giving?

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 Has he rescued your compassion for the hurting?

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 Has Jesus rescued every area of your life?

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 So there is so much distinction between you and them.

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 They say,

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:45.980
 Wow!

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 God has shown up in that person.

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 It's distinctive.

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 That's what God was doing for Joseph.

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 God was showing up in his life.

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 And it was noticeable.

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 It was obvious.

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 And the nations were able to see God on display

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 because of Joseph's devotion

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 to push God to the forefront.

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:13.779
 Okay.

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:15.980
 That's scenic stop number one.

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:21.099
 Scenic stop number two begins in verse six.

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 It says this,

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 Now Joseph was governor over the land.

00:27:26.040 --> 00:27:29.680
 He was the one who sold to all the people of the land.

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 And Joseph's brothers came

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 and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:39.620
 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them,

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:41.720
 but he treated them like strangers

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:43.360
 and spoke roughly to them.

00:27:45.540 --> 00:27:45.980
 Okay.

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.560
 Let's pause there for a moment.

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 Let's remember some things about Joseph's life.

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 What are some things we remember about his character?

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.740
 What do you remember?

00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:01.299
 What's that?

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.679
 He's a servant.

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.599
 That's important.

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:07.000
 He told the truth.

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:07.859
 Okay.

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.480
 He had integrity.

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:11.899
 What else do you remember about his character?

00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:18.959
 He was forgiving.

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:24.860
 He doesn't have this well of bitterness in his life.

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:27.039
 And we'll see that some more as the story plays out.

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:27.759
 It's great.

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:32.039
 He certainly wasn't bitter towards Potiphar.

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:34.960
 He wasn't bitter towards the cupbearer.

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.440
 Okay.

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.880
 He didn't like exterminate them

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:41.079
 once he had the opportunity to.

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:43.279
 He doesn't have this life of bitterness.

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.680
 He's learned to forgive.

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:46.259
 What else?

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.759
 He's humble.

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:54.340
 He was a hard worker.

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:57.460
 He was a person who demonstrated wisdom.

00:28:58.580 --> 00:29:00.620
 He had compassion for people.

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:03.580
 So let's not imagine

00:29:03.580 --> 00:29:09.100
 that as that character continues to be refined,

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:11.459
 that now all of a sudden Joseph snaps

00:29:11.459 --> 00:29:13.939
 and everything is broken now in his life.

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:18.159
 I want us to look through this part of the story

00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:21.240
 with the eyes of what we've seen in his life

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:22.179
 leading up to this point.

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:24.539
 A person of character.

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:29.839
 Not a person who is letting jealousy take hold

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:32.939
 or frustration or bitterness get hold of his life.

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:34.700
 There's something more going on here.

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:37.580
 And I think we have to use the story

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:39.240
 that we've learned to this point

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.320
 to kind of understand

00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:43.140
 something's happening in Joseph's life.

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.980
 He seems to be acting a certain way.

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:47.460
 It can be interpreted through multiple layers.

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:50.240
 But given the fact that I know who he is,

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:52.779
 I've got to see this through the same lens.

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.480
 That make sense?

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.539
 You think that's fair?

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.580
 I could be wrong.

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:59.200
 But I think something big is at play here.

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:03.600
 And here these brothers come in.

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.380
 Okay?

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.500
 They come in.

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:09.140
 They bow before him.

00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:11.460
 And then all of a sudden there's this,

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.039
 woo-hoo!

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:15.539
 In Joseph's mind, he remembers.

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:22.220
 You ever prayed for something like forever?

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.319
 And then God answers.

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:27.680
 Has that ever been your experience?

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:31.900
 What happens in that experience?

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:35.480
 I can tell you for me,

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.759
 there's worship.

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:40.559
 There's celebration.

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.080
 There's like,

00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:46.700
 wow, God, you nailed it.

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:48.180
 Thank you.

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:51.559
 And I think that's what's going on

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:53.100
 in Joseph's life right now.

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:55.880
 I think he recognizes his brothers.

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:57.480
 They don't recognize him.

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:59.240
 He sees them bowing down.

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.900
 He remembers that dream.

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.779
 And he's saying,

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.819
 God, you are so faithful.

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.880
 And in that moment

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:09.380
 of recognizing the faithfulness of God,

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:11.599
 now you're not going to then also turn

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.940
 and then begin to sin.

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:15.680
 That's just not going to happen in that moment.

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:19.220
 Let me give you a personal example.

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.220
 I'll try to make this brief.

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:23.259
 My kids,

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.880
 when we were living in Illinois,

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.440
 kept saying,

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.680
 Dad,

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.720
 can you build us a tree house?

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.460
 And I was like,

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:33.240
 I don't really have money to buy wood.

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:35.839
 I don't really have the materials for that.

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:36.839
 But,

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.740
 tell you what,

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.640
 you do this for me.

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.759
 You pray

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:41.319
 that God gives us lumber

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:43.559
 and I'll build you a tree house.

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:46.279
 So every time we pass a lumber yard,

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:46.740
 hey,

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.960
 should we pull over and ask them

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.559
 if they've got some lumber

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:50.160
 they can kind of give to us?

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.640
 No,

00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:52.519
 it's not going to work that way.

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.880
 You pray,

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.880
 God will provide.

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.680
 So I kid you not,

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.400
 for two years

00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:00.060
 they prayed every single night.

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.480
 God,

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.779
 please give us some lumber.

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:03.779
 We want a tree house.

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:06.200
 So we're in this,

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:09.440
 we're in a ministry up there

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:11.100
 and kind of in transition time

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:13.980
 and they had just bought a facility

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:15.480
 and they were renovating

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:17.980
 and tore the guts out of this building.

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:20.819
 And drywall's coming down,

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:22.180
 electrical's coming down,

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:25.200
 all of the studs are coming down

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:29.900
 and we're hauling it out to the dumpster

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:31.339
 and I tell somebody,

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.480
 hey,

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:34.360
 I got to take some lumber out to the lumber.

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.799
 Ha ha!

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.480
 Look at it all!

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.620
 Look at all this lumber!

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:42.079
 And so we built a tree house.

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:45.899
 We built a double-decker tree house.

00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:48.759
 That was awesome.

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:50.899
 And my kids,

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.659
 they were at Gramp Camp,

00:32:53.199 --> 00:32:56.439
 so I'm piling it all up in the garage

00:32:56.439 --> 00:32:57.500
 so that when they come home

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.919
 and that garage is open,

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.659
 surprise!

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:03.179
 And we had a blast.

00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:05.000
 We had a blast

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:06.740
 putting up that tree house

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:08.099
 and celebrating

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:10.099
 the goodness of God.

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:14.039
 There was righteous reckoning.

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:18.299
 There is righteous reckoning with God.

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.839
 God answers prayer

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:22.719
 and all of this hardship

00:33:22.719 --> 00:33:24.459
 that Joseph experienced

00:33:24.459 --> 00:33:26.859
 now begins to come clear.

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:29.559
 He sees his brothers standing before him

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:33.279
 and he remembers the faithfulness of God

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.980
 in fulfilling the promises

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.980
 that he had for him

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:38.319
 even though 13 years have gone by.

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.720
 Actually,

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:42.519
 I take that back,

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.579
 not just 13 years

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:46.059
 because it's 13 plus 7.

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:48.399
 So 20 to 21 years

00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:49.539
 have gone by

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:51.939
 before he finally understands

00:33:51.939 --> 00:33:53.480
 and sees God working.

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:55.119
 But there's a problem.

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:57.240
 There's a big problem

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:59.700
 because Joseph knows

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.679
 how they treated him

00:34:00.679 --> 00:34:02.899
 as a favored son

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:04.640
 and somebody

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.519
 is not in the group.

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.640
 Benjamin

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:09.340
 is not in the group.

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.519
 Oh,

00:34:11.680 --> 00:34:12.780
 what happened to Benjamin?

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:16.619
 What is up with my father?

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.680
 Is he even alive?

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.599
 And I'm sure

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.780
 these things are going through

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.780
 Joseph's mind

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:23.160
 and so he asks some questions.

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.539
 He takes a posture

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.260
 that on the surface

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:27.180
 seems very hard

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:27.900
 and very difficult

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:29.240
 but I believe

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:31.039
 he's mining for information here.

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.840
 In verse 6 he says,

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.820
 Joseph was the governor

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.340
 of the land.

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.519
 He was the one

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.719
 who sold all the people.

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.099
 His brothers came

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:39.099
 and bowed before him

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.000
 and then verse 7,

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.300
 Joseph saw his brothers

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:42.239
 and recognized them

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:43.099
 but treated them

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.800
 like strangers

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:45.360
 and spoke roughly to them.

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.940
 We find what he says.

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:51.980
 He says in verse 9,

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:53.000
 You are spies.

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.219
 You have come

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:55.059
 to see the nakedness

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.579
 of the land.

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.719
 They say to him,

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:57.460
 No, my lord,

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.039
 your servants

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:59.219
 have come to buy food.

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:00.079
 We're all sons

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.879
 of one man.

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:02.179
 We are honest men.

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.839
 Your servants

00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:04.079
 have never been spies.

00:35:04.919 --> 00:35:06.159
 Okay, there's a glimmer

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:07.939
 of some information.

00:35:08.899 --> 00:35:10.239
 So Joseph presses in

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.659
 some more.

00:35:10.959 --> 00:35:11.419
 He says to them,

00:35:11.459 --> 00:35:12.759
 No, it's the nakedness

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.159
 of the land

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:14.019
 that you have come to see.

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.019
 And they said,

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.739
 We are servants,

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.739
 twelve brothers,

00:35:16.879 --> 00:35:17.719
 the son of one man

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.619
 in the land of Canaan

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.399
 and behold,

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:21.039
 the youngest is this day

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:22.219
 with our father

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:24.679
 and one is no more.

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:27.159
 Okay, got it.

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.179
 Information.

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:30.440
 Dad's still alive

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.440
 and brother's at home.

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:33.279
 Okay, that's the first piece

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.819
 of good news.

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.379
 Joseph presses in

00:35:35.379 --> 00:35:36.739
 verse 14 some more.

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.980
 It is,

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.319
 As I said to you,

00:35:39.419 --> 00:35:40.480
 you are spies.

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.779
 By this you shall be tested.

00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:44.239
 By the life of Pharaoh

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:45.239
 you shall not go

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:46.099
 from this place

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:48.099
 unless your youngest brother

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.839
 comes here.

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.159
 Send one of you

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:51.019
 and let him bring

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.739
 your brother

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:53.319
 while you remain confined

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:53.960
 that your words

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.579
 may be tested.

00:35:55.379 --> 00:35:56.000
 Whether there is

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:57.059
 truth in you

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:58.179
 or else by the life

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.559
 of Pharaoh

00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:00.199
 surely you are spies.

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.980
 And he put them

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.579
 all together

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.239
 in custody

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:04.000
 for three days.

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.259
 So,

00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:10.659
 Joseph

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:12.699
 is trying to help

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.139
 his brothers.

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:15.079
 I really believe that.

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:18.099
 Joseph puts them

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:19.019
 all together.

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.559
 He says,

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.519
 One of you is going.

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.719
 So,

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.820
 as they are all together,

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.380
 now,

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:26.380
 can you envision

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:27.519
 maybe what that dialogue

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.259
 sounds like?

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.900
 What are they talking about?

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:33.099
 What is happening?

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.699
 What do you suppose?

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.400
 Help me here.

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.980
 Who is going to go?

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.300
 What else is maybe

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.219
 playing out in their minds

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:44.880
 at this point?

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:50.280
 Maybe

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:51.559
 I actually

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.780
 would rather stay

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:53.500
 because I don't want

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.079
 to face

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:55.039
 Dad.

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:58.119
 You can go.

00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:00.099
 Egypt is a little bit better.

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.360
 Who is going to tell Dad?

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:09.800
 He doesn't trust him yet.

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.300
 Why?

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:12.340
 Why should he

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:13.320
 not trust him yet?

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:15.720
 Okay?

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.780
 Because of what they did

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.160
 to him.

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.320
 But he's...

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:25.120
 That's right.

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.180
 There is not

00:37:26.180 --> 00:37:27.120
 brokenness yet.

00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:29.680
 There is not

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:30.580
 brokenness yet.

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.900
 And let me tell you,

00:37:33.120 --> 00:37:34.260
 nothing will beat you

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:35.100
 into brokenness

00:37:35.100 --> 00:37:36.600
 better than

00:37:36.600 --> 00:37:37.380
 a jail cell.

00:37:39.660 --> 00:37:40.539
 We're going to get to that

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.960
 in a moment.

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.800
 It's good.

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:43.900
 I think Joseph

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:45.820
 longs

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.860
 for brokenness

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.440
 in his brothers.

00:37:48.660 --> 00:37:49.640
 He longs

00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:50.380
 for brokenness.

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.860
 So here they are

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:57.200
 in this prison cell.

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.519
 We know,

00:37:58.700 --> 00:37:58.880
 well,

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.620
 we kind of know

00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:00.440
 what's coming too.

00:38:00.580 --> 00:38:01.519
 We know what else

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.380
 is going on in their mind.

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.880
 We deserve this.

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:09.320
 this is our fault.

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.579
 Now,

00:38:12.140 --> 00:38:12.800
 the hen

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.660
 has come to roost.

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.480
 Now,

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.460
 our

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:19.559
 past iniquities

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:20.619
 are catching up with us.

00:38:25.140 --> 00:38:25.619
 So,

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:27.619
 we find that

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.619
 Joseph

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.579
 sends him to prison.

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:31.799
 And I wonder,

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.880
 even for us,

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:33.759
 sometimes,

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:35.059
 what goes through our heads

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:36.360
 when tragedy strikes?

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:38.159
 What are some of the

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:39.299
 questions that you ask

00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:39.860
 yourself

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:41.880
 when hard things come?

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.460
 Let's be honest.

00:38:44.779 --> 00:38:45.799
 Let's put ourselves

00:38:45.799 --> 00:38:47.139
 in their shoes.

00:38:47.279 --> 00:38:47.940
 What do you go,

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.559
 what do you think about,

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:48.759
 Bob?

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:52.420
 What did I do

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:53.039
 to deserve this?

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:55.380
 Something must be wrong

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.860
 in my life.

00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:57.119
 And that is

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:58.239
 an important question.

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:58.279
 question.

00:38:58.899 --> 00:38:59.979
 You must

00:38:59.979 --> 00:39:00.699
 ask

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.699
 that question.

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:04.099
 Because God

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:05.099
 disciplines those

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.579
 he loves.

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:06.779
 And if you're a son

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:07.799
 or a daughter

00:39:07.799 --> 00:39:09.819
 and you've been involved

00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:11.139
 in some

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:12.139
 sinning,

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:14.479
 God loves you

00:39:14.479 --> 00:39:15.199
 through discipline.

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.259
 So,

00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:16.919
 that's an important

00:39:16.919 --> 00:39:17.779
 question to ask.

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:19.079
 We've got to ask

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.559
 that question.

00:39:20.419 --> 00:39:20.919
 So,

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.859
 we move past

00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:23.479
 that and say,

00:39:23.819 --> 00:39:23.919
 no,

00:39:23.979 --> 00:39:24.559
 this isn't because

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.000
 of sin.

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:26.000
 So,

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.899
 what else

00:39:26.899 --> 00:39:27.519
 is going through

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.819
 your mind?

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:34.459
 Okay.

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.639
 What is God

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:37.299
 trying to do

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:38.219
 in my life

00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:39.579
 to get me ready

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.439
 for something else?

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.599
 That's a great,

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:42.579
 great question.

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:46.439
 How do I,

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:46.719
 yeah.

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:49.119
 How do I fix

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.919
 this problem?

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:52.119
 Yeah,

00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:52.939
 we think about that

00:39:52.939 --> 00:39:53.379
 for sure.

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.099
 How do I get

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:56.299
 myself in this mess?

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:57.820
 If only I had

00:39:57.820 --> 00:40:01.940
 so these things

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.340
 are going through

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:02.860
 their minds

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.300
 and

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:04.980
 it's going to

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.320
 take something

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:05.820
 significant

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:07.500
 to pull them out.

00:40:08.580 --> 00:40:09.780
 Before we get there,

00:40:10.580 --> 00:40:12.560
 I want us to think

00:40:12.560 --> 00:40:13.400
 about this

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.820
 this God

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.720
 who is righteous

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.700
 in reckoning.

00:40:17.700 --> 00:40:18.500
 Do you know

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.060
 that God

00:40:19.060 --> 00:40:20.320
 God

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:21.539
 is faithful

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.620
 to answer prayer

00:40:22.620 --> 00:40:23.240
 for you?

00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:25.259
 God is faithful

00:40:25.259 --> 00:40:26.019
 to do that.

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:29.739
 Would you

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:30.759
 describe yourself

00:40:30.759 --> 00:40:32.099
 as being

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:32.879
 a person

00:40:32.879 --> 00:40:33.899
 of praise?

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:36.019
 Like,

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.899
 when really hard

00:40:36.899 --> 00:40:37.539
 things happen,

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.779
 do people

00:40:39.779 --> 00:40:40.319
 look at your life

00:40:40.319 --> 00:40:40.559
 and say,

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:40.979
 you know what,

00:40:41.819 --> 00:40:42.500
 you're going through

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:43.419
 some really hard

00:40:43.419 --> 00:40:44.139
 things,

00:40:44.459 --> 00:40:45.039
 but I'll tell you

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.199
 what,

00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:45.959
 I've never seen

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.500
 somebody

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:47.840
 worship God

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.720
 that way

00:40:48.720 --> 00:40:49.079
 before.

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:51.400
 Their life

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:52.740
 is so dominated

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.559
 by Thanksgiving.

00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:55.440
 It's quite

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:55.880
 extraordinary.

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:57.659
 And it shows up

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.780
 even more

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.539
 when hard

00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:00.019
 things come.

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:01.599
 And I don't get it.

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:02.760
 That must be

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.619
 a divine

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.440
 quality.

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.039
 That must be

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.920
 God working

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.619
 in their life.

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:09.900
 just

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:12.799
 write down

00:41:12.799 --> 00:41:13.259
 this verse.

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:14.500
 Colossians 2,

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:16.559
 verses 6 and 7.

00:41:16.759 --> 00:41:17.579
 Colossians 2,

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.299
 6 and 7.

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.639
 Here's what it says.

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:22.619
 As you therefore

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:23.500
 have received

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.279
 Christ Jesus,

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:25.000
 the Lord,

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:26.400
 so walk in Him.

00:41:27.819 --> 00:41:28.599
 If you are

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:29.940
 a child of His,

00:41:30.299 --> 00:41:30.920
 you need to

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:32.039
 walk in His steps.

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.539
 You need to

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:33.559
 emulate His life.

00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:34.460
 You need to do

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:35.319
 what Jesus does.

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:35.799
 You need to

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:37.019
 follow His example.

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:37.720
 Okay, how?

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:41.060
 You're rooted

00:41:41.060 --> 00:41:42.220
 and you're built up

00:41:42.220 --> 00:41:42.539
 in Him.

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:43.539
 You're established

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:44.380
 in your faith.

00:41:46.680 --> 00:41:47.480
 Abound in it

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.440
 with

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:49.800
 thanksgiving.

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.340
 Wow.

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:54.900
 I don't know

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.360
 about you,

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.519
 but if there's

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:57.100
 anything that's

00:41:57.100 --> 00:41:58.320
 elusive in my life,

00:41:59.240 --> 00:42:00.039
 it's thanksgiving.

00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:01.860
 I

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:04.980
 tend to see

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.960
 things very

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:07.440
 black and white

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:08.219
 very clearly

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:10.019
 and it's really

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.440
 easy

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:11.940
 to call a spade

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.519
 a spade

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.400
 and in doing

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.199
 that to say,

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.980
 I'm going to

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:16.599
 write that person

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.219
 off right now.

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:20.219
 Or,

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:22.280
 I see the situation,

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:23.820
 God,

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.860
 what are you doing

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:25.179
 to me?

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:26.139
 What do I do

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.900
 to get in this mess?

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:28.720
 instead of saying,

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:29.760
 oh Lord,

00:42:30.720 --> 00:42:32.260
 I'm so thankful

00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:33.220
 that you're

00:42:33.220 --> 00:42:34.440
 on the throne

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:36.099
 and that this

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:37.220
 is for my good.

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.160
 You have

00:42:40.160 --> 00:42:42.320
 that struggle

00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:43.200
 ever in your life?

00:42:45.240 --> 00:42:46.260
 It's really easy

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:46.840
 to get critical

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:47.480
 of people.

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:48.720
 It's really easy

00:42:48.720 --> 00:42:50.320
 to get bent out of shape

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:51.480
 over situations

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:52.300
 that happen in life.

00:42:52.300 --> 00:42:53.160
 It's really easy

00:42:53.160 --> 00:42:53.860
 to complain.

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:56.440
 It's really easy

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:56.980
 to complain.

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:01.440
 Isn't it interesting

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:03.340
 that the

00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:04.360
 two passages

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:05.400
 in the New Testament

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:07.220
 that talk about

00:43:07.220 --> 00:43:07.900
 worship,

00:43:08.700 --> 00:43:09.400
 the clearest,

00:43:10.140 --> 00:43:10.940
 songs and hymns

00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.760
 and spiritual songs,

00:43:12.620 --> 00:43:13.900
 one focuses

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.640
 on the aspect

00:43:14.640 --> 00:43:16.260
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:43:16.660 --> 00:43:17.200
 don't be drunk

00:43:17.200 --> 00:43:17.560
 with wine

00:43:17.560 --> 00:43:18.519
 but be filled

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.120
 with the Spirit.

00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:19.860
 Okay?

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:21.380
 The other talks about,

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:21.620
 it says,

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:23.039
 let the word of Christ

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.739
 dwell in you

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:24.440
 richly.

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:25.339
 So,

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:26.619
 we got the power

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.219
 of the Spirit

00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:28.179
 and the power

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:28.679
 of Christ

00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:29.440
 through His word,

00:43:30.339 --> 00:43:31.139
 evidence itself

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.639
 in worship

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:32.279
 and guess what

00:43:32.279 --> 00:43:33.059
 the byproduct is?

00:43:35.259 --> 00:43:35.819
 Praise.

00:43:36.859 --> 00:43:37.359
 Thanks.

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:40.219
 Whatever you do,

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.719
 give thanks

00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:42.599
 always

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.799
 for all things

00:43:43.799 --> 00:43:45.119
 to God the Father

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.639
 in the name

00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:46.420
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:49.119
 I think

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:50.279
 Paul focuses on that

00:43:50.279 --> 00:43:50.799
 because he knows

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.400
 how hard

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:52.780
 we do

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:53.720
 with that.

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.500
 I'm going to take

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:02.960
 a detour

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:03.640
 from our detour.

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:08.160
 We were having

00:44:08.160 --> 00:44:09.480
 a front yard

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:10.180
 Bible club

00:44:10.180 --> 00:44:12.440
 when we were living

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:12.900
 in Illinois

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:14.820
 and all the kids

00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:15.500
 were supposed to come.

00:44:15.560 --> 00:44:16.180
 They had been invited

00:44:16.179 --> 00:44:17.519
 to be part of this

00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:18.440
 and

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:21.279
 we only had

00:44:21.279 --> 00:44:22.919
 two or three kids

00:44:22.919 --> 00:44:23.679
 show up the first day.

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:24.319
 Like,

00:44:24.379 --> 00:44:25.099
 where is everybody?

00:44:25.819 --> 00:44:27.179
 We'd had like 12

00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:27.940
 the previous year.

00:44:28.759 --> 00:44:29.000
 Well,

00:44:29.059 --> 00:44:29.879
 come to find out

00:44:29.879 --> 00:44:30.399
 they were in

00:44:30.399 --> 00:44:31.480
 playing video games.

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:32.779
 They had kind of grown up

00:44:32.779 --> 00:44:34.219
 a year over time

00:44:34.219 --> 00:44:35.739
 and there are things

00:44:35.739 --> 00:44:36.419
 that are more important

00:44:36.419 --> 00:44:37.359
 than learning about

00:44:37.359 --> 00:44:37.699
 the Bible.

00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:38.940
 So,

00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:39.639
 the leader

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:40.799
 said,

00:44:40.879 --> 00:44:41.000
 hey,

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:41.319
 you know,

00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:42.960
 what should we do?

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:43.380
 And I think

00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:44.080
 when my wife says,

00:44:44.180 --> 00:44:44.260
 well,

00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:44.880
 we just need to pray

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:45.240
 that God

00:44:45.240 --> 00:44:47.539
 shuts off the power

00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:47.980
 somehow

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:49.559
 so they can come.

00:44:50.780 --> 00:44:50.880
 Well,

00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:51.780
 you guess what God did

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:52.760
 the next morning?

00:44:55.100 --> 00:44:56.460
 I was sitting on the couch

00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:57.280
 at six in the morning

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:57.780
 and all of a sudden

00:44:57.780 --> 00:44:58.860
 this boom

00:44:58.860 --> 00:44:59.980
 flash of light,

00:45:00.300 --> 00:45:01.039
 a transformer

00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:02.640
 about 150 yards

00:45:02.640 --> 00:45:03.740
 from our house

00:45:03.740 --> 00:45:04.539
 blew

00:45:04.539 --> 00:45:06.300
 and the rest of the week

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:08.059
 no power.

00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:12.599
 Don't ask

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:14.360
 my family to pray.

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:15.279
 It'll come true.

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:19.300
 The problem was

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:20.619
 it was a week

00:45:20.619 --> 00:45:21.500
 like we've just had.

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:23.400
 Oppressive heat

00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:24.320
 and humidity.

00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:26.059
 No fans,

00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:27.480
 no air conditioning,

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:28.860
 no circulation

00:45:28.860 --> 00:45:29.559
 of the wind

00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:30.259
 through the house.

00:45:30.659 --> 00:45:31.659
 It was pretty miserable.

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:33.980
 And on Thursday

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:35.179
 after days of that,

00:45:35.300 --> 00:45:36.760
 my daughter,

00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:37.619
 I won't tell you the name,

00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:38.900
 comes to me and says,

00:45:39.340 --> 00:45:39.539
 Daddy,

00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:41.079
 I don't think

00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:41.699
 this is fair.

00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:43.480
 I don't like

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:44.260
 this one bit.

00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:46.320
 And I was reminded

00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:47.000
 of this verse.

00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:48.440
 It says,

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:49.480
 giving thanks

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:50.960
 always for all things

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:51.659
 to God the Father.

00:45:52.820 --> 00:45:53.199
 Now,

00:45:53.400 --> 00:45:55.440
 my initial response

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:55.780
 was,

00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:56.219
 hey,

00:45:56.320 --> 00:45:56.760
 think about,

00:45:57.179 --> 00:45:57.380
 you know,

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:58.400
 50% of the world

00:45:58.400 --> 00:45:59.340
 doesn't have power.

00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:00.659
 You ought to be grateful

00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:01.539
 for the power

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:02.960
 you get at some point.

00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:04.780
 And I think

00:46:04.780 --> 00:46:05.400
 that was

00:46:05.400 --> 00:46:07.340
 okay.

00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:08.340
 But I think

00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:08.760
 that was missing

00:46:08.760 --> 00:46:09.179
 the mark.

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:10.360
 Because

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:11.599
 it really wasn't

00:46:11.599 --> 00:46:12.840
 grateful for

00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:14.000
 the lack of electricity.

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:14.880
 It was just grateful

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:16.119
 that we only have

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:17.420
 a lack of electricity

00:46:17.420 --> 00:46:18.440
 for a couple of days.

00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:20.519
 How do you say,

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:22.240
 thank you for no power?

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:25.179
 Thank you for

00:46:25.179 --> 00:46:26.340
 oppressive heat

00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:28.119
 and hard time

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:29.039
 sleeping at night.

00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:30.139
 How do you say that?

00:46:30.139 --> 00:46:32.460
 Well,

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:33.920
 here's what happened

00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:34.359
 on Friday.

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:37.319
 On Friday,

00:46:37.900 --> 00:46:38.799
 I think it was Friday,

00:46:39.859 --> 00:46:40.460
 Thursday or Friday,

00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:40.799
 I forget,

00:46:42.639 --> 00:46:43.460
 there were

00:46:43.460 --> 00:46:44.699
 a couple of kids

00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:45.859
 who gave their life

00:46:45.859 --> 00:46:46.299
 to Christ

00:46:46.299 --> 00:46:48.779
 because of no power.

00:46:50.539 --> 00:46:51.159
 Is that a reason

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:52.219
 to praise the Lord?

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:54.219
 You see,

00:46:55.179 --> 00:46:56.659
 we can do that

00:46:56.659 --> 00:46:59.159
 because of the God

00:46:59.159 --> 00:46:59.839
 we serve.

00:47:00.399 --> 00:47:01.859
 We can say

00:47:01.859 --> 00:47:02.619
 thank you

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:03.899
 for no power

00:47:03.899 --> 00:47:04.960
 because even if

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:05.799
 we don't see

00:47:05.799 --> 00:47:06.480
 how God is going

00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:07.039
 to show up,

00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:07.940
 we know

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:09.159
 that he's working

00:47:09.159 --> 00:47:09.679
 it through

00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:10.259
 somehow.

00:47:11.639 --> 00:47:12.559
 If it's not

00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:13.179
 just to shape

00:47:13.179 --> 00:47:14.019
 character in us,

00:47:14.059 --> 00:47:15.079
 it's to bring about

00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:15.940
 purposes in others.

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:17.879
 And that's a good thing.

00:47:20.319 --> 00:47:21.299
 We need to be people

00:47:21.299 --> 00:47:22.519
 who are giving thanks.

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:25.000
 That's scenic stop

00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:25.480
 number two.

00:47:26.300 --> 00:47:27.559
 Let's take this last one,

00:47:27.659 --> 00:47:28.440
 this third one here,

00:47:29.139 --> 00:47:29.739
 and we'll finish

00:47:29.739 --> 00:47:31.880
 the other couple

00:47:31.880 --> 00:47:32.860
 next week.

00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:34.619
 Scenic stop

00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:35.440
 number three.

00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:37.639
 God is interested

00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:38.599
 in full repentance.

00:47:38.759 --> 00:47:39.099
 This is where

00:47:39.099 --> 00:47:40.159
 we begin to see

00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:41.500
 what Ed was referring to.

00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:44.159
 Verses 18 to 22.

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:45.519
 It says,

00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:50.960
 On the third day,

00:47:51.300 --> 00:47:52.239
 Joseph said to them,

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:54.079
 Do this and you will live,

00:47:54.159 --> 00:47:55.159
 for I fear God.

00:47:55.300 --> 00:47:55.500
 Okay?

00:47:55.739 --> 00:47:56.500
 That goes back

00:47:56.500 --> 00:47:57.059
 to the beginning.

00:47:57.300 --> 00:47:58.579
 Remember Joseph's

00:47:58.579 --> 00:47:59.659
 unwavering commitment

00:47:59.659 --> 00:48:00.599
 to push God

00:48:00.599 --> 00:48:01.199
 into the spotlight?

00:48:01.460 --> 00:48:02.360
 Here he is doing it again.

00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:05.820
 If you are honest men,

00:48:06.019 --> 00:48:07.159
 let one of your brothers

00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:08.119
 remain confined

00:48:08.119 --> 00:48:09.599
 where you are

00:48:09.599 --> 00:48:10.139
 in custody

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:12.079
 and let the rest

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:13.500
 go and carry the grain

00:48:13.500 --> 00:48:14.579
 for the famine

00:48:14.579 --> 00:48:15.239
 of your households.

00:48:15.519 --> 00:48:17.019
 And bring your youngest

00:48:17.019 --> 00:48:17.659
 brother to me

00:48:17.659 --> 00:48:18.920
 so your words

00:48:18.920 --> 00:48:19.579
 will be verified

00:48:19.579 --> 00:48:20.739
 and you shall not die.

00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:22.099
 And they did so.

00:48:23.159 --> 00:48:24.179
 Then they said

00:48:24.179 --> 00:48:24.679
 to one another,

00:48:25.619 --> 00:48:26.159
 In truth,

00:48:26.280 --> 00:48:27.219
 we are guilty

00:48:27.219 --> 00:48:28.900
 concerning our brother.

00:48:30.699 --> 00:48:31.460
 That's cool.

00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:33.860
 There's the beginnings

00:48:33.860 --> 00:48:34.659
 of brokenness.

00:48:39.880 --> 00:48:41.500
 In that we saw

00:48:41.500 --> 00:48:43.460
 the distress of his soul

00:48:43.460 --> 00:48:45.000
 when he begged us

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:46.079
 and we did not listen.

00:48:47.079 --> 00:48:47.900
 That is why

00:48:47.900 --> 00:48:48.579
 this distress

00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:50.500
 has come upon us.

00:48:51.380 --> 00:48:52.519
 And Reuben answered them,

00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:54.059
 Did I not tell you

00:48:54.059 --> 00:48:56.639
 not to sin against the boy,

00:48:57.199 --> 00:48:58.960
 but you did not listen?

00:48:59.460 --> 00:49:00.219
 So now,

00:49:00.880 --> 00:49:02.400
 there comes a reckoning

00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:03.440
 for his blood.

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:05.460
 They did not know

00:49:05.460 --> 00:49:07.039
 that Joseph understood them,

00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:08.420
 for there was

00:49:08.420 --> 00:49:09.599
 an interpreter between them.

00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:11.179
 Then he turned away

00:49:11.179 --> 00:49:11.759
 from them

00:49:11.759 --> 00:49:13.900
 and wept.

00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:18.579
 What did Joseph

00:49:18.579 --> 00:49:20.360
 desire for his brothers?

00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:24.440
 What did he want

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:24.860
 for them?

00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:28.119
 You think that he desired

00:49:28.119 --> 00:49:30.000
 brokenness for them

00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:30.719
 because he knew

00:49:30.719 --> 00:49:33.039
 that true wellness,

00:49:33.039 --> 00:49:35.880
 true spiritual

00:49:35.880 --> 00:49:36.719
 and mental,

00:49:36.860 --> 00:49:38.300
 emotional health

00:49:38.300 --> 00:49:39.679
 will come through

00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:41.320
 the right posture

00:49:41.320 --> 00:49:42.239
 with God,

00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:44.519
 the right approach

00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:44.920
 to God,

00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:46.239
 the right understanding

00:49:46.239 --> 00:49:46.779
 of God?

00:49:47.779 --> 00:49:48.599
 I see.

00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:50.179
 I think he begins

00:49:50.179 --> 00:49:52.259
 to see God show up

00:49:52.259 --> 00:49:53.039
 in their life.

00:49:53.940 --> 00:49:55.679
 Some glimpses

00:49:55.679 --> 00:49:57.759
 of some brokenness here.

00:49:58.619 --> 00:49:59.779
 He is just overcome.

00:49:59.780 --> 00:50:01.800
 He is overcome

00:50:01.800 --> 00:50:04.120
 with emotion.

00:50:05.519 --> 00:50:05.860
 Like,

00:50:06.540 --> 00:50:07.760
 God,

00:50:07.820 --> 00:50:08.400
 you did it again.

00:50:09.680 --> 00:50:10.980
 You are doing it again.

00:50:12.560 --> 00:50:13.880
 Who could have thought

00:50:13.880 --> 00:50:15.440
 that these hard-headed,

00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:19.220
 cold as stone guys

00:50:19.220 --> 00:50:20.640
 will begin to melt?

00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:23.400
 Will ever come

00:50:23.400 --> 00:50:23.920
 to the point

00:50:23.920 --> 00:50:24.720
 of recognizing

00:50:24.720 --> 00:50:25.500
 that what they did

00:50:25.500 --> 00:50:25.900
 against me

00:50:25.900 --> 00:50:26.480
 was wrong?

00:50:27.540 --> 00:50:29.040
 Only you can show up

00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:30.800
 in giving this gift

00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:31.500
 of repentance

00:50:31.500 --> 00:50:32.320
 and brokenness.

00:50:32.420 --> 00:50:33.980
 Only you can show up

00:50:33.980 --> 00:50:35.279
 to begin that process

00:50:35.279 --> 00:50:35.719
 for them.

00:50:36.099 --> 00:50:37.159
 And he is beginning

00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:37.779
 to see this

00:50:37.779 --> 00:50:38.779
 and he is just

00:50:38.779 --> 00:50:39.779
 overcome.

00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:41.840
 He's overwhelmed.

00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:48.559
 Good tenderness.

00:50:49.519 --> 00:50:50.079
 Good passion.

00:50:52.840 --> 00:50:54.159
 Desire to see the best

00:50:54.159 --> 00:50:54.679
 for his brothers.

00:50:54.679 --> 00:50:56.119
 Not just physically

00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:57.659
 being well.

00:50:59.039 --> 00:51:00.139
 But most importantly

00:51:00.139 --> 00:51:01.739
 to be well spiritually.

00:51:03.759 --> 00:51:04.719
 This scene

00:51:04.719 --> 00:51:06.320
 was etched

00:51:06.320 --> 00:51:07.239
 into their minds.

00:51:08.119 --> 00:51:08.940
 They remember

00:51:08.940 --> 00:51:09.699
 and recall

00:51:09.699 --> 00:51:11.039
 the events

00:51:11.039 --> 00:51:11.639
 of that day.

00:51:14.059 --> 00:51:14.960
 What do they refer

00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:15.460
 to here?

00:51:16.079 --> 00:51:16.400
 What are some

00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:16.900
 of the things

00:51:16.900 --> 00:51:18.139
 in verses

00:51:18.139 --> 00:51:20.900
 what,

00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:21.519
 21

00:51:21.519 --> 00:51:23.259
 that they refer to?

00:51:24.460 --> 00:51:25.380
 Describe that scene

00:51:25.380 --> 00:51:25.699
 for me.

00:51:25.699 --> 00:51:25.699


00:51:25.699 --> 00:51:25.699


00:51:25.699 --> 00:51:25.699


00:51:29.039 --> 00:51:34.940
 What's that?

00:51:38.219 --> 00:51:38.860
 That's right.

00:51:39.400 --> 00:51:40.460
 I warned you guys

00:51:40.460 --> 00:51:41.279
 you would not

00:51:41.279 --> 00:51:41.940
 listen to me

00:51:41.940 --> 00:51:43.159
 and here it comes.

00:51:43.579 --> 00:51:44.119
 Here it is.

00:51:44.119 --> 00:51:58.460
 I agree.

00:52:00.980 --> 00:52:01.619
 I agree.

00:52:02.259 --> 00:52:02.779
 Good point.

00:52:03.000 --> 00:52:03.599
 Really good point.

00:52:04.420 --> 00:52:04.599
 Okay.

00:52:04.839 --> 00:52:05.099
 Now,

00:52:05.219 --> 00:52:06.319
 they leave home

00:52:06.319 --> 00:52:07.380
 knowing that Benjamin's

00:52:07.380 --> 00:52:07.900
 not there.

00:52:08.059 --> 00:52:08.319
 Okay.

00:52:08.599 --> 00:52:09.699
 That was probably

00:52:09.699 --> 00:52:10.460
 a factor.

00:52:10.460 --> 00:52:11.960
 Joseph's questioning

00:52:11.960 --> 00:52:12.740
 and then putting

00:52:12.740 --> 00:52:13.280
 him in prison

00:52:13.280 --> 00:52:14.119
 is beginning

00:52:14.119 --> 00:52:15.179
 just to stir

00:52:15.179 --> 00:52:16.820
 the conviction

00:52:16.820 --> 00:52:17.440
 of their hearts.

00:52:17.960 --> 00:52:18.720
 And I agree.

00:52:18.860 --> 00:52:19.380
 I think it was

00:52:19.380 --> 00:52:20.159
 all intentional

00:52:20.159 --> 00:52:22.220
 for their good.

00:52:24.119 --> 00:52:24.860
 They're remembering

00:52:24.860 --> 00:52:25.360
 this scene

00:52:25.360 --> 00:52:25.579
 like,

00:52:25.800 --> 00:52:26.440
 remember

00:52:26.440 --> 00:52:28.320
 his desperate

00:52:28.320 --> 00:52:28.900
 cries,

00:52:29.059 --> 00:52:29.960
 please don't

00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:30.860
 do this to me.

00:52:32.800 --> 00:52:33.840
 And it's haunted

00:52:33.840 --> 00:52:34.159
 them.

00:52:34.460 --> 00:52:35.119
 It has haunted

00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:36.400
 them from the

00:52:36.400 --> 00:52:37.099
 day it happened.

00:52:38.099 --> 00:52:38.820
 Their dad

00:52:38.820 --> 00:52:39.400
 has reminded

00:52:39.400 --> 00:52:40.200
 them every day.

00:52:41.360 --> 00:52:41.880
 Every day

00:52:41.880 --> 00:52:42.460
 of sorrow,

00:52:42.639 --> 00:52:43.300
 every day

00:52:43.300 --> 00:52:43.980
 of grief

00:52:43.980 --> 00:52:45.300
 for father

00:52:45.300 --> 00:52:46.220
 has been a day

00:52:46.220 --> 00:52:46.460
 of grief

00:52:46.460 --> 00:52:46.780
 for them.

00:52:47.460 --> 00:52:48.180
 They have lived

00:52:48.180 --> 00:52:49.200
 this moment

00:52:49.200 --> 00:52:50.079
 by moment,

00:52:50.200 --> 00:52:50.740
 day by day.

00:52:51.940 --> 00:52:52.660
 It's haunted

00:52:52.660 --> 00:52:52.940
 them.

00:52:54.960 --> 00:52:55.680
 But surely

00:52:55.680 --> 00:52:56.599
 Joseph was dead

00:52:56.599 --> 00:52:57.320
 in their minds.

00:52:58.420 --> 00:52:59.300
 And they have

00:52:59.300 --> 00:53:00.059
 come to believe

00:53:00.059 --> 00:53:00.760
 their own story.

00:53:02.139 --> 00:53:02.900
 They really have

00:53:02.900 --> 00:53:03.320
 come to believe

00:53:03.320 --> 00:53:03.900
 their own story.

00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:07.360
 Three days

00:53:07.360 --> 00:53:07.820
 in the Egyptian

00:53:07.820 --> 00:53:08.220
 prison,

00:53:08.219 --> 00:53:09.359
 these terrible

00:53:09.359 --> 00:53:10.159
 turn of events,

00:53:10.659 --> 00:53:11.480
 a clear reminder

00:53:11.480 --> 00:53:12.279
 before they leave

00:53:12.279 --> 00:53:12.639
 home,

00:53:13.019 --> 00:53:13.599
 and now the

00:53:13.599 --> 00:53:14.579
 impending doom

00:53:14.579 --> 00:53:15.719
 that certainly

00:53:15.719 --> 00:53:16.399
 awaited them

00:53:16.399 --> 00:53:16.939
 when they went

00:53:16.939 --> 00:53:17.279
 home.

00:53:17.279 --> 00:53:18.000
 You referred to

00:53:18.000 --> 00:53:18.279
 that.

00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:20.399
 The grieving

00:53:20.399 --> 00:53:20.939
 father,

00:53:21.819 --> 00:53:22.239
 the starving

00:53:22.239 --> 00:53:22.779
 family,

00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:23.379
 the need to

00:53:23.379 --> 00:53:23.899
 bring Benjamin

00:53:23.899 --> 00:53:24.339
 back.

00:53:25.919 --> 00:53:26.919
 The sky was

00:53:26.919 --> 00:53:27.719
 clearly falling

00:53:27.719 --> 00:53:28.359
 for these men

00:53:28.359 --> 00:53:29.679
 in their own

00:53:29.679 --> 00:53:30.059
 minds.

00:53:31.399 --> 00:53:32.199
 But they would

00:53:32.199 --> 00:53:33.359
 never be whole

00:53:33.359 --> 00:53:34.639
 without being

00:53:34.639 --> 00:53:34.959
 broken.

00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:35.019
 broken.

00:53:35.820 --> 00:53:36.159
 And God

00:53:36.159 --> 00:53:36.579
 was beginning

00:53:36.579 --> 00:53:37.340
 that process

00:53:37.340 --> 00:53:37.980
 in their

00:53:37.980 --> 00:53:38.240
 life.

00:53:40.440 --> 00:53:41.119
 So how

00:53:41.119 --> 00:53:41.480
 about you?

00:53:44.380 --> 00:53:45.260
 Put yourself

00:53:45.260 --> 00:53:46.420
 in the shoes

00:53:46.420 --> 00:53:47.059
 of these

00:53:47.059 --> 00:53:47.599
 ten brothers.

00:53:47.599 --> 00:53:47.719
 brothers,

00:53:48.619 --> 00:53:50.819
 you will

00:53:50.819 --> 00:53:51.380
 never be

00:53:51.380 --> 00:53:51.679
 whole

00:53:51.679 --> 00:53:53.179
 unless you're

00:53:53.179 --> 00:53:53.440
 broken.

00:53:55.679 --> 00:53:56.360
 Are there

00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:56.960
 things

00:53:56.960 --> 00:53:59.159
 in your

00:53:59.159 --> 00:53:59.659
 life

00:53:59.659 --> 00:54:00.779
 you've kind

00:54:00.779 --> 00:54:01.039
 of given

00:54:01.039 --> 00:54:01.639
 a pass

00:54:01.639 --> 00:54:03.860
 and maybe

00:54:03.860 --> 00:54:05.139
 the years

00:54:05.139 --> 00:54:05.679
 have trickled

00:54:05.679 --> 00:54:06.860
 by without

00:54:06.860 --> 00:54:07.699
 dealing with

00:54:07.699 --> 00:54:08.179
 those big

00:54:08.179 --> 00:54:09.759
 things because

00:54:09.759 --> 00:54:10.219
 you're too

00:54:10.219 --> 00:54:10.659
 worried about

00:54:10.659 --> 00:54:11.339
 the implications

00:54:11.339 --> 00:54:12.099
 of what would

00:54:12.099 --> 00:54:13.000
 happen if you

00:54:13.000 --> 00:54:13.539
 come clean

00:54:13.539 --> 00:54:14.019
 about those

00:54:14.019 --> 00:54:14.400
 things?

00:54:15.440 --> 00:54:15.819
 You ever

00:54:15.820 --> 00:54:16.220
 been there?

00:54:19.100 --> 00:54:19.900
 I was.

00:54:21.920 --> 00:54:22.539
 When I was

00:54:22.539 --> 00:54:23.240
 in high school

00:54:23.240 --> 00:54:23.680
 and just

00:54:23.680 --> 00:54:24.059
 learned to

00:54:24.059 --> 00:54:25.120
 drive, I

00:54:25.120 --> 00:54:25.640
 was backing

00:54:25.640 --> 00:54:26.200
 out of a

00:54:26.200 --> 00:54:27.340
 car place

00:54:27.340 --> 00:54:27.960
 and I

00:54:27.960 --> 00:54:28.360
 turned a

00:54:28.360 --> 00:54:28.760
 little early

00:54:28.760 --> 00:54:29.059
 because I

00:54:29.059 --> 00:54:29.640
 didn't know

00:54:29.640 --> 00:54:31.360
 that you

00:54:31.360 --> 00:54:31.820
 weren't allowed

00:54:31.820 --> 00:54:32.360
 to do that

00:54:32.360 --> 00:54:32.700
 or shouldn't

00:54:32.700 --> 00:54:33.160
 do that

00:54:33.160 --> 00:54:34.320
 and so I

00:54:34.320 --> 00:54:35.380
 put a big

00:54:35.380 --> 00:54:37.360
 dent in

00:54:37.360 --> 00:54:37.760
 the car

00:54:37.760 --> 00:54:38.340
 next to

00:54:38.340 --> 00:54:38.559
 me.

00:54:41.280 --> 00:54:41.820
 But I

00:54:41.820 --> 00:54:42.120
 didn't know

00:54:42.120 --> 00:54:42.680
 whose car

00:54:42.680 --> 00:54:43.220
 it was

00:54:43.220 --> 00:54:44.960
 and I

00:54:44.960 --> 00:54:45.240
 was like

00:54:45.240 --> 00:54:45.740
 what can

00:54:45.739 --> 00:54:46.079
 I do?

00:54:47.079 --> 00:54:47.599
 So I

00:54:47.599 --> 00:54:47.819
 let it

00:54:47.819 --> 00:54:48.379
 go.

00:54:51.019 --> 00:54:51.599
 And then

00:54:51.599 --> 00:54:52.339
 several years

00:54:52.339 --> 00:54:52.679
 later

00:54:52.679 --> 00:54:55.559
 I was

00:54:55.559 --> 00:54:56.259
 roofing

00:54:56.259 --> 00:54:56.879
 a house

00:54:56.879 --> 00:54:57.219
 with my

00:54:57.219 --> 00:54:57.559
 dad,

00:54:57.659 --> 00:54:57.879
 somebody

00:54:57.879 --> 00:54:58.179
 in our

00:54:58.179 --> 00:54:58.539
 church

00:54:58.539 --> 00:54:59.559
 and we

00:54:59.559 --> 00:54:59.859
 were putting

00:54:59.859 --> 00:55:00.179
 on a

00:55:00.179 --> 00:55:00.679
 free roof

00:55:00.679 --> 00:55:02.079
 and guess

00:55:02.079 --> 00:55:02.379
 what I

00:55:02.379 --> 00:55:03.099
 saw in

00:55:03.099 --> 00:55:03.819
 the driveway?

00:55:05.099 --> 00:55:06.099
 The same

00:55:06.099 --> 00:55:06.539
 car

00:55:06.539 --> 00:55:08.199
 and the

00:55:08.199 --> 00:55:08.500
 same

00:55:08.500 --> 00:55:08.859
 dent.

00:55:10.939 --> 00:55:11.399
 Oh

00:55:11.399 --> 00:55:14.379
 what do

00:55:14.379 --> 00:55:14.819
 I do?

00:55:15.739 --> 00:55:16.459
 there it

00:55:16.459 --> 00:55:16.859
 is.

00:55:19.019 --> 00:55:19.619
 I

00:55:19.619 --> 00:55:19.859
 let it

00:55:19.859 --> 00:55:20.039
 go.

00:55:20.879 --> 00:55:21.479
 No big

00:55:21.479 --> 00:55:21.859
 deal by

00:55:21.859 --> 00:55:22.119
 now.

00:55:23.019 --> 00:55:23.539
 The past

00:55:23.539 --> 00:55:24.319
 is past.

00:55:25.339 --> 00:55:26.239
 It's only

00:55:26.239 --> 00:55:27.019
 a couple

00:55:27.019 --> 00:55:27.219
 hundred

00:55:27.219 --> 00:55:27.699
 dollars.

00:55:27.939 --> 00:55:28.279
 I could

00:55:28.279 --> 00:55:29.439
 pop that

00:55:29.439 --> 00:55:29.819
 thing out

00:55:29.819 --> 00:55:30.399
 no problem.

00:55:33.239 --> 00:55:33.699
 And then

00:55:33.699 --> 00:55:34.619
 come my

00:55:34.619 --> 00:55:35.199
 sophomore

00:55:35.199 --> 00:55:36.019
 year of

00:55:36.019 --> 00:55:37.379
 college

00:55:37.379 --> 00:55:39.000
 and a

00:55:39.000 --> 00:55:39.679
 person comes

00:55:39.679 --> 00:55:39.879
 to the

00:55:39.879 --> 00:55:40.159
 school and

00:55:40.159 --> 00:55:40.379
 says you

00:55:40.379 --> 00:55:40.659
 know what?

00:55:40.659 --> 00:55:43.019
 deal with

00:55:43.019 --> 00:55:43.359
 the things

00:55:43.359 --> 00:55:43.599
 in your

00:55:43.599 --> 00:55:44.139
 past

00:55:44.139 --> 00:55:45.259
 that are

00:55:45.259 --> 00:55:45.899
 sins in

00:55:45.899 --> 00:55:46.339
 your life.

00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:46.619
 You need

00:55:46.619 --> 00:55:46.899
 to get

00:55:46.899 --> 00:55:47.619
 past them.

00:55:47.719 --> 00:55:47.859
 You need

00:55:47.859 --> 00:55:48.759
 to move

00:55:48.759 --> 00:55:49.639
 past those

00:55:49.639 --> 00:55:50.399
 things so

00:55:50.399 --> 00:55:50.980
 you can be

00:55:50.980 --> 00:55:51.719
 the person

00:55:51.719 --> 00:55:52.000
 that God

00:55:52.000 --> 00:55:52.259
 wants you

00:55:52.259 --> 00:55:52.539
 to be.

00:55:53.420 --> 00:55:53.779
 So you

00:55:53.779 --> 00:55:54.039
 need to

00:55:54.039 --> 00:55:54.579
 pray right

00:55:54.579 --> 00:55:54.839
 now.

00:55:54.940 --> 00:55:55.440
 God bring

00:55:55.440 --> 00:55:55.819
 to my

00:55:55.819 --> 00:55:56.679
 mind all

00:55:56.679 --> 00:55:57.219
 those things

00:55:57.219 --> 00:55:57.599
 in my

00:55:57.599 --> 00:55:58.219
 life that

00:55:58.219 --> 00:55:58.440
 I need

00:55:58.440 --> 00:55:58.719
 to make

00:55:58.719 --> 00:55:59.119
 right.

00:56:00.119 --> 00:56:00.679
 Help me

00:56:00.679 --> 00:56:00.899
 to be

00:56:00.899 --> 00:56:01.259
 broken.

00:56:02.019 --> 00:56:02.500
 I prayed

00:56:02.500 --> 00:56:02.799
 that.

00:56:03.480 --> 00:56:03.659
 Guess

00:56:03.659 --> 00:56:04.039
 what came

00:56:04.039 --> 00:56:04.299
 to my

00:56:04.299 --> 00:56:04.579
 mind?

00:56:04.739 --> 00:56:05.139
 In a

00:56:05.139 --> 00:56:05.899
 flash.

00:56:05.900 --> 00:56:10.480
 I can't

00:56:10.480 --> 00:56:10.820
 deal with

00:56:10.820 --> 00:56:11.079
 that.

00:56:12.780 --> 00:56:13.220
 Nope.

00:56:13.619 --> 00:56:14.019
 Not going

00:56:14.019 --> 00:56:14.220
 to do

00:56:14.220 --> 00:56:14.380
 it.

00:56:15.139 --> 00:56:15.519
 Not going

00:56:15.519 --> 00:56:15.720
 to do

00:56:15.720 --> 00:56:15.860
 it.

00:56:16.220 --> 00:56:16.660
 Too much

00:56:16.660 --> 00:56:17.019
 time has

00:56:17.019 --> 00:56:17.480
 gone by.

00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:19.260
 So

00:56:19.260 --> 00:56:21.920
 two years

00:56:21.920 --> 00:56:22.700
 after college

00:56:22.700 --> 00:56:23.300
 I'm in

00:56:23.300 --> 00:56:24.280
 Los Angeles

00:56:24.280 --> 00:56:24.760
 and I'm

00:56:24.760 --> 00:56:25.200
 listening to

00:56:25.200 --> 00:56:25.639
 a message

00:56:25.639 --> 00:56:27.400
 and same

00:56:27.400 --> 00:56:27.760
 thing.

00:56:27.900 --> 00:56:28.099
 Hey

00:56:28.099 --> 00:56:30.000
 deal with

00:56:30.000 --> 00:56:30.500
 the things

00:56:30.500 --> 00:56:30.760
 in your

00:56:30.760 --> 00:56:31.700
 past because

00:56:31.700 --> 00:56:32.340
 God wants

00:56:32.340 --> 00:56:32.820
 you to be

00:56:32.820 --> 00:56:33.460
 a whole

00:56:33.460 --> 00:56:33.860
 person.

00:56:34.000 --> 00:56:34.139
 He wants

00:56:34.139 --> 00:56:34.639
 to be a

00:56:34.639 --> 00:56:34.940
 broken

00:56:34.940 --> 00:56:35.500
 person.

00:56:36.880 --> 00:56:37.280
 Okay.

00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:38.460
 Alright

00:56:38.460 --> 00:56:38.940
 Lord I'll

00:56:38.940 --> 00:56:39.860
 do it.

00:56:40.820 --> 00:56:41.260
 So I

00:56:41.260 --> 00:56:41.960
 called up

00:56:41.960 --> 00:56:43.360
 Miss

00:56:43.360 --> 00:56:43.860
 Machowski

00:56:43.860 --> 00:56:44.980
 and I

00:56:44.980 --> 00:56:45.380
 said guess

00:56:45.380 --> 00:56:45.760
 what that

00:56:45.760 --> 00:56:46.220
 little dent

00:56:46.220 --> 00:56:46.460
 in your

00:56:46.460 --> 00:56:46.760
 car.

00:56:47.539 --> 00:56:47.880
 Sorry

00:56:47.880 --> 00:56:48.180
 that was

00:56:48.180 --> 00:56:48.460
 me.

00:56:48.900 --> 00:56:49.240
 How can

00:56:49.240 --> 00:56:49.500
 I deal

00:56:49.500 --> 00:56:49.840
 with that?

00:56:51.000 --> 00:56:51.320
 And we

00:56:51.320 --> 00:56:51.559
 did.

00:56:51.639 --> 00:56:51.900
 We did

00:56:51.900 --> 00:56:52.320
 business.

00:56:53.619 --> 00:56:53.880
 And I

00:56:53.880 --> 00:56:54.059
 tell you

00:56:54.059 --> 00:56:54.340
 it was

00:56:54.340 --> 00:56:55.740
 so freeing.

00:56:56.619 --> 00:56:57.099
 Something

00:56:57.099 --> 00:56:57.820
 that seemed

00:56:57.820 --> 00:56:58.700
 like Mount

00:56:58.700 --> 00:56:59.240
 Everest

00:56:59.240 --> 00:57:00.519
 was so

00:57:00.519 --> 00:57:01.119
 small

00:57:01.119 --> 00:57:02.740
 and all

00:57:02.740 --> 00:57:03.019
 I had to

00:57:03.019 --> 00:57:03.320
 do was

00:57:03.320 --> 00:57:03.559
 come

00:57:03.559 --> 00:57:03.920
 clean.

00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:06.420
 what do

00:57:06.420 --> 00:57:06.519
 you need

00:57:06.519 --> 00:57:06.740
 to come

00:57:06.740 --> 00:57:07.039
 clean

00:57:07.039 --> 00:57:07.820
 with

00:57:07.820 --> 00:57:08.460
 today?

00:57:09.740 --> 00:57:10.420
 What is

00:57:10.420 --> 00:57:10.579
 it in

00:57:10.579 --> 00:57:11.000
 your life

00:57:11.000 --> 00:57:11.380
 there needs

00:57:11.380 --> 00:57:11.559
 to be

00:57:11.559 --> 00:57:12.220
 brokenness

00:57:12.220 --> 00:57:12.760
 for you

00:57:12.760 --> 00:57:14.240
 before God

00:57:14.240 --> 00:57:15.079
 can continue

00:57:15.079 --> 00:57:15.460
 to move

00:57:15.460 --> 00:57:15.780
 you in

00:57:15.780 --> 00:57:16.240
 the journey

00:57:16.240 --> 00:57:17.840
 of spirituality?

00:57:17.840 --> 00:57:20.200
 I imagine

00:57:20.200 --> 00:57:20.500
 there might

00:57:20.500 --> 00:57:20.600
 be

00:57:20.600 --> 00:57:20.940
 something

00:57:20.940 --> 00:57:22.920
 and

00:57:22.920 --> 00:57:23.940
 perhaps

00:57:23.940 --> 00:57:24.840
 time

00:57:24.840 --> 00:57:25.220
 and

00:57:25.220 --> 00:57:25.800
 distance

00:57:25.800 --> 00:57:26.640
 have

00:57:26.640 --> 00:57:27.200
 made

00:57:27.200 --> 00:57:27.640
 this

00:57:27.640 --> 00:57:28.019
 very

00:57:28.019 --> 00:57:28.519
 small

00:57:28.519 --> 00:57:28.760
 thing

00:57:28.760 --> 00:57:28.940
 into

00:57:28.940 --> 00:57:29.180
 something

00:57:29.180 --> 00:57:29.400
 very

00:57:29.400 --> 00:57:29.700
 large

00:57:29.700 --> 00:57:29.960
 because

00:57:29.960 --> 00:57:30.120
 you're

00:57:30.120 --> 00:57:30.280
 like

00:57:30.280 --> 00:57:30.840
 now I

00:57:30.840 --> 00:57:31.000
 feel

00:57:31.000 --> 00:57:31.579
 embarrassed

00:57:31.579 --> 00:57:31.880
 about

00:57:31.880 --> 00:57:32.140
 having

00:57:32.140 --> 00:57:32.480
 waited

00:57:32.480 --> 00:57:32.820
 so

00:57:32.820 --> 00:57:33.200
 long

00:57:33.200 --> 00:57:34.260
 but I

00:57:34.260 --> 00:57:34.440
 just

00:57:34.440 --> 00:57:34.820
 dealt

00:57:34.820 --> 00:57:35.039
 with

00:57:35.039 --> 00:57:35.320
 it

00:57:35.320 --> 00:57:35.800
 right?

00:57:38.340 --> 00:57:39.019
 Do

00:57:39.019 --> 00:57:39.320
 business

00:57:39.320 --> 00:57:39.760
 with God

00:57:39.760 --> 00:57:41.019
 do business

00:57:41.019 --> 00:57:41.280
 with that

00:57:41.280 --> 00:57:41.680
 individual

00:57:41.679 --> 00:57:43.259
 and

00:57:43.259 --> 00:57:43.819
 let

00:57:43.819 --> 00:57:44.539
 brokenness

00:57:44.539 --> 00:57:45.000
 settle

00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:45.279
 in

00:57:45.279 --> 00:57:45.539
 to

00:57:45.539 --> 00:57:45.639
 your

00:57:45.639 --> 00:57:45.960
 life

00:57:45.960 --> 00:57:47.079
 thanks

00:57:47.079 --> 00:57:47.319
 for

00:57:47.319 --> 00:57:47.899
 listening

00:57:47.899 --> 00:57:48.539
 sorry for

00:57:48.539 --> 00:57:48.919
 holding you on

00:57:48.919 --> 00:57:49.279
 too long

00:57:49.280 --> 00:57:50.240
 I

00:57:50.240 --> 00:57:50.540
 have

00:57:50.540 --> 00:57:50.860
 to

00:57:50.860 --> 00:57:51.240
 do

00:57:51.240 --> 00:57:51.420
 I

00:57:51.420 --> 00:57:51.460
 do

00:57:51.460 --> 00:57:51.640
 I

00:57:51.640 --> 00:57:51.720
 do

00:57:51.720 --> 00:57:51.800
 I

00:57:51.800 --> 00:57:51.880
 do

00:57:51.880 --> 00:57:51.940
 I

00:57:51.940 --> 00:57:52.000
 do

00:57:52.000 --> 00:57:52.100
 I

00:57:52.100 --> 00:57:52.180
 do

00:57:52.180 --> 00:57:52.240
 I

00:57:52.240 --> 00:57:52.260
 do

00:57:52.260 --> 00:57:52.300
 I

00:57:52.300 --> 00:57:52.320
 do

00:57:52.320 --> 00:57:52.360
 I

00:57:52.360 --> 00:57:52.380
 do

00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:52.380


00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:52.400
 do

00:57:52.400 --> 00:57:52.740
 lip

00:57:52.740 --> 00:57:52.780
 lip

00:57:52.580 --> 00:57:52.700
 do

00:57:52.640 --> 00:57:52.660
 I

00:57:52.660 --> 00:57:52.760
 do

00:57:52.760 --> 00:57:52.940
 lip

00:57:52.940 --> 00:57:53.019
 lip