{"id":1454,"date":"2026-03-15T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/381-joe-pommer-exhortation-the-union-of-sorrow-and-joy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T00:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:50:53","slug":"381-joe-pommer-exhortation-the-union-of-sorrow-and-joy","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/381-joe-pommer-exhortation-the-union-of-sorrow-and-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"391: Joe Pommer – Exhortation: The Union of Sorrow and Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is an exhortation given by Brother Joe Pommer given at the Pittsburgh Ecclesia earlier in 2026, entitled “The Union of Sorrow and Joy.”<\/p>\n

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\nHey everyone, it’s Jason
\nHensley. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week we are going to be
\nlistening to a very recent talk <\/p>\n

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\ngiven just in the last few weeks
\nat the Pittsburgh Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s by brother Joe Palmer.
\nAnd what I really loved about it<\/p>\n

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\nis the paradox that he
\nconsiders. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the talk is called the Union
\nof Sorrow and Joy. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what he looks at is just the
\ninteraction between these two <\/p>\n

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\nemotions.
\nI find this really powerful <\/p>\n

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\nbecause I think sometimes we
\nfind ourselves in life thinking,<\/p>\n

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\nwell, I just wish I could avoid
\nall sorrow. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet there’s actually
\nsomething between these two <\/p>\n

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\nemotions, sorrow and joy, that
\nthe two of them really work <\/p>\n

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\ntogether and the two of them are
\nvaluable. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s not to say that when
\nsorrow goes away, we won’t be <\/p>\n

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\nexcited about it.
\nThat’s, that’s our hope. <\/p>\n

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\nBut here in this life there is a
\nvalue in sorrow and joy, and <\/p>\n

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\nultimately we see that sorrow
\nand joy in the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in discussing that, Brother
\nJoe very powerfully brings us to<\/p>\n

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\nthe emblems and what we think
\nabout when we are taking that <\/p>\n

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\nbread and that wine.
\nSo I hope that you find this <\/p>\n

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\nencouraging and that it helps
\nyou in your remembrance of the <\/p>\n

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\nLord and in appreciating what
\nGod brings into our lives. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is Joe Palmer, the union of
\nsorrow and joy. <\/p>\n

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\nGood morning brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

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\nGives me great joy to have this
\nopportunity once again to come <\/p>\n

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\nup and speak to you all this
\nmorning on the topic of the <\/p>\n

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\nunion of sorrow and joy.
\nAnd now you might be thinking, <\/p>\n

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\nlet’s, it’s a bit paradoxical,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nThose seem to have a rather
\ninverse relationship, and you <\/p>\n

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\nwould be right, but I think that
\nthere’s certain instances in <\/p>\n

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\nlife in which they can coexist,
\nwhich we’ll explore in a short <\/p>\n

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\nwhile.
\nAnd I’ve been considering this <\/p>\n

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\ntopic for a few years now,
\ntrying to to make sense of it, <\/p>\n

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\nexploring biblical references,
\nseeing how both of these actions<\/p>\n

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\nand emotions play out in my own
\nlife, and it’s been an <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting journey thus far.
\nWhat really birthed this thought<\/p>\n

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\nprocess, though, was the time
\nthat we have around the table of<\/p>\n

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\nremembrance as we partake of
\nthese emblems. <\/p>\n

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\nIt certainly should evoke some
\nspecific emotions, so we’ll dive<\/p>\n

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\ninto that first.
\nAnd after we’ve considered the <\/p>\n

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\nbasis of these emotions, we’ll
\ntouch on some scriptural <\/p>\n

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\nexamples of those who came
\nbefore us experiencing the same <\/p>\n

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\nblend of emotions.
\nWe’ll take a look at some of the<\/p>\n

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\nOld Testament references that
\nspeak to this union and show how<\/p>\n

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\nthey can exist together in
\nharmony as they pertain to our <\/p>\n

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\nFather’s plan.
\nAnd finally, to wrap things up, <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ll look a little bit into
\nwhat this looked like in <\/p>\n

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\nChrist’s life, the examples that
\nwe can take from Him, and what <\/p>\n

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\nwe can walk away with today,
\nfeeling like we have a better <\/p>\n

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\ngrasp on our relationship to
\nthese emblems before us and the <\/p>\n

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\nemotions that they evoke.
\nSo I think the first and most <\/p>\n

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\nimportant aspect of this to
\nunderstand is the personal <\/p>\n

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\naspect.
\nNow, I could stand up here and <\/p>\n

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\nrun through a list of biblical
\nexamples, but what does sorrow <\/p>\n

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\nand joy really look like in real
\nlife, in our lives? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think the first step is
\nacknowledging that these two may<\/p>\n

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\nbe opposite in real life, but
\nthey very often occupy the same <\/p>\n

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\nmoments.
\nWe’ve all experienced situations<\/p>\n

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\nin our lives in which we were
\ndeeply happy and deeply sad at <\/p>\n

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\nthe same time.
\nAnd so finding this union of <\/p>\n

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\nsorrow and joy at the memorial
\ntable is not seemingly unnatural<\/p>\n

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\nfor us to feel.
\nIt’s a very real and a very <\/p>\n

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\nhuman experience.
\nSometimes it happens in rather <\/p>\n

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\nquick succession, and other
\ntimes it’s drawn out over longer<\/p>\n

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\nexperiences.
\nSo let’s let’s shed some light <\/p>\n

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\non both of these.
\nThe primary example we’re <\/p>\n

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\nobviously focusing on today is
\nthe parent child example, the <\/p>\n

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\nrelationship that God and Christ
\nshare, which we will discuss a <\/p>\n

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\nbit later on.
\nBut from the human perspective, <\/p>\n

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\nwe can consider the emotions of
\nparent experiences when their <\/p>\n

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\nchild goes through a major life
\nchange. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen a child leaves home, I
\nbelieve that parents are filled <\/p>\n

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\nwith both sorrow and joy.
\nAt at least I hope. <\/p>\n

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\nI suppose it depends on how
\nbroken up you are about it. <\/p>\n

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\nBut to to focus on the emotions
\nthough the parents are filled <\/p>\n

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\nwith sorrow that something has
\nchanged. <\/p>\n

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\nThe daily routines are no longer
\nthe same. <\/p>\n

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\nTheir room in the house becomes
\nempty. <\/p>\n

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\nThe noise of their voice is no
\nlonger present every day. <\/p>\n

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\nBut inversely, they’re joyful.
\nJoyful that their child is <\/p>\n

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\nstepping into a new chapter of
\ntheir life, whether that’s going<\/p>\n

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\noff to college, moving into
\ntheir own home, moving in with <\/p>\n

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\nsomeone whom they married, which
\npresents a whole nother set of <\/p>\n

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\nemotions.
\nIn these moments, the parents <\/p>\n

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\nare not choosing one emotion
\nover the other. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re experiencing both
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

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\nThe sorrow doesn’t lessen the
\njoy, and the joy doesn’t lessen <\/p>\n

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\nthe heartache they might
\nexperience. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd really, both of these
\nemotions deepen one another. <\/p>\n

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\nThey both join together to
\ndisplay a different emotion <\/p>\n

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\nentirely.
\nThey they display love. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so that’s what it looks like
\nexternally between two parties. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what about internally?
\nWhat about when we’re <\/p>\n

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\nexperiencing sorrow and joy for
\nourselves? <\/p>\n

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\nSo think about a time when you
\nworked tirelessly to achieve a <\/p>\n

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\ngoal that might be finishing
\nyour degree, building your <\/p>\n

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\nbusiness, recovering from some
\nlife altering illness, or maybe <\/p>\n

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\nrestoring A damaged
\nrelationship. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen that breakthrough finally
\ncomes, there’s an immense amount<\/p>\n

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\nof joy that follows, joy that
\nthe theoretical battle has been <\/p>\n

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\nwon.
\nBut this is where we start to <\/p>\n

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\nexplore the timeline of the
\nlonger experiences. <\/p>\n

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\nThe sorrow is or or was present
\non the journey that got you <\/p>\n

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\nthere.
\nI suppose it’s present at the <\/p>\n

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\ntime of success, when you
\nreflect on how you got there. <\/p>\n

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\nSleepless nights, repetitive
\nfailures, sunk cost, battle <\/p>\n

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\nafter battle.
\nIt’s been kind of interesting <\/p>\n

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\nwriting this exhortation around
\nthe time of the Winter Olympics <\/p>\n

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\nwhen when an athlete wins their
\nevent, 99 times out of 100, <\/p>\n

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\nthey’re crying when they win the
\nthe tears present at the moment <\/p>\n

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\nof victory.
\nAnd not because of sorrow alone,<\/p>\n

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\nand not because of joy alone,
\nbut because the weight of their <\/p>\n

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\njourney that they felt, the
\neffort that they put into <\/p>\n

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\nachieving their goal has finally
\nbeen realized. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think that that mixture of
\nemotion is much more full than <\/p>\n

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\njust pure celebration ever could
\nbe. <\/p>\n

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\nThe last personal aspect we’ll
\nconsider this morning is the <\/p>\n

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\nexample of reconciliation after
\na time of conflict, mainly <\/p>\n

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\nfocusing on some longer term
\nissues. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is also an example
\nwe’ll explore in just a bit in <\/p>\n

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\nour scriptural application
\nsection. <\/p>\n

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\nSo consider the example of of
\ntwo people or groups of people <\/p>\n

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\nthat have estranged themselves
\nfrom one another. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m purposely not attributing
\nthis section to anything <\/p>\n

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\nspecific because I want you to
\nthink of your own example. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd ideally, for one reason or
\nanother, they choose to <\/p>\n

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\nreconcile.
\nAnd in this reconciliation, we <\/p>\n

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\nsee both of these emotions
\npresent. <\/p>\n

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\nOnce again, there’s joy about
\nthe opportunity of restoration <\/p>\n

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\nthe the forgiveness it’s given
\nand received, and the peace that<\/p>\n

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\nfollows all of this.
\nBut there’s also commonly <\/p>\n

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\npresent sorrow, maybe regret for
\nwasted time, a loss of <\/p>\n

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\nopportunity.
\nMaybe it’s pain over words, sad <\/p>\n

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\nand anger.
\nOr maybe it’s the awareness of <\/p>\n

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\nwhat was lost if the
\nrelationship isn’t exactly the <\/p>\n

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\nsame.
\nAnd really, reconciliation is <\/p>\n

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\nrarely one emotion or the other,
\nbecause it takes the <\/p>\n

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\nidentification of both to truly
\nallow the issue to come to a <\/p>\n

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\nhead.
\nAnd I think the summation of <\/p>\n

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\nthis section of this morning’s
\nexhortation can really be boiled<\/p>\n

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\ndown into a few practical
\ntakeaways. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen these emotions unite, we
\nsee them one develop. <\/p>\n

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\nDepth 2, We see them evolve into
\ngreater emotional experiences. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd three, we see the benefit of
\nthis union. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what happens if they’re
\nseparated? <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s consider sorrow without
\njoy for just a moment. <\/p>\n

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\nSorrow without joy can become
\nbitterness. <\/p>\n

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\nIt can become self condemnation,
\nespecially around the table of <\/p>\n

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\nremembrance.
\nIt becomes a sort of heaviness <\/p>\n

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\nthat we carry without any real
\nhope for anything in the future.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat about joy without sorrow?
\nI think that joy without sorrow,<\/p>\n

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\nespecially in the context of
\nthis morning’s content, can <\/p>\n

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\nbecome superficial, really
\nlacking any real depth can be <\/p>\n

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\nrooted in naivety, not
\nunderstanding the full picture. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s, I guess, a celebration of
\noutcome without a consideration <\/p>\n

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\nof cost.
\nAnd we’ll explore this imbalance<\/p>\n

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\nlater when we come back around
\nto our approach to the table of <\/p>\n

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\nremembrance.
\nAnd so now that we’ve explored <\/p>\n

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\nwhat this union looks like in
\nour own lives, and I’m sure that<\/p>\n

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\nI’ve left out some valuable
\nexamples, so I’d, I’d love to <\/p>\n

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\nhear more if anyone would like
\nto share later on. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s let’s consider the
\nscriptural aspect of the union <\/p>\n

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\nof sorrow and joy.
\nThis is certainly not something <\/p>\n

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\ndiscovered by man.
\nThis is something that God <\/p>\n

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\nrecognized as such an important
\nbalance that he would coat his <\/p>\n

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\nscriptures in an array of
\nexamples for us to consider and <\/p>\n

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\nto learn from.
\nSome demonstrations of both <\/p>\n

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\nemotions clearly present
\ntogether and and not <\/p>\n

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\nsequentially, but intertwined.
\nAfter brother Bill Fulkert’s <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation that he gave a few
\nweeks ago on Romans 10 and 11, <\/p>\n

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\nthe the topic of being grafted
\ninto the tree. <\/p>\n

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\nWe chatted a bit afterwards
\nabout some of the other recent <\/p>\n

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\nhappenings in the daily Bible
\nreadings and one of those was in<\/p>\n

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\nGenesis 45.
\nBut firstly focusing on Romans <\/p>\n

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\n10.
\nIn Romans 10, verse one, Paul <\/p>\n

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\nsays, brethren, my heart’s
\ndesire and prayer to God for <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael is that they might be
\nsaved. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so Paul was focused on the
\nsalvation of others. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in the same vein, taking a
\nlook at the actions of Joseph, <\/p>\n

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\nlet’s take a look at Genesis 45.
\nBut before we read there, let’s <\/p>\n

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\nset the scene for this topic,
\nkind of taking a look at some of<\/p>\n

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\nthe sorrow and the joy that
\nJoseph has experienced up to <\/p>\n

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\nthis point.
\nSo in sorrow, we know that he <\/p>\n

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\nwas betrayed by his own
\nbrothers, he was sold into <\/p>\n

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\nslavery, he was falsely accused
\nby Potiphar’s wife, and he was <\/p>\n

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\nwrongly imprisoned for years.
\nAnd I feel like if I was in this<\/p>\n

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\nsituation, it’s going to be
\nnearly impossible for me to see <\/p>\n

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\nthe joyful aspect of this.
\nBut Joseph, true to his name to <\/p>\n

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\nincrease, increases his faith
\nand his joy despite his grievous<\/p>\n

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\njourney through life thus far.
\nEnjoy. <\/p>\n

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\nJoseph recognizes God’s
\nProvidence. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s reunited with his brethren.
\nHe gets the opportunity to <\/p>\n

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\npreserve his family, to preserve
\nthe line of Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so again looking at Genesis
\n45, verse 5, I believe we see <\/p>\n

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\nwhat I’ll coin as the union
\nmoment. <\/p>\n

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\nGenesis 45 five says now
\ntherefore be not grieved, not <\/p>\n

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\nangry with yourselves that ye
\nsold me hit her, for God did <\/p>\n

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\nsend me before you to preserve
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he tells his brethren to not
\nbe grieved, which to me seems a <\/p>\n

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\nbit rich coming from the man who
\nweeps bitterly several times in <\/p>\n

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\nthis chapter.
\nBut the tears are not pure grief<\/p>\n

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\nor pure happiness.
\nThey’re both. <\/p>\n

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\nHe remembers the betrayal of his
\nbrothers, but he recognizes his <\/p>\n

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\nplace in the salvation of all
\nthe land, not just his family. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the sorrow in the injustice
\nthat he experienced coexists <\/p>\n

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\nwith that divine purpose that
\nGod had bestowed upon him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it would be easy to stand
\ndefeated in Joseph’s shoes many <\/p>\n

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\ntimes over if our sole focus was
\nsorrow and despair. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the same manner, it certainly
\nwouldn’t be easy to stand in <\/p>\n

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\nJob’s shoes either.
\nAll through the book of Job, we <\/p>\n

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\nsee the incredible amount of
\nsorrow that was heaped on him <\/p>\n

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\nchapter after chapter, and
\nstarting at the very beginning <\/p>\n

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\nof his story, he loses basically
\neverything but his own life. <\/p>\n

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\nHe loses his offspring, he loses
\nhis great wealth and <\/p>\n

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\npossessions, he even loses his
\ngood health. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so this obviously puts him
\nat an all time low, just <\/p>\n

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\nabsolutely writhing and
\nspiritual anguish. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as icing on the cake, even
\nhis friends turn against him, <\/p>\n

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\nsending railing accusations
\nchapter after chapter. <\/p>\n

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\nBut as we know, by the end of
\nthe book, Chapter 42, all is <\/p>\n

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\nrestored to Job twofold.
\nAs we were reading this at the <\/p>\n

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\nend of last year in our daily
\nreading planners, Sister Anna <\/p>\n

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\nFolkerts had mentioned that
\nsure, God restored all things to<\/p>\n

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\nJob twice as much as he had
\nbefore. <\/p>\n

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\nEven his sons and daughters were
\ngiven to him again, but the <\/p>\n

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\nmemory of his first children
\nwould have still existed. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I agree, Job still had to
\nsit with the grief and the <\/p>\n

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\nsorrow of losing his original
\nposterity. <\/p>\n

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\nBut Job was able to recognize
\ndespite a life that included the<\/p>\n

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\ngraves of his children, he was
\nstill restored by God. <\/p>\n

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\nIn this I think that he gained A
\ndeeper knowledge of God’s power <\/p>\n

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\nand character.
\nIn Job 42 verse 5, the the union<\/p>\n

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\nmoment.
\nOnce again, I have heard of thee<\/p>\n

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\nby the hearing of the ear, but
\nnow mine eye seeth thee. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Job knew who God was.
\nHe had a strongly established <\/p>\n

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\nfaith before all of these things
\nbefell him. <\/p>\n

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\nBut now he accepted the sorrow
\nand he allowed God to turn that <\/p>\n

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\ninto joy.
\nAnd I think that’s a truly <\/p>\n

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\nmature form of unifying his
\nsorrow and his experience with <\/p>\n

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\nhis joy and his restoration.
\nThe last scriptural example I’ll<\/p>\n

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\nfocus on, unsurprisingly, is our
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nThere are several key passages
\nin Scripture that really <\/p>\n

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\nhighlight this concept as a
\ncontinual experience for Christ <\/p>\n

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\nand going through the literal
\ntimeline. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ll, we’ll take a look first
\nat the Last Supper held in the <\/p>\n

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\nupper room, fully furnished,
\nmade ready for Christ to share <\/p>\n

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\none final meal before his
\nbetrayal, his sentence, and his <\/p>\n

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\ncrucifixion.
\nAnd consider the blend of sorrow<\/p>\n

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\nand joy from Christ’s
\nperspective. <\/p>\n

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\nObviously, he knew exactly what
\nwas going to happen. <\/p>\n

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\nHe knew that Judas would betray
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\nHe knew that Peter the rock, the
\nstrong foundation would deny <\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nAnd he knew that when he was <\/p>\n

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\napprehended that all of his
\nfollowers would scatter. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd knowing all of this, I think
\nthat it makes his actions <\/p>\n

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\nfollowing that much more
\nmeaningful. <\/p>\n

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\nSo take a look at the account in
\nthe Gospel of John 13. <\/p>\n

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\nHe embraces one of the most
\nlone, the one of the most lowly <\/p>\n

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\nservant duties.
\nHe washes his disciples feet and<\/p>\n

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\nthese are the feet that would
\nrun to betray and to deny and to<\/p>\n

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\nabandon.
\nHe spends the next few chapters <\/p>\n

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\nafter that speaking to his
\ndisciples of peace, of promises <\/p>\n

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\nof the future and and prayer for
\ntheir unity and their future <\/p>\n

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\nglory that they would
\nexperience. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd looking at the joy piece of
\nthis example, we can take a look<\/p>\n

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\nat John chapter 15 verse 11
\nwhere Christ speaking to his <\/p>\n

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\ndisciples.
\nHe says these things. <\/p>\n

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\nHave I spoken to you that my joy
\nmight remain in you and that <\/p>\n

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\nyour joy may be full?
\nAnd here Christ is Speaking of <\/p>\n

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\njoy on the night that he was
\nbetrayed. <\/p>\n

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\nI think that this is the union
\nmoment in the upper room, but <\/p>\n

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\nit’s not the only one.
\nSo let’s move forward a little <\/p>\n

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\nbit in the story to the Garden
\nof Gethsemane and we’ll switch <\/p>\n

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\nover to the Gospel of Matthew.
\nJohn doesn’t have much to say <\/p>\n

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\nabout this encounter, but in
\nMatthew 26, verse 38, Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nspeaks exactly about one of
\nthese emotions. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says.
\nThen he saith unto them, That <\/p>\n

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\nbeing Peter, James, and John in
\nthe garden, with him my soul is <\/p>\n

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\nexceeding sorrowful even unto
\ndeath. <\/p>\n

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\nTear ye here and watch with me.
\nWe know that this is a serious <\/p>\n

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\nevent in this evening of Jesus
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not language to be taken
\nlightly. <\/p>\n

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\nHe truly was exceeding
\nsorrowful. <\/p>\n

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\nLuke tells us that his sweat was
\nas great drops of blood. <\/p>\n

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\nBut in the same prayer, excuse
\nme, in the same prayer, Christ <\/p>\n

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\nexhibits the acceptance of His
\nFather’s plan, the joy that was <\/p>\n

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\nto follow these cursed events.
\nSo looking forward, just a few <\/p>\n

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\nmore verses, in Matthew 26,
\nverse 42, he went away again the<\/p>\n

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\nsecond time and prayed, saying,
\nO my Father, if this cup may not<\/p>\n

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\npass away from me except I drink
\nit, Thy will be done. <\/p>\n

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\nIn this there is sorrow.
\nThere’s deep, overwhelming <\/p>\n

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\nsorrow, but here He displays
\ntrust and obedience in His <\/p>\n

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\nFather’s command, having
\nconfidence that there was joy to<\/p>\n

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\ncome.
\nAnd you might be wondering now, <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t know.
\nI’m not really seeing the joy <\/p>\n

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\naspect of this example, to which
\nI would agree. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not expressly found in
\nMatthew chapter 26. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve got to turn over a few
\nbooks to Hebrews 12 to see this <\/p>\n

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\na little bit more clearly.
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\nthis idea, the idea of the union
\nof sorrow and joy, and boil it <\/p>\n

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\ndown into one piece of
\nScripture, I think that this is <\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nOn the heels of the faith <\/p>\n

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\nchapter, we come to Hebrews 12
\nverses one and two. <\/p>\n

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\nWherefore, seeing we also are
\ncompassed about with so great a <\/p>\n

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\ncloud of witnesses, let us lay
\naside every weight and the sin <\/p>\n

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\nwhich doth so easily beset us.
\nAnd let us run with patience the<\/p>\n

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\nrace that is set before us,
\nlooking unto Jesus, the author <\/p>\n

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\nand finisher of our faith, who
\nfor the joy that was set before <\/p>\n

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\nhim endured the cross, despising
\nthe shame, and is set down at <\/p>\n

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\nthe right hand of the throne of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nThe cross was sorrow.
\nIt was physical agony. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was public humiliation.
\nIt was abandonment by those <\/p>\n

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\nclosest to Him.
\nBut the endurance of that sorrow<\/p>\n

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\nwas fuelled by joy, The joy set
\nbefore Him. <\/p>\n

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\nThat joy was his Father’s will
\nbeing accomplished. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was a way of redemption being
\noffered. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was bringing sons and
\ndaughters into glory to his <\/p>\n

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\nHeavenly Father.
\nThe sorrow was real. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was tangible and witnessable.
\nBut so is the joy, and neither <\/p>\n

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\ncancelled each other out.
\nNow Christ had the power of the <\/p>\n

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\nHoly Spirit.
\nHe could have easily denied the <\/p>\n

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\nfeeling of pain.
\nHe could have removed Himself <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the cross, but He chose not
\nto because of the joy beyond it <\/p>\n

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\nas it pertains to His Father’s
\nplan. <\/p>\n

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\nI think this is the truest
\ndisplay of the union of sorrow <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:25,240 –> 00:21:30,240
\nand joy.
\nIsaiah 53 verse 3 calls Him a <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:30,240 –> 00:21:32,840
\nman of sorrows, acquainted with
\ngrief. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:33,360 –> 00:21:38,720
\nYet Hebrews one verse 9 says,
\nTherefore God, even thy God hath<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:38,720 –> 00:21:42,880
\nanointed thee with the oil of
\ngladness above thy fellows. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:43,720 –> 00:21:47,960
\nGod has given him more honor and
\njoy than anyone like him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:49,440 –> 00:21:52,600
\nWhat a remarkable pairing of
\nverses to describe our Lord. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:54,600 –> 00:21:56,640
\nAnd to start to bring this
\nmorning’s exhortation to a <\/p>\n

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\nclose.
\nI want to get to the crux of why<\/p>\n

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\nthis topic has been on my mind
\nfor so long now. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen I was baptized just a few
\nyears ago, I knew that when I <\/p>\n

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\napproached the table of
\nremembrance and partake of these<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:10,360 –> 00:22:14,480
\nemblems before us, I’m supposed
\nto utilize that time to seek <\/p>\n

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\nforgiveness for my sins, to
\nrepent to God through Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nBut nobody really tells you what<\/p>\n

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\nto say or how to feel during
\nthis time. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:25,240 –> 00:22:26,480
\nSo what is the right thing to
\ndo? <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:26,480 –> 00:22:29,040
\nWhat do we say to God in these
\nmoments? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat do we think about as we
\nconsider our actions and the <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:32,720 –> 00:22:36,320
\nlife laid down for us that even
\ngives us this opportunity in the<\/p>\n

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\n1st place?
\nNow obviously these answers will<\/p>\n

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\ndiffer for everybody, but this
\nis what it looks like for me. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:44,000 –> 00:22:46,640
\nFor a few years now.
\nI feel that I frequently spend <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:46,640 –> 00:22:52,680
\nthat time hyper fixating on the
\nsorrow in the sacrifice. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:52,680 –> 00:22:57,360
\nI, I think each week, wow, I
\nhave done this sacrifice an <\/p>\n

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\nincredible disservice, which is
\nthe truth that that is the <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:00,640 –> 00:23:03,720
\nreality of everyone’s situation.
\nIt’s a a standard that will <\/p>\n

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\nnever be lived up to.
\nAnd personally, I feel in these <\/p>\n

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\nmoments deep sorrow that I
\nfailed yet again, often for the <\/p>\n

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\nsame things as the week before.
\nAnd in doing this I have become <\/p>\n

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\nnegligent in my recognition of
\nthe joy. <\/p>\n

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\nBut how can this paradox exist
\nin the space of this table? <\/p>\n

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\nBrothers and sisters, I think
\nthat we again must embody <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nAnd looking at the commonly <\/p>\n

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\nquoted passage before the
\nemblems are shared, First <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians Chapter 11, looking
\nat verse 26, Paul says for as as<\/p>\n

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\nhe’s remembering what Christ
\ntold them at the institution of <\/p>\n

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\nthis meal.
\nFor as often as you eat this <\/p>\n

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\nbread and drink this cup, you do
\nshow the Lord’s death till he <\/p>\n

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\ncome.
\nAnd in that single verse that we<\/p>\n

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\n00:23:56,960 –> 00:24:02,360
\nread nearly every week, both
\nemotions are present in the <\/p>\n

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\nLord’s example that he gave on
\nthe night of his betrayal, we <\/p>\n

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\nproclaim his death, and that
\ncannot be considered without <\/p>\n

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\nsorrow.
\nBut we also proclaim that he <\/p>\n

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\nwill come, and that cannot be
\nconsidered without joy. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in recent history, I think
\nit’s a lot more common to hear <\/p>\n

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\nfunerals called a celebration of
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think that’s what this is.
\nEach week we aren’t here merely <\/p>\n

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\nfor a funeral service, but a
\ncelebration of Christ’s life and<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:38,600 –> 00:24:42,880
\nthe life to come.
\nSo I continually seek to find <\/p>\n

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\nthat balance and the union of
\nsorrow and joy. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I urge you all to do the
\nsame, if you’re not already, as <\/p>\n

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\nwe continually await our Lord’s
\nreturn. <\/p>\n

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