1 00:00:00,380 --> 00:00:05,700 All right. How many of you had to wrestle with something from Philemon over the last couple of weeks? 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:06,940 Anybody? 3 00:00:09,020 --> 00:00:09,240 Right? 4 00:00:10,659 --> 00:00:16,500 Yeah, anytime you dive into the Word and you really dig in and God wax on you a little bit, 5 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,340 he probably puts you through something to see if you learned it. 6 00:00:20,260 --> 00:00:26,760 So don't forget what you're learning because the last thing we want is the body of Christ is to come in, 7 00:00:26,860 --> 00:00:33,920 check a box, walk out, and not treat Christianity like we would our job or sport or anything 8 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:40,300 else that we do, right? If you think about it, if you weren't disciplined in your job, 9 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:42,260 how long would it be before you got fired? 10 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:51,020 True? Do we treat our relationship with Jesus the same way? 11 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:56,080 It's a good question. It's a right question. 12 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,100 because nothing should matter more than our relationship with Jesus. 13 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,480 It should drive everything else. 14 00:01:02,300 --> 00:01:06,180 That we should not compartmentalize our Christianity, 15 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,160 because this is who I am on Sunday, 16 00:01:08,860 --> 00:01:10,500 but everything else is up to me. 17 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,440 Are we really relying on God every step of the way? 18 00:01:14,980 --> 00:01:20,340 Is it really a walk of faith, belief in doing? 19 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,020 So today we're going to dive in. 20 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:24,720 We're going to take a look at Joseph. 21 00:01:26,380 --> 00:01:38,000 now there's a lot with joseph's story so i don't know if you guys want to read 37 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 22 00:01:39,780 --> 00:01:48,120 49 and 50 of genesis i would love to do that because then we'd all be on the same page it's a lot of info 23 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,940 but what i'd like to do is start out with three statements that joseph makes in chapter 50 24 00:01:54,719 --> 00:02:00,460 then we're going to go and look into the story of Joseph's life that we get in Genesis, 25 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,420 37 through 50, and we're going to put some meat on the bones. 26 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,840 Because I think we've heard these statements before, 27 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,360 but what we're going to find here is there's a lot of depth and a lot of width 28 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:14,860 and a lot of stuff that are behind these statements. 29 00:02:16,540 --> 00:02:20,840 And what I hope at the end of the day is that all of us are going to be able to look 30 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,900 into the story of Joseph and look in the mirror, 31 00:02:24,660 --> 00:02:29,900 and then realize that there's a lot of stuff that happened in his life that happens in our life. 32 00:02:31,140 --> 00:02:32,180 How did Joseph deal? 33 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:34,640 Are we dealing the same way? 34 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,300 Are there things we can learn from Joseph? 35 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:45,820 I think today is going to be a pretty powerful journey because God's going to dig into some places that we don't like God to go. 36 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:48,180 Everybody with me? 37 00:02:49,060 --> 00:02:50,620 So this may be a tough one today. 38 00:02:50,860 --> 00:02:51,960 It's kind of like liver and onions. 39 00:02:53,450 --> 00:02:53,600 Okay? 40 00:02:54,660 --> 00:02:58,080 Really good for you, but man, I'm not lining up for that one. 41 00:02:58,840 --> 00:02:59,000 Okay. 42 00:03:02,300 --> 00:03:05,020 So it's always an honor to get it throw down with you guys. 43 00:03:05,460 --> 00:03:06,880 It's always fun to get it again. 44 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:08,300 I really wish today it was one. 45 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,740 Well, I was going to see if I can make a deal with Scotty because I had to get a flight last time. 46 00:03:12,860 --> 00:03:14,800 So it was only like 35 minutes. 47 00:03:15,980 --> 00:03:17,140 I think that's a record. 48 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:22,320 Yeah, I'm sure that's a record. 49 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:29,000 today we got to go down for like an hour and a half just to make up time is everybody cool with that 50 00:03:29,740 --> 00:03:37,200 mark you okay with that you good good what you think fred hour and a half anybody got roast on 51 00:03:38,420 --> 00:03:42,620 no we got to stop wasting time we're good okay so let's pray and we're going to dig right in all right 52 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,900 everybody cool so make your way to genesis 50 53 00:03:45,820 --> 00:03:51,000 jesus 50 father thank you for the opportunity we have to dive into your word 54 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,020 Thank you that we get to share together as your children. 55 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,920 And Father, it might be that there's things that are going on. 56 00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:02,580 You're going to meet us in a unique way. 57 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,160 What we know is that we're not alone. 58 00:04:07,980 --> 00:04:10,260 Your presence is promised. 59 00:04:13,340 --> 00:04:18,660 That by definition, as a believer, as a child of God, 60 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:22,400 we are never alone. 61 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:24,380 So thank you. 62 00:04:26,060 --> 00:04:27,360 And if we dive into your word 63 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,020 and your Holy Spirit's never going to miss that word 64 00:04:31,300 --> 00:04:32,640 and he's never going to miss your will. 65 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,960 So Holy Spirit, thank you for leading us into truth 66 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:36,820 and teaching us. 67 00:04:38,220 --> 00:04:41,820 And let us together unified as the body 68 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,600 understand the truth that sets free. 69 00:04:46,340 --> 00:04:48,280 And even in the midst of the ups and downs, 70 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:50,720 we're going to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus 71 00:04:52,020 --> 00:04:54,340 and we're going to trust the truth rather than emotions 72 00:04:56,460 --> 00:04:58,140 thank you for this time in Jesus' name 73 00:04:58,660 --> 00:04:59,260 everybody said 74 00:04:59,950 --> 00:05:02,380 amen amen all right so Genesis 50 75 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:03,480 make your way there 76 00:05:05,020 --> 00:05:06,000 and where I'd like you to go 77 00:05:06,820 --> 00:05:08,400 is about halfway through the chapter 78 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:13,440 make your way down 79 00:05:13,660 --> 00:05:14,580 to oh 80 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:18,280 we'll put a little 81 00:05:18,300 --> 00:05:29,640 context to it. How about? Let's go down to 12. 12, verse 12. Thus his sons did for him as he had 82 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,620 charged them. So what's happened here in chapter 50 at this point? Jacob has died. They have 83 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:42,100 taken him back to Israel to bury him. All right? So that's what's happening. 13. His sons 84 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:47,260 carried him to the land of Canaan, buried him in the cave of the field of Macpulah before Mamary, 85 00:05:47,340 --> 00:05:51,280 which Abraham bought from Abraham Ephron the Hittite, right? 86 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:51,980 Verse 14. 87 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:55,800 After he had been buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, 88 00:05:56,260 --> 00:05:59,920 he and his brothers, and all who had gone up with him to bury his father. 89 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,820 Now, think about this, because if you go back into the context and you read the story, 90 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,240 Jacob has a Pharaoh's burial. 91 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:14,740 They took the whole entourage back, and everybody recognized it. 92 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:16,140 It was a big deal. 93 00:06:17,180 --> 00:06:26,580 And so, and 15, now this really is telling, and this will help us to go back and hang some things on, 94 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:35,300 when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, what if Joseph bears a grudge against us 95 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:41,120 and pays us back in full for the wrong which we did to him? 96 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:49,780 Hmm. What wrong did they do to him? How many of us know the story of Joseph? 97 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:57,860 What are some things you remember about Joseph's story? A lot of it, we remember his brothers want to kill him. 98 00:06:58,460 --> 00:07:04,660 We remember Potiphar, probably. We remember that he had dreams, coat of many colors. What else? 99 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:13,600 Yeah, in the pit. He gets thrown in jail. He interprets Pharaoh's dream. We'll talk about those. 100 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:15,900 So we remember a lot of the highlights, right? 101 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,620 Where we want to dig into is what's going on. 102 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:27,400 Why this statement, his brothers all of a sudden now, are afraid of him deeply. 103 00:07:28,860 --> 00:07:32,080 What if he pays us back? 104 00:07:32,620 --> 00:07:33,340 Now watch what happened. 105 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:33,980 This is interesting. 106 00:07:36,140 --> 00:07:39,740 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, 15 again, they said, 107 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:44,100 what if Joseph bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for the wrong 108 00:07:44,180 --> 00:07:45,100 which we did to him. 109 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:50,000 So they sent a message to Joseph saying, what? 110 00:07:51,820 --> 00:07:54,700 Your father charged before he died, saying, 111 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:00,440 Thus you shall say to Joseph, please forgive, I beg you, the transgressions of your brothers 112 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:04,140 and their sin, for they did you wrong. 113 00:08:04,300 --> 00:08:08,140 And now, please forgive the transgressions of the servants of the God of your father. 114 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,760 And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 115 00:08:17,020 --> 00:08:18,460 did jacob really write this letter 116 00:08:20,580 --> 00:08:21,580 so the brothers 117 00:08:22,020 --> 00:08:23,920 concoct the letter to tell joseph 118 00:08:24,660 --> 00:08:25,480 dad said 119 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:27,300 be nice to us 120 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:30,220 forgive us 121 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:31,520 because we wronged you 122 00:08:31,980 --> 00:08:34,120 this is what dad said you better do what dad says 123 00:08:34,219 --> 00:08:35,479 because he'll always do what dad says right 124 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:36,919 well 125 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:39,400 joseph weeps 126 00:08:39,599 --> 00:08:40,979 as a result of that statement 127 00:08:42,099 --> 00:08:43,740 have you ever thought about why he 128 00:08:43,780 --> 00:08:44,039 weeps? 129 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,880 And that, I think, is why it's important for us to dig into this today. 130 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,480 Now let's take a look at what Joseph says. 131 00:08:58,060 --> 00:08:58,540 He weeps. 132 00:09:01,140 --> 00:09:02,820 Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 133 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:03,100 18. 134 00:09:04,460 --> 00:09:06,760 Then his brothers also came and did what? 135 00:09:08,220 --> 00:09:10,300 Fell down before him and said, 136 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:11,660 Behold, we are your servants. 137 00:09:12,940 --> 00:09:18,660 But Joseph said, number one, do not be afraid, for am I in God's place? 138 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:29,840 Number two, as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result. 139 00:09:31,340 --> 00:09:31,980 What was the result? 140 00:09:32,980 --> 00:09:34,520 To save many people alive. 141 00:09:35,420 --> 00:09:35,740 Amazing. 142 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:39,520 So he tells his brothers, you meant evil? 143 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:40,940 You know what God was doing? 144 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:42,700 Good. 145 00:09:44,540 --> 00:09:53,400 whoa we'll talk more about that and three so therefore do not be afraid i will provide for you and your 146 00:09:53,560 --> 00:10:01,200 little ones so he can comforted them and spoke kindly to them all right so why are these three 147 00:10:01,340 --> 00:10:06,780 statements so powerful why would the brothers be so afraid that now the hammer's going to drop he's 148 00:10:07,170 --> 00:10:11,240 really going to pay us back now for the evil that we did so let's go back and look at the journey 149 00:10:11,780 --> 00:10:13,300 let's see how deep the evil is 150 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:15,560 and let's take a look specifically 151 00:10:16,220 --> 00:10:17,160 at some of the layers 152 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,160 of Joseph's brothers and himself 153 00:10:19,260 --> 00:10:21,140 so go back to 37 with me 154 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:22,920 go back to 37 155 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,100 we're just going to take a journey through the chapters 156 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:25,500 here 157 00:10:27,140 --> 00:10:29,140 how old was Joseph when this story 158 00:10:29,260 --> 00:10:29,820 opens up 159 00:10:30,820 --> 00:10:31,240 anybody know 160 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:33,960 he's 17 years old 161 00:10:35,380 --> 00:10:37,060 by chance does anybody know 162 00:10:37,620 --> 00:10:39,140 in chapter 50 when 163 00:10:39,340 --> 00:10:41,220 Joseph has the dialogue with his 164 00:10:41,260 --> 00:10:46,120 brothers and makes those three statements how old Joseph was at that moment? 165 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:48,860 Anybody know? 166 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:53,660 I'll tell you in a little bit. 167 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:54,200 Okay. 168 00:10:55,860 --> 00:10:56,320 No, I promise. 169 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:57,380 I'll tell you. 170 00:10:58,500 --> 00:11:00,920 Because we get little indications as we go through. 171 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,260 So what's the heartbeat of chapter 37? 172 00:11:05,940 --> 00:11:06,760 We got a couple of things. 173 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:11,020 Number one, Joseph is 17, and he tells on his brothers. 174 00:11:12,020 --> 00:11:15,960 And by the way, does anybody know how many wives Jacob had? 175 00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:19,960 Four. 176 00:11:21,980 --> 00:11:25,240 Actually, two of them come up, Zilpah and Bilha, and who were the two others? 177 00:11:26,660 --> 00:11:27,240 Rachel and Leah. 178 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,420 He was going after Rachel, got Leah, then got Rachel. 179 00:11:29,540 --> 00:11:30,320 Remember the whole gig. 180 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:37,960 Does anybody remember how many sons, Rachel, the one that Jacob loved, how many she had? 181 00:11:39,340 --> 00:11:39,580 Two. 182 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:40,200 Who were they? 183 00:11:41,740 --> 00:11:42,620 Joseph and 184 00:11:43,410 --> 00:11:43,560 Benjamin 185 00:11:43,890 --> 00:11:44,040 Okay 186 00:11:44,820 --> 00:11:46,320 So is Benjamin on the scene 187 00:11:46,460 --> 00:11:47,500 When Joseph is 17 188 00:11:51,620 --> 00:11:53,520 I don't know either 189 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:58,200 I've wrestled with it 190 00:11:58,500 --> 00:11:59,480 I thought maybe he does 191 00:11:59,590 --> 00:12:00,240 I don't know 192 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:02,320 But we'll find out later 193 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:03,140 We'll clear it up 194 00:12:03,340 --> 00:12:03,580 All right 195 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:05,040 You all with me? 196 00:12:05,380 --> 00:12:05,920 I think I know 197 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:08,220 I read this story Steve 198 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:09,440 We're going to catch up 199 00:12:10,380 --> 00:12:17,320 so what happens he tells on his brothers and then god sends him to his brothers so he runs over and when they see him 200 00:12:19,820 --> 00:12:23,360 what is built up to this point there are two major events that have happened 201 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:30,620 joseph has how many dreams two dreams and what are the result of those two dreams 202 00:12:32,780 --> 00:12:39,420 the whole family is going to bow down to him are they really excited about this no you find out that 203 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,780 Abraham loves Joseph more than any others. 204 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:44,360 Cote him in any colors, the whole gig. 205 00:12:44,780 --> 00:12:46,080 But what are the brothers doing? 206 00:12:47,180 --> 00:12:48,900 Hate him and hate him and are jealous, 207 00:12:49,180 --> 00:12:50,880 and it deepens and deepens and deepens. 208 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:54,440 Do you have any family members that maybe you hate 209 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,160 or maybe that hate you? 210 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,300 If you've been there, I'm just telling you. 211 00:12:59,900 --> 00:13:01,060 But add this layer in, 212 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,080 they're not blood brothers except through dad. 213 00:13:06,340 --> 00:13:08,280 Are families that come together like this? 214 00:13:08,460 --> 00:13:09,380 Can that be a challenge? 215 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:11,760 this is as real as you get. 216 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:14,960 You got different mamas 217 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:17,660 and you've got some rivalries in these families. 218 00:13:17,780 --> 00:13:20,920 Let me tell you something, that's as real in this room as breathing. 219 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:23,600 And if you have a situation like that, 220 00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:24,840 you've chewed that dirt. 221 00:13:24,980 --> 00:13:26,500 You know how difficult it can be. 222 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:28,400 That doesn't mean they're all bad 223 00:13:28,940 --> 00:13:30,660 because I've seen some families that have come together 224 00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:32,120 that have rocked it and are amazing. 225 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,760 But don't forget you have different mamas 226 00:13:35,820 --> 00:13:37,260 and you have some sibling rivalry. 227 00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:39,380 On top of that, add the two dreams 228 00:13:39,420 --> 00:13:41,120 in and they hate him for it because we're not 229 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,440 bound down to you. 230 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:45,140 And by the way, 231 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,720 where does Joseph fit in all the 12 232 00:13:48,770 --> 00:13:49,360 at this point? 233 00:13:51,020 --> 00:13:51,920 He's the youngest, didn't he? 234 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,120 Because I don't know if Benjamin's on site yet or not. 235 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:56,620 All right? 236 00:13:57,820 --> 00:13:58,920 Well, they're jealous. 237 00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:01,180 So when they see him at a distance, 238 00:14:01,780 --> 00:14:02,700 what do they tell each other? 239 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:04,240 Let's kill him. 240 00:14:05,420 --> 00:14:06,140 And Rubin, 241 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,280 and I believe, somebody correct me, 242 00:14:09,620 --> 00:14:10,420 Is Rubin the oldest? 243 00:14:11,300 --> 00:14:11,460 Yeah. 244 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:12,880 So the oldest brother said, 245 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,620 we ain't going to do that now, fellas. 246 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:17,180 But he leaves. 247 00:14:17,740 --> 00:14:18,640 They throw him in a pit. 248 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:20,920 So rather than killing him, 249 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:21,800 what do they do? 250 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:23,840 They sell him, he goes down to Egypt. 251 00:14:24,220 --> 00:14:25,620 What do they do with the coat of many colors? 252 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:27,660 They rip it up, 253 00:14:28,340 --> 00:14:29,360 dip it in lamb's blood, 254 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:30,880 take it back to dad, 255 00:14:31,380 --> 00:14:32,660 and now dad believes what? 256 00:14:33,620 --> 00:14:34,180 Joseph's dead. 257 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:35,000 Okay. 258 00:14:35,780 --> 00:14:37,920 So there is the evil we're talking about. 259 00:14:38,180 --> 00:14:40,760 Maybe Joseph is now going to drop the hammer on us. 260 00:14:40,860 --> 00:14:43,340 Now that dad is dead, he's going to drop the hammer. 261 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:44,420 He's going to take us out. 262 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,180 And you go, whoa, that's a big deal, right? 263 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:48,900 So they're fearing for their very lives. 264 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,040 But Joseph responds and says, really? 265 00:14:53,340 --> 00:14:55,680 He weeps, and we get the three statements. 266 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:57,700 So let's keep building this. 267 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:58,880 What happens next? 268 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:00,860 He's down with Potipher, right? 269 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:07,580 And he's got the number two place now in Potipher's house. 270 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:17,800 Potipar has put him over everything. Amazing. Why? Potipar knows. What do we find in there also? The Lord is with him. 271 00:15:18,940 --> 00:15:27,680 He's been sold into slavery. The Lord's with him. Have you ever been innocent in something and gotten in a really bad spot and forget that the Lord is with you? 272 00:15:30,060 --> 00:15:37,620 Anybody besides me? Yeah, we forget, don't we? So be reminded. You can be absolutely right and be in a 273 00:15:37,700 --> 00:15:45,700 really cruddy place, God is with you. Fair? That's a good thing to know. Because the beauty of it is, 274 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:50,440 it's about the blood of Jesus Christ covering us. It's about death, fair, resurrection. It's about 275 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:57,680 presence. Yes, not about my emotion in the second. And by the way, Paul tells us, 276 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:05,180 don't make a final judgment on the journey, on the temporary run, because you don't know what God's 277 00:16:05,220 --> 00:16:07,340 going to work out. The day of the Lord will reveal that. 278 00:16:08,620 --> 00:16:13,020 how many of us are making temporary calls or final calls on temporary issues 279 00:16:14,300 --> 00:16:18,260 do that a lot don't we well i know that old steve 280 00:16:19,420 --> 00:16:22,420 well you need to go talk to no i'm not going to talk to him because i know he's going to say 281 00:16:26,140 --> 00:16:30,080 anybody here ever done that before yeah all of us 282 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,960 we won't talk to our wives we won't talk to our kids because we already know 283 00:16:35,220 --> 00:16:37,400 the result we never give god place 284 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:38,740 by just being obedient, do we? 285 00:16:40,060 --> 00:16:40,580 Pretty interesting. 286 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:42,560 Well, what do we get? 287 00:16:43,820 --> 00:16:44,840 So we know the story. 288 00:16:45,020 --> 00:16:46,480 There's a lot of little details in here 289 00:16:47,580 --> 00:16:48,680 that I think are really interesting 290 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,520 because what you find out is that 291 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,320 Potiphar's wife goes to Joseph, 292 00:16:52,940 --> 00:16:54,500 says, hey, let's go, 293 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,500 and he goes, no, not going to happen 294 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:58,060 because I've got everything here. 295 00:16:58,140 --> 00:16:59,120 I'm number two in the house. 296 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:00,780 You're the only thing I don't get. 297 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:02,100 So not going to happen. 298 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,480 I'm not going to go against God. 299 00:17:05,180 --> 00:17:07,380 But what we find in the next set of verses 300 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:14,980 day after day after day after day she is doing this to him do you think that the the house probably 301 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:23,260 saw that do you think that was a known thing i wrestle with that a little bit well lo and behold sure 302 00:17:23,380 --> 00:17:29,160 enough they're alone in the house he runs out she lies says oh he tried to take me to all this stuff 303 00:17:29,580 --> 00:17:37,360 and we know that potipers anger burns yes now the question is if potter really thought that joseph was after 304 00:17:37,420 --> 00:17:40,580 his wife, don't you think he would have killed him? 305 00:17:44,180 --> 00:17:45,020 But what's he do instead? 306 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,760 Okay. Now, does anybody remember what Potipers' position is? 307 00:17:52,180 --> 00:17:53,200 He's the chief of the guard. 308 00:17:54,460 --> 00:17:55,940 That means he's in control of what? 309 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:57,440 The prison. 310 00:17:59,020 --> 00:17:59,920 And where does he put Joseph? 311 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:01,620 Into prison. 312 00:18:02,580 --> 00:18:04,500 And what ends up with Joseph while he's in prison? 313 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,120 He ends up being number two in prison. 314 00:18:08,260 --> 00:18:12,980 because the chief captain in the prison puts him over all of the prisoners. 315 00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:15,100 The Lord was with him. 316 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:16,880 You go, wow, okay, that's pretty interesting. 317 00:18:19,340 --> 00:18:20,220 I wrestle with that. 318 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:22,880 I just put that as a speculation. 319 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:28,760 If Potiphar really thought he was after his wife, he would have killed him. 320 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:32,280 But I think you knew he could trust him. 321 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:33,580 He put him in and he gets number two. 322 00:18:33,660 --> 00:18:35,300 Well, lo and behold, what happens? 323 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:40,000 There are two guys that show up, cup bearer and a baker. 324 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:41,700 They both have dreams. 325 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:42,440 Remember? 326 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:45,860 And so he interprets both those dreams. 327 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:46,720 What's he find out? 328 00:18:47,740 --> 00:18:53,920 The cup bear is going to go back to the presence of the king, and the baker, he's done. 329 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,280 Whether, you know, however that happens, that's a bad gig, right? 330 00:18:58,360 --> 00:19:02,180 So it's interesting because he tells the cup bear, hey, you're going to be in the presence of the king. 331 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:06,060 Well, the baker's back here goes, oh, hey, hey, man, you need to tell me my. 332 00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:09,400 dream because I had a dream and I had bread on my head and all this stuff. Oh yeah, you're going to die. 333 00:19:12,260 --> 00:19:17,280 But one thing I want you to see, turn with me there while he is interpreting those, 334 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:26,620 because we've got to go over to, are we in chapter 40 interprets the dreams? No, that's Pharaoh, 335 00:19:26,820 --> 00:19:35,920 isn't it? The prisoners? Yep. So I want you to see something here. Move down in 40, 336 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:36,820 down to verse 14. 337 00:19:40,060 --> 00:19:44,900 So three days in 13, three days Pharaoh is going to lift you up, man, he's going to restore 338 00:19:45,140 --> 00:19:45,200 you. 339 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:46,980 And look what Joseph says in verse 14. 340 00:19:48,140 --> 00:19:54,300 Only keep me in mind when it goes well with you, please do me a kindness by mentioning 341 00:19:54,540 --> 00:19:57,420 me to Pharaoh and do what? 342 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:00,840 Get me out of this house. 343 00:20:01,780 --> 00:20:02,920 I don't deserve to be here. 344 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:03,740 Look what he says next. 345 00:20:04,380 --> 00:20:05,900 For I was in fact kidnapped in the land. 346 00:20:05,940 --> 00:20:12,200 of the Hebrews and even here, I have done nothing that they should put me into this dungeon. 347 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:15,500 So up to this point in the story, we've heard no emotion from Joseph. 348 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:21,360 This is the first time that we find him cry out and say, I'm innocent. I don't belong here. 349 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:27,360 Get me out. Have you ever been innocent in a spot and you're begging God to get you out? 350 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,120 Did he do it right away? Look at the opening of the next chapter. 351 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:35,600 How long was he forgotten? 352 00:20:37,260 --> 00:20:37,660 How long? 353 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:39,120 Wow. 354 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:41,940 Anybody waiting for two years to be remembered? 355 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,120 Let that sink in. 356 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,560 The journey isn't always easy. 357 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,580 The adversity is not always easy. 358 00:20:57,580 --> 00:21:02,400 We forget that because I believe we have a church culture in America that is really convinced us. 359 00:21:02,820 --> 00:21:04,020 We get patted on the back. 360 00:21:04,140 --> 00:21:05,580 It's all about us because we're really. 361 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:12,320 a cool thing and we deserve it all. But what happens when the adversity comes? What happens when 362 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:16,560 you get your legs swiped out from under you? What happens when you have struggles? What happens 363 00:21:16,940 --> 00:21:20,880 it could be relationally, financially, financially, it could be in the church, it could be list out 364 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:27,440 anything. And if we had time and I wish we did, I really do, that we could share the devastation 365 00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:33,540 and the things that you and I have experienced, not out in the world, but in the church. How many of us 366 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:40,640 still carries scars from somebody in the church, from a pastor, right, from a teacher, from a coach, 367 00:21:41,980 --> 00:21:49,500 from another family, maybe from your own family. And let me ask you, when it ultimately comes down 368 00:21:49,620 --> 00:21:56,940 to it, what happens when we're forgotten? What happens when God is silent? Is the word still true? 369 00:21:58,060 --> 00:22:03,480 Is a deathbound resurrection still true? Is his presence still true? Let me tell you, 370 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:08,540 something. If we don't dial into that one, something's going to happen down the road, and Jesus 371 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:19,480 will not at that point be enough. And I do not think that's why Christ died and rose again for us 372 00:22:19,620 --> 00:22:26,620 to jump ship when it gets tough. He was forgotten two years. Now, we could go a long way into that 373 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:33,480 one. But if we had time to share stories, would that give some perspective? Would you be 374 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:36,980 stated by somebody's story, but what at the end of the day would we find out, do you think? 375 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,880 There's not a person in this place that doesn't carry a burden, that doesn't have a deep 376 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:51,160 scar, that hasn't had a broken heart, and all of a sudden, you and I start looking at each other 377 00:22:51,220 --> 00:22:59,020 a little bit different. Yes? And I think it's going to be at that point that we understand 378 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,460 what love is. It's going to be at that point where we're able to bridge over. And I'm going to be at that point 379 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,860 and it not be about me all the time. 380 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:09,980 The sermon was too long. 381 00:23:10,230 --> 00:23:11,480 The room was too hot. 382 00:23:11,620 --> 00:23:12,900 The music was too whatever. 383 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:16,280 And all the junk that we've talked about before, right? 384 00:23:17,940 --> 00:23:21,620 And you really start digging in to realize what matters most. 385 00:23:23,380 --> 00:23:27,060 And if we're not loving one another in the body of Christ, what are we doing? 386 00:23:27,860 --> 00:23:33,400 If we're not serving one another, if I'm not willing to give, I saw a meme that I thought was pretty powerful. 387 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:35,860 what would you do if you had one day left? 388 00:23:37,980 --> 00:23:39,820 If you had one day left, what would you do? 389 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:41,580 What would be the top priority for you? 390 00:23:42,340 --> 00:23:45,780 How many of you would want to go to your favorite place on earth if you could do it? 391 00:23:48,380 --> 00:23:51,660 How many of you would want to rob a bank because you always wanted to? 392 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:52,400 I don't know, right? 393 00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:55,960 What would you do if you had that one day left and you knew it if you drew your last day? 394 00:23:56,460 --> 00:23:58,120 And at the end of that little meme, it said, 395 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:03,400 Jesus knew it was his last day and he washed feet. 396 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,000 That wouldn't have been on my list. 397 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:12,920 Let's be honest. 398 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:14,980 How many washing feet been on your list? 399 00:24:16,660 --> 00:24:16,820 Okay. 400 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:19,180 So here we are with Joseph. 401 00:24:20,180 --> 00:24:22,140 Forgotten for two years. 402 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,720 Are you seeing the theme of twos here? 403 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:28,440 I don't know what that means, but it blows my mind that he has two dreams. 404 00:24:29,060 --> 00:24:30,200 These guys have two dreams. 405 00:24:30,230 --> 00:24:31,280 He interprets two dreams. 406 00:24:31,420 --> 00:24:32,580 He's second in Potipers' house. 407 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:38,600 second in the jail. Now what happens? Pharaoh has two dreams. And we don't have to go into all the 408 00:24:38,780 --> 00:24:45,020 details about the dreams, but what is revealed in the two dreams? This guy, the cup bearer, 409 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:49,960 here's Pharaoh telling the two dreams. Nobody can tell Pharaoh what it means, and the cup bearer goes, 410 00:24:52,280 --> 00:25:01,060 oh, I remember my sin today. Two years later, what's he do? Oh, I know a guy who's down in the jail. 411 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:02,240 he can tell you your dreams. 412 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:03,280 So they pull them up. 413 00:25:03,340 --> 00:25:04,780 They shave him up, they wash him up, 414 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,140 they put him in the presence of the king of Pharaoh, 415 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:08,140 and what's he doing? 416 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,020 He interprets the dreams. 417 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,520 And then Joseph becomes number two in Egypt. 418 00:25:14,260 --> 00:25:16,740 The only thing he doesn't have is the throne itself, 419 00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:19,460 but he gets the ring from Pharaoh. 420 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:20,860 Can you imagine? 421 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:23,320 Everybody bows down. 422 00:25:23,420 --> 00:25:25,320 Whatever Joseph says, that's what you do. 423 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:26,040 Period. 424 00:25:26,340 --> 00:25:29,180 He has everything but my throne. 425 00:25:29,460 --> 00:25:30,040 Can you imagine? 426 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:37,960 then why is that because the lord was with them but how many of us would have already had 427 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:43,640 18 justifications about why you didn't deserve it and why you didn't do right and we'd have 15 428 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:49,020 things to point fingers at god and all of a sudden because you chose out you didn't get to see 429 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:55,980 the next blessing you didn't get to see the next provision so i wonder what happens if we 430 00:25:56,040 --> 00:26:00,020 take our hands off say okay i'm just going to stay in i'm only going to see you're 431 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:00,580 Let's stay in. 432 00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:01,960 Why? 433 00:26:02,940 --> 00:26:06,280 Because the greatest thing you and I will ever do is keep our eyes fixed. 434 00:26:06,420 --> 00:26:06,600 Yes? 435 00:26:07,780 --> 00:26:09,340 Because we're doing one or two things. 436 00:26:10,220 --> 00:26:14,420 I'm either walking in the flesh or I am walking in the spirit. 437 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,020 Is there ever a middle ground? 438 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,000 Can I really do both? 439 00:26:21,020 --> 00:26:22,360 There was a time over at Water Spring. 440 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:27,700 I was doing a chapel and tell me kids, if you were here, you might remember it. 441 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:33,280 I put up two ladders, and I put my feet on the first rung, feet on the second rung, 442 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,040 I could barely reach the third rung, what do you think happened on the fourth and fifth? 443 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,140 What do you have to do at that point? 444 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:41,680 You have to make a choice, don't you? 445 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:46,320 Because you're not going to get to the top of either one of those by playing the middle. 446 00:26:46,860 --> 00:26:47,260 You can't. 447 00:26:48,980 --> 00:26:50,460 And so where are you in your life? 448 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:53,100 Have you been forgotten? 449 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:56,280 Have you been busted up? 450 00:26:57,780 --> 00:27:02,120 Have you decided riding the middle and trusting your emotions and pointing the finger to everybody 451 00:27:03,540 --> 00:27:04,700 is a better place to go? 452 00:27:05,140 --> 00:27:08,860 I would love to sit down with you and have an honest talk to find out how it's going. 453 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:15,880 Because I've been there too, even lately with job changes and finance, 454 00:27:16,140 --> 00:27:17,180 and I've got to have control. 455 00:27:17,380 --> 00:27:19,500 As a dude, we get concerned about that, don't we? 456 00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:22,120 And what's the last place we tend to go? 457 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,300 God, I know you'll provide. 458 00:27:29,900 --> 00:27:33,020 I'm glad I'm not the only control freak in the room 459 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:35,920 So now he's number two 460 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,920 How old is he when he is made number two in Egypt 461 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:42,080 How old is he? 462 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:44,380 30 years old. 463 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,480 So how long now has he been away from home? 464 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,940 How old was he when we open up in 37? 465 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:50,980 17. 466 00:27:51,660 --> 00:27:52,460 How old is he now? 467 00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:54,160 30. 468 00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:55,440 How long has he been gone? 469 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:57,500 Think about that. 470 00:27:57,940 --> 00:27:59,860 13 years a good chunk of time, isn't it? 471 00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:02,740 Do you think he's had to wrestle with a lot of stuff during that time? 472 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:06,000 You think that what his brothers did been on his mind? 473 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:08,920 Yeah, we know what it's like to carry those burdens. 474 00:28:09,780 --> 00:28:15,180 Well, lo and behold, seven years go by, and now two more years. 475 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:16,700 So the first seven were what? 476 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:19,160 What's happening? 477 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,160 He interprets the dreams, what practically happens in Egypt. 478 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:24,720 We have seven years of plenty. 479 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:31,840 and Joseph's had been put in charge of storing everything up seven years and it is phenomenal plenty 480 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:38,560 now we're two years into the famine and jacob says fellas there's food in egypt go down and get food 481 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:46,700 so now we're nine years further so now joseph has how old 39 years and who shows up in his presence 482 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:53,360 the brothers and he gives it to him you guys are spies what are you doing they're not spies we just want food 483 00:28:53,740 --> 00:28:57,980 our brother will tell me about your family your father's still a lot yeah yeah yeah he's up there we got 484 00:28:58,260 --> 00:29:03,320 family we got 12 brothers one's no more and and we got a little guy up there now and that's the first time 485 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,840 we hear about benjamin that's why i wrestle i don't know if he was there or not just saying 486 00:29:07,690 --> 00:29:12,780 i don't think we're gonna salvation is going to rise and fall and whether he is i'm just saying 487 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,100 it's it i wrestle because i don't know if he was there when joseph left 488 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,720 but logically he wouldn't ask about him if he wasn't 489 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:30,660 so he had to be there. Is that fair? That's Pastor Scotty. He'll know. I think, so 490 00:29:32,060 --> 00:29:37,300 anyway, he really interrogates these guys. But what I want you to dig in and see here, 491 00:29:38,060 --> 00:29:43,460 what chapter are we in, by the way? Are we close? Famine, there we go. All right. Now, 492 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:49,900 in chapter 42, go down to verse 21 with me, okay? Because we're having to pick out a few things here, 493 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,860 because we can't go through all these chapters in depth. 494 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:54,020 I'd love to do that. 495 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:54,600 It'd be great. 496 00:29:56,380 --> 00:29:56,940 Now, watch this. 497 00:29:58,120 --> 00:29:59,240 So it says 17. 498 00:29:59,420 --> 00:30:00,240 Let's go down to 17. 499 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:01,700 Get a little context here. 500 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,240 So he put them all together in prison for three days. 501 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,120 Now Joseph said to them, on the third day, 502 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,420 do this and live for I fear God. 503 00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:10,080 And if you're honest men, 504 00:30:10,620 --> 00:30:13,120 let one of your brothers be confined in your prison. 505 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:16,540 But as for the rest of you, 506 00:30:16,700 --> 00:30:19,860 go carry grain for the famine of your house. 507 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:27,480 and bring your youngest brother to me so your words may be verified and you will not die 508 00:30:27,940 --> 00:30:33,680 and so they did all right so do they i think when he asks a question they tell him about the brother 509 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:38,160 he finds out about the brother ah i don't think benjamin was there when he left 510 00:30:40,340 --> 00:30:43,480 because when he asked about the family they tell him about the little brother i think that's 511 00:30:43,580 --> 00:30:49,860 first time you go hey you're going to bring that guy back to me remember okay you're 512 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,020 You guys will never want me back. 513 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:51,840 I don't know. 514 00:30:54,060 --> 00:30:54,860 Anyway, now what? 515 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,540 Now here's the hard deal of why we're getting here. 516 00:30:58,340 --> 00:31:00,600 The brothers, how long are we in the run now? 517 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,100 He was 30 when he took over, seven years now of plenty. 518 00:31:04,580 --> 00:31:06,100 Now they're two years into the famine. 519 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:07,300 How many years now? 520 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:08,660 He's 39. 521 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:11,660 At 9 to 13, we're what? 522 00:31:12,740 --> 00:31:16,640 22 years now into this run when he finally gets to see face to face. 523 00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:18,300 What do the brothers do? 524 00:31:18,980 --> 00:31:19,560 They bow down. 525 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:24,300 interesting. Do you realize there are four bow downs as you read through this story? 526 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:49,100 We're not bound down to you, you little rot. We're going to kill you instead. No, we'll just sell you down, right? They're not going to do this. And by the time we get to the end of the story, four times they bow down. If God says something going to happen, I wonder, yeah, I think we're in good hands. Yes? And one thing that's really good about that, has God told us and Jesus told us that he's coming back? Then why do we live as if he's not? 527 00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:56,740 interesting in it 528 00:31:57,060 --> 00:31:57,800 oh man 529 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:00,880 god yeah he is coming back 530 00:32:01,980 --> 00:32:02,860 how sure are we that 531 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:05,120 85 and a half what 532 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,240 would be 100% 533 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:08,840 yeah I think I think we're in good hands 534 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:09,660 I think he's coming back 535 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:11,320 so let's go rock it 536 00:32:11,780 --> 00:32:12,800 do we can't yes 537 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:13,780 right 538 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:16,300 so 39 now 539 00:32:17,020 --> 00:32:17,960 22 years 540 00:32:19,060 --> 00:32:19,660 Now watch this. 541 00:32:20,580 --> 00:32:20,820 20. 542 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:22,880 Sorry, 21. 543 00:32:23,420 --> 00:32:23,780 Are you there? 544 00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:24,780 42.21? 545 00:32:25,780 --> 00:32:39,440 They said to one another, truly, we are guilty concerning our brother because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen. 546 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,800 Therefore, this distress has come upon us. 547 00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:47,920 Do you all remember what they did? 548 00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:48,940 when they threw him in the pit? 549 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:50,820 They sat down and ate. 550 00:32:51,860 --> 00:32:53,280 And while they're sitting there chow and down, 551 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,900 he's in the middle of that pit crying out from his soul. 552 00:32:59,180 --> 00:33:00,360 What was Joseph's position? 553 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:01,480 Have you ever been there? 554 00:33:03,860 --> 00:33:05,620 We're not talking about, come on, guys. 555 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:08,900 Joseph was in distress. 556 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:11,460 This was deep. 557 00:33:12,100 --> 00:33:15,700 He was crying out from the depth of his soul. 558 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,620 And his brothers remembered. 559 00:33:19,020 --> 00:33:19,380 Wow 560 00:33:22,540 --> 00:33:23,500 And so we fast forward 561 00:33:23,550 --> 00:33:25,060 We know some of the story here 562 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,060 We know that Simeon gets held behind 563 00:33:28,260 --> 00:33:29,040 They go back 564 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:30,680 And what do they tell Jacob 565 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:31,520 Hey by the way 566 00:33:32,060 --> 00:33:33,600 The guy down who gave us food 567 00:33:33,740 --> 00:33:34,140 Remember that? 568 00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:35,820 He gave us all our money back 569 00:33:35,850 --> 00:33:37,180 We had a lot of layers into that 570 00:33:37,230 --> 00:33:38,060 We got to move forward 571 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:39,180 But what do they say? 572 00:33:39,300 --> 00:33:41,380 Hey you know what? The guy down Egypt's got Simeon 573 00:33:43,220 --> 00:33:44,080 So we got to go back 574 00:33:44,260 --> 00:33:45,820 And what he wants, he wants Benjamin 575 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:47,600 We got to take Benjamin 576 00:33:47,620 --> 00:34:17,580 Benjamin back. How did Jacob respond? Anybody remember? Ain't no way. Now there's a certain way my mom used to say that. I can't say it here. I don't have a PG version. Not happening. So they wait. They wait. They wait. They wait. They wait. Until when they run out of food. And then Jacob, oh, we got to go get food. And then the brother said, well, really? We can't go back down if we don't take Benjamin. And finally, Jacob relents. Okay, take them. I'm going to be devastated. If you don't bring them back, I'm going to die. And we've got to. 577 00:34:17,659 --> 00:34:22,820 all this layer of emotion that not only the brothers are carrying because of what they did to 578 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:28,879 Joseph, you've got Joseph carrying all this now because now he's seen his brothers and you've got 579 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:35,560 Jacob now on a whole other level because Joseph's already been taken away from the wife that 580 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:41,940 he loved first, Joseph who he loved more than any, now the little brother's got to go back. 581 00:34:42,100 --> 00:34:46,760 He's already lost Joseph. He thinks he's lost Simeon. Now he's afraid he's going to lose Benjamin. 582 00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:50,899 is that some legit emotion 583 00:34:52,780 --> 00:34:52,919 yeah 584 00:34:54,679 --> 00:34:57,640 but what do they do go ahead and go we got to get food we got to go do it 585 00:34:58,500 --> 00:34:59,100 so what happens 586 00:35:00,540 --> 00:35:01,120 he goes down 587 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:03,080 all the brothers go 588 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,080 and he's going to send them back 589 00:35:06,140 --> 00:35:08,100 right he gets to see benjamin they have the whole gig 590 00:35:08,420 --> 00:35:11,260 he's going to send them back but then he does another trick on him 591 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,020 doesn't he do you remember what he did 592 00:35:13,820 --> 00:35:15,960 he took his own personal cup and put it where 593 00:35:17,860 --> 00:35:19,120 in Benjamin's sack 594 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:24,420 and then he says all right these guys are going to go so far off servant you go in and you ask him 595 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:29,820 why would you steal from from Joseph right so the guy chases him down said why are you guys stealing 596 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:35,000 stealing what are you talking about we didn't stole anything really okay well let's let's put it to 597 00:35:35,060 --> 00:35:44,920 the test everybody put your bags down let's take a look at them and lo and behold bag by bag by bag by bag by bag and 598 00:35:44,980 --> 00:35:47,320 Loan, who's got the cup? 599 00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:49,280 Benjamin. 600 00:35:51,780 --> 00:35:53,520 Anybody ever thought about why Joseph did that? 601 00:35:57,420 --> 00:35:58,260 I've wrestled with that. 602 00:36:00,340 --> 00:36:01,580 Is he testing his brothers here? 603 00:36:07,260 --> 00:36:09,200 Even though Ruben was willing to stand up, 604 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:11,400 he didn't stand up all the way, did he? 605 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:13,900 No, we're not going to kill him, but then he's gone, 606 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,660 he's sold out, he comes back and he's devastated. He even goes into sackcloth and ashes. 607 00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:24,200 Joseph's gone. So the question is, I wonder if Joseph is pushing his brothers to find out if 608 00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:25,800 somebody's going to stand up for Benjamin. 609 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:30,900 You ever thought about that? 610 00:36:34,060 --> 00:36:38,660 And boy, do they ever stand up? Do you remember? 611 00:36:39,620 --> 00:36:41,520 Who is it that ultimately stands up for Benjamin? 612 00:36:43,620 --> 00:36:44,120 Anybody remember? 613 00:36:45,220 --> 00:36:45,500 Judah. 614 00:36:46,820 --> 00:36:47,400 Who was the one 615 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:48,160 said, sell him? 616 00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:49,580 Judah. 617 00:36:50,660 --> 00:36:51,680 Now there's a change of heart. 618 00:36:51,820 --> 00:36:53,400 Now I'm going to protect this little guy 619 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:55,240 because not only 620 00:36:55,710 --> 00:36:57,380 am I going to watch out for him, 621 00:36:57,780 --> 00:36:59,300 but there's a whole other layer to it 622 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,680 because they've clued into dad's 623 00:37:02,340 --> 00:37:02,740 emotions. 624 00:37:04,020 --> 00:37:05,180 And now Judah 625 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:06,660 makes the deal. 626 00:37:07,940 --> 00:37:08,200 Judah. 627 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,160 And who comes out a line of Judah? 628 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:14,240 Jesus. 629 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:17,200 And who stood in our place? 630 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,120 So it's cool to get to see the gospel in this one too. 631 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,260 Now obviously Joseph is a type of Jesus 632 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,540 and we can talk about that layer as well. 633 00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:29,460 So lo and behold, what happens? 634 00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:34,280 He reveals himself. 635 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:36,200 Go to chapter 45 with me real quick. 636 00:37:38,260 --> 00:37:39,320 So he can't stand anymore. 637 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:40,400 He weeps so loud. 638 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:46,800 the house hears it. Pharaoh's house hears about it. Joseph is in an emotional wall deep. 639 00:37:47,420 --> 00:37:55,280 He just crying out all these years of hurt, all these years of pain. And now in 45, if you'll move down, 640 00:37:56,580 --> 00:38:04,040 say to verse three, then Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph. Is my father still alive? 641 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:08,380 But the brothers could not answer, for they would dismayed in his presence. You think? 642 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:39,900 I reckon. Then Joseph said to his brothers, I love this, because now we're 22 years later. Yes? Can we agree on the math? He's 30 in Egypt. We're seven. Now we're two. So here he is. At 39 years old, he's been gone 22 years. Now look what he says. 22 years. Joseph said to his brothers, please come closer to me. They came closer. I'm your brother Joseph, whom you sold in Egypt. Now do not be grieved or angry with your. 643 00:38:39,940 --> 00:38:52,040 yourselves because you sold me here for what? God sent me here before you guys to preserve life. 644 00:38:53,100 --> 00:38:58,160 For the famine has been in the land these two years. There are still five to go in which there 645 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:05,200 will be neither plowing or harvesting. God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth 646 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,640 and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. 647 00:39:09,260 --> 00:39:16,920 So 22 years in the run, we now find that Joseph has a position to see it through God's eyes. 648 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:18,820 Everybody tracking with me on that? 649 00:39:20,260 --> 00:39:22,640 I believe there were layers to this earlier. 650 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:27,880 Does anybody remember how many children Joseph has with the priest's daughter? 651 00:39:29,540 --> 00:39:29,760 Two. 652 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:31,600 Again, we have a two. 653 00:39:32,140 --> 00:39:33,100 Manassan Ephraim. 654 00:39:33,220 --> 00:39:35,180 Anybody remember what Manassan Ephraim's name? 655 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:35,820 means mean. 656 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:46,180 Manassah means God has caused me to forget the pain of my homeland. 657 00:39:47,340 --> 00:39:52,860 Ephraim means God has given me provision in a strange land. 658 00:39:53,580 --> 00:39:54,200 Think about that. 659 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:59,260 So I wonder if Joseph was working through the emotions when he names his boys. 660 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:01,140 Isn't that amazing? 661 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:05,160 God has helped me forget and he is 662 00:40:05,180 --> 00:40:08,480 provided. And those are the names of his boys. 663 00:40:09,900 --> 00:40:15,540 Phenomenal. So by the time is in his early 30s, this is working out. Now we're 39, and he 664 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:22,360 tells his brothers, we're good. I know God has been in every layer of this to bring me here. 665 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:33,480 And it wasn't just about me, it was about you. Think about that. Wow. And so, long story short, 666 00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:34,900 as we work up to 50. 667 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:37,460 Now make your way to 50 668 00:40:37,490 --> 00:40:38,580 and we'll land this plane. 669 00:40:39,340 --> 00:40:41,160 Everybody tracking with some of the emotions here? 670 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:43,340 Because if you don't really see 671 00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:45,500 into the depth of these things that Joseph is dealing 672 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,040 with, what his brothers are dealing with, 673 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,920 those three statements in 50 don't make a lot of sense. 674 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:52,000 Them making up a story 675 00:40:52,380 --> 00:40:53,240 doesn't make sense. 676 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,060 Him weeping doesn't make sense. 677 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,480 And all of a sudden, they go back, 678 00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:01,100 they grab Jacob, 679 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,520 does anybody know 680 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:06,480 From the time they grabbed Jacob and Jacob came into the land, 681 00:41:07,020 --> 00:41:11,780 how many years was it from Jacob coming to Egypt to the time Jacob died? 682 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:12,700 Anybody remember? 683 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:16,780 17 years. 684 00:41:18,300 --> 00:41:19,420 So I want you to think about something. 685 00:41:20,660 --> 00:41:24,240 For 17 years, what kind of land did they get? 686 00:41:24,380 --> 00:41:27,340 What kind of land was Goshen, according to Pharaoh himself? 687 00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:29,560 It was what? 688 00:41:30,859 --> 00:41:32,920 The best land in Egypt. 689 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:33,900 The best. 690 00:41:35,540 --> 00:41:38,700 So Joseph not only has given them the best land, 691 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,700 he has provided for them and the children for how many years now? 692 00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:45,980 17 years. 693 00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:50,820 Plus, because you've got to go all the way back to the second year when all this stuff started 694 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:52,460 because he put their money back in their sack, 695 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,220 gave them all the grain they needed, right, went above and beyond, 696 00:41:55,780 --> 00:41:58,840 already showing provision before he ever revealed himself. 697 00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:02,060 So now we're upwards of 20 plus years, 698 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:10,860 22 now by the time Jacob dies, 22 years, Joseph has been loving, proving forgiveness, 699 00:42:11,580 --> 00:42:16,060 speaking kindly, making sure they're clothed, making sure they have a home, making sure 700 00:42:16,140 --> 00:42:19,780 they're safe, has Joseph proven forgiveness? 701 00:42:24,180 --> 00:42:26,520 Could you do that to somebody who's done evil towards you? 702 00:42:30,140 --> 00:42:32,080 Do we do that towards you? 703 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:36,720 people who do evil against us? 704 00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:44,020 Amazing, isn't it? 705 00:42:46,860 --> 00:42:53,840 So when you really play this out, how old is Joseph when we have the dialogue in chapter 50? 706 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:57,460 56 years old? 707 00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:00,720 How many years has it been? 708 00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:01,980 40 years. 709 00:43:03,740 --> 00:43:06,260 39, 40, Texas math, I'm counting fingers. 710 00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:08,580 Y'all with me? 711 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:10,420 Almost four decades. 712 00:43:11,300 --> 00:43:13,840 Now let's go back really quick over these three statements. 713 00:43:14,020 --> 00:43:15,300 What's the first statement he makes? 714 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:17,260 The brothers say, be nice to us. 715 00:43:17,460 --> 00:43:19,100 Dad said, take care of us. 716 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:21,360 So why does Joseph weep? 717 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:23,880 Why does he weep? 718 00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:26,060 Think about it. 719 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,120 20 years, fellas, I've gone above and beyond. 720 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:29,720 Really? 721 00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:35,080 Really? They had not received it. Now that Dad's dead, they're waiting for the hammer to fall. 722 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:40,520 Joseph weeps because they had not really trusted him ever in this whole time. 723 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:44,640 How long are you willing to stay in the game for somebody that doesn't trust you? 724 00:43:45,020 --> 00:43:48,760 How long are you willing to stay in the game to provide and speak kindly and do the right thing? 725 00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:52,860 Right? How many of us are really going to honor God in the time that it's the toughest? 726 00:43:55,700 --> 00:43:58,180 So he weeps. Now what's the first statement that he makes? 727 00:43:59,300 --> 00:44:00,380 Am I in the place of God? 728 00:44:02,140 --> 00:44:04,180 guess what that runs right back to the garden doesn't it 729 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,480 do you remember what the very first question satan asked eve 730 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,460 did god really say so what's really on the table here 731 00:44:13,780 --> 00:44:15,660 is there magic juice in the in the fruit 732 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,400 right no it's not about that it's about the word of god did god really say 733 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,280 so ultimately what's on the table oh come on 734 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:28,619 god knows you're you're gonna be like him knowing good and evil 735 00:44:29,240 --> 00:44:35,200 and do you know that by definition when you and I step out of the will of God and go do our own thing for our own reason 736 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:42,580 we've taken his place you by definition have taken his role and what's Joseph saying 737 00:44:43,780 --> 00:44:49,600 not doing it I'm not going to take God's place here God's doing something far deeper and wider 738 00:44:50,660 --> 00:44:57,180 and then what's he say you meant evil he doesn't minimize that it was evil but then he says what 739 00:44:58,120 --> 00:44:59,000 God meant it for good. 740 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:01,200 And how do I know that? 741 00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:03,380 Because all 70 of you came down 742 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:05,640 and I've been loving on you guys 743 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,300 and providing for you guys for over 20 years. 744 00:45:09,900 --> 00:45:10,600 Think about that. 745 00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:13,340 Here's a question. 746 00:45:14,700 --> 00:45:16,060 I was reading through a study one time. 747 00:45:16,180 --> 00:45:17,540 This question came up and I used it. 748 00:45:17,660 --> 00:45:18,600 It's an amazing question. 749 00:45:19,720 --> 00:45:22,900 Can you and I actually see God's hand at work 750 00:45:23,940 --> 00:45:25,420 in man's malice? 751 00:45:28,859 --> 00:45:34,100 do we trust that God is at work even in man's evil? 752 00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:35,880 Y'all with me? 753 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:37,520 That's a question. 754 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,040 And when that one hit me so deep, I go, whoa, okay. 755 00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:45,800 Was God working good even though Jesus got put on the cross? 756 00:45:46,740 --> 00:45:47,280 Was that evil? 757 00:45:48,100 --> 00:45:48,640 Was that horrible? 758 00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:50,260 Is that devastating? 759 00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:51,940 Was God at work? 760 00:45:52,420 --> 00:45:53,300 Did Jesus know that? 761 00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:54,240 Yeah, absolutely. 762 00:45:54,700 --> 00:45:56,260 Not my will, your will, Father, right? 763 00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:01,140 So you want to talk about what it really means to be a Christian? 764 00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:04,560 It's to not take God's place, but to trust him in every step. 765 00:46:04,700 --> 00:46:04,940 Yes? 766 00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:10,300 Number two, are we really committed to the truth that God is at work, even if man does evil? 767 00:46:11,380 --> 00:46:13,320 Does man's evil thwart God's good? 768 00:46:14,100 --> 00:46:18,760 Does God all of a sudden show up and say, oh my goodness, so-and-so did really bad? 769 00:46:18,860 --> 00:46:19,680 What am I going to do? 770 00:46:21,660 --> 00:46:22,680 Does God take it off? 771 00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:23,720 No, he's sovereign. 772 00:46:24,500 --> 00:46:28,880 And in an amazing thing, that even in man's evil, even in man's malice, 773 00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:33,600 God is still at work, his sovereign will is not thwarted. 774 00:46:33,940 --> 00:46:34,880 There's no plan B. 775 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:39,160 Amen? 776 00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:42,060 Do we believe that, though? 777 00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,180 Do we honestly believe that? 778 00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:47,320 What's that going to look like if you and I actually play that out? 779 00:46:49,420 --> 00:46:54,340 My neighbor, my wife, my husband, my kid, my family, my mom, my dad, 780 00:46:54,460 --> 00:46:57,600 my brother, my sister, how many of us have some deep cuts there? 781 00:47:01,620 --> 00:47:02,820 Are we going to take God's place? 782 00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,580 Or are we going to forgive? Are we going to serve and speak kindly? 783 00:47:06,860 --> 00:47:07,980 Because that's the last statement, right? 784 00:47:09,500 --> 00:47:11,740 I'm going to provide for you and your children. I'm going to speak kindly. 785 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:15,340 I'm going to continue. In other words, what's he say? That third statement is all about 786 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:18,800 I'm going to continue to do what I've been doing for 22 years. 787 00:47:19,720 --> 00:47:21,380 I'm not going to change what I've been doing. 788 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:24,340 Now let that sink in for me. 789 00:47:24,580 --> 00:47:26,180 that my alarm is going off here. 790 00:47:26,260 --> 00:47:26,820 I'm done. 791 00:47:32,580 --> 00:47:33,540 Does this make sense, though? 792 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,060 There's a lot of ways we could go with it. 793 00:47:36,140 --> 00:47:39,160 There's so many beautiful gold nuggets through this story 794 00:47:39,820 --> 00:47:41,280 that we didn't even get close to touching. 795 00:47:42,260 --> 00:47:43,880 But hopefully with those three statements, 796 00:47:44,500 --> 00:47:45,880 where is it in your life right now? 797 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:46,980 You're taking God's place. 798 00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:48,960 Stop it. 799 00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:50,560 Take your hands off. 800 00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:51,280 Trust God. 801 00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:52,420 Work that out. 802 00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:53,600 That's going to take some prayer. 803 00:47:54,420 --> 00:47:58,060 that's going to take some talking out that's going to take some dialogue that's going to take some time 804 00:47:59,060 --> 00:48:03,620 so we're not just going to click our finger and have it all figured out amen but are we committed to the 805 00:48:03,940 --> 00:48:11,340 process are we committed to do what god said do and are we willing to say that even so person X did 806 00:48:11,780 --> 00:48:18,940 against me and it was evil yes it was can i see god's hand at work in that will i commit to find 807 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:23,580 god's hand at work in that are you with me that's a phenomenal thing and 808 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:29,680 And meanwhile, are we going to continue to speak kindly and provide and serve and give and go 809 00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:35,260 because it's for God's glory, not whether that other person gives me a thumbs up? 810 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:48,560 Because after 22 years, Joseph weeps because it's revealed to him, his brothers never trusted him. 811 00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:52,600 That's a shot. 812 00:48:56,240 --> 00:48:59,660 will we continue to do good even in the midst of evil 813 00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:05,360 and i believe that's what's going to make the largest impact in our culture 814 00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:10,320 when you and i are not taken off because of offenses because of evil 815 00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:16,420 we will simply do what god said do you all with me and if we'll do that as a body of 816 00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:22,580 christ if we will be committed to that and building one another up knowing the journey 817 00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:27,000 And when somebody comes to me and says, man, Joe, I got X, Y, Z. 818 00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:28,240 Okay, yeah, I get it. 819 00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:30,300 Talk with the gentleman just last night. 820 00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:32,340 Six weeks ago, loses his wife. 821 00:49:32,540 --> 00:49:33,920 She dies in his arms. 822 00:49:35,300 --> 00:49:37,880 Six weeks, he's been crushed, does not know. 823 00:49:38,300 --> 00:49:39,580 Six weeks later, what happens? 824 00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:42,300 I've got to move home. 825 00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:44,780 I've got to move home. 826 00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:47,460 Okay, brother, what are you going to do? 827 00:49:49,140 --> 00:49:49,500 Move home. 828 00:49:51,140 --> 00:49:52,560 Well, but I don't know what waits me there. 829 00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:59,720 doesn't matter take the next step it might just be a post-it note just do what god said do just follow it 830 00:49:59,900 --> 00:50:03,720 because when you show up and you obey the first thing what do you think god will do next 831 00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:10,000 you'll get the next post note right okay i gotta take that step now we're going to go down this way right 832 00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:16,020 how many of you've been there how many of you know how hard that is the waiting is tough man 833 00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:22,540 being forgotten for two years feeling like god's silent that's tough but what's necessary at that 834 00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:28,520 moment to trust his word and know he hadn't missed it it doesn't matter how dark it is god's still 835 00:50:28,820 --> 00:50:37,320 present i will lean on him and focus on him only everybody with me so hopefully there's something 836 00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:43,080 there that you can grab onto put in your pocket walk out that door and apply and i'm not saying it's 837 00:50:45,099 --> 00:50:49,380 easy but what i am saying is a body of christ it's necessary 838 00:50:53,980 --> 00:51:03,460 not easy but necessary love you guys it's always good to get a hang out and i appreciate your patience 839 00:51:04,620 --> 00:51:07,520 i know we've been here a while i told you we were going to make up some time didn't i 840 00:51:10,340 --> 00:51:18,180 but i didn't lie about finishing we're done let's pray father thank you thank you that through somebody 841 00:51:18,260 --> 00:51:20,360 like Joseph, we can actually look in 842 00:51:20,790 --> 00:51:22,040 and there's something there. 843 00:51:22,500 --> 00:51:24,140 There's a lot of death. There's a lot of challenge. 844 00:51:24,300 --> 00:51:25,100 There's a lot of things. 845 00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:26,940 And what do we find? 846 00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:30,100 That Joseph, 847 00:51:30,270 --> 00:51:31,780 through the process of decades, 848 00:51:33,980 --> 00:51:34,580 something landed. 849 00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:36,580 Something changed. 850 00:51:37,380 --> 00:51:39,880 We saw Judah change over those decades as well, 851 00:51:40,060 --> 00:51:41,720 willing to stand up for somebody 852 00:51:41,860 --> 00:51:42,680 when he wouldn't before. 853 00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:46,060 Hate does some crazy stuff to us. 854 00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:50,780 but yet in the run even Judah came about 855 00:51:51,700 --> 00:51:53,640 to put his life on the line for someone else 856 00:51:53,660 --> 00:51:54,960 and what do we find Joseph 857 00:51:56,060 --> 00:51:57,360 in all the ups and downs 858 00:51:59,020 --> 00:52:00,160 he wouldn't take your place 859 00:52:01,100 --> 00:52:02,940 he trusted your hand even in evil 860 00:52:04,660 --> 00:52:06,600 and he continued to serve 861 00:52:08,620 --> 00:52:11,140 Father may we simply walk that out the same 862 00:52:12,060 --> 00:52:13,080 to learn to do so 863 00:52:14,020 --> 00:52:16,060 that true faith is in obedience 864 00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:25,580 and action, help us every breath, because your presence is reality, that we can walk that out 865 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:31,840 and honor you. And we're never going to see unity like that until all of us make those commitments 866 00:52:32,010 --> 00:52:38,540 to get over ourselves, to get over the circumstantial, to get over the stuff, and keep our eyes on 867 00:52:38,660 --> 00:52:43,940 you. Thank you. In Jesus' name, everyone said, amen, amen. Thank you guys. Appreciate it.