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 Well let me ask you to turn back again in your Bibles if you will to these closing verses of Genesis chapter 50.

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 A seven year old knew that the Apostle Peter was also a prophet because you'll remember there are very specific prophecies that Peter makes about exactly how the world is going to end.

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 So next week there will probably be a question where the answer is hidden in the book of Revelation.

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 So it's excellently encouraging to me as I feared I might be turned into a pumpkin for not getting back to Scotland on the Sabbath day.

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 And that's been a blessing to me.

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 Well you would guess that the particular verse I want to draw your attention to this evening is the famous words.

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 Very familiar words in Genesis chapter 50 and verse 20 where Joseph is addressing his fearful brothers.

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 Who are obviously concerned that perhaps now out of respect for his father he has been gracious and kind to them.

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 But now that their father is gone the real Joseph will emerge and they will get their comeuppances for the way in which they have treated him.

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 And he speaks to them with such kindness.

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 You meant evil against me but God meant it for good to bring it about that many people should be kept alive as they are today.

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 So do not fear I will provide for your little ones.

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 I did not have the privilege of growing up in a church going family.

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 And I'm a post war baby.

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 We did not have much in the way of literature in the house.

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 My mother had relatively little education although I think she was a highly intelligent woman.

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 And she taught me to read very very early on.

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 And the one book that I remember we had in the house although we were not church goers was my grandmother's Bible.

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 Looking back now I think what phenomenal eyesight these people must have had.

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 These thick Bibles and tiny print.

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 And since we also had no central heating I simultaneously devised a way of satisfying my reading habit and enjoying central heating.

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 When my parents got out of their bed in the morning I got into their bed with my grandnana's Bible.

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 And it was the story book of my childhood.

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 And there were two particular stories that I always loved to read for some reason.

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 One was the story of Daniel whom I always found difficult to find because he was kind of lost away somewhere in my grandmother's Bible.

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 And the other was the story of Joseph.

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 And I could never remember there was not a book of Joseph in the Bible.

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 So sometimes I was scrambling around in order to read it.

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 And in much later life I looked back on those early childhood memories of reading this story again, again, again and again.

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 And realized I think God was preparing me to be a minister of the gospel.

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 To be a pastor of the flock of God.

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 Because one of the most frequent questions that comes up in conversations ministers have with people and people with ministers is the question,

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 Why is this happening to me?

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 And that is what this whole narrative is about.

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 This narrative that begins in Genesis 37 ends here in Genesis 50 is a narrative of tracing the pattern of God's working in a man's life

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 until he is able to look back and he knows why these things were happening to him.

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 You meant it for evil to harm me.

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 God meant it for good.

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 And I'm pretty sure all of us here this evening know the story.

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 Joseph is his father's favorite.

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 And his foolish father gives him special treats.

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 His brothers are jealous.

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 They express that jealousy.

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 He is sold into slavery.

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 God is with him in that slavery.

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 And yet in that God presence with him, he finds himself going further downhill.

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 He is faithful to God.

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 But he is betrayed by Potiphar's wife.

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 He is given the gift of the interpretation of dreams.

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 And those whose dreams he interprets find their interpretation comes true.

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 And then he is forgotten in prison.

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 And then eventually, years later, actually 14 years later, inclusive reckoning.

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 17 through to the age of 30.

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 Eventually at the age of 30, he is raised up to become, for all practical purposes, the prime minister of Egypt

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 and ultimately the human savior of the whole Mediterranean basis.

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 Because he has this wisdom to harvest the seven years of plenty in order that they may be used for the seven years of famine.

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 In the providence of God, his brothers appear.

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 He becomes part of God's instruments in eventually bringing the whole family together.

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 There is a glorious reconciliation.

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 And here, in the end of chapter 50, we read that this reconciliation was the real deal.

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 And the brothers are united together again here in the land of Egypt.

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 And it becomes clear from, at least from chapter 45 onwards, that Joseph has long meditated on the ways of God in his life.

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 My mother used to say to me when I was seven, Sinclair, there is no substitute for experience.

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 And it used to infuriate me.

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 Because at seven, you don't have much of it.

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 And it made me see that this was a very unjust world.

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 That at seven, you couldn't have much experience.

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 But there is no substitute for experience.

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 And here now, he's old enough to look back on God's ways and to see the pattern of God's working in his life.

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 So much so that what he says here summarizes what is a kind of dramatic version of what Paul says towards the end of Romans 8, isn't it?

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 That God works everything together for good for those who love him and who are called according to his purpose.

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 We cannot read God's purposes in advance.

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 But often in retrospect, we are able to see how the various elements in the experience of the Lord's providence that we have.

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 He has been working together in order eventually to bring us to this place at this time.

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 As these particularly carefully shaped people to serve him for his glory.

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 And that's all I really want to point out from these verses this evening and from this whole section.

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 That Joseph is now able to look at the jigsaw puzzle of his life with the major pieces in place.

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 I know, not by happy experience, but by observation usually of my wife,

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 that the way you begin to solve a jigsaw puzzle, if it's square or rectangular, is to look for the four corner pieces.

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 And once you've found the four corner pieces, you begin to build the rest of the picture together.

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 And I want to suggest to you that in the jigsaw puzzle of Joseph's life,

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 there actually are four corner pieces that are not only in his life,

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 but they're really to be found in the life of every believer.

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 And I want simply to pick them out one by one and emphasize their importance.

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 The first is this, that our God is always working in a variety of circumstances.

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 You know, when we ask the question, what is God doing in my life?

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 We're almost always thinking about one particular thing.

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 One particular thing goes wrong.

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 And it's usually when things go wrong that we ask this question, what is God doing in my life?

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 And we need to understand that God's purposes are not like individualized words.

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 They're like sentences.

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 And when we focus on particular incidents and become, as some of us tend to do, obsessed with particular incidents,

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 we will never be able to unravel the answer to the question, what is God doing in my life?

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 Because God is never working merely in one particular incident, one particular circumstance in my life.

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 He is creating a mosaic.

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 And his purposes are seen when the pieces of that mosaic begin to fit together, and never before.

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 That's why John Flavel, the 17th century English minister, said that the providences of God are like Hebrew words.

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 They're always read in what we regard as reverse order.

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 We can't interpret them looking forward.

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 We can only begin to see the picture as he gives us, as it were, more dots.

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 And eventually a face begins to appear, and we understand a little of what he is doing.

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 Because certainly earlier on in Joseph's experience, he must have felt quite lost.

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 He must also have felt that whatever God was doing in his life, and we're told that when he was in Potiphar's house, the Lord was with him.

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 Whatever God was doing in his life, he was doing it far too slowly.

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 And I'd be surprised if you have not been there.

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 Where you're waiting for God to catch up with what your idea of his will might be in your life.

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 And what he eventually learns is that as God works in a variety of circumstances, as the dots begin to be joined, and the picture begins to become clear,

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 is that God's ways are perfect, God's purposes are perfect, and God's timing is perfect.

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 I think as I look at Joseph's life and think about servants of God I've known,

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 that he and they shared in what I have come to call the divine cul-de-sac principle.

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 The divine cul-de-sac principle.

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 Because I've noticed how actually quite regularly in the lives of men and women that I have later seen God use in particular ways,

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 there have been times in their lives when they seem to have been shunted into a cul-de-sac,

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 and whatever God is doing seems to have passed them by.

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 And on occasion I've sat with some people like that and said,

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 what we need to do under these circumstances is to recognize God has not passed you by.

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 God is simply getting you ready for the place in the traffic flow of his purposes in which he intends to use you for his glory.

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 Because he is concerned with timing.

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 And he is concerned that you should learn what it means to experience waiting on the Lord.

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 And do you know how the scriptures use those two expressions that we might think mean the same thing,

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 but they don't mean the same thing.

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 Waiting on the Lord and waiting for the Lord are related to one another.

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 But what Joseph had learned to do was to wait for the Lord until in his providences he began more fully to disclose where he was really leading Joseph.

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 There's a very interesting illustration of the same principle in the life of the Apostle Paul in the Acts of the Apostles in chapter 16.

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 You'll remember the tale end of this experience even if you don't remember the beginning of it.

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 They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.

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 So why were they doing that?

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 Because they had been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

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 Now that clearly means they intended to speak the word of God in Asia,

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 but they had been forbidden from doing what they intended to do.

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 So they came to Mycenae.

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 And they attempted to go into Bithynia.

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 Now here's the paradox.

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 They were attempting to do what God's sovereign will did not want them or purpose them to do.

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 They were not sinning because they were seeking to be wise.

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 But Luke tells us here in the Acts of the Apostles that when they came up to Mycenae and attempted to go into Bithynia,

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 the spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

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 So, passing by Mycenae, they went down to Troas.

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 Everything they've sought to do thus far.

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 Everything they've laid before the Lord and said,

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 Lord, show us if this is not your purpose.

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 Every, every move they've made has been frustrated.

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 And what is the result?

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 Well, you know what the result is.

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 The next verse is about the Macedonian call.

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 It's about the gospel coming to what we call Europe.

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 It's about the gospel coming to people like us.

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 And you see what the story is.

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 That they were able to look back and realize

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 if we hadn't been prevented there and forbidden here,

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 we would have never ended up here in Philippi.

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 Where in God's mercy, there had been a preparation of a woman

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 who went to a prayer meeting at the riverside.

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 And in God's mercy, a girl who was oppressed by wicked men.

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 And a jailer who would never in a thousand years have imagined

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 he would ever become a Christian believer.

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 And that's how it is.

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 The fact of the matter is, they did not know what God was doing.

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 But he was working in a variety of circumstances

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 in order to bring about the fulfillment of his will.

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 And he always is.

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 He always is.

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 So God was working together a variety of circumstances

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 in Joseph's life.

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 But we ought to notice also that God was working

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 in a variety of people in Joseph's life.

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 My tendency, and I imagine some of you at least share it,

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 is when the Christian life and how we are looking to serve the Lord

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 becomes frustrating, then the way in which we frame the question

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 is usually, why are these things happening to me?

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 Why are these things happening to me?

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 Now what Joseph clearly came to understand was

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 many of these things that involved him were not about him.

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 And that's a particularly important lesson for our self-obsessed, narcissistic age

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 in the way that self-obsession and narcissism has profoundly influenced

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 not just the Christian church in general, but the evangelical subculture in particular.

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 You only need to listen to the songs that are being written and sung

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 to catch a sense of the self-obsession that has been encouraged

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 in the atmosphere of the late 20th and early 21st century.

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 But you see, this isn't just about Joseph.

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 This is about others.

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 I mean, ultimately it's about the whole Mediterranean basin.

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 But it's also about his father.

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 And if you go back to the beginning of this narrative in Genesis 37,

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 what do you see?

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 You see that Joseph's father is repeating the very same mistake his own parents did

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 in bringing him up.

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 He's got a favorite.

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 And all of that needs to be divinely torn out of his soul.

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 And God is using the situations into which Joseph is brought

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 in order to do something at distance, as it were, to his father.

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 In order to bring about a restoration and a reconciliation

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 between the father and all his other boys.

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 And the same is true of the brothers.

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 It is true.

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 I mean, it's very interesting that Joseph is clear to them about this.

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 You meant evil against me.

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 But you see, in God's amazing providence,

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 he had used this in order to do something to the brothers.

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 And if you, if you're like, you'll read through the narrative.

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 Don't just keep your eye on Joseph.

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 Keep your eye on what is happening to these brothers.

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 And the way in which God slowly deconstructs them.

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 Until, instead of selling their brother,

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 they're embracing their brother.

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 It is amazing the way in which God does this.

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 So, if earlier on in the narrative,

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 it would be perfectly understandable if Joseph was saying,

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 God, why is this happening to me?

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 The answer is, Joseph, this is only partly about you.

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 It's about them.

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 I'm doing this in you for them.

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 And the person who grasps that that is the way God works

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 will be a happier, contented, more stable,

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 and indeed more fruitful Christian believer.

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 Of that I have no doubt whatsoever.

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 And you see this repeated time and time again,

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 don't you, in the pages of Scripture.

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 Let me just use Paul as an illustration again.

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 There he is in jail.

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 And he's writing to the Philippians.

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 What's his concern about the Philippians?

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 His concern about the Philippians is

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 that the Philippians are concerned

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 that the whole project of preaching the gospel

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 is going to die because the Apostle Paul is in prison.

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 And Paul underlines for them that he is a prisoner

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 for the sake of Jesus Christ.

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 And that because of that,

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 there has been fruit in the Roman artillery.

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 And there has been fruit in the Christians

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 who have been bold to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And he realizes this did not happen to me for me.

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 This happened to me for the sake of the gospel

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 and for their sake to do something in them.

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 And that's the way God works, isn't it?

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 I remember hearing at the memorial service

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 for the daughter of a colleague

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 that she had said one Lord's Day after worship

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 just bare bones of a young woman.

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 And she had said to him

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 as they greeted one another at the end of the service,

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 she said, I realize this isn't just about me.

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 It isn't just about me.

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 Very moving, isn't it?

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 But you see, it's true.

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 It's true of everything that happens to us.

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 We're not the center of the universe.

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 So God, in his mercy,

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 works together a variety of circumstances.

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:38.740
 He works together in a variety of lives.

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:42.019
 And he also works out a variety of consequences.

00:23:42.340 --> 00:23:44.900
 And I've already alluded to this, really,

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:47.440
 in Jacob's life, the reconciliation.

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:52.180
 There's this beautiful illustration of it, isn't it?

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:56.320
 When the brothers are seated by Joseph.

00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:59.180
 They come and they don't recognize him, you remember.

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:01.360
 And he seats them all

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:04.660
 just the way they should have been seated

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:06.320
 and maybe were seated at home.

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.680
 We have four children.

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:12.220
 And of course, we were all together for years.

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.740
 And then you get this age.

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:15.880
 And you're never together in the same way.

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:18.000
 Except on the rarest occasions.

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:20.180
 And the last occasion,

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:22.240
 my wife and I,

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.740
 and just the four children,

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:26.480
 none of their attachments of any kind,

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:28.299
 their spouses or children,

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:30.000
 the last time we were all together,

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.559
 our first son,

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:34.019
 as we went to the table in a restaurant

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.799
 to have a meal,

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:37.519
 he insisted we sit around the table

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:39.180
 the way we sat around the table.

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:41.480
 Which was immovable.

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:43.039
 It was the law of the Meats,

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.599
 the Persians, and the Fergusons.

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:46.980
 We always sat in the exact same place.

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:49.500
 It moved me profoundly

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:51.500
 that he even remembered that.

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.819
 And Joseph does the same thing.

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:59.279
 Now some of you are probably mathematicians

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:01.880
 and you can work out the statistical probability

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:05.180
 of accidentally placing

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:06.640
 a whole bundle of brothers

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:09.380
 in the right age order around a table.

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.900
 And they're stunned.

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:13.100
 And then you remember

00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:17.120
 when the wee boy arrives,

00:25:17.780 --> 00:25:18.540
 Joseph says,

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:20.320
 pile his plate high.

00:25:21.540 --> 00:25:23.780
 Put the best steak on his plate.

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.560
 Now why is that?

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.440
 You see what he's doing?

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:31.980
 He's kind of,

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.779
 he's like a surgeon,

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.120
 just,

00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:36.400
 well not a surgeon,

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:38.140
 he's like your family doctor

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:39.580
 that you go to

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.059
 and you know,

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:41.279
 he knows where to press.

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.279
 Is it sore here?

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.019
 No!

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.100
 If you're a man,

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.600
 you're relieved,

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.480
 there's nothing wrong with me.

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.820
 It's not a really serious doctor.

00:25:48.320 --> 00:25:48.640
 And then he,

00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:49.380
 are you sore here?

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.600
 And you go,

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:49.799
 oh!

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.680
 And that's what he's doing.

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:53.759
 This is exactly the sore point.

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:57.440
 They were jealous of Joseph

00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:00.119
 because he got the best.

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:04.879
 And here God is using Joseph

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:08.319
 to discover whether they're going to be jealous

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:10.180
 of the wee boy again

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:13.039
 because Joseph is giving him the best.

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:16.139
 And what begins to emerge

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:17.839
 is that God has so worked

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:19.899
 in the lives of these brothers

00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:23.019
 that they are prepared to make sacrifice

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:26.279
 for the sake of their youngest brother.

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.579
 And it's all,

00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:31.919
 it's all sourced back

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:34.019
 to what God was doing here

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:39.220
 in their formerly younger brother's life.

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.559
 And yes,

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:43.559
 God was working in Joseph's life.

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:46.039
 I have never understood

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:48.180
 why God does things this way.

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:50.359
 But both Scripture

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.680
 and the history of the church

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.539
 teach me

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:55.659
 that God gives people gifts

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:58.059
 even when they're not able to handle them.

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:01.200
 And I think it's pretty clear

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.759
 God gave this boy,

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.799
 age 17,

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.559
 an extraordinary gift.

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.799
 He did give him

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:09.039
 a revelatory dream

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:11.420
 that actually came true

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:15.539
 when he didn't have the wisdom

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:17.600
 to contain it.

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:21.019
 And so when he came down

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:22.500
 to breakfast in the morning

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:24.420
 and he put his cornflakes

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.340
 into his bowl

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:27.120
 and he poured the milk out

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:29.019
 and one of the brothers said,

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.360
 did you sleep well Joseph?

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.660
 Instead of saying,

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.759
 yeah it was okay.

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:36.600
 And keeping it all to himself.

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:38.740
 He blurted it out.

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:40.799
 And nobody was in any doubt

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:42.059
 what he was saying.

00:27:42.439 --> 00:27:45.359
 The arrogant 17 year old teenager.

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.480
 The favourite of the father.

00:27:48.179 --> 00:27:48.639
 And yet,

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:51.199
 given this extraordinary revelation

00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:52.579
 that came true,

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.279
 he blurted it all out

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.500
 and the message was,

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.779
 I'm the man.

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.599
 You'll all be coming

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.579
 and bowing down

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:01.099
 before me.

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:04.379
 And what is so amazing,

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:07.500
 what is so apostolic

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.500
 in this is,

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:12.179
 this foolish act of his

00:28:12.179 --> 00:28:14.480
 in the hands of

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:16.419
 a gracious, loving,

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.639
 heavenly father

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:19.199
 becomes, as it were,

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.699
 the raw materials

00:28:20.699 --> 00:28:21.939
 out of which

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:24.599
 this elongated process

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:27.619
 of transforming

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:29.119
 this whole family

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:30.619
 and reconciling them

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:33.339
 and it's so interesting,

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.479
 it's so interesting

00:28:34.479 --> 00:28:35.219
 this connection

00:28:35.219 --> 00:28:37.379
 that when you read

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:38.239
 through the whole narrative

00:28:38.239 --> 00:28:39.759
 you meet Joseph

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.599
 when he's 17,

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.819
 when he becomes

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.439
 prime minister

00:28:42.439 --> 00:28:43.399
 he is 30.

00:28:44.739 --> 00:28:45.119
 Okay,

00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:48.019
 so that is 14 years

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.939
 by the kind of

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:50.099
 inclusive reckoning

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:52.419
 that Bible writers use.

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.779
 And that's significant,

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.419
 isn't it?

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.799
 Because what he's now

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.859
 going to deal with

00:28:58.859 --> 00:29:01.259
 is the next 14 years.

00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:04.519
 He is at 14 years

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:06.079
 in which he has learned

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:08.359
 patience and wisdom.

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:12.559
 And those are exactly

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:14.759
 the two gifts he needs

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:17.279
 in order to accomplish

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:19.119
 what he accomplishes.

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.839
 Patience.

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:23.699
 Patience to handle

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:25.279
 those seven years

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.980
 of plenty

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:28.380
 and wisdom

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.880
 to use those

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.500
 seven years

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.140
 of plenty

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:33.420
 so that he may be

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.940
 a blessing

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.440
 to the world

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.779
 in the seven years

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.360
 of famine.

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.500
 And it's taken

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:41.000
 14 years

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:42.900
 to make him that.

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.220
 So that when he becomes

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.480
 prime minister of Egypt

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.680
 he's not only

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.660
 in the right place

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.680
 at the right time

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:51.240
 but he's the right man

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.200
 for the right place

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:53.019
 and the right time.

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.700
 And I don't know

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.620
 why God does it

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.539
 this way as I say

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.920
 but he was not

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.680
 the right man

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.819
 at the age of 17.

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.900
 And when he spoke

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:04.039
 it wasn't the right time.

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.400
 And yet in his

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.880
 you know maybe

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:10.140
 maybe some of you

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.640
 are thinking

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.480
 I have been

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.360
 exactly there.

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.800
 I have so messed up.

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.440
 And God is

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:17.040
 in the mystery

00:30:17.040 --> 00:30:18.300
 of his wisdom

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:18.980
 and providence

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:20.300
 he's taken

00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:21.300
 all that rubbish

00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:22.420
 you've kind of

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:24.180
 landed on his plate

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:26.000
 and he's made

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.900
 something of you.

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:29.400
 And you realize

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:30.820
 that the wonder

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.560
 of his working

00:30:31.560 --> 00:30:32.960
 is that he has

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.940
 been working out

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.180
 his own purposes

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.760
 in this way

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:38.180
 because

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:39.779
 he's able to

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.940
 not only work

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.980
 in a variety

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.099
 of situations

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:44.059
 and to

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.920
 work

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:46.039
 in a variety

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.720
 of people

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.220
 but he's able

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.799
 to work out

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.319
 a variety

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.519
 of consequences

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:52.059
 and how often

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.660
 it's true

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.379
 in our lives

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:54.200
 that he does

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.039
 that through

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:57.339
 pain and difficulty

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.299
 and challenge.

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.460
 John Flavel

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.379
 again has a

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:02.140
 lovely saying

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:03.359
 when he

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:04.359
 he says

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.359
 that afflictions

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.899
 are like

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.899
 frosty weather

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.799
 on garments

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.119
 they change

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:09.939
 their hue

00:31:09.939 --> 00:31:11.039
 and whiten

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.639
 the sheet.

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.099
 If you're under

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:14.240
 30 you've no idea

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:15.240
 what that is all

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.619
 about

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:17.339
 because you use

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.199
 washing machines

00:31:18.199 --> 00:31:19.359
 and tumble dryers.

00:31:20.439 --> 00:31:21.539
 But my generation

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:23.099
 I still remember

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:24.039
 as a little boy

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.639
 in those rare days

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.079
 in winter

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.879
 when the sun

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.459
 shone

00:31:27.459 --> 00:31:28.219
 and it was

00:31:28.219 --> 00:31:28.979
 frosty

00:31:28.979 --> 00:31:30.279
 my mother

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.779
 would say

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.500
 this is going

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.179
 to be a great

00:31:32.179 --> 00:31:33.079
 day for bleaching.

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.959
 And

00:31:35.959 --> 00:31:37.439
 that's it

00:31:37.439 --> 00:31:38.039
 isn't it?

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.899
 The frost

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:41.079
 in Joseph's

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.559
 life

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:43.479
 had

00:31:43.479 --> 00:31:44.819
 been used

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.579
 by God

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:47.059
 to make him

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.979
 the right man

00:31:47.979 --> 00:31:49.199
 in the right

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:49.779
 place

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.959
 at the right

00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:51.379
 time.

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.719
 Now there's a

00:31:53.719 --> 00:31:54.559
 fourth corner

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:54.939
 piece

00:31:54.939 --> 00:31:55.740
 I want you

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.339
 to notice

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:57.419
 and

00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:59.099
 it's not

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.599
 a corner

00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.039
 piece

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:01.039
 that is

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.819
 stated in

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.419
 the text

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.500
 but it's

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.160
 really written

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.820
 all over

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.420
 the story

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:05.980
 of Joseph

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:07.380
 and that

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.880
 is that

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.840
 in our

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.200
 lives

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.500
 God

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.000
 is always

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.580
 working

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:11.480
 through a

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.840
 variety

00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:12.080
 of

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.800
 circumstances

00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:14.220
 he is

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.800
 working

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.980
 in a variety

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.580
 of people

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:17.539
 he's working

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.700
 a variety

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.680
 of consequences

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:21.320
 and the

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:21.860
 fourth corner

00:32:21.860 --> 00:32:22.160
 piece

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.779
 is this

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.640
 and it's

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:23.920
 the one

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.279
 to hold

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.820
 on to

00:32:24.820 --> 00:32:25.920
 that he's

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.560
 doing all

00:32:26.560 --> 00:32:27.000
 this

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.819
 in order

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.380
 that Jesus

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.839
 may be

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.519
 glorified

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:32.720
 he's doing

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.259
 all this

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.759
 in order

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.259
 that Jesus

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.700
 may be

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.339
 glorified

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.940
 now

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:38.240
 you know

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.380
 there's some

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:40.339
 very artificial

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:41.140
 preaching of

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:41.880
 Jesus from

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.240
 the Old

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.680
 Testament

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.099
 you know

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.680
 where suddenly

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.180
 you leap

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.640
 from the

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.279
 text to

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.940
 Jesus

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.400
 and you

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.700
 don't know

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.000
 how you

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.519
 got there

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:49.039
 but it's

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.660
 pretty evident

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.319
 how you get

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:51.319
 to Jesus

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:52.319
 from Joseph

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:54.419
 it's because

00:32:54.419 --> 00:32:55.659
 all those

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.279
 men and

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.139
 women of

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:58.240
 faith in

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.799
 the promise

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.519
 of God

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.299
 in the Old

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.700
 Testament

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.259
 scriptures

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.539
 are united

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.299
 by that

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.159
 faith to

00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.659
 the Jesus

00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:05.279
 who is to

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.579
 come

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:08.139
 just as we

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.980
 are united

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:10.319
 to that

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.899
 Jesus

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:12.559
 on this

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.359
 side of

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.839
 his death

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.559
 and resurrection

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.899
 they were

00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:16.619
 united by

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:17.159
 faith to

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:17.659
 Jesus

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.799
 on their

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.419
 side of

00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:19.980
 the death

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:21.159
 and resurrection

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:22.119
 and as the

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.559
 New Testament

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.139
 makes clear

00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:23.659
 one of the

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:25.259
 great implications

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.959
 of that

00:33:25.959 --> 00:33:26.500
 is

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:28.159
 that if you

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:28.579
 are united

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.159
 to Christ

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:29.500
 in his

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.939
 death and

00:33:29.939 --> 00:33:30.519
 resurrection

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.799
 your life

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.319
 will be

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.879
 shaped

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:34.119
 in small

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.639
 ways

00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:35.339
 perhaps in

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:36.579
 very great

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.079
 ways

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:38.179
 your life

00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:38.739
 will be

00:33:38.739 --> 00:33:39.899
 squeezed

00:33:39.899 --> 00:33:41.159
 into the

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.599
 mold

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.339
 of his

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.879
 death

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.679
 and resurrection

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:46.319
 you will

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.059
 be united

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.439
 to

00:33:47.439 --> 00:33:47.739
 remember

00:33:47.739 --> 00:33:48.259
 how Paul

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.719
 puts it

00:33:48.719 --> 00:33:49.199
 what I want

00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:49.699
 to do

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:50.079
 with my

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.339
 life

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.679
 is to

00:33:50.679 --> 00:33:51.019
 know

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.639
 Christ

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.900
 the

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.259
 power

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.540
 of his

00:33:53.540 --> 00:33:54.200
 resurrection

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.660
 share

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:54.840
 the

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.200
 fellowship

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.600
 of his

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.320
 sufferings

00:33:56.320 --> 00:33:57.040
 become

00:33:57.040 --> 00:33:57.560
 like him

00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:57.840
 in his

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.220
 death

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.980
 and attain

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.340
 to the

00:33:59.340 --> 00:33:59.940
 resurrection

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:01.820
 the lenses

00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:02.720
 through which

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.440
 he viewed

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.040
 what it means

00:34:04.040 --> 00:34:04.500
 to be a

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.860
 Christian

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.660
 were lenses

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.700
 of being

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.600
 united to

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.039
 Christ

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.640
 and being

00:34:08.640 --> 00:34:09.480
 transformed

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.160
 into his

00:34:10.160 --> 00:34:10.940
 likeness

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:12.780
 and it's

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.240
 all over

00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:13.800
 his life

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.119
 and it's

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.539
 all over

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.280
 his letters

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:18.300
 but you

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.680
 see the

00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:19.060
 same

00:34:19.060 --> 00:34:19.760
 is true

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:21.420
 of the

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.600
 Old

00:34:21.600 --> 00:34:22.019
 Testament

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.640
 saints

00:34:22.640 --> 00:34:23.420
 and you

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:23.600
 can

00:34:23.600 --> 00:34:24.360
 just

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.800
 run

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.100
 through

00:34:25.100 --> 00:34:25.320
 them

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.460
 in

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.620
 your

00:34:25.620 --> 00:34:25.940
 mind

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.220
 and you

00:34:26.220 --> 00:34:26.460
 see

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:26.760
 this

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.000
 is

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.000
 the

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.360
 way

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.360
 they

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.060
 share

00:34:30.060 --> 00:34:30.360
 in

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:31.080
 advance

00:34:31.080 --> 00:34:31.460
 in the

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.900
 fellowship

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.560
 of the

00:34:32.560 --> 00:34:33.080
 sufferings

00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:33.640
 of Christ

00:34:33.640 --> 00:34:34.260
 in this

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.680
 world

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.460
 and they

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.080
 also share

00:34:36.080 --> 00:34:36.720
 in advance

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.080
 in the

00:34:37.080 --> 00:34:37.740
 triumphs

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.320
 of Christ

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.860
 and his

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.900
 resurrection

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:41.420
 and you

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.940
 can see

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.539
 it here

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.139
 in Joseph

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.940
 what we

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.400
 might call

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.079
 the Jesus

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.660
 pattern

00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:46.860
 of humiliation

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:48.079
 and exaltation

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.700
 suffering

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:49.740
 and glory

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:50.320
 death

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.260
 and resurrection

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:54.720
 it oozes

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:55.559
 out of

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.180
 what God

00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:56.860
 is doing

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.860
 in the

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.300
 life of

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.680
 Joseph

00:34:58.680 --> 00:35:01.460
 and in

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.039
 addition to

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.340
 what we

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.780
 might call

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.280
 the Jesus

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.800
 pattern

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.280
 there's the

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.599
 Jesus

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.240
 principle

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:07.360
 it's

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.340
 through his

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.820
 suffering

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.760
 that blessing

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.420
 comes to

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.980
 the nations

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:12.760
 it's all

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.540
 over Joseph's

00:35:13.540 --> 00:35:13.860
 life

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.340
 it's through

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:14.620
 his

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:15.220
 suffering

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:16.580
 that blessing

00:35:16.580 --> 00:35:17.640
 comes to

00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:18.840
 the nations

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:20.760
 and you

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.440
 notice also

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.140
 in the end

00:35:22.140 --> 00:35:22.800
 of Genesis

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.680
 chapter 50

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:25.340
 there's

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.020
 the Jesus

00:35:26.020 --> 00:35:26.560
 promise

00:35:26.560 --> 00:35:27.560
 that runs

00:35:27.560 --> 00:35:28.060
 right through

00:35:28.060 --> 00:35:28.760
 his life

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:30.900
 the promise

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.300
 that was

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.600
 given

00:35:31.600 --> 00:35:32.240
 you remember

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:33.660
 to

00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:34.980
 Adam and

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.360
 Eve

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.760
 that there

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.060
 would be

00:35:36.060 --> 00:35:36.700
 a seed

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.180
 who

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:37.960
 would

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:39.360
 be the

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.039
 conqueror

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.360
 of the

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.700
 evil

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.099
 one

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:43.260
 and that

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:44.000
 as it

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.180
 were

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.900
 grows

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.200
 in the

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.539
 promise

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:45.820
 that's

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.019
 given

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.240
 to

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:46.620
 Abraham

00:35:46.620 --> 00:35:47.160
 that in

00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:48.480
 his seat

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.140
 the nations

00:35:49.140 --> 00:35:49.599
 of the

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:49.940
 world

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.579
 are going

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.059
 to be

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.920
 blessed

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.820
 but in

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.620
 the pursuit

00:35:53.620 --> 00:35:54.380
 of that

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.120
 promise

00:35:55.120 --> 00:35:56.300
 God's

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.700
 people are

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:56.920
 going to

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.400
 be brought

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.900
 down

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.320
 into

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:59.780
 a land

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.240
 where they

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.940
 will remain

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.440
 for over

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.559
 400 years

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.120
 before

00:36:03.120 --> 00:36:04.360
 the next

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:05.019
 stage

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.579
 in God's

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.019
 movement

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.579
 forward

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.000
 to the

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.239
 coming

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:07.599
 of our

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:07.880
 Lord

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.199
 Jesus

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.900
 Christ

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.860
 comes

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.219
 on to

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.380
 the

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.960
 horizon

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:12.719
 and you

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:12.960
 see

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.719
 Joseph's

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.299
 place

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:14.819
 there

00:36:14.819 --> 00:36:15.759
 in that

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:16.360
 timeline

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:18.159
 the promise

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.739
 of Genesis

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.539
 315

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:21.019
 the promise

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.500
 that's given

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.179
 to Abraham

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:23.539
 the fact

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.059
 that before

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.759
 that promise

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.239
 given to

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:25.559
 Abraham

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.519
 is fulfilled

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.400
 in the

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.900
 coming of

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.259
 Jesus

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:28.900
 Christ

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:30.179
 the saving

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.940
 seed

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.480
 there is

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:31.759
 going to

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.059
 be a

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.440
 period

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.039
 when the

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.579
 people

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.119
 will be

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.519
 brought

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.980
 down

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.500
 to

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.239
 a

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:36.679
 land

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.059
 from

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.500
 which

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.820
 they

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.440
 will

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:38.800
 be

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.400
 brought

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.759
 up

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:41.300
 so

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.699
 that

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.980
 in

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.599
 Joseph

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:45.139
 without

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.679
 Joseph

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:45.980
 this

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.219
 does

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.420
 not

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.820
 happen

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:48.139
 in

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.579
 Joseph

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.199
 God

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.460
 is

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.119
 advancing

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.860
 his

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.460
 purposes

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:52.280
 that

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:53.219
 eventually

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.800
 lead

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.380
 to

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:55.539
 the

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:56.119
 revelation

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.360
 of

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.639
 Jesus

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.280
 Christ

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:59.199
 and I

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.400
 think

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.699
 we can

00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:00.119
 apply

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.420
 that

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.619
 to

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.159
 ourselves

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.440
 can't

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.639
 we

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.900
 that

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.139
 this

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.539
 actually

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:03.880
 is

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.140
 his

00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:04.579
 purpose

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:04.800
 in

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.000
 our

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.400
 lives

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:05.559
 and

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.860
 everything

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.119
 that

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.680
 happens

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:08.420
 he's

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.780
 wanting

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.119
 to

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.539
 shape

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:09.780
 our

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.160
 lives

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.420
 in

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.760
 such

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:10.940
 a

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.300
 way

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:12.480
 that

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.900
 our

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.519
 lives

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.740
 will

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:14.960
 be

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.220
 a

00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:15.840
 manifestation

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.619
 to

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.140
 others

00:37:17.140 --> 00:37:18.220
 of

00:37:18.220 --> 00:37:18.400
 the

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:18.700
 grace

00:37:18.700 --> 00:37:18.920
 of

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.260
 God

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.420
 in

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.640
 our

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.160
 Saviour

00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:20.640
 Jesus

00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:21.840
 Christ

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:23.119
 and we

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.320
 will

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:23.660
 be

00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:24.000
 a

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.280
 link

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.579
 in

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:24.800
 the

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.380
 chain

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:26.440
 of

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:26.840
 God's

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.559
 providential

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.079
 purposes

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.480
 as

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.900
 Joseph

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.200
 was

00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:29.420
 such

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:29.599
 a

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:29.920
 major

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.320
 link

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.519
 in

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:30.780
 that

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.140
 chain

00:37:31.140 --> 00:37:32.280
 that

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:32.800
 eventually

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.220
 would

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:33.459
 lead

00:37:33.459 --> 00:37:34.000
 history

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:35.439
 and

00:37:35.439 --> 00:37:35.659
 lead

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.299
 individuals

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:37.459
 to

00:37:37.459 --> 00:37:37.639
 the

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:37.859
 foot

00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:38.000
 of

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.159
 the

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.579
 cross

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.459
 to

00:37:39.459 --> 00:37:39.939
 embrace

00:37:39.939 --> 00:37:40.199
 the

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:40.619
 Saviour

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.679
 and

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:41.879
 to

00:37:41.879 --> 00:37:42.480
 advance

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.119
 the

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:43.599
 gospel

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.339
 in

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:44.819
 the

00:37:44.819 --> 00:37:45.199
 world

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:47.059
 and

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:48.599
 maybe

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:48.799
 the

00:37:48.799 --> 00:37:49.099
 best

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.399
 way

00:37:49.399 --> 00:37:49.759
 to

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.319
 put it

00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:50.500
 is

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:50.719
 like

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.019
 this

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.259
 that

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:51.459
 in

00:37:51.459 --> 00:37:51.739
 these

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:52.219
 chapters

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:53.139
 between

00:37:53.139 --> 00:37:53.579
 Genesis

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.239
 37

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:54.500
 and

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:54.859
 Genesis

00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.480
 50

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.799
 God

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.319
 puts

00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:57.859
 these

00:37:57.859 --> 00:37:58.399
 principles

00:37:58.399 --> 00:37:58.899
 on the

00:37:58.899 --> 00:37:59.199
 big

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.879
 screen

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:02.200
 Joseph

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.660
 is a

00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:03.019
 big

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.680
 screen

00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:04.599
 example

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:06.039
 but

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.800
 you're

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.000
 only

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.220
 an

00:38:07.220 --> 00:38:07.519
 iPad

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.059
 or

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.480
 perhaps

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.720
 you're

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:08.940
 just

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:11.140
 an

00:38:11.140 --> 00:38:11.680
 iPhone

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:13.420
 and that's

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.019
 true of us

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.519
 isn't it

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.420
 not many of us

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:16.059
 live on the

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.820
 big screen

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:18.920
 not any of us

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.579
 have lives

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.220
 that are written

00:38:20.220 --> 00:38:20.860
 in capital

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.599
 letters

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.559
 but in

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:22.960
 small

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.559
 letters

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:25.039
 but it's

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:26.360
 the same

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.240
 sentence

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:27.960
 that's being

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.619
 written

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:30.900
 that transforms

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.719
 our lives

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.279
 transforms

00:38:32.279 --> 00:38:32.799
 others

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:33.299
 lives

00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:34.699
 and brings

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.779
 others

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:36.960
 to faith

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.339
 in the

00:38:37.339 --> 00:38:37.599
 Lord

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.059
 Jesus

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:39.440
 Christ

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:40.519
 because

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:41.179
 our

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.779
 God

00:38:41.779 --> 00:38:42.299
 is

00:38:42.299 --> 00:38:43.159
 a

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:44.059
 master

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:45.859
 of

00:38:45.859 --> 00:38:46.079
 his

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.559
 purposes

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:48.380
 we

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:50.079
 we are

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.480
 we are

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.199
 but members

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.599
 of the

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.299
 orchestra

00:38:52.299 --> 00:38:53.559
 different

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.519
 instruments

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.940
 seeking

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.799
 to play

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.279
 to his

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:57.859
 glory

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:58.780
 and he

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.160
 is the

00:38:59.160 --> 00:38:59.660
 conductor

00:38:59.660 --> 00:39:00.160
 who

00:39:00.160 --> 00:39:01.920
 harmonises

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:03.640
 absolutely

00:39:03.640 --> 00:39:04.240
 everything

00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:06.539
 I remember

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.160
 when our

00:39:07.160 --> 00:39:08.039
 daughter

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:09.200
 our daughter

00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:09.579
 had a

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:09.880
 birthday

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.220
 I think

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:10.460
 it was

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.000
 maybe her

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:12.200
 13th

00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:12.559
 birthday

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.539
 and she

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:13.920
 wanted to

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.519
 go and see

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.519
 Joseph and

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.500
 his amazing

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.760
 technicolor

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.500
 dream coat

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.340
 she didn't know

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:19.900
 anything about

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.420
 Joseph and

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:20.900
 his amazing

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.800
 technicolor

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.200
 dream coat

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.519
 she knew

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.059
 about Joseph

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.380
 and the

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.640
 Bible

00:39:23.640 --> 00:39:25.180
 and unfortunately

00:39:25.180 --> 00:39:25.740
 for her

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.380
 and for me

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.000
 my wife

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.380
 who was

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.680
 going to

00:39:27.680 --> 00:39:28.079
 take her

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.320
 took

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:28.820
 unwell

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.460
 and I

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.780
 had to

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.260
 take her

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:30.800
 we had

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:31.160
 seats

00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:31.619
 absolutely

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:31.980
 in the

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.579
 front row

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:33.840
 I don't know

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.680
 about 3,000

00:39:34.680 --> 00:39:35.460
 people in the

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.780
 theatre

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.760
 it was

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:38.019
 the professionalism

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:39.039
 was spectacular

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:40.140
 beyond words

00:39:40.140 --> 00:39:42.119
 but I was the

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:42.980
 only person

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:44.140
 in the entire

00:39:44.140 --> 00:39:44.559
 theatre

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.780
 who did not

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.240
 know

00:39:46.240 --> 00:39:47.059
 that at some

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.480
 point

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.360
 in this

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:49.039
 musical

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:50.079
 Pharaoh

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.760
 turns into

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.099
 Elvis

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.599
 Presley

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:53.500
 and I

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.719
 left out

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.099
 this kind

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.819
 of wild

00:39:55.819 --> 00:39:56.599
 and

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.019
 daughter

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.619
 embarrassing

00:39:57.619 --> 00:40:01.079
 but the

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:01.460
 thing about

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.900
 sitting in

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.279
 the front

00:40:02.279 --> 00:40:02.679
 row

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.559
 was

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.819
 that we

00:40:04.819 --> 00:40:05.339
 could see

00:40:05.339 --> 00:40:05.779
 into the

00:40:05.779 --> 00:40:06.119
 pit

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:09.179
 and so we

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.880
 could see

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.339
 the whole

00:40:10.339 --> 00:40:10.920
 thing on

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:11.739
 two levels

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:13.420
 we could

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:13.839
 see the

00:40:13.839 --> 00:40:14.480
 conductor

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:16.019
 who was

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.619
 absolute

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:17.360
 master

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.920
 I mean he

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.279
 was so

00:40:18.279 --> 00:40:18.900
 master of

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.619
 the score

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.440
 that I

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.900
 watched him

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.539
 walk in

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.259
 and he

00:40:22.259 --> 00:40:22.579
 pulled out

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:22.880
 a packet

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.980
 of M&M's

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:25.039
 and he

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.739
 poured them

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.139
 into this

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.699
 little cup

00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:27.039
 he had

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.279
 at the

00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:27.599
 side

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:27.900
 and he

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.199
 was

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:31.880
 in total

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.719
 control

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:35.039
 and I

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.480
 sat there

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.819
 thinking

00:40:35.819 --> 00:40:36.460
 this is how

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.799
 it is

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:37.039
 in the

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.299
 Christian

00:40:37.299 --> 00:40:37.739
 life

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.420
 isn't it

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:38.859
 although

00:40:38.859 --> 00:40:39.460
 God is

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.960
 a much

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.179
 more

00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:40.579
 serious

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.159
 conductor

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:42.619
 you know

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.019
 we see

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.639
 the drama

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.400
 being played

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.819
 out

00:40:44.819 --> 00:40:46.539
 but it's

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:47.400
 being played

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:47.779
 out

00:40:47.779 --> 00:40:48.259
 according

00:40:48.259 --> 00:40:48.719
 to

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:50.319
 the score

00:40:50.319 --> 00:40:51.599
 that the

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.099
 conductor

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:53.819
 has designed

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.339
 from all

00:40:54.339 --> 00:40:54.879
 eternity

00:40:54.879 --> 00:40:56.139
 and he

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:56.739
 is a

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:57.339
 master

00:40:57.339 --> 00:40:58.539
 an absolute

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.579
 master

00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:01.219
 of that

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:01.779
 score

00:41:01.779 --> 00:41:03.639
 yes it's

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.159
 true

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:06.599
 he moves

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:07.279
 in mysterious

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:08.119
 ways his

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:08.719
 wonders to

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:09.139
 perform

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:09.799
 it's true

00:41:09.799 --> 00:41:10.579
 he plants

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:11.299
 his footsteps

00:41:11.299 --> 00:41:12.099
 in the

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:12.579
 sea

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:13.619
 and the

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.000
 problem

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.619
 with footsteps

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.219
 in the

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.599
 sea

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.279
 is they're

00:41:16.279 --> 00:41:17.139
 not visible

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:20.139
 but he

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:20.920
 does work

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.299
 in the

00:41:21.299 --> 00:41:21.579
 deep

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:22.639
 unfathomable

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:23.440
 minds

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:24.440
 with his

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:25.239
 never failing

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:25.779
 skill

00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:27.239
 he treasures

00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:27.819
 up his

00:41:27.819 --> 00:41:28.859
 bright designs

00:41:28.859 --> 00:41:29.639
 he works

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:30.940
 his sovereign

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:32.239
 will

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:33.900
 and his

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:34.719
 sovereign will

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:36.039
 is to work

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:37.019
 in our lives

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:37.779
 in a variety

00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:38.799
 of circumstances

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:40.480
 to work

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.139
 through our

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.619
 lives

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:42.279
 in a variety

00:41:42.279 --> 00:41:42.859
 of people

00:41:42.859 --> 00:41:44.400
 to work

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:45.319
 by our

00:41:45.319 --> 00:41:45.759
 lives

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:46.380
 a variety

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.320
 of consequences

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:48.800
 and most

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:49.320
 of all

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:50.540
 to work

00:41:50.540 --> 00:41:51.180
 upon

00:41:51.180 --> 00:41:52.380
 our lives

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:53.480
 for the

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:54.040
 glory of

00:41:54.040 --> 00:41:54.540
 our Lord

00:41:54.540 --> 00:41:54.920
 Jesus

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:55.780
 Christ

00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:57.940
 those of us

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.540
 who are here

00:41:58.540 --> 00:41:59.440
 for the unique

00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.140
 two o'clock

00:42:00.140 --> 00:42:00.720
 service

00:42:00.720 --> 00:42:01.460
 were thinking

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:02.480
 a little

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:03.260
 about Simon

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.620
 Peter

00:42:03.620 --> 00:42:04.440
 and the

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:05.940
 storm

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:07.540
 and this

00:42:07.540 --> 00:42:08.420
 narrative

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:09.300
 also makes

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:09.840
 me think

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:10.360
 about the

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:10.880
 words that

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.380
 Jesus

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:12.020
 you remember

00:42:12.020 --> 00:42:12.680
 spoke to

00:42:12.680 --> 00:42:13.440
 Simon Peter

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:13.940
 when he was

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.640
 arguing about

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.920
 the foot washing

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.420
 with him

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:17.440
 that is

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:17.719
 Peter

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:18.379
 arguing with

00:42:18.379 --> 00:42:18.879
 Jesus

00:42:18.879 --> 00:42:20.179
 remember what

00:42:20.179 --> 00:42:20.859
 Jesus said

00:42:20.859 --> 00:42:22.299
 the words

00:42:22.299 --> 00:42:22.859
 could be written

00:42:22.859 --> 00:42:23.859
 all over

00:42:23.859 --> 00:42:25.480
 Joseph's life

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:27.500
 you don't

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:28.119
 understand

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:28.579
 what I'm

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:28.940
 doing

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.859
 now

00:42:29.859 --> 00:42:32.460
 but afterward

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:32.460


00:42:33.259 --> 00:42:34.099
 you will

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.699
 understand

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:36.480
 sometimes

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:37.159
 in his

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:37.639
 kindness

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.619
 that afterward

00:42:38.619 --> 00:42:40.059
 becomes

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.539
 here and

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:40.839
 now

00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:42.320
 the great

00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:42.960
 thing about

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:43.579
 being a

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:43.980
 Christian

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:45.059
 and being

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:45.579
 a Christian

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:45.940
 who is

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:46.660
 getting older

00:42:46.660 --> 00:42:48.260
 is you

00:42:48.260 --> 00:42:48.620
 know the

00:42:48.620 --> 00:42:48.980
 day is

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.320
 coming

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:50.539
 when that

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:51.019
 afterward

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.780
 will reveal

00:42:51.780 --> 00:42:52.840
 the whole

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.100
 of his

00:42:53.100 --> 00:42:53.539
 purposes

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:56.420
 congregation

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:57.200
 I served

00:42:57.200 --> 00:42:57.740
 in

00:42:57.740 --> 00:42:59.000
 Columbia

00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:00.160
 came to

00:43:00.160 --> 00:43:00.539
 know

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.680
 that when

00:43:01.680 --> 00:43:02.500
 I was

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:03.000
 finding it

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:03.420
 difficult

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:04.160
 to land

00:43:04.160 --> 00:43:04.940
 the plane

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:06.500
 as the

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:06.800
 sermon

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:07.360
 went on

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:08.820
 I tended

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.400
 to finish

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:09.880
 the same

00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:10.180
 way

00:43:10.180 --> 00:43:11.200
 and I

00:43:11.200 --> 00:43:11.539
 think I'll

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:11.900
 do that

00:43:11.900 --> 00:43:12.320
 tonight

00:43:12.320 --> 00:43:13.940
 don't you

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.480
 think it

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:14.940
 is the

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.280
 greatest

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:15.840
 thing

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:16.420
 in the

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.900
 world

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:18.240
 to belong

00:43:18.240 --> 00:43:19.120
 to the

00:43:19.120 --> 00:43:19.620
 Lord Jesus

00:43:19.620 --> 00:43:20.180
 Christ

00:43:20.180 --> 00:43:21.860
 let's pray

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:22.180
 together