1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:05,680 All righty, if you got a Bible, we're gonna be in Genesis. 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:15,120 Somebody told me the other day, "I can't wait till we're done with Genesis." 3 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:25,040 But like the old malto meal commercial, it's good stuff, Maynard. 4 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:33,800 So we'll be in Genesis chapter 42. 5 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:40,320 Starling always presses me for a title, so I called it "The Road to Reconciliation." 6 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:46,900 And the Bible says that God, through Christ, is reconciling the world to Himself, because 7 00:00:46,900 --> 00:00:51,640 you and I need reconciled, reconciled to our God. 8 00:00:51,640 --> 00:01:05,980 And the story of Joseph and how he navigates his life is just, it's incredible. 9 00:01:05,980 --> 00:01:10,740 And we left off last time with the brothers admitting their guilt, right? 10 00:01:10,740 --> 00:01:16,820 And that's half the battle, is admitting you're wrong. 11 00:01:16,820 --> 00:01:22,860 And so they call it the ABCs of the gospel, right? 12 00:01:22,860 --> 00:01:28,960 Is you admit, you believe, and you confess. 13 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:38,840 And these guys in verses 21, right, when Joseph puts the pressure on them, right? 14 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,860 He's putting the pressure on them. 15 00:01:41,860 --> 00:01:49,140 And then they said to one another in verse 21, "We are truly guilty concerning our brother, 16 00:01:49,140 --> 00:01:55,060 for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us and we would not hear. 17 00:01:55,060 --> 00:01:59,700 Therefore, this distress has come upon us." 18 00:01:59,700 --> 00:02:05,540 There is a sense, I think, that we all need to pay for our sin, right? 19 00:02:05,540 --> 00:02:07,500 There's this sense. 20 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:12,260 Years ago, I heard a statistic with criminals. 21 00:02:12,260 --> 00:02:17,820 Criminals a lot of times get caught on purpose, because there is just this, I don't know if 22 00:02:17,820 --> 00:02:18,820 it's their con... 23 00:02:18,820 --> 00:02:24,700 What it is, there's just this innate desire that I need to be checked for what I've done 24 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:25,900 wrong. 25 00:02:25,900 --> 00:02:29,660 I need to be punished for what I've done. 26 00:02:29,660 --> 00:02:35,860 And I think when you lose that is when you're gone. 27 00:02:35,860 --> 00:02:42,340 Your conscious has been seared with a hot iron, as it tells us, and there's no hope 28 00:02:42,340 --> 00:02:43,580 for you. 29 00:02:43,580 --> 00:02:50,700 But these guys, we've talked about that famine and that dryness in their soul all those years 30 00:02:50,700 --> 00:02:54,100 keeping this thing secret. 31 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:58,500 And all of a sudden, Joseph starts putting the pressure on it, kind of like when you're 32 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:02,940 getting ready to pop a zit. 33 00:03:02,940 --> 00:03:14,020 A little bit of a rough illustration. 34 00:03:14,020 --> 00:03:15,580 But he needs to find out, right? 35 00:03:15,580 --> 00:03:17,780 He needs to find out. 36 00:03:17,780 --> 00:03:23,940 And as they begin to confess this among themselves, you know, they're in verse 24 and it says, 37 00:03:23,940 --> 00:03:28,460 "And he turned himself away from them and wept." 38 00:03:28,460 --> 00:03:34,020 Joseph was overcome with emotion as he saw and understood this work of God in the conscience 39 00:03:34,020 --> 00:03:36,460 of his brothers. 40 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:41,020 God had to do a deep work in their hearts, you know, in the hearts of these brothers 41 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:44,540 for the relationship to be reconciled. 42 00:03:44,540 --> 00:03:48,080 And man, it's the same way with us. 43 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,780 You know, sometimes things need to literally come to a head. 44 00:03:51,780 --> 00:03:58,460 And there could be no quick, easy way. 45 00:03:58,460 --> 00:04:02,780 It sometimes takes, you know, the brothers could have said, "We're sorry, Joseph," and 46 00:04:02,780 --> 00:04:04,460 that's it. 47 00:04:04,460 --> 00:04:10,340 But in this situation, God guided the events so that the brothers saw their sin clearly 48 00:04:10,340 --> 00:04:17,660 and repented completely, not even realizing that Joseph was a player in the whole thing. 49 00:04:17,660 --> 00:04:18,660 Right? 50 00:04:18,660 --> 00:04:25,980 They didn't even know this was their brother because he had spoken to them through an interpreter. 51 00:04:25,980 --> 00:04:31,320 Yet even before the restoration, Joseph did not allow himself to be bound by bitterness 52 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:32,320 and hatred. 53 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:36,740 He still loved his brothers and wanted to be with them. 54 00:04:36,740 --> 00:04:42,140 And it says, "And after he went and wept, he returned to them again and talked with 55 00:04:42,140 --> 00:04:44,380 them." 56 00:04:44,380 --> 00:04:50,340 He wasn't happy about their misery, but he knew in some way it was probably necessary. 57 00:04:50,340 --> 00:04:52,000 And so it is with us. 58 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,680 I hope you're absolutely miserable in your sin. 59 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,300 Just miserable. 60 00:04:58,300 --> 00:05:04,720 Years ago, I was at a funeral and I ran into an acquaintance of my mother, who my mother 61 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:09,560 at the time wasn't walking with the Lord and she was kind of chasing after the Almighty 62 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:15,800 Dollar and this gal who had become a believer as a friend to my mom was asking about her 63 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,160 and I said, "Oh, she's chasing the Almighty Dollar." 64 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:24,400 And her friend said, "Well, let's pray that she gets a whole bunch of it." 65 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:25,400 Really? 66 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:26,400 Yeah. 67 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:31,400 So she'll realize, and Marianne was her name and she explained herself, she said, "So she'll 68 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,040 realize that this isn't going to satisfy her heart." 69 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:38,600 I said, "Yeah, that's a good idea." 70 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:45,400 Just, it's a good idea to when you see your loved ones all off, you know, living a sinful 71 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,800 lifestyle saying, "Lord, just give them a belly full of it. 72 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,940 Give them as much as they want that they'll understand they're only going to find satisfaction 73 00:05:53,940 --> 00:05:56,120 in you." 74 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,520 And so, but it says he returned to them again. 75 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:00,640 I wonder what they talked about. 76 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,560 They asking about how many mother cows they were running or how many ewes they had or, 77 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,560 you know, where they pastured their sheep or... 78 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:12,000 I know those are questions I always ask people, you know, when they, especially, you know, 79 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,160 ranchers and farmers. 80 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,760 I kind of like to know how, where's your water come from? 81 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:16,760 Do you pump? 82 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:17,960 Is it surface water? 83 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:27,080 Well, I don't ask that anymore, but... 84 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:31,080 Lord help us. 85 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:36,960 But he was putting the pressure on and it wasn't comfortable, right? 86 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:41,280 It's kind of like disciplining your kids, right? 87 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:44,720 Disciplining your kids isn't fun. 88 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:52,160 I hated that, but I knew it was so necessary, right? 89 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,520 It was so necessary. 90 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:04,000 In fact, in this case, in Joseph's case, the life and death of a nation hangs in the balance. 91 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,440 Joseph needs God's wisdom. 92 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:12,940 Now the Bible says in Hebrews chapter 12, 11, "Now no chastening or discipline seems 93 00:07:12,940 --> 00:07:14,720 to be joyful at the present." 94 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,280 Isn't that right with your kids? 95 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:23,400 It wasn't fun beating on them. 96 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,000 That's the word the Bible uses, is beat. 97 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,040 I got my share of beatings. 98 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,000 For everyone I got, I probably had about 10 come and I just never got caught the other 99 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:37,640 nine times. 100 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,680 But Joseph can't afford to get this wrong, right? 101 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:44,360 It says, "Now no chastening seems to be joyful at the present, but painful. 102 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:49,200 Nevertheless, afterward it yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been 103 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:50,720 trained by it." 104 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,840 We all need discipline and we're going to get discipline in our life and it should start 105 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,440 with our parents. 106 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,320 You know, when we're little kids. 107 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:04,800 Those chastenings need to come because it teaches some things. 108 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:10,080 Notice it said, "It yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness." 109 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,760 How many kids are just, they're off the rails. 110 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,980 They've had no discipline in their life. 111 00:08:16,980 --> 00:08:20,240 They get to do life according to their own understanding. 112 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:25,240 Don't you know kids don't know nothing? 113 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,140 I had a school teacher, she's a friend of mine. 114 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:31,920 She had a classmate that went off into the gay lifestyle. 115 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,920 And so she asked her classmate, she goes, "Well, when did you choose to do this?" 116 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:41,440 And he goes, "Oh, I knew I was gay when I was in kindergarten." 117 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:54,560 And she goes, "I teach kindergartners, they don't know nothing." 118 00:08:54,560 --> 00:09:01,680 But without discipline, right, how is somebody going to know what's right and what's wrong? 119 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:10,920 Proverbs 23, it's so, people say, "Oh, that's so outdated." 120 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,720 It's not outdated, it's just not used. 121 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:19,640 And it says this, "Do not withhold correction from a child. 122 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:24,080 For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die." 123 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,040 He's going to sound like he's dying, but he will not die, right? 124 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:35,200 "You shall beat him with a rod and deliver his soul from hell. 125 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:39,600 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will rejoice." 126 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,800 Isn't that true? 127 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:51,920 I mean, this right now may not be really resonating with some people, but it's God's word. 128 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,480 And it should be heeded. 129 00:09:55,480 --> 00:10:00,320 Now every one of my children got spankings, right? 130 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:04,280 Now I know the difference between spanking and abuse. 131 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:12,560 I don't know why I'm on this soapbox, but just bear with me, right? 132 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:18,480 Years ago, I heard a pastor say that when you spank, right, and that pain is inflicted 133 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:27,600 because, see, some young people don't realize how hot their hind parts can be, right? 134 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:32,820 And so when you apply the Board of Education to the seed of learning, right, or the rod 135 00:10:32,820 --> 00:10:39,080 of correction to that foolish heart that it talks about in Proverbs, right, I don't know 136 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:46,880 what it is, but there is some kind of electrode connected from the glutus maximus to the brain. 137 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:56,120 And it's like, and pretty soon over time, you know, people have told me, because years 138 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:03,920 ago at the school, we paddled at the school, and I swung it quite often, actually. 139 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:08,920 And it did produce the peaceable fruit of righteousness. 140 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:16,400 And there were so many parents that used me as their bludgeoned weapon. 141 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,960 "Hey, we're going to tell Pastor Scottie." 142 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,720 "Leave me out of it. 143 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,040 I want them to like me. 144 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:31,000 You whoop them at home." 145 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:41,880 But it's been lost, this discipline, that it's good stuff. 146 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,840 Some people don't like the way Joseph did this. 147 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:50,340 In fact, Warren Wiersbe, he tells a story about, he taught, had a radio program where 148 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:56,120 he was taught Genesis chapter 42, and he received this letter from a listener, and the listener 149 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:04,040 felt that Joseph was wrong and even cruel in the way he dealt with his brothers. 150 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:09,960 Instead of wasting so much time, the listener suggested, Joseph should have immediately 151 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:15,240 revealed himself to his brothers and brought about instant reconciliation. 152 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:21,200 True reconciliation, however, requires sincere repentance and humble confession of sin. 153 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:25,520 And often, it takes time for a person to get to that place. 154 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:30,560 I believe that Joseph dealt with his brothers in a patient, loving, and wise way. 155 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:33,240 And that's why his approach succeeded. 156 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:37,720 God had to bring Joseph's brother to the place where they admitted the evil things they had 157 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,360 done to their brother and their father. 158 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:47,900 And because shallow repentance leads to an experience that isn't reconciliation at all, 159 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:51,200 it's only a fragile truce. 160 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,600 And that's so true. 161 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:59,400 You just gotta, these guys say they're honest men. 162 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:08,480 And many of us think, well, I have people all the time tell me they're a good person. 163 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:10,780 Tell that to God, would you? 164 00:13:10,780 --> 00:13:11,780 Just tell that to God. 165 00:13:11,780 --> 00:13:14,880 Go tell God what a good person you are. 166 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:23,520 I'm pretty sure he's gonna check you and say, "I don't think so." 167 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:30,440 And so, I think so often, you know, people get confused about the difference between 168 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,840 forgiveness and trust. 169 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:37,920 See, I can forgive somebody who's wronged me. 170 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,960 That doesn't mean I have to trust them, right? 171 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:46,800 I can forgive them and let that go and not hold a grudge and pray God's blessing on them. 172 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:52,600 But I'm not gonna trust them as far as I can throw them. 173 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:53,600 That's the difference. 174 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,640 People think, "Well, if I'm forgiving, that means I have to..." 175 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,880 No, you don't. 176 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:03,920 Forgiveness is simply releasing the bitterness in your own heart. 177 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:05,000 That's what forgiveness does. 178 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,480 It releases you. 179 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:13,560 But you don't have to subject yourself to that person again, right? 180 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:19,640 Because a trust that's been violated, right, it takes time. 181 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:25,020 It takes time to regain that trust. 182 00:14:25,020 --> 00:14:30,880 And so, some take some longer than others. 183 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:35,880 But I think we need to be quick to forgive, right? 184 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,480 And then the proof is in the pudding. 185 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:42,040 You watch and that trust can be regained. 186 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,400 I've seen it happen in friendship relationships. 187 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,320 I've seen it happen in husband and wife relationships. 188 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:54,960 I've seen it happen in parent-children relationships. 189 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,560 And honestly, sometimes it just takes time. 190 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:03,680 It seems that Joseph just let go, right? 191 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,320 He's not trusting them yet, right? 192 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,880 He's not trusting them with who he is. 193 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,720 He's not even gonna go there yet. 194 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,360 And so, he stays the course. 195 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:20,120 So he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes in a vivid and memorable 196 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,440 scene probably, right? 197 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:30,680 He probably remembers as if he's having Simeon bound when those nine bound him and sent him 198 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:35,520 down the road. 199 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:40,460 And so, he bound him, kept him as a prisoner to guarantee the return of his brother Benjamin. 200 00:15:40,460 --> 00:15:44,760 That was the stipulation. 201 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:51,920 So Simeon was not mentioned as having a prominent role in the selling of Joseph like Reuben 202 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:57,400 and Judah did, but some don't know why he chose Simeon. 203 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:04,400 Maybe 'cause he was such a dog, I don't know, killing all the Shechemites. 204 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,160 Or some think that Simeon may have been noble and volunteered. 205 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,060 I'll stay. 206 00:16:10,060 --> 00:16:12,800 Maybe he tasted the Egyptian food and thought, "Hey, this ain't bad. 207 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:21,060 I'll stay here for, you know, don't know." 208 00:16:21,060 --> 00:16:30,360 Though Joseph doesn't display any trust towards his brother, however, he does display kindness. 209 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,040 And so, we'll pick it up in verse 25. 210 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,480 That was a long introduction. 211 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,160 Let me pray. 212 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:42,120 Lord, we love your word and Lord, all the truths in it that we can glean for our own 213 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:49,600 hearts, Lord, and our own lives and our families, Lord, just so practical, Lord, that it just 214 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:55,920 works and simply because as you tell us in your word that it is alive and it is that 215 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,840 sharp sword, Lord, it is spirit in its life. 216 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:06,120 So Lord, as we read these last verses of chapter 42, would you just speak to our hearts, Lord, 217 00:17:06,120 --> 00:17:12,360 and may we just find ourselves applying your word just to our lives every day, Lord, that 218 00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:17,720 truly to trust in you and not to lean on our own understanding is such a good thing. 219 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,880 In Jesus' name, amen. 220 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:27,760 So verse 25, "Then Joseph gave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to restore every 221 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:33,120 man's money to his sack and to give them provisions for the journey. 222 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:39,240 Thus he did for them, and so they loaded their donkeys with the grain and departed from there. 223 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:44,520 But as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed at the encampment, he saw 224 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:49,020 his money and there it was in the mouth of his sack. 225 00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:55,680 And so he said to his brothers, 'My money has been restored and there it is in my sack.' 226 00:17:55,680 --> 00:18:01,140 And then their hearts failed them and they were afraid, saying to one another, 'What 227 00:18:01,140 --> 00:18:05,120 is this that God has done to us?'" 228 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:07,120 Right? 229 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:17,720 So Joseph shows them kindness by, he gave them food and he didn't charge them a dime. 230 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:22,400 But living under a cloud of guilt causes people to be suspicious. 231 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:24,720 "Oh no, what happened? 232 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:25,720 What's he want? 233 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:26,720 Is he setting us up? 234 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:27,720 He's setting us up. 235 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:28,720 Surely he's setting us up. 236 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,700 He's going to arrest us and throw us in jail." 237 00:18:32,700 --> 00:18:39,220 And yet it was really hindsight because of what we know from the Scriptures. 238 00:18:39,220 --> 00:18:40,980 It's Joseph's heart. 239 00:18:40,980 --> 00:18:45,940 Notice in verse 28, it's, their hearts sank. 240 00:18:45,940 --> 00:18:52,840 Going, "Oh no, we're in big trouble." 241 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:58,140 And they're asking the question, "God, what are you doing?" 242 00:18:58,140 --> 00:19:01,140 You ever ask that question? 243 00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:03,940 "God, what are you doing? 244 00:19:03,940 --> 00:19:06,540 Who do you think you are? 245 00:19:06,540 --> 00:19:08,420 God?" 246 00:19:08,420 --> 00:19:10,340 Right? 247 00:19:10,340 --> 00:19:20,260 I mean, it's just, it fascinates me, even in my own life, when bad things happen, thinking, 248 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:22,940 "What are you doing?" 249 00:19:22,940 --> 00:19:23,940 Right? 250 00:19:23,940 --> 00:19:30,620 You know, the Bible says that those who seek the Lord, the Lord will withhold no good thing 251 00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:32,460 from you. 252 00:19:32,460 --> 00:19:38,260 But so often those good things come in different packages that just doesn't look good. 253 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:39,420 Right? 254 00:19:39,420 --> 00:19:42,520 It just doesn't look good. 255 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:49,860 And so they're doing the blame game with God when in fact, I would say that what God is 256 00:19:49,860 --> 00:19:53,900 doing, He is getting your attention. 257 00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:56,860 Has God got your attention? 258 00:19:56,860 --> 00:20:00,540 Okay. 259 00:20:00,540 --> 00:20:04,060 And if He doesn't, what is it going to take? 260 00:20:04,060 --> 00:20:07,380 What is it going to take for God to get your attention? 261 00:20:07,380 --> 00:20:09,220 Because He will. 262 00:20:09,220 --> 00:20:13,980 He will, He'll do whatever it takes to get your attention. 263 00:20:13,980 --> 00:20:20,500 I used to work with a gal and she had four kids and she said as she would pray for her 264 00:20:20,500 --> 00:20:23,060 kids, she would pray this prayer. 265 00:20:23,060 --> 00:20:26,940 She says, "Oh Lord, watch over my kids. 266 00:20:26,940 --> 00:20:31,020 And oh Lord, if they're in sin, I pray that you would convict them. 267 00:20:31,020 --> 00:20:35,920 Lord, and if they won't yield to your conviction, Lord, I pray that you would kill them slowly 268 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:41,460 so that they would have time to repent." 269 00:20:41,460 --> 00:20:44,740 As a mother who's whatever it takes, right? 270 00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:49,800 Whatever it takes to get my baby to the other side, that's what I want. 271 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:57,020 And so God is getting these guys attention. 272 00:20:57,020 --> 00:21:05,180 And you need, it's really, really wise to yield yourself to the Lord and to seek Him 273 00:21:05,180 --> 00:21:08,340 with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. 274 00:21:08,340 --> 00:21:16,500 And instead of ignoring Him and having Him have to get in your face and get your attention. 275 00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:21,620 May He have our undivided attention all the time. 276 00:21:21,620 --> 00:21:30,580 And so verse 29 says, "Then they went to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told 277 00:21:30,580 --> 00:21:36,160 him all that had happened to them saying, 'The man who is Lord of the land spoke roughly 278 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:40,660 to us and took us for spies of the country.' 279 00:21:40,660 --> 00:21:43,540 But we said to him, 'We are honest men. 280 00:21:43,540 --> 00:21:45,140 We are not spies. 281 00:21:45,140 --> 00:21:49,540 We are 12 brothers, sons of our father. 282 00:21:49,540 --> 00:21:51,140 One is no more. 283 00:21:51,140 --> 00:21:57,980 And the youngest is with our father to this day in Canaan.' 284 00:21:57,980 --> 00:22:04,260 Then the man, the Lord of the country said to us, 'By this, I will know that you are 285 00:22:04,260 --> 00:22:07,940 honest men, leave one of your brothers with me. 286 00:22:07,940 --> 00:22:12,340 Take food for the famine for your households and be gone. 287 00:22:12,340 --> 00:22:18,740 And bring your youngest brother to me so I shall know that you are not spies, but that 288 00:22:18,740 --> 00:22:20,420 you are honest men. 289 00:22:20,420 --> 00:22:26,580 I will grant your brother to you and you may trade in the land.'" 290 00:22:26,580 --> 00:22:34,180 So you just wonder what is going through these guys' mind as they're on their way 291 00:22:34,180 --> 00:22:36,860 home when it says they went to Jacob. 292 00:22:36,860 --> 00:22:40,300 Could you imagine the conversations that they were having? 293 00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:42,060 Thinking oh no. 294 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:47,300 We've already covered up a whole bunch of stuff we can't hide anymore from dad. 295 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:49,180 We just got to be honest. 296 00:22:49,180 --> 00:22:55,900 Surely, you know, how do we explain Simeon being not with us and how do we explain we 297 00:22:55,900 --> 00:22:58,500 have both grain and money? 298 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:06,620 The money that dad sent us with, we still have it and we got the grain. 299 00:23:06,620 --> 00:23:14,020 Or what is dad going to say about taking Benjamin back to Egypt? 300 00:23:14,020 --> 00:23:17,060 Don't think so. 301 00:23:17,060 --> 00:23:19,060 First of all, they tell Jacob the truth. 302 00:23:19,060 --> 00:23:20,060 Ka-ching. 303 00:23:20,060 --> 00:23:23,460 That's a step in the right direction, right? 304 00:23:23,460 --> 00:23:25,300 Tell the truth. 305 00:23:25,300 --> 00:23:31,820 Tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may. 306 00:23:31,820 --> 00:23:40,560 And they tried to tell the man they were honest, but Joseph knew they weren't honest men, right? 307 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,820 He knew their character. 308 00:23:44,820 --> 00:23:53,940 They weren't pulling any wool over his eyes, but he did see that they could become what 309 00:23:53,940 --> 00:24:03,660 he desired them to be, honest men, no doubt, by acknowledging their sin and they did that. 310 00:24:03,660 --> 00:24:13,300 And so Jesus knows you and he knows me that we have sinned and he sees that we can become 311 00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:15,420 honest men, right? 312 00:24:15,420 --> 00:24:20,700 When we're willing to turn just like these guys were willing to turn from their sin. 313 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:26,300 In verse 35, it says, "And it happened as they emptied their sacks that surprisingly 314 00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:30,140 each man's bundle of money was in his sack. 315 00:24:30,140 --> 00:24:34,980 And when they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 316 00:24:34,980 --> 00:24:39,680 And Jacob, their father said to them, 'Have you bereaved me? 317 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,100 You have bereaved me. 318 00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:42,100 Joseph is no more. 319 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:43,740 Simeon is no more. 320 00:24:43,740 --> 00:24:46,620 And you want to take Benjamin. 321 00:24:46,620 --> 00:24:50,820 All these things are against me.'" 322 00:24:50,820 --> 00:24:56,700 So right here, this poor guy's heart is broken and what is it? 323 00:24:56,700 --> 00:24:58,800 It's all lies. 324 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:04,820 The lies that people believe that break their heart is amazing to me. 325 00:25:04,820 --> 00:25:08,620 The lies that people believe, I mean, people believe that, "Well, God surely can't love 326 00:25:08,620 --> 00:25:10,380 me. 327 00:25:10,380 --> 00:25:11,900 I've messed up too much." 328 00:25:11,900 --> 00:25:16,060 No, you haven't. 329 00:25:16,060 --> 00:25:20,140 If you can breathe air, there's hope for you, right? 330 00:25:20,140 --> 00:25:22,380 Just saying. 331 00:25:22,380 --> 00:25:24,540 But so many people, he's believing these lies. 332 00:25:24,540 --> 00:25:27,940 He's believing that Joseph is no more. 333 00:25:27,940 --> 00:25:29,660 Joseph's not no more. 334 00:25:29,660 --> 00:25:31,740 He just don't know it. 335 00:25:31,740 --> 00:25:36,340 What we don't know God is doing behind the scenes is fascinating. 336 00:25:36,340 --> 00:25:42,500 It should bolster your faith to know that God has your best interest at heart. 337 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:46,940 He truly is going to do Romans 828 in your life. 338 00:25:46,940 --> 00:25:48,860 In fact, I just got a card. 339 00:25:48,860 --> 00:25:50,300 You got those cards, Clay? 340 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:51,940 Clay, I just got this card. 341 00:25:51,940 --> 00:25:53,940 It's got Romans 828 on it, right? 342 00:25:53,940 --> 00:25:58,500 "For we know that all things work together for good of those who love God and those who 343 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:00,300 are the called according to His purpose." 344 00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:01,300 Right? 345 00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:02,300 Okay. 346 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:05,640 There's some out on the table if you want to grab one. 347 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,460 Just a great reminder, right? 348 00:26:07,460 --> 00:26:09,640 No, God's working behind the scenes. 349 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,100 You don't see it all. 350 00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:12,200 We get confused. 351 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,500 We get depressed. 352 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:21,700 We believe lies and things that aren't true at all. 353 00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:24,660 Simeon's getting well-fed, right? 354 00:26:24,660 --> 00:26:26,340 He doesn't even have to work. 355 00:26:26,340 --> 00:26:27,780 He's getting three squares in a... 356 00:26:27,780 --> 00:26:31,380 What do they call it? 357 00:26:31,380 --> 00:26:32,980 Three hots and a cot. 358 00:26:32,980 --> 00:26:40,080 Man, we got some ex-cons in here. 359 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:50,380 Three hots and a cot, right? 360 00:26:50,380 --> 00:26:53,720 Joseph had given them what Jesus gives us, right? 361 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:54,940 He gives them the grain. 362 00:26:54,940 --> 00:26:58,740 That's like a picture of the bread of life. 363 00:26:58,740 --> 00:27:01,040 He also gave them undeserved riches. 364 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:07,180 He gave them their money back. 365 00:27:07,180 --> 00:27:09,000 And they were afraid. 366 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:16,000 They were afraid of the blessings of God, receiving what they didn't earn. 367 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:21,060 You know, grace tests us all, don't it? 368 00:27:21,060 --> 00:27:22,060 Grace. 369 00:27:22,060 --> 00:27:23,060 You've heard the... 370 00:27:23,060 --> 00:27:24,060 I used to have a coin. 371 00:27:24,060 --> 00:27:28,380 I made my boy Buster, I made him be an evangelist. 372 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:31,460 I had these little silver coins that were made out of nickel silver. 373 00:27:31,460 --> 00:27:35,020 And on them, they had the word grace, the acronym grace, right? 374 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:39,640 God's riches at Christ's expense, right? 375 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,600 God's riches at Christ's expense. 376 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:49,640 And when he wrestled, if he won or lost, he had to give his opponent a coin. 377 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,440 And to learn about grace. 378 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,560 And he had to learn to lose graciously. 379 00:27:54,560 --> 00:28:01,140 So with tears in his eyes, as he just got his butt kicked, he would hand the kid a coin. 380 00:28:01,140 --> 00:28:04,540 And grace is tough to take. 381 00:28:04,540 --> 00:28:07,080 Because we've got this idea, "No, I've got to earn it, man. 382 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,080 I've got to deserve this." 383 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:14,180 No, guys, the only thing we deserve is God's judgment. 384 00:28:14,180 --> 00:28:18,860 The only thing we do deserve is the binding of the hands and feet in the dungeon. 385 00:28:18,860 --> 00:28:20,780 That's what we do deserve. 386 00:28:20,780 --> 00:28:32,020 And yet, Joseph very discreetly is showing grace towards these brothers of his. 387 00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:41,720 And so, so to us toward God, like Jesus, all power and authority was given to Joseph. 388 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,280 He could have done anything with those guys that he wanted. 389 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:45,880 Could have put them all in prison. 390 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,880 Could have just executed all of them. 391 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:48,880 And he didn't. 392 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:54,640 He showed, because of his power and authority, he extended grace and mercy to his brothers. 393 00:28:54,640 --> 00:29:01,080 And so, Jacob at this point believes that God has probably forsaken him, as he believes 394 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:02,840 these lies. 395 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:09,240 And maybe thinking that he's beyond hope, that this grief is going to become so heavy 396 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:16,880 that it's going to take him even to the grave. 397 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,120 Some people think, "I'm beyond hope. 398 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:21,680 I'm beyond hope. 399 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,560 I can never confess my sin. 400 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,720 I'm worthless." 401 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:31,800 But if you believe those lies, those lies have power over you. 402 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:37,560 So step out from under the lies, come to the truth, right? 403 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:38,560 And be set free. 404 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,940 That's what the Lord says, right? 405 00:29:40,940 --> 00:29:46,920 That the truth will make you free when you understand God's truth and His love towards 406 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,880 you. 407 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:54,040 Verse 37 goes on and it says, "Then Reuben spoke to his father saying, 'Kill my two sons 408 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,040 if I do not bring him back to you. 409 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:01,720 Put him in my hands,'" speaking of Benjamin, "'and I will bring him back to you.'" 410 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:07,760 Now we know that Reuben has maybe some psychosis going on or something. 411 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:16,160 We don't know for sure, but the suggestion he makes is ridiculous, right? 412 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,880 If we don't follow through on what we said, then go ahead and take my son's life. 413 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,560 Like that's really going to make things better for Jacob. 414 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:26,720 Well, if Benjamin doesn't come back and Simeon doesn't come back, then I'm going to kill 415 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,200 my two grandsons? 416 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,040 I don't think so. 417 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:40,280 But what's interesting about that is Reuben did this as a dramatic gesture, but God did 418 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,000 it in fact, right? 419 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,820 God did it in fact for you and I. 420 00:30:46,820 --> 00:30:58,660 God gave his own son to deliver us and to rescue us in our despair. 421 00:30:58,660 --> 00:31:05,840 The gospel, I hope for you, never gets old, right? 422 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,360 It's the power of God. 423 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:12,960 I talked about it to the boys down at Trail Life Camp this week. 424 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,940 The gospel is powerful, right? 425 00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:22,100 It's the power of God unto salvation for those who would believe. 426 00:31:22,100 --> 00:31:25,140 And that's why Jesus came, right? 427 00:31:25,140 --> 00:31:27,700 And he laid down his life. 428 00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:35,080 Verse 38 says, "But he said, 'My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, 429 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:36,600 and he is left alone. 430 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:43,560 If any calamity should befall him along the way in which you go, then you would bring 431 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:48,200 down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.'" 432 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:56,000 And so Jacob doesn't understand what's going on here because his son Simeon is still alive, 433 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,360 Joseph is still alive. 434 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:02,160 The beloved son that he thought was dead is really alive. 435 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:09,560 Not only that, but because he's alive, he has been exalted to the highest place, right? 436 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:14,320 And thirdly, because he is alive, he gives the bread of life. 437 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:19,880 And fourthly, because he is alive, he is the savior of the world. 438 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:26,920 Jacob doesn't see this, just like we don't see what God's doing. 439 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:31,840 So much has happened this week, this last week, right? 440 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:36,720 I mean, I don't know about you, but I watched some of the RNC, the amount of times that 441 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:45,520 they quoted the Lord, quoted the Bible, named the name of Christ, had Franklin Graham pray, 442 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,320 but also a witch pray. 443 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:53,880 Like, okay, we're never gonna get away from the tears. 444 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:57,120 Test all things, the Bible says, and hold on to what's good. 445 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,300 Hold on to what's good. 446 00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:04,460 But every day can bring something new to our lives. 447 00:33:04,460 --> 00:33:08,260 Things that we don't see right now, but we might see it tomorrow. 448 00:33:08,260 --> 00:33:15,280 And so that's why there's this faith, hope, and love, these three. 449 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:22,400 And when we live in hope and love, we love God and we love one another, and we walk by 450 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:23,400 faith. 451 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:29,320 Man, that's a winning combination, ain't it? 452 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:30,320 It's exciting. 453 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:31,920 Life is exciting. 454 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,960 Do we have hard times? 455 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:39,000 I just got the message last night, my friend Paul passed away. 456 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,400 And I mean, it's just, I'm just going, I was shocked. 457 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,000 Man, that was fast. 458 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,680 I'd just seen him a couple days ago. 459 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:48,680 And he spoke. 460 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:55,880 I mean, it wasn't like he was totally incapacitated, but he's with the Lord. 461 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:59,960 That's powerful. 462 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:03,480 I'm learning something about this whole debt thing, man. 463 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,360 Make a number, right? 464 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,200 Who's next? 465 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,080 Who is next? 466 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:19,120 I talked to just young men yesterday about it, or excuse me, on Friday. 467 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,680 Because young people die, right? 468 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:29,400 But we've got this person in our life that gives us hope, that fills our hearts with 469 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:34,200 a love that we know is not our own, but it's the love of God. 470 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:45,160 And because this son is alive, Jacob should be able to trust God. 471 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:52,140 Not just with his sustenance, but also with his treasured son. 472 00:34:52,140 --> 00:34:56,600 No doubt in the favoritism that he's showing Benjamin here, I'm sure the other eight are 473 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:04,680 going like, "What are we?" 474 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:12,240 But because he lives, you and I, we can face tomorrow. 475 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:15,280 Come what may, right? 476 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,120 Come what may. 477 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,440 Because I don't know what's coming. 478 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:22,120 I know Jesus is coming. 479 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:28,600 And you and I really need to be ready for that and prioritize our lives. 480 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:38,040 And I think there's a lot of hopefulness right now for our country. 481 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:43,540 But I just want to warn you, it can take a turn at any second. 482 00:35:43,540 --> 00:35:46,920 It can turn some way this way or this way. 483 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:48,360 Good gracious. 484 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:55,680 The stock market, the Dow is at 41,000, I think it's dropped a little bit. 485 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:56,680 $41,000. 486 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:57,680 Really? 487 00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:04,200 Is this a bubble that's going to explode and we're going to have a depression like the 488 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,480 country's never seen before since '29? 489 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:08,480 I don't know. 490 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:14,520 But I know that my hope, listen, my hope is not in Donald Trump. 491 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,680 My hope is not in America. 492 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:18,680 I love America. 493 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,400 It's my home. 494 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,260 But that's not where my hope is. 495 00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:27,600 My hope is in a single person and his name is Jesus. 496 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,280 It's not in my bank account. 497 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,240 It's not what I can do, right? 498 00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:37,480 And so that is where our hope and our focus needs to be because we get so distracted with 499 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,920 all the crazy stuff going on, right? 500 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:49,560 No, just put your hope in the one, just like Joseph was alive and Jacob didn't know it, 501 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,320 Jesus is alive. 502 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,880 And so many Christians act like he's not. 503 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,360 They live like he's not alive. 504 00:36:56,360 --> 00:37:00,320 He's alive and he is well and he's on the move. 505 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,360 And I pray that you would be in the current of his moving. 506 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:04,360 Amen? 507 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:05,360 Let's pray. 508 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,400 Father, thank you for today. 509 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,760 Your word, the power of it. 510 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:16,720 Lord, that you are alive and that you infuse us with life as we trust you, as we give you 511 00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:18,600 our hearts and our minds. 512 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:24,240 Lord, I just pray that this week that we would lift our eyes, Lord, from whence comes our 513 00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:25,920 help, the Lord Jesus. 514 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,720 Lord, that you would direct our steps. 515 00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:34,040 Lord, we know that there's some divine appointments in front of us this week. 516 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,120 And Lord, I just pray for a boldness. 517 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:44,000 Lord, that we know that you're coming and that we all need to be ready, no matter what, 518 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:53,680 no matter if persecution comes, if heat or cold or flood or disaster comes, or even death, 519 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,480 that our trust and our hope is in you. 520 00:37:56,480 --> 00:38:02,120 And so Lord, I pray that you would give us a hunger for your word, Lord, that our lives 521 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,600 would be governed by the truth of your word. 522 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:09,080 Just as the psalmist wrote, "How can a young man cleanse his way? 523 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,240 By taking heed to the word of God." 524 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:14,480 And so I pray that that would be all of us in these times in which we live. 525 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:22,200 Lord, that we wouldn't get duped by the lies, Lord, that are tripping so many people up. 526 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:29,000 As you encouraged us in your last day's discourse there, do not be deceived. 527 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:33,160 And so Lord, I just pray that for us, your people, in Jesus' name, amen. 528 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:38,720 Oh, one other thing, in fact, I got this from my brother-in-law who's not real tight with 529 00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:46,400 the Lord, but he sent me a thing and he was pretty concerned about the Tucker Carlson, 530 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,920 John Rich's interview. 531 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:50,520 Did anybody see it? 532 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:54,080 Tucker Carlson, John Rich, people are freaked out about it. 533 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:59,920 'Cause Rich talked about the difference between the second coming or saying that the rapture 534 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:03,160 wasn't legit. 535 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:08,320 Listen, John Rich don't know his Bible, right? 536 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:09,640 Because the Bible is very specific. 537 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,200 He said the word Antichrist is not in the Bible. 538 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,720 I just looked at 1 John and it's in there two or three times, even the one with the 539 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:19,040 capital A, right? 540 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:24,480 And so there's gonna be all these things coming at us as believers. 541 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,120 Don't get shook. 542 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:31,240 Don't get shook up when you hear these things or even somebody credible, if they're saying 543 00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:32,960 something, check them out. 544 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:36,240 Don't believe a word I say, please, but check it out. 545 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:37,840 This is your guide. 546 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:39,480 I'm not your guide. 547 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:44,000 Jesus is your guide and his word has the final say on everything. 548 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,480 So check that out. 549 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:50,640 I mean, check out the word, not the interview. 550 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:55,840 But what he was saying was that people are putting their hope in the rapture, right? 551 00:39:55,840 --> 00:40:03,840 Well, what if the rapture doesn't, he's basically saying there is no rapture, but only the second 552 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:04,900 coming of Christ. 553 00:40:04,900 --> 00:40:07,720 But the thing about it is, is when you look at God's word and you look at the book of 554 00:40:07,720 --> 00:40:13,180 revelation, the second coming, we know the day of the second coming, right? 555 00:40:13,180 --> 00:40:15,000 We know the day. 556 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,880 Jesus said something about nobody knows the day or the hour. 557 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:20,040 What would that be? 558 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,840 That would have to be the rapture, but we know the day of the second coming. 559 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:28,960 It's 1260 days to the day from the time that the antichrist is revealed. 560 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:33,200 We know when Jesus Christ is coming back to set up his kingdom on the earth. 561 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,200 We know the day. 562 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:40,880 So there is a day and so John Darby is the one who kind of promoted this. 563 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:46,680 So he gets lambasted as a heretic, but there was a known day and an unknown day. 564 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,240 So read your Bible. 565 00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:50,840 Please don't listen to me. 566 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:51,840 Right? 567 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,040 I mean, you can come listen, but check it out. 568 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:58,080 Make sure it's God's word, right? 569 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:04,320 That it flows with that truth because that freaks people out. 570 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:07,200 What's funny though is why are they freaked out? 571 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:10,680 Jesus called us to die, right? 572 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:14,920 Because he's saying what he was saying is, he says, because the rapture doesn't happen, 573 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:18,160 that many Christians will take the mark of the beast, right? 574 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:19,160 They'll go here. 575 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:23,000 Well, it's not going to happen, so just give me the mark because I got to pay my bills, 576 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,000 right? 577 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,280 Because nobody buys or sells without it. 578 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,400 You can't pay any bills without it. 579 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:32,640 Jesus has called us to die for him. 580 00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:40,640 So whether we're raptured or whether we're martyred, it should not matter to us, right? 581 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,440 As believers in Jesus. 582 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:51,400 So the preeminent one in your life needs to be Christ, right? 583 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:56,840 Colossians tells us that, that Christ should be preeminent in all things in your life. 584 00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,240 And when he is, you know, let it come. 585 00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:03,560 Whatever it is, persecution or the blowing of the trumpet. 586 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:07,160 I really like the sound of the blowing of the trumpet, but if we got to go the other 587 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,840 way, that's cool too. 588 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:13,200 Let's all stand and worship.