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\nIt’s a great thing. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m excited.
\nI hope that you will learn some <\/p>\n
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\nthings through this weekend as
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\nSo we’re going to talk about
\nJudah, the son of Jacob, the <\/p>\n
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\nfourth son of Jacob, the 4th
\ngrandson of Isaac and Rebecca, <\/p>\n
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\nand he’s the 4th great grandson
\nof none other than Abraham and <\/p>\n
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\nSarah.
\nThat’s the family that this man <\/p>\n
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\ngrows up in, this young boy
\ngrows up in. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the special family that God
\nchose out of all the families <\/p>\n
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\ndown through history.
\nGod said Abraham’s family, you <\/p>\n
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\nknow, Abraham, lots of
\ngrandchildren, lots, but he <\/p>\n
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\nchose the Isaac family.
\nAnd Isaac had lots of <\/p>\n
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\ngrandchildren too, like Dukes
\nand all important grandchildren.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd he chose the Jacob family
\nand Judas, the fourth boy. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are talking about God’s
\nspecial chosen family, but it’s <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s far from perfect. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s nothing about it that
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\nAnd that’s where I want us to
\nstart by thinking, what makes an<\/p>\n
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\nDo you grow up in an ideal <\/p>\n
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\nIt puts perspective on our <\/p>\n
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\nfamily, our family, and I’m
\nassuming your family, when you <\/p>\n
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\nlook at this family that God
\nchose, he chose to work with <\/p>\n
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\nthem.
\nHe chose to call them the family<\/p>\n
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\nof faith.
\nAnd they’re like the backbone <\/p>\n
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\nfamily of the Bible.
\nWe’re part of God’s family too. <\/p>\n
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\nYeah, thousands of years down
\nthe the generations, but we’re <\/p>\n
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\npart of that same family.
\nAnd it’s reassuring because I’ll<\/p>\n
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\nadmit we have family problems.
\nI’m talking about my family I <\/p>\n
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\ngrew up in, not my direct family
\nthat’s here. <\/p>\n
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\nEverybody has family dramas,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nIt just happens when you live
\nthat close to people and you <\/p>\n
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\ngrow up together.
\nBut the problem for Judah was <\/p>\n
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\nthat he carried baggage, he
\ncarried childhood baggage with <\/p>\n
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\nhim through into his early adult
\nlife. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there was resentment, there
\nwas regrets. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd those things shaped his mind
\nand his outlook on life. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it meant that he made some
\nreally dumb decisions in his <\/p>\n
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\nearly adult life, really
\nregretful decisions. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to talk about that.
\nWe’re going to look at that this<\/p>\n
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\nmorning.
\nForgive me, I need to say this <\/p>\n
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\nupfront.
\nOur first two studies are going <\/p>\n
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\nto go all downhill.
\nAll the negatives, all the bad <\/p>\n
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\nthings, I hope I won’t feel
\nleave you feeling despondent by <\/p>\n
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\nthe end of this morning.
\nBut we’ve got to set the scene <\/p>\n
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\nof where Judah’s life took him
\nbefore we appreciate where he <\/p>\n
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\ncould then turn around to
\nbecome. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the rest of the studies are
\nall upwards. <\/p>\n
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\nBut forgive me if you’re feeling
\nafter this morning a little bit <\/p>\n
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\nlike, oh heck, that’s heavy.
\nWhere’s the positive stuff? <\/p>\n
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\nSo forgive me on that.
\nBut the exciting thing about <\/p>\n
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\nJudah’s story is God never gave
\nup on this man. <\/p>\n
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\nHe kept working with him.
\nHe kept going through the <\/p>\n
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\nprocess of appealing to Judah’s
\nconscience and eventually Judas <\/p>\n
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\nsinful way of life caught up
\nwith him and we’re going to see <\/p>\n
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\nhow that happened.
\nWe’re going to see that it was <\/p>\n
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\nactually quite brutal in the way
\nhe was forced to face up. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was an embarrassing
\nconfrontation for him, but he <\/p>\n
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\nhad to face up to reality.
\nSo he had to make a choice. <\/p>\n
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\nHe had to face up, be a man and
\ncall it what it was, and deal <\/p>\n
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\nwith the consequences of his
\nchoices. <\/p>\n
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\nHis life was one of the most
\namazing examples of recovery, <\/p>\n
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\nand that is what I want.
\nEverybody, if you please, take <\/p>\n
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\nanything away is the story of
\nthe man. <\/p>\n
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\nJudah is about recovery.
\nIt’s about turning around and <\/p>\n
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\ncoming back.
\nIn the New Testament, we have an<\/p>\n
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\namazing story of recovery.
\nSaul became Paul the apostle. <\/p>\n
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\nSaul went around killing people,
\npersecuting people, putting him <\/p>\n
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\ninto prison.
\nNext thing we know is he’s <\/p>\n
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\ngiving his life to preach the
\ngospel around the world. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, if there’s an equivalent
\nin the Old Testament, it’s Judah<\/p>\n
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\nmay not know this story quite so
\nwell. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, I’m hoping you’ll learn a
\nlittle more this weekend by our <\/p>\n
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\ntime that we’ll spend on it.
\nAnd I’m going to suggest to you <\/p>\n
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\nthat Judah becomes greater than
\nJoseph. <\/p>\n
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\nYou probably know the storyline
\nof Joseph quite well. <\/p>\n
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\nYou probably think Joseph’s the
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\nNo, we were reading about Judah
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\nabout Joseph.
\nAnd pull some of that out so we <\/p>\n
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\ncan look at these stories which
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\nJoseph.
\nYou only understand half the <\/p>\n
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\nJudah. <\/p>\n
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\nJoseph if you don’t know Judah <\/p>\n
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\nbecause the two men are set in
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\nInterestingly, before we get
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\nimportant Judah is in the Bible,<\/p>\n
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\nI think Jesus Christ gave us a
\nparable based on Judah’s life. <\/p>\n
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\nI think he modelled the parable
\nof the prodigal son on Judah. <\/p>\n
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\nRemember the prodigal son who
\nwas all bitter and twisted and <\/p>\n
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\nwent and asked his dad for the
\ninheritance, said give me what I<\/p>\n
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\ncan so I can go out and live
\nlife up, go and have the good <\/p>\n
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\ntimes with everything that the
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\nHe was looking for happiness.
\nHe was looking for what wealth <\/p>\n
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\nHe was living it up with hearts,<\/p>\n
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\nonly to find that a famine
\nbrought that prodigal son home <\/p>\n
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\nWhy? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that really is the story of <\/p>\n
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\nJudah.
\nYou can have everything the <\/p>\n
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\nYou can go and try it. <\/p>\n
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\nJudah did, but he chose to be a
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\nbrothers in his father’s house
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\nlive.
\nAnd so Judah, like the prodigal <\/p>\n
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\nson, returns home a very
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\nSo I’m suggesting to you that
\nJudah is the prodigal son of <\/p>\n
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\nLuke Chapter 15.
\nBut let’s get into our story <\/p>\n
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\nthis morning.
\nAs I mentioned, Joseph and Judah<\/p>\n
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\nJoseph is that perfect boy who
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\nHe was just like Jesus Christ,
\nnot a foot wrong in his whole <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s nothing that Joseph does<\/p>\n
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\nfeeling just he’s just up there.<\/p>\n
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\nSo forgive me for this weekend <\/p>\n
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\nif you love Joseph, but we’re
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\npedestal over there a little bit
\nuntouchable and we’re going to <\/p>\n
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\nfocus on this man Judah.
\nI find him a lot easy to relate <\/p>\n
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\nJudah was you could summarize <\/p>\n
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\nhim as a moral failure.
\nHis life was flawed in so many <\/p>\n
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\nBut the difference is he got
\nover it. <\/p>\n
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\nHe changed, he overcame.
\nAnd that’s why he inspires us to<\/p>\n
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\nweakness, to take responsibility<\/p>\n
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\nyou’re the boy that your
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\nWe can see it at the end.
\nHe actually says, Judah, you’re <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to bow down to. <\/p>\n
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\nHang on, just think about that.
\nThat was Joseph’s dream, right? <\/p>\n
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\nBut Judah is given that blessing
\nby his father Jacob at the end <\/p>\n
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\nof his life.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
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\nOne very simple reason.
\nBecause he did the same thing <\/p>\n
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\nthat you and I can do, the same
\nthing we’re called to do, face <\/p>\n
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\nup to the realities and make
\nsome changes. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s get to know the family.
\nYou probably know the story of <\/p>\n
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\nJacob, who by Laban was tricked
\ninto marrying Leah instead of <\/p>\n
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\nRachel.
\nAnd Jacob did that silly thing <\/p>\n
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\nof marrying two women.
\nNot because getting married is a<\/p>\n
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\nbad thing, but marrying 2
\nSisters is a very dangerous <\/p>\n
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\nthing to do.
\nLuckily Australia outlaws that. <\/p>\n
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\nBut not that that was all.
\nHe then goes and also has <\/p>\n
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\nchildren to each of those
\nsisters servants. <\/p>\n
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\nThis was a complex family.
\nIn today’s society, we talk <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s the PC way of saying <\/p>\n
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\nit, that there’s problems,
\nthere’s challenges, maybe <\/p>\n
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\nmultiple step relationships in
\neverything where it’s complex. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, there’s already 4 mothers
\nin this family. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s a polygamous family.
\nI mean, that’s enough even in <\/p>\n
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\nKenya to be awkward.
\nJust been to Kenya, you can see <\/p>\n
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\nthe challenges that that has on
\npeople. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’ve got an enormous
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s twelve sons, all from
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\nAnd we’re going to pick on this
\none here, Judah, this or this <\/p>\n
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\nweekend.
\nThere’s one sister that we know <\/p>\n
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\nof quite well.
\nHer name’s Dinah. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve added that in because it’s
\nimportant. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to talk about her,
\nbut don’t forget, there is <\/p>\n
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\nactually a lot of other
\ndaughters of Jacob. <\/p>\n
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\nWe can prove that.
\nWe just don’t often talk about <\/p>\n
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\nit because the Bible doesn’t
\nfocus on the daughters. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it’s one big family, and
\nit’s a messy family. <\/p>\n
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\nThings don’t go smoothly and
\nthat’s the picture I want to <\/p>\n
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\ncreate for us this morning is to
\nunderstand the tension that went<\/p>\n
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\non in that family.
\nSo we need to jump all the way <\/p>\n
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\nwhere we start getting
\nintroduced to this family. <\/p>\n
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\nYou could look at the final
\nverses if you want to. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s verse 32 year olds.
\nIt’s up on the screen. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to see that Leah,
\nwho was the first wife for <\/p>\n
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\nJacob, was tricked into
\nmarrying. <\/p>\n
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\nShe was desperate for Jacob’s
\nlove. <\/p>\n
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\nShe wanted his attention.
\nAnd it comes out because in her <\/p>\n
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\nfirst child that she has, she
\nnamed him Reuben. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that means look a son.
\nAnd the Bible tells us that she <\/p>\n
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\nsaid that she felt that God had
\nlooked on her and had pity <\/p>\n
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\nbecause she was oppressed, She
\nwas unappreciated. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd her response is, surely my
\nhusband’s going to love me now. <\/p>\n
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\nSo they’re the two wives that
\nare competing between <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves.
\nLet’s look at the next verse. <\/p>\n
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\nShe has another child, and this
\nchild is called Sibian. <\/p>\n
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\nThat means heard.
\nAnd so because she knows that <\/p>\n
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\nshe’s unloved, she’s hoping that
\nJacob’s going to hear that, see <\/p>\n
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\nthat she is giving him sons, and
\nwe’ll love him. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s continue on in the next
\nstory. <\/p>\n
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\nHopefully my husband will show
\nme some affection this time. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so she called him Levi.
\nAnd Levi means joined. <\/p>\n
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\nYou might be thinking, why am I
\ntelling you this stuff? <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the way the Bible
\nintroduces the family. <\/p>\n
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\nImagine if your parents
\nintroduced you to say, yeah, we <\/p>\n
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\nnamed our first child bitter.
\nAnd we named our next child <\/p>\n
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\nangry.
\nAnd the next child, we called <\/p>\n
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\nthem resentful.
\nAnd so when poor little child <\/p>\n
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\ngoes up to the shop or the
\nschool, wherever gets their name<\/p>\n
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\ncalled out, bitterness,
\nresentment and anger, there you <\/p>\n
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\nare.
\nYou got to understand it that <\/p>\n
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\nway because that’s what it means
\nin Hebrew. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen their name is said, that’s
\nwhat it means. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so Leah has named her
\nchildren because of the deep <\/p>\n
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\nseated emotion that she’s
\nfeeling. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what I’m trying to show to
\nyou is this is not something <\/p>\n
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\nthat was down there not talked
\nabout in the family. <\/p>\n
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\nEverybody knew that this is the
\ndrama. <\/p>\n
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\nEverybody knew that this is how
\ncomplex life was in this family.<\/p>\n
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\nIt continues on.
\nWell, brought tears to Leah’s <\/p>\n
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\neye.
\nBut let’s continue on in verse <\/p>\n
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\n34.
\nShe has another child and this <\/p>\n
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\nis Judah.
\nAnd notice the change. <\/p>\n
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\nShe says that this time I’m
\ngoing to praise God. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Judah was born at a time when
\nshe was thinking differently. <\/p>\n
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\nShe had a different perspective,
\nbut that perspective wasn’t <\/p>\n
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\nembraced by anybody else.
\nBecause at that time, Leah’s <\/p>\n
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\nsister is looking over at her
\njealous Lee with envy, with <\/p>\n
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\nresentment.
\nYou’re going to hear those words<\/p>\n
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\nkeep coming out in this family
\nbecause they were deep seated <\/p>\n
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\nfeelings.
\nLeah’s sister is looking at <\/p>\n
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\nsorry.
\nLeah’s sister Rachel is looking <\/p>\n
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\nat Leah.
\nAnd she saw that Leah had <\/p>\n
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\nchildren, but she couldn’t give
\nJacob children. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so she became jealous.
\nMy translation says yours might <\/p>\n
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\nsay envy.
\nEnvious. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s how she’s looking at the
\nother mum in the family. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd So what does she do?
\nShe bails up Jacob one day and <\/p>\n
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\njust gives it to him.
\nShe says give me children or <\/p>\n
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\nelse I’m going to die.
\nWhoa, OK, because I’m God, I can<\/p>\n
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\ngive you a child, sings Jacob
\nand listen to his response. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says exactly that.
\nJacob’s furious at Rachel and he<\/p>\n
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\nsays, what do you think?
\nI’m as good as God who kept you <\/p>\n
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\nfrom having the children?
\nIn other words, Rachel, you’re <\/p>\n
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\nthe one with the problem, not
\nme. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause these having children
\nown your problems. <\/p>\n
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\nCan you feel that?
\nCan you feel how that Rachel is <\/p>\n
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\nblaming Jacob?
\nJacob gets furious at her. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the resentment that’s
\ngoing on. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the response from Rachel is
\ngo and sleep with my servant <\/p>\n
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\ncalled Bilhar.
\nSo Jacob does and Rachel servant<\/p>\n
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\nhas a child called Dan because
\nRachel says God’s vindicated me.<\/p>\n
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\nDo you feel the vindictiveness
\nin that? <\/p>\n
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\nThen she has another child by
\nBilhar and she says I fought a <\/p>\n
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\ndesperate battle or struggle
\nwith my sister and I’ve won. <\/p>\n
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\nJust imagine living in a family
\nwhere that’s the way your mums <\/p>\n
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\ntalk.
\nSo Leah gives Zilpah, her <\/p>\n
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\nservant, to Jacob and has a
\nchild and goes, how fortunate <\/p>\n
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\nanother one.
\nDo you feel that that’s what <\/p>\n
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\nshe’s named the child?
\nIt’s not just what she’s <\/p>\n
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\nthinking.
\nThis is what these children are <\/p>\n
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\ncalled.
\nAnd then she has another one <\/p>\n
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\ncalled Asher.
\nAnd she says, everyone’s going <\/p>\n
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\nto call me happy because I’m
\nwinning. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the family, the family
\nthat God chose to work with, <\/p>\n
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\nremember, but this is the family
\nand put yourself in that that <\/p>\n
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\nJudah was growing up in, far
\nfrom supportive. <\/p>\n
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\nNow it’s at this same time that
\nReuben went out into the field <\/p>\n
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\nbecause he started to grow up a
\nlittle bit and he’s actually <\/p>\n
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\nfound some mandrakes.
\nNow, in case we’re wondering <\/p>\n
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\nwhat mandrakes are, people seem
\nto back in that time think <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re an aphrodisiac which had
\nsome sort of sexual stimulants <\/p>\n
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\nof some form.
\nWhatever it was, that’s what <\/p>\n
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\nthey thought.
\nAnd Reuben brings it home to his<\/p>\n
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\nmum and says here you go.
\nObviously Reuben understood <\/p>\n
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\nthere was problems in the
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, Rachel says, can I have
\nsome of those mandates because <\/p>\n
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\nshe wants to have children
\nherself. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Lee’s response is, hey, is
\nit enough that you’ve stolen my <\/p>\n
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\nhusband away?
\nThe King James says, are you <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to take away my son’s
\nmandrakes as well? <\/p>\n
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\nRachel’s response is, oh, OK
\nthen. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right.
\nHe’ll go to bed with you <\/p>\n
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\ntonight.
\nIn exchange for your son’s <\/p>\n
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\nmandrakes, they’re trading
\nrelationships. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you feel that?
\nJacob comes home from the field <\/p>\n
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\nthat evening and Leah went out
\nto meet him, so he didn’t even <\/p>\n
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\nget in the door of the house.
\nAnd she says you have to sleep <\/p>\n
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\nwith me tonight because I’ve
\nbought you. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, I just want you to
\nappreciate the tension. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m sorry to talk about this
\nstuff like the first half an <\/p>\n
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\nhour or 15 minutes of event up
\nhere. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m sorry.
\nApologize. <\/p>\n
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\nI said it was a rough first too.
\nSorry, but this is the family. <\/p>\n
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\nImagine growing up in this.
\nYou know there’s another problem<\/p>\n
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\nin this family.
\nIn verse 43 of chapter 30, it <\/p>\n
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\nsays that Jacob was working hard
\nand achieving lots of things. <\/p>\n
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\nHe increased exceedingly and had
\nlarge flocks and maidservants <\/p>\n
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\nand men servants.
\nThis is one of the other <\/p>\n
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\nproblems that this family had,
\nand it might sound funny, it <\/p>\n
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\nmight sound weird, but having
\nlots of things and money doesn’t<\/p>\n
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\nfix problems, and it didn’t fix
\nthese problems in their family <\/p>\n
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\neither.
\nTruth is, money doesn’t fix <\/p>\n
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\nproblems.
\nThat makes problems that are <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent.
\nOh yes, money can cover over and<\/p>\n
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\ngive a thin facade or gloss of
\neverything being good and happy,<\/p>\n
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\nbut it doesn’t fix the problem
\nof what’s underneath. <\/p>\n
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\nAll it does is complicate the
\nissues with a veneer of short <\/p>\n
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\nterm apparent happiness because
\nyou’ve got something new. <\/p>\n
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\nDistraction.
\nYou know, this family got to a <\/p>\n
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\npoint where they actually had to
\nrun away from the rest of their <\/p>\n
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\nfamily because the wider family
\nhated them that much. <\/p>\n
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\nJust grasp that they had to run
\naway from Laban’s family because<\/p>\n
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\nthings were getting so
\ndifficult. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s look at a different story
\nthen this. <\/p>\n
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\nRemember, this is what the
\nBible’s telling us. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m just picking out the eyes of
\nwhat the Bible is telling us. <\/p>\n
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\nI want to talk about this
\nfamily’s pecking order, all <\/p>\n
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\ntheir priorities, who’s the most
\nimportant in this family. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s not by age, it’s not by
\nthe parents down. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a very unique order.
\nYou need to understand this. <\/p>\n
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\nWe can read this story.
\nWe’ll read it through Genesis <\/p>\n
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\n33, verse one.
\nJacob looked up and he saw, he <\/p>\n
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\nsaw his brother, who was coming
\nalong with 400 men towards him. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he divides the children among
\nLeah, Rachel and his two female <\/p>\n
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\nservants, or the handmaids.
\nAnd here’s the order. <\/p>\n
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\nHe put the servants and their
\nchildren out in front. <\/p>\n
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\nHe put Leah and her children
\nbehind them and Rachel and <\/p>\n
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\nJoseph behind them.
\nJust imagine that situation. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’ve been talking for the
\nlast couple of weeks that this <\/p>\n
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\nis going to be a difficult
\nmoment because Jacob has to face<\/p>\n
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\nup to his brother Esau, who he’s
\ndone The Dirty on. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s scary for Jacob,
\nunderstandably. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s scary because there is 400
\narmed men coming to you and your<\/p>\n
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\nfamily.
\nJacob’s family is probably at <\/p>\n
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\nthis time not even 50 when you
\ninclude all the servants and <\/p>\n
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\neverybody else and there’s 400
\narmed men that are coming <\/p>\n
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\ntowards you.
\nWe’re told that. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the rest is chapter 30.
\nI don’t know the actual verse. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what does he do?
\nHe divides up the family and he <\/p>\n
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\nputs the servants and their
\nchildren out in front, and he <\/p>\n
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\nputs Leah and her children next
\nand puts Joseph next, and he’s <\/p>\n
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\norganizing all the families got
\nthe gift. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s way out in front as well,
\nso that Esau gets the gift and <\/p>\n
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\nthen he meets the servants and
\ntheir children, and then he <\/p>\n
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\nmeets Leah and her children.
\nAnd then at the back there’s <\/p>\n
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\nRachel and special Joseph.
\nJust imagine rehearsing that <\/p>\n
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\nmoment in the family.
\nDoes everybody know where <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re meant to stand?
\nDoes everyone know the groups <\/p>\n
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\nthere?
\nNo, no, Joseph, come back here, <\/p>\n
339
\n00:24:40,640 –> 00:24:47,320
\nJoseph, back here with your mum
\nat the back and your Judah and <\/p>\n
340
\n00:24:47,320 –> 00:24:49,600
\nyou know that the people that
\naren’t valuable being put out <\/p>\n
341
\n00:24:49,600 –> 00:24:53,960
\nthere in front of you.
\nLet’s put that in modern terms. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:24:54,160 –> 00:24:57,920
\nThat’s what Hamas does with
\nhuman Shields. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:24:59,600 –> 00:25:03,920
\nThat’s what’s happening.
\nWe’ve got the less valuable <\/p>\n
344
\n00:25:03,920 –> 00:25:06,240
\npeople being put out the front
\nso they can be the bullet <\/p>\n
345
\n00:25:06,240 –> 00:25:11,920
\npillows, right?
\nThis is not just talked about, <\/p>\n
346
\n00:25:12,360 –> 00:25:17,280
\nthis is real.
\nThat’s what happens in that <\/p>\n
347
\n00:25:17,280 –> 00:25:21,320
\nfamily.
\nThere’s a very clear order of <\/p>\n
348
\n00:25:21,320 –> 00:25:28,240
\npriority and Judah’s not part of
\nthe special family. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:25:30,640 –> 00:25:40,720
\nJudah is part of the second rate
\nfamily of the unloved wife who <\/p>\n
350
\n00:25:40,720 –> 00:25:48,320
\nisn’t as valued and doesn’t get
\nthe time and attention given to <\/p>\n
351
\n00:25:48,320 –> 00:25:50,040
\nhim.
\nLet’s just think about how Judah<\/p>\n
352
\n00:25:50,040 –> 00:25:53,200
\nwould see this, how he would
\nfeel about something like this. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:25:53,200 –> 00:25:55,920
\nImagine it in your house.
\nWe’re not talking about who gets<\/p>\n
354
\n00:25:55,920 –> 00:25:57,680
\nthe biggest piece of chocolate
\ncake, right? <\/p>\n
355
\n00:25:57,880 –> 00:26:03,440
\nWe’re talking seriously when
\nthere’s a risk of death, who <\/p>\n
356
\n00:26:03,440 –> 00:26:06,840
\ngets put out in the front line.
\nThat’s the way this family was <\/p>\n
357
\n00:26:06,840 –> 00:26:11,840
\nbehaving.
\nUnderstand that when Jacob had <\/p>\n
358
\n00:26:11,840 –> 00:26:16,160
\nsome spare time, he didn’t spend
\nit with Reuben, Simeon and <\/p>\n
359
\n00:26:16,440 –> 00:26:21,120
\nJudah.
\nHe’s over in any Rachel’s tents <\/p>\n
360
\n00:26:22,200 –> 00:26:27,760
\nspending time with.
\nWe can work off this one <\/p>\n
361
\n00:26:29,200 –> 00:26:33,240
\nspending time with special
\nJoseph. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:26:34,480 –> 00:26:36,920
\nSo this would create resentment.
\nDo you understand that? <\/p>\n
363
\n00:26:37,800 –> 00:26:43,200
\nCan you see how Jacob would be
\nalways or just simply not <\/p>\n
364
\n00:26:43,200 –> 00:26:46,320
\nspending the time to give Judah
\nthe opportunity? <\/p>\n
365
\n00:26:46,920 –> 00:26:48,680
\nSo where would you to learn
\nthings? <\/p>\n
366
\n00:26:49,040 –> 00:26:54,240
\nImagine how Judah would learn to
\nlight a fire to. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:26:54,240 –> 00:26:58,000
\nI didn’t ride a bike and say
\nmaybe he rode a sheep or horse <\/p>\n
368
\n00:26:58,000 –> 00:27:00,960
\nor something.
\nWho taught him to do that? <\/p>\n
369
\n00:27:01,320 –> 00:27:03,960
\nThat’s meant to be the father’s
\njob, teaching the son, right? <\/p>\n
370
\n00:27:05,840 –> 00:27:07,120
\nWhere did you to learn those
\nthings? <\/p>\n
371
\n00:27:07,160 –> 00:27:10,400
\nHe learned it from his older
\nbrothers. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:27:11,000 –> 00:27:13,280
\nThey’d be the ones that would
\nshow him Reuben, Simeon, and <\/p>\n
373
\n00:27:13,280 –> 00:27:18,200
\nLevi.
\nYou know, Jacob would be talking<\/p>\n
374
\n00:27:18,200 –> 00:27:19,920
\nabout.
\nI meant to put this slide up <\/p>\n
375
\n00:27:19,920 –> 00:27:21,200
\nbefore.
\nSorry I got distracted. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:27:21,440 –> 00:27:25,160
\nJudah observes all these things
\nin his life, and he’d spend his <\/p>\n
377
\n00:27:25,160 –> 00:27:28,440
\ntime learning from these
\nbrothers, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, <\/p>\n
378
\n00:27:28,440 –> 00:27:30,160
\nwhoever they were.
\nI just want you to picture the <\/p>\n
379
\n00:27:30,160 –> 00:27:34,560
\nscene that that’s how Judah
\nwould grow up and he wouldn’t <\/p>\n
380
\n00:27:34,560 –> 00:27:39,000
\njust hear about it, He would
\nfeel it and that would shape his<\/p>\n
381
\n00:27:39,000 –> 00:27:41,840
\nperspective and define his
\nposition in the family. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:27:42,840 –> 00:27:45,040
\nBut I want you to think about
\nthe fact that Jacob would <\/p>\n
383
\n00:27:45,040 –> 00:27:49,880
\nequally keep talking about these
\npromises God’s given. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:27:49,880 –> 00:27:53,240
\nOur family promises.
\nGod’s blessed our family. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:27:53,440 –> 00:27:59,800
\nWe are a blessed special family
\nis what Judah would regularly <\/p>\n
386
\n00:27:59,800 –> 00:28:04,600
\nhear Jacob saying.
\nI want you to think about how <\/p>\n
387
\n00:28:05,120 –> 00:28:10,360
\nJudah would feel because he
\nwouldn’t be feeling like he’s <\/p>\n
388
\n00:28:10,360 –> 00:28:13,880
\nchosen, He wouldn’t be feeling
\nspecial. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:28:14,880 –> 00:28:19,680
\nHe wouldn’t be feeling like the
\nblessed child in the family. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:28:20,480 –> 00:28:24,280
\nHe knows his position.
\nHe knows his pecking order. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:28:26,000 –> 00:28:29,360
\nAnd that’s what Judah
\nexperienced. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:28:29,600 –> 00:28:33,320
\nAnd I keep saying that because
\nto talk about it’s one thing to <\/p>\n
393
\n00:28:33,320 –> 00:28:36,000
\ngrow up with that is very
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:28:37,400 –> 00:28:40,280
\nLet’s be blunt for a second.
\nAnd I’m a parent. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:28:41,400 –> 00:28:45,640
\nJacob’s wrong.
\nBluntly wrong. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:28:46,960 –> 00:28:52,280
\nHe created that problem.
\nAnd guys, your parents aren’t <\/p>\n
397
\n00:28:52,280 –> 00:28:56,040
\nperfect.
\nThey’re learning how to parent. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:28:57,760 –> 00:29:00,120
\nThey’re learning how to do
\nparenting. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:29:01,680 –> 00:29:09,560
\nParents make mistakes.
\nJacob was making a mistake, and <\/p>\n
400
\n00:29:09,560 –> 00:29:12,240
\nLear and Rachel were making some
\ndumb mistakes too. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:29:14,760 –> 00:29:18,480
\nBut that had consequences and
\nthat flowed through into the <\/p>\n
402
\n00:29:18,480 –> 00:29:22,280
\nfamily.
\nAnd if you feel some of that <\/p>\n
403
\n00:29:22,280 –> 00:29:29,280
\nemotion in whatever way in your
\nfamily, make a choice this <\/p>\n
404
\n00:29:29,280 –> 00:29:35,560
\nweekend.
\nStop it going to the next <\/p>\n
405
\n00:29:35,840 –> 00:29:42,840
\ngeneration because Abraham did
\nthat to Isaac, Isaac did that to<\/p>\n
406
\n00:29:42,840 –> 00:29:46,120
\nJacob, and Jacob’s doing that to
\nhis boys. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:29:46,120 –> 00:29:54,760
\nNow we learn these things from
\nmy parents and her parents. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:29:54,760 –> 00:29:59,320
\nMistakes have impacts on us, and
\nwe make the choice whether we’re<\/p>\n
409
\n00:29:59,320 –> 00:30:07,120
\ngoing to overreact and go to the
\nopposite extreme and do even <\/p>\n
410
\n00:30:07,120 –> 00:30:12,640
\nmore silly things just to be
\ndifferent, or we don’t even <\/p>\n
411
\n00:30:12,640 –> 00:30:16,880
\nrealize that we’re doing the
\nsame thing. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:30:18,720 –> 00:30:22,480
\nAnd we repeat that now.
\nNext study, we’re going to see <\/p>\n
413
\n00:30:22,480 –> 00:30:28,240
\nthe Judah repeats what his dad
\ndid to him in the way he was <\/p>\n
414
\n00:30:28,240 –> 00:30:31,920
\nbrought up.
\nWe had those choices. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:30:32,440 –> 00:30:34,160
\nYou’ve got to think carefully
\nabout that, and I want you to <\/p>\n
416
\n00:30:34,160 –> 00:30:35,760
\nunderstand that life is not
\nfair. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:30:35,760 –> 00:30:39,520
\nGod never promised that it would
\nbe fair, but God said I’m in <\/p>\n
418
\n00:30:39,520 –> 00:30:43,600
\ncontrol on its rights, and
\nthat’s the way God’s family is. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:30:43,920 –> 00:30:47,640
\nWe’ve got to suck it up
\nsometimes and accept that that <\/p>\n
420
\n00:30:47,640 –> 00:30:51,480
\nfor a while things might not go
\nto plan, but you’re going to see<\/p>\n
421
\n00:30:51,480 –> 00:30:55,960
\nthat for Judah’s life.
\nIt does in the end, but he had a<\/p>\n
422
\n00:30:55,960 –> 00:31:01,920
\nchoice initially.
\nHe chose to carry the bag of <\/p>\n
423
\n00:31:01,920 –> 00:31:05,200
\nresentment and make dumb
\nchoices. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:31:06,880 –> 00:31:08,720
\nHe realized that that didn’t
\nwork. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:31:10,080 –> 00:31:14,440
\nAnd that’s the choice we have to
\nmake is we can complain about <\/p>\n
426
\n00:31:14,440 –> 00:31:17,720
\nour upbringing, about what our
\nparents did wrong and all those <\/p>\n
427
\n00:31:17,720 –> 00:31:25,520
\nsort of things, or we can learn
\nfrom it and do better, talk <\/p>\n
428
\n00:31:25,520 –> 00:31:29,440
\nabout it.
\nIt’s a really important lesson. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:31:29,440 –> 00:31:31,040
\nYou’re going to see that come
\nout quite a bit. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:31:31,720 –> 00:31:35,240
\nSadly though, Judah chose to
\nplay the victim card. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:31:35,240 –> 00:31:41,840
\nIt’s like of all of the cards,
\nhe chose to play that one. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:31:43,440 –> 00:31:44,600
\nLet’s continue the story,
\nthough. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:31:44,920 –> 00:31:47,720
\nNext story in their family life,
\nthere’s the story of Dinah, <\/p>\n
434
\n00:31:47,720 –> 00:31:49,920
\ntheir daughter.
\nNow, if you remember, Dinah was <\/p>\n
435
\n00:31:49,920 –> 00:31:54,920
\nthe daughter of Leah, that’s
\nJudah’s family, and she went out<\/p>\n
436
\n00:31:54,920 –> 00:31:58,080
\nto check out the local girls.
\nAnd while she was out having an <\/p>\n
437
\n00:31:58,080 –> 00:32:00,400
\nafternoon with the local girls,
\nshe met a guy. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:32:00,400 –> 00:32:03,240
\nAnd you know where the story
\nends? <\/p>\n
439
\n00:32:04,240 –> 00:32:06,640
\nMessy.
\nI call the rest of the stories <\/p>\n
440
\n00:32:06,640 –> 00:32:10,120
\nin this family.
\nWe’re not going to go into the <\/p>\n
441
\n00:32:10,120 –> 00:32:13,720
\ndetails of how and the why, but
\nwhat I want you to appreciate <\/p>\n
442
\n00:32:13,720 –> 00:32:17,640
\nthat this is Judah’s family.
\nThis is his blood sister and his<\/p>\n
443
\n00:32:17,640 –> 00:32:19,920
\nBlood Brothers.
\nWe’re told we don’t have time to<\/p>\n
444
\n00:32:19,920 –> 00:32:22,280
\ngo to Genesis chapter 34 in
\ndetail. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:32:23,680 –> 00:32:24,640
\nWe’re just going to skip through
\nit. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:32:26,640 –> 00:32:30,560
\nJudah heard or sorry, Jacob
\nheard what happened, that Dinah <\/p>\n
447
\n00:32:30,560 –> 00:32:33,600
\nhad been defiled.
\nSo the message came out of the <\/p>\n
448
\n00:32:33,600 –> 00:32:37,400
\ncity in those first 4 verses
\nthat Dinah has been taken <\/p>\n
449
\n00:32:37,400 –> 00:32:39,960
\nadvantage of by the local
\nPrince. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:32:42,360 –> 00:32:48,880
\nAnd Jacob did nothing about that
\nuntil his sons. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:32:48,880 –> 00:32:51,280
\nSo if you look at your little
\nchart, we’re grown men Now <\/p>\n
452
\n00:32:52,040 –> 00:32:53,320
\nthey’re out in the field doing
\nthe work. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:32:53,320 –> 00:32:55,680
\nHe did nothing about it until
\nthey came home. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:32:56,920 –> 00:33:00,840
\nThis little child with all the
\ntime frames, what you’ll see is <\/p>\n
455
\n00:33:00,840 –> 00:33:05,880
\nthat Jutter is now a grown man.
\nHe’s well into his 20s by this <\/p>\n
456
\n00:33:05,880 –> 00:33:09,400
\nphase, this stage.
\nNow Shekin’s father, the <\/p>\n
457
\n00:33:09,400 –> 00:33:11,720
\nprince’s father, comes out to
\nspeak to Jacob about the <\/p>\n
458
\n00:33:11,720 –> 00:33:14,720
\nsituation.
\nAnd Jacob’s sons, they come in <\/p>\n
459
\n00:33:14,720 –> 00:33:18,680
\nfrom the hill field when they
\nheard the news, and they’re <\/p>\n
460
\n00:33:18,680 –> 00:33:21,680
\noffended.
\nAnd they’re angry because <\/p>\n
461
\n00:33:21,680 –> 00:33:25,080
\nShechem has disgraced their
\nsister. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:33:25,080 –> 00:33:30,680
\nAnd that’s what matters.
\nThey think that Dinah was raped <\/p>\n
463
\n00:33:31,800 –> 00:33:35,960
\nand they’re angry and they want
\nrevenge. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:33:37,240 –> 00:33:41,480
\nBut what’s Dad doing?
\nNothing. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:33:44,520 –> 00:33:49,600
\nNothing.
\nSo they come home and they push <\/p>\n
466
\n00:33:49,600 –> 00:33:52,280
\nfor some action and there’s an
\nagreement. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:33:52,280 –> 00:33:54,720
\nThere’s a whole deal and won’t
\ngo into all the story about it, <\/p>\n
468
\n00:33:54,960 –> 00:33:58,320
\nbut basically end result is
\nSimeon and Levi are the two <\/p>\n
469
\n00:33:58,320 –> 00:34:00,840
\nolder brothers of Dinah, Judah’s
\nolder brother. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:34:01,040 –> 00:34:02,920
\nAnd they go and they kill the
\nwhole city. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:34:02,920 –> 00:34:11,960
\nDo you know what Jacob does?
\nHe gets angry at Simeon and <\/p>\n
472
\n00:34:11,960 –> 00:34:13,880
\nLevi.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
473
\n00:34:14,600 –> 00:34:17,440
\nBecause you’ve embarrassed me,
\nis what Jacob says. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:34:19,239 –> 00:34:20,480
\nI don’t have the verse.
\nSorry. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:34:20,480 –> 00:34:23,080
\nI thought it was up there.
\nJacob gets angry at Simeon and <\/p>\n
476
\n00:34:23,080 –> 00:34:28,239
\nLevi because they embarrassed
\nJacob in front of the locals. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:34:29,639 –> 00:34:34,440
\nWhat’s the issue, dad?
\nShe in verse 31, Reuben and <\/p>\n
478
\n00:34:34,920 –> 00:34:40,239
\nSimeon and Levi say, dad, they
\ncan’t treat our sister like a <\/p>\n
479
\n00:34:40,239 –> 00:34:44,320
\nprostitute.
\nThat’s their attitude and Judas <\/p>\n
480
\n00:34:44,320 –> 00:34:47,719
\nwatching this, and they’re
\nright. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:34:49,440 –> 00:34:59,160
\nJacob’s wrong and Judah watches
\nthe way dad is treating his <\/p>\n
482
\n00:34:59,160 –> 00:35:03,760
\nblood sister and his Blood
\nBrothers that he looks up to. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:35:06,080 –> 00:35:10,680
\nAnd all Jacob’s interested in is
\nspecial little Joseph. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:35:12,640 –> 00:35:15,960
\nNot saying that Judah is correct
\nor balanced in his perspective, <\/p>\n
485
\n00:35:15,960 –> 00:35:20,760
\nthe way he looks at this, but
\nunderstandably, he’s a bit <\/p>\n
486
\n00:35:20,760 –> 00:35:24,160
\ndifficult about it.
\nThere’s another problem in this <\/p>\n
487
\n00:35:24,160 –> 00:35:27,800
\nfamily.
\nReuben also gets involved in a <\/p>\n
488
\n00:35:27,800 –> 00:35:31,880
\nrelationship with Bill Ha, who’s
\none of Jacob’s servant wives, <\/p>\n
489
\n00:35:31,880 –> 00:35:35,720
\nthrough Leah.
\nIn case we didn’t have enough <\/p>\n
490
\n00:35:35,720 –> 00:35:39,520
\nawkwardness in this subject of
\nthis nature in our topic, I’m <\/p>\n
491
\n00:35:39,520 –> 00:35:43,840
\nsorry that happens at the same
\ntime. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:35:44,600 –> 00:35:49,400
\nAnd then we come to this story,
\nand that’s the background to the<\/p>\n
493
\n00:35:49,400 –> 00:35:51,160
\nstory that you read this
\nmorning. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:35:52,040 –> 00:35:57,880
\nThat’s the family dynamics.
\nLet’s now think about that <\/p>\n
495
\n00:35:57,880 –> 00:36:00,440
\nstory.
\nYou probably know the story of <\/p>\n
496
\n00:36:00,440 –> 00:36:02,720
\nJoseph quite well.
\nI’m assuming that you’ve heard <\/p>\n
497
\n00:36:02,720 –> 00:36:04,680
\nit in Sunday school.
\nI’m assuming that you’ve heard <\/p>\n
498
\n00:36:04,680 –> 00:36:07,360
\nit in the youth group somewhere.
\nYou know the story of what <\/p>\n
499
\n00:36:07,360 –> 00:36:10,520
\nChapter 37 says.
\nBut I want you to just bluntly <\/p>\n
500
\n00:36:10,760 –> 00:36:15,000
\nlisten and look at how clearly
\nthe Bible tells us about the <\/p>\n
501
\n00:36:15,000 –> 00:36:18,200
\nissues in this family.
\nYes, there was inferiority that <\/p>\n
502
\n00:36:18,200 –> 00:36:21,640
\nhad been filled for years.
\nThere was resentment that had <\/p>\n
503
\n00:36:21,640 –> 00:36:26,400
\nbeen growing for years.
\nBut chapter 37, verse 4 says <\/p>\n
504
\n00:36:26,400 –> 00:36:32,800
\nthey hated Joseph and could not
\nspeak a nice thing to him about <\/p>\n
505
\n00:36:32,800 –> 00:36:37,360
\nhim or anything.
\nThey couldn’t say a nice thing <\/p>\n
506
\n00:36:37,960 –> 00:36:41,160
\nto Joseph.
\nThat’s the way it started at the<\/p>\n
507
\n00:36:41,160 –> 00:36:45,600
\nbeginning of chapter 37.
\nJust imagine that. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:36:46,240 –> 00:36:48,720
\nI hope there’s no one in your
\nfamily that you can’t say <\/p>\n
509
\n00:36:48,720 –> 00:36:51,240
\nsomething nice to at some point,
\nlike hopefully on their <\/p>\n
510
\n00:36:51,240 –> 00:36:56,120
\nbirthday, something that’s not
\nwhere these families are. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:36:57,840 –> 00:37:01,520
\nIn verse 5, the Bible then tells
\nus they hated Joseph. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:37:01,560 –> 00:37:06,560
\nYet the more that’s not just
\nrepeating it, it’s yet the more <\/p>\n
513
\n00:37:07,360 –> 00:37:11,120
\nso there isn’t enough hating
\nthat they can’t speak to him. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:37:11,760 –> 00:37:13,720
\nThey hate him even more than
\nthat. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:37:14,400 –> 00:37:16,040
\nAnd then in verse 8, we’re told
\nit again. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:37:16,200 –> 00:37:18,640
\nThey hate him even more than
\nnot, more than that, more than <\/p>\n
517
\n00:37:18,640 –> 00:37:22,680
\nthat.
\nAnd then in verse 11, we’re told<\/p>\n
518
\n00:37:22,680 –> 00:37:25,520
\nthe real motive of what was
\ncausing this, and it was envy. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:37:26,120 –> 00:37:29,240
\nYour Bible might say jealousy.
\nThat’s the motive. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:37:29,280 –> 00:37:33,440
\nThat’s what’s driving them.
\nYou don’t understand that envy <\/p>\n
521
\n00:37:33,440 –> 00:37:36,520
\nis a dangerous thing, how it
\ngrows. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:37:36,720 –> 00:37:39,280
\nJealousy that someone’s got
\nsomething that you don’t have <\/p>\n
523
\n00:37:39,520 –> 00:37:44,840
\ngrows because it sits deep down
\nthere in US and it clouds our <\/p>\n
524
\n00:37:44,840 –> 00:37:48,960
\njudgement of that person.
\nWe can’t see anything good that <\/p>\n
525
\n00:37:48,960 –> 00:37:53,360
\nthey could do.
\nAll we see is the negatives and <\/p>\n
526
\n00:37:53,360 –> 00:37:59,040
\nwe dwell on that and we make it
\nworse than what it actually is. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:38:00,960 –> 00:38:04,560
\nYou know that envy got so bad,
\nthey actually started planning <\/p>\n
528
\n00:38:04,560 –> 00:38:07,480
\nhow they’d kill him, and they
\nactually agreed. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:38:08,000 –> 00:38:09,920
\nIt’s one thing to dream about
\nthat. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:38:10,080 –> 00:38:12,800
\nI have vivid dreams.
\nI have crazy dreams, so that’s <\/p>\n
531
\n00:38:12,800 –> 00:38:14,520
\none thing to dream.
\nI don’t think I dream about <\/p>\n
532
\n00:38:14,520 –> 00:38:19,800
\nmurdering people, just in case
\nyou’re wondering, but it’s one <\/p>\n
533
\n00:38:19,800 –> 00:38:24,120
\nthing to think that yourself.
\nJust imagine telling your <\/p>\n
534
\n00:38:24,120 –> 00:38:26,720
\nbrother or sister that that’s
\nwhat you’re going to do to your <\/p>\n
535
\n00:38:26,720 –> 00:38:32,240
\nother brother, and then to talk
\nabout it to 12 of them, or sorry<\/p>\n
536
\n00:38:32,240 –> 00:38:34,720
\nto 10 of them, to agree to kill
\nhim. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:38:37,000 –> 00:38:38,640
\nThat’s where the bitterness is
\nat. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:38:38,640 –> 00:38:42,400
\nThat’s how bitter and angry and
\ntwisted they are. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:38:43,320 –> 00:38:47,280
\nIs Joseph worthy of that?
\nAbsolutely not. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:38:47,720 –> 00:38:49,240
\nWell, sorry, little detail in
\nthere. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:38:49,760 –> 00:38:54,280
\nIt’s exactly the same as Jesus.
\nSame motivation is what killed <\/p>\n
542
\n00:38:54,280 –> 00:38:59,560
\nJesus was jealousy, envy to him
\nby the Pharisees? <\/p>\n
543
\n00:39:01,760 –> 00:39:03,480
\nWhat was Joseph’s response to
\nthat? <\/p>\n
544
\n00:39:03,680 –> 00:39:08,720
\nWas Joseph egging you on?
\nBut Joseph always spoke to his <\/p>\n
545
\n00:39:08,720 –> 00:39:13,120
\nbrothers in a peaceful way.
\nHe was always kind to them. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:39:14,000 –> 00:39:20,000
\nIn chapter 37, verse 4, Jacob
\nactually sent Joseph off to go <\/p>\n
547
\n00:39:20,000 –> 00:39:24,760
\nand see if it was well or
\npeaceable with his brethren and <\/p>\n
548
\n00:39:24,760 –> 00:39:28,240
\nthe flocks.
\nAnd that’s what Joseph went to <\/p>\n
549
\n00:39:28,240 –> 00:39:31,600
\ndo.
\nHe was going for their good. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:39:32,200 –> 00:39:34,880
\nHe was going to check out the
\nsituation to make sure that <\/p>\n
551
\n00:39:34,880 –> 00:39:41,400
\neverything was OK and bring back
\na report of anything they <\/p>\n
552
\n00:39:41,400 –> 00:39:45,240
\nneeded.
\nAnd what are the brothers <\/p>\n
553
\n00:39:45,240 –> 00:39:48,480
\nthinking?
\nThey’re thinking how to kill <\/p>\n
554
\n00:39:48,480 –> 00:39:51,640
\nhim.
\nJust grasp that it’s important <\/p>\n
555
\n00:39:51,640 –> 00:39:53,360
\nbecause we’re going to see this
\npop up again later. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:39:53,680 –> 00:39:56,560
\nEven later in Joseph’s life,
\nafter everything’s happened, all<\/p>\n
557
\n00:39:56,560 –> 00:40:00,400
\nhe can ever do is speak
\npeaceably to them and ask about <\/p>\n
558
\n00:40:00,400 –> 00:40:02,720
\ntheir welfare or what’s good for
\nthem. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:40:03,280 –> 00:40:07,960
\nIt’s important quality.
\nTry to let your words be sweet, <\/p>\n
560
\n00:40:08,480 –> 00:40:13,280
\nthe things you say about people
\nbe things you’re happy to have <\/p>\n
561
\n00:40:13,280 –> 00:40:18,000
\ncome back on you because that’s
\nwhat Judah in particular does <\/p>\n
562
\n00:40:18,200 –> 00:40:19,960
\nand he gets it.
\nCome back on him. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:40:21,120 –> 00:40:23,960
\nBut I want you to consider verse
\n18 and just understand what this<\/p>\n
564
\n00:40:23,960 –> 00:40:26,320
\nmeans.
\nGrab a Bible marking pen, <\/p>\n
565
\n00:40:26,320 –> 00:40:29,960
\npencil, something, and just
\ncarefully look at this verse. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:40:30,240 –> 00:40:34,840
\nThis verse says that Joseph’s
\nbrothers saw him from a distance<\/p>\n
567
\n00:40:35,120 –> 00:40:41,760
\nand before he reached them, they
\nplan to kill him. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:40:43,760 –> 00:40:46,600
\nIt’s one thing to get angry with
\na person because you’ve been <\/p>\n
569
\n00:40:46,600 –> 00:40:49,920
\ncamping with them for two nights
\nat a study weekend, a night done<\/p>\n
570
\n00:40:49,920 –> 00:40:52,680
\nwith the fact they make a mess
\nof the room and they’re annoying<\/p>\n
571
\n00:40:52,880 –> 00:40:55,280
\nand they just won’t sleep and
\nthey keep talking and you’re <\/p>\n
572
\n00:40:55,280 –> 00:40:56,880
\nstarting to get annoyed at them,
\nright? <\/p>\n
573
\n00:40:57,240 –> 00:41:01,720
\nThat’s one thing.
\nYou know this carefully. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:41:02,480 –> 00:41:06,640
\nJoseph’s brothers saw him from a
\ndistance. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:41:07,640 –> 00:41:09,760
\nJoseph didn’t have a chance to
\nsay a word. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:41:10,480 –> 00:41:14,480
\nHe didn’t have a chance to say a
\nthing, and they were planning to<\/p>\n
577
\n00:41:14,480 –> 00:41:16,600
\nkill him.
\nThat’s because they hated him so<\/p>\n
578
\n00:41:16,600 –> 00:41:20,080
\nmuch from what he did last time
\nthey saw him, which has to be a <\/p>\n
579
\n00:41:20,080 –> 00:41:25,000
\nwhile ago because Jacob has sent
\nJoseph down to see how they’re <\/p>\n
580
\n00:41:25,000 –> 00:41:29,880
\ngoing.
\nThat’s the level of resentment <\/p>\n
581
\n00:41:29,880 –> 00:41:34,600
\nthat’s growing in this family
\nthat they just, the very sight <\/p>\n
582
\n00:41:34,600 –> 00:41:38,920
\nof him is enough to make them
\nwant to kill their brother. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:41:39,760 –> 00:41:41,720
\nThat’s strong emotions.
\nI want you to picture that <\/p>\n
584
\n00:41:41,720 –> 00:41:42,960
\nscene.
\nHere they are. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:41:42,960 –> 00:41:45,440
\nThey’re, they’re doing whatever
\nthey do while they’re meant to <\/p>\n
586
\n00:41:45,440 –> 00:41:48,480
\nbe looking after their flocks
\nand they look out there in the <\/p>\n
587
\n00:41:48,480 –> 00:41:52,080
\ndistance and they see this guy
\nwalking over the hill with a <\/p>\n
588
\n00:41:52,080 –> 00:41:54,200
\ncolorful coat.
\nIf it was colorful, who cares? <\/p>\n
589
\n00:41:54,200 –> 00:41:56,160
\nWhatever.
\nIt actually was something that <\/p>\n
590
\n00:41:56,160 –> 00:41:59,000
\nidentified Joseph because of his
\ncoat. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:41:59,600 –> 00:42:01,320
\nSo they knew that it was Joseph,
\nright? <\/p>\n
592
\n00:42:03,480 –> 00:42:07,160
\nThey see him from a distance.
\nAnd so they start planning, not <\/p>\n
593
\n00:42:07,880 –> 00:42:11,400
\nhow they give him a rough time,
\nbut it’s rough. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:42:11,400 –> 00:42:14,920
\nHe’s rocks at him as he comes.
\nThey plan how to kill him. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:42:16,120 –> 00:42:19,320
\nThat’s intense.
\nThat’s like zero to 100 in like <\/p>\n
596
\n00:42:19,320 –> 00:42:22,640
\n30 seconds without a word or
\nthing done or said. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:42:25,560 –> 00:42:29,160
\nI just want you to appreciate
\nwhat that was like for Joseph as<\/p>\n
598
\n00:42:29,160 –> 00:42:33,680
\nhe walked up closer to his
\nbrothers. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:42:34,200 –> 00:42:39,520
\nAnd he’s like, well, well, like,
\nfeel the tension. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:42:40,480 –> 00:42:44,200
\nCould you feel that as you’d
\nwalk up and they’re angry enough<\/p>\n
601
\n00:42:44,200 –> 00:42:47,120
\nto kill him?
\nDo you think Joseph felt that? <\/p>\n
602
\n00:42:48,920 –> 00:42:50,240
\nHe did.
\nWe’re told that later. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:42:51,960 –> 00:42:54,240
\nImagine what it was like when
\nyour brothers then jump on you, <\/p>\n
604
\n00:42:56,160 –> 00:43:01,120
\ngrab you, and they throw Joseph
\ninto a dry pit. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:43:01,160 –> 00:43:04,600
\nWe’re told that specifically in
\nthe Bible it was dry. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:43:05,360 –> 00:43:08,840
\nSo what does that tell us?
\nIt’s not just muddy, gross at <\/p>\n
607
\n00:43:08,840 –> 00:43:12,200
\nthe bottom.
\nA dry pit typically means it was<\/p>\n
608
\n00:43:12,200 –> 00:43:17,920
\na rubbish tip.
\nDead animal bodies, lots of <\/p>\n
609
\n00:43:17,920 –> 00:43:21,680
\nother mess won’t go into too
\nmuch maybe, but let’s be <\/p>\n
610
\n00:43:21,680 –> 00:43:25,360
\nspecific about some things.
\nThey say it’s quite normal to <\/p>\n
611
\n00:43:25,360 –> 00:43:29,400
\nhave snakes and other dangerous
\nthings that have fallen down <\/p>\n
612
\n00:43:29,400 –> 00:43:32,480
\ninside there and that’s what
\nthey throw Joseph into. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:43:33,000 –> 00:43:37,520
\nThey treat him as a piece of
\nrubbish with the intention to <\/p>\n
614
\n00:43:37,520 –> 00:43:41,280
\nkill him.
\nThat’s where they’re at, and <\/p>\n
615
\n00:43:41,280 –> 00:43:44,920
\nthat’s where we get you to start
\nspeaking out, and that’s where <\/p>\n
616
\n00:43:44,920 –> 00:43:48,400
\nwe start hearing what Judah
\nreally thinks. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:43:48,720 –> 00:43:52,640
\nThey throw him into that pit and
\nthey sit down, we’re told in <\/p>\n
618
\n00:43:52,640 –> 00:43:59,600
\nverse 30 or sorry, verse 25, and
\nthey ate their lunch. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:44:00,360 –> 00:44:06,640
\nJust imagine that they sit down
\nto have a feed while they’re <\/p>\n
620
\n00:44:06,640 –> 00:44:10,040
\nhearing Joseph’s cries coming
\nout from the pits. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:44:10,840 –> 00:44:14,240
\nBrothers, why?
\nWhat are you doing this for? <\/p>\n
622
\n00:44:15,160 –> 00:44:17,360
\nI didn’t do anything wrong.
\nI’m just here to help you. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:44:18,560 –> 00:44:25,000
\nDon’t kill me.
\nAnd they eat their lunch and <\/p>\n
624
\n00:44:25,000 –> 00:44:27,480
\nimagine the scene.
\nThey’re looking over those same <\/p>\n
625
\n00:44:27,480 –> 00:44:29,640
\nhills and they see some traders
\ncoming. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:44:31,520 –> 00:44:35,840
\nAnd Judy goes, hey guys, what’s
\nthe point of killing our <\/p>\n
627
\n00:44:35,840 –> 00:44:40,120
\nbrother?
\nThat means we’ve got to do all <\/p>\n
628
\n00:44:40,120 –> 00:44:43,240
\nthe hard work and we’ll get our
\nhands dirty. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:44:45,120 –> 00:44:48,120
\nWe could get paid to have him
\nkilled. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:44:49,520 –> 00:44:54,400
\nWouldn’t that be better?
\nThat’s Judah’s logic. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:44:56,720 –> 00:45:02,360
\nThat’s the way Judah thinks.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:45:02,360 –> 00:45:04,560
\nThere’s probably a bit of
\nreservation with actually <\/p>\n
633
\n00:45:04,560 –> 00:45:07,760
\nkilling his brother.
\nAnd I think deep down, Judah has<\/p>\n
634
\n00:45:07,800 –> 00:45:10,560
\na bit of that conscience and it
\nholds him back. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:45:12,240 –> 00:45:14,560
\nSo he says to his brothers, come
\non, let’s sell him to the <\/p>\n
636
\n00:45:14,560 –> 00:45:20,680
\nIshmaelites, who actually
\ndistant family relatives, and <\/p>\n
637
\n00:45:20,680 –> 00:45:22,440
\nlet’s not let our hand be upon
\nhim. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:45:23,880 –> 00:45:30,160
\nHe’s our brother.
\nHe’s our blood brother. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:45:30,960 –> 00:45:34,680
\nAnd it’s hard to kill somebody
\nthat is your blood brother. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:45:36,720 –> 00:45:40,520
\nAnd no doubt they talked about
\nit and they’re content with the <\/p>\n
641
\n00:45:40,520 –> 00:45:43,400
\nidea.
\nIt saves us doing the awkward <\/p>\n
642
\n00:45:43,400 –> 00:45:46,840
\nmoment, and we can say we didn’t
\ndo it. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:45:53,750 –> 00:45:58,830
\nAnd so the Midianites, as they
\ncame a little bit closer, were <\/p>\n
644
\n00:45:58,830 –> 00:46:05,590
\ncalled over and Judah, Reuben or
\nnot Reuben, sorry, Simeon and <\/p>\n
645
\n00:46:05,590 –> 00:46:09,550
\nLevi, no doubt, because Reuben
\nwalks away, draw Joseph up out <\/p>\n
646
\n00:46:09,550 –> 00:46:13,230
\nof the pits, but lift him up.
\nAnd they sold him to the <\/p>\n
647
\n00:46:13,270 –> 00:46:15,640
\nIshmaelites for 20 pieces of
\nsilver. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:46:17,080 –> 00:46:20,800
\nAnd Joseph went to Egypt.
\nSo easy to read that story. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:46:21,400 –> 00:46:25,280
\nJust imagine that.
\nJust grasp that what that would <\/p>\n
650
\n00:46:25,280 –> 00:46:28,520
\nhave been like.
\nYou’ve lifted your brother out <\/p>\n
651
\n00:46:30,760 –> 00:46:35,240
\nand he knows what’s happening.
\nAnd you’re standing there <\/p>\n
652
\n00:46:35,240 –> 00:46:36,760
\ntrading.
\nWhat’s he worth? <\/p>\n
653
\n00:46:37,040 –> 00:46:40,240
\nCome on, give us 30 now.
\nHe’s worth 15. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:46:42,080 –> 00:46:44,640
\nWho did that?
\nWho did that deal? <\/p>\n
655
\n00:46:47,160 –> 00:46:49,480
\nSurely that was due to it was
\nhis idea. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:46:52,200 –> 00:46:53,440
\nHe was the one that came up with
\nit. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:46:53,440 –> 00:46:54,760
\nHe’s got to take the lead on
\nthat. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:46:56,640 –> 00:46:58,400
\nImagine talking over your
\nbrother doing that. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:46:59,640 –> 00:47:03,880
\nImagine when he is then stood up
\nand he looks you in the eye, <\/p>\n
660
\n00:47:03,880 –> 00:47:06,680
\nhaving heard what you just did
\nabout him. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:47:10,440 –> 00:47:13,240
\nAnd then they tie him up and
\nthey start walking away. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:47:13,240 –> 00:47:17,400
\nAnd you know, that moment
\nscarred Judah for the rest of <\/p>\n
663
\n00:47:17,400 –> 00:47:20,000
\nhis life.
\nWe’re told that later we’ll look<\/p>\n
664
\n00:47:20,000 –> 00:47:25,680
\nat that minute or later study.
\nThat moment of Joseph being <\/p>\n
665
\n00:47:25,680 –> 00:47:32,000
\ntaken away scarred Judah’s mind.
\nHe couldn’t forget it. 20 <\/p>\n
666
\n00:47:32,000 –> 00:47:34,240
\nsomething years later, it still
\nhaunted him. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:47:35,880 –> 00:47:38,440
\nAnd your conscience, young
\npeople, is a wonderful thing. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:47:39,600 –> 00:47:41,960
\nIt’s a wonderful thing because
\nit stops us. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:47:41,960 –> 00:47:45,920
\nIt makes us think about the
\ndecisions, the choices and the <\/p>\n
670
\n00:47:45,920 –> 00:47:49,640
\nactions we’ve made.
\nAnd that moment scarred Judah. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:47:50,800 –> 00:47:53,520
\nOh, I’m sure that Judah danced
\naround and tried to make some <\/p>\n
672
\n00:47:53,520 –> 00:47:56,640
\nevent out of it and distract
\nhimself from the pain of the <\/p>\n
673
\n00:47:56,640 –> 00:47:58,760
\nreality of what he had just
\ndone. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:48:01,760 –> 00:48:05,600
\nWe can continue the story on.
\nRuben comes back saying what’s <\/p>\n
675
\n00:48:05,600 –> 00:48:07,000
\ngoing on?
\nThey had to explain it. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:48:07,800 –> 00:48:10,280
\nThey’re then having to concoct
\nsome story as they’re walking <\/p>\n
677
\n00:48:10,280 –> 00:48:12,720
\nall the way back home to their
\ndad. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:48:12,920 –> 00:48:15,240
\nHow are we going to tell dad?
\nThe problem is Reuben doesn’t <\/p>\n
679
\n00:48:15,240 –> 00:48:16,720
\nagree with us.
\nReuben’s not happy. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:48:16,960 –> 00:48:20,520
\nThere’s a problem between the
\nbrothers, not only about what <\/p>\n
681
\n00:48:20,520 –> 00:48:24,160
\nthey’ve done, but how they’re
\ngoing to lie to their dad. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:48:24,160 –> 00:48:27,560
\nCan you imagine that moment?
\nThat’s where it starts getting <\/p>\n
683
\n00:48:27,560 –> 00:48:31,000
\ndifficult.
\nAnd then imagine getting some <\/p>\n
684
\n00:48:31,000 –> 00:48:35,080
\nblood, putting it on that coat
\ngoing. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:48:35,080 –> 00:48:36,960
\nHow do we fake it?
\nLike, how much blood should we <\/p>\n
686
\n00:48:36,960 –> 00:48:39,080
\nput on?
\nHow do you make that look real? <\/p>\n
687
\n00:48:40,240 –> 00:48:44,520
\nThey’re awkward conversations,
\nreally awkward conversations. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:48:45,560 –> 00:48:48,840
\nBut that shows the hearts of
\nJudah. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:48:50,200 –> 00:48:58,560
\nCold indifference because
\nbitter, envious emotions. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:49:02,080 –> 00:49:04,720
\nAnd then I just want you to
\nthink about who was it that <\/p>\n
691
\n00:49:04,720 –> 00:49:10,320
\nbowed up their dad and said, is
\nthis your son’s coat? <\/p>\n
692
\n00:49:12,760 –> 00:49:17,160
\nCan you imagine looking in those
\neyes of your dad and passing <\/p>\n
693
\n00:49:17,160 –> 00:49:22,240
\nover a piece of clothing and
\nsaying, can you figure out who <\/p>\n
694
\n00:49:22,280 –> 00:49:28,600
\nthat is, if that’s your special
\nson’s coat or not, when you <\/p>\n
695
\n00:49:28,600 –> 00:49:33,400
\nclearly don’t care about that
\nbrother, but you know your dad <\/p>\n
696
\n00:49:33,400 –> 00:49:38,160
\ndoes and you know what you did
\nto him and you’re pulling the <\/p>\n
697
\n00:49:38,160 –> 00:49:43,720
\nwool over your dad’s eyes.
\nJust think about that emotion <\/p>\n
698
\n00:49:45,200 –> 00:49:48,520
\nbecause you dwell on it, or
\nJudah had to dwell on it for <\/p>\n
699
\n00:49:48,520 –> 00:49:52,520
\ndays.
\nThe way Jacob behaved and <\/p>\n
700
\n00:49:52,520 –> 00:49:56,000
\nresponded to it was he tore his
\nclothes and he started mourning.<\/p>\n
701
\n00:49:56,560 –> 00:49:57,960
\nBut let’s read the Bible
\ncarefully. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:49:57,960 –> 00:50:00,320
\nWhat does it tell us?
\nThe Bible’s very specific in <\/p>\n
703
\n00:50:00,320 –> 00:50:04,240
\nwhat it says.
\nJacob tore his clothes, he put <\/p>\n
704
\n00:50:04,240 –> 00:50:08,160
\nsackcloth on himself, and he
\nmourned for his son for many <\/p>\n
705
\n00:50:08,880 –> 00:50:14,160
\ndays, many days.
\nIt was quite normal to mourn for<\/p>\n
706
\n00:50:14,160 –> 00:50:18,960
\n30 days.
\nThey mourn for Jacob when he <\/p>\n
707
\n00:50:18,960 –> 00:50:23,960
\ndied for 40 days.
\nSo we can only assume that <\/p>\n
708
\n00:50:23,960 –> 00:50:28,360
\nthat’s more than the normal.
\nOK, that’s a long time to start <\/p>\n
709
\n00:50:28,360 –> 00:50:31,440
\nfeeling awkward.
\nNow I want you to appreciate how<\/p>\n
710
\n00:50:31,440 –> 00:50:38,120
\nawkward all his sons and
\ndaughters, and that includes <\/p>\n
711
\n00:50:38,120 –> 00:50:43,680
\nJudah, stood beside him,
\nconsoling him. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:50:46,560 –> 00:50:51,080
\nCan you imagine standing beside
\nyour dad trying to say it’s OK, <\/p>\n
713
\n00:50:51,080 –> 00:50:54,960
\ndad, it’ll be OK.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:50:54,960 –> 00:50:56,120
\nI don’t know what happened to
\nhim. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:50:57,240 –> 00:50:58,440
\nYeah, we don’t.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:50:58,720 –> 00:51:01,000
\nYeah, it could have.
\nHe could have been a wild base. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:51:01,880 –> 00:51:10,880
\nYeah, it’ll be OK, Dad.
\nTrying to console your dad for a<\/p>\n
718
\n00:51:10,880 –> 00:51:16,800
\nmonth.
\nJacob’s totally overreacting. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:51:16,800 –> 00:51:20,040
\nI’m not denying that.
\nBecause this is his special <\/p>\n
720
\n00:51:20,040 –> 00:51:25,240
\nchild, he refused to be
\nconsoled. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:51:25,240 –> 00:51:28,640
\nHe kept pushing them away.
\nBut just grasp the lies that <\/p>\n
722
\n00:51:28,640 –> 00:51:32,560
\nwere being told for that many
\ndays to their dad, just to his <\/p>\n
723
\n00:51:32,560 –> 00:51:35,840
\nface at a time when he’s
\nmourning. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:51:38,120 –> 00:51:40,960
\nAnd Jacob says I’m going to go
\nto the grave mourning for my <\/p>\n
725
\n00:51:40,960 –> 00:51:46,640
\nson.
\nAnd that’s how Joseph’s dad wept<\/p>\n
726
\n00:51:46,640 –> 00:51:55,640
\nfor him while bitter Judah in
\nhis resentment to Joseph faked <\/p>\n
727
\n00:51:55,640 –> 00:52:00,720
\nit that he cared and kept
\ntelling lies for days. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:52:03,280 –> 00:52:06,080
\nAnd by day 10, the novelty
\nstarts wearing off. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:52:08,000 –> 00:52:12,880
\nAnd how does Judah start
\nfeeling, Come on, dad, get over <\/p>\n
730
\n00:52:12,880 –> 00:52:18,680
\nit.
\nAnd he starts getting resentful <\/p>\n
731
\n00:52:18,680 –> 00:52:23,760
\nto his dad because of the way
\nhis dad’s behaving. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:52:26,080 –> 00:52:27,960
\nThat’s the tension in this
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:52:29,200 –> 00:52:33,080
\nCan you feel that?
\nIf there’s nothing that’s going <\/p>\n
734
\n00:52:33,080 –> 00:52:36,800
\nto come out of our story this
\nweekend, it’s being truthful. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:52:37,640 –> 00:52:42,200
\nIt’s being honest.
\nAnd that was an utter lie. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:52:43,080 –> 00:52:46,840
\nJust grasp that.
\nOne lie after another lie after <\/p>\n
737
\n00:52:46,840 –> 00:52:49,600
\nanother lie.
\nSlept on, woke up in the morning<\/p>\n
738
\n00:52:49,600 –> 00:52:54,800
\nto the same emotions.
\nAnd Judah lived with that for 20<\/p>\n
739
\n00:52:54,800 –> 00:52:59,280
\nyears, and it played his
\nconscience. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:53:01,360 –> 00:53:05,720
\nAnd conscience is the way God
\nworks in our lives. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:53:06,560 –> 00:53:12,840
\nHe lets that little voice warn
\nus in the back of our minds that<\/p>\n
742
\n00:53:12,840 –> 00:53:15,640
\nthe decision we are making is
\nnot good. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:53:16,400 –> 00:53:18,400
\nIt’s a beautiful little phrase
\nand it goes like this. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:53:18,400 –> 00:53:24,880
\nIt says conscience warns you
\nlike a friend before events <\/p>\n
745
\n00:53:24,920 –> 00:53:30,800
\npunish you like an enemy.
\nYour conscience is that voice <\/p>\n
746
\n00:53:30,800 –> 00:53:34,040
\nthat’s warning you.
\nIt’s saying don’t go there, do <\/p>\n
747
\n00:53:34,040 –> 00:53:38,160
\nsomething different.
\nDon’t do that before the <\/p>\n
748
\n00:53:38,160 –> 00:53:43,600
\nconsequences of your dumb
\ndecisions come home for the rest<\/p>\n
749
\n00:53:43,600 –> 00:53:48,120
\nof your life.
\nYou know, that moment was so <\/p>\n
750
\n00:53:48,120 –> 00:53:54,080
\nintense that the Bible then
\ngives us an incredible contrast.<\/p>\n
751
\n00:53:54,080 –> 00:53:55,760
\nI love the Bible the way it does
\nthis. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:53:56,960 –> 00:54:01,400
\nThe next chapter that we’re
\nabout to be open with in chapter<\/p>\n
753
\n00:54:01,400 –> 00:54:04,800
\n38 opens by saying, And it came
\nto pass at that time that Judah <\/p>\n
754
\n00:54:04,800 –> 00:54:07,760
\nwent down from his brethren.
\nOh, OK. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:54:08,120 –> 00:54:14,560
\nHe just went down.
\nNo, his conscience drove him <\/p>\n
756
\n00:54:14,560 –> 00:54:19,040
\naway because it was too hard in
\nthat family. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:54:21,640 –> 00:54:28,640
\nJudah made the choice to leave
\nhis family and chapter 39 opens <\/p>\n
758
\n00:54:28,640 –> 00:54:36,320
\nwith and Joseph was brought
\nagainst his will down to Egypt. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:54:38,040 –> 00:54:45,400
\nJudah chose to leave his family,
\nto leave the ecclesia, his youth<\/p>\n
760
\n00:54:45,400 –> 00:54:47,840
\ngroup, and he chose to go his
\nown way. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:54:49,480 –> 00:54:55,440
\nDumb decision.
\nJoseph was forced to do that and<\/p>\n
762
\n00:54:55,880 –> 00:55:00,360
\nbroke his heart.
\nAnd that’s how polar opposite <\/p>\n
763
\n00:55:00,360 –> 00:55:04,040
\nthese two boys are.
\nThey’re so extreme opposites. <\/p>\n
764
\n00:55:05,440 –> 00:55:08,680
\nAnd that’s why we appreciate
\nJoseph when we understand Judah,<\/p>\n
765
\n00:55:09,400 –> 00:55:12,480
\nand we understand Judah when we
\nappreciate Joseph. <\/p>\n
766
\n00:55:13,480 –> 00:55:15,680
\nWe’ll pick up in Chapter 38
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