WEBVTT 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:07.419 22 years ago, the brothers had sold their brother Joseph into slavery. 00:00:08.140 --> 00:00:14.740 Not only that, they had tricked their father into thinking he had been killed by a wild animal. 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:23.400 It was a horrendous crime, one the brothers had kept hidden and had kept buried deep in their life. 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:33.979 Unbeknownst to them, throughout those years, Joseph becomes ruler of all of Egypt at the time of great famine. 00:00:34.859 --> 00:00:40.280 And he's given the title or the job of selling food to all the other people. 00:00:41.980 --> 00:00:45.399 And the brothers are sent down to Egypt to buy food. 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:49.079 And on their arrival, they encounter Joseph. 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:57.920 Joseph immediately recognises his brothers, but the brothers don't recognise Joseph. 00:00:59.579 --> 00:01:00.960 Now here's the question. 00:01:02.019 --> 00:01:06.159 How would you respond if you were Joseph? 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:12.539 With all the power that you had, being ruler over all, 00:01:12.540 --> 00:01:19.840 after all the brothers had done to you, what would you want to do to them? 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:25.340 Well, I would want my pound of flesh. 00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:28.719 I would want revenge. 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:30.120 Get even. 00:01:30.660 --> 00:01:31.660 Make them pay. 00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:32.820 Make them suffer. 00:01:34.420 --> 00:01:38.540 Well, surprisingly, Joseph doesn't demand justice at all. 00:01:38.540 --> 00:01:43.440 Instead, Joseph treats them with mercy and grace. 00:01:44.740 --> 00:01:48.960 In chapter 42, on their first visit down to Egypt to get food, 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:53.620 Joseph doesn't punish them, but he provides for them. 00:01:54.980 --> 00:01:59.900 He doesn't treat them as their sins deserve. 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:03.280 He shows them mercy. 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:10.360 And then in chapter 43, on their second visit down to Egypt to get more food, 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:13.979 Joseph amazingly gives them their money back. 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:16.240 And then he invites them to dinner. 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:21.280 He gives them what they do not deserve. 00:02:23.300 --> 00:02:24.280 That's grace. 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:25.039 Grace. 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:25.080 Grace. 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:29.080 After all the brothers had done to Joseph, 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:36.139 he doesn't respond with justice, but with mercy and grace. 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:41.819 It's an extraordinary response of love and kindness. 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:45.580 And now in chapter 44, 00:02:46.939 --> 00:02:49.699 still keeping his identity from them, 00:02:49.699 --> 00:02:55.819 it seems that grace and mercy have been put to one side. 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:58.799 And now it's all bubbled to the surface, 00:02:58.799 --> 00:03:01.060 and he is out to get revenge. 00:03:02.339 --> 00:03:03.939 Verse 2, look with me. 00:03:04.659 --> 00:03:09.139 Joseph gives instructions for his silver cup 00:03:09.139 --> 00:03:12.000 to be hidden in the youngest brother, 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:13.839 Benjamin's sack. 00:03:14.939 --> 00:03:16.519 Why would he do this? 00:03:16.620 --> 00:03:18.359 After all that had happened, 00:03:18.839 --> 00:03:19.259 why? 00:03:20.399 --> 00:03:22.639 Why would he want to try and trick them? 00:03:23.060 --> 00:03:24.739 What's Joseph up to? 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:29.259 Well, I think there's two reasons. 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:31.679 The first one is, 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:35.259 it seems Joseph is testing his brothers 00:03:35.259 --> 00:03:38.060 to see if they have changed. 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:42.759 Has the mercy and grace they received 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:46.280 had any effect or any impact in their life? 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:50.539 And second, he chooses Benjamin 00:03:50.539 --> 00:03:52.960 because he's the youngest. 00:03:54.620 --> 00:03:57.800 When they're confronted with the stolen cup, 00:03:58.060 --> 00:04:00.920 are they going to treat Benjamin 00:04:00.920 --> 00:04:06.199 the same way in which they treated young Joseph 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:08.659 all those years before? 00:04:08.659 --> 00:04:12.799 You see, the big question is, 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:19.959 has mercy and grace made any difference to their life? 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:25.579 Now that's a great question to ask ourselves. 00:04:25.579 --> 00:04:30.819 Because God has shown us grace and mercy 00:04:30.819 --> 00:04:33.139 that is immeasurable. 00:04:33.139 --> 00:04:39.139 Every day, God is good and kind to us. 00:04:39.139 --> 00:04:43.919 This is how Psalm 145 puts it. 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:49.020 The Lord is gracious and merciful, 00:04:49.020 --> 00:04:51.580 slow to anger, 00:04:52.580 --> 00:04:53.720 rich in love. 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:59.000 The Lord is good to all. 00:05:00.100 --> 00:05:04.980 And he has compassion on all he has made. 00:05:05.640 --> 00:05:08.420 That all includes you and I today. 00:05:09.280 --> 00:05:11.420 Justice is what we deserve 00:05:11.420 --> 00:05:13.280 for our rebellion against God 00:05:13.280 --> 00:05:15.660 and for pushing God out of our lives. 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:18.860 But yet he's good to us. 00:05:18.860 --> 00:05:22.740 He shows us mercy and grace. 00:05:24.080 --> 00:05:26.400 Now the big question for us is the same. 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:31.439 What difference has grace and mercy made to your life? 00:05:33.300 --> 00:05:35.879 You see, mercy and grace doesn't mean, 00:05:36.259 --> 00:05:38.360 well, I can live however I please. 00:05:38.660 --> 00:05:40.840 Sure, God is merciful and God is gracious. 00:05:41.259 --> 00:05:42.840 Sure, that's his job, isn't it? 00:05:42.860 --> 00:05:44.040 He forgives people. 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:50.680 No, the reason is to change us 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:53.100 and to transform us. 00:05:53.540 --> 00:05:56.680 To make us different kinds of people. 00:05:57.800 --> 00:05:59.540 So three things we're going to see. 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.080 That when we look at mercy and grace, 00:06:04.080 --> 00:06:06.140 it leads to true repentance, 00:06:07.520 --> 00:06:08.840 loving sacrifice, 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:11.120 and humble acceptance. 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:14.600 So first, mercy and grace 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:17.160 leads to true repentance 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:19.459 for our sin. 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:23.199 Look at verse 3, chapter 44, verse 3. 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:26.620 As morning dawned, 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:29.500 the brothers were sent on their way 00:06:29.500 --> 00:06:30.939 with their donkeys, 00:06:31.100 --> 00:06:32.780 or if you like in modern terms, 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:34.399 in their four-wheel jeeps 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:36.540 as they headed out across the desert. 00:06:37.259 --> 00:06:37.959 Verse 4, 00:06:38.060 --> 00:06:40.060 they had not gone far from the city 00:06:40.060 --> 00:06:42.280 when Joseph said to his steward, 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:45.339 quick, go after them at once. 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:46.780 Catch them. 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:49.240 You see, there they are, 00:06:49.379 --> 00:06:50.259 driving along, 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:51.720 minding their own business, 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:53.040 when all of a sudden 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:54.300 they hear the sirens 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:56.160 and see flashing blue lights. 00:06:56.699 --> 00:06:57.500 Pull over. 00:06:58.899 --> 00:07:01.279 It's Joseph's chief of police. 00:07:02.740 --> 00:07:04.840 Someone has stolen 00:07:04.840 --> 00:07:06.879 the master's silver cup. 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:09.319 verse 7, 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:12.100 but they said to him, 00:07:12.659 --> 00:07:16.040 why does my Lord say such things? 00:07:16.420 --> 00:07:18.459 Far be it from your servants 00:07:18.459 --> 00:07:19.779 to do anything like that. 00:07:20.100 --> 00:07:21.899 We wouldn't dream of it. 00:07:23.180 --> 00:07:24.040 Verse 9, 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:27.139 if any of your servants 00:07:27.139 --> 00:07:28.839 is found to have the cup, 00:07:29.259 --> 00:07:29.879 he will die 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:32.699 and the rest of us 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:34.719 will become my Lord's slaves. 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:38.040 Well, very well then, 00:07:38.280 --> 00:07:39.700 said the chief of police, 00:07:40.460 --> 00:07:41.840 let it be as you say. 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:44.700 Whoever is found to have it 00:07:44.700 --> 00:07:46.760 will become my slave. 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:48.860 The rest of you, 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:51.540 well, you can carry on your way. 00:07:52.400 --> 00:07:52.980 So there, 00:07:53.100 --> 00:07:53.780 verse 11, 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:55.740 a search was conducted 00:07:55.740 --> 00:07:57.060 all the way, 00:07:57.180 --> 00:07:57.940 verse 12, 00:07:58.480 --> 00:07:59.640 from the youngest, 00:07:59.920 --> 00:08:00.920 from the eldest 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.320 down to the youngest. 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:04.800 There they are, 00:08:04.899 --> 00:08:05.699 all lined up 00:08:05.699 --> 00:08:07.120 with their bags before them 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:08.099 and the police 00:08:08.099 --> 00:08:09.779 go searching one by one. 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:10.800 Nothing here, 00:08:11.099 --> 00:08:11.819 nothing here. 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:12.719 Ah! 00:08:14.060 --> 00:08:15.459 And then finally, 00:08:16.579 --> 00:08:17.699 Benjamin's sack 00:08:17.699 --> 00:08:18.439 is opened 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:21.379 and there's the cup. 00:08:23.779 --> 00:08:24.600 Verse 13, 00:08:24.699 --> 00:08:26.219 at this they tore 00:08:26.219 --> 00:08:27.360 their clothes 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:30.280 and they loaded up 00:08:30.280 --> 00:08:31.120 their donkeys 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:32.200 and they returned 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:33.659 to the city. 00:08:35.180 --> 00:08:36.600 So there they are, 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:38.560 under guard, 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:40.340 taken back 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:41.000 to face 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:42.820 the master of Egypt, 00:08:43.300 --> 00:08:44.539 Joseph himself. 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:46.899 They couldn't believe it. 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:48.320 Verse 15, 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:50.500 Joseph said to them, 00:08:50.700 --> 00:08:51.840 what is this 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:52.779 you have done? 00:08:53.860 --> 00:08:54.639 Don't you know 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:56.060 what a man like me 00:08:56.059 --> 00:08:56.879 can find, 00:08:57.379 --> 00:08:58.279 how we can find 00:08:58.279 --> 00:08:58.819 things out 00:08:58.819 --> 00:08:59.759 by divination? 00:09:02.019 --> 00:09:03.519 What can we say 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:04.039 to you, 00:09:04.099 --> 00:09:04.619 my Lord, 00:09:04.779 --> 00:09:05.500 Judah replied? 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:07.599 What can we say? 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:09.579 How can we prove 00:09:09.579 --> 00:09:10.699 our innocence? 00:09:12.619 --> 00:09:13.019 You see, 00:09:13.079 --> 00:09:14.119 the brothers know 00:09:14.119 --> 00:09:14.979 that they didn't 00:09:14.979 --> 00:09:16.139 steal any cup. 00:09:16.419 --> 00:09:17.759 They know it's a set-up. 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:19.359 They know it's been planted. 00:09:20.199 --> 00:09:21.000 They aren't trying 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:21.739 to come up with 00:09:21.739 --> 00:09:22.419 an excuse 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:23.019 for something 00:09:23.019 --> 00:09:23.939 they didn't do. 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:25.139 In fact, 00:09:25.139 --> 00:09:26.279 the chief of police 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:27.319 back in verse 10 00:09:27.319 --> 00:09:27.879 told them 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:28.819 that those 00:09:28.819 --> 00:09:29.480 who didn't have 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:29.879 the cup, 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:30.139 well, 00:09:30.199 --> 00:09:31.259 they were free 00:09:31.259 --> 00:09:32.139 from blame. 00:09:34.340 --> 00:09:34.799 No, 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:35.759 this is much 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:36.240 bigger 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:37.620 than that. 00:09:38.899 --> 00:09:39.600 Look at what 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:40.080 he says 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:40.539 in the middle 00:09:40.539 --> 00:09:41.519 of verse 16. 00:09:42.899 --> 00:09:44.179 Judah cries out, 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:46.779 God has uncovered 00:09:46.779 --> 00:09:49.159 your servant's guilt. 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:51.039 We are now 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:52.419 my Lord's slaves. 00:09:52.419 --> 00:09:53.719 we ourselves 00:09:53.719 --> 00:09:54.399 and the one 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:55.139 who was found 00:09:55.139 --> 00:09:56.279 to have the cup. 00:09:57.939 --> 00:09:58.360 You see, 00:09:58.459 --> 00:09:59.620 for the first time 00:09:59.620 --> 00:10:00.559 in their lives, 00:10:01.019 --> 00:10:02.059 they are admitting 00:10:02.059 --> 00:10:03.559 to their guilt 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:04.219 and shame. 00:10:05.259 --> 00:10:05.620 Yes, 00:10:05.839 --> 00:10:06.839 they are innocent 00:10:06.839 --> 00:10:08.279 of stealing the cup, 00:10:09.139 --> 00:10:10.639 but he's still saying, 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:12.199 we're guilty. 00:10:12.959 --> 00:10:13.679 But what are they 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:14.559 guilty of? 00:10:14.939 --> 00:10:15.259 Well, 00:10:15.299 --> 00:10:15.959 it's the sin 00:10:15.959 --> 00:10:17.120 of selling their brother 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:18.219 and telling lies 00:10:18.219 --> 00:10:19.179 to their father. 00:10:19.179 --> 00:10:21.259 All these years, 00:10:21.439 --> 00:10:22.000 that sin 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:23.059 that has been hidden 00:10:23.059 --> 00:10:24.539 and pressed down, 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:25.719 no longer 00:10:25.719 --> 00:10:27.159 are they hiding it. 00:10:27.479 --> 00:10:28.299 They are taking 00:10:28.299 --> 00:10:29.639 ownership of it 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:31.019 and they admit 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:31.939 to it. 00:10:33.939 --> 00:10:34.939 Of course, 00:10:35.059 --> 00:10:35.979 they don't know 00:10:35.979 --> 00:10:37.279 who Joseph is, 00:10:38.620 --> 00:10:39.639 but God 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:40.419 has been making 00:10:40.419 --> 00:10:41.379 things known 00:10:41.379 --> 00:10:42.039 to them. 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:43.339 Verse 16, 00:10:44.019 --> 00:10:45.759 God has uncovered 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.919 your servant's guilt. 00:10:49.179 --> 00:10:50.019 You see, 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:51.079 that's the effect 00:10:51.079 --> 00:10:51.779 that grace 00:10:51.779 --> 00:10:52.399 and mercy 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:54.639 has on people's lives. 00:10:55.059 --> 00:10:55.959 It slowly 00:10:55.959 --> 00:10:56.979 softens 00:10:56.979 --> 00:10:58.799 hardened hearts. 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:01.199 And people 00:11:01.199 --> 00:11:02.620 begin to admit 00:11:02.620 --> 00:11:04.000 as God 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:05.279 shines the light 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:06.299 into their heart 00:11:06.299 --> 00:11:07.939 and reveals 00:11:07.939 --> 00:11:09.500 what is going 00:11:09.500 --> 00:11:10.319 on inside. 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:12.319 You see, 00:11:12.439 --> 00:11:13.199 without the work 00:11:13.199 --> 00:11:13.639 of God 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:14.419 in our life, 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:16.179 we would never 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:17.439 admit to anything 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:19.720 unless God 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:21.020 uncovers 00:11:21.020 --> 00:11:21.980 our guilt. 00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:23.240 Well, 00:11:23.280 --> 00:11:24.200 we would continue 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:25.020 to keep it 00:11:25.020 --> 00:11:25.420 covered 00:11:25.420 --> 00:11:26.440 and pushed 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:26.900 down. 00:11:28.020 --> 00:11:28.560 None of us 00:11:28.560 --> 00:11:29.360 by ourselves 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:30.000 are rushing 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:30.720 to repent 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:31.820 before God. 00:11:32.820 --> 00:11:33.960 If we were, 00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:34.700 well, 00:11:34.740 --> 00:11:35.620 our new Taoiseach 00:11:35.620 --> 00:11:36.500 Simon Harris, 00:11:36.860 --> 00:11:37.000 well, 00:11:37.040 --> 00:11:37.440 that would be 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:38.140 the first thing 00:11:38.140 --> 00:11:38.980 on his agenda, 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:40.260 to call the whole 00:11:40.260 --> 00:11:41.440 country to repentance 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:42.720 because we all 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:43.420 need to turn 00:11:43.420 --> 00:11:44.120 to God. 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:46.179 it's not on 00:11:46.179 --> 00:11:46.899 his agenda 00:11:46.899 --> 00:11:47.500 and it's not 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:48.460 on our country's 00:11:48.460 --> 00:11:48.899 agenda. 00:11:49.419 --> 00:11:50.580 Left to ourselves, 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:52.200 we would always 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:53.600 keep our sin 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:54.240 and our guilt 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:55.019 and our shame 00:11:55.019 --> 00:11:56.200 covered up. 00:11:56.940 --> 00:11:57.799 We don't want 00:11:57.799 --> 00:11:58.840 anyone to know. 00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:01.799 But it's only 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:02.840 because of God's 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:04.019 mercy and grace 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:04.919 at work within 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:05.440 our life 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:06.759 that exposes 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:07.620 the truth 00:12:07.620 --> 00:12:09.700 that we 00:12:09.700 --> 00:12:10.340 eventually 00:12:10.340 --> 00:12:11.580 come clean 00:12:11.580 --> 00:12:13.820 and we repent 00:12:13.820 --> 00:12:15.220 of our sin. 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:18.160 Have you ever 00:12:18.160 --> 00:12:18.980 wondered why 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:19.900 God is so 00:12:19.900 --> 00:12:21.160 kind to us? 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:22.840 Why he 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:24.000 continues to 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.120 pour out 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:26.080 grace and 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:27.020 mercy on us 00:12:27.020 --> 00:12:28.320 day after 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:28.759 day? 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:30.560 Well, 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:31.300 it's not so 00:12:31.300 --> 00:12:31.860 that we can 00:12:31.860 --> 00:12:32.580 go on living 00:12:32.580 --> 00:12:33.400 as we please 00:12:33.400 --> 00:12:34.080 and do whatever 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:34.800 we like. 00:12:35.139 --> 00:12:35.440 No, 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:36.280 it's to lead 00:12:36.280 --> 00:12:37.420 us to own 00:12:37.420 --> 00:12:38.560 our sin 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:40.159 and to 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:40.799 confess 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:41.919 our sin. 00:12:43.839 --> 00:12:44.799 Listen to 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:45.500 what scripture 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:46.119 says. 00:12:48.219 --> 00:12:49.219 Do you 00:12:49.219 --> 00:12:50.359 show contempt 00:12:50.359 --> 00:12:52.000 for the riches 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:53.299 of his kindness, 00:12:54.199 --> 00:12:55.059 forbearance 00:12:55.059 --> 00:12:55.919 and patience, 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:57.619 not realizing 00:12:57.619 --> 00:12:58.659 that God's 00:12:58.659 --> 00:12:59.599 kindness is 00:12:59.599 --> 00:13:00.479 intended to 00:13:00.479 --> 00:13:01.199 lead you to 00:13:01.199 --> 00:13:01.759 repentance? 00:13:04.099 --> 00:13:04.399 Well, 00:13:04.479 --> 00:13:05.019 today 00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:06.899 is a day 00:13:06.899 --> 00:13:07.899 of God's 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:08.759 rich 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:10.100 kindness. 00:13:11.659 --> 00:13:12.159 The God 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:13.439 who reveals 00:13:13.439 --> 00:13:14.779 and uncovers 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:15.340 our sin 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:16.259 not to 00:13:16.259 --> 00:13:17.539 squash us 00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:18.759 and squish 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:19.299 us, 00:13:20.299 --> 00:13:21.399 but so that 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:22.480 we can freely 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:23.419 come before 00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:24.059 God in 00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:24.559 repentance 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:25.639 and be 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:26.299 covered 00:13:26.299 --> 00:13:27.019 over 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:29.179 by his 00:13:29.179 --> 00:13:29.779 forgiveness. 00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:32.500 God is 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:33.399 kind to 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:33.899 us. 00:13:35.019 --> 00:13:35.740 He is 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.579 so very 00:13:36.579 --> 00:13:37.139 kind. 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:39.539 So first, 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:40.539 mercy 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:41.679 and grace 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:42.899 leads to 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:43.379 true 00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:43.980 repentance 00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:45.699 of all 00:13:45.699 --> 00:13:46.120 of our 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:46.399 sins. 00:13:49.059 --> 00:13:49.740 There's 00:13:49.740 --> 00:13:50.159 a second 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:50.919 change. 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:52.840 Mercy 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:53.519 and grace 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:54.079 lead us 00:13:54.079 --> 00:13:55.179 to loving 00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:56.199 sacrifice 00:13:56.199 --> 00:13:57.460 for each 00:13:57.460 --> 00:13:57.779 other. 00:13:59.100 --> 00:13:59.699 Now, 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:00.120 as we 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:00.600 read this 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:00.960 account, 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:01.500 some will 00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:01.960 see 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:02.919 Judah's 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:03.519 repentance 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:05.259 as a 00:14:05.259 --> 00:14:05.819 confession 00:14:05.819 --> 00:14:06.240 in a 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:06.659 crisis. 00:14:06.939 --> 00:14:07.279 You know 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:07.980 those kinds 00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:08.159 of 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:08.720 confessions. 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:09.720 We get 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:10.679 found out. 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:12.199 Somebody's 00:14:12.199 --> 00:14:12.860 ratted on 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:13.199 us. 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:13.980 Oh, 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.679 we say 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:15.199 sorry, 00:14:16.079 --> 00:14:16.679 but after 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:17.079 a while 00:14:17.079 --> 00:14:17.620 we're back 00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:18.000 to our 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.419 usual 00:14:18.419 --> 00:14:19.059 self. 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:20.360 The old 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:20.919 routine, 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:21.579 the same 00:14:21.579 --> 00:14:21.899 old 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:22.519 habits. 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:25.240 But not 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:25.860 for Judah. 00:14:27.059 --> 00:14:27.419 You see, 00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:27.980 as we look 00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:28.319 at his 00:14:28.319 --> 00:14:28.740 life, 00:14:28.740 --> 00:14:29.299 we see 00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:30.080 true 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:30.720 repentance 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:31.860 which is 00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:32.680 seen in 00:14:32.680 --> 00:14:33.580 a changed 00:14:33.580 --> 00:14:34.480 life, 00:14:34.659 --> 00:14:35.399 a transformed 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:36.120 life, 00:14:36.259 --> 00:14:37.200 because that's 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:37.840 what mercy 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:38.399 and grace 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:38.759 do. 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:39.940 It changes 00:14:39.940 --> 00:14:40.460 us from 00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:41.519 the inside. 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:43.720 Look at 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:44.320 how Judah 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:44.980 responds 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.980 to the 00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:46.620 charge 00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:47.860 that Benjamin 00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:48.480 is now 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.019 going to 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:49.539 become a 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:50.039 slave. 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:50.759 We'll pick 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.200 it up in 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:52.120 verse 17. 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.560 Joseph 00:14:55.560 --> 00:14:56.139 said, 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:58.039 far be 00:14:58.039 --> 00:14:58.399 it from 00:14:58.399 --> 00:14:58.939 me to 00:14:58.939 --> 00:14:59.580 do such 00:14:59.580 --> 00:14:59.919 a thing. 00:15:00.059 --> 00:15:00.740 I'm not 00:15:00.740 --> 00:15:01.019 going to 00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:01.519 make all 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:01.860 of you 00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:02.480 slaves. 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:04.019 Only 00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.819 the man 00:15:04.819 --> 00:15:05.519 who was 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:06.059 found to 00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:06.460 have the 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:06.960 cup will 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:07.600 become my 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:08.120 slave. 00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:09.259 The rest 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:09.679 of you, 00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:10.539 well, 00:15:10.580 --> 00:15:11.179 you're free 00:15:11.179 --> 00:15:11.620 to go 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.100 back to 00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:12.740 your father 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:14.279 in peace. 00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:16.519 Well, 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:17.019 in days 00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:17.879 gone by, 00:15:18.819 --> 00:15:19.419 Judah would 00:15:19.419 --> 00:15:20.100 have accepted 00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:20.899 that deal 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:21.519 without a 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:22.419 second thought, 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:22.759 wouldn't 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:22.980 he? 00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:24.120 It was 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:24.919 survival is 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:25.580 the strongest 00:15:25.580 --> 00:15:26.200 as far 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:26.500 as he 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:26.700 was 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:27.280 concerned. 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.560 But now 00:15:28.560 --> 00:15:29.560 his 00:15:29.560 --> 00:15:30.420 sincerity 00:15:30.420 --> 00:15:31.700 shines 00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:32.200 through, 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:33.660 that he 00:15:33.660 --> 00:15:34.540 genuinely 00:15:34.540 --> 00:15:35.280 has 00:15:35.280 --> 00:15:36.300 repented. 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.139 Look at 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:37.940 verse 18. 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.800 Then Judah 00:15:39.800 --> 00:15:40.600 went up to 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.240 Joseph and 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:41.600 said, 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:43.379 pardon your 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.120 servant, 00:15:44.680 --> 00:15:45.340 my lord. 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.500 Let me 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.220 speak a 00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:47.780 word to 00:15:47.780 --> 00:15:48.360 my lord. 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:49.440 Do not 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:50.440 be angry 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:51.040 with your 00:15:51.040 --> 00:15:51.520 servant, 00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.460 though you 00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:53.220 are equal 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:54.020 to Pharaoh 00:15:54.020 --> 00:15:54.700 himself. 00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:56.379 And what 00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:57.180 follows is 00:15:57.180 --> 00:15:57.920 a retelling 00:15:57.920 --> 00:15:58.840 of how 00:15:58.840 --> 00:15:59.420 much 00:15:59.420 --> 00:16:00.360 Benjamin 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:01.180 means to 00:16:01.180 --> 00:16:01.800 his father 00:16:01.800 --> 00:16:02.300 Jacob, 00:16:02.660 --> 00:16:03.100 and the 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:03.960 climax of 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:04.620 that comes 00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.080 to us 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:05.540 in verse 00:16:05.540 --> 00:16:06.139 30. 00:16:06.680 --> 00:16:07.160 Let's pick 00:16:07.160 --> 00:16:07.580 it up in 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.280 verse 30. 00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:10.280 Joseph, 00:16:10.800 --> 00:16:11.200 or Judah 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:11.780 says to 00:16:11.780 --> 00:16:12.139 Joseph, 00:16:12.280 --> 00:16:12.820 so now, 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:13.720 if the 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:14.220 boy is 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:14.759 not with 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.200 us when 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:15.800 I go 00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:16.360 back to 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:16.580 your 00:16:16.580 --> 00:16:16.980 servant, 00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:17.740 my father, 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:18.639 and if 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.360 my father 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:20.200 whose life 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:20.920 is closely 00:16:20.920 --> 00:16:21.680 bound up 00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:22.020 with the 00:16:22.020 --> 00:16:22.780 boy's life, 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:24.000 sees that 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.539 the boy 00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:25.059 isn't 00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:25.360 there, 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.080 he will 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:26.559 die, 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:27.220 it will 00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:27.899 break his 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.259 heart, 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:28.659 it will 00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:29.279 kill him. 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:30.879 Your 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.440 servants 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:32.000 will bring 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:32.559 the grey 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:33.000 head of 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:33.580 our father 00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:34.179 down to 00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:34.720 the grave 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.399 in sorrow. 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.240 Your 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:38.159 servant 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:39.419 guaranteed 00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:40.620 the boy's 00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.360 safety to 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:42.059 my father. 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.620 I said, 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:45.679 if I do 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:46.299 not bring 00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:46.799 him back 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:47.379 to you, 00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:48.620 I will 00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.220 bear the 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:50.080 blame before 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:50.440 you, 00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:51.180 my father, 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:52.000 all my 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:52.639 life. 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:55.860 Well, 00:16:55.900 --> 00:16:56.420 words are 00:16:56.420 --> 00:16:56.879 cheap, 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.180 aren't 00:16:57.180 --> 00:16:57.420 they? 00:16:58.400 --> 00:16:58.820 Anyone 00:16:58.820 --> 00:16:59.540 can say 00:16:59.540 --> 00:17:00.120 that. 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.460 But Judah 00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:03.120 not only 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:04.039 remembers his 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.759 promise, 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:06.940 he is now 00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:08.319 ready to 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:09.140 fulfil it. 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:09.900 Look at 00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.559 what happens, 00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.519 verse 33. 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.720 Now then, 00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.460 please let 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:16.259 your servant 00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:17.340 remain here 00:17:17.340 --> 00:17:17.960 as my 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:18.579 Lord's 00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:19.940 slave in 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:20.880 place of 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:21.460 the boy 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:23.680 and let 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.420 the boy 00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:25.200 return 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:26.340 with his 00:17:26.340 --> 00:17:26.840 brothers. 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:30.019 What a 00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:30.820 transformation 00:17:30.820 --> 00:17:31.840 of life. 00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:33.660 Judah, 00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:35.120 who had 00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:36.160 instigated 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:37.299 the whole 00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:38.120 selling of 00:17:38.120 --> 00:17:38.700 his brother 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.519 Joseph as 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.380 a slave, 00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:41.880 is now 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:42.700 willing to 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.299 become a 00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:43.860 substitute 00:17:43.860 --> 00:17:45.600 for his 00:17:45.600 --> 00:17:45.940 brother 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.480 Benjamin. 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:48.580 In this 00:17:48.580 --> 00:17:49.279 instance, 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:50.160 as far 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:50.500 as the 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:50.960 cup is 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.500 concerned, 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.639 Judah is 00:17:52.639 --> 00:17:53.079 innocent. 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.259 Joseph has 00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:56.099 declared him 00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:57.119 free to 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:57.759 go home. 00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.480 And Judah 00:17:59.480 --> 00:17:59.940 could have 00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:00.639 easily have 00:18:00.639 --> 00:18:01.240 taken off 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:02.079 home and 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.660 made up 00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.599 some story 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.019 about 00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:04.579 Benjamin 00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.379 finding a 00:18:05.379 --> 00:18:05.859 wife and 00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.440 wanting to 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:06.940 stay in 00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.379 Egypt. 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:09.160 He could 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:09.779 have returned 00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.339 home and 00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:10.720 had an 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.720 easy and 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.200 comfortable 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:12.799 life. 00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.859 But no, 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.660 his life 00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:16.099 has been 00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:16.759 changed. 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:18.000 Judah is 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.740 willing to 00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.500 exchange 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.879 himself with 00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:21.599 his brother. 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:24.039 Judah will 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:24.740 become a 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.740 slave to 00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:27.799 Joseph so 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.240 that his 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.980 brother can 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.660 go free. 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.180 You see, 00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:33.140 mercy and 00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:35.480 grace lead 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:35.980 to a 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:36.539 changed 00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:38.379 life, a 00:18:38.379 --> 00:18:38.960 life of 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.559 loving 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:40.740 sacrifice 00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.740 towards 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.379 other. 00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:45.600 isn't 00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:46.040 that what 00:18:46.040 --> 00:18:46.420 we're 00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.180 called to 00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:48.820 if we 00:18:48.820 --> 00:18:49.560 claim we 00:18:49.560 --> 00:18:49.740 are 00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.680 disciples of 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.040 Jesus 00:18:51.040 --> 00:18:51.620 Christ? 00:18:53.060 --> 00:18:53.780 Listen 00:18:53.780 --> 00:18:54.460 again to 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:54.740 what 00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.180 scripture 00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.760 says. 00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:59.160 This is 00:18:59.160 --> 00:18:59.820 how we 00:18:59.820 --> 00:19:00.640 know what 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.440 love is. 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.080 Jesus 00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:04.180 Christ laid 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:04.860 down his 00:19:04.860 --> 00:19:05.460 life for 00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:07.020 us and 00:19:07.020 --> 00:19:07.580 we ought 00:19:07.580 --> 00:19:08.080 to lay 00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:08.760 down our 00:19:08.760 --> 00:19:09.540 lives for 00:19:09.540 --> 00:19:10.060 our brothers 00:19:10.060 --> 00:19:10.780 and sisters. 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:10.960 sisters. 00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:12.099 That's 00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:12.839 talking about 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.460 the church 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.000 family. 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.420 Whoever 00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:16.339 claims to 00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:17.420 love God 00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:18.599 yet hates 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.500 a brother or 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.420 sister is a 00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:20.680 liar. 00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:21.839 For whoever 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.519 does not 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.160 love their 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:23.839 brother or 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:25.539 sister cannot 00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:27.399 love God. 00:19:29.399 --> 00:19:29.899 You see, 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.539 God has 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.160 shown us 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:32.779 such mercy 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.899 and grace. 00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:35.300 God 00:19:35.300 --> 00:19:35.540 has given 00:19:35.540 --> 00:19:36.420 us the 00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.160 Lord Jesus 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:38.019 Christ who 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.780 laid down 00:19:38.780 --> 00:19:39.400 his life 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:39.780 for us, 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:41.220 who lovingly 00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.960 sacrificed 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.960 his life 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.460 for you 00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:43.840 and for 00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:44.140 me. 00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:45.780 Jesus 00:19:45.780 --> 00:19:47.259 became a 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.780 slave. 00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:49.800 He became 00:19:49.800 --> 00:19:50.620 a servant 00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:52.900 so that we 00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.340 could be 00:19:53.340 --> 00:19:54.320 set free. 00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:55.820 Although 00:19:55.820 --> 00:19:56.740 innocent of 00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.340 any sin, 00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.420 he became 00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.920 our sin so 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.540 that we 00:20:00.540 --> 00:20:01.100 could now 00:20:01.100 --> 00:20:01.860 live a 00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.560 new kind 00:20:02.560 --> 00:20:03.080 of life, 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:04.019 a life 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.659 that puts 00:20:04.659 --> 00:20:05.259 others 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.819 before 00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.500 ourselves, 00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:07.359 a life 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:07.799 that is 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.439 willing to 00:20:08.439 --> 00:20:09.039 take the 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:11.019 cost so 00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.919 that others 00:20:11.919 --> 00:20:13.119 can be 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:13.759 blessed. 00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.480 So second, 00:20:17.699 --> 00:20:18.399 mercy and 00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:20.319 grace lead 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:21.259 to loving 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.339 sacrifice 00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.419 towards 00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:24.220 others. 00:20:26.179 --> 00:20:26.899 So 00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.500 repentance, 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.619 sacrifice, 00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.500 and then 00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:31.960 third, 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.919 mercy and 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.660 grace lead 00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:34.620 to humble 00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:35.600 acceptance 00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:37.820 of God's 00:20:37.820 --> 00:20:38.519 salvation. 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.800 Look at 00:20:40.800 --> 00:20:41.840 chapter 45. 00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.539 Verse 1, 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.380 Then Joseph 00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:48.200 could no 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:49.240 longer control 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:50.240 himself before 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.900 all his 00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.500 attendants, 00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:51.820 and he 00:20:51.820 --> 00:20:52.420 cried out, 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.519 Get out! 00:20:54.080 --> 00:20:54.980 All of you, 00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:55.700 out! 00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:58.220 so there 00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.759 was no 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.299 one with 00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:00.059 Joseph when 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.539 he made 00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.440 himself known 00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:01.900 to his 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.299 brothers, 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:04.400 and he 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.519 wept so 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.120 loudly 00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:07.519 that the 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.080 Egyptians 00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:08.860 heard him, 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.779 and Pharaoh's 00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.519 household 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.779 heard about 00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.259 it. 00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.740 An 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.880 outpouring 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:17.660 of emotion 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:19.680 built up 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:21.220 over 22 00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:22.059 years. 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:24.240 finally the 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.879 plug is 00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.599 released and 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.240 it all 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:27.419 comes out. 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.799 All that 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.559 Joseph had 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.339 gone through, 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.339 all that 00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:32.879 had happened 00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.419 to him, 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.379 and now 00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:35.220 before his 00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.960 brothers and 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.639 to see them 00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.559 changed. 00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.000 Verse 3, 00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.940 Joseph said 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.359 to his 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:41.759 brothers, 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.399 I am 00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:43.940 Joseph. 00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.019 Is my 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.980 father still 00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.339 living? 00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:49.699 But his 00:21:49.699 --> 00:21:50.399 brothers were 00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:51.199 not able to 00:21:51.199 --> 00:21:51.859 answer him 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.759 because they 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.740 were terrified 00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.359 at his 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.059 presence. 00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:57.480 Now, 00:21:57.959 --> 00:21:59.379 why are 00:21:59.379 --> 00:22:00.079 they terrified? 00:22:02.919 --> 00:22:03.559 Well, 00:22:03.679 --> 00:22:04.359 I am sure 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:04.659 they are 00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.579 terrified of 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.279 what Joseph 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.919 might do 00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:07.359 to them. 00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:09.179 After all 00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:09.539 that has 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:09.939 happened, 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.279 well, 00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:12.859 I think 00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.519 there is 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:13.899 another 00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.699 reason for 00:22:14.699 --> 00:22:15.240 why they are 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.699 terrified. 00:22:16.699 --> 00:22:17.159 I think 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.740 their fear 00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.400 is different. 00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:19.759 You see, 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.580 Joseph could 00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.060 have done 00:22:21.060 --> 00:22:22.420 whatever he 00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.180 wanted to 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.800 his brothers. 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.600 He has 00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:26.180 had umpteen 00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:27.620 opportunities. 00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.300 However, 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.060 instead of 00:22:31.060 --> 00:22:31.560 justice, 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.380 he continued 00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:32.900 to show 00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:33.600 mercy and 00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.060 grace. 00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:36.360 And that's 00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:37.779 what terrifies 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.980 the brothers. 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:40.880 They are 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.580 faced 00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:42.700 with 00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.440 mercy 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.900 and grace 00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:46.720 and they 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.339 realise 00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.960 there is 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.400 nothing 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.039 they can 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.380 do. 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.160 It's as 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.500 if 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.000 with 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.620 inside 00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.140 they are 00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.980 crying out, 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.480 how could 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.200 we ever 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.819 repay 00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:58.440 the kindness 00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:58.980 you have 00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.600 shown to 00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.100 us? 00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:01.980 They feel 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.779 the weight 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.579 and the 00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.039 burden 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:05.100 of somehow 00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:06.140 having to 00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.700 pay it 00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.559 all back 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.319 and they're 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.839 crushed. 00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.920 They are in 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.559 complete 00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.279 despair. 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.039 Look at 00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.819 verse 5 00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:14.159 verse 4 00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:15.179 Joseph said 00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:15.480 to the 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:15.799 brothers 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.859 come close 00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.319 to me 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:19.139 and when 00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.539 they had 00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.079 done so 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.720 he said 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.779 I am 00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.299 your brother 00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.740 Joseph 00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.279 the one 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.019 you sold 00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.839 into Egypt 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:26.039 and now 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:27.220 don't be 00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.220 distressed 00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:30.039 and do 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.500 not be 00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.200 angry with 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.659 yourselves 00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:32.259 for selling 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.779 me here 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.799 because it 00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.179 was to 00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:35.119 save lives 00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.639 that God 00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:36.159 sent me 00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:36.619 ahead of 00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:36.899 you. 00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.439 Do you 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.900 see what 00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.559 Joseph is 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:40.960 saying? 00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.900 You can 00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.620 never pay 00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.240 it back. 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.500 There's 00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.140 nothing you 00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.700 can do. 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.740 Don't be 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.660 distressed. 00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.720 Don't be 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.559 angry with 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.019 yourself. 00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.100 God has 00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.539 been at 00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.180 work to 00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.860 save you 00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.580 verse 6. 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.480 For two 00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.080 years now 00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:56.539 there's been 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.059 a famine 00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.400 in the 00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.200 land and 00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.539 for the 00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.240 next five 00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.720 years there 00:23:59.720 --> 00:23:59.980 will be 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.860 no ploughing 00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:02.120 and reaping. 00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:04.000 But God 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.980 sent me 00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.660 ahead of 00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.539 you to 00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.279 preserve for 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.700 you a 00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.140 remnant 00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.620 on earth 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.479 and to 00:24:09.479 --> 00:24:10.719 save your 00:24:10.719 --> 00:24:12.459 lives by 00:24:12.459 --> 00:24:13.039 a great 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.919 deliverance. 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.079 So then 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:17.299 it was not 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.959 you who 00:24:17.959 --> 00:24:18.519 sent me 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:20.059 here but 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.579 God. 00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:24.179 22 years 00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:24.919 of guilt 00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.619 and shame 00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:27.379 and it's 00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.079 all been 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.379 met by 00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:30.219 mercy and 00:24:30.219 --> 00:24:30.639 grace. 00:24:31.199 --> 00:24:31.859 This they 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.479 do not 00:24:32.479 --> 00:24:33.500 deserve but 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.119 more than 00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:35.019 that the 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.679 brothers are 00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.699 finally beginning 00:24:36.699 --> 00:24:37.939 to see that 00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:38.539 God and 00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.220 his sovereignty 00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.920 has been in 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.619 control of 00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.279 all that 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.619 has been 00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.299 going on. 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.119 He's been 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.940 at work in 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.559 their sin 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.420 and through 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.059 their sin 00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:47.420 to achieve 00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.639 their salvation. 00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.119 The end of 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.720 verse 7 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:53.399 to save 00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.480 your lives 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.700 by a 00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.159 great 00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:57.740 deliverance. 00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:57.839 grace. 00:24:57.839 --> 00:25:01.220 You see if 00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.819 we think 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.579 that God's 00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.359 mercy and 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:05.099 grace is 00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.900 something we 00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.460 have to 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.259 pay off 00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:09.180 it will 00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:10.000 crush you. 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.680 You will 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.480 be terrified. 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.059 It will 00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.799 leave you in 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.279 desperate 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.940 despair. 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.339 Not even a 00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.579 lifetime can 00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.519 be enough to 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.460 pay off God's 00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.120 mercy and 00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.620 grace. 00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.980 The debt 00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.660 we owe 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:25.120 is immeasurable. 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:26.599 the only way 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.219 for us to 00:25:27.219 --> 00:25:28.579 experience God's 00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.179 mercy and 00:25:29.179 --> 00:25:30.239 grace is to 00:25:30.239 --> 00:25:31.679 humbly accept 00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:32.619 that it is 00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:34.000 God's work of 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.039 salvation in 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.399 you. 00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:38.399 It's not what 00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.079 we have done 00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:40.079 that saves us 00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:41.259 but despite 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:42.219 what we have 00:25:42.219 --> 00:25:42.559 done. 00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.539 And if we 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.379 could look back 00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.239 over every 00:25:47.239 --> 00:25:48.239 aspect of our 00:25:48.239 --> 00:25:49.619 life we could 00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.599 say the same 00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.599 that God has 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.359 been at work 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:53.740 in and 00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.399 through our 00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:56.240 sin to 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.119 achieve our 00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.740 salvation. 00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:01.359 You see 00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.099 once we 00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:03.240 grasp this 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.959 once we 00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:06.099 see how 00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:07.019 great and 00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.919 awesome God 00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:08.799 is to 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.439 bring about 00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:10.379 our salvation 00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.679 it changes 00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:12.679 our relationship 00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:13.279 with him 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.839 forever. 00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:14.919 Look at how 00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.559 the brothers 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:17.099 respond to 00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.699 Joseph or 00:26:17.699 --> 00:26:18.379 how Joseph 00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:19.259 responds to 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.779 the brothers. 00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.799 verse 14 00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.000 it's a 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:24.159 beautiful picture 00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:25.799 of how God 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.359 the Father 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.339 responds to 00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.359 those who 00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.659 accept his 00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:30.419 salvation. 00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.439 Verse 14 00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:32.459 then he 00:26:32.459 --> 00:26:33.480 threw his 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.559 arms around 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.240 his brother 00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.899 Benjamin and 00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:39.000 wept and 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.740 Benjamin 00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.919 embraced him 00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:42.939 weeping and 00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:43.519 he kissed 00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.179 all his 00:26:44.179 --> 00:26:45.359 brothers and 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.119 wept over 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:48.119 them and 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.039 afterwards his 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:50.199 brothers talked 00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.900 with him. 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.940 Do you see 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.700 the mercy 00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.680 and grace 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:57.000 leads to 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:59.039 an embrace 00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.580 of one 00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.000 another. 00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.400 And so 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.880 as we 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.620 turn to 00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:05.059 God in 00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.580 true 00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:06.220 repentance 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:08.019 as we 00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.519 humbly 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.380 accept his 00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:09.940 work in 00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.460 our life 00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:12.180 he weeps 00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:13.140 over us 00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:14.440 he embraces 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.100 us 00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.599 and one 00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.740 day we 00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.699 will see 00:27:18.699 --> 00:27:19.259 Christ 00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.099 he will 00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.859 be revealed 00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.359 to us 00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:22.059 in all 00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.859 his glory 00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.899 and he 00:27:23.899 --> 00:27:24.519 will throw 00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.240 his arms 00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.259 around you 00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.500 restored 00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.559 forgiven 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.959 and welcomed 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:32.400 and we 00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.059 will talk 00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.640 to him 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.460 for an 00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.079 eternity. 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.440 What's 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.259 mercy and 00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.039 grace done 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.420 in your 00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.860 life? 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.420 It 00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.620 changes us 00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:48.319 it 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.100 changes us 00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.840 to freely 00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:51.120 repent of 00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:51.680 our sin 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:53.240 knowing that 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.640 he will 00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.240 cover it 00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.519 all. 00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.000 It leads 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.900 to a change 00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.579 of life 00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.679 where we 00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.419 love others 00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.399 sacrificially 00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:02.319 and it 00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.839 leads us 00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.439 to humble 00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:04.099 acceptance 00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:06.079 of God's 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:07.019 amazing gift 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.799 of salvation. 00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:10.099 Let's pray 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.639 together.