1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:01,240 All right, if you got a Bible, 2 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,200 we're gonna be in Genesis chapter 40. 3 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,740 This morning Sterling always asks me, 4 00:00:07,740 --> 00:00:10,540 okay, what's the title? 5 00:00:10,540 --> 00:00:11,780 Good dream, bad dream? 6 00:00:11,780 --> 00:00:14,880 Anybody ever had a good dream? 7 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:16,480 I ain't had one in a long time. 8 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,020 I remember as a kid having them and waking up thinking, 9 00:00:19,020 --> 00:00:20,460 well, I didn't want that dream to end. 10 00:00:20,460 --> 00:00:22,520 I tried to go back to sleep so I could keep dreaming it, 11 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,960 but it's kind of interesting. 12 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,160 You don't really have a lot of control over those things. 13 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,900 And depending what you've been doing in your life 14 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:36,340 sometimes leads to the content of our dreams. 15 00:00:36,340 --> 00:00:39,880 But we're gonna look at Joseph again here 16 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,220 as he interprets these dreams here in chapter 40. 17 00:00:42,220 --> 00:00:46,480 But just a little recap of last time. 18 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:51,480 He ended up in prison, no fault of his own. 19 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:59,920 He was truly an example of what a man should be, Joseph. 20 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:03,660 You know, a man of integrity. 21 00:01:03,660 --> 00:01:06,840 He was, well, I got some things written down here. 22 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,060 First, his witness was incredible. 23 00:01:09,060 --> 00:01:11,500 Second, his attitude was spot on. 24 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:13,840 Third, his work ethic was great. 25 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,640 Fourth, his integrity seemed to be flawless. 26 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:21,140 Fifth, his focus was on his God and others. 27 00:01:21,140 --> 00:01:23,340 And then he ends up in prison. 28 00:01:23,340 --> 00:01:28,360 And so suffering for seemingly doing what's right, 29 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:32,620 the inner sense, suffering for the guilty 30 00:01:32,620 --> 00:01:34,060 or because of the guilty, 31 00:01:34,060 --> 00:01:37,760 and yet he rises to the top even in prison. 32 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:42,760 And I think that that is truly an incredible example. 33 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,080 And just recently hearing 34 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,200 of some very prominent Christian leaders 35 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,300 having to step down from their ministries 36 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:56,520 has been unsettling to say the least. 37 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,520 I'm just praying, oh God, please kill me, right? 38 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,180 Don't let me even get close to that. 39 00:02:03,180 --> 00:02:07,320 And people you would know if I mentioned their names. 40 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:12,320 And so it's a scary time in which we live. 41 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,400 And none of us are insulated 42 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,000 or none of us are immune from committing 43 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:22,600 these hideous things. 44 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,280 I was just talking to a young man this morning 45 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,600 for service about man's depravity 46 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,400 and when you lose sight of that. 47 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,440 And we've talked about that a lot 48 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,160 going through the book of Genesis. 49 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:37,160 And so here is Joseph in prison 50 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:42,280 and just gets lifted to the top. 51 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,080 It kind of says it all there in Genesis 39, verse 23, 52 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,960 when it says, "The keeper of the prison 53 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:49,740 "did not look into anything 54 00:02:49,740 --> 00:02:51,840 "that was under Joseph's authority 55 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:53,840 "because the Lord was with him 56 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,300 "and whatever he did, the Lord made it to prosper." 57 00:02:57,300 --> 00:03:03,520 Right, he's just this stellar person 58 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:08,800 who is so aware and so tuned in to God's hand on his life 59 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:15,160 that all along his life has been in the hands of others, 60 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,740 outside of his control. 61 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:21,500 You look at that in your life, 62 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:23,460 the things that are outside of your control. 63 00:03:23,460 --> 00:03:26,980 Now, most of us see the things that we are in control of 64 00:03:26,980 --> 00:03:29,200 when we haven't done so well, right? 65 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,460 But what about those things 66 00:03:31,460 --> 00:03:33,020 that are outside of your control? 67 00:03:33,020 --> 00:03:36,580 So much of his life that we've seen thus far 68 00:03:36,580 --> 00:03:41,460 is outside of his control, right? 69 00:03:41,460 --> 00:03:44,020 Whether it's being in the hands of his brother 70 00:03:44,020 --> 00:03:48,700 or the Ishmaelites or Potiphar or Potiphar's wife 71 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:50,360 or the keeper of the prison, 72 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,280 his only freedom is how to choose 73 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,720 how he responds to every situation. 74 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:57,920 And so it is with us. 75 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,920 You choose how you respond to every situation. 76 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,800 I choose how I respond to every situation. 77 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,720 And sometimes it's not that great. 78 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:11,420 And I think we all would agree 79 00:04:11,420 --> 00:04:15,760 that we probably have work to do. 80 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:20,760 I would say Joseph has endured a lot up to this point. 81 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:30,280 And now if at this point, 82 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:37,440 we invoke inductive Bible study, 83 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,240 many of you know what that is, 84 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:44,240 observation, interpretation, and application, 85 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,600 the observation would be that Joe has had a rough go. 86 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:49,520 That rhymes, get it? 87 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:53,520 Wrote Joe had a, I thought it was clever. 88 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,200 Joe has had a rough go. 89 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,480 The interpretation is what Jesus said, right? 90 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:02,780 How do you interpret that? 91 00:05:02,780 --> 00:05:08,600 What Jesus said, "In the world you will have tribulation." 92 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,520 But be of good courage, I've overcome the world. 93 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,120 And he just didn't leave it, 94 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,040 it's sorry, you're gonna have trouble. 95 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,960 But he says, "Be of good courage, I've overcome the world." 96 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,960 So all the more reason to stay connected to Jesus. 97 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:30,600 And the application would be we too need to endure, amen? 98 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:36,920 It takes patience, we need endurance. 99 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,240 Hebrews 10:36 says, "For you have need of endurance 100 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,760 "so that after you have done the will of God, 101 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,360 "you may receive the promises." 102 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:52,240 Do you ever focus on the promises? 103 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,920 Sometimes that's the only good news in our life, right? 104 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,520 Are the promises of God to us, word, are yes and amen. 105 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:00,440 And I didn't pray, we better pray. 106 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,760 Lord, we love you, we thank you for your word, 107 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:07,760 we thank you Jesus that you expose our need to us 108 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:12,440 every time we open the pure word of God. 109 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,960 And so I just pray that you would remind us, Lord, 110 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,280 of our needs, that we do need to endure, 111 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:21,680 that we do need to stay close and draw near to you, 112 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,560 especially in these days in which we live, Lord. 113 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,940 And that your word in this passage here in Genesis 40, 114 00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:31,200 Lord, would speak to all of our hearts, Lord, 115 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,880 that we would realize that our time is short, 116 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:39,880 whether it's just life and those three score and 10 117 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,720 or four score years that we get, 118 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,160 it's like a vapor, your word tells us. 119 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,080 And so Lord, that we would find ourself in a place of, 120 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:53,880 Lord, enjoying our life, but mainly preparing for eternity, 121 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,720 because it's coming so fast. 122 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,040 And I know for some, it's coming even faster. 123 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,200 And even some in this room. 124 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:05,840 And so Lord, would you keep us just in that mindset, Lord, 125 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:09,200 of embracing all those things that come, Lord, 126 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,200 that we would truly play on that one string that we have, 127 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,360 Lord, is our attitude towards everything 128 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:16,560 that happens to us, Lord. 129 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:21,080 Help us to be full of joy and the love of God 130 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:22,960 would rule and reign in our hearts, Lord. 131 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:24,320 And we pray that today in the mighty 132 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,600 and powerful name of Jesus, amen. 133 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:29,640 James 1, verses two through four says, 134 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,160 "My brethren, count it all joy 135 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,000 "when you fall into various trials, 136 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,280 "knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 137 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,680 "But let patience have its perfect work, 138 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,840 "that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing." 139 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,880 So it's almost like, if God's really gonna use you, 140 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,920 hang onto your hat, Fred, right? 141 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,840 Because you're about to go through some things. 142 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:56,840 And God puts us through the refining processes for reasons. 143 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,240 And he's gonna use that together for good 144 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,320 for those who love the Lord. 145 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:08,120 So this endurance is absolutely necessary. 146 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,360 We have to learn how to pace ourself. 147 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:14,560 And when we see trouble coming, we need to prepare for that. 148 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,960 And because truly this life, we've talked about it before, 149 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,160 it is truly a marathon. 150 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:24,920 And God is gonna use all this stuff to produce in us 151 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,880 with what he sees lacking. 152 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,080 And he knows exactly what's lacking. 153 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,600 Right, Romans 5, verses three through five, it says, 154 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:37,160 "And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, 155 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,520 "knowing that tribulations produces perseverance 156 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,800 "and perseverance character and character hope. 157 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,560 "Hope now does not disappoint because the love of God 158 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:48,360 "has been poured out in our hearts 159 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,680 "by the Holy Spirit who was given to us." 160 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:58,080 And so come what may, we have all the tools we need 161 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,880 to have this endurance that the Bible's talking about here. 162 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:02,720 Do you have it? 163 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,520 Right? 164 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,720 The love of God, how powerful is that? 165 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:12,600 That it totally changes our life. 166 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,880 It's the thing that every single person 167 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,760 is looking for in their lives. 168 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:26,000 And so the apostles, those who have gone before us, 169 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:30,760 those who we read and study all the time, 170 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:32,600 we're very familiar with this. 171 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,720 I love Acts 14, verse 22, Paul and Barnabas, right? 172 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,280 We're making a trek through encouraging the churches 173 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:45,280 where they had established and encouraged the believers 174 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,200 in those certain areas. 175 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,280 And it says in verse 22, "String clinging, 176 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:51,880 "they were going about strengthening 177 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:53,680 "the souls of the disciples, 178 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:55,760 "exhorting them to continue in the faith, 179 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,000 "saying, 'We must through many tribulations 180 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,320 "'enter the kingdom of God.'" 181 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,400 Some people come to Christ and they just think, 182 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:04,640 "Oh, this is a cakewalk. 183 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,840 "This walking with Jesus is so cool." 184 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:11,840 Well, it is so cool, but it's not always easy, right? 185 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,480 Through many trials and tribulations, 186 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,840 he says we'll enter the kingdom of heaven. 187 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:17,680 Why? 188 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:18,680 Simply because of this life. 189 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:22,680 And it's like, we all have to take a turn 190 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:27,680 with the troublesome parts of this life. 191 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:34,760 Joseph has been doing this and navigating this, 192 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,000 some have called it this tragic life, 193 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,000 this tragic life of his, he's been navigating it 194 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,640 and he's doing it with flying colors. 195 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,760 He seemed to be passing quite well. 196 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,240 He seemed to be passing quite well. 197 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:50,240 How are you doing? 198 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:54,160 Right? 199 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,000 We think sometimes, the littlest things, 200 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,400 my wife and I were talking about this, 201 00:10:58,400 --> 00:10:59,800 the littlest things that upset us, 202 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,280 I'm just like, "Really? 203 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:03,680 "Seriously?" 204 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:06,760 And then you see somebody that's really going through it 205 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:08,040 and you're going, "Wow." 206 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:12,360 It's like Joseph is the fulfillment 207 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,760 of Proverbs 3, 5, and 6, right? 208 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,080 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, 209 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,560 "lean not on your own understanding, 210 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:21,760 "acknowledge him in all your ways 211 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,480 "and he will direct your path." 212 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:27,320 Have you ever had the sense, 213 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:28,760 just think about this for a second, 214 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,680 have you ever had the sense 215 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:32,920 that God has a plan for your life? 216 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,520 Right? 217 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,000 And he's got this certain track, he's got you on. 218 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,880 And sometimes you may not like it. 219 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:45,160 That's okay, maybe not to like it, 220 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,160 but you should embrace it 221 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,280 'cause that's where he's got you, right? 222 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:58,640 Now, Joseph is the main guy in the prison. 223 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,360 So I'm gonna take this in some chunks, 224 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,240 we'll get through it, I think. 225 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:08,080 And he starts off here. 226 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:13,080 It says, "Now it came to pass," verse one, 227 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:16,120 "after these things that the butler and the baker 228 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,960 "of the king of Egypt offended their Lord. 229 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:24,040 "And the king of Egypt," excuse me, 230 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:25,840 "offended their Lord, the king of Egypt. 231 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,200 "And Pharaoh was angry with the two officers, 232 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,480 "the chief butler and the chief baker. 233 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,000 "But he put them in custody in the house 234 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,360 "of the captain of the guard in the prison, 235 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,800 "the place where Joseph was confined, 236 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,280 "and the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, 237 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:47,280 "and he served them so they were in custody for a while." 238 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,720 So Joseph isn't the only one going through it. 239 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,880 He's not the only one incarcerated. 240 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:57,720 The chief butler and the baker, they get arrested too. 241 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:02,080 And here they are in the prison. 242 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,520 The butler and the baker 243 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:09,080 probably were more like test pilots, right? 244 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:14,080 They would be the first one to sip out of the cup 245 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,840 to make sure somebody wasn't gonna poison the pharaoh 246 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:18,920 or the food. 247 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,400 They were probably the food taster, 248 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,160 the butler and the baker. 249 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,560 And it says that he was offended. 250 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:29,760 He was offended by them. 251 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,880 Now you wonder why we talked about it. 252 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:33,160 It was pretty brutal back then. 253 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,160 If you offended them too bad, 254 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:36,680 they'd just take your head off. 255 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:40,800 But maybe there was an attempt on his life. 256 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:42,720 We don't know the details. 257 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:47,560 The word offended there is in the Hebrew chada. 258 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:50,800 It means sin or to bear blame. 259 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,400 So maybe he was just gonna put them in and say, 260 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,000 "All right, we're gonna investigate this, 261 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,640 "see who's guilty and who's not." 262 00:13:55,640 --> 00:14:00,760 And so maybe Pharaoh was suspicious. 263 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:02,400 So there's an investigation. 264 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:06,840 How this account will develop, 265 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:11,000 it is probable there was a plot to murder him, 266 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,880 perhaps poisoning, and these two were suspects. 267 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,280 They were probably there on suspicion of murder, 268 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:18,680 but they were really there 269 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:23,360 because God wanted them to meet Joseph, right? 270 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,800 Those divine appointments, you've had those, haven't you? 271 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,000 When you just start talking to people sometimes 272 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,120 and how the Lord just morphs it into this, 273 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,960 sometimes people getting saved 274 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:38,000 and being able to bear witness to the person of Jesus 275 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,360 and to share that truth. 276 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,440 And obviously these guys were gonna get introduced 277 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,960 to a person who knew God. 278 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,480 And isn't it cool when you meet somebody 279 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,840 that knows the Lord and it's like, 280 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:53,480 you start talking and you're just going, 281 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,680 "Wow, it's like we've known each other forever. 282 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,080 "Why is that?" 283 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:02,240 It's really the familiar spirit of the Holy Spirit, right? 284 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,800 That His spirit bears witness with our spirit. 285 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,320 And then He brings that oneness 286 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,220 that Jesus prayed about there in John 17 to us. 287 00:15:10,220 --> 00:15:14,000 We get to taste how cool and how good that is. 288 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,840 And so while these guys are incarcerated, 289 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:19,720 Joseph serves them. 290 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,520 He has his high place. 291 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,400 He's the, there's no one higher in the prison 292 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,120 except for the chief dude there. 293 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,360 And what, he's a servant. 294 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:30,840 He has the heart of a servant. 295 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:32,840 Just what is a servant? 296 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,960 Servant's somebody who's just willing to show up. 297 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,640 Just show up and do whatever. 298 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:43,920 And Joseph is in this place and he has genuine concern 299 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:49,560 and genuine care for others. 300 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:54,640 It's kind of like Jesus, right? 301 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,000 Joseph, a great type of Jesus here. 302 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,800 Matthew 20, 28, it says, 303 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,000 "And just," Jesus talking about Himself, 304 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,280 "just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, 305 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,960 "but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many." 306 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:12,880 That's our example, you and me. 307 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,080 God calls us to serve. 308 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:21,640 And Joseph took this very seriously. 309 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,240 In verse five, it says, 310 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,780 "Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt 311 00:16:27,780 --> 00:16:31,400 "who were confined in the prison had a dream. 312 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,300 "Both of them, each man's dream, 313 00:16:33,300 --> 00:16:35,380 "and one night in each man's dream 314 00:16:35,380 --> 00:16:37,020 "with its own interpretation. 315 00:16:37,020 --> 00:16:40,800 "And Joseph came in to them in the morning 316 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,640 "and looked at them and saw that they were sad. 317 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,100 "And so he asked Pharaoh's officers 318 00:16:46,100 --> 00:16:49,600 "who were with him in the custody of his lord's house, 319 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,800 "saying, 'Why do you look so sad today?' 320 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,720 "And they said to him, 'We each have had a dream 321 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,000 "'and there is no interpreter of it.' 322 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,640 "So Joseph said to them, 323 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,020 "'Do not interpretations belong to God? 324 00:17:03,020 --> 00:17:05,040 "'Tell them to me, please.'" 325 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:14,080 Now, I have seen people get pretty wigged out about dreams. 326 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:20,920 And I think you have to be very careful. 327 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,920 These guys are upset about their dreams, right? 328 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,400 They wanted, we see in the book of Daniel, 329 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,720 we see all throughout scripture, 330 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,540 mainly it's more so than believers, 331 00:17:32,540 --> 00:17:34,440 it's pagans that have dreams. 332 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:38,440 Now, we also know about Joel 2, right? 333 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:39,800 Where it says in the last days 334 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,480 that old men will dream dreams, 335 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,500 young men will have visions. 336 00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:47,120 So if you've been having some dreams, 337 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:49,920 you're probably a little longer in the tooth than some. 338 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,040 Does everybody know what that means? 339 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:03,520 But, (laughs) 340 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:05,280 somebody just said the old ones do. 341 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:12,460 But Joseph knows right off the bat, 342 00:18:12,460 --> 00:18:14,360 and he talks to, he says, "Wait a minute, 343 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:16,360 "don't interpretations come from God?" 344 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:22,240 And we know he seemed to be, 345 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:27,240 he seemed to be a little bit gloaty 346 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:31,160 when he shared his dreams with these brothers 347 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,440 that didn't go over so well with him. 348 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:34,280 But, 349 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:42,360 because these guys were unsettled about their dreams, 350 00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:45,680 he's concerned with them, he has care for them. 351 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,760 And God has, for a reason, put them in front of him. 352 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,040 And so he goes, "Tell me your dream. 353 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,080 "Tell me your dream." 354 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:57,920 David Guzik has a good take on this. 355 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:01,020 He said, "This is a window into the heart of Joseph. 356 00:19:01,020 --> 00:19:06,020 "Men who are consumed with anger and bitterness 357 00:19:06,020 --> 00:19:10,120 "do not often take a concern for the personal problems 358 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:11,840 "of others like this. 359 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,800 "It would be easy, perhaps technically true, 360 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,480 "for Joseph to think that because of all the wrong 361 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:20,000 "done against him, everything should center 362 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,900 "on his own feelings and hurts. 363 00:19:21,900 --> 00:19:25,920 "Instead, he cared that the butler and baker 364 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:29,600 "looked so bad one day." 365 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,600 Years ago, I had the opportunity to meet Christian Okoye. 366 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,440 I don't know any football fans, 367 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,560 but Christian Okoye was a running back 368 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,040 for the Kansas City Chiefs. 369 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,360 He's from Nigeria. 370 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:45,680 And Christian had his whole family slaughtered by the LRA. 371 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:51,100 And I remember talking to him 372 00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:54,040 about, you know, and what a joy he had. 373 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:55,800 I'm thinking, man, if anybody should be bitter, 374 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,400 it should be this guy. 375 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,800 He watched his family get slaughtered. 376 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,040 And Christian was big. 377 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,720 He's probably about 6'3", about 260, 378 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,420 and could run like a gazelle. 379 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:11,040 They called him the Nigerian Nightmare 380 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,720 because you did not wanna be in his path 381 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:15,960 when he was running the football. 382 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:20,480 And he was just the most gentle, kind, 383 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,920 I'm just thinking, what is it? 384 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,460 What is it that puts that in somebody 385 00:20:25,460 --> 00:20:27,960 that has been through what he's been through? 386 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,260 And so I said, "Christian, you gotta write me down 387 00:20:31,260 --> 00:20:33,340 "your favorite Bible verse." 388 00:20:33,340 --> 00:20:35,900 And it was Joshua 1:9, right? 389 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:38,740 "Fear not, for the Lord thy God is with you." 390 00:20:38,740 --> 00:20:39,680 And he just knew that. 391 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,220 Christian just knew that the Lord was with him, 392 00:20:42,220 --> 00:20:43,980 the Lord had brought him to the States. 393 00:20:43,980 --> 00:20:48,380 He went back, he shared the gospel with tribal members, 394 00:20:48,380 --> 00:20:52,320 and was just an incredible witness for the Lord. 395 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:57,400 And here we are again at that same idea 396 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,940 is what you do with what you go through, 397 00:20:59,940 --> 00:21:03,400 either good or bad. 398 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,800 And here's Joseph with a genuine concern. 399 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,920 So in his care, Joseph shows us Jesus, 400 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,400 an innocent man came into our prison 401 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,000 and lived our hardship and temptations, 402 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,340 suffering worse than all, 403 00:21:17,340 --> 00:21:19,680 yet he never looks for our pity. 404 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,680 He asked us, "Why do you look so sad today?" 405 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,160 And as Jesus lives his life through us, 406 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,260 we will also care about the needs of others, 407 00:21:28,260 --> 00:21:31,600 even when our needs are apparent. 408 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,940 Like Paul said this, 409 00:21:33,940 --> 00:21:36,440 "Esteem others more highly than yourself." 410 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:43,360 And checking this out this week, 411 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:46,880 I heard more than one pastor shared with me 412 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,200 that people who are going through hard times, 413 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:50,360 they would encourage them, 414 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:52,940 "You need to go start ministering to somebody. 415 00:21:52,940 --> 00:21:57,240 You need to find somebody who's going through it 416 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,840 and just go be there for them and pray with them 417 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:01,640 and try to encourage them 418 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,880 and get you out of this funk you're in." 419 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:08,120 And both the guys I listened to 420 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:10,800 that had instructed some of their parishioners to do that, 421 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,800 they said, "The people came back and said, 'You were right. 422 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:14,640 You were right. 423 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:16,660 As soon as I began to minister to these people 424 00:22:16,660 --> 00:22:17,920 who are going through it, 425 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,320 it's like my problems just sloughed away.'" 426 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:25,440 So beautiful. 427 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:29,880 So he has care. 428 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,840 He's interested in what's going on in their lives personally. 429 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:37,040 He has them tell him their dreams. 430 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,880 And then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, 431 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:44,440 or then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh saying, 432 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,400 "I remember my faults this day 433 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,760 when Pharaoh was angry with his servants 434 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,560 and put me in custody in the house 435 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:51,840 of the captain of the guard." 436 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:52,680 Oh, sorry. 437 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,960 I was in the wrong chapter. 438 00:22:54,960 --> 00:23:00,120 I just saw nine and went right to it. 439 00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:02,720 "Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph 440 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:07,720 and said to him, 'Behold, my dream, a vine was before me 441 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:12,840 and in the vine were three branches. 442 00:23:14,340 --> 00:23:17,100 And it was as though it budded, 443 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:18,880 its blossom shot forth 444 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,700 and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes. 445 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:23,860 Then Pharaoh's cup was in my hand 446 00:23:23,860 --> 00:23:28,100 and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup 447 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:30,380 and placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand. 448 00:23:30,380 --> 00:23:35,380 And Joseph said to him, 'This is the interpretation of it. 449 00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:37,780 The three branches are three days. 450 00:23:37,780 --> 00:23:41,680 Now within three days, Pharaoh will lift up your head 451 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,760 and restore you to your place. 452 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,100 And you will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand 453 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:49,340 according to the former manner when you were his butler. 454 00:23:49,340 --> 00:23:52,700 But remember me when it is well with you 455 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:55,180 and please show kindness to me, 456 00:23:55,180 --> 00:23:57,400 make mention of me to Pharaoh 457 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,060 and get me out of this house. 458 00:23:59,060 --> 00:24:03,980 For indeed, I was stolen away from the land of the Hebrews. 459 00:24:03,980 --> 00:24:06,520 And also I have done nothing here 460 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,640 that they should put me into the dungeon.'" 461 00:24:10,820 --> 00:24:15,240 And so he gives the interpretation 462 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,560 and then Warren Wiersbe says, 463 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:22,640 "This is the first sign that Joseph shows doubt." 464 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:29,580 And so he tells the butler what's gonna happen. 465 00:24:29,580 --> 00:24:34,380 And hey, he says, "This is the interpretation. 466 00:24:34,380 --> 00:24:38,400 By the grace of the Lord, 467 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,120 he was able to interpret his dream 468 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,020 and tell him what was gonna happen. 469 00:24:43,020 --> 00:24:45,280 And the three branches are three days 470 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:46,400 and you're gonna be set free 471 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,400 and you're gonna be serving, 472 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:48,680 you're gonna be right back. 473 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,120 You're gonna have your old job back." 474 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:54,680 And I'm sure a smile was on his face, right? 475 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:59,520 And the butler was probably in good spirits, 476 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,400 had a spring in his step. 477 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,640 And some would say, "Well, see there, 478 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,400 dreams can talk to you, dreams can bless you." 479 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:12,960 Yeah, they can. 480 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,680 I'm not saying they can't, 481 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,360 but what happens so often 482 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:20,760 is sometimes people put so much emphasis on them. 483 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,600 They'll emphasize the dream above what God's word says. 484 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,120 You can't do that. 485 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:28,920 You've got to sift it right through God's word. 486 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,320 There's a comment from one commentator that said, 487 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:36,160 "In the Bible, God spoke to unbelievers or pagans in dreams 488 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,840 almost twice as many times 489 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:42,120 as he spoke to his people in dreams." 490 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:44,280 We hear many stories today 491 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,800 about how God speaks to people in the Muslim world 492 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,160 with dreams about Jesus. 493 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,980 And I've heard a lot of those stories, pretty incredible. 494 00:25:51,980 --> 00:25:54,800 But if you are letting dreams direct your life, 495 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,480 you might just be a pagan. 496 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,940 No pun intended. 497 00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:03,140 (congregation laughing) 498 00:26:03,140 --> 00:26:04,740 It's always important to remember 499 00:26:04,740 --> 00:26:06,820 that every dream is a revelation, 500 00:26:06,820 --> 00:26:10,660 every dream is not a revelation of God. 501 00:26:10,660 --> 00:26:14,580 Dreams can come just because our minds are busy, right? 502 00:26:14,580 --> 00:26:17,260 A dream comes through much activity 503 00:26:17,260 --> 00:26:19,820 for in the multitude of dreams and many words, 504 00:26:19,820 --> 00:26:21,640 there is also vanity. 505 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:23,700 Verse three of Ecclesiastes five says, 506 00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:26,620 "A dream comes when there are many cares." 507 00:26:26,620 --> 00:26:29,100 Many cares. 508 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:31,540 When you're going through stuff, sometimes a dream will come. 509 00:26:31,540 --> 00:26:34,620 I remember one of my buddies got killed riding bulls 510 00:26:34,620 --> 00:26:37,420 and I remember like a month later having this dream, 511 00:26:37,420 --> 00:26:38,780 you know, really struggling with it 512 00:26:38,780 --> 00:26:40,420 'cause we were in our 20s. 513 00:26:40,420 --> 00:26:44,860 He was, in fact, the last words we said to each other 514 00:26:44,860 --> 00:26:46,220 was two weeks before he got killed, 515 00:26:46,220 --> 00:26:48,260 we were at church together, 516 00:26:48,260 --> 00:26:50,300 him and his wife were expecting their first baby 517 00:26:50,300 --> 00:26:52,780 and we looked at each other and gave each other a hug 518 00:26:52,780 --> 00:26:53,940 and I said, "Jeff, I love you." 519 00:26:53,940 --> 00:26:54,820 And he goes, "I love you too." 520 00:26:54,820 --> 00:26:56,740 And those were the last words we said to each other. 521 00:26:56,740 --> 00:26:58,540 And as I look back on that, I thought, 522 00:26:58,540 --> 00:27:00,020 "Only Jesus could do that 523 00:27:00,020 --> 00:27:02,500 "with a couple of raunchy bull riders." 524 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:03,580 Right? 525 00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:06,420 And the Lord was just getting ahold of our lives 526 00:27:06,420 --> 00:27:09,940 and I was struggling with it, his death. 527 00:27:09,940 --> 00:27:13,740 It was, you know, four months before his baby girl was born 528 00:27:13,740 --> 00:27:16,260 and here he is, he's 24 years old 529 00:27:16,260 --> 00:27:19,580 and God, how can anything good come out of this? 530 00:27:19,580 --> 00:27:22,500 And yet, as we look back, 531 00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:27,820 it was almost 200 people raised their hand 532 00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:29,780 to receive Christ at his funeral. 533 00:27:29,780 --> 00:27:31,140 He touched more people in his death 534 00:27:31,140 --> 00:27:32,340 than he did in his life. 535 00:27:32,340 --> 00:27:34,100 And so, 536 00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:39,980 and I had a dream about him. 537 00:27:39,980 --> 00:27:42,500 I mean, I pulled over, I was getting gas, 538 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:44,220 I run into this convenience store 539 00:27:44,220 --> 00:27:46,780 and there's Jeff buying some snacks. 540 00:27:46,780 --> 00:27:49,300 What are you doing? 541 00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:50,660 I'm buying snacks. 542 00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:52,020 Does Kelly know you're here? 543 00:27:52,020 --> 00:27:53,500 That was his wife's name. 544 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:56,260 And it was just, it was freaky. 545 00:27:56,260 --> 00:27:57,580 It was a weird dream. 546 00:27:58,340 --> 00:28:00,700 But it was just a dream, right? 547 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:01,540 Why? 548 00:28:01,540 --> 00:28:02,900 I'd probably been thinking about it a lot, 549 00:28:02,900 --> 00:28:04,900 struggling with his death 550 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:07,860 and, you know, I don't know if that brought comfort 551 00:28:07,860 --> 00:28:09,180 to my heart or not. 552 00:28:09,180 --> 00:28:12,780 I didn't share it with too many people. 553 00:28:12,780 --> 00:28:15,660 But sometimes dreams just come 554 00:28:15,660 --> 00:28:18,020 and the strangest ones, right? 555 00:28:18,020 --> 00:28:19,700 You can't put a lot of stock in them, folks, 556 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:21,340 is what I'm saying, okay? 557 00:28:21,340 --> 00:28:24,820 Does that mean that God won't speak to us in dreams? 558 00:28:24,820 --> 00:28:26,100 That doesn't mean that. 559 00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:29,020 God can do anything he wants to do, right? 560 00:28:29,020 --> 00:28:30,420 He can speak to you in a dream. 561 00:28:30,420 --> 00:28:32,420 I promise you that. 562 00:28:32,420 --> 00:28:34,820 And maybe just encourage you in a dream. 563 00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:39,620 I love the dream in the "Faith Like Potatoes." 564 00:28:39,620 --> 00:28:40,500 Who saw that movie? 565 00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:42,460 Who saw "Faith Like Potatoes?" 566 00:28:42,460 --> 00:28:43,580 "Faith Like Potatoes." 567 00:28:43,580 --> 00:28:44,660 If you've ever been to Africa, 568 00:28:44,660 --> 00:28:46,620 you gotta see "Faith Like Potatoes." 569 00:28:46,620 --> 00:28:48,940 Anyway, there was a cool dream there 570 00:28:48,940 --> 00:28:51,260 where it just brought comfort to a heart 571 00:28:51,260 --> 00:28:55,180 of one of the people when they had lost a little guy. 572 00:28:55,180 --> 00:28:57,060 And the guy had a dream and he says, 573 00:28:57,060 --> 00:28:58,300 "I saw Angus." 574 00:28:58,300 --> 00:28:59,580 The kid's name was Angus. 575 00:28:59,580 --> 00:29:01,420 He says, "What did he say?" 576 00:29:01,420 --> 00:29:03,820 He said, "I asked him if he wanted to come back." 577 00:29:03,820 --> 00:29:05,580 And he said, "And what did he say?" 578 00:29:05,580 --> 00:29:08,100 He said, "No, I don't. 579 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:09,420 "I wanna stay with Jesus." 580 00:29:09,420 --> 00:29:12,820 So that brought comfort to that family's heart. 581 00:29:12,820 --> 00:29:16,820 But again, we have to sift everything, right? 582 00:29:16,820 --> 00:29:20,180 The Bible warns that false prophets might use dreams 583 00:29:20,180 --> 00:29:21,900 to give weight to their message. 584 00:29:21,900 --> 00:29:23,860 Deuteronomy 13, one through five, 585 00:29:23,860 --> 00:29:26,460 Jeremiah 23, 25 through 28. 586 00:29:26,460 --> 00:29:28,980 Somebody said, "Scottie, you say that too fast." 587 00:29:28,980 --> 00:29:31,180 I'll slow down. 588 00:29:31,180 --> 00:29:36,180 Deuteronomy 13, one through five, 589 00:29:36,180 --> 00:29:40,140 and Jeremiah 23, 25 through 28. 590 00:29:40,140 --> 00:29:47,380 And so we need to pray and seek the Lord on these things 591 00:29:47,500 --> 00:29:52,300 if it is in fact a message we sifted through the Bible. 592 00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:57,300 So because God primarily speaks to us through His word, 593 00:29:57,300 --> 00:30:02,180 always has, always will, 594 00:30:02,180 --> 00:30:05,020 as long as we're on this earth, He's gonna speak to us. 595 00:30:05,020 --> 00:30:07,380 He and He will never, listen, 596 00:30:07,380 --> 00:30:11,060 God is never gonna speak against His word, 597 00:30:11,060 --> 00:30:13,020 that which is contrary to what His word says. 598 00:30:13,020 --> 00:30:14,620 He won't do it. 599 00:30:14,620 --> 00:30:16,660 God does not contradict Himself. 600 00:30:17,620 --> 00:30:20,620 And some of you might think, "Oh, I think He does." 601 00:30:20,620 --> 00:30:22,420 Well, come talk to me. 602 00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:27,420 But the Bible is our guide, right? 603 00:30:27,420 --> 00:30:33,740 Nothing, no dream would ever be equal 604 00:30:33,740 --> 00:30:36,180 to the written word that God has given us. 605 00:30:36,180 --> 00:30:41,140 So everything that we allow into our lives 606 00:30:41,140 --> 00:30:44,580 need to be sifted through the word of God, right? 607 00:30:44,580 --> 00:30:47,020 And that's sad because so many people 608 00:30:47,020 --> 00:30:48,020 allow things into their life 609 00:30:48,020 --> 00:30:49,740 and they don't sift it through the word. 610 00:30:49,740 --> 00:30:51,580 They don't even give it a second thought. 611 00:30:51,580 --> 00:30:53,080 They just, "Oh, this is cool." 612 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,600 It may not be cool. 613 00:30:55,600 --> 00:31:01,860 So, and He displays this little bit of doubt here. 614 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:09,220 And He tells the butler, "Hey, you know, 615 00:31:09,220 --> 00:31:13,660 I'm in here, you know, innocently 616 00:31:13,660 --> 00:31:15,500 and I was stolen away." 617 00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:17,020 He didn't throw his brothers under the bus, 618 00:31:17,020 --> 00:31:19,540 but I was in, and He said, "You know, 619 00:31:19,540 --> 00:31:21,220 I shared some good news with you for the dream, 620 00:31:21,220 --> 00:31:22,980 so remember me." 621 00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:24,580 And guess what happens? 622 00:31:24,580 --> 00:31:25,680 He don't remember him. 623 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,660 He doesn't remember him at all. 624 00:31:29,660 --> 00:31:31,860 He forgets Joseph. 625 00:31:31,860 --> 00:31:36,860 And this shows that we can't put our faith 626 00:31:36,860 --> 00:31:40,180 and hope in people. 627 00:31:40,180 --> 00:31:42,340 We can't put our faith in people. 628 00:31:42,340 --> 00:31:43,820 You just can't. 629 00:31:43,820 --> 00:31:48,820 It's comforting to me to have people around me 630 00:31:48,820 --> 00:31:50,220 that I know that would pick me up 631 00:31:50,220 --> 00:31:53,720 if I really made a mess and that would be in my corner. 632 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,700 I hope that's comforting to you. 633 00:31:55,700 --> 00:31:58,780 That's why we have community and it's glorious. 634 00:31:58,780 --> 00:32:00,340 But nobody can take the place 635 00:32:00,340 --> 00:32:02,580 of what God can do in our lives. 636 00:32:02,580 --> 00:32:05,260 And that part of us that needs touch sometimes, 637 00:32:05,260 --> 00:32:07,460 no person can do it. 638 00:32:07,460 --> 00:32:08,400 No one can do it. 639 00:32:09,420 --> 00:32:12,220 Psalm 146, verse three says, 640 00:32:12,220 --> 00:32:17,220 "Do not put your trust in princes nor in a son of man 641 00:32:17,220 --> 00:32:19,100 in whom there is no help. 642 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:21,940 His spirit departs, he returns to the earth. 643 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:24,860 That very day his plans perish. 644 00:32:24,860 --> 00:32:28,700 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, 645 00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:30,940 whose hope is in the Lord, his God, 646 00:32:30,940 --> 00:32:34,660 who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, 647 00:32:34,660 --> 00:32:37,440 who keeps truth forever." 648 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,380 That's who you put your faith and hope and trust in. 649 00:32:40,380 --> 00:32:42,620 And then we share the life that gives us, 650 00:32:42,620 --> 00:32:46,660 that God gives us with each other as a body of Christ. 651 00:32:46,660 --> 00:32:49,680 Well, verse 16 here, we'll wrap this up. 652 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,160 I'll try to be in the right chapter. 653 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:56,620 "When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, 654 00:32:56,620 --> 00:33:00,340 he said to Joseph, 'I was also in my dream, 655 00:33:00,340 --> 00:33:02,920 and there were three white baskets on my head, 656 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,300 and the uppermost basket were all kinds 657 00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:06,900 of baked goods for Pharaoh. 658 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:11,140 And the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.' 659 00:33:11,140 --> 00:33:12,460 And Joseph answered and said to him, 660 00:33:12,460 --> 00:33:14,200 'This is the interpretation of it. 661 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,980 The three baskets are three days, 662 00:33:15,980 --> 00:33:18,540 and within three days, 663 00:33:18,540 --> 00:33:22,240 Pharaoh will lift off your head from you 664 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:23,900 and hang you on a tree, 665 00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:27,500 and the birds will eat your flesh from you.' 666 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:29,840 Now it came to pass on the third day, 667 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,020 which was Pharaoh's birthday, 668 00:33:32,020 --> 00:33:35,000 that he made a feast for all his servants, 669 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,740 and he lifted up the head of the chief butler 670 00:33:37,740 --> 00:33:40,100 and of the chief baker among his servants. 671 00:33:40,100 --> 00:33:43,900 Then he restored the chief butler to his butlership again, 672 00:33:43,900 --> 00:33:46,540 and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand, 673 00:33:46,540 --> 00:33:49,460 but he hanged the chief baker 674 00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:52,580 as Joseph had interpreted to them. 675 00:33:52,580 --> 00:33:55,140 Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, 676 00:33:55,140 --> 00:33:56,260 but forgot him." 677 00:33:56,260 --> 00:34:03,140 So just because it's good news for someone else 678 00:34:03,140 --> 00:34:07,160 don't mean it's necessarily good news for you. 679 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:12,160 And that was the case here with the poor baker. 680 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,680 I'm sure he didn't wanna hear that, 681 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:17,480 but hey, listen, 682 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,920 there is a silver lining 683 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:24,920 in this dream interpretation for the baker. 684 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,240 He had three days to get his house in order. 685 00:34:27,240 --> 00:34:30,960 Right, he had three days to get his house in order. 686 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:32,960 I think that's pretty merciful. 687 00:34:33,660 --> 00:34:34,820 That's pretty gracious. 688 00:34:34,820 --> 00:34:41,340 I think of Isaiah when he tells Hezekiah, 689 00:34:41,340 --> 00:34:43,380 King Hezekiah, you remember that? 690 00:34:43,380 --> 00:34:45,620 When he says, "This is what the Lord says, 691 00:34:45,620 --> 00:34:50,620 'Put your house in order because you're going to die.'" 692 00:34:50,620 --> 00:34:52,300 That's what he tells him. 693 00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:54,300 Put your house in order. 694 00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:56,460 I'm wondering if there was a conversation 695 00:34:56,460 --> 00:34:58,460 that's not recorded in God's word, 696 00:34:58,460 --> 00:35:02,740 and this baker inquires of this God 697 00:35:02,740 --> 00:35:05,360 that Joseph was talking about, 698 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,580 this one who interprets dreams. 699 00:35:07,580 --> 00:35:11,020 What an opportunity. 700 00:35:11,020 --> 00:35:14,540 I had a brother share with me just this week. 701 00:35:14,540 --> 00:35:17,420 He says, "I'm convinced that the Lord would have us 702 00:35:17,420 --> 00:35:18,660 as the body of Christ 703 00:35:18,660 --> 00:35:24,020 to aggressively evangelize those around us." 704 00:35:24,020 --> 00:35:29,900 I thought, wow, that's a pretty good call, right? 705 00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:31,540 Aren't we called to that? 706 00:35:31,540 --> 00:35:34,300 Go into the world and preach the gospel 707 00:35:34,300 --> 00:35:35,500 to every living creature, 708 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:38,540 especially now that time seems to be so short. 709 00:35:38,540 --> 00:35:43,020 So we don't know. 710 00:35:43,020 --> 00:35:44,180 We don't know. 711 00:35:44,180 --> 00:35:48,540 We know that he died and that, does it seem fair? 712 00:35:48,540 --> 00:35:50,820 Who are we to judge that? 713 00:35:50,820 --> 00:35:54,900 You realize we all have to take a number, right? 714 00:35:54,900 --> 00:35:56,700 Yeah, I just news this last week 715 00:35:56,700 --> 00:35:59,300 where a friend, he's picking a number. 716 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:01,700 Doesn't got much time left. 717 00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:02,860 Doesn't seem right. 718 00:36:02,860 --> 00:36:03,700 He's young. 719 00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:05,700 Doesn't seem right. 720 00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:09,260 What should he do? 721 00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:12,420 Just make sure his house is in order, right? 722 00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:14,420 'Cause it's no big deal 723 00:36:14,420 --> 00:36:17,940 for those who are walking by faith, 724 00:36:17,940 --> 00:36:20,180 those who are trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ 725 00:36:20,180 --> 00:36:22,260 and have received him as their Lord and Savior. 726 00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:24,060 It's not a big deal. 727 00:36:24,060 --> 00:36:27,220 In fact, the old time gospel singer sang a song, 728 00:36:27,220 --> 00:36:28,560 "Death Ain't No Big Deal." 729 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,960 (congregation laughing) 730 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:34,520 Not for the believer, it's not. 731 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,020 And you know what? 732 00:36:37,020 --> 00:36:40,440 You and I don't even know if we have three days. 733 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,920 We don't know if we even get the end of this day. 734 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,320 You really don't. 735 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:48,240 And I don't. 736 00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:54,000 So my wife has chickens. 737 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,360 There could be some kind of vicious chicken virus 738 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:57,920 that kills me tonight. 739 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:01,520 (congregation laughing) 740 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,760 I have eight some questionable eggs 741 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,400 that might just have, you know. 742 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:16,080 I mean, but we can laugh about it, right? 743 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:17,880 We can laugh about it. 744 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:22,120 I mean, 'cause I love that passage in John 5, 745 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:23,900 I believe it's verse 24. 746 00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:28,100 Jesus said, "He who hears these words of mine 747 00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:32,180 "and does them has passed from death to life." 748 00:37:32,180 --> 00:37:36,460 Have you done the words of Jesus, right? 749 00:37:36,460 --> 00:37:38,900 So many people that come and sit in pews, 750 00:37:38,900 --> 00:37:42,580 they don't even know the words of Jesus, right? 751 00:37:42,580 --> 00:37:45,300 That is horrific in these days in which we live 752 00:37:45,300 --> 00:37:46,880 because you know what's gonna lead you? 753 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:47,860 A dream. 754 00:37:47,860 --> 00:37:49,180 A bad dream's gonna lead you. 755 00:37:49,180 --> 00:37:50,620 That's what's gonna lead you 756 00:37:50,620 --> 00:37:53,020 instead of having the word of God lead you. 757 00:37:53,020 --> 00:37:57,260 So how much more emphasis do we need to be putting on 758 00:37:57,260 --> 00:37:59,740 reading God's word and putting it in our hearts? 759 00:37:59,740 --> 00:38:01,620 This morning I read in Deuteronomy 760 00:38:01,620 --> 00:38:05,220 where it talks about the blessings and the cursings, right? 761 00:38:05,220 --> 00:38:07,460 Today I sat before you, life and death. 762 00:38:07,460 --> 00:38:12,960 In this story presented to us is life and death. 763 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,480 The baker and the butler. 764 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:19,260 Wade mentioned to me, 765 00:38:19,260 --> 00:38:21,480 the Lord was speaking to his heart last week, 766 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,020 looking ahead to chapter 40. 767 00:38:24,020 --> 00:38:25,720 He says, "Aren't the elements right there 768 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,880 "in those two men's lives? 769 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,420 "The wine, the bread and the cup?" 770 00:38:31,420 --> 00:38:32,620 Yeah. 771 00:38:32,620 --> 00:38:34,020 What happened to the body? 772 00:38:34,020 --> 00:38:36,220 It was broken for us. 773 00:38:36,220 --> 00:38:37,740 The bread was. 774 00:38:37,740 --> 00:38:42,000 And the blood washes and cleanses our sins away. 775 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,120 The pictures and the type, 776 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:49,760 the whole inductive system is powerful, 777 00:38:50,780 --> 00:38:54,280 but maybe what's even more powerful 778 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:58,380 is finding Jesus in all the scripture that we read. 779 00:38:58,380 --> 00:38:59,380 Chuck Missler used to say, 780 00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:02,940 "Christ is on every single page of the Bible 781 00:39:02,940 --> 00:39:05,180 "from Genesis to the Revelation." 782 00:39:05,180 --> 00:39:10,540 Today I sat before you, life and death. 783 00:39:10,540 --> 00:39:11,880 Choose life. 784 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:13,380 And Jesus is life. 785 00:39:13,380 --> 00:39:16,900 I am the way, the truth and the life, he tells us, right? 786 00:39:18,380 --> 00:39:21,620 Jesus, he's in this picture. 787 00:39:21,620 --> 00:39:23,980 Jesus is like Joseph to us. 788 00:39:23,980 --> 00:39:27,120 An innocent man came into our prison 789 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:32,120 and shared our condition of likeful, sinful flesh, 790 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,140 though he didn't have a sin nature. 791 00:39:34,140 --> 00:39:39,440 He lived in the flesh without sin. 792 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:44,500 An innocent man came into our prison 793 00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:46,580 and shared our condition. 794 00:39:46,580 --> 00:39:50,140 This innocent prisoner revealed God's message to us. 795 00:39:50,140 --> 00:39:56,100 It was probably like a prison for Jesus to leave glory 796 00:39:56,100 --> 00:40:00,700 and come to be like you and me and to identify with us. 797 00:40:00,700 --> 00:40:04,620 And, might I add, take all of our excuses away. 798 00:40:04,620 --> 00:40:08,460 Christ coming in the flesh takes all of, 799 00:40:08,460 --> 00:40:09,780 you have no excuse. 800 00:40:09,780 --> 00:40:15,000 You have no excuse to not believe in him and trust in him. 801 00:40:16,140 --> 00:40:17,780 Every man's without excuse. 802 00:40:17,780 --> 00:40:21,580 It tells us that in Romans, right? 803 00:40:21,580 --> 00:40:24,260 Romans 1, you are without excuse. 804 00:40:24,260 --> 00:40:26,900 Simply by just looking out the window 805 00:40:26,900 --> 00:40:29,380 and seeing the sun and the moon and the trees 806 00:40:29,380 --> 00:40:31,760 and the grass and the life that God gives, 807 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,480 the things that are created are evidence to him. 808 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,340 Therefore, you're without excuse. 809 00:40:36,340 --> 00:40:44,760 This innocent prisoner was proved true in three days. 810 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,400 Three days he rose from the dead. 811 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:52,620 What Joseph said came true in three days. 812 00:40:52,620 --> 00:41:01,460 What's different about Jesus than Joseph was, 813 00:41:01,460 --> 00:41:06,460 Jesus is able to save the guilty baker, right? 814 00:41:06,460 --> 00:41:11,160 Joseph was only able to point out 815 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:12,800 what was gonna happen to him, 816 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:17,800 but Jesus came to save sinners, you and me. 817 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,520 That's why he came. 818 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:23,040 I don't know about you, but I just get giddy 819 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:24,400 when I think about that, 820 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,220 simply because I'm the biggest sinner in this room, 821 00:41:27,220 --> 00:41:30,120 that I know, and so are you. 822 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:31,200 When you look in the mirror, 823 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,580 there's no greater sinner that you know 824 00:41:33,580 --> 00:41:35,280 than the one that's in the mirror. 825 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:41,720 And so, a beautiful story, good dream, bad dream, 826 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:47,120 life, death, and the choice is always ours, right? 827 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:52,760 We choose to do with what God gives us, 828 00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:56,940 and I hope and pray that your choice is life, 829 00:41:56,940 --> 00:42:01,940 that you would choose to take this man's example 830 00:42:01,940 --> 00:42:07,200 of goodness and grace and mercy and love, 831 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:11,360 and let God live his life through you. 832 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:15,000 The very purpose I believe why we're here, 833 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,440 if somebody asked me, "Scotty, what's your purpose?" 834 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:21,560 My purpose is to allow the God of heaven, right? 835 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:26,680 The creator of heaven and earth 836 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,820 to live his life through me, right? 837 00:42:29,820 --> 00:42:32,120 And so, it's not about me. 838 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,800 It's about God, and it's about others. 839 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,680 And Joseph just displayed that so powerfully 840 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:42,680 when he says, "Doesn't God give interpretations?" 841 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:47,960 When he says that, the word God, he uses the word Elohim. 842 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,880 It's the one in Genesis chapter one, 843 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,480 the creator of the heavens and the earth, 844 00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,820 the one true God that has all the power, 845 00:42:56,820 --> 00:43:03,960 the one that has no rivals, right? 846 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:07,600 And the one that longs for us to humble ourself 847 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:08,920 and come to him. 848 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,920 I pray that you would do that today if you haven't done that 849 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,080 and that you would realize that God, 850 00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,600 no matter where you're at, right? 851 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,620 Whether you're in the house of a raunchy woman 852 00:43:19,620 --> 00:43:23,480 or you're in the prison, doesn't matter. 853 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,520 God will use your life right where you're at. 854 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:26,400 Let's pray. 855 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:27,240 Lord, thank you. 856 00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:32,240 Thank you that you spoke life through this man, Joseph, 857 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:33,580 to the butler. 858 00:43:33,580 --> 00:43:36,640 And Lord Jesus, that you speak life to all of us. 859 00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:42,040 And yet our sin condemns us. 860 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:45,020 And so then we would be like the baker, 861 00:43:45,020 --> 00:43:49,240 deserving of that punishment. 862 00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:52,760 And yet today you have saw fit to give us time. 863 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,720 Lord, you've given us today. 864 00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:57,600 You're allowing us to draw breath. 865 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:02,360 And you're telling us by your word, Lord, 866 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:03,800 to get our houses in order. 867 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,280 And so I pray that we would do that. 868 00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:10,120 Lord, that we would examine ourselves 869 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:13,320 as Paul encouraged us, but also as the Psalmist said, Lord, 870 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:17,880 that we would have you examine us. 871 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:19,980 Search our hearts, O God. 872 00:44:19,980 --> 00:44:21,780 See if there be any wicked way in us 873 00:44:21,780 --> 00:44:24,640 that you might lead us in the way everlasting. 874 00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:26,520 Lord, as you put the people in front of us 875 00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:30,440 who need to, they need to hear the good news, 876 00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:34,880 that there's hope, that there's life. 877 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,200 There's one who can forgive. 878 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,520 There's one who gives new beginnings 879 00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:43,020 and whose mercies and joys are new every morning. 880 00:44:43,020 --> 00:44:47,040 Lord, that if there's anyone here today, Lord, 881 00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:48,080 that doesn't know that, 882 00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,360 that doesn't know the God who gives that, 883 00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:52,560 Lord, I pray that they would cry out to you. 884 00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:54,960 Lord, that they would be inspired to come forward 885 00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:57,700 and to be prayed with, with the prayer team. 886 00:44:57,700 --> 00:45:01,320 Lord, to cry out to you and humble themselves. 887 00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:04,800 And you tell us that when we humble ourselves, 888 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,120 you'll lift us up. 889 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:08,120 And I know there's some that need lifted up. 890 00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,600 There's some that just need encouraged today. 891 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:13,100 Lord, I pray that we would be encouraged, 892 00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:15,320 that you're for us. 893 00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:18,260 Lord, you're not against us, you're for us. 894 00:45:18,260 --> 00:45:22,680 Even if we're filthy and we've done so much wrong, 895 00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:24,360 you've come to make us clean. 896 00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,240 So I just pray that we'd be willing to come to you 897 00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:28,680 and be cleaned up. 898 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:31,620 And we pray it in Jesus' mighty name, amen. 899 00:45:31,620 --> 00:45:33,520 Let's all stand.