WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:01.560 Good evening, everyone. 00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:09.660 It doesn't feel like an evening yet because it's so clear and light, so it's exciting. 00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:13.480 Well, I'm not from around here, so that's weird for me. 00:00:13.820 --> 00:00:17.800 Back home, it gets dark after six every day of the year, so I'm not used to that. 00:00:19.980 --> 00:00:24.039 So that is a very long chapter, isn't it? 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:32.060 It's a long chapter because actually the whole dream is actually told three times, saying on and on and on. 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:33.759 That's why it makes the passage very long. 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:41.700 But anyway, we are still continuing our series, the Joseph and the Gospel of the Many Colors. 00:00:41.700 --> 00:00:44.799 So I know you've been here last week, perhaps, or not. 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:48.640 But we are in chapter 41 of the book of Genesis. 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:56.160 And the first thing I want to tell you is, what were you doing two years ago? 00:00:57.240 --> 00:00:58.000 Can you remember? 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:00.480 What were you doing like two years ago? 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:11.939 Personally, I mean, I was in the wonderful land of deepest, darkest Peru. 00:01:13.340 --> 00:01:16.200 My wife doesn't like when I say Peru every time I preach because she's like, 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:17.579 what's going on about Peru? 00:01:17.579 --> 00:01:19.700 Anyway, can't deny that. 00:01:19.819 --> 00:01:20.920 But I was there. 00:01:21.140 --> 00:01:24.079 I was getting ready to make the move to Scotland. 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:29.400 And I was annoyingly waiting for something called visa to come. 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:32.719 And it took like several months, almost a year. 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:37.659 And it wasn't a whole year of waiting and waiting and not knowing what's going to happen. 00:01:38.340 --> 00:01:40.900 And of course, my life kept going and I kept doing what I was doing. 00:01:40.900 --> 00:01:46.500 But that process of waiting was so painfully annoying. 00:01:47.160 --> 00:01:51.719 We were trying to organize a wedding about, you never know with a visa thing. 00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:53.660 So we have to wait and wait. 00:01:53.960 --> 00:01:55.920 But that was only for like several months. 00:01:56.020 --> 00:01:58.140 It was probably six to seven months and I'm not mistaken. 00:01:59.060 --> 00:02:03.400 But can you imagine what it feels to wait for more than that? 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:05.900 To be waiting perhaps for two years. 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:07.880 Two years is a lot of times. 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:10.860 A lot of things have happened in my life since that. 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:14.000 Now we are expecting a baby and things are going great. 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:16.099 But it's been a whole long two years. 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:20.780 But can you imagine you to be in a situation where you're actually waiting for something? 00:02:21.219 --> 00:02:22.159 For a month and a month. 00:02:23.640 --> 00:02:24.879 For a month and two months. 00:02:25.140 --> 00:02:26.099 For a month and three months. 00:02:26.099 --> 00:02:27.359 Perhaps a year. 00:02:27.859 --> 00:02:28.439 Perhaps two. 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:31.180 This is where we find Joseph. 00:02:31.780 --> 00:02:37.280 The last thing we heard about Joseph is that he just had interpreted the dreams for those two guys. 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:39.379 To one guy he told good news. 00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:41.240 To the other guy the bad news. 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:45.599 And he told before the cat barrel was released from prison. 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:47.759 He said, do not forget about me. 00:02:48.299 --> 00:02:49.240 Remember who I am. 00:02:49.579 --> 00:02:50.859 And go and tell Pharaoh about me. 00:02:50.860 --> 00:02:58.440 But we are just finding a story that Pharaoh actually didn't do that. 00:02:58.860 --> 00:03:00.060 We'll see about that in a bit. 00:03:01.780 --> 00:03:03.620 So while Joseph is in the sideline. 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:06.240 He is somewhere in the palace. 00:03:06.600 --> 00:03:07.060 The king. 00:03:07.420 --> 00:03:08.480 The guy in power. 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:10.640 Is having an issue with a dream. 00:03:11.300 --> 00:03:14.380 He has been in distress. 00:03:14.480 --> 00:03:16.740 Because he has got a dream that nobody can interpret. 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:20.600 This is not the same dream as Martin Luther King had. 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:23.320 This is not that kind of dream that inspired a generation. 00:03:24.040 --> 00:03:26.860 This is actually a dream that produces chaos and stress. 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:30.300 The most powerful man on earth at that moment was his stress. 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:31.980 He was totally distressed. 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:33.900 Because his dream was weird for him. 00:03:34.920 --> 00:03:39.880 And as probably everyone of you know. 00:03:39.880 --> 00:03:42.880 That dreams generally tend to be very disturbing. 00:03:45.060 --> 00:03:45.780 One of the things. 00:03:45.860 --> 00:03:48.100 Most of our dreams are normally work. 00:03:49.020 --> 00:03:49.900 And reflection. 00:03:49.900 --> 00:03:50.800 Or our subconscious. 00:03:51.580 --> 00:03:54.319 They are produced to us for things going on. 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:55.180 Our lives. 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:56.620 It reflects our desires. 00:03:56.900 --> 00:03:57.819 It reflects our fears. 00:03:58.259 --> 00:03:59.219 But in this case. 00:03:59.420 --> 00:04:00.259 We are actually told. 00:04:00.780 --> 00:04:01.780 The Pharaoh's dream. 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:03.879 Was not caused by that at all. 00:04:04.580 --> 00:04:05.500 We are actually told. 00:04:05.819 --> 00:04:08.280 That this dream was caused by God himself. 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:09.759 So. 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:12.140 You are those guys who likes outlines. 00:04:12.139 --> 00:04:15.699 I come up with three main ones. 00:04:15.699 --> 00:04:16.680 For this whole chapter. 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:18.599 So from verse 1 and 13. 00:04:18.819 --> 00:04:21.919 We are going to see that this is a disturbing dream. 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:26.180 From verse 14 to 36. 00:04:26.180 --> 00:04:27.120 We are going to see that. 00:04:27.479 --> 00:04:29.240 This is not only a disturbing dream. 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:30.539 But this is a dream. 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:32.120 That requires. 00:04:32.659 --> 00:04:33.939 A divine interpretation. 00:04:33.939 --> 00:04:36.560 And also. 00:04:36.719 --> 00:04:37.339 We are going to see. 00:04:37.540 --> 00:04:39.319 From verse 37 to 57. 00:04:39.980 --> 00:04:40.339 That. 00:04:40.899 --> 00:04:42.180 Didn't only require. 00:04:42.259 --> 00:04:43.500 A divine interpretation. 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:45.000 But this dream. 00:04:45.620 --> 00:04:46.339 Produced. 00:04:46.500 --> 00:04:47.279 A dramatic. 00:04:48.100 --> 00:04:49.120 Turn around. 00:04:50.420 --> 00:04:51.279 These are the things. 00:04:51.339 --> 00:04:51.899 We are going to be seeing. 00:04:52.159 --> 00:04:52.420 Today. 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:53.220 As we go. 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:55.220 Let's go on the first one. 00:04:55.980 --> 00:04:57.199 A starving dream. 00:04:57.379 --> 00:04:58.120 As I said before. 00:04:58.459 --> 00:05:00.019 This is a different kind of dream. 00:05:00.019 --> 00:05:00.099 This dream. 00:05:00.919 --> 00:05:01.579 This dream. 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:02.439 Has put Pharaoh. 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:03.979 The most powerful man on earth. 00:05:04.579 --> 00:05:04.979 On distress. 00:05:05.579 --> 00:05:06.879 He doesn't know what to do. 00:05:07.219 --> 00:05:08.620 He doesn't know what to spend. 00:05:09.019 --> 00:05:09.579 He is. 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:11.699 Trying to find somebody. 00:05:11.799 --> 00:05:12.579 To come up with a clue. 00:05:12.859 --> 00:05:13.859 Or a solution for it. 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:21.539 And this kind of dream. 00:05:21.620 --> 00:05:21.899 Puts. 00:05:22.159 --> 00:05:23.839 The most powerful man on earth. 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:24.939 At the same boat. 00:05:25.620 --> 00:05:26.279 As the two guys. 00:05:26.339 --> 00:05:27.399 We actually saw last week. 00:05:28.019 --> 00:05:29.299 They were also struggling. 00:05:29.299 --> 00:05:30.000 Because of the dream. 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:30.920 And Pharaoh. 00:05:31.019 --> 00:05:31.680 In this level. 00:05:31.899 --> 00:05:32.759 Although he is powerful. 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:33.540 Although he has. 00:05:33.779 --> 00:05:34.160 Might. 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:35.120 And money. 00:05:35.220 --> 00:05:35.620 And everything. 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:37.800 He is in the same level. 00:05:37.899 --> 00:05:38.560 As the other two. 00:05:39.060 --> 00:05:40.079 Struggling to know. 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:41.319 What his dream is about. 00:05:44.819 --> 00:05:46.180 And we actually say. 00:05:46.259 --> 00:05:46.800 That this dream. 00:05:46.980 --> 00:05:47.899 Is a disturbing dream. 00:05:48.180 --> 00:05:48.540 Because. 00:05:49.180 --> 00:05:49.939 Of two main things. 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:50.939 The first one. 00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:53.579 That this. 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:55.060 Was a dream. 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:55.860 That no one. 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:56.540 Could interpret. 00:05:57.399 --> 00:05:58.019 In the first dream. 00:05:58.120 --> 00:05:58.500 We said. 00:05:58.860 --> 00:05:59.980 Pharaoh saw two groups. 00:05:59.980 --> 00:06:00.620 Seven cows. 00:06:00.960 --> 00:06:01.600 The first group. 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:02.300 Were sleek. 00:06:02.379 --> 00:06:02.840 And fat. 00:06:03.340 --> 00:06:04.140 They were healthy. 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:04.939 Sturdy. 00:06:05.520 --> 00:06:06.140 And strong. 00:06:06.640 --> 00:06:07.840 And the strong group. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:08.600 The second group. 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:09.280 Were ugly. 00:06:09.460 --> 00:06:09.879 And gaunt. 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:13.280 I actually learned that word before. 00:06:13.379 --> 00:06:14.280 Because the version. 00:06:14.379 --> 00:06:14.580 I know. 00:06:14.660 --> 00:06:15.280 It was a different one. 00:06:15.740 --> 00:06:16.720 I was saying before. 00:06:16.840 --> 00:06:17.180 Gaunt. 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:17.900 But it's not gaunt. 00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:18.439 It's gaunt. 00:06:18.660 --> 00:06:19.540 That's what I learned today. 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:20.000 Section. 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:21.759 Those things you learned actually. 00:06:22.080 --> 00:06:22.560 But anyway. 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:24.759 And he says. 00:06:24.860 --> 00:06:25.620 That the ugly ones. 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:26.379 The ugly cows. 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:27.000 Ate up. 00:06:27.180 --> 00:06:28.660 And basically. 00:06:29.780 --> 00:06:30.540 Ate up. 00:06:30.620 --> 00:06:31.360 The whole seven. 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:32.139 Sleep cows. 00:06:32.819 --> 00:06:33.879 What was the make of this? 00:06:34.100 --> 00:06:34.980 Pharaoh still didn't know. 00:06:35.280 --> 00:06:36.199 But we are told in this story. 00:06:36.280 --> 00:06:37.300 He went back to sleep. 00:06:37.980 --> 00:06:38.680 And after that. 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:39.959 He started to dream again. 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:41.180 And then this time. 00:06:41.939 --> 00:06:43.560 He drank about seven heads of grain. 00:06:43.819 --> 00:06:44.840 Which were healthy. 00:06:44.980 --> 00:06:45.319 And good. 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:46.879 But then. 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:47.980 They too were. 00:06:48.180 --> 00:06:48.840 Swallowed up. 00:06:48.899 --> 00:06:49.899 By the seven heads of grain. 00:06:50.340 --> 00:06:51.199 That were thin. 00:06:51.379 --> 00:06:52.279 And scorched. 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:56.639 Never had those kind of dreams in my life. 00:06:56.799 --> 00:06:56.939 So. 00:06:57.339 --> 00:06:58.939 I don't really know what to make of that. 00:06:59.159 --> 00:07:00.159 But I can imagine. 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:00.639 He was. 00:07:01.899 --> 00:07:02.459 Blown away. 00:07:02.539 --> 00:07:02.819 He was like. 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:04.099 What is going on? 00:07:05.259 --> 00:07:07.059 I'm so used to dreaming about anacondas. 00:07:07.159 --> 00:07:07.979 And all this kind of stuff. 00:07:08.179 --> 00:07:08.819 That's kind of me. 00:07:08.919 --> 00:07:09.059 But. 00:07:09.419 --> 00:07:10.879 That's not what Pharaoh was dreaming about. 00:07:11.239 --> 00:07:11.839 And he was like. 00:07:11.899 --> 00:07:12.819 What is going on with this? 00:07:12.819 --> 00:07:13.500 What is going to make? 00:07:13.659 --> 00:07:15.039 What is going to be the make of this? 00:07:17.099 --> 00:07:17.759 And so. 00:07:17.939 --> 00:07:18.779 What does Pharaoh? 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:19.399 Basically. 00:07:19.559 --> 00:07:20.899 He calls everyone else. 00:07:21.419 --> 00:07:22.219 The pagan priests. 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:23.119 The magicians. 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:24.239 And the wise men of Egypt. 00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:26.639 To see whether they can come. 00:07:26.739 --> 00:07:28.159 And offer an explanation to him. 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:31.399 He tells us what his dream is about. 00:07:31.899 --> 00:07:32.179 Again. 00:07:32.239 --> 00:07:33.199 The whole story goes again. 00:07:33.500 --> 00:07:34.039 He tells them. 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:35.279 And. 00:07:35.559 --> 00:07:36.639 Whether they can actually. 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:38.119 Come up with an explanation. 00:07:38.659 --> 00:07:40.059 But we are told in this passage. 00:07:40.219 --> 00:07:40.379 That. 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:42.399 They couldn't come up with any explanation. 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:43.199 They were like. 00:07:44.620 --> 00:07:45.259 Sorry dude. 00:07:45.579 --> 00:07:46.159 Sorry mate. 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:46.759 We don't know. 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:51.139 And in some ways. 00:07:51.139 --> 00:07:52.379 They represent. 00:07:53.019 --> 00:07:53.060 What. 00:07:53.599 --> 00:07:54.319 Pagan religion. 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:55.079 Can actually do. 00:07:55.899 --> 00:07:57.539 They generally stand for. 00:07:57.939 --> 00:07:58.439 The wisdom. 00:07:58.439 --> 00:07:59.259 In the present world. 00:07:59.799 --> 00:08:00.259 The wisdom. 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:01.759 That the world is over looking for. 00:08:02.039 --> 00:08:02.560 But yet. 00:08:02.599 --> 00:08:03.239 They are useless. 00:08:03.859 --> 00:08:04.479 In the moment. 00:08:04.599 --> 00:08:05.259 When it really matters. 00:08:05.979 --> 00:08:07.199 They don't come up with a solution. 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:08.359 They don't come up with anything. 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:09.360 That is what. 00:08:09.540 --> 00:08:10.199 Pagan religion. 00:08:10.340 --> 00:08:11.000 That's what like. 00:08:11.220 --> 00:08:12.180 The power of this world. 00:08:12.280 --> 00:08:12.660 Can do. 00:08:13.220 --> 00:08:14.199 When you really live there. 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:15.879 Don't count on them. 00:08:16.060 --> 00:08:16.500 They are not there. 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:17.319 We are close. 00:08:17.420 --> 00:08:17.980 Today we are. 00:08:18.740 --> 00:08:19.460 I was going to say. 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:20.000 We are going to church. 00:08:20.060 --> 00:08:20.280 But no. 00:08:20.379 --> 00:08:20.740 It's just. 00:08:20.960 --> 00:08:21.520 We are going anywhere. 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:23.120 That's kind of what they are. 00:08:23.180 --> 00:08:23.840 They come and say. 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:24.280 We don't. 00:08:24.280 --> 00:08:25.340 We cannot help you Pharaoh. 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:25.819 We don't help. 00:08:25.939 --> 00:08:26.420 We are clueless. 00:08:26.900 --> 00:08:28.819 No answer for all these. 00:08:29.139 --> 00:08:29.540 I'm sorry. 00:08:30.100 --> 00:08:30.819 That's what they do. 00:08:32.180 --> 00:08:32.940 And all of this. 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:34.279 Is going to intensify the tension. 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:34.980 In the story. 00:08:35.420 --> 00:08:36.440 And it's going to leave room. 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:37.159 For God. 00:08:37.259 --> 00:08:37.940 Our creator. 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:39.500 To get a whole glory. 00:08:40.139 --> 00:08:41.500 Is only the creator. 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:44.779 Who can actually give meaning. 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:46.580 And purpose to life. 00:08:47.620 --> 00:08:48.980 And change the curse of sins. 00:08:49.940 --> 00:08:50.960 There is a good contrast. 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:52.399 Between what the power of the world. 00:08:52.560 --> 00:08:53.159 Can actually do. 00:08:53.580 --> 00:08:55.220 And where the power actually resides. 00:08:55.539 --> 00:08:56.139 Which is in God. 00:08:56.860 --> 00:08:57.180 So. 00:08:57.680 --> 00:08:58.340 As I said. 00:08:58.500 --> 00:08:59.919 This is a disturbing dream. 00:09:00.019 --> 00:09:01.560 Because no one could interpret it. 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:03.620 But it's also a disturbing dream. 00:09:04.820 --> 00:09:07.019 Because it produced the right time. 00:09:07.019 --> 00:09:08.659 For the cat bearer. 00:09:08.740 --> 00:09:09.319 To remember. 00:09:11.319 --> 00:09:11.720 Joseph. 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:15.279 There is a. 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:16.059 In this passage. 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:16.840 You actually see. 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:18.199 There is something screaming out. 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:19.340 Of providence. 00:09:19.340 --> 00:09:19.899 From God. 00:09:19.939 --> 00:09:20.600 Going on in here. 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:22.519 It's at this point. 00:09:22.579 --> 00:09:23.179 That the cat bearer. 00:09:23.179 --> 00:09:23.620 Remembers. 00:09:23.620 --> 00:09:23.639 And he remembers. 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:24.019 Joseph. 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:24.859 After two years. 00:09:25.219 --> 00:09:25.719 Alas. 00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:25.979 Right? 00:09:27.019 --> 00:09:27.500 Something. 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:27.919 A similar. 00:09:28.059 --> 00:09:28.699 To these circumstances. 00:09:28.899 --> 00:09:29.120 Joke. 00:09:29.159 --> 00:09:29.719 His memory. 00:09:29.719 --> 00:09:31.079 And he is convicted. 00:09:31.079 --> 00:09:32.659 About having forgotten Joseph. 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:33.699 Verse 12. 00:09:33.859 --> 00:09:35.099 Verse 12 and 13. 00:09:35.199 --> 00:09:35.899 This is what he says. 00:09:35.899 --> 00:09:37.399 A young Hebrew. 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:38.419 He was there with us. 00:09:38.860 --> 00:09:39.340 A servant. 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:40.480 A captain of the war. 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:42.259 When we told him. 00:09:42.620 --> 00:09:44.519 He interpreted our dreams to us. 00:09:44.980 --> 00:09:47.579 Giving an interpretation to each man. 00:09:47.939 --> 00:09:49.039 According to his dream. 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:52.019 And as he interpreted to us. 00:09:52.379 --> 00:09:53.480 So he came about. 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:55.939 I was restored to my office. 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:58.279 And the baker was hung. 00:09:58.799 --> 00:09:59.899 I won't go into that details. 00:09:59.980 --> 00:10:01.100 Because we saw that last week. 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:02.419 That's what. 00:10:02.899 --> 00:10:04.139 But this man is actually. 00:10:04.139 --> 00:10:04.980 Remember. 00:10:05.259 --> 00:10:06.379 And it's not only remembering. 00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:07.580 But it's telling Pharaoh. 00:10:07.580 --> 00:10:08.159 What happened. 00:10:08.659 --> 00:10:09.840 And he is coming. 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:10.879 As an eyewitness. 00:10:11.340 --> 00:10:11.939 Saying like. 00:10:12.259 --> 00:10:13.860 I've been in the same boat. 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:14.500 As you are. 00:10:15.199 --> 00:10:16.139 And there was a guy. 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:17.199 Who was able to help me. 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:18.259 And I know this guy. 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:18.980 It's called Joseph. 00:10:19.379 --> 00:10:20.399 And you know where this guy is? 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:21.600 He is actually in prison. 00:10:23.259 --> 00:10:24.659 He works as an eyewitness. 00:10:25.319 --> 00:10:26.100 And in some ways. 00:10:26.659 --> 00:10:27.879 That eyewitnessing. 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:29.419 And somebody he can actually trust. 00:10:29.779 --> 00:10:30.600 Produce Pharaoh. 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:32.100 The ability to believe. 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:32.620 Like yeah. 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:34.039 Go and get it. 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:34.439 That is God. 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:36.439 And it's a parallel. 00:10:37.019 --> 00:10:38.179 That is in some ways. 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:39.980 What the spirit of God does in us. 00:10:40.079 --> 00:10:40.659 In our lives. 00:10:41.819 --> 00:10:43.419 Today the way God speaks to us. 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:44.319 Is not through dreams. 00:10:44.779 --> 00:10:45.740 But through the word of God. 00:10:45.819 --> 00:10:46.779 Which is God's written word. 00:10:47.699 --> 00:10:48.679 And it's the Holy Spirit. 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:49.799 Who works in our lives. 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:50.559 And comes. 00:10:50.699 --> 00:10:51.279 And testify. 00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:53.419 At eyewitnessing. 00:10:53.699 --> 00:10:55.199 That the word of God is true. 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:56.480 And it works in our lives. 00:10:56.699 --> 00:10:57.759 And it can actually be trusted. 00:10:58.179 --> 00:11:00.219 There's a good similarity in that. 00:11:00.719 --> 00:11:01.879 How this actually works. 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:06.039 The other thing I would like to say about this. 00:11:06.100 --> 00:11:06.840 Is the providence. 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:07.299 Is that. 00:11:08.139 --> 00:11:08.639 Although. 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:11.059 The cat bearer remembers Joseph. 00:11:12.659 --> 00:11:14.519 He actually remembers Joseph. 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:16.179 In the right time. 00:11:16.419 --> 00:11:17.939 And the perfect moment. 00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:18.900 And the moment. 00:11:18.900 --> 00:11:20.580 When was needed the most. 00:11:20.900 --> 00:11:21.360 And the moment. 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:23.440 When Pharaoh was needing somebody. 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:24.240 With the abilities. 00:11:24.700 --> 00:11:26.600 And the gifts and talents. 00:11:26.740 --> 00:11:27.800 Or whatever you want to call it. 00:11:29.300 --> 00:11:29.880 That Joseph. 00:11:30.340 --> 00:11:31.300 That is the moment. 00:11:31.420 --> 00:11:32.060 When God. 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:33.320 Make this guy. 00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:33.860 Remember. 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:34.500 About him. 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:36.320 Not before his time. 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:38.560 Nor after his time. 00:11:39.420 --> 00:11:41.340 That is what providence is about. 00:11:42.060 --> 00:11:43.340 God do things. 00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:44.940 God is the one who does things. 00:11:45.420 --> 00:11:45.860 And the moment. 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:46.720 He has to do it. 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:48.080 Not before. 00:11:48.800 --> 00:11:49.420 Not later. 00:11:50.160 --> 00:11:50.800 Can you imagine. 00:11:51.060 --> 00:11:52.460 A different scenario. 00:11:53.040 --> 00:11:53.800 Can you imagine. 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:54.120 Like. 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:55.360 The cat bearer is out of prison. 00:11:55.620 --> 00:11:56.420 He is so excited. 00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:57.100 He goes back. 00:11:57.139 --> 00:11:57.740 And talks to Pharaoh. 00:11:57.779 --> 00:11:58.019 And say. 00:11:58.180 --> 00:11:58.700 Okay Pharaoh. 00:11:58.740 --> 00:11:59.379 I know this guy. 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:00.000 He's called Joseph. 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:00.860 Please come and help him. 00:12:01.019 --> 00:12:01.960 He helped me out. 00:12:02.040 --> 00:12:03.379 Could you just release him from prison. 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:04.120 Then. 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:05.399 Perhaps Pharaoh would say. 00:12:05.460 --> 00:12:05.620 Yeah. 00:12:05.700 --> 00:12:06.160 Take him out. 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:07.120 And then Joseph. 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:07.920 The first thing he could do. 00:12:07.920 --> 00:12:08.620 Is just get a camel. 00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:09.600 Just go right away. 00:12:10.040 --> 00:12:11.139 And run from Egypt. 00:12:11.300 --> 00:12:11.960 And go somewhere else. 00:12:12.620 --> 00:12:12.879 And then. 00:12:13.560 --> 00:12:14.519 The whole scenario is gone. 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:17.039 Whenever Pharaoh needed Joseph. 00:12:17.179 --> 00:12:17.779 He wasn't around. 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:20.159 Or perhaps. 00:12:20.539 --> 00:12:21.279 Got the same story. 00:12:21.340 --> 00:12:21.879 But Pharaoh said. 00:12:22.319 --> 00:12:22.600 So. 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:23.759 He did good to you. 00:12:23.779 --> 00:12:25.199 But he didn't do any good to me. 00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:26.279 Why do I care? 00:12:26.379 --> 00:12:27.120 Just keep him there. 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:29.139 And whatever this scenario would have been. 00:12:30.299 --> 00:12:32.159 It may have produced different outcome. 00:12:33.439 --> 00:12:34.799 But God needed. 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:36.259 To take. 00:12:36.259 --> 00:12:37.779 To use this moment. 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:38.659 In the right time. 00:12:39.019 --> 00:12:40.059 And in the right circumstances. 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:41.639 Pharaoh was in distress. 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:43.059 He needed somebody. 00:12:43.059 --> 00:12:45.279 He needed to do whatever he wants. 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:45.859 In the right time. 00:12:45.859 --> 00:12:46.439 In the right time. 00:12:46.439 --> 00:12:46.959 Who can we call? 00:12:47.779 --> 00:12:48.679 Joseph is the man. 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:50.399 God put. 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:51.739 The right time. 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:52.879 For the right things. 00:12:53.219 --> 00:12:54.119 For the right moment. 00:12:54.939 --> 00:12:56.959 That is what providence is about. 00:12:57.599 --> 00:12:59.559 That is for you and I stand for. 00:12:59.819 --> 00:13:00.779 That we trust. 00:13:00.979 --> 00:13:02.239 That God is the one. 00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:03.879 Who holds the future together. 00:13:04.299 --> 00:13:05.039 God is the one. 00:13:05.139 --> 00:13:06.739 Who knows where history is going. 00:13:07.059 --> 00:13:08.259 And God is the one. 00:13:08.479 --> 00:13:10.259 Who is going to do whatever he wants. 00:13:10.459 --> 00:13:10.939 In the time. 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:11.879 When he wants. 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:13.960 That is what we see. 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:14.679 First in Joseph. 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:16.139 Although it took two years. 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:16.500 Yeah. 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:17.539 But God needed. 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.240 Two years. 00:13:18.299 --> 00:13:19.299 For that thing to happen. 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:20.720 He was working it out. 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:22.539 It was not out of his control. 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:24.059 Nothing wrong with that. 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:30.799 So that was a disturbing dream. 00:13:31.179 --> 00:13:32.480 That nobody could interpret it. 00:13:32.980 --> 00:13:33.960 But God's providence. 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:35.379 Make it happen in the right time. 00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:36.860 But also we see. 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:38.759 That was not only a disturbing dream. 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:42.960 But it was a dream that required the divine interpretation for. 00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:47.439 And we say divine interpretation for. 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:49.600 The first thing we say it is because. 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:52.480 There was no human ability to it. 00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:56.980 Joseph clearly said it's not me. 00:13:57.980 --> 00:14:01.220 One of the things that is very interesting about this passage is that. 00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:01.820 Pharaoh. 00:14:01.820 --> 00:14:02.340 Pharaoh. 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:02.420 Pharaoh. 00:14:02.680 --> 00:14:04.060 Who was the man of power. 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:05.399 The mighty man. 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:07.300 When Joseph comes to him. 00:14:07.800 --> 00:14:09.920 He comes with flattering words. 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:12.940 And he tries to flatter Joseph. 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:15.120 And what he is going to do. 00:14:16.100 --> 00:14:18.279 He was the most powerful man on earth. 00:14:18.700 --> 00:14:21.080 He didn't have to come in that way. 00:14:22.139 --> 00:14:23.660 He was just going to say. 00:14:24.060 --> 00:14:25.440 Joseph you just interpret my dream. 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:26.940 Joseph had to do it. 00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:28.160 Because he was a man in church. 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:29.899 But when he comes. 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:31.959 When Pharaoh comes to Joseph. 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:32.779 This is what he says. 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:33.679 15b. 00:14:34.579 --> 00:14:36.199 I had heard it said of you. 00:14:36.839 --> 00:14:38.500 That when you hear a dream. 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:40.139 You can interpret it. 00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:41.659 So flattery. 00:14:41.719 --> 00:14:42.159 So like. 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:43.240 I want to. 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:45.839 I want to make you feel like you're good at what you do. 00:14:46.219 --> 00:14:46.839 And please. 00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:47.639 The one. 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.439 The best. 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:49.199 Come out of this. 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:50.620 Please tell me the best interpretation. 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:52.939 The best one you can actually find and tell me. 00:14:53.199 --> 00:14:54.120 He didn't have to do that. 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.620 But he did it. 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:55.740 And. 00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:57.720 What a temptation for Joseph. 00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.059 Right? 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:02.480 To keep quiet and take all the credit and say. 00:15:03.079 --> 00:15:03.419 Yeah. 00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:05.059 It's actually me. 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:05.240 Yeah. 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:05.539 You know. 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:07.579 I'm very good at interpreting dreams. 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:08.419 But. 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:08.699 No. 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:10.079 Joseph can't do it. 00:15:10.579 --> 00:15:11.779 That is not the way he works. 00:15:12.579 --> 00:15:14.120 Joseph is very strong in his answer. 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.620 He said. 00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:15.799 It's not me. 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:19.319 He will not take any credit to himself. 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:21.019 He is not a magician. 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:24.639 He is not a professional dream interpreter. 00:15:25.139 --> 00:15:26.319 That is not his job. 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:29.640 His ability comes totally from God. 00:15:30.640 --> 00:15:32.000 And he makes it clear. 00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.860 Verse 16. 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.440 He says. 00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:36.480 God will give Pharaoh. 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:38.700 A favorable answer. 00:15:39.540 --> 00:15:40.620 It's not me. 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:42.500 It is God. 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:48.379 It may have been so easy for him. 00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:49.000 At this point. 00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:50.320 To allow Pharaoh. 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:52.840 To think that he was really so talented. 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:55.440 That he had gifts and everything to do it. 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:57.419 But that is not who Joseph was. 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:00.379 Could this have been his opportunity? 00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:01.139 Yes. 00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:04.059 But Joseph. 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:07.500 He created in glory to God. 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:09.740 To the only one who deserved glory. 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:13.559 Joseph had that clear on his mind. 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:16.460 Sometimes I come out saying Joseph. 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.059 Who is there? 00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:17.919 But Joseph. 00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:18.860 But it's Joseph. 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:21.319 It's a lot of language just mixed in my head. 00:16:21.580 --> 00:16:22.240 But it's Joseph. 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:22.580 Right? 00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:22.659 Right? 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:29.980 And we also say that this is a divine interpretation. 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:33.839 Because Joseph also speaks about a God. 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.959 That revealed his plan. 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:41.120 Throughout this interpretation. 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:42.360 Joseph emphasized. 00:16:42.699 --> 00:16:44.000 That God's central role. 00:16:45.579 --> 00:16:47.980 That God will give Pharaoh that answer. 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:50.319 That is going to bring praise to Pharaoh. 00:16:50.319 --> 00:16:52.480 It's going to bring so much peace to him. 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:56.740 He says that both dreams and interpretations are from God. 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:59.480 And are connected with what God is about to do. 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:03.399 Joseph tells Pharaoh that the two dreams belong together. 00:17:03.959 --> 00:17:07.259 The dreams use two symbols to represent the same two things. 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.960 Seven years of abundance. 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.700 And seven years of famine. 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:16.319 Which would actually devore and benefit all the benefits of the previous good years. 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:22.220 Joseph as well stresses that God has been good to Pharaoh. 00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:24.300 To show what he is about to do. 00:17:24.300 --> 00:17:26.240 Verse 25 in B says. 00:17:26.560 --> 00:17:30.400 God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:37.680 In some ways there is a clear contrast between the helplessness. 00:17:38.040 --> 00:17:41.040 Of the most powerful man on earth at that moment. 00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:45.440 And actually the great and only one God. 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.540 The true God. 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:48.940 Who knows what the future is. 00:17:49.320 --> 00:17:51.019 Who knows where sins hold together. 00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:54.259 Who knows where history is going. 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:56.060 Although Pharaoh is helpless. 00:17:56.340 --> 00:17:58.340 He doesn't know what to do with his dream. 00:17:58.339 --> 00:18:01.279 And here we see God. 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:03.359 The only one in power. 00:18:03.959 --> 00:18:05.459 Who is telling Pharaoh. 00:18:06.139 --> 00:18:07.959 This is what's going to happen. 00:18:09.199 --> 00:18:10.119 You have power. 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.199 It is limited. 00:18:12.199 --> 00:18:13.339 My power. 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.899 Has no limits. 00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:16.939 I know where future is holding. 00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:20.659 There is so much power in the world. 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.019 Rome power. 00:18:22.439 --> 00:18:22.799 ISIS. 00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:23.559 Evil. 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.419 And everything. 00:18:24.879 --> 00:18:26.240 But all of those. 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:27.440 Fall short. 00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.980 When they are in compared. 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:30.679 To the mighty God. 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:32.679 And this. 00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:34.339 Is actually we can see in his story. 00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:44.299 Joseph emphasizes in verse 32. 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:46.119 B says. 00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.480 This sin. 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:50.119 This sin has been fixed by God. 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:52.439 And God will surely bring it about. 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:55.199 Joseph is not only sure. 00:18:55.379 --> 00:18:56.719 That God revealed his plans. 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:58.939 But Joseph is fully confident. 00:18:59.459 --> 00:19:00.879 And trust that he will do. 00:19:01.239 --> 00:19:01.679 According. 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:03.459 What God has said. 00:19:04.479 --> 00:19:05.919 He has seen God. 00:19:06.159 --> 00:19:07.099 Opting this way before. 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:10.119 Remember. 00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:11.219 Back in the day. 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:12.759 When we first know about Joseph. 00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:14.659 The first thing we know about him. 00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.219 Is that. 00:19:15.459 --> 00:19:16.819 He was loved by his father. 00:19:17.199 --> 00:19:18.599 But then he had two dreams as well. 00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:19.119 Do you remember? 00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.199 Remember. 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:21.000 He had two different. 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.979 I won't go that far. 00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:22.839 But he had. 00:19:23.159 --> 00:19:24.859 He had seen this pattern before. 00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:26.299 He had seen. 00:19:26.419 --> 00:19:26.939 Like God. 00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.679 Delivered a message. 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.519 Through dreams before. 00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.939 And now he's seen in Pharaoh. 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.659 He's sure. 00:19:30.959 --> 00:19:31.779 That God. 00:19:31.979 --> 00:19:32.439 Will do. 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.179 God. 00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:34.239 Will make things happen. 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:35.779 Because he has faith in that. 00:19:35.959 --> 00:19:36.939 He is still waiting. 00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:37.559 That God. 00:19:37.679 --> 00:19:38.439 Will do this. 00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:40.119 And he's going to make. 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:40.579 This. 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:43.319 Happen. 00:19:45.639 --> 00:19:46.779 That's actually described. 00:19:46.899 --> 00:19:48.159 In Genesis chapter 37. 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:50.820 The two dreams decided by God. 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:52.120 That hasn't happened yet. 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.220 It's still to come. 00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.180 But. 00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:55.200 It will come to happen. 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:56.960 So. 00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:59.220 We have seen that this is a dramatic dream. 00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.960 It's a disturbing dream. 00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:03.759 We have seen that. 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:05.340 This is a dream that. 00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.620 Required. 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.720 A divine interpretation. 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.420 But also. 00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.740 This was a dream. 00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:12.200 That produced. 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:13.799 A dramatic turnaround. 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:18.319 God's sovereignty. 00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:19.920 Doesn't negate. 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.839 Human's responsibility. 00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.980 So Pharaoh has been revealed. 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.779 Through Joseph. 00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:26.039 What God is going to do. 00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:27.740 Now Pharaoh has to do something. 00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.400 With this knowledge. 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.240 The plans of Joseph. 00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:31.539 Outline is to organize. 00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:33.180 A way of restoring grains. 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.620 During the good years. 00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:36.920 So that when the famine comes. 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:38.380 There is more than enough. 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.120 Set aside. 00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:40.099 To feed the people. 00:20:40.219 --> 00:20:41.319 During those years. 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.359 And the first thing. 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.059 We actually see. 00:20:45.139 --> 00:20:46.199 In this dramatic turnaround. 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.299 Is that. 00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.439 Happens with Joseph. 00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.759 He's taken. 00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:50.739 In one moment. 00:20:51.239 --> 00:20:51.939 From the pit. 00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:53.259 To the palace. 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:55.319 In one instance. 00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:56.139 He were just. 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.379 Back there. 00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.779 Where the prisoners are. 00:20:59.159 --> 00:21:00.199 And in another instance. 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:00.879 He's just there. 00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.619 Meeting. 00:21:02.679 --> 00:21:03.179 With the king. 00:21:03.239 --> 00:21:03.659 With Pharaoh. 00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:08.560 And one of the things. 00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:09.720 Interesting to see here. 00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.259 Is that. 00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:11.120 Verse 38. 00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:11.840 That. 00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.840 Pharaoh acknowledges. 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.840 That the spirit of God. 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.620 Is raised on Joseph. 00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.100 Perhaps Pharaoh. 00:21:17.100 --> 00:21:17.880 Didn't get this. 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.620 The way we do. 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.519 But he wasn't sure. 00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:21.440 When he said this. 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.980 Verse 38. 00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:23.640 He's asking. 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:25.660 Can we find a man like this. 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:28.300 And who is the spirit. 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.800 Who the spirit of God is. 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:32.599 What this pagan. 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.359 What this pagan. 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:33.779 What this pagan monarch. 00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.460 Is recognizing. 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.440 And is acknowledging. 00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:37.279 Is that the power of God. 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.980 Is within this man. 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.940 And he's actually able to see it. 00:21:41.159 --> 00:21:41.720 And he discovers. 00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.259 And he. 00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.839 He realizes. 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:45.279 That this is not normal. 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.839 There must be something. 00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.500 With God. 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.000 With this man. 00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:50.759 This is what Pharaoh said. 00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.259 39. 00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:51.740 14. 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:54.200 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph. 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:56.240 Since God has shown you. 00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:57.180 All this. 00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:59.419 There is none so discerning. 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:01.340 And wise as you are. 00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:03.380 You shall be over my house. 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.519 And all my people. 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.620 Shall order themselves. 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.519 As you command. 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.940 Only as regard the throne. 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.800 Will I be greater than you. 00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:13.660 This is such an amazing turnaround. 00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.840 That we see in this passage. 00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:18.880 Joseph was in jail in the morning. 00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.039 And by the evening. 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.460 He is just standing there. 00:22:21.800 --> 00:22:22.560 Besides Pharaoh. 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:24.140 As his second in command. 00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:26.080 All the things are falling together. 00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:28.140 This is part of the providence from God. 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:29.360 God is the one. 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:31.259 Moving and orchestrating this. 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.500 God is the one. 00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:33.940 Making all of this to happen. 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:39.320 The second thing we can see. 00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:40.480 This is a dramatic turnaround. 00:22:40.800 --> 00:22:41.120 Is that. 00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.440 Jose. 00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:44.180 Joseph gets so exalted. 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.980 But at the same time. 00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.800 He yet. 00:22:47.060 --> 00:22:47.400 Still. 00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:47.980 Is humble. 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:51.340 He is given a new name. 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:54.420 His name is kind of hard to pronounce. 00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.360 But I'll do my best. 00:22:56.179 --> 00:22:57.059 Sephanat Paniya. 00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.819 Nobody speaks Hebrew here. 00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:00.139 He doesn't. 00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:00.979 It's good. 00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:02.459 Sephanat Paniya. 00:23:02.939 --> 00:23:03.619 Which means. 00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.839 God has spoken. 00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:06.019 And he lives. 00:23:06.859 --> 00:23:07.639 Can you imagine. 00:23:08.419 --> 00:23:09.079 You go to a. 00:23:09.479 --> 00:23:10.299 Pagan nation. 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:12.240 And they're going to give you a new name. 00:23:12.699 --> 00:23:14.839 And the name they decide to give you. 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.259 It speaks about your God. 00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:18.179 It's fascinating. 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:18.779 Because. 00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.460 The meaning of that name means. 00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.820 God has spoken. 00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:22.880 And he lives. 00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:24.180 He speaks. 00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:24.820 And lives. 00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:26.660 The name itself. 00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.539 Is a testimony. 00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.759 Of Joseph's God. 00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:30.000 How great. 00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.460 Is Joseph. 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.580 Guy was. 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:33.640 That even the most powerful man. 00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.120 On earth. 00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.400 When he's going to name it. 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.180 He's going to name it. 00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:37.420 According to what his God. 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.660 Shows and represents. 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.500 It's fantastic. 00:23:44.060 --> 00:23:44.500 Also. 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:46.160 Joseph finds himself married. 00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.200 To an Egyptian wife. 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:49.519 He gets an Egyptian name. 00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:51.259 And he also gets. 00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.259 An Egyptian wife. 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.960 He's married. 00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:55.720 Into one of the most powerful families. 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.140 In the world. 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.620 In all Egypt. 00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.080 In some ways. 00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:00.299 He didn't have. 00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.059 Any choice. 00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.660 In this regard. 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.080 The wife. 00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.000 Came with the job. 00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.440 Kind of. 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.900 So awful. 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.500 Doesn't it? 00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:10.200 But he was fine with that. 00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.279 I don't know. 00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.720 Have you ever had a work. 00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.240 Where actually. 00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:13.799 Your job. 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.420 The wife came with your job. 00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:15.900 I don't think. 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.180 Anyone is very familiar. 00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.660 With it. 00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:18.500 But in some ways. 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.100 That's what happened. 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.519 With Joseph. 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.960 And he was fine with that. 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.779 And we'll see why. 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.519 Joseph is now. 00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.299 Very well connected. 00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:28.299 This was a great opportunity. 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.060 But also. 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.019 In so many times. 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.240 Could be a great temptation. 00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.759 The question would be. 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.200 Will he become. 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.440 Now. 00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.180 Egyptianized. 00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.380 He's now given influence. 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.220 He's now given power. 00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:39.299 He's now into the most. 00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:40.299 One of the most. 00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.820 Admirable. 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.420 And respitable. 00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.640 And powerful families. 00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.160 In all. 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.000 Egypt. 00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.680 He's the second in command. 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.840 He has everything. 00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:48.360 He has his life figured out. 00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.600 Everything is going great. 00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:51.840 Is he going to deny his fate? 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:54.320 Is he going to become Egyptianized? 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:59.799 I don't know. 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.700 That word exists by the way. 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.039 But anyway. 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.639 But you know what I mean. 00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:02.859 Right? 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.639 Is he going to give up his fate? 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:08.099 We actually learn to know. 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.960 But this is a very nice article. 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:11.159 I found the other day. 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.919 In Christianity Today. 00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.759 A magazine. 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.960 This is what it says. 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:16.100 The truth is. 00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:17.039 That as Christians. 00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.880 We still buckle. 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:19.100 Under the weight. 00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:20.140 Of the temptation. 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.759 To love the sins of this world. 00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:24.480 No sooner do we start to earn a bit more. 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.680 And begin to mix with the influential. 00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.519 Of the rich. 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.860 And famous. 00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.440 Then sadly. 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.840 We lose our age. 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.960 That's very common nowadays. 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.539 In Christians. 00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:36.120 That whenever you become. 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.000 To be more popular. 00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.460 You become. 00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.380 To have more influence. 00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.059 Of power. 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.380 According to this post. 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.299 It says like. 00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:43.319 Our fate stumbles. 00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:45.639 And we are actually wondering. 00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:47.700 Is that what's going to happen with Joseph? 00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:49.179 Perhaps no. 00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.379 And we are actually told. 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.859 That's not what happened with Joseph. 00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:57.299 Joseph came to Egypt. 00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:58.659 When he was 17. 00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:00.059 And he's now 30. 00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.619 He still remembers. 00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.399 Where he came from. 00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:04.720 He also has children. 00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:06.819 And this is the funny scenes. 00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:09.139 The name he gives to his children. 00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.500 Are a reflection. 00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.539 Of who he is. 00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.139 He is. 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.619 Now we've connected. 00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.720 To a very strong family. 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.779 A powerful one. 00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:18.200 But it's still a pagan one. 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.879 He is married to a woman. 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.839 Who doesn't believe in God. 00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.559 He is surrounded by people. 00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:25.480 Who don't actually trust. 00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.279 God at all. 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.619 But then. 00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:29.059 When he has to come up with a name. 00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.419 For his children. 00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.819 Actually names for children. 00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.539 Are so important. 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.980 That's why my wife and I. 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:35.339 Are discussing for several hours. 00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.039 Every week. 00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:37.460 About what the name is going to be like. 00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.399 But for him. 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.740 He didn't forget. 00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:39.940 But. 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.160 For him. 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.960 The name was like. 00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:43.099 It has to be a name. 00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.660 A reflection. 00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.720 Of who my God is. 00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.480 And that is the way he. 00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:48.000 Actually names his children. 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.799 The names he gives to his children. 00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.779 Are a testimony of his fate. 00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.920 51 says. 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:57.120 God has made me forget my troubles. 00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:59.359 And God has made me fruitful. 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.579 That is who God is. 00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:05.759 Egypt is bringing all the pressure over me. 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:08.879 But I am standing on my fate. 00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.859 I won't give up to power. 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.720 I won't give up to influences. 00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.660 I won't give up to riches. 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.460 The riches of this world. 00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:18.440 That is not who I am. 00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:20.160 This is who I am. 00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:21.379 And everything I do. 00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.680 God. 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.559 Is present. 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:27.220 And that is what Joseph makes it clear. 00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:27.940 He said. 00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:29.140 God is the one. 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.839 Who has made me fruitful. 00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:33.220 God is the one who is here. 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:35.700 What an amazing story. 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.059 That we see in Joseph. 00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.700 Joseph was a man. 00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:45.579 Aware of God's providence in his life. 00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.680 This described his fate. 00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.920 And that he was living for God. 00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:51.640 Even in his later days. 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.680 We know that. 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:54.640 He gave out instructions about his burial. 00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.859 We will see that later. 00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.359 But. 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.079 The instructions was. 00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.480 That. 00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.379 He wanted. 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.720 His bones. 00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.599 To be buried. 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.339 Back. 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.099 In Israel. 00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.279 Whenever he goes. 00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.299 Actually. 00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:08.579 The writer of Hebrews says this. 00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.000 Hebrews 11. 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.500 22. 00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.680 By faith. 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.480 Joseph. 00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:14.579 When his end was near. 00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.380 Spoke about the Exodus. 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.299 To all the Israelites. 00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.039 From Egypt. 00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:19.720 And gave instructions. 00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:22.460 Concerning the burial of his bones. 00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.440 This was a man. 00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:26.119 Who hasn't forgotten. 00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:28.619 Where he comes from. 00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.960 Who hasn't forgotten. 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.940 Who his God is. 00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:33.079 Doesn't matter what you bring him to him. 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.559 Whether it's prison. 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.859 Whether it's slavery. 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.380 Whether it's whatever it is. 00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.980 He wouldn't forget. 00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:40.240 Who his God is. 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.640 He's standing. 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.640 For his God. 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.920 Living out for him. 00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.880 Joseph was in Egypt. 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.920 But he was not in Egypt. 00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.599 In Egypt. 00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.620 But he was not in Egypt. 00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:53.480 He didn't lose his identity. 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:53.799 As. 00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:56.180 One of God's people. 00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.380 He was perhaps. 00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.099 The only. 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:01.059 He was perhaps. 00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.839 The only believer. 00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.519 In that place. 00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.640 He was the only one. 00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.460 Who trusted in God. 00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.079 In Egypt. 00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.720 At that point. 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:07.500 He wouldn't give up. 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:09.579 He was standing strong. 00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:11.339 I stay strong. 00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:13.339 I stick up with Jesus. 00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.440 As John was saying this morning. 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.660 I stick up with God. 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.920 This is who I am. 00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:20.960 Yeah. 00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.740 I'm the only one. 00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.660 Who believes in God. 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.200 In my family. 00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:24.360 I be sticking up. 00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.500 Yes. 00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.220 I'm the only one. 00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.860 Who believes in God. 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.339 In my work. 00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.259 I be sticking up. 00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.299 Yes. 00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.100 I'm the only one. 00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:32.279 Who believes in God. 00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.900 In my community. 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.140 I be sticking up. 00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.820 I'm not giving up. 00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.380 Says Joseph. 00:29:37.300 --> 00:29:37.920 Doesn't matter. 00:29:38.020 --> 00:29:38.940 What the circumstances are. 00:29:39.280 --> 00:29:40.040 I'm not giving up. 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:47.080 The last thing we can see. 00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.780 About this passage. 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.340 Is that. 00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:50.320 It produces. 00:29:51.320 --> 00:29:52.160 Dramatic turnaround. 00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.680 That produces. 00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:55.280 A godly servanthood. 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.680 The last thing we see. 00:29:56.780 --> 00:29:57.240 About Joseph. 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.680 Is that. 00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:59.180 He did only believe in God. 00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.060 But he was perhaps. 00:30:00.060 --> 00:30:01.120 The only one in Egypt. 00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:02.020 Who believed in God. 00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:06.660 And in some ways. 00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:06.960 He was. 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.480 Joseph against the world. 00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:11.079 And he tried to serve his master. 00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.960 Well enough. 00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.859 So that he could become. 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.779 A good witness. 00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:16.039 For his master. 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.879 Joseph served God. 00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.920 In the course of Pharaoh. 00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.559 With the same devotion. 00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:23.039 As he served God. 00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.559 When he was in slavery. 00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.039 In prison. 00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.139 In prison. 00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:32.240 So many times. 00:30:32.280 --> 00:30:33.100 That is very difficult. 00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.640 For us. 00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:34.980 Because so many times. 00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:36.100 We want to be. 00:30:36.280 --> 00:30:36.980 Pleased with God. 00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:38.040 Whenever we are. 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.900 Experiencing comfort. 00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.880 But whenever. 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.580 The circumstances. 00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:42.460 Are raised. 00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:43.660 And then. 00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.900 Circumstances are difficult. 00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.720 We sometimes. 00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:48.259 Begin to. 00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:49.940 Tumble. 00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.740 We don't know. 00:30:51.820 --> 00:30:52.200 What to do. 00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.120 But Joseph. 00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:55.079 It is not like that. 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.059 Joseph said. 00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.539 I don't know. 00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.659 What my circumstances are. 00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.159 I am sticking in. 00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:00.579 Continuous charm. 00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.419 At the end. 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.799 All of this. 00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.659 Will result in him. 00:31:06.739 --> 00:31:07.319 Being exalted. 00:31:07.459 --> 00:31:08.099 To a position. 00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.639 Where he can be. 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.959 A good blessing. 00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:11.519 To everyone. 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.000 Many people. 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:14.279 From all over the countries. 00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.659 Are going to come to him. 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.819 To find. 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.639 Help. 00:31:17.739 --> 00:31:18.379 In a time of famine. 00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.379 He would be the one. 00:31:20.459 --> 00:31:21.159 Used by God. 00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.299 In order to bring food. 00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:22.719 To people. 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:24.500 Whenever they were struggling. 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.779 That is where God. 00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.740 Actually placed him. 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:31.160 One of the things. 00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.960 That's very amazing. 00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.839 In Joseph's life. 00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:35.319 Is that we can actually. 00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.799 See Joseph's faithfulness. 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.640 All throughout. 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.100 The beginning. 00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.880 Of his story. 00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.759 Till actually. 00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.360 The very end. 00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.720 And we see. 00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.600 How great this guy. 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.460 This character. 00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.680 This person. 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.000 This believer was. 00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.360 But one of the most. 00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:48.220 Astonishing scenes. 00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:49.000 To see as well. 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.940 Is God's faithfulness. 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.279 With him. 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:53.099 God was with him. 00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.859 When he. 00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.359 When Joseph. 00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.180 Was his dad. 00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.379 And his brothers. 00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:58.079 God was with him. 00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.119 When he was sold. 00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.700 Into slavery. 00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.440 God was with him. 00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.579 When he was sent. 00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.940 To the pits. 00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.059 From Potiphar. 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:07.319 God is now with him. 00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.799 When he is exalted. 00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.519 For a position. 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.899 Where he can actually. 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.299 Bless. 00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.420 Everyone. 00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.079 That is God. 00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:16.160 Joseph was sticking out. 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.500 With him. 00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.460 But God. 00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:18.500 Was there with him. 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:18.859 As well. 00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.259 He would not. 00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:21.000 Abandon him. 00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.480 God was faithful. 00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.519 And in some ways. 00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.240 So Joseph was. 00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.619 And in some ways. 00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.319 That was the summary. 00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.940 The whole chapter. 00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.779 Whether. 00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.740 How it was clear or not. 00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.160 That's a question. 00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.660 We'll probably. 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.140 Find out. 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.640 In the next week. 00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.279 Or so. 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:40.200 But I want to finish. 00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.680 With giving some applications. 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.180 To this. 00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.579 And perhaps. 00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.500 You weren't paying attention. 00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.839 Before. 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.640 I want you to. 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.900 Really pay attention now. 00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.160 Because this is perhaps. 00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:49.740 The most important part. 00:32:49.800 --> 00:32:50.140 Of the sermon. 00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.740 This is the challenge. 00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:52.220 For us. 00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.860 And the question is like. 00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:56.220 What can we learn. 00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.840 From Joseph. 00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.240 And apply it. 00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.019 To our lives today. 00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.200 In. 00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.600 2015. 00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.120 Edinburgh. 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.860 What can we learn. 00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.220 From him. 00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.480 Perhaps the first thing. 00:33:05.540 --> 00:33:05.900 We can learn. 00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.460 From Joseph. 00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.279 Is that. 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.460 Whatever your circumstances. 00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.060 Are. 00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:10.540 God's in control. 00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:10.619 God. 00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.980 And he will do his plan. 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.420 And purpose. 00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.019 In our lives. 00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:16.000 In the perfect time. 00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.279 Not before. 00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.319 Or not after. 00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.899 In the right time. 00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.519 When things have to happen. 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.659 There is where God asks. 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.819 Because that's who he is. 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:29.319 This is the doctrine of providence. 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.700 God. 00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:31.220 It is the source. 00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.740 Of the most enormous comfort. 00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.259 For all believers. 00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.339 To know that God. 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.759 Rules in the world. 00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:39.059 And that he knows. 00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:40.139 Where history is heading. 00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:42.520 That's fascinating. 00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.840 The second thing. 00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:45.280 We can learn from this. 00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.759 Is that. 00:33:46.780 --> 00:33:48.380 We need to be a contraculture. 00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.960 We need to change. 00:33:50.020 --> 00:33:51.180 The way this culture goes. 00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:52.060 In the culture. 00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.780 We live nowadays. 00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:54.020 We live. 00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.720 We love. 00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.720 Giving praise to men. 00:33:56.300 --> 00:33:57.140 We love saying. 00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.080 How great man is. 00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.620 We love saying. 00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.620 How great Cameron is. 00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.280 We love saying. 00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:00.740 How great. 00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.540 What is this guy. 00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.560 Ed Miliband is. 00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.040 We love saying. 00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.480 How great. 00:34:05.060 --> 00:34:05.820 Such and such. 00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.680 Such a person is. 00:34:06.780 --> 00:34:07.460 Probably not right. 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.019 That was not. 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.720 That was not a right joke. 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:08.920 Anyway. 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:10.760 But we love. 00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.940 Giving glory to men. 00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.800 But what we learn here from. 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.760 From Joseph. 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.300 It's like. 00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.559 No. 00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:17.139 He's like. 00:34:17.220 --> 00:34:17.380 No. 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.700 Men. 00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.059 It's not. 00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.860 I won't give the glory to men. 00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.740 It's not me. 00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.180 He says. 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.220 It's God. 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.559 The only one. 00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.559 The only one. 00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:24.960 Who's. 00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.200 Capable. 00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.619 To get. 00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.720 All my glory. 00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:30.220 I will give glory to him. 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.539 It's God. 00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:31.900 The one. 00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:33.400 Who should receive the glory. 00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.840 That is what churches. 00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.700 Are meant to be. 00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:37.019 Giving glory to God. 00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.840 That must be the reason. 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.420 Our living. 00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:42.460 Acknowledging that everything we are. 00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.659 Everything we do. 00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.840 And everything we have. 00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.739 Is because of him. 00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:47.380 Should be the reason of our lives. 00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.900 As it's written. 00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.800 In God we live. 00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.460 In God we move. 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:55.759 And in God we have our beings. 00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.099 Great story from Joseph. 00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.440 Isn't it? 00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:00.340 That's the one and two. 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.440 We got a three. 00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.739 Number three as well. 00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:04.919 This is very important. 00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.539 For all of us. 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:08.099 Today we are surrounded. 00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:09.619 By a very ungodly culture. 00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:13.059 Almost 99% of our bosses. 00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.959 How many of you have bosses here? 00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.899 How many of you got bosses? 00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.539 Yep. 00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.239 It's always my boss. 00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:20.639 He's a Christian. 00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.899 So that doesn't apply to me. 00:35:21.899 --> 00:35:22.279 But anyway. 00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:25.439 But almost 99% of our bosses. 00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.719 They are non-believers. 00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:28.679 People who don't agree. 00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.299 What we do. 00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:31.039 Do don't want to. 00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:32.359 Do want to have anything. 00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:32.800 We got. 00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:34.599 But here we see. 00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:35.140 In Joseph. 00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.519 He shows. 00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:37.760 He gives us an example. 00:35:38.120 --> 00:35:39.039 How a Christian. 00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:39.680 Should be. 00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:41.660 Dealing with ungodly people. 00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.800 He served his master. 00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:45.680 In the best possible way. 00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.480 He wanted to be. 00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.640 The best witness. 00:35:49.160 --> 00:35:49.640 For him. 00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.180 To the gospel. 00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.660 Whatever Pharaoh. 00:35:52.660 --> 00:35:53.660 Would see to Joseph. 00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.980 He would see God. 00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:56.079 Working in his life. 00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.579 That is what Joseph. 00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.000 Was doing. 00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.460 That is a challenge. 00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.480 We can get from Joseph. 00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.720 I don't know. 00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:02.559 What your relationship. 00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.459 With your bosses are. 00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:06.559 But it would be great. 00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.139 For your bosses. 00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:08.319 To see Christ in you. 00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:10.199 It would be great. 00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:10.419 For. 00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.299 When your bosses. 00:36:11.459 --> 00:36:11.980 Make a judgment. 00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.419 About you. 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.819 They say. 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.299 That is a different person. 00:36:14.439 --> 00:36:15.019 That is this. 00:36:15.279 --> 00:36:16.539 Can you find somebody. 00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.480 Like this guy. 00:36:17.959 --> 00:36:18.239 Yes. 00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:19.879 Because the spirit of God. 00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.359 Is in him. 00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:23.119 There is a challenge. 00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:23.679 From Joseph. 00:36:24.379 --> 00:36:24.719 Serve. 00:36:24.879 --> 00:36:25.079 Our. 00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.579 Our. 00:36:25.899 --> 00:36:26.399 Pagan master. 00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.059 Serve. 00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.139 Our. 00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:28.119 Pagan bosses. 00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.799 The best possible way. 00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.360 So that. 00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:31.880 Somehow. 00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.559 For then. 00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.019 The gospel. 00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.739 Could be clear. 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.559 And reflecting. 00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:37.860 And they might become attracted to it. 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.360 And they might come to Jesus. 00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.619 It's a great challenge. 00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.079 Isn't it? 00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:43.019 It's a fantastic challenge. 00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:44.699 And we see all the way from Joseph. 00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:44.819 Joseph. 00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:50.419 And lastly. 00:36:50.819 --> 00:36:51.919 This is a series called. 00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:52.539 Joseph. 00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.639 In the gospel of many colors. 00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:57.659 It wouldn't be called the gospel. 00:36:57.779 --> 00:36:58.939 If I don't talk about Jesus. 00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.279 Right. 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.619 And that was perhaps. 00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.779 My last point of the application. 00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:04.019 Talking about Jesus. 00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.980 We have seen. 00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:07.460 Joseph often appears to have. 00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.439 The same career as Jesus. 00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:08.960 Similar. 00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:10.139 Similar career to him. 00:37:10.919 --> 00:37:11.619 We have seen. 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.359 Joseph. 00:37:12.919 --> 00:37:13.679 He was sold for. 00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:14.679 Twenty pieces of silver. 00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:16.639 Our master Jesus. 00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.460 Was sold for thirty. 00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:20.399 We see now. 00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:21.399 That the age of thirty. 00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:23.019 He's beginning his work. 00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:24.259 As a prime minister. 00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.299 Our Lord began. 00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.699 He becomes his. 00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.480 Public ministry. 00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.719 When he was thirty as well. 00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:37.099 Here in Joseph's exaltation. 00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:38.199 We see. 00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:39.019 A glimpse. 00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.159 Of the success. 00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:40.899 And accompanies. 00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:42.339 The Jesus exaltation. 00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.659 To his father's throne. 00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.279 From that throne. 00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:46.859 He dispenses. 00:37:46.859 --> 00:37:47.279 His blessings. 00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:47.739 To the world. 00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.859 And he gives them. 00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.259 Blessings. 00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.779 On salvation. 00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:52.139 We see this. 00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.719 That in theology. 00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.119 We call. 00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.219 The parabola. 00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:54.899 Oh. 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.440 I don't know. 00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.339 That's the right pronunciation. 00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.119 But the parabola. 00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.440 Or. 00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.739 Exaltation. 00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.179 Humiliation. 00:37:59.179 --> 00:37:59.819 And exaltation. 00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.299 Of Christ. 00:38:00.819 --> 00:38:01.139 So. 00:38:02.439 --> 00:38:03.279 It's pretty obvious. 00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:03.899 In the passage. 00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.219 But. 00:38:04.859 --> 00:38:05.679 This is kind of what. 00:38:06.399 --> 00:38:07.159 We see in Joseph. 00:38:07.299 --> 00:38:07.899 Joseph begins. 00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:09.539 The first we know about Joseph. 00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:09.839 Is this. 00:38:09.899 --> 00:38:10.419 He is here. 00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:13.119 Experiencing the love of his father. 00:38:13.779 --> 00:38:15.419 And he is in a good place. 00:38:15.799 --> 00:38:17.599 But then he is sold into slavery. 00:38:17.899 --> 00:38:19.099 Then he is sold into slavery. 00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.339 And he's going. 00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:22.059 Down and down. 00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:23.479 And then he goes to. 00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.699 Potiphar. 00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.619 And then he is. 00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:27.059 Mistreated then. 00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:28.699 And then he's sent to the pits. 00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:29.940 And he's in his. 00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.420 Low. 00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:30.840 In his. 00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:31.820 Most. 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:33.079 In the lowest place. 00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:34.539 Of his life. 00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:36.199 And after that. 00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.079 Out of the blue. 00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.539 He's. 00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.360 Exalted. 00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.059 And the next day. 00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.440 To the throne. 00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.340 As a prime minister. 00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:43.860 Oh. 00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.300 Surprise. 00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.740 Here we have Jesus. 00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.740 With God in heaven. 00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.800 Loving humanity. 00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:53.320 With only. 00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:54.719 He can do. 00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:55.900 Saying. 00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.719 I want to go. 00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.740 And give my life for them. 00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:00.139 Coming to earth. 00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:01.159 In the incarnation. 00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.699 Living a life. 00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.300 As a human. 00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:04.559 100% human. 00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.840 100% divine. 00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.940 Going all the way. 00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.659 To the cross. 00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:11.659 That. 00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.539 On the cross. 00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:14.059 His lowest point. 00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.300 But there. 00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:16.000 On the cross. 00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:18.119 We actually see the same pattern. 00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.619 From the cross. 00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.260 God. 00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.139 Our God. 00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.380 Our faithful. 00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.880 God. 00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.639 Exalted him. 00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.559 To the throne. 00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:30.219 Of his father. 00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:31.159 The throne. 00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:32.240 He has prepared for him. 00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.699 That is the parable. 00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.699 Of exaltation. 00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.440 We see it in Joseph. 00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:39.159 The apostle Paul. 00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:40.360 Who saw it as well. 00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:42.179 He sees this. 00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:43.380 And he goes beyond that. 00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:44.039 And he says. 00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:45.599 That is not only a parable. 00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.519 For us to see it. 00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.820 That is an example. 00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:49.000 For us to live in that way. 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:49.860 This is what. 00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:51.000 The apostle Paul says. 00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:52.420 Philippians chapter 2. 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.840 Verse 5 and 11. 00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.659 I finish with this. 00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:57.000 This is what he says. 00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:58.639 This is the apostle Paul. 00:39:58.700 --> 00:39:59.539 Speaking to us. 00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:01.579 In your relationship. 00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.840 With one another. 00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.639 Have the same mindset. 00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:06.019 As Christ Jesus. 00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:08.019 Who being. 00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:08.860 In very nature. 00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.400 God. 00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.900 Did not consider. 00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:12.059 Equality with God. 00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:13.880 Something to be used. 00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:15.139 To his own advantage. 00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:16.820 Rather. 00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:19.620 He made himself nothing. 00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.740 By taking the very nature. 00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.380 Of that servant. 00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.840 Being made. 00:40:24.080 --> 00:40:25.100 In a human likeness. 00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.280 And being found. 00:40:26.740 --> 00:40:27.280 In appearance. 00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.019 In appearance. 00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.780 As men. 00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:31.019 He humbled himself. 00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:32.860 By becoming obedient. 00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.480 To death. 00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:35.240 Even death. 00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:36.340 On a cross. 00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:38.980 And this is what Paul says. 00:40:39.620 --> 00:40:40.220 Therefore. 00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.700 Paul calling us. 00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:41.880 And saying. 00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.640 Listen to this. 00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.519 Therefore. 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:45.680 God exalted him. 00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:47.639 To the highest place on earth. 00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:49.599 And gave him the name. 00:40:49.899 --> 00:40:51.259 That is about every name. 00:40:51.859 --> 00:40:53.539 That at the name of Jesus. 00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.819 Every knee. 00:40:55.319 --> 00:40:55.779 Should bow. 00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.119 In heaven. 00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:58.099 And on earth. 00:40:58.819 --> 00:40:59.799 And under the earth. 00:41:00.419 --> 00:41:01.500 And every tongue. 00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:03.879 Acknowledge that Jesus Christ. 00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:05.359 Is Lord. 00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:08.219 To the glory of God. 00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:09.219 The Father. 00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:12.179 Paul finishes. 00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:15.440 This whole idea. 00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:16.599 About exaltation. 00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:17.639 The parable of exaltation. 00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:17.980 Saying. 00:41:18.399 --> 00:41:20.159 That is an example for us. 00:41:20.899 --> 00:41:21.960 We should be like that. 00:41:23.339 --> 00:41:24.679 Jesus used to say a lot. 00:41:25.279 --> 00:41:26.940 And the first will be last. 00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.819 And the last will be finished. 00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:31.039 We see this pattern. 00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:31.960 Of serbacum. 00:41:32.379 --> 00:41:33.759 All the way in with Joseph. 00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:36.500 He was trusting God's providence. 00:41:36.859 --> 00:41:38.379 But he was not only waiting. 00:41:38.379 --> 00:41:39.199 For things to come. 00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:40.739 He was still serving. 00:41:41.359 --> 00:41:43.019 And serving the most possible way. 00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:44.719 So God could give. 00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.300 To give. 00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:46.119 Receive the glory. 00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:47.340 And everything he did. 00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:48.519 Why don't we pray. 00:41:58.840 --> 00:41:59.239 Father. 00:41:59.320 --> 00:42:00.820 As we see the example in Joseph. 00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:04.780 That is actually a foreshadowing. 00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:05.820 Example. 00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:07.099 That Jesus would do. 00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:08.780 Several years later. 00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:10.860 On the cross. 00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:11.780 In his whole life. 00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:14.080 Let us live in that way. 00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.920 Let us live. 00:42:16.200 --> 00:42:17.680 Every day of our lives. 00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:19.080 Giving you glory. 00:42:19.620 --> 00:42:20.580 In everything we do. 00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:22.680 Let us not take away. 00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:23.920 The glory that belongs to you. 00:42:26.120 --> 00:42:27.940 Let us trust in your providence. 00:42:28.660 --> 00:42:29.580 And let us trust. 00:42:29.580 --> 00:42:30.800 That you are in control. 00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:32.300 And you may. 00:42:32.580 --> 00:42:33.300 You will make. 00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:34.700 All the sins possible. 00:42:35.120 --> 00:42:35.860 And you will make. 00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.660 All the sins. 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:37.960 That has to happen. 00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.260 In the right time. 00:42:40.100 --> 00:42:41.519 But while we wait in Lord. 00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:43.840 Let us know. 00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.460 We are weary. 00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:47.320 But let us continue. 00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:48.039 In serving. 00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:48.980 One another. 00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:50.820 Having as an example. 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.720 As Paul said. 00:42:52.200 --> 00:42:53.400 That Jesus did for us. 00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:57.140 Help us to serve. 00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:58.460 Everyone around here. 00:42:58.800 --> 00:42:59.280 And especially. 00:42:59.580 --> 00:43:00.640 Outside the church. 00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:02.340 To serve them. 00:43:02.560 --> 00:43:04.440 In the best possible way. 00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:06.280 So that the gospel. 00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.519 Could be. 00:43:08.160 --> 00:43:08.920 Shown to them. 00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:10.420 Whenever our neighbors. 00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:11.400 And everybody else. 00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:12.400 Sees us around. 00:43:13.120 --> 00:43:14.480 They can actually see Christ. 00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:16.420 And that we are witnessing to them. 00:43:17.240 --> 00:43:18.220 Father we trust. 00:43:18.700 --> 00:43:19.680 That these are words. 00:43:19.680 --> 00:43:20.660 That won't come out. 00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:21.600 For many years. 00:43:22.100 --> 00:43:23.120 But we'll be obedient. 00:43:23.680 --> 00:43:25.120 And we'll do according to what we hear. 00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:27.120 Father we thank you for this time. 00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:28.740 We thank you for every one of us. 00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:30.959 Let us continue this time. 00:43:31.319 --> 00:43:32.119 We're gathering together. 00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:33.239 In the name of your son. 00:43:34.839 --> 00:43:35.279 Amen. 00:43:35.279 --> 00:43:35.399 Amen. 00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:36.059 Amen. 00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:36.300 Amen. 00:43:39.180 --> 00:43:39.860 Amen. 00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:43.099 Amen. 00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:43.500 Amen. 00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:43.760 Amen. 00:43:44.200 --> 00:43:45.019 Amen. 00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:46.000 Amen. 00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:46.800 Amen. 00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:47.680 Amen. 00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.800 Amen. 00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:48.880 Amen. 00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:49.039 Amen. 00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:50.000 Amen. 00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:51.099 On my side. 00:43:51.160 --> 00:43:51.340 Amen. 00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:51.700 Amen. 00:43:51.700 --> 00:43:51.720 Amen. 00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:51.740 Amen. 00:43:51.740 --> 00:43:52.480 Amen. 00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:53.160 Amen. 00:43:53.160 --> 00:43:53.220 Amen. 00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:54.860 Amen. 00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:55.780 Amen. 00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.200 Amen. 00:43:56.200 --> 00:43:56.860 Amen. 00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.200 Amen. 00:43:57.200 --> 00:43:57.579 Amen. 00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:57.599 Amen. 00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:58.059 hp. 00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:58.800 Amen. 00:43:58.820 --> 00:43:59.380 Amen. 00:43:59.440 --> 00:43:59.579 Amen. 00:43:59.579 --> 00:43:59.680 Amen. 00:43:59.680 --> 00:44:00.220 Amen. 00:44:00.220 --> 00:44:00.579 Amen. 00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:00.619 Amen. 00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:01.300 Amen. 00:44:01.300 --> 00:44:01.519 Amen. 00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:01.539 Amen. 00:44:01.660 --> 00:44:02.619 Amen. 00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:03.280 Amen. 00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:04.519 Amen.