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\nAll right?
\nGood times. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve enjoyed it.
\nIt’s sad to come to the end. <\/p>\n
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\nEven though it’s only a weekend.
\nIt’s come a little bit quicker <\/p>\n
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\nthan I expected.
\nBut seriously, you’ve been an <\/p>\n
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\nawesome audience.
\nThank you. <\/p>\n
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\nI haven’t noticed too many fake
\nnote takings, so it was the <\/p>\n
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\nthat idea. <\/p>\n
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\nNot too many have been asleep
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\nI’m sort of not going to be too
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\nthis morning.
\nSo forgiven for that in advance.<\/p>\n
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\nI’ve got to forgive you.
\nThat’s our topic for tonight or <\/p>\n
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\nthis morning.
\nAnd heck, I’m glad there was no,<\/p>\n
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\nnone of that flick and pick or
\npick and flick thing that was in<\/p>\n
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\nthe Family Feud.
\nHaven’t seen that either. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s why you’re in a great
\naudience. <\/p>\n
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\nNo, genuinely, I actually wish
\nwe’d interacted a little bit <\/p>\n
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\nmore.
\nWe’ve probably just gone through<\/p>\n
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\nthis story too quickly and I’ve
\ngot too much to cover again this<\/p>\n
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\nmorning, so we’re just going
\nquickly. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I’ve appreciated the
\nconversations. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s been so good to just chat
\nafterwards about this story and <\/p>\n
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\njust let it fill itself out as
\nyou’ve been thinking about it <\/p>\n
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\nand as you’ve shared things with
\nme. <\/p>\n
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\nSo thank you.
\nThis final study is probably <\/p>\n
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\nabout you applying it to your <\/p>\n
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\nlife, more about taking some
\nlessons away from Judas so that <\/p>\n
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\nyou can be a changed person too.
\nThat’s the point. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s useless having all this
\nextra information about the <\/p>\n
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\nstory of Genesis you always
\nthought was about Joseph if it <\/p>\n
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\ndoesn’t have an impact on you.
\nAnd please understand the Today <\/p>\n
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\nor this morning, our study is
\nnot going to end with another <\/p>\n
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\nguy up on a pedestal because
\nJudah’s not perfect. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s far from perfect.
\nAnd he’s still at 80 years of of<\/p>\n
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\nage, he’s still struggling with
\nsomething so obvious like <\/p>\n
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\nforgiveness.
\nWe talk about it all the time, <\/p>\n
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\nbut he’s struggling with it.
\nAnd that’s what we want to take <\/p>\n
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\naway from this morning, why it’s
\nso important and what a change <\/p>\n
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\nit can make in our lives.
\nThe importance of taking <\/p>\n
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\nresponsibility for our life and
\nchanging now. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s so much we could talk
\nabout. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re just going to sort of
\nvaguely pick up on where we left<\/p>\n
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\noff in our story actually from
\nyesterday. <\/p>\n
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\nI apologize.
\nWe didn’t develop too much of <\/p>\n
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\nthe character of Joseph and how
\nhe responded. <\/p>\n
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\nI got that feedback loud and
\nclear that we should have in our<\/p>\n
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\nexhortation.
\nI’m sorry, Joseph’s just <\/p>\n
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\ndelighted he couldn’t have done
\nanything else but breakdown in <\/p>\n
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\ntears.
\nBut just picture that is your <\/p>\n
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\nfuture and two wide open arms as
\nour Lord welcomes you. <\/p>\n
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\nJust get that picture clear in
\nyour mind. <\/p>\n
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\nThe rest of that chapter goes
\nthrough their interactions and <\/p>\n
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\nit’s actually incredible the way
\nthe story goes because it makes <\/p>\n
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\nit sound like they came down.
\nJudah does his speech, he packs <\/p>\n
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\nthem up and sends them back
\nalmost that same day. <\/p>\n
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\nI find that hard to believe.
\nI would have thought they’d want<\/p>\n
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\nto sit down and have another one
\nof those big meals together, but<\/p>\n
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\nbasically says he explained who <\/p>\n
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\nhe was, he packed them up and he
\nsent them home. <\/p>\n
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\nBut if you read carefully, it’s
\nactually quite an understatement<\/p>\n
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\nthat verse 24, because he
\nactually sent them home with <\/p>\n
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\nloads of things.
\nIf you were to look at verse, <\/p>\n
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\nwhere else should we pick up
\nfrom verse 19? <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re loaded up with wagons
\nand all these things. <\/p>\n
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\nIn verse 20, Joseph gave them
\nwagons like Pharaoh instructed <\/p>\n
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\nHe gave them provisions for the <\/p>\n
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\nfor each of them. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd hey, Benjamin got something
\nextra and special, 300 pieces of<\/p>\n
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\nsilver and five sets of clothes.
\nYou know, some things in life <\/p>\n
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\ndon’t change.
\nAnd to his father, he sent the <\/p>\n
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\nHe sent 10 donkeys loaded up <\/p>\n
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\nproducts of Egypt and 10 female <\/p>\n
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\nfood and provisions for the <\/p>\n
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\nfather’s journey.
\nAnd he sent his brothers away on<\/p>\n
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\nThat sounds like such an <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve actually left my pointer. <\/p>\n
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\nIs that in that bag?
\nIf it’s in there somewhere? <\/p>\n
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\nSuch an understatement here when
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\nHe sent his brothers away and
\nthey departed and he said unto <\/p>\n
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\nthem as they were walking out of
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\nand I want to get this really
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\ndon’t fall out. <\/p>\n
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\nBy the way, thank you very much.
\nThank you. <\/p>\n
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\nAs the brothers are turning and
\nwalking away, he says, see that <\/p>\n
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\nyou fall not out.
\nBy the way, that’s King James <\/p>\n
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\nweird, but what’s he saying? <\/p>\n
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\nWith a heavy heart, he’s waving
\ngoodbye with anticipation of <\/p>\n
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\nit’s going to be a tough walk
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\nI know that it’s going to lead
\nto what are we going to tell <\/p>\n
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\nNo, hey, how are we going to <\/p>\n
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\ntell Dad?
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\nAnd that’s going to lead to the <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then they’re probably going <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re they’re real men. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the simple message and
\ntoday’s about application and <\/p>\n
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\nafter the big events in life, <\/p>\n
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\nafter they’re all finished and
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\nDon’t go back to your old ways.
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\ninto the same old routines. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s the same thing for us
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\nroutines.
\nBe a Judah change. <\/p>\n
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\nBe a different man.
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\nand square.
\nCall it what it is, Be <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent.
\nThree points I want us to look <\/p>\n
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\nHere’s another story and this.
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\nYeah. <\/p>\n
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\nThe the boys walk home and they
\ncome back to Dad and they <\/p>\n
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\nexplain all the story to Dad and
\nJoseph’s or Jude Jacobs jaw <\/p>\n
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\ndrops.
\nThere’s too many JS in this <\/p>\n
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\nstory.
\nHe’s speechless. <\/p>\n
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\nHe can’t comprehend what’s going
\non. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s almost too much for him.
\nWe could go that through that <\/p>\n
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\nstory, but we just don’t have
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\nHe’s just absolutely blown away <\/p>\n
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\nwith what’s going on.
\nAnd he sees all the wagons and <\/p>\n
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\nall the things that Joseph has
\nsent down to him to bring him <\/p>\n
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\nback to Egypt.
\nAnd he goes, it’s enough. <\/p>\n
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\nBut he’s an old man, and he
\nneeds somebody to organize the <\/p>\n
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\nfamily at this point.
\nWho would you choose to lead <\/p>\n
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\nyour family out of the promised
\nlands down into Egypt, the place<\/p>\n
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\nthat his family had been told
\nnot to go to, the place his <\/p>\n
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\nfamily has bad experiences in,
\nbut now he’s getting called down<\/p>\n
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\nto Egypt.
\nWho else would you but Judah? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s such an incredible thought
\nthat Jacob would send Judah <\/p>\n
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\nahead of him to Joseph.
\nSo Judah’s the one that’s going <\/p>\n
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\nto lead the family down to Egypt
\nto be back reunited with Joseph.<\/p>\n
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\nBut listen to the way the Bible
\nputs it, because the Bible says <\/p>\n
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\nnot just that, Jake, Judah’s job
\nwas to direct the animals. <\/p>\n
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\nNo, Judah’s job wasn’t to show
\nthe family which way to go. <\/p>\n
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\nThe King James’s beautiful
\nlanguage, again, it says to <\/p>\n
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\ndirect Jacob’s face.
\nWhat does that mean? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s more than just show him
\nwhat roads to take. <\/p>\n
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\nSo much more than just what
\nroads to take, isn’t it, Judah? <\/p>\n
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\nLead the family and direct my
\nattitudes, my behaviours, my <\/p>\n
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\nthoughts to bring us back
\ntogether as a family. <\/p>\n
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\nThat is like the biggest
\nstatement you could ever have <\/p>\n
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\nfrom Jacob to a man who’d been
\nsuch a rebel. <\/p>\n
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\nBut you know, it’s only made
\nmore powerful when you <\/p>\n
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\nappreciate what Jacob had
\nearlier said to Reuben. <\/p>\n
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\nReuben, after their first trip
\nback down or down to Egypt, came<\/p>\n
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\nback and he said, listen, Dad,
\nslay my two sons. <\/p>\n
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\nIf I don’t bring Benjamin back
\nto you and Jacob goes, my son is<\/p>\n
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\nnot going with you.
\nAnd he’s certainly not going <\/p>\n
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\ndown the path or the route that
\nyou would take to go to Egypt <\/p>\n
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\nbecause I know that he won’t
\ncome back. <\/p>\n
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\nListen, Jacob said, my son will
\nnot go with you could stop <\/p>\n
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\nthere.
\nThat’s the point, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nHe doesn’t.
\nHe continues. <\/p>\n
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\nJacob says for his brother.
\nJoseph’s dead. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s left alone.
\nHe’s ignoring Simeon at this <\/p>\n
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\npoint, remember?
\nAnd then he says if mischief <\/p>\n
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\nbefalls him, by the way, that a
\nguy like you, Reuben, would go, <\/p>\n
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\nI couldn’t bear it.
\nI’d die. <\/p>\n
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\nReuben’s the eldest son, and
\nthat’s Jacob’s estimation a year<\/p>\n
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\nearlier.
\nJudah comes home, tells the <\/p>\n
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\nIt is everything opens up, the <\/p>\n
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\ntruth comes out.
\nEverybody now knows what’s <\/p>\n
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\nhappened.
\nAnd Jacob turns to Judah and <\/p>\n
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\nsays, leave me some.
\nShow me the way to reunite this <\/p>\n
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\nI really did. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I love him.
\nHe’s not perfect. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s got some mistakes.
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\nBut together, we help each
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\nI promised my children I
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\nSo I’ll give them credit.
\nBoth of them have taught me <\/p>\n
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\nSo when you go home this <\/p>\n
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\nDemonstrate that it comes down
\nto nothing else other than the <\/p>\n
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\nfact that Judah was straight, he
\nwas honest, he said it as it is,<\/p>\n
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\nThird thing promises. <\/p>\n
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\nGenesis chapter 49 is full of
\npromises that a father makes to <\/p>\n
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\nIn the patriarchs time, it was
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\ntheir future.
\nAnd this chapter is chapter 49 <\/p>\n
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\nis actually a prophecy of what
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\nthrough the centuries of time,
\ncenturies, not just their own <\/p>\n
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\nI just want you to grasp this <\/p>\n
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\nbecause there’s some most
\nincredible details in it as we <\/p>\n
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\nlook through this story.
\nBut I need you to picture what <\/p>\n
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\nTurn to Genesis 49, if you will,<\/p>\n
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\nand it opens with a picture.
\nThe picture is Jacob calling his<\/p>\n
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\nSo he says assemble and listen.
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\nSo just imagine the situation. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a really bad picture.
\nI apologize. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right?
\nIt is. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s really bad.
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\nit’s all I could get.
\nBut I want you to picture an old<\/p>\n
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\nhis bed because he’s at that <\/p>\n
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\nsitting there and Joseph’s been
\ncalled. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s had that message to say the
\nend’s close, come and see your <\/p>\n
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\ndad.
\nSo he leaves the prison and he <\/p>\n
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\ncomes down to Goshen and all the
\nbrothers are all in there in the<\/p>\n
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\nroom and they’re saying their
\nfinal words. <\/p>\n
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\nSo when you picture that scene,
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\nin the past is Joseph, you’re
\namazing, you’re the wonderful <\/p>\n
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\ngoes. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s going to be different.
\nLet’s have a read. <\/p>\n
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\nLet the Bible do the talk rather
\nthan me. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 2 assemble yourselves.
\nListen, you sons of Jacob, <\/p>\n
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\nlisten to Israel, your father.
\nCan you feel there’s a bit of <\/p>\n
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\nlike a grandeur of listen, this
\nis going to be the big moment, <\/p>\n
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\nstrength, outstanding in <\/p>\n
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\nunstable as water. <\/p>\n
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\nYou won’t excel.
\nWhoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Dad. <\/p>\n
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\nfelt about that? <\/p>\n
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\nand just dropped him? <\/p>\n
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\nsold, to be killed, to be hurt.
\nHe wanted to rescue Joseph out <\/p>\n
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\nof that pit and send him home.
\nBut he didn’t have the raw guts <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as a result, he went off to <\/p>\n
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\ndo another job, came back, and
\nJoseph sold and gone. <\/p>\n
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\nJacob’s not going to let him get
\naway with it, though. <\/p>\n
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\nHe goes.
\nYou went up to your father’s <\/p>\n
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\nbed, you defiled it.
\nYou got onto my couch, Reuben. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s one of Reuben’s sins that
\nhe never forgot, never. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s Reuben forget.
\nIt marred their relationship for<\/p>\n
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\nall their life.
\nVerse 5, we move on to Simeon <\/p>\n
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\nand Levi.
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\nbrothers.
\nThey’re like thick as thieves. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re together.
\nThey’re always united. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’ll give this blessing to
\nboth of them at the same time. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re like weapons of
\nviolence, My soul. <\/p>\n
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\nDon’t come into their council.
\nDon’t get close to them. <\/p>\n
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\nDon’t be united with them.
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\nthem, when they sit down and
\nthey organize and assemble <\/p>\n
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\ntogether and come up with ideas
\nbecause in their anger they’ve <\/p>\n
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\nkilled men for pleasure.
\nThey’ll hamstring an ox curse. <\/p>\n
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\nIt is their anger, it’s fierce
\nand their fury it’s cruel. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll divide them in Jacob, but
\nI’ll scatter them in Israel is <\/p>\n
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\nwhat their prophecy is, and
\nthat’s their future. <\/p>\n
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\nSimeon doesn’t get inheritance
\nand Levi is spread around the <\/p>\n
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\nnation of Israel in different
\nLevitical tribes. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s a prophecy.
\nYou imagine receiving that of <\/p>\n
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\nyour dad as your his closing
\nwords to you. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is your promise.
\nThis is your future. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you feel the tone in that
\nroom? <\/p>\n
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\nOK, if you were Judah, how would
\nyou be feeling now? <\/p>\n
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\nHeck, Dad’s got lots to talk
\nabout. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, you see.
\nHave a look, Judah. <\/p>\n
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\nYour brothers will praise you,
\nyour hand will be on the neck of<\/p>\n
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\nyour enemies, and your father’s
\nsons will bow down before you. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re a lion’s cub, Judah from
\nthe pray, my son, you’ve gone <\/p>\n
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\nup.
\nHe crouches, He lies down like a<\/p>\n
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\nlion, like a lioness.
\nWho’s going to browse him? <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s out waiting.
\nLike when? <\/p>\n
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\nWhen’s the negative going to
\ncome? <\/p>\n
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\nJudah, nor the ruler star from
\nbetween his feet, until he comes<\/p>\n
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\nto whom it belongs, and the
\nnations will obey him. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’ll bind the foal to the vine,
\nand his colt to the choices to <\/p>\n
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\nHe’ll wash his garments in wine <\/p>\n
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\nand his robes in the blood of
\ngates. <\/p>\n
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\nHis eyes will be dark from wine,
\nand his teeth will be white with<\/p>\n
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\nmilk.
\nThose last verses are just <\/p>\n
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\ntalking about the luxuries of
\nlife. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat a change, not a reference
\nto the flaws of Judah’s life. <\/p>\n
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\nLubin and Syrian and Levi, all
\ntheir condemnation is focused <\/p>\n
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\naround the things that the Bible
\nrecords that they did. <\/p>\n
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\nWe know more about what Judah
\ndid wrong than both of the OR <\/p>\n
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\nfor all three of them.
\nBut not a single reference, not <\/p>\n
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\na single comment about it.
\nIn fact, all Jacob does, he said<\/p>\n
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\nyou’re like a lion who has gone
\ndown to the prey. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ve you’ve overcome, you’ve
\nachieved, you got what you <\/p>\n
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\nwanted, and now you Crouch and
\nyou lie down, content like a <\/p>\n
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\nlioness who could even rouse
\nyou. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re the kind of man who will
\nstand up and defend your family <\/p>\n
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\nto the point of death.
\nThat’s what he’s saying. <\/p>\n
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\nRomans chapter 8 and at verse
\none opens with what can anyone <\/p>\n
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\ntell me?
\nWe referenced it yesterday. <\/p>\n
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\none. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s worth getting to know.
\nI don’t expect you to know it, <\/p>\n
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\nbut it’s something to the effect
\nof to them who are in Christ <\/p>\n
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\nJesus, there is no condemnation.
\nLet’s turn it up. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s such an important thing to <\/p>\n
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\nget ahead around Romans chapter
\n8. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s just get it clear and
\nahead, see where it is on the <\/p>\n
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\npage, maybe colour it in
\nwhatever you need. <\/p>\n
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\nRomans chapter 8 because this is
\nwhere all those questions are <\/p>\n
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\nabout our judgement seat, who’s
\ngoing to condemn us? <\/p>\n
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\nWho will hold it against us.
\nRomans chapter 8 and verse one <\/p>\n
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\nbegins there is therefore now no
\ncondemnation for those who live <\/p>\n
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\na life in Christ Jesus.
\nIf you live by the law of the <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit of Christ, it sets you
\nfree. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I want to pick up that idea <\/p>\n
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\nI want us to think about what <\/p>\n
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\nabout and the rest of our study.<\/p>\n
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\nBut I want you just first of
\nall, to appreciate what a grand <\/p>\n
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\nchange this was for Judah.
\nJudah to have gone through all <\/p>\n
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\nthe failings that he did in his
\nlife. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd all that Jacob has to say is
\nJudah, your brothers are going <\/p>\n
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\nto praise you for being the man
\nthat you became. <\/p>\n
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\nYour father’s sons will bow down
\nto you. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think we’ve talked about
\nthis already, but that’s really <\/p>\n
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\nwhat God promised to Joseph.
\nBut he continues on to say the <\/p>\n
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\nsceptre will not depart from
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\nstaff for the kingship from
\nbetween his feet. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’ll be the king.
\nHe’ll be the tribe that <\/p>\n
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\ncontinues to lead the whole
\nfamily of Israel, the whole <\/p>\n
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\nnation of in time until he comes
\nwhose right it is none other <\/p>\n
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\nthan our Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd we don’t have time to go <\/p>\n
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\ninto all these ideas, but
\nthere’s a lion being referenced <\/p>\n
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\nhere and those ideas of he who
\nwill come, who’s right it is. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when all the nations will
\nobey him, it’s our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist who will come like a lion
\nfrom the tribe of Judah. <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation chapter 4 tells us
\nbecause he overcame. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the key idea.
\nBecause he overcame. <\/p>\n
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\nHow did he overcome?
\nLike a gentle lamb. <\/p>\n
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\nCan you see those combination of
\npersonalities in Judah? <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s as gentle and empathetic
\nand understanding as a lamb <\/p>\n
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\ncould ever be.
\nBut don’t touch God’s beloved <\/p>\n
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\nson and you’ll defend him like a
\npowerful lion. <\/p>\n
337
\n00:23:31,600 –> 00:23:34,800
\nHe’ll stand up for the family
\nlike a lion and no one can <\/p>\n
338
\n00:23:34,800 –> 00:23:39,400
\noppose him.
\nBut at the same time, he cares <\/p>\n
339
\n00:23:40,240 –> 00:23:45,520
\nfor the little ones.
\nHe’s got understanding and <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:46,960 –> 00:23:53,120
\nappreciation and that’s our
\nLord, that’s our Lord. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:54,000 –> 00:23:56,640
\nAnd so it only makes sense that
\nhe will continue to lead the <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:56,640 –> 00:24:01,560
\nfamily until none other than the
\nultimate comes. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:24:03,440 –> 00:24:06,040
\nThree references.
\nLet’s move on to our story. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:24:06,760 –> 00:24:11,840
\nGenesis chapter 50 real
\ncharacter is revealed when under<\/p>\n
345
\n00:24:11,840 –> 00:24:16,440
\npressure.
\nJudah has gone through a lot of <\/p>\n
346
\n00:24:16,440 –> 00:24:20,880
\npressure and his character was
\nrevealed at a time when he had <\/p>\n
347
\n00:24:20,880 –> 00:24:24,400
\nno opportunity to plan, no
\nopportunity to prepare, no way <\/p>\n
348
\n00:24:24,400 –> 00:24:26,480
\nto know that this was what was
\ngoing to happen. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:24:26,480 –> 00:24:29,400
\nHe just gets dropped on the fact
\nthat he looks like Benjamin’s <\/p>\n
350
\n00:24:29,400 –> 00:24:32,600
\nthe thief, and I need to stand
\nup for him and his true <\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:32,600 –> 00:24:38,960
\ncharacter Sean in that moment.
\nAnd that’d be me leaving him on <\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:38,960 –> 00:24:40,240
\na pedestal.
\nBut we’re not going to do that <\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:41,040 –> 00:24:43,160
\nbecause it’s not the way life
\nis. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:44,120 –> 00:24:47,400
\nIt’s not being true to what our
\nlives are either. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:48,560 –> 00:24:51,240
\nCharacters revealed when
\npressure is applied, and our <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:51,240 –> 00:24:58,120
\ntrue character is who we are in
\nthe dark might have heard that <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:58,120 –> 00:25:01,520
\nstatement before.
\nOur true character shows when we<\/p>\n
358
\n00:25:01,520 –> 00:25:08,480
\nare on our own, when nobody’s
\nwatching us, when we’re like <\/p>\n
359
\n00:25:08,480 –> 00:25:14,200
\nJoseph down in Egyptian prison,
\nin Potiphar’s house in another <\/p>\n
360
\n00:25:14,200 –> 00:25:18,400
\ncountry.
\nThat’s when our true character <\/p>\n
361
\n00:25:18,400 –> 00:25:21,920
\nis revealed.
\nWell, the character of these <\/p>\n
362
\n00:25:21,920 –> 00:25:24,920
\nbrothers is not going to be
\nrevealed in the dark in this <\/p>\n
363
\n00:25:24,920 –> 00:25:27,080
\nchapter.
\nIt’s going to be revealed when <\/p>\n
364
\n00:25:27,080 –> 00:25:34,080
\ntheir dad dies, because when
\ndad’s not there, things change. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:25:35,000 –> 00:25:37,240
\nYou may not have seen this in
\nyour life yet, but it’s quite <\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:37,240 –> 00:25:41,560
\ninteresting to observe.
\nIt’s not unusual for a 50-60, <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:42,200 –> 00:25:48,760
\nmaybe older man to change quite
\ndramatically when his dad dies. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:51,600 –> 00:25:59,600
\nThat stabilizing influence that
\nwas in his life, he’s gone and <\/p>\n
369
\n00:26:01,240 –> 00:26:06,520
\nhe has to stare death in the
\neyes and see it for its reality.<\/p>\n
370
\n00:26:09,000 –> 00:26:11,360
\nA lot of men got shaken at that
\nmoment. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:26:13,440 –> 00:26:16,760
\nSo it’s not an unusual thing
\nwhere we come to here in this <\/p>\n
372
\n00:26:16,760 –> 00:26:19,760
\nchapter.
\nSo let’s have a look at Genesis <\/p>\n
373
\n00:26:19,760 –> 00:26:22,960
\nchapter 50 and we’ll start at
\nverse 15. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:26:22,960 –> 00:26:24,840
\nWe’re not going to go through
\nthe burial or just wanted you to<\/p>\n
375
\n00:26:24,840 –> 00:26:27,240
\nread that to get the feeling of
\nthe how the brothers work <\/p>\n
376
\n00:26:27,240 –> 00:26:28,920
\ntogether.
\nThey bury their father. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:26:30,080 –> 00:26:32,760
\nThe sad part of that part, that
\nstory, which we don’t have time <\/p>\n
378
\n00:26:32,760 –> 00:26:36,960
\nto but I’ll reference it is.
\nI’m not sure they were actually <\/p>\n
379
\n00:26:36,960 –> 00:26:41,240
\nthat close, because if you read
\nthose verse 15 verses carefully,<\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:42,200 –> 00:26:44,640
\nyou’ll find that Joseph does it
\nall. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:46,640 –> 00:26:49,360
\nHe leads, he organizes.
\nRead verse 14. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:49,360 –> 00:26:53,640
\nI’m pretty sure it is.
\nIt’s very much Joseph taking the<\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:53,640 –> 00:26:56,720
\nlead, doing it all, and the
\nbrothers are just there. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:57,280 –> 00:26:59,240
\nBut let’s focus on verse 15.
\nHere’s the lesson. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:59,440 –> 00:27:01,640
\nThis is the key lesson that we
\nneed to learn because this is <\/p>\n
386
\n00:27:01,640 –> 00:27:06,240
\nwhat’s super relevant to you and
\nme at your age and stage in <\/p>\n
387
\n00:27:06,240 –> 00:27:09,880
\nlife.
\nDon’t wait until you’re an 80 <\/p>\n
388
\n00:27:09,880 –> 00:27:12,880
\nyear old man because that’s what
\nJudah is now. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:27:13,760 –> 00:27:16,040
\nJudah’s 80 years old at this
\npoint. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:27:17,040 –> 00:27:22,440
\nHe’s buried his dad.
\nHe’s just come back from a 4050 <\/p>\n
391
\n00:27:22,440 –> 00:27:30,880
\nday trip of mourning.
\nFeel that emotion, and the <\/p>\n
392
\n00:27:30,880 –> 00:27:34,200
\nbrothers go home and they sit
\ndown and they go. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:27:35,240 –> 00:27:39,640
\nWhen Joseph’s brothers saw, when
\nthey came to terms with the <\/p>\n
394
\n00:27:39,640 –> 00:27:47,520
\nreality of the fact that their
\nfather was dead, they said, what<\/p>\n
395
\n00:27:47,520 –> 00:27:54,000
\nif Joseph bears a grudge?
\nWhat if he wants to repay us in <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:54,000 –> 00:27:58,240
\nfull for all that harm that we
\ndid to him? <\/p>\n
397
\n00:28:02,160 –> 00:28:04,560
\nNow we have those thoughts that
\ngo through our mind at times as <\/p>\n
398
\n00:28:04,560 –> 00:28:09,280
\nwe may lie on our beds and we
\nwake up in the morning and we’ve<\/p>\n
399
\n00:28:09,280 –> 00:28:14,600
\nforgotten and we move on.
\nThis is 10, brothers. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:28:17,960 –> 00:28:21,720
\nThey’ve all got to stop and
\nthink about this and all come to<\/p>\n
401
\n00:28:21,720 –> 00:28:25,040
\nthe same conclusion and talk
\nabout it. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:28:27,600 –> 00:28:33,400
\nAnd they all realize, all of
\nthem, they say together, what if<\/p>\n
403
\n00:28:33,400 –> 00:28:38,240
\nJoseph bears a grudge?
\nAnd what if he wants to repay <\/p>\n
404
\n00:28:38,240 –> 00:28:42,760
\nus?
\nNot just repay us, but in full <\/p>\n
405
\n00:28:44,720 –> 00:28:46,280
\nfor all the harm that we did to
\nhim? <\/p>\n
406
\n00:28:49,160 –> 00:28:52,600
\nWhat would you do?
\nSend a text. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:28:56,840 –> 00:29:02,080
\nThey sent a message.
\nThat’s devastating. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:29:06,680 –> 00:29:12,240
\nThey didn’t even face up.
\nThey just sent a message. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:29:12,240 –> 00:29:16,640
\nLet me stop for a second.
\nJust think through this. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:29:16,960 –> 00:29:19,600
\nSometimes we think that holding
\na grudge makes us strong. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:29:21,080 –> 00:29:24,720
\nWe’re being determined.
\nWe’re not going to be pushed <\/p>\n
412
\n00:29:24,720 –> 00:29:26,400
\naround.
\nWe’re they’re strong about this <\/p>\n
413
\n00:29:26,400 –> 00:29:28,040
\nbecause what they did to me is
\nwrong. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:29:29,320 –> 00:29:32,320
\nGood on you.
\nHold a grudge, enjoy it. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:29:33,240 –> 00:29:40,480
\nAll it does is make you bitter.
\nDoesn’t help you. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:29:42,760 –> 00:29:48,040
\nForgiving doesn’t make you weak.
\nIt doesn’t make you a person <\/p>\n
417
\n00:29:48,040 –> 00:29:52,280
\nthat gets pushed around.
\nIt doesn’t make you a person who<\/p>\n
418
\n00:29:52,280 –> 00:29:59,960
\nis not strong in character.
\nForgiving is actually mature. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:30:01,280 –> 00:30:08,960
\nIt’s strong, it’s divine, and
\nforgiving sets you free. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:30:08,960 –> 00:30:13,280
\nI mean, think about that verse a
\nlot. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:30:14,160 –> 00:30:19,680
\nWell, that little quote
\nstatement, because it’s so true <\/p>\n
422
\n00:30:20,320 –> 00:30:24,600
\nin this story, these brothers
\nneed to learn to forgive. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:30:24,600 –> 00:30:31,960
\nAnd I’m not talking forgive
\ntheir brother, I’m talking about<\/p>\n
424
\n00:30:31,960 –> 00:30:37,240
\nforgive themselves.
\nAnd that’s something we don’t <\/p>\n
425
\n00:30:37,240 –> 00:30:45,720
\noften think about, but that’s
\ncritical, critical to our faith.<\/p>\n
426
\n00:30:47,600 –> 00:30:52,640
\nWhy do I say that?
\nBecause if you believe God that <\/p>\n
427
\n00:30:52,640 –> 00:31:00,000
\nthere is no condemnation being
\nheld against you, you won’t hold<\/p>\n
428
\n00:31:00,000 –> 00:31:09,480
\na grudge, you’ll move on and
\nyou’ll be free to live for <\/p>\n
429
\n00:31:09,480 –> 00:31:11,760
\nChrist, which is Romans chapter
\n8 and verse 2. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:31:14,760 –> 00:31:20,240
\nBut these brothers are leaving
\nthemselves in prison. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:31:22,760 –> 00:31:28,080
\nThey’re leaving themselves
\nbound. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:31:30,040 –> 00:31:31,840
\nThis is a quote from a Holocaust
\nsurvivor. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:31:34,400 –> 00:31:42,040
\nMany years after, the lady says
\nforgiveness is to set a prisoner<\/p>\n
434
\n00:31:42,040 –> 00:31:51,320
\nfree, and then to realize that
\nthe only prisoner was you when <\/p>\n
435
\n00:31:57,360 –> 00:31:59,320
\nshe said that the Holocaust has
\nbeen over for years. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:32:02,440 –> 00:32:06,000
\nBut she was keeping herself
\ntrapped in that prison of <\/p>\n
437
\n00:32:06,000 –> 00:32:07,800
\nbitterness, resentment and
\nanger. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:32:11,280 –> 00:32:14,920
\nAnd when she was about 80 years
\nold, too, she came to realize <\/p>\n
439
\n00:32:15,840 –> 00:32:24,000
\nit’s time to let go and move on.
\nAnd she realized that the only <\/p>\n
440
\n00:32:24,000 –> 00:32:27,320
\nperson that was in prison was
\nhurt. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:32:30,320 –> 00:32:34,480
\nAnd that’s where these boys are
\nAT because they’ve been living <\/p>\n
442
\n00:32:34,480 –> 00:32:39,440
\nwith 22, No 22, plus another 17
\nyears of guilt that’s been <\/p>\n
443
\n00:32:39,440 –> 00:32:42,320
\nhanging on their shoulders.
\nAnd it’s been stopping them <\/p>\n
444
\n00:32:42,320 –> 00:32:45,320
\nprogressing.
\nIt’s been limiting their freedom<\/p>\n
445
\n00:32:45,840 –> 00:32:52,360
\nto live the way they could,
\nshould and had the potential. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:32:53,680 –> 00:32:56,360
\nThey were the ones who were
\nholding on to that guilt. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:32:57,120 –> 00:32:59,440
\nJoseph has forgiven them.
\nHe’s so moved on. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:32:59,440 –> 00:33:05,760
\nHe’s so past this.
\nRemember in chapter 45, four <\/p>\n
449
\n00:33:05,760 –> 00:33:11,720
\ntimes Joseph says it wasn’t you.
\nGod did this. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:33:12,040 –> 00:33:13,680
\nI’m not holding this against
\nyou. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:33:14,160 –> 00:33:19,280
\nDon’t be angry with yourselves.
\nHe said in verse 5 or 6, God <\/p>\n
452
\n00:33:19,280 –> 00:33:21,240
\nsent me before you down into
\nEgypt. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:33:24,560 –> 00:33:30,240
\nWhy didn’t they let go then?
\nWhy were they holding on to <\/p>\n
454
\n00:33:30,240 –> 00:33:38,400
\nthese emotions?
\nBecause they were attributing to<\/p>\n
455
\n00:33:38,400 –> 00:33:44,920
\nJoseph their own bad emotions
\nand feelings. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:33:46,800 –> 00:33:50,960
\nThey were thinking that Joseph
\nwould behave like them. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:33:54,040 –> 00:33:58,280
\nThat’s why they said now that
\ndad’s died, maybe Joseph will <\/p>\n
458
\n00:33:58,280 –> 00:34:01,080
\nrepay us in full.
\nIt’s very clear what’s going <\/p>\n
459
\n00:34:01,080 –> 00:34:05,800
\nthrough their mind.
\nBut the fact was, Joseph had <\/p>\n
460
\n00:34:05,800 –> 00:34:10,679
\nforgiven them.
\nHe’d moved on, but they were <\/p>\n
461
\n00:34:10,679 –> 00:34:14,960
\nchoosing to live in their little
\njail cell of their own small <\/p>\n
462
\n00:34:15,600 –> 00:34:18,080
\nminds.
\nYou know, this was a problem for<\/p>\n
463
\n00:34:18,080 –> 00:34:21,360
\nJudah.
\nJudah needed to learn to let go,<\/p>\n
464
\n00:34:22,040 –> 00:34:23,960
\nto let God work and to let God
\nmove. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:34:23,960 –> 00:34:26,440
\nLet me show you the consistency
\nof that through this story. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:34:26,440 –> 00:34:29,280
\nTo his dad.
\nHe said, Dad, if I don’t bring <\/p>\n
467
\n00:34:29,280 –> 00:34:31,639
\nBenjamin back, I’ll bear the
\nblame forever. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:34:33,360 –> 00:34:36,280
\nHe repeats that same thing to
\nJoseph and says, I’ll bear the <\/p>\n
469
\n00:34:36,280 –> 00:34:39,080
\nblame forever.
\nAnd Judah was struggling with <\/p>\n
470
\n00:34:39,080 –> 00:34:42,320
\nthe past, controlling his
\nfuture. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:34:43,280 –> 00:34:45,960
\nHe struggled with the ideas of
\nwhat has happened to him in the <\/p>\n
472
\n00:34:45,960 –> 00:34:51,440
\npast being carried forward and
\ntainting his perspective of the <\/p>\n
473
\n00:34:51,440 –> 00:34:54,920
\nfuture.
\nHe struggled to believe that <\/p>\n
474
\n00:34:54,920 –> 00:34:57,520
\nwhen a sin’s forgiven, it’s
\nforgiven and we need to believe <\/p>\n
475
\n00:34:57,520 –> 00:35:00,120
\nthat.
\nWe’re asked by God to believe <\/p>\n
476
\n00:35:00,120 –> 00:35:03,000
\nthat, and there’s only one
\nreason God wants us to forgive, <\/p>\n
477
\n00:35:03,000 –> 00:35:04,240
\nthat.
\nIt’s for your good. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:35:09,360 –> 00:35:11,520
\nWhy didn’t they ask for
\nforgiveness when they came down <\/p>\n
479
\n00:35:11,520 –> 00:35:14,720
\nto Goshen for the first time and
\nmet Joseph? <\/p>\n
480
\n00:35:15,320 –> 00:35:18,560
\nWhy don’t they ask forgiveness
\nin chapter 47 when Joseph <\/p>\n
481
\n00:35:18,560 –> 00:35:21,880
\nactually settled his father,
\nfinally, after his father had <\/p>\n
482
\n00:35:21,880 –> 00:35:23,960
\ncome in and met Pharaoh.
\nAnd Pharaoh said, it’s a <\/p>\n
483
\n00:35:23,960 –> 00:35:27,440
\nwonderful thing to see you.
\nYou can go and live in the best <\/p>\n
484
\n00:35:27,440 –> 00:35:30,400
\nof the land.
\nAnd so Jacob and his brothers go<\/p>\n
485
\n00:35:30,400 –> 00:35:33,600
\nand live in the very best part
\nof the land with all these good <\/p>\n
486
\n00:35:33,600 –> 00:35:37,920
\nthings Joseph provided for his
\nfather and his brothers and all <\/p>\n
487
\n00:35:37,920 –> 00:35:41,080
\ntheir household, all the food
\nthat they could ever want, and <\/p>\n
488
\n00:35:41,080 –> 00:35:43,480
\nfor all their dependents.
\nHello. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:35:44,120 –> 00:35:46,760
\nDon’t you get the point that
\nJoseph is over it? <\/p>\n
490
\n00:35:46,880 –> 00:35:49,120
\nHe’s forgiven.
\nHe’s just giving you the best he<\/p>\n
491
\n00:35:49,120 –> 00:35:54,920
\npossibly could, bro.
\nSorry, by the way, for what we <\/p>\n
492
\n00:35:54,920 –> 00:35:59,400
\ndid.
\nWhy didn’t they do that? <\/p>\n
493
\n00:36:01,880 –> 00:36:08,360
\nBecause of raw, ugly pride.
\nThey couldn’t bring themselves <\/p>\n
494
\n00:36:08,360 –> 00:36:17,360
\nto just say that.
\nSometimes sorry is the hardest <\/p>\n
495
\n00:36:17,960 –> 00:36:23,680
\nword to say.
\nJust say sorry. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:36:25,920 –> 00:36:28,960
\nWhy didn’t it happen in Genesis
\n49 when the whole family came <\/p>\n
497
\n00:36:28,960 –> 00:36:31,440
\ntogether for Jacob to make the
\nprophecies of the future? <\/p>\n
498
\n00:36:31,680 –> 00:36:35,000
\nPerfect opportunity.
\nThe families united. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:36:35,000 –> 00:36:37,360
\nThey’re already having deep and
\nmeaningful conversations. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:36:38,800 –> 00:36:40,160
\nJoseph, we should have said
\nthis. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:36:40,160 –> 00:36:45,240
\nYou know, a lot of people as a
\nresult actually doubt the <\/p>\n
502
\n00:36:45,240 –> 00:36:50,160
\nsincerity of the fact that the
\nverse says that Jacob told them <\/p>\n
503
\n00:36:50,160 –> 00:36:53,840
\nto have this conversation.
\nThat’s what it says in the <\/p>\n
504
\n00:36:53,840 –> 00:36:56,320
\nstoryline.
\nDad told us to do that. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:36:56,600 –> 00:36:58,960
\nThere’s a lot of people that
\nactually doubt that and they go,<\/p>\n
506
\n00:36:58,960 –> 00:37:03,040
\nmaybe they made this up.
\nIn verse 16 it says your father <\/p>\n
507
\n00:37:03,320 –> 00:37:05,880
\nhe that language, not our dad.
\nYour father gave these <\/p>\n
508
\n00:37:05,880 –> 00:37:09,000
\ninstructions before he died.
\nHe said tell Joseph this, please<\/p>\n
509
\n00:37:09,000 –> 00:37:16,040
\nforgive your brothers.
\nYou know, just think about <\/p>\n
510
\n00:37:16,320 –> 00:37:21,160
\nJacob.
\nJust think about Jacob’s life <\/p>\n
511
\n00:37:21,160 –> 00:37:34,920
\nexperiences with his brother and
\nhis unresolved guilt when he <\/p>\n
512
\n00:37:34,920 –> 00:37:39,040
\nstole the birthrights off his
\nbrother. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:37:41,480 –> 00:37:52,480
\nBecause Jacob never said sorry
\nand so had. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:37:52,520 –> 00:37:57,760
\nThese boys are doing the same
\nthing, but they’re trying to <\/p>\n
515
\n00:37:57,760 –> 00:38:01,280
\nlearn.
\nThey’re trying to move past what<\/p>\n
516
\n00:38:01,280 –> 00:38:03,280
\ntheir dad has role modelled to
\nthem. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:38:05,400 –> 00:38:07,320
\nLet me come back a little bit.
\nThere’s a couple of slides we’ve<\/p>\n
518
\n00:38:07,320 –> 00:38:09,240
\nmissed.
\nThe act of forgiveness takes <\/p>\n
519
\n00:38:09,240 –> 00:38:15,000
\nplace in our own minds.
\nJoseph’s mind has totally moved <\/p>\n
520
\n00:38:15,000 –> 00:38:16,760
\nforward.
\nHe’s totally forgiven them. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:38:17,560 –> 00:38:20,320
\nIt really has nothing to do with
\nthe other ten brothers and what <\/p>\n
522
\n00:38:20,320 –> 00:38:22,080
\nthey did.
\nJoseph has forgiven them. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:38:22,280 –> 00:38:25,840
\nYou know, Joseph forgave them
\nbefore they even saw him in <\/p>\n
524
\n00:38:25,840 –> 00:38:27,360
\nEgypt.
\nHe’d moved on. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:38:28,760 –> 00:38:31,520
\nAnd then it’s what consumes your
\nmind, is what controls your <\/p>\n
526
\n00:38:31,520 –> 00:38:32,640
\nmind.
\nAnd you think about that. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:38:33,640 –> 00:38:38,840
\nIf you have guilt hanging over
\nyour head for 17, no 22 + 17 <\/p>\n
528
\n00:38:38,840 –> 00:38:41,080
\nyears, it’s going to control
\nyour mind. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:38:42,520 –> 00:38:45,720
\nPauline Colossians says to us,
\nyou need to forgive each other. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:38:46,680 –> 00:38:49,160
\nBut I want you to really
\ncarefully understand the context<\/p>\n
531
\n00:38:49,160 –> 00:38:50,840
\nof what it says.
\nYou need to forgive each other <\/p>\n
532
\n00:38:50,840 –> 00:38:58,120
\nas as, as, as the Lord forgave
\nyou, as the Lord forgave you, so<\/p>\n
533
\n00:38:59,440 –> 00:39:01,880
\nyou should forgive others.
\nThat’s an equation. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:39:03,200 –> 00:39:05,560
\nHow does the Lord forgive you?
\nDoes he do it 90%? <\/p>\n
535
\n00:39:06,720 –> 00:39:08,760
\nDoes he do it just by the skin
\nof your teeth? <\/p>\n
536
\n00:39:08,760 –> 00:39:12,200
\nDoes he do it by oh, OK, I’ll
\nforgive you this time. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:39:13,720 –> 00:39:17,320
\nNo, He does it with a marvelous
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:39:20,360 –> 00:39:24,800
\nAnd that’s what He wants you to
\ndo to the person next to you and<\/p>\n
539
\n00:39:25,840 –> 00:39:30,400
\nthe person in your home and to
\nyourself. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:39:33,680 –> 00:39:37,680
\nMatthew chapter 6 says we’ve got
\nto forgive or we ask God to <\/p>\n
541
\n00:39:37,680 –> 00:39:39,280
\nforgive our debts and forgive
\nus. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:39:39,600 –> 00:39:43,200
\nHe’ll only do that as we forgive
\nothers. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:39:44,360 –> 00:39:48,040
\nWe’ve got to believe this.
\nJohn says this so bluntly, so <\/p>\n
544
\n00:39:48,040 –> 00:39:50,440
\nclearly.
\nI love John, he’s so concise. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:39:50,440 –> 00:39:56,840
\nHe says if we confess our sins,
\nhe, our Lord, is faithful and <\/p>\n
546
\n00:39:56,840 –> 00:40:00,240
\njust to forgive us our sins.
\nThat’s a simple equation. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:40:00,760 –> 00:40:04,920
\nIf we confess, he’ll forgive
\nmore than that. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:40:05,200 –> 00:40:08,960
\nHe won’t just forgive you.
\nIt’s not just enough. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:40:09,200 –> 00:40:11,200
\nHe will forgive you and he will
\ncleanse you. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:40:11,200 –> 00:40:13,960
\nHe will change you from your
\nunrighteous ways. <\/p>\n
551
\n00:40:14,200 –> 00:40:22,600
\nIf you truly confess and you
\nwant to be changed, he’ll <\/p>\n
552
\n00:40:22,600 –> 00:40:25,920
\ncleanse you and make you a whole
\nnew person. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:40:26,760 –> 00:40:31,600
\nYou know, there’s so much that
\nwe can think about because we <\/p>\n
554
\n00:40:31,600 –> 00:40:33,320
\nhad some people doubted this
\nstory. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:40:33,360 –> 00:40:35,880
\nThis is the slide I needed to
\ncome up to this one here where <\/p>\n
556
\n00:40:35,880 –> 00:40:39,040
\nyour father gave instructions
\nabout this before he died. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:40:39,360 –> 00:40:42,840
\nAnd he said, tell Joseph this.
\nAnd I want you to very carefully<\/p>\n
558
\n00:40:42,840 –> 00:40:49,480
\nthink about what he asked the
\nboys to say in contrast to what <\/p>\n
559
\n00:40:49,480 –> 00:40:55,280
\nthe boys do say because Jacobs
\nhad some life experience. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:40:55,760 –> 00:40:59,000
\nHe’s had some unresolved guilt
\nhanging on his shoulders for <\/p>\n
561
\n00:40:59,000 –> 00:41:04,800
\nmany years, too.
\nSo they’re wise words, but they <\/p>\n
562
\n00:41:04,800 –> 00:41:07,560
\ncould be wiser.
\nAnd I think when we understand <\/p>\n
563
\n00:41:07,560 –> 00:41:12,200
\nthe difference, the key to
\nforgiveness and moving on and <\/p>\n
564
\n00:41:12,200 –> 00:41:15,320
\novercoming challenges and
\ndifficulties becomes clear. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:41:16,160 –> 00:41:19,560
\nWhat is the difference?
\nYou think about this for a <\/p>\n
566
\n00:41:19,560 –> 00:41:23,680
\nsecond.
\nJacob says tell Joseph to please<\/p>\n
567
\n00:41:23,680 –> 00:41:28,560
\nforgive the sin of your brothers
\nand the wrong that they did when<\/p>\n
568
\n00:41:28,560 –> 00:41:32,400
\nthey treated you so badly.
\nThis is the NET translation. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:41:35,200 –> 00:41:44,000
\nThe boys then say now please
\nforgive the sin of the servants <\/p>\n
570
\n00:41:45,080 –> 00:41:53,840
\nof the God of your father.
\nWhat’s the difference, guys? <\/p>\n
571
\n00:41:58,840 –> 00:42:02,360
\nJust think carefully, very
\ncarefully about what that <\/p>\n
572
\n00:42:02,360 –> 00:42:04,560
\ndifference is because you need
\nto think about this in your <\/p>\n
573
\n00:42:04,560 –> 00:42:12,400
\nlife.
\nWe can imagine Jacob saying, <\/p>\n
574
\n00:42:12,400 –> 00:42:14,600
\nforgive the sin of your brother
\nEsau. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:42:15,560 –> 00:42:18,400
\nThat’s who he’s thinking about.
\nAnd the wrong that I did when I <\/p>\n
576
\n00:42:18,400 –> 00:42:20,880
\ntreated you so badly to steal
\nthe birthright from you. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:42:21,800 –> 00:42:24,840
\nAnd that’s good.
\nI mean, sorry, it’s hard to say,<\/p>\n
578
\n00:42:26,800 –> 00:42:31,200
\nbut our mind can go so much
\ndeeper, it can go so much higher<\/p>\n
579
\n00:42:31,200 –> 00:42:34,640
\nto think like God.
\nThese brothers, they turn around<\/p>\n
580
\n00:42:34,640 –> 00:42:40,080
\nand they say, no, listen, please
\nforgive the sin of the servants <\/p>\n
581
\n00:42:41,560 –> 00:42:49,760
\nof the God of your father.
\nAnd that left Joseph with no <\/p>\n
582
\n00:42:49,760 –> 00:42:52,880
\noption but to have to forgive
\nthem. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:42:53,480 –> 00:42:59,360
\nWhat do I mean by that?
\nJoseph has no right to judge the<\/p>\n
584
\n00:42:59,360 –> 00:43:05,800
\nservants of somebody else, much
\nless the servants of his beloved<\/p>\n
585
\n00:43:05,800 –> 00:43:09,240
\nfather.
\nAnd there was no one more <\/p>\n
586
\n00:43:09,240 –> 00:43:10,880
\npowerful in their life than
\ntheir dad. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:43:11,840 –> 00:43:18,440
\nAnd if it’s our dad’s God that
\nwe serve, we know you’ll be <\/p>\n
588
\n00:43:18,440 –> 00:43:25,720
\nmotivated to forgive for his
\nsake because he’s forgiven US. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:43:25,720 –> 00:43:31,040
\nDid you see that?
\nWe’re told that it’s Romans <\/p>\n
590
\n00:43:31,040 –> 00:43:34,560
\nchapter 14 and verse four.
\nHe says, who are you to pass a <\/p>\n
591
\n00:43:34,560 –> 00:43:36,080
\njudgement on another man’s
\nservant? <\/p>\n
592
\n00:43:37,800 –> 00:43:40,360
\nWho do you think you are to
\njudge your brother, your sister,<\/p>\n
593
\n00:43:40,360 –> 00:43:45,480
\nyour anybody?
\nThey answer to another man. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:43:45,800 –> 00:43:48,760
\nThey answer to another master.
\nBefore that master, he stands or<\/p>\n
595
\n00:43:48,760 –> 00:43:50,600
\nhe falls.
\nHe will stand. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:43:50,920 –> 00:43:54,160
\nAnd the Lord is able to make him
\nto stand. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:43:54,160 –> 00:43:57,280
\nRemember that we have no right
\nto judge. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:43:59,560 –> 00:44:03,360
\nAnd that’s where they put Joseph
\nin a position where there is <\/p>\n
599
\n00:44:03,360 –> 00:44:08,880
\nnothing else he could do but
\nsay, am I in the place of God? <\/p>\n
600
\n00:44:10,200 –> 00:44:15,760
\nIt’s not even my job, you know,
\nThat’s not Joseph’s response. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:44:16,480 –> 00:44:19,000
\nJoseph’s response is
\ndevastation. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:44:20,280 –> 00:44:24,880
\nHe cries again.
\nThis is the eighth time that <\/p>\n
603
\n00:44:24,880 –> 00:44:28,080
\nJoseph cries, 9th if you want to
\ninclude the fact that he cried <\/p>\n
604
\n00:44:28,080 –> 00:44:29,360
\nwith his brothers when his dad
\ndied. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:44:30,080 –> 00:44:33,000
\nBut it’s the eighth time that
\nJoseph cries about the fact that<\/p>\n
606
\n00:44:33,000 –> 00:44:37,800
\nhis brother’s mental spiritual
\nmaturity is not up to where it <\/p>\n
607
\n00:44:37,800 –> 00:44:48,500
\ncould be.
\nJoseph weeps because he <\/p>\n
608
\n00:44:48,500 –> 00:44:55,380
\nunderstands where their minds
\nat, but I think he also <\/p>\n
609
\n00:44:55,380 –> 00:45:00,480
\nappreciates the progress.
\nThey don’t have the guts to come<\/p>\n
610
\n00:45:00,480 –> 00:45:05,160
\nand see him.
\nHe weeps before the brothers <\/p>\n
611
\n00:45:05,160 –> 00:45:09,200
\neven walk into the room.
\nBut when they do, they walk into<\/p>\n
612
\n00:45:09,200 –> 00:45:11,600
\nthe room and they fall down on
\ntheir faces and they say we’re <\/p>\n
613
\n00:45:11,600 –> 00:45:15,600
\nyour servant.
\nWe are no longer worthy to be <\/p>\n
614
\n00:45:15,600 –> 00:45:19,400
\ncalled your son or your brother
\nlike the prodigal. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:45:20,280 –> 00:45:23,800
\nMake us as one of your hired
\nservants. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:45:25,240 –> 00:45:28,640
\nWe’re your servants, Joseph.
\nYou know, some people think that<\/p>\n
617
\n00:45:28,640 –> 00:45:31,080
\nJoseph would have been excited
\nthat finally they’re all sitting<\/p>\n
618
\n00:45:31,080 –> 00:45:32,400
\nthere bowing down.
\nI don’t think so. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:45:33,760 –> 00:45:39,400
\nI think he wept when he realized
\nthat they’re holding on to 17 <\/p>\n
620
\n00:45:39,400 –> 00:45:44,200
\nyears worth of guilt.
\nHe’d done everything he possibly<\/p>\n
621
\n00:45:44,200 –> 00:45:45,680
\ncould.
\nHe’d provided the best of the <\/p>\n
622
\n00:45:45,680 –> 00:45:47,960
\nland to them.
\nHe’d given them all they needed <\/p>\n
623
\n00:45:47,960 –> 00:45:51,480
\nto live, to survive, to provide
\nfor them and their families. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:45:51,920 –> 00:45:59,120
\nAnd they still couldn’t let go.
\nThey’d left themself locked in <\/p>\n
625
\n00:45:59,120 –> 00:46:02,560
\nprison.
\nLet’s translate this into our <\/p>\n
626
\n00:46:02,560 –> 00:46:08,080
\nlives so we very clearly
\nunderstand what’s going on, so <\/p>\n
627
\n00:46:08,080 –> 00:46:11,800
\nwe can emulate that.
\nThe attitude that we need to <\/p>\n
628
\n00:46:11,800 –> 00:46:13,480
\nhave.
\nAnd the reason why Joseph weeps <\/p>\n
629
\n00:46:13,480 –> 00:46:16,520
\nis because they don’t understand
\nour relationship to God. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:46:19,040 –> 00:46:21,280
\nIt’s not clear in their minds.
\nAnd I want you to get this very,<\/p>\n
631
\n00:46:21,280 –> 00:46:24,240
\nvery clear in your minds.
\nThat’s a very simple drawing our<\/p>\n
632
\n00:46:24,240 –> 00:46:26,440
\nrelationship to God.
\nIs that clear? <\/p>\n
633
\n00:46:29,000 –> 00:46:33,320
\nFocus on him.
\nIt doesn’t matter what other <\/p>\n
634
\n00:46:33,320 –> 00:46:38,000
\npeople do to you.
\nIt doesn’t matter if they sell <\/p>\n
635
\n00:46:38,000 –> 00:46:41,240
\nyou into slavery, even if they
\nwant to kill you. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:46:44,600 –> 00:46:47,560
\nAnd so in 2025, it doesn’t
\nmatter if you get busted for <\/p>\n
637
\n00:46:47,560 –> 00:46:51,480
\ndoing stuff to the watering hot
\nwater systems, for doing other <\/p>\n
638
\n00:46:51,480 –> 00:46:54,000
\nsilly things at nights, ordering
\nfood in the middle of the <\/p>\n
639
\n00:46:54,000 –> 00:46:56,880
\nnights, holding other people up
\nand waking them up in their <\/p>\n
640
\n00:46:56,880 –> 00:46:58,680
\nsleep.
\nThat stuff doesn’t matter. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:46:58,880 –> 00:47:00,040
\nDon’t hold it against other
\npeople. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:47:01,240 –> 00:47:08,960
\nNo, seriously, in your ecclesia,
\nif people make decisions about <\/p>\n
643
\n00:47:08,960 –> 00:47:15,400
\nyou and they treat you badly,
\ndon’t hold a grudge. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:47:17,400 –> 00:47:23,880
\nJust keep focusing on God.
\nIf the arranging brethren at the<\/p>\n
645
\n00:47:23,880 –> 00:47:26,320
\nmeeting make a decision you
\ndon’t agree with and you think <\/p>\n
646
\n00:47:26,320 –> 00:47:29,680
\nit’s unfair and unreasonable,
\ndon’t spit the dummy and hold a <\/p>\n
647
\n00:47:29,680 –> 00:47:32,080
\ngrudge.
\nThey’re like Jacob, they’re not <\/p>\n
648
\n00:47:32,080 –> 00:47:34,360
\nperfect.
\nThey’re trying to do what they <\/p>\n
649
\n00:47:34,360 –> 00:47:37,960
\nthink is best.
\nIf your parents let you down and<\/p>\n
650
\n00:47:37,960 –> 00:47:41,200
\nthey do something that’s
\ndisappointing, keep your focus <\/p>\n
651
\n00:47:41,200 –> 00:47:49,480
\non Him, the God of our fathers.
\nWhen we get our relationship to <\/p>\n
652
\n00:47:49,480 –> 00:47:53,480
\nGod very clear and we appreciate
\nwhat God has done, we can then <\/p>\n
653
\n00:47:53,480 –> 00:47:56,760
\ndemonstrate our appreciation to
\neach other. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:47:56,760 –> 00:47:59,960
\nAnd this is what Judas speech is
\nall about. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:48:01,160 –> 00:48:05,480
\nHe understands his relationship
\nto the Father and as a result, <\/p>\n
656
\n00:48:05,480 –> 00:48:07,840
\nhe’s willing to lay down his
\nlife for these guys. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:48:09,560 –> 00:48:11,240
\nBut that’s because his focus is
\nthere. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:48:12,560 –> 00:48:17,360
\nHis focus is not here, he’s
\ndemonstrating the love and the <\/p>\n
659
\n00:48:17,360 –> 00:48:22,160
\nbehaviour is going out this way.
\nBut his mind is there. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:48:24,840 –> 00:48:27,960
\nIt’s there and he can feel
\nwhat’s happening and what’s <\/p>\n
661
\n00:48:27,960 –> 00:48:34,200
\nbeing said, but he’s clear.
\nThat’s who I answer to. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:48:36,680 –> 00:48:39,640
\nAnd that’s the way Joseph
\nthought because his brother sold<\/p>\n
663
\n00:48:39,640 –> 00:48:43,560
\nhim into slavery and he said no,
\nno, God did it. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:48:44,400 –> 00:48:47,120
\nIt wasn’t you guys.
\nDon’t be angry with yourselves. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:48:47,120 –> 00:48:51,920
\nIt’s OK.
\nGod did it so that we could <\/p>\n
666
\n00:48:51,920 –> 00:48:55,680
\nprovide for you guys and your
\nfamily and our future <\/p>\n
667
\n00:48:55,680 –> 00:48:59,280
\ngenerations.
\nJoseph’s so clear on that. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:48:59,960 –> 00:49:03,200
\nHe was able to forgive.
\nThese brothers were struggling <\/p>\n
669
\n00:49:03,200 –> 00:49:06,880
\nwith that.
\nPlease learn to get that clear <\/p>\n
670
\n00:49:06,880 –> 00:49:09,960
\nin your mind.
\nGod’s working in your life. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:49:10,800 –> 00:49:16,480
\nGod decides the things, and
\nRomans chapter 8 says that all <\/p>\n
672
\n00:49:16,480 –> 00:49:24,360
\nthings, all things, like all all
\nthings, work together for good. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:49:28,640 –> 00:49:33,960
\nDo we believe that If we do,
\nlet’s all focus on God. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:49:35,000 –> 00:49:38,880
\nWe won’t be disappointed, we
\nwon’t beg grudges, we won’t hold<\/p>\n
675
\n00:49:38,880 –> 00:49:41,640
\nchallenges, we won’t hold
\nbusiness to each other. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:49:45,320 –> 00:49:46,480
\nAnd do you know what we will be
\ndoing? <\/p>\n
677
\n00:49:51,200 –> 00:49:56,920
\nWe’ll be following his example
\nbecause as he hung on that <\/p>\n
678
\n00:49:56,920 –> 00:50:05,080
\ncross, he focused on Father.
\nForgive them. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:50:06,440 –> 00:50:10,320
\nThey don’t know what they’re
\ndoing. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:50:13,240 –> 00:50:20,400
\nAs they parted his raiment and
\ncast lots as the chief priest <\/p>\n
681
\n00:50:20,400 –> 00:50:26,520
\nand scribes jeered at him,
\nabused him and told him to come <\/p>\n
682
\n00:50:26,520 –> 00:50:31,320
\ndown from the cross, as the guy
\non the cross next to him said <\/p>\n
683
\n00:50:31,320 –> 00:50:36,640
\nthe same kind of things.
\nOur Lord wasn’t distracted by <\/p>\n
684
\n00:50:36,640 –> 00:50:41,080
\nthat while all of that was
\nhappening. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:50:41,080 –> 00:50:48,760
\nHe said, Father, I’m here for
\nyou and forgive them because <\/p>\n
686
\n00:50:48,760 –> 00:50:55,040
\nthey don’t realize how you’re
\nworking in and through them to <\/p>\n
687
\n00:50:55,040 –> 00:51:03,840
\nachieve your purpose in my life.
\nGet that clear in your head. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:51:05,800 –> 00:51:10,720
\nIt’s the best piece of wisdom I
\nhave to share because it fixes <\/p>\n
689
\n00:51:10,720 –> 00:51:17,280
\nso many problems.
\nIt helps us to move on and to <\/p>\n
690
\n00:51:17,280 –> 00:51:28,520
\nlive a life free of resentment,
\nof bitterness, of grudges, of <\/p>\n
691
\n00:51:28,520 –> 00:51:32,920
\njealousy, of envy.
\nI could go on all day. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:51:35,160 –> 00:51:40,400
\nWe’re free to move on.
\nSo as we do go on this weekend <\/p>\n
693
\n00:51:40,920 –> 00:51:44,600
\nand we go home, let’s put the
\npast behind us. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:51:46,680 –> 00:51:52,560
\nLet’s take the opportunity, the
\nopportunity that we have to face<\/p>\n
695
\n00:51:52,640 –> 00:51:57,240
\nup to problems and challenges
\nand deal with them. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:51:59,280 –> 00:52:02,280
\nLet’s do it.
\nLet’s go home with a renewed <\/p>\n
697
\n00:52:02,280 –> 00:52:08,960
\nfocus to be true men and women.
\nLet’s give our life for each <\/p>\n
698
\n00:52:08,960 –> 00:52:11,760
\nother, for doing good for each
\nother. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:52:14,480 –> 00:52:18,080
\nWhy?
\nBecause we love our dad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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