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 If you've got a Bible, please turn with me to Genesis chapter 43.

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 That would be great.

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 We're in the, I think it's the sixth installment in our Joseph series.

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 It's been great to take somebody we've known about since youth.

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 We've heard, we've seen on the stage.

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 We learn at Sunday school and to dig in and find out a bit more and see some new lessons.

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 There's Joseph and the gospel of many colors.

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 And this evening, we're in Genesis 43 and 44.

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 Just a small 62 verses for us to get through.

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 Anna Levinson writes in a New York newspaper these words.

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 By the time I was six and my brother was five, we were used to waiting.

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 Waiting for our father to show up.

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 On one particular afternoon, we sat in a pool of sunlight that poured through our living room bay window.

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 We were baking in our jackets ready to go while we waited.

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 Would he be late?

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 Would he come at all?

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 What state would he be in?

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 What would he smell like?

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 My parents had separated a year before.

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 And when my father came to pick us up for occasional visits, his gait was often wobbly and his words were usually slurred.

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 My mother worked full time in an insurance company.

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 Our nanny, therefore, would be left to handle these messy transfers.

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 Sometimes she wouldn't let us go when she saw his condition.

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 Whilst waiting and worrying, on this occasion I made a decision.

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 We're so stupid, I said.

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 He's never going to come.

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 Most days I would have been right.

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 But late, slurring but apologetic, he appeared.

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 We piled into the taxi and drove to Tenderloin, a rough neighborhood across town from where we lived.

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 On arrival, he gave us a quick tour of the cluttered apartment.

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 There was a withered pot plant and an overflowing ashtray on a long, dirty coffee table.

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 A woman with long, stringy blonde hair entered the room and introduced herself as my father's girlfriend.

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 Immediately, her bulging eyes and grubby fingers scared me.

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 I was used to meeting weird people when visiting my father, but she was by far the most manic.

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 After a brief introduction, she and my father abruptly headed to the bedroom, leaving me and my brother on the couch all alone.

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 A few quiet moments passed before we heard yelling and objects smashing and then silence.

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 Consumed with fear but driven by curiosity, I crept to the door and knocked softly.

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 When no answer came, I peered through the crack under the door to see my father and girlfriend passed out on the bed with needles all over the floor.

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 I ran to the door.

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 I ran to the door.

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 I ran to the phone to call my mother and begged her between sobs to come and pick us up.

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 Although at that age of six, I couldn't then verbalize exactly what was happening, but I knew one thing.

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 I never wanted to see my father again.

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 After that moment, my father disappeared from my life for 18 years.

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 Alana then writes about the ensuing years struggling with OCD, anxiety, depression, hypochondria and withdrawnness.

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 The article then moves to when she is in her mid-twenties.

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 Her father reappears, clean of drugs and eager to make up for lost time.

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 Yet Alana couldn't engage with him.

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 She was absolutely unable to trust him or respond to any of his attempts to build bridges.

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 She writes, my shattered trust couldn't be glued back together.

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 The article ends after a long and painful process with the barrier slowly coming down after her dad passed literally hundreds and hundreds of trust tests.

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 Alana writes, it was too risky to let him straight back into my life.

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 We started with monthly phone calls that he had to make when we had agreed.

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 Then letters that he had to write and they must be delivered to me every Monday.

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 After this, we'd meet for coffee miles from his house.

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 Then we'd move to lunches.

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 I would always tell him when and where and if he was late or missed, it was over.

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 Trust is slowly built and quickly destroyed.

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 I couldn't let him back into my life if he was going to ruin everything all over again.

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 Testing him, she writes, was the only way I could ever move to trusting him.

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 Horrible story, isn't it, about a six-year-old?

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 Crushed and severely affected by her father's drug abuse.

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 And to find out if he was clean, to find out whether he was worth investing in, she tests him in a number of ways.

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 And Genesis 42, where we've come from, functions a bit like Alana's story.

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 Joseph hasn't seen his brothers for 22 years.

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 The last time they met, it didn't go very well.

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 He turned up to see how their shepherding was going on and they stripped him and they beat him and they threw him in a well

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 before selling him to the Ishmaelites who carried him to Egypt.

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 That's his last memory of his brothers.

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 Before they turn up in chapter 42.

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 And as we saw with Paul Fred last week, Joseph sets about testing them.

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 Testing them to see whether he's better off without them.

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 Testing them to see whether they've changed.

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 Testing them to see whether he could ever trust them again after being so treated by them.

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 And in chapter 42, he sets four tests.

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 The first one is this.

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 Is Benjamin still alive?

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 In verse 12.

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 He asked them.

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 And they say he is, but there's no evidence.

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 So they fail the test.

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 Then he asked for a volunteer to go and get them and no one volunteers.

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 So they fail that test.

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 And then he says for a volunteer to stay while the other nine go to get their brother.

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 And no one volunteers to stay.

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 So he has Simeon bound before their eyes.

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 Will someone come back for Simeon?

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 Well, no.

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 Because he's still in Egypt.

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 By the time we open chapter 43.

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 Then he sets the money trap that they're on their way.

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 And they open their sacks.

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 And all the money they paid to Joseph was still there.

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 Would they go back?

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 Or would they carry on on their journey?

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 Well, they carry on on their journey.

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 There's no about turn.

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 And we should go and sort this out.

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 And then they tell him that we need to take Benjamin.

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 Have they earned Jacob's trust?

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 Well, no.

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 Verse 36.

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 He seems to blame them for absolutely everything.

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 You have deprived me of my children.

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 Joseph is no more.

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 And Simeon is no more.

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 And now you want to take Benjamin.

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 Everything is against me.

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 They don't trust him.

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 And I guess implicit in the same episode is,

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 does Benjamin trust them?

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 Well, we don't exactly see him jumping up and down saying,

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 I'll go.

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 So they fail that test as well.

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 In fact, you have to say,

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 in chapter 42,

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 Joseph brothers are an epic fail.

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 And you kind of think Joseph is better off without them.

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 They're still just a ragtag bag of swindlers and murderers

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 and liars and deceivers

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 who are all out for themselves.

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 They don't seem to have changed at all.

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 Yet what we're going to see in our two chapters

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 is how God is going to providentially work.

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 How God is going to set tests

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 and how things are going to be transformed

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 so that there'll be restoration, reconciliation

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 and a glorious reunion in chapter 45.

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 So why don't I pray?

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 Father God, thank you that you always have your glory

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 at the forefront of your agenda.

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 Father, following closely after that

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 is the blessing of your people

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 and the ultimate transformation of them

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 to look more and more like your son.

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 So as we open this, your word, this evening,

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 speak to us, we pray.

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 Glorify our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 Transform us

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 and orientate our lives once again around your gospel.

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 Father, do this all

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 by your grace

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 through the power of your spirit.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So here's the first test

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 we're going to see

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 in this little passage.

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 God tests his people

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 to free them from idolatry.

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 God tests his people

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 to free them from idolatry.

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 As we enter chapter 43,

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 the famine is still severe.

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 It's gone on a long time

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 and they've run out of food.

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 They've gone to the cupboard

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 and it's been like old Mother Hubbard.

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 There was nothing there.

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 Simeon is still in Egypt.

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 He's been there since chapter 42, verse 24.

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 And Egypt remains their only hope.

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 The only place in all the world

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 that has grain surplus enough

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 that they can give out is Egypt.

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 And so Jacob says,

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 verse 2,

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 go back and buy us a little more food.

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 Go back and buy us a little more food.

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 Seems like a really obvious suggestion.

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 Egypt has food.

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 You need to go and get it

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 because we've run out.

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 And yet there's a problem.

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 There's a real problem

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 that Judah points out

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 in verses 3 to 5.

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 That if Egypt is their only hope,

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 then Benjamin is the key

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 to unlocking that hope.

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 Benjamin,

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 Jacob's prize son,

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 the one that he spent

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 at the end of chapter 42

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 saying,

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 no one's getting hold of Benjamin.

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 He's staying with me.

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 And so Judah's reminder

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 to his father of the fact

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 that Benjamin is necessary

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 to get food from Egypt,

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 stabs Jacob in the heart.

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 Jacob is very protective of Benjamin.

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 I don't think it's a stretch to say

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 that in Jacob's life,

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 Benjamin has become an idol.

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 Benjamin has become the center of his life.

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 Chapter 42, verse 28.

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 Which is the wrong verse.

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 38.

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 My son will not go down there with you.

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 His brother is dead

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 and he is the only one left.

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 If harm comes to him

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 on the journey you are taking,

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 you will bring my gray head

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 down to the grave in sorrow.

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 Jacob loves Benjamin that much

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 that he says,

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 if he dies, I'll die.

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 If he dies, I'll die.

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 43, verse 6.

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 Why did you bring this trouble on me

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 by telling the man

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 you had another brother?

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 Just want to keep him for myself.

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 Without him, I'll die.

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 Judah's going to say in verse 44

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 that my father's life

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 is bound up with this boy.

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 Jacob's affections

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 are completely tied up with Benjamin

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 and he will not let him go.

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 Tim Keller writes,

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 when anything in life

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 is an absolute requirement

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 for your happiness, life,

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 and self-worth,

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 it is essentially an idol.

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 Something you are actually worshipping.

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 When threatened,

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 your anger is absolute.

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 To diagnose what the idols

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 in our lives are,

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 we must ask,

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 what am I defending?

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 What is so important

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 that I cannot live without?

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 Seems to be where

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 Jacob finds himself.

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 Growing up,

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 we had a dachshund called Jaffa

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 and Jaffa was the most placid dog

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 you will ever find.

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 You'd let him out in the morning

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 like you should do all dogs

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 and if it was raining,

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 Jaffa would go,

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 well,

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 don't really fancy it today.

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 One time,

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 every month,

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 our dog would turn

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 into a ferocious animal

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 after a lamb Sunday lunch.

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 He'd throw the bone,

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 Jaffa would sit on the lawn

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 like gnawing at it like crazy

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 and literally,

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 if you got in within five meters

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 of this dog,

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 it would go for you

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 in the most savage way.

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 Jaffa became

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 the most stupid looking guard dog

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 anyone could ever imagine.

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 That seems to be

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 how Jacob is functioning.

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 If you come close to Benjamin,

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 there's going to be problems.

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 And so God is really testing Jacob

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 to free him

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 of his idolizing of his son.

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 Something profound

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 happens in this text.

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 Jacob starts by saying,

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 no way.

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 It's not going to happen.

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 And then in verse 8 to 10,

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 after Judah reasons with him

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 and says,

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 it's not just our lives

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 that are at stake.

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 It is your life

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 and the lives of your children.

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 You've got to let Benjamin go.

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 I'm even going to offer myself

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 a surety for him.

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 Jacob agrees

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 with Judah's proposal.

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 It is a remarkable transformation

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 between chapter 42

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 and chapter 43.

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 But Jacob says,

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 yes,

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 you can take him.

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 In fact,

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 there is a remarkable transformation

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 going on in chapter 42.

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 Jacob is repeatedly referred to

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 by his name,

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 Jacob.

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 When we get to chapter 43,

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 the name that Jacob

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 is referred by

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 is Israel.

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 Jacob's name means

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 the twister,

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 the self-reliant,

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 the one who's always

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 in it for himself.

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 Chapter 42

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 and chapter 43,

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 the covenant name of God,

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 the one who is struggling

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 with what God's will is,

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 struggling to trust him.

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 And in chapter,

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 in verse 14,

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 he makes three profound

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 professions of faith.

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 the beginning of the verse,

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 and may God almighty

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 grant you mercy.

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 How is

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 Jacob dealing with his idols?

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 Well,

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 he's subscribing

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 all power to God.

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 Almighty God,

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 the one who's in charge.

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 Suddenly,

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 when we see that God

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 is almighty,

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 our idols are minimized

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 in size

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 and they become futile

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 and worthless.

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 Where he's blaming God

00:16:04.820 --> 00:16:05.880
 in chapter 42,

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 why has God

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 let this happen to me?

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 Everything's against me.

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 Here he's saying,

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 almighty God,

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 I place myself,

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 I place everything

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 into your hands.

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 He places his children

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 into God's hands

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 so that your brother

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 will let

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 your other brother

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 Simeon and Benjamin

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 come back to you.

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 And then he places himself

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 in the hands

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 of the sovereign God.

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 As for me,

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 if I am bereaved,

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 I am bereaved.

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 Suddenly,

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 he's relinquished

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 his idol.

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 Suddenly,

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 he's trusted himself

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 to the sovereign God.

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 And he said,

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 my life is now bound up

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 with God's will

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 and what he wants.

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 Sounds remarkably,

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 doesn't it?

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 That last phrase,

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 if I am bereaved,

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 I am bereaved.

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 Like Esther,

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 when she goes before King Xerxes,

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 when she says,

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 I will go and see the king

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 even though it is

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 against the law

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 and if I perish,

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 I perish.

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 Trusting a sovereign God

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 with life and everything.

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 If you want to catch

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 a monkey in the jungle,

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 all you need to do

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 is put a banana

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 in a cage.

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 And the monkey reaches in,

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 grabs the banana,

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 but can't get its hand out.

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 It can't be free

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 because it won't let go

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 and the hand

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 plus the banana

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 won't fit through

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 the bars in the cage.

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 That seems to be

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 where Jacob has been.

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 He's holding on

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 to this idol

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 and he can't be free.

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 But God so tests him

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 that he lets go

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 in order that he would be free

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 to enjoy all that God

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 has for him.

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 Even more than he thought

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 he had.

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 It's not about preserving

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 Benjamin,

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 but God has something

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 much greater

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:56.519
 in store.

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 And so I guess

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 we see that God

00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:01.000
 tests us

00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:03.420
 so that we let go

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 of our idols

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 so we'd be free

00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:05.879
 to worship him.

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 So we'd be free

00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:09.240
 to submit

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 to his ways

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 to fulfill his purposes

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.740
 and enjoy him forever.

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 And I guess tonight

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 we're all conscious

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 that we're riddled

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 with idols.

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 Spurgeon will write

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 that the human heart

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 is the idol factory.

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 Riddled with

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:29.259
 idolizing children

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 and work

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 and power

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 and money

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 and reputation

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 and stuff

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 and image

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 and countless

00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:35.180
 other things.

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:36.740
 Jacob

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 didn't think

00:18:37.820 --> 00:18:38.340
 he could let

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 Benjamin go

00:18:39.080 --> 00:18:39.660
 but God

00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:40.539
 tested him

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 to release him

00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.900
 from his idolatry.

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 Centuries later

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 Jesus will stand

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 and say

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 whoever wants to be

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.100
 my disciples

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 must

00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:50.039
 deny themselves,

00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:51.860
 take up their cross

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 and follow me.

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 Oh that God

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:54.980
 would test us

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 in such a way

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 that we would

00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:58.060
 stop worshipping

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 futile

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 created things

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 that we might

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.400
 be free

00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:01.940
 to worship

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 him alone.

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.660
 God tests

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.220
 his people

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:06.120
 to free them

00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:07.079
 from idols.

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.660
 We see that

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.180
 in the life

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:08.680
 of Jacob.

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.859
 So what idols

00:19:10.859 --> 00:19:11.680
 are we cleaved

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 to?

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 What in our life

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:15.299
 is so essential

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.019
 that we think

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:17.259
 we cannot do

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:18.079
 without it?

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.359
 And if it's

00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:19.799
 threatened

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.579
 our anger

00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:22.819
 is disproportionate.

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:25.000
 Many great saints

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.559
 have testified

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:26.420
 to the truth

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 it is only

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:28.000
 when Jesus

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.299
 is all that they have

00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.759
 they realise

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.339
 that Jesus

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.539
 is all that they need

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.480
 and that God

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:33.940
 would loosen

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:34.559
 our grip

00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:35.659
 so we could

00:19:35.659 --> 00:19:36.639
 cling to his son

00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:37.879
 alone.

00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:41.359
 So they get

00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:41.839
 to Egypt

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.460
 and here's

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:42.859
 what I think

00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:43.599
 we learn from this

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.159
 God tests

00:19:44.159 --> 00:19:44.639
 his people

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.419
 to free us

00:19:45.419 --> 00:19:45.960
 from fear

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.779
 and reveal

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:48.079
 his grace.

00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:49.379
 They finally

00:19:49.379 --> 00:19:50.099
 arrive

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:52.419
 the eleven

00:19:52.419 --> 00:19:52.899
 of their

00:19:52.899 --> 00:19:53.559
 well the ten

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:53.859
 of them

00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.419
 when Simeon

00:19:54.419 --> 00:19:55.139
 is already there

00:19:55.139 --> 00:19:56.419
 they make it

00:19:56.419 --> 00:19:57.000
 down to Egypt

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.440
 and I think

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.059
 the whole thing

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.819
 revolves around

00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.639
 verse 16

00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:01.000
 when Joseph

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.700
 saw Benjamin

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.079
 with them

00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.480
 he said

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.059
 to the steward

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.819
 of the house

00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:05.059
 take these men

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.619
 to my house

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:06.460
 slaughter an animal

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.519
 and prepare a meal

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:09.059
 they are to eat

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.879
 with me at noon

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.980
 I think

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.859
 I'm sure

00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:13.139
 that Joseph

00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:14.099
 says to the steward

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.559
 of the house

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.240
 in Egyptian

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:17.579
 that he knows

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.279
 what's going on

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.899
 but the brothers

00:20:18.899 --> 00:20:19.779
 don't have a clue

00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:20.960
 and that's why

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.759
 they're so afraid

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:23.480
 that is why

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.139
 they're terrified

00:20:24.139 --> 00:20:25.000
 because they're being

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.679
 ushered

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:27.259
 into Joseph's

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.120
 private quarters

00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:29.140
 and don't know

00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:30.420
 what is going

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:30.860
 to happen

00:20:30.860 --> 00:20:31.460
 to them

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:34.080
 but it's stupid

00:20:34.080 --> 00:20:35.000
 because Joseph

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:36.220
 is the second

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:37.000
 most powerful

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.700
 man in all

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.340
 of Egypt

00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:39.420
 and therefore

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.240
 the world

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:41.120
 Joseph doesn't

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:42.920
 need to attack

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.440
 his brothers

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.080
 in secret

00:20:44.080 --> 00:20:44.759
 he can do it

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.420
 out in the open

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.140
 because he is

00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.779
 untouchable

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:49.299
 the brothers

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.960
 are frightened

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:51.460
 the steward

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.100
 comes in

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.539
 and verses

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.839
 19 to 22

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.719
 is them

00:20:54.719 --> 00:20:55.500
 pleading

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.579
 frantically

00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:57.439
 their innocence

00:20:57.439 --> 00:20:58.959
 you can imagine

00:20:58.959 --> 00:20:59.399
 the scene

00:20:59.399 --> 00:20:59.779
 they're all

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.519
 talking over

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.079
 one another

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.799
 oh we just

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.559
 found the silver

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:03.259
 we tried to

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.719
 pay you

00:21:03.719 --> 00:21:04.279
 somehow it

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.679
 got back

00:21:04.679 --> 00:21:05.139
 into our

00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:05.359
 sacks

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:05.859
 please don't

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.480
 kill us

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:08.119
 all making

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.839
 a real

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:10.740
 kerfuffle

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:13.179
 then verse 23

00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:14.459
 the pagan servant

00:21:14.459 --> 00:21:16.179
 testifies to

00:21:16.179 --> 00:21:17.519
 God's grace

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:20.039
 he says

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.699
 we did get

00:21:20.699 --> 00:21:21.279
 your silver

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:23.480
 your God

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.160
 the father

00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:25.379
 your God

00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:25.799
 the God

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.460
 of your father

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.480
 has given us

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:29.099
 has given you

00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.940
 treasure in your

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.500
 sacks

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:33.079
 then he brought

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.639
 Simeon

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:34.639
 out

00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:36.480
 they thought

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.879
 they were going

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.379
 to get knocked

00:21:37.379 --> 00:21:37.899
 off

00:21:37.899 --> 00:21:39.480
 and the servant

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.259
 says no your God

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.740
 is gracious

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:42.299
 he's rewarded

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.879
 you don't be

00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.420
 afraid

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:45.579
 your God is

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.180
 sovereign and

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:47.019
 actually here's

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.680
 your brother

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:49.779
 unbound

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:52.079
 fear always

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.619
 makes us

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.119
 suspicious

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.700
 and cynical

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:56.259
 and doubting

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.799
 our fears

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.960
 always make us

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.619
 think that the

00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.379
 absolute worst

00:22:00.379 --> 00:22:01.079
 case scenario

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.839
 is going

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.859
 to happen

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:04.899
 and our fears

00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.639
 get in the way

00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:06.599
 of trusting

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.619
 a sovereign

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.039
 God

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:10.279
 that actually

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.059
 the way that

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.779
 we cope with

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.420
 fear is

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.000
 doctrine

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:14.440
 that when we

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.920
 see that God

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.519
 is gracious

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.079
 and he's

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.599
 good

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.559
 when we

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.119
 see that he's

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.500
 sovereign

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.079
 we realise

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.439
 we have

00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:20.159
 no need

00:22:20.159 --> 00:22:21.259
 to be

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.659
 afraid

00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:24.199
 because our

00:22:24.199 --> 00:22:24.759
 God is

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.740
 unstoppable

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.459
 and we can

00:22:26.459 --> 00:22:27.000
 trust him

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.539
 in every

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.119
 area of

00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:28.819
 our lives

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.679
 so when you

00:22:29.679 --> 00:22:30.299
 have a freak

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.679
 out

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:32.199
 get your

00:22:32.199 --> 00:22:33.039
 Bible out

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:36.379
 verse 26

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:36.980
 and 28

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:38.000
 Joseph is

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.779
 reminded of

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.519
 God's sovereignty

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.279
 here are the

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.899
 brothers

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:42.059
 bowing down

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.779
 again before

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.859
 him just like

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:45.139
 the dream

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:46.000
 of the wheat

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.079
 and the

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.779
 stars

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:49.719
 and then he

00:22:49.719 --> 00:22:50.199
 sees

00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:51.039
 Benjamin

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:52.899
 and suddenly

00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.779
 his fears

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.519
 are subsided

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:56.299
 they were

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.799
 telling the

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.019
 truth

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.479
 Benjamin

00:22:57.479 --> 00:22:58.519
 is alive

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.639
 and his

00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:00.459
 full brother

00:23:00.459 --> 00:23:01.399
 the only

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:02.059
 other son

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.639
 born of

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.379
 Rachel

00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:04.099
 Jacob's

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.500
 favourite

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.919
 wife

00:23:04.919 --> 00:23:05.379
 is born

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:05.659
 in

00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:06.919
 and it's

00:23:06.919 --> 00:23:07.399
 too much

00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:08.059
 for Joseph

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:10.339
 deeply

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:11.079
 moved

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:12.699
 he has to

00:23:12.699 --> 00:23:13.139
 go out of

00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:13.520
 the room

00:23:13.520 --> 00:23:13.900
 to have

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.340
 a good

00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:15.220
 cry

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:18.340
 I wonder

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:18.700
 what in

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.140
 your life

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.660
 makes you

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.220
 afraid

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:22.460
 and I

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.740
 wonder

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.259
 is the way

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.660
 you can

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.000
 conquer

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.840
 that fear

00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:26.600
 knowing

00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:27.180
 more

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.900
 about

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.400
 God

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:30.000
 trusting

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.080
 the God

00:23:31.080 --> 00:23:31.400
 that is

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.960
 revealed

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.920
 in this

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.460
 book

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.720
 don't we

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.100
 read in

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.640
 1 Corinthians

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.160
 15

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:37.180
 that even

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.960
 God is

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.700
 sovereign

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:40.060
 and gracious

00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:40.560
 and that

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:41.140
 grace is

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:41.620
 bigger than

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.120
 death

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:43.879
 he writes

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.459
 death

00:23:44.459 --> 00:23:44.979
 has been

00:23:44.979 --> 00:23:45.319
 swallowed

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.739
 up in

00:23:45.739 --> 00:23:46.139
 victory

00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.459
 where

00:23:46.459 --> 00:23:46.939
 oh death

00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:47.359
 is your

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.339
 victory

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.679
 where

00:23:48.679 --> 00:23:49.099
 oh death

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.419
 is your

00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:49.839
 sting

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:51.339
 sting

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.839
 of death

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.379
 is sin

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:52.739
 and the

00:23:52.739 --> 00:23:53.019
 power

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.359
 of sin

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.679
 is the

00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:53.959
 law

00:23:53.959 --> 00:23:54.799
 but thanks

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.119
 be to

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.379
 God

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:55.839
 he gives

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.000
 us

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.419
 victory

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:56.759
 through

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.039
 our

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.399
 Lord

00:23:57.399 --> 00:23:58.159
 Jesus

00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:58.779
 Christ

00:23:58.779 --> 00:24:01.179
 surely

00:24:01.179 --> 00:24:02.000
 if God's

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.379
 grace

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:03.000
 is bigger

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.539
 even

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.239
 than

00:24:04.239 --> 00:24:04.899
 death

00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:06.599
 then fear

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.299
 becomes

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.500
 futile

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:10.680
 if you

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:10.980
 were here

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.500
 on Thursday

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.859
 you'd have

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.039
 heard

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.579
 Alexander

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.099
 read

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.480
 Psalm

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.420
 23

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:14.779
 and what

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.240
 a beautiful

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.799
 reminder

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:17.559
 even though

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:17.920
 I walk

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.220
 through the

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.460
 shadow

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.799
 of death

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.000
 you're

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.579
 with me

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:21.059
 it gets

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.579
 even better

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:21.940
 than that

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.279
 you lay

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.900
 a banquet

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.960
 before all

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:25.180
 my enemies

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.960
 in the midst

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:27.700
 of my enemies

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:29.420
 well the brothers

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.119
 go down to

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.500
 Egypt

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.759
 they think

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.039
 they're going

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.539
 to be treated

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.259
 as enemies

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.759
 God is

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.220
 gracious

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.879
 to them

00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:37.079
 and to top

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.700
 it all off

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.420
 Joseph lays

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.099
 on a banquet

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:41.220
 before them

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.740
 I wonder

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.099
 will we

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.839
 trust a

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.200
 sovereign

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.680
 gracious

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.379
 God

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:47.180
 in every

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.700
 area of

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.079
 our life

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.400
 so we

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:48.740
 will not

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.359
 be fearful

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:51.319
 and we

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.839
 remember

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.359
 what he's

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.660
 like

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:52.960
 will we

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.400
 trust him

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:53.660
 in our

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.000
 everyday

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.700
 lives

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.740
 will we

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.180
 trust him

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.440
 with

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.920
 tomorrow

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.420
 will we

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.980
 trust him

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.980
 in every

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.359
 area

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.720
 will we

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.119
 trust him

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:00.420
 as a

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:00.759
 church

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.099
 will we

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.660
 trust him

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.539
 in our

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.240
 evangelism

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.099
 is grace

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:05.380
 going to be

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.839
 sufficient

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.460
 to quell

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.220
 our fears

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.859
 and so

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.980
 God tests

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:11.339
 these brothers

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.660
 that they

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.000
 might be

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.539
 transformed

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.220
 that fear

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.039
 might be

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.460
 replaced

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.400
 by trust

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:17.720
 and they

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.099
 see that

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.599
 God is

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:18.940
 sovereign

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.420
 over it

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:19.740
 all and

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.259
 is treating

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.779
 them far

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.180
 better

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:22.599
 than they

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.220
 deserve

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:25.200
 okay

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.700
 third point

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:25.960
 here we

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.319
 go

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.440
 God

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:27.960
 tests his

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.519
 people to

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.039
 free them

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.259
 from

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.339
 individualism

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.579
 and bind

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:31.980
 them

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.859
 together

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:34.000
 do you

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.339
 see it's

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.819
 a sting

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.439
 operation

00:25:35.439 --> 00:25:36.259
 that it's

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.579
 not just

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.099
 the silver

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.379
 that's

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:37.740
 replaced

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.039
 again

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.500
 but there's

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.259
 this cup

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.019
 that has

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.439
 special

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:41.139
 significance

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:42.099
 in

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.979
 Joseph's

00:25:42.979 --> 00:25:43.899
 life

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:45.339
 and Joseph

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.119
 knows that

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.679
 Benjamin is

00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:47.399
 still alive

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:48.339
 but he

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.959
 doesn't know

00:25:48.959 --> 00:25:49.939
 that his

00:25:49.939 --> 00:25:50.839
 brothers love

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.359
 Benjamin

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.659
 they're worried

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:52.979
 that they

00:25:52.979 --> 00:25:53.599
 kind of treat

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:53.979
 him like

00:25:53.979 --> 00:25:54.339
 they used

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.699
 to treat

00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:55.099
 Joseph

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:57.899
 and when

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.559
 they're away

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.599
 when Benjamin's

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.240
 finally been

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.839
 prized away

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.220
 from their

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.539
 father

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.980
 will they

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.379
 take this

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.019
 opportunity

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:04.179
 to kill

00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:04.799
 him again

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.139
 he's already

00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:07.119
 partially tested

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.599
 them in

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.799
 chapter 43

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.659
 verse 34

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.879
 when Benjamin

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.639
 gets five

00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:12.199
 times the

00:26:12.199 --> 00:26:12.599
 helping

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:14.619
 will there

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.319
 be jealousy

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.199
 and rivalry

00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:17.159
 then

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:19.099
 well it

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.579
 doesn't seem

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:19.879
 to be

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.459
 everyone's

00:26:20.459 --> 00:26:21.139
 feasting

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:22.139
 and drinking

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.599
 together

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.019
 and there

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.959
 doesn't seem

00:26:23.959 --> 00:26:24.500
 to be a

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.000
 hint

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.939
 but then

00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:27.579
 dogs don't

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.199
 turn on each

00:26:28.199 --> 00:26:28.659
 other when

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:29.139
 there's enough

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.740
 food to go

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.140
 around

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:32.100
 crisis will

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:33.400
 reveal what's

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.980
 really going

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.380
 on

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.240
 are they in

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.840
 it together

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.480
 are they a

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.400
 family unit

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.000
 united

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:39.660
 or will

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.100
 they go

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.620
 it alone

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:42.500
 well the

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.100
 brothers wake

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.480
 up in the

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.960
 morning they've

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.560
 had a cracking

00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:45.700
 night in the

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.480
 prime minister's

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.460
 house I'm

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.780
 sure they've

00:26:47.780 --> 00:26:48.280
 got sore

00:26:48.280 --> 00:26:48.820
 heads and

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.180
 they've still

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:50.020
 got full

00:26:50.020 --> 00:26:50.640
 bellies

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.380
 they've

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:52.020
 partied like

00:26:52.020 --> 00:26:52.540
 Egyptians

00:26:52.540 --> 00:26:54.380
 they ride

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.940
 along chatting

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.380
 together

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:57.480
 and then you

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.980
 know like when

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.320
 you see the

00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:58.840
 blue flashing

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.120
 lights

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.440
 in your

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.780
 mirror

00:26:59.780 --> 00:27:01.180
 they see

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:04.600
 the dust

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:04.940
 of a

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.500
 chariot

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.680
 coming up

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.120
 behind

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:10.200
 not some

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.620
 random

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.759
 stop and

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.340
 search this

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:13.080
 is a sting

00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:14.160
 operation

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.500
 the servant

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.040
 repeats

00:27:16.040 --> 00:27:17.000
 Joseph's words

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.540
 to them

00:27:17.540 --> 00:27:18.759
 why have you

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.420
 repaid good

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.040
 with evil

00:27:20.040 --> 00:27:20.680
 isn't this

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.300
 the cup my

00:27:21.300 --> 00:27:21.980
 master drinks

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:23.020
 from and

00:27:23.020 --> 00:27:24.240
 also uses

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.040
 for divination

00:27:25.040 --> 00:27:25.660
 this is a

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.180
 wicked thing

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.660
 you've done

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:28.220
 and again

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.700
 they plead

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.259
 their innocence

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.880
 in verses

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.400
 seven to

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.740
 nine

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:33.960
 if any

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.299
 of your

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.799
 servants

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.559
 they say

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.019
 is found

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.420
 to have

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.700
 it

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.360
 he will

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:37.779
 die

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.680
 and the

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.039
 rest of

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.279
 it will

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.819
 become my

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.240
 lord's

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.480
 slaves

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.960
 that sounds

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.259
 pretty

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.819
 together

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:43.980
 but verse

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.339
 10 he

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.759
 offers them

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.099
 a get

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.559
 out clause

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.119
 very well

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.519
 then he

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:46.859
 said

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.500
 let it

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.779
 be as

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.119
 you say

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.659
 whoever is

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.059
 found to

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.359
 have it

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:49.799
 will become

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.700
 my slave

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.720
 the rest of

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.159
 you will be

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:52.579
 free from

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:52.879
 blame

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.379
 they've got an

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:54.000
 opportunity

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:56.039
 they can go

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.460
 it alone

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.279
 they can cut

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:58.480
 and run

00:27:58.480 --> 00:28:00.140
 and so

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.640
 they're lined

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.220
 up in

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.960
 age order

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.940
 go to

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.400
 reuben

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.099
 first

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.940
 clean

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:07.079
 keep going

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.900
 keep going

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.559
 and i bet

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.240
 with every

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.980
 clear sack

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.480
 that doesn't

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.819
 have the

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.160
 cup

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.019
 benjamin

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.620
 gets more

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.079
 and more

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:15.599
 sure that

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:15.960
 he's going

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.200
 to be

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.620
 fine

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:19.480
 they get

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.000
 to benjamin

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.380
 sack

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:20.720
 and he's

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.000
 got the

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.420
 cup

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.500
 and everyone

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.079
 tears their

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.700
 clothes

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.759
 the absolute

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.360
 worst case

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.860
 scenario

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.579
 has happened

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:29.000
 that perhaps

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.439
 benjamin

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:29.879
 won't get

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.319
 back to

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:30.879
 jacob

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:32.179
 after all

00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:33.939
 but isn't

00:28:33.939 --> 00:28:34.619
 it incredible

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.079
 that they

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:36.059
 stick together

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.419
 as a family

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:39.439
 at this

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:40.019
 they tore

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.879
 their clothes

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.839
 then they

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:43.139
 all loaded

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:44.000
 their donkeys

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.740
 and returned

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.980
 to the city

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:47.919
 there seems

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.419
 to have been

00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:49.079
 a radical

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.859
 transformation

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:51.039
 they left

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.500
 simeon

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.099
 in the city

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.899
 no problem

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:55.279
 benjamin's

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.759
 caught their

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.139
 roar

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:57.740
 going back

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:59.300
 you see how

00:28:59.300 --> 00:29:00.320
 god is

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:01.280
 testing them

00:29:01.280 --> 00:29:02.300
 and through

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:03.120
 these tests

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:04.120
 he's freeing

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:04.600
 them of it's

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.340
 all about me

00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:05.660
 and they

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.360
 become this

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.180
 family unit

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.660
 bound

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.560
 together

00:29:08.560 --> 00:29:10.080
 this testing

00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:11.060
 strengthens the

00:29:11.060 --> 00:29:11.540
 ropes of

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:11.920
 fellowship

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.980
 between

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.280
 the brothers

00:29:14.280 --> 00:29:17.080
 and don't

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:17.440
 we know

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.980
 that in our

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.940
 own lives

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:20.800
 that when

00:29:20.800 --> 00:29:21.380
 tough times

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:21.960
 come doesn't

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.580
 it bind us

00:29:22.580 --> 00:29:22.980
 together

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.880
 some of my

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.740
 proudest moments

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.120
 of being

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.720
 pastor of

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.099
 Brunsfield

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:28.099
 evangelical

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.680
 church

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.079
 has been

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.500
 when all

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.920
 our backs

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.319
 are against

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.920
 the wall

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:32.880
 because we

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.460
 see just how

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.160
 tightly knitted

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.720
 we are

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.839
 together as a

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.220
 family

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:38.559
 that no testing

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.720
 is very good

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.319
 when you go

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.099
 through it

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:43.099
 and yet

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.480
 doesn't it

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.199
 strengthen those

00:29:44.199 --> 00:29:44.980
 ropes

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:46.779
 doesn't it

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.379
 bind us

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:48.179
 together as a

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:48.639
 family

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:50.099
 all together

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.599
 doesn't it

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.399
 make us

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:52.759
 into a true

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.719
 spiritual family

00:29:53.719 --> 00:29:54.279
 and not just

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.839
 people who

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.179
 rub

00:29:55.179 --> 00:29:56.240
 shoulders

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:58.240
 Christ

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.160
 1 Corinthians

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.579
 12

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.079
 but God

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.740
 so composed

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.240
 the body

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.299
 that there

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.980
 may be no

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.400
 division

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:05.140
 but that all

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.680
 the members

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.359
 have the same

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.000
 care for one

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.299
 another

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.980
 if one member

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.620
 suffers

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:10.299
 all suffer

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.180
 together

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.960
 if one member

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.620
 is honoured

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:14.380
 all rejoice

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.460
 together

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:17.339
 crisis comes

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:18.019
 and it binds

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.880
 people together

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:20.660
 and yet don't

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.180
 we know

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:22.859
 sometimes when

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.539
 crisis hits

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.039
 we're secretly

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.720
 quite pleased

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.200
 when others

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.900
 are brought low

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:27.519
 I'm quite

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.059
 disappointed

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.720
 when someone

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.660
 is lifted up

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.180
 it cannot

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:31.579
 be so

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:33.200
 God

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.039
 tests us

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.860
 to knit us

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:36.019
 together

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:37.680
 God is for

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.140
 us

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:39.759
 he tests us

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.380
 to free us

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.480
 from individualism

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.120
 and to bind us

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.880
 together as

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:45.059
 his family

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:47.819
 lastly

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:49.779
 God tests

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.279
 his people

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.180
 to free them

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.180
 from lostness

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.839
 and reveal

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.559
 his true

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.559
 leader

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.599
 I think

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.119
 we've seen

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.559
 throughout

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.139
 the Joseph

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.879
 story so

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.399
 far that

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.139
 the brothers

00:30:59.139 --> 00:31:00.299
 are a bit

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.339
 of a rabble

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.179
 they seem a bit

00:31:02.179 --> 00:31:03.099
 rudderless

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:04.839
 they don't really

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.579
 have anyone

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.119
 who's telling

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:06.639
 them what to

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:06.919
 do

00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:07.639
 when Joseph

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:08.099
 says would

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.399
 somebody

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:09.339
 volunteer to

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.559
 go

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.000
 no one

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.519
 volunteers

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.079
 when somebody

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.859
 says will

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.440
 someone stay

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:12.779
 behind

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.279
 no one

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:14.079
 stays behind

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:16.179
 they're a bit

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:17.159
 leaderless

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:19.700
 they don't

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.320
 really have

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:21.000
 a captain

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.680
 telling them

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.019
 what to

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.300
 do

00:31:22.300 --> 00:31:22.980
 but in

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.960
 chapter 43

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.740
 a leader

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.400
 emerges

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:27.320
 they're like

00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:27.980
 sheep without

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.600
 a shepherd

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:30.500
 and in

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:32.279
 chapter 43

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.060
 Judah

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:33.960
 comes forward

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.860
 he's the

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.500
 fourth born

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.060
 son

00:31:37.060 --> 00:31:38.960
 and yet we

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.480
 see him

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.140
 emerge as

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.500
 the one

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.820
 that

00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.960
 Jacob

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.840
 listens to

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:44.139
 Joseph

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:45.000
 listens to

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.699
 we saw

00:31:45.699 --> 00:31:46.220
 in chapter

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.799
 42

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.240
 Reuben

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.740
 says give

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.139
 Benjamin

00:31:48.139 --> 00:31:48.659
 to me

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.339
 and if

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.839
 he's dead

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.240
 you can

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.599
 kill my

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.399
 two sons

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:54.220
 Judah

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.899
 says in

00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.720
 chapter 43

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.799
 if Benjamin

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.359
 doesn't come

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.039
 back to you

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:59.019
 then it's my

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.500
 life that

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.000
 will be

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.859
 ashamed

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:02.139
 before you

00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:02.480
 all the

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:02.899
 days of

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:04.319
 my life

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.679
 Judah's been

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:06.379
 growing in

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:06.919
 repentance

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:08.000
 and transformation

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:09.139
 ever since

00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.619
 that really

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.439
 grisly episode

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:10.939
 in chapter

00:32:10.939 --> 00:32:11.980
 38

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.960
 where he

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.599
 gets Tamar

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.079
 pregnant

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.360
 and he

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.779
 makes this

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.220
 confession

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.740
 she is

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:16.960
 more

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.400
 righteous

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:18.059
 than I

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:19.599
 a confession

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.120
 of sin

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.579
 and since

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:20.980
 that

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:22.779
 confession

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.480
 since that

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.079
 repentance

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.000
 Judah's life

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.339
 has been

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:25.980
 changing

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.279
 over the

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.819
 last two

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.339
 decades

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:29.880
 and here

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.420
 we see him

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:31.400
 emerge as

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.019
 the leader

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:34.259
 he takes

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.019
 the blame

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.259
 he says

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.120
 our guilt

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:38.339
 has been

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.279
 revealed

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:42.759
 and then

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.359
 he steps

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:43.940
 forward

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.899
 towards

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.899
 Joseph

00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:48.220
 verse 18

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.039
 then Judah

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:50.299
 went up

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.720
 to him

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.379
 and said

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:52.160
 if you

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.759
 approach

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.259
 Joseph

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.720
 who's the

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.279
 prime minister

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.039
 uninvited

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.559
 that's your

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.139
 life

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:57.240
 on the

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.720
 line

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:59.559
 and yet

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.220
 he stands

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.059
 before him

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.619
 he takes

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.200
 the blame

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.740
 he recaps

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.339
 the entire

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.920
 history

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:09.340
 verse 33

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.779
 is the

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.000
 most

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.519
 significant

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.180
 verse so

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.660
 far

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:13.400
 now

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.640
 then

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:13.940
 please

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.300
 let your

00:33:14.300 --> 00:33:14.720
 servant

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.160
 remain

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.460
 here

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:15.800
 as my

00:33:15.800 --> 00:33:16.240
 lord's

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.700
 slave

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:18.060
 in place

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:18.380
 of the

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.620
 boy

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:18.920
 and let

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.100
 the

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:19.460
 boy

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.480
 return

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.700
 with his

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.000
 brothers

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.820
 this is

00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:23.340
 the first

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:23.779
 case

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.460
 in any

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:24.900
 part of

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.220
 scripture

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.640
 in the

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:25.900
 whole

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.340
 unfolding

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:26.519
 of

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.840
 Genesis

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.500
 so far

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.360
 where

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.759
 somebody

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.200
 offers

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.440
 their

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.120
 life

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:31.200
 for

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.560
 somebody

00:33:31.560 --> 00:33:32.140
 else

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:33.620
 you see

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:33.980
 Judah

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.599
 emerge as

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.120
 a leader

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:36.640
 and then

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:36.980
 we see

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.259
 that he

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.579
 offers

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.120
 himself

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:39.259
 as a

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.740
 substitute

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:41.880
 you have

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.500
 to say

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.799
 that Judah

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.440
 is behaving

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.059
 more and more

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.559
 like the

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.079
 lion of

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.360
 Judah

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.740
 who would

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.160
 come

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:48.039
 a long

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.420
 way down

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:48.940
 the line

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:51.779
 brothers

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:51.980
 were

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.420
 rudeless

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.180
 he appears

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.599
 as the

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:53.880
 shepherd

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.319
 for the

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.579
 sheep

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:54.900
 of his

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.299
 brothers

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.920
 and we

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.259
 see him

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.759
 offer his

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.319
 life

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:59.799
 for

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.299
 Benjamin

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:01.000
 Judah

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.559
 becomes

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:01.819
 the

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.400
 substitute

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.519
 shepherd

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.700
 shepherd

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:05.379
 John

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.700
 10

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:05.980
 verse

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.539
 14

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:08.219
 I am

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:08.360
 the

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.539
 good

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.920
 shepherd

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:10.420
 I

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.619
 know

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:10.860
 my

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.139
 sheep

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.460
 and my

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.699
 sheep

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:11.880
 know

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.239
 me

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:13.099
 just as

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.259
 the

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:13.519
 father

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.880
 knows

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.059
 me

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.320
 and I

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.500
 know

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.679
 the

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.099
 father

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:16.340
 and I

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.559
 lay

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:16.780
 down

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.000
 my

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.519
 life

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.500
 for the

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.860
 sheep

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:20.440
 seems

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.860
 that there's

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.440
 a shadow

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.460
 and a

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.059
 type of

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.559
 a greater

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:23.980
 one to

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.320
 come

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.639
 emerging

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.719
 in the

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.139
 life of

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.480
 Judah

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:29.900
 it's been

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.119
 a bit

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.340
 of a

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.539
 whistle

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.860
 stop

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.239
 tour

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:32.079
 I

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.259
 hope

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.439
 that

00:34:32.439 --> 00:34:32.779
 God

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.819
 takes

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.079
 what

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.299
 is

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:35.000
 for

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.419
 us

00:34:35.419 --> 00:34:36.199
 and

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.519
 keep

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.879
 it

00:34:36.879 --> 00:34:37.439
 and

00:34:37.439 --> 00:34:37.719
 sear

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:37.819
 it

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:37.939
 on

00:34:37.939 --> 00:34:38.139
 our

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.559
 hearts

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.799
 God

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.119
 tests

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.299
 his

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:39.599
 people

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.819
 to

00:34:39.819 --> 00:34:40.019
 free

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.199
 them

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.379
 from

00:34:40.379 --> 00:34:40.799
 idols

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:42.059
 see that

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.279
 in the

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:42.679
 interplay

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:43.019
 between

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.359
 Jacob

00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:43.579
 and

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:43.939
 Benjamin

00:34:43.939 --> 00:34:45.139
 God

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.459
 tests

00:34:45.459 --> 00:34:45.619
 his

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:45.959
 people

00:34:45.959 --> 00:34:46.199
 to

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.399
 free

00:34:46.399 --> 00:34:46.579
 them

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:46.759
 from

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:47.119
 fear

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.299
 and

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.639
 reveal

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:47.899
 his

00:34:47.899 --> 00:34:48.359
 grace

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:49.659
 God

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:49.959
 tests

00:34:49.959 --> 00:34:50.119
 his

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.419
 people

00:34:50.419 --> 00:34:50.639
 to

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:50.879
 free

00:34:50.879 --> 00:34:51.039
 them

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.239
 from

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:52.059
 individualism

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.219
 and

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.439
 bind

00:34:52.439 --> 00:34:52.599
 them

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:52.959
 together

00:34:52.959 --> 00:34:54.199
 God

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.479
 tests

00:34:54.479 --> 00:34:54.639
 his

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:54.939
 people

00:34:54.939 --> 00:34:55.159
 to

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.359
 free

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:55.500
 them

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.699
 from

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.419
 lostness

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.519
 and

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.880
 reveal

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.099
 his

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.300
 true

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.539
 leader

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.760
 let

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:58.880
 me

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.220
 pray

00:34:59.220 --> 00:35:05.019
 father

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.220
 god

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:05.480
 we've

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.720
 romped

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:05.900
 through

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.079
 your

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.340
 word

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.500
 of

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:06.900
 breakneck

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.380
 speed

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.860
 father

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.139
 we've

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.320
 left

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.599
 a lot

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.019
 out

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:11.579
 but

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.840
 lord

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.139
 i pray

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.360
 these

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.619
 four

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.019
 lessons

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.280
 might

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:13.740
 encourage

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:14.260
 us

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:15.440
 that

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.579
 as

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:15.740
 we

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.079
 face

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.280
 the

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.700
 test

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:16.900
 that

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.039
 you

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.260
 put

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:17.420
 in

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.599
 our

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:17.980
 way

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.639
 father

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:19.960
 they

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.220
 might

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.820
 relinquish

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.000
 the

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.220
 grip

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:21.380
 the

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.720
 idols

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.000
 have

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.180
 on

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:22.619
 us

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:24.400
 father

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.599
 that

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:24.720
 we

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:24.940
 might

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.300
 trust

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:25.519
 you

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:25.720
 when

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:25.940
 we're

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.420
 afraid

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.639
 of

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:26.880
 what's

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.119
 coming

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.500
 against

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.760
 us

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.000
 knowing

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.179
 that

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.380
 you're

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.740
 sovereign

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.599
 and

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:29.840
 you're

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.099
 good

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.280
 all

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:30.420
 the

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.800
 time

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:32.539
 father

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:32.740
 that

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:32.880
 we

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.200
 wouldn't

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:33.420
 go

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.579
 in

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.940
 alone

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.220
 but

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:34.420
 it

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.639
 would

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.119
 strengthen

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.380
 us

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.519
 as

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.679
 a

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.079
 family

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:37.039
 as

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.539
 problems

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:37.940
 come

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.159
 as

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.740
 storms

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.980
 erupt

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:41.679
 that

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:41.800
 it

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.000
 might

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.460
 strengthen

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.720
 the

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:42.960
 ropes

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.159
 of

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.480
 fellowship

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.920
 between

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.440
 us

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:46.320
 and

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.579
 lord

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:46.760
 that

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:46.880
 it

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.039
 might

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.340
 make

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.599
 all

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:47.740
 the

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:47.920
 more

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.200
 us

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:48.820
 trust

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.559
 your

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.860
 son

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.019
 the

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.220
 good

00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:50.579
 shepherd

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:52.760
 father

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.059
 thank

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.179
 you

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.320
 that

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.440
 we

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.740
 see

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.099
 it

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.780
 in

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:54.960
 a

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.440
 type

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:56.000
 as

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.480
 judah

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 emerges

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 as

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 a

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 leader

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 amongst

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 his

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 brothers

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 lord

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 thank

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 you

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 that

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 jesus

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 is

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 our

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 leader

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 who

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 offers

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 himself

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 for

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 us

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 who

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 takes

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 our

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 place

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 go

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 free

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 know

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 forgiveness

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 not

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 be

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 slaves

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 anymore

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 father

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 father

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 thank

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 you

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 that

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 knew

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 no

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 sin

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 became

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 sin

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 for

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 us

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 so

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 that

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 in

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 him

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 we

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 might

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 become

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 the

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 righteousness

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 of

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 God

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 father

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 bless

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 these

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 things

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 to us

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 we

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 pray

00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:27.039
 in

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.359
 jesus

00:36:27.359 --> 00:36:27.719
 name

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.819
 amen