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If you in your Bibles tonight,
turn to Genesis chapter 40.

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Genesis, chapter 40.

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And again, picking up from our
series on the on the life of Joseph

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from last year.

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And we have several, maybe
three more messages to go.

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And we preached on Joseph
before, but really haven't divided

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it up quite like I've done on
this series.

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A little more calling this
actually Lessons from the Life of

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Joseph.

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Lessons from the life of Joseph.

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So many things that we can
learn from his example.

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And I'm thankful that as we
look at New Testament doctrine, New

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Testament teaching, that the
Bible makes it clear that we have

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Old Testament to give us
examples and illustrations of those

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New Testament doctrine.

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And one of the great doctrines
that we studied on Sunday night is

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that God does care.

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God does care.

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Cast all your care upon him.

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He careth for you.

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And we went through that on
Wednesday night, this last Sunday

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night.

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I'll mention that again here
in a moment.

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And so look at chapter 40,
verse 1.

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And it came to pass after
these things that the butler of the

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king of Egypt and his baker
had offended their lord, the king

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of Egypt.

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And Pharaoh was wroth against
two of his officers, against the

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chief of the butlers and
against the chief of the bakers.

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And he put them in ward and
the house of.

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Of the captain of the guard.

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We know that's Potiphar, right?

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Potiphar is the captain of the guard.

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And into the prison, the place
where Joseph was bound.

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I guess that was just
coincidence, wasn't it?

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Aren't you glad there's no
coincidence with God?

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There's no happenstance with God.

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God has a plan, a purpose.

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Verse 4.

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And the captain of the guard
charged Joseph with them, and he

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served them.

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And they continued his season
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And they dreamed a dream, both
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night.

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And each man according to his
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butler and the baker of the
king of Egypt, which were bound in

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the prison.

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Verse 6.

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And Joseph came in unto them
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and behold, they were sad.

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And he asked Pharaoh's
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ward of his Lord's house,
saying, wherefore look ye so sadly

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today?

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And they said unto him, we
have dreamed a dream, and there is

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no interpreter of it.

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And Joseph said unto them, do
not interpretations belong to God?

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Tell me them, I pray you,
let's spend a little time on verse

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eight tonight.

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There's a lot there to learn.

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And the chief butler told his
dream to Joseph, and said unto him,

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in my dream, behold, a vine
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three branches.

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And it was as though it
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and the clusters thereof
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And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand.

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And I took of the grapes and
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and I caved the cup unto
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Verse 12.

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And Joseph said unto him, and
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the three branches are three days.

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Yet within three days shall
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thee unto thy place.

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And thou shalt deliver
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the former manner, when thou
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But think on me when it shall
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And shew kindness, I pray thee
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And make mention of me unto
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Of this house.

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And indeed I was stolen away
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And here also have I done
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the dungeon.

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And when the chief baker saw
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he said unto Joseph, I also
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And behold, I had three white
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basket there was of all manner
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And the birds did eat them out
of the basket upon my head.

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And Joseph answered and said,
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The three baskets are three days.

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Yet within three days shall
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thee.

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That's not good.

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And shall hang thee on a tree
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And the bird shall eat thy
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And that's not good.

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And it came to pass the third
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that he made a feast unto all
his servants.

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And he lifted up the head of
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baker among his servants, and
restored the cheap butler unto his

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butlership again.

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And he gave the cup unto
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But he hanged the cheap baker,
as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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Yet did not the cheap butler
remember Joseph, but forgot him again.

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Let's pray.

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Lord, bless again the reading
of your word.

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Bless the message tonight.

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Lord, help us again to see the
wonderful, wonderful truth that you

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do care in Jesus name.

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Amen.

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As we said Sunday night,
difficulties are a part of life.

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Every one of us face
difficulties on a daily basis, and

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some bigger than others.

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John 16.

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Jesus said his words.

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33, verse 33.

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These things have I spoken
unto thee, that in this world you

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shall have tribulation.

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But be of good cheer, I have
overcome the world.

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Jesus said, in this world you
shall have tribulation.

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And no matter what the TV
evangelist may say or some self help

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guru or some of the modern day
preachers would say, well, if you

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get saved, everything's going
to be okay.

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The Bible never says that.

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The Bible says that God will
be with you in your problems and

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in your difficulties.

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He will carry you through
those problems and difficulties.

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Just as he was with the three
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so will he be with us.

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But he never promises that all
our problems will go away.

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And as Christians or as
unbelievers, we all face difficulties,

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all have circumstances that we
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But we can see from here that
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Joseph believed and had a
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Joseph never lost faith.

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We need to be convinced of
God's care, that no matter what circumstances

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we're facing, that God cares
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As Joseph never lost faith, so
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trust in God's care.

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As we said Sunday night, 1st
Peter 5:7, casting all your care

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upon him, for he careth for you.

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That word careth, when it
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And it is if on the end, which
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Not for the crowd, not for the
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But the individual, each
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one alive.

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He cares for you.

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By the way, it's the same
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For God so loved the world.

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He loves us individually.

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We see that as a.

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As in the big picture.

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And God sees the individual.

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God cares for you.

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We talked about Sunday night.

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How can we cast our care upon him?

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Well, we can do that by
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to his.

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We do that by trusting in him.

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We do that by rejoicing.

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Rejoice.

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What always and again I say rejoice.

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Hard to rejoice and be
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If you're rejoicing and
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that's a hard one for me.

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And service.

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Serving others brings joy into
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Giving to others and being a
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and care in our life.

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So that was Sunday night.

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We think about again, just a
slight review.

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In chapter 37, we find that
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In fact, he is preferred above
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And because of that and the
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Remember, Joseph had a dream.

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He had a dream of the sun,
moon and stars bowing to him.

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He had a dream of the sheaths
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And so the brothers were
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They thought Joseph was just
being prideful and they hated him

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for it.

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And though his father loved
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his brethren, they hated him.

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His brothers hated him.

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By the way, I want to remind
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dreams, that was God's word to
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As I said to the HCA students
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Testament, the dreams and
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God speaking to them directly.

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And we know that God spoke to
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And we could name other
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audibly.

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And that's the way in which
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just the written word.

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And there was of course Moses
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to them or through visions or
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So my point to that is, and
I've said this before, that when

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Joseph dreamed the dream that
should have, you know, got the antennas

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up, that God had spoke to him
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And they should have said,
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word.

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But Jacob, his father rejected it.

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His brothers especially
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So what were the dreams saying?

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The dreams were saying to
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family, that one day Joseph
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And we know in the Old
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in that society that normally
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But God in the dream to Joseph
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going to lead the family.

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Joseph's going to lead the family.

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But they, the family rejected
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They rejected God's promise.

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But Joseph accepted it.

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Joseph believed it, and Joseph trusted.

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And I'll show you here in a
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why he did, or at least, at
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the evidence of why he did.

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And I love this one when I
came across this years ago, by the

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way, if Jacob, his father had
believed the word that was given

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to Joseph when his brothers
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hey, look, here's the coat of
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it.

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Your son is dead.

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If Jacob would have believed
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he's not.

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No, he's not.

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God's promised that Joseph's
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So he has to be alive because
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But because of Jacob's
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we know the story.

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He was sad to the point of death.

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Chapter 39, we have again, we
know that Joseph's brother Sold him

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into slavery and he's brought
down to Egypt and Potiphar purchases

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him, the captain of the guard.

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And there in Potiphar's house,
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And, and you know, Potiphar
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He doesn't know what he owns.

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I mean, Joseph's handling and
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of his stuff.

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And Potiphar's wife made
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and Joseph resisted the temptation.

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Joseph had a strong conviction
concerning biblical purity, but she

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accused him.

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And so Potiphar put him in prison.

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And so Joseph went from the
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to Potiphar's house.

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And now we pick it up where
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He's in some difficult
circumstances, faces some difficult

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circumstances.

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He is surrounded by,
encompassed by a big problem.

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We all face difficult circumstances.

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We all face conditions that
surround us.

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By the way some of those
things are out of our control.

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Probably were there, you've
been there and probably were there

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today.

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Maybe at some point.

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Some things we create ourself,
some circumstances.

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Circumstances the way an event
happens or the way the result of

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event that you have no control over.

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Circumstances, maybe they be a
social circumstance or maybe it's

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a financial circumstance or a
spiritual circumstance you think

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about.

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And I'm not going to
illustrate it tonight by bringing

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somebody up here, but if I was
to bring some men up here and surround

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me and then they would begin
to close in on me, that's being surrounded

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by your circumstances.

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Had some teenagers in here.

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We'd illustrate it, see if I
could bust out of the circumstances

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again, the circumstances many
times will begin to push in around

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us, whether it's work or
whether it's bills or whether it's

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family, whether it's church or
whether it's friends or health.

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I mean, again, you can go
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The circumstances many times
surround us and it begins to squeeze

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us.

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We can feel like the
circumstances are closing in around

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us.

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How do we keep the faith in
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Well, Joseph's a wonderful
example, a wonderful example of how

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to handle circumstances that
come into our life.

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And if I was just to cut to
the chase, which most of you here

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know, he was able to handle
the circumstances because he trusted

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God.

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Let's pray and be dismissed.

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What was Joseph's difficult circumstance?

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Well, again, context.

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Hated by his brothers, sold
into slavery, falsely accused, locked

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up.

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And now he's been there 10 years.

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10 years he's been in Egypt.

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And then the Bible says, and
it came to pass after these things.

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Well, that's a lot of these things.

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You could probably make a list
too, right?

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Not probably.

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We all could make a list after
these things this happened, or after

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these things this occurrence
took place.

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But here we have the
happenstance of the butler and the

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baker being thrown into prison
with Joseph.

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And again, there's no
information as to why they were thrown

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into prison.

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I've read a bunch of different
commentaries and there's speculation.

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You know, maybe they were
trying to kill Pharaoh and he found

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out.

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Maybe the baker was the one
who eventually found out that maybe

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he was the spearhead of that
and that's why he was killed.

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But the Bible doesn't give us
any information to that.

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By the way, when the Bible
doesn't, When the Bible stays silent

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about something, we ought to
be silent about it too.

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So be careful about that.

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They both dreamed dreams.

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But I love verse eight, it
said, and he that is, they said unto

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him, we have dreamed a dream,
and there is no interpretation of

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it.

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And Joseph said unto them, do
not interpretations belong to God?

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Tell me them, I pray you.

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I've preached this many, many times.

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I have, and so have many of
you who've taught in Sunday school

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class.

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One of the great Sunday school
lessons with kids and whether you're

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teaching children's church or
whatever the case is.

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I don't know how many times
I've preached this or at least use

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it as an illustration.

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How many times have I used an illustration?

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Probably a thousand times,
that Joseph again kept the faith.

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That Joseph realized that
though his brethren sold him into

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slavery and did all those
things, at the end he says, you know,

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what, you meant it for evil,
but what God meant it for good.

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And I always go back to again,
that God always has our best interest

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in mind.

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That God works all things
together for good to them that love

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God, to them who are called
according to his purpose.

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God has a plan and a purpose
for everything that comes into our

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life.

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Maybe it's a test, maybe it's
a spanking that we need.

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By the way, whom the Lord
loveth he what chasteneth?

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So sometimes it is that, but
it is God conforming us.

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Romans tells us, conforming us
into the image of his son.

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He is chipping away at us.

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He is burning the dross.

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He's burning the impurities
off of us.

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He's chipping away at that
diamond and.

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And perfecting us, completing us.

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Is the word completing us.

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But many times our response to
adversity is not a proper biblical

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response.

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We need to Respond as Joseph
has responded.

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Joseph responded by telling
these two men, isn't it God who interprets

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dreams?

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Isn't it God who gives us what
and how and what about the dreams?

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I mean, it's God who's going
to do it.

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I'm thankful that Joseph
always acknowledged God and gave

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glory to God.

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Trust in the Lord with all
thine heart, lean not unto thine

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own understanding and all thy
ways at what?

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Acknowledge him, then he will
direct your paths.

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You acknowledge God, you give
him the glory, you give him the credit.

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He'll direct you, he'll guide you.

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And that's what he did for Joseph.

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He directed and guided him.

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Because he trusted God, he
kept the faith.

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He was confident that God knew
and would reveal the answer to these

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two men.

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Listen to this.

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Now this is where I want to
get to tonight.

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Joseph's response to them
proved that he still trusted God.

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Joseph's response proved that
he still trusted God and had faith

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that his own dream would be fulfilled.

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You say, well, preacher, how
do you know that?

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Pretty easy.

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Take the scenario again.

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Two men thrown into prison.

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There's Joseph in the ward.

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He's in the prison.

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He is now been given, you
know, he's the steward of that prison,

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taking care of the prison
underneath the captain of the guard.

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And these two men get thrown in.

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And the next morning he comes
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He asks them why they're sad.

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And they said, well, we both
had dreams and there's nobody here

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to interpret it.

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If Joseph had become cynical
and if Joseph had become a lot like

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other Christians and non
Christians about God and the circumstances

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they're in because of these
circumstances, he would have said

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something like this, well,
doesn't matter anyway.

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Your dreams don't mean nothing anyway.

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His response would have been
something like, well, I had a dream,

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but you know, but nothing ever
came of it.

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Nothing will ever come of your dream.

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Don't worry about it.

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Wouldn't that have been response?

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I mean, again, sold into
slavery by his brothers.

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He's 17 years old.

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Imagine 17 years old and being
thrown down in the pit and your brothers

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pick you out of the pit and
they sell you to some idiots.

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Now you're on your way to
Egypt and you come to the captain

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of the guard and imagine being
that young and going through that.

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17.

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I was having fun with my
Chevrolet truck and dating Tanya

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and you know, having fun going
to school.

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He's a slave.

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And yet when he's asked, he's
in prison.

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And yet when he's asked he
says, doesn't interpretations belong

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to God?

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I don't know about you, but
I've met many people who, who would

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be like, what I was just
illustrating, who would say things

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like, well, your dreams don't
mean anything anyway.

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Look what God's done to me.

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I had a dream one time, but
look where I'm at.

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It's foolish to believe.

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And really the application
tonight would be it's foolish to

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believe in the promises of God.

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That would have been his response.

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I'm just saying had he given,
given up the faith, had he let his

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circumstance drag him down.

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And his response would have
been, well, God doesn't keep his

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promises.

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But that wasn't his response.

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His response was very positive.

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God interprets dreams.

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How many people have you met
who you say to them, hey man, I'd

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love to invite you to church.

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Or maybe you're trying to
minister to them.

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And they say, well, you know,
look how my life has turned out.

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God hasn't kept his promises
to me.

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You know, I don't know that
God is what he says he really is.

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You been there?

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You ever talked to somebody
like that?

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Maybe that's you, maybe you've
been there a time or two.

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But we need to be careful,
don't we?

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Joseph trusted God.

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In spite of the circumstances.

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He was in his unwavering faith.

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And his positive response
ultimately led to his release and

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the fulfillment of God's
promise to him.

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Remember we were studying
Caleb and we were studying Joshua,

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the book of Joshua, and we
were reminded of the promise that

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God gave Caleb and Joshua,
that one day they would go in the

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promised land and God would
give them the land that they had

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promised.

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And in fact the land that they
had spied out, that Caleb had spied

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out and Joshua spied out, that
God would give them that particular

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area.

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And that's the Hebron area.

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And so Caleb finally does come
to Joshua and says, hey, remember

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back when God promised you and
he promised me that mountain, the

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place of the giants, the
place, the city of Hebron and that

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area.

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Remember that?

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I want the mountain, Caleb said.

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I want what God promised to me.

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45 years later, God kept his promise.

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Aren't you glad the promises
of God again are not voided by time?

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That God is never early, he's
never late, he's always on time.

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And that is hard for us.

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As I said Sunday night,
patience is difficult for me.

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Man, I get so frustrated, man,
I go through a drive through and

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I get so frustrated.

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The feeling of frustration
boils up inside of me when my Kids

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were little.

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Literally whoever was in the
back seat, on the side, on the driver's

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side, I would drive forward
and let them take the order.

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Like I don't want to take the
order through the drive through,

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Let you know, Caleb or Joshua
do it.

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Because man, I'd get frustrated.

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Number one, I couldn't hear them.

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Sounded like Charlie Brown's
teacher talking, wa wa wa wa wa wa.

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Now they, they.

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Most of the drive thru
restaurants now have improved that

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greatly.

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But man, back in the day it
was absolutely frustrating.

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So many times in our
circumstances we get frustrated,

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we get frustrated.

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We began to lose faith in our
trust in God.

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It's good to be reminded that
because Joseph did not lose faith,

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it ultimately led to his
release and the fulfillment of the

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promise that God gave him.

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What would have happened had
Joseph said well your dreams really

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don't mean anything.

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God didn't you know, God
hasn't kept his promise to me.

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What if he'd have said that?

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He would probably have stayed
in prison and, and most likely he

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would not have seen ultimately
the promise fulfilled that God had

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given him.

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00:25:12,389 --> 00:25:13,549
Can I get a witness?

485
00:25:13,549 --> 00:25:13,909
Right.

486
00:25:15,029 --> 00:25:19,749
So your response to your
circumstance is highly important.

487
00:25:21,189 --> 00:25:22,349
Highly important to what?

488
00:25:22,349 --> 00:25:23,189
To your future.

489
00:25:25,829 --> 00:25:26,629
To your future.

490
00:25:27,749 --> 00:25:33,049
What God can do for you and
what God will do for you so many

491
00:25:33,049 --> 00:25:36,009
times is dictated by what you
do now.

492
00:25:36,889 --> 00:25:42,369
Now I'm thankful there is the
grace of God and I'm thankful there

493
00:25:42,369 --> 00:25:45,489
are times in which God does
not give us what we deserve and he

494
00:25:45,489 --> 00:25:46,569
shows us great grace.

495
00:25:46,889 --> 00:25:52,729
And though we are stubborn and
stiff necked like the children of

496
00:25:52,729 --> 00:25:55,369
Israel, God blessed them
anyway, didn't He?

497
00:25:55,529 --> 00:25:57,289
Provided for them, did things
for them.

498
00:25:57,369 --> 00:26:00,009
It's an amazing miracle that
God would do that for us as well.

499
00:26:01,069 --> 00:26:07,149
But be careful about
presupposing on the grace of God

500
00:26:08,589 --> 00:26:10,589
and I preached a sermon on
that here years ago.

501
00:26:11,309 --> 00:26:12,509
Many times we do that.

502
00:26:13,149 --> 00:26:15,309
We think, well the grace of
God will cover it.

503
00:26:16,749 --> 00:26:17,349
You know what?

504
00:26:17,349 --> 00:26:19,629
I'm thankful that we serve a
gracious God.

505
00:26:21,149 --> 00:26:22,029
You as a parent.

506
00:26:22,029 --> 00:26:23,629
We're gracious with our kids,
aren't we?

507
00:26:24,749 --> 00:26:25,549
We really are.

508
00:26:26,689 --> 00:26:28,169
There is things they really deserve.

509
00:26:28,169 --> 00:26:29,569
We all just knock them out.

510
00:26:31,009 --> 00:26:31,729
Knock them out.

511
00:26:31,729 --> 00:26:32,049
John.

512
00:26:33,329 --> 00:26:34,489
Who's John anyway?

513
00:26:34,489 --> 00:26:35,329
We won't go through that.

514
00:26:36,129 --> 00:26:38,409
Yeah, I mean but we're
gracious to our kids.

515
00:26:38,409 --> 00:26:41,329
Sometimes we don't give them
what they deserve and many times

516
00:26:41,329 --> 00:26:44,329
show mercy to them and I'm
thankful our heavenly Father does

517
00:26:44,329 --> 00:26:44,689
the same.

518
00:26:44,689 --> 00:26:51,459
But sometimes our kids will
get in the habit of pushing us and

519
00:26:51,459 --> 00:26:53,339
just supposing that we won't
do nothing.

520
00:26:53,899 --> 00:26:57,739
Can I just tell you that God,
what you do now affects the future.

521
00:26:58,139 --> 00:27:05,139
Your trust in God and your
faith in the promises of God may

522
00:27:05,139 --> 00:27:07,218
be contingent upon what God
can do for you in the future.

523
00:27:07,218 --> 00:27:08,139
Does that make sense?

524
00:27:08,619 --> 00:27:13,059
And we see that in the life of
Joseph, had he not had a very strong

525
00:27:13,059 --> 00:27:19,709
conviction concerning the
promise that God had given him underneath

526
00:27:19,709 --> 00:27:29,829
the circumstances, he would
have missed out on the great promise.

527
00:27:29,829 --> 00:27:33,909
By the way, who else would
have missed out the then known world?

528
00:27:35,909 --> 00:27:39,829
Because of Joseph, the then
known world was saved from starvation.

529
00:27:41,029 --> 00:27:41,989
Isn't that amazing?

530
00:27:43,679 --> 00:27:44,239
Be careful.

531
00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:48,639
We, as Joseph did, should put
our trust in God and not lose faith.

532
00:27:48,639 --> 00:27:50,159
And we know the rest of the story.

533
00:27:50,479 --> 00:27:54,599
Again, as we think about, the
butler is returned to his position.

534
00:27:54,599 --> 00:27:55,519
The baker dies.

535
00:27:55,999 --> 00:27:58,399
And so the dreams are fulfilled.

536
00:27:59,039 --> 00:28:01,999
But we know that the butler
did not remember Joseph.

537
00:28:01,999 --> 00:28:03,359
But that's not the end of the story.

538
00:28:03,999 --> 00:28:04,999
We're not going to go read it.

539
00:28:04,999 --> 00:28:09,169
But again, chapter 41, verses
1 and 10 makes it very clear that

540
00:28:09,169 --> 00:28:11,289
God was working on behalf of Joseph.

541
00:28:11,689 --> 00:28:13,689
That God was working behind
the scenes.

542
00:28:14,889 --> 00:28:17,289
And things were about to
change big time for Joseph.

543
00:28:18,169 --> 00:28:19,689
Three years later, they did change.

544
00:28:21,689 --> 00:28:25,009
Joseph did not lose faith
because he was convinced of God's

545
00:28:25,009 --> 00:28:25,289
care.

546
00:28:26,729 --> 00:28:28,649
We need to be convinced of
God's care.

547
00:28:28,889 --> 00:28:31,649
And when circumstances crowded
around us, we need to put our trust

548
00:28:31,649 --> 00:28:32,169
in Him.

549
00:28:34,659 --> 00:28:38,819
God's presence is promised in
our life.

550
00:28:40,659 --> 00:28:43,379
Hard times come to those in
God's will.

551
00:28:43,379 --> 00:28:45,779
And hard times come to those
who are out of God's will.

552
00:28:46,259 --> 00:28:47,059
Remember that.

553
00:28:48,819 --> 00:28:51,819
Who told the disciples to get
into the ship and go to the other

554
00:28:51,819 --> 00:28:52,459
side of Galilee?

555
00:28:52,459 --> 00:28:53,619
Yet they faced a storm.

556
00:28:54,499 --> 00:28:56,579
You can be in God's will and
still face storms.

557
00:28:59,229 --> 00:29:02,269
Remember how Jesus came to
them in the midst of their storm?

558
00:29:02,909 --> 00:29:04,669
He walked on the Sea of Galilee.

559
00:29:05,629 --> 00:29:08,269
And he'll walk to you in the
midst of your storm.

560
00:29:09,229 --> 00:29:10,429
Hard times will come.

561
00:29:11,629 --> 00:29:13,149
Difficult circumstances will come.

562
00:29:13,949 --> 00:29:18,349
And we must be faithful in our
conviction and faith.

563
00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:24,149
The circumstances of our life
are simply opportunities for God

564
00:29:24,149 --> 00:29:25,389
to work in our lives.

565
00:29:27,249 --> 00:29:29,809
The circumstances in our life
are simply opportunities for God

566
00:29:29,809 --> 00:29:31,009
to reveal our true heart.

567
00:29:31,889 --> 00:29:33,609
And I used both of those illustrations.

568
00:29:33,609 --> 00:29:35,969
Sunday or Sunday night again?

569
00:29:36,449 --> 00:29:37,809
How do we get good tea?

570
00:29:37,969 --> 00:29:41,489
Well, it has to go through the
hot process first to get the good

571
00:29:41,489 --> 00:29:44,769
stuff, you know.

572
00:29:45,569 --> 00:29:47,489
How does a caterpillar become
a butterfly?

573
00:29:47,969 --> 00:29:50,729
Well, it has to break out of
the cocoon and you can't help it.

574
00:29:50,729 --> 00:29:51,809
It has to do it itself.

575
00:29:54,189 --> 00:29:57,749
God uses circumstances in our
life to shape us and conform us and

576
00:29:57,749 --> 00:29:59,069
mold us in the image of His Son.

577
00:30:00,189 --> 00:30:06,709
But it is contingent on our
faith, our acceptance and our trust

578
00:30:06,709 --> 00:30:07,229
in Him.

579
00:30:07,868 --> 00:30:09,549
God cares for you.

580
00:30:09,549 --> 00:30:13,069
Do you believe that no matter
what you may face tonight, whatever

581
00:30:13,069 --> 00:30:15,469
you face tomorrow, God cares
for you?

582
00:30:15,469 --> 00:30:19,119
He's there in the midst of the
storm he's there in the midst of

583
00:30:19,119 --> 00:30:22,519
the fire he's there he will
carry you.

584
00:30:22,519 --> 00:30:28,239
I could sing lots of songs
that illustrate that God is so good

585
00:30:28,319 --> 00:30:30,399
and God is so merciful and
kind to us.

586
00:30:31,199 --> 00:30:32,519
We must trust in his care.

587
00:30:32,519 --> 00:30:33,639
Let's all stand.

588
00:30:33,639 --> 00:30:35,199
We'll have a verse invitation tonight.

589
00:30:35,759 --> 00:30:41,239
Sing a verse of have thine Own
Way Lord, have Thine own way.

590
00:30:41,239 --> 00:30:44,489
Very appropriate in light of
the message tonight.

591
00:30:45,209 --> 00:30:46,049
After we pray.

592
00:30:46,049 --> 00:30:47,769
Heavenly Father, again we come
to you.

593
00:30:50,809 --> 00:30:53,849
I realize and know that in the
audience tonight and maybe those

594
00:30:53,849 --> 00:30:57,529
watching online, there are
circumstances that we all face.

595
00:30:57,929 --> 00:31:01,329
Maybe there are some here
tonight who are truly hurting and

596
00:31:01,329 --> 00:31:02,609
in a difficult circumstance.

597
00:31:02,609 --> 00:31:05,289
And I pray God that you would
encourage them, strengthen them,

598
00:31:06,569 --> 00:31:09,369
give them grace and mercy that
you have promised.

599
00:31:10,389 --> 00:31:17,389
And Lord, I pray that we would
be convinced, thoroughly convinced

600
00:31:17,389 --> 00:31:18,309
that you do care.

601
00:31:18,789 --> 00:31:20,549
Love you and thank you in
Jesus name.

602
00:31:20,549 --> 00:31:21,189
Amen.

603
00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:32,869
Aren't you thankful for the
power of the cross?

604
00:31:32,869 --> 00:31:33,429
Amen.

605
00:31:33,669 --> 00:31:34,549
Now that I'm on.

606
00:31:34,549 --> 00:31:37,399
So if you want your Bibles
turn to First Peter.

607
00:31:37,399 --> 00:31:41,999
We're going to be in and
around our theme verse for the year

608
00:31:42,479 --> 00:31:51,399
and around this subject of our
theme and his steps and looking forward

609
00:31:51,399 --> 00:31:58,039
to preaching through and we'll
step back next time and preach some

610
00:31:58,039 --> 00:32:02,889
of the first chapter of first
Peter and then come back to the second

611
00:32:02,889 --> 00:32:04,889
chapter of First Peter as we
go along.

612
00:32:04,889 --> 00:32:09,809
So again we'll do study really
the book of First Peter on Sunday

613
00:32:09,809 --> 00:32:12,569
morning for a while and I'm
looking forward to that.

614
00:32:13,209 --> 00:32:18,449
And it is really a lot has to
do with suffering and how we suffer

615
00:32:18,449 --> 00:32:24,809
and how Jesus suffered and how
he is again our example that we should

616
00:32:24,809 --> 00:32:28,089
follow in his steps not just
again about all about suffering,

617
00:32:28,659 --> 00:32:30,139
but how we ought to follow in
his steps.

618
00:32:30,139 --> 00:32:33,379
And in this case in the
context of the verse it is speaking

619
00:32:33,379 --> 00:32:34,259
about suffering.

620
00:32:35,299 --> 00:32:42,019
Look at 1st Peter 2:21 for
even hereunto were ye called because

621
00:32:42,019 --> 00:32:47,259
Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example that ye should

622
00:32:47,259 --> 00:32:48,539
follow in his steps.

623
00:32:48,539 --> 00:32:53,979
And there is our theme that ye
should follow his steps or in his

624
00:32:53,979 --> 00:32:54,419
steps.

625
00:32:55,309 --> 00:33:01,029
Verse 22 who did no sin,
speaking of Jesus Christ, who did

626
00:33:01,029 --> 00:33:03,189
no sin, neither was any guile.

627
00:33:03,189 --> 00:33:06,109
That word guile for us again
means deceit.

628
00:33:06,109 --> 00:33:08,829
There was no deceit found in
his mouth.

629
00:33:08,989 --> 00:33:12,749
Who when he was reviled,
reviled not again when he suffered,

630
00:33:12,749 --> 00:33:17,389
he threatened not, but
committed himself to him that judgeth

631
00:33:17,389 --> 00:33:24,139
righteously who his own self
bear our sins in his own body on

632
00:33:24,139 --> 00:33:24,659
the tree.

633
00:33:25,059 --> 00:33:29,899
That we, being dead to sins,
should live unto righteousness, by

634
00:33:29,899 --> 00:33:34,579
whose stripes ye were healed,
for ye were as sheep going astray,

635
00:33:35,299 --> 00:33:39,659
but are now returned unto the
shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

636
00:33:39,659 --> 00:33:40,099
Let's pray.

637
00:33:40,099 --> 00:33:41,059
Heavenly Father, again.

638
00:33:41,379 --> 00:33:43,939
Lord, we love youe and we
thank youk for the Word.

639
00:33:44,259 --> 00:33:47,779
We thank youk for this word
that we have that encourages and

640
00:33:47,779 --> 00:33:51,619
strengthens us and also, Lord,
directs us how to live.

641
00:33:51,619 --> 00:33:56,939
And I pray, Lord, that we
would see again the importance and

642
00:33:57,099 --> 00:34:02,339
the love of your
substitutionary death, burial and

643
00:34:02,339 --> 00:34:03,019
resurrection.

644
00:34:03,179 --> 00:34:04,659
We thank you in Jesus name.

645
00:34:04,659 --> 00:34:05,179
Amen.

646
00:34:06,219 --> 00:34:08,699
Suffering is a part of life, man.

647
00:34:08,699 --> 00:34:09,659
That's a profound statement.

648
00:34:10,939 --> 00:34:12,579
But again, there are kind of.

649
00:34:12,579 --> 00:34:14,259
There are two or three
different kinds of suffering.

650
00:34:14,259 --> 00:34:18,279
Suffering can be the
consequences of doing wrong.

651
00:34:18,839 --> 00:34:21,559
We do something wrong and
there's a consequence to that.

652
00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:25,199
There's some suffering that's
going to take place when your child

653
00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:26,119
does something wrong.

654
00:34:26,119 --> 00:34:28,199
There should be some
consequences of that.

655
00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:30,519
There needs to be some
consequences to that.

656
00:34:30,839 --> 00:34:33,239
You know, they throw
themselves down at Albertsons in

657
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:33,519
the floor.

658
00:34:33,519 --> 00:34:34,759
Is there Albertsons anymore?

659
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,559
Yeah, they throw themselves
down at Albertsons in the grocery

660
00:34:37,559 --> 00:34:38,039
store.

661
00:34:38,359 --> 00:34:39,919
They throw themselves and
throw a fit.

662
00:34:39,919 --> 00:34:41,639
There should be consequences
to that.

663
00:34:44,559 --> 00:34:46,959
The Board of Education, to the
seat of understanding.

664
00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:49,679
And those should be consequences.

665
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,439
And nobody's going to like
this one because we use this one

666
00:34:52,439 --> 00:34:52,719
a lot.

667
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:53,839
But you know what?

668
00:34:55,039 --> 00:35:02,359
If you are in a motorized
vehicle and you see a sign on the

669
00:35:02,359 --> 00:35:06,639
road that says 55 or it says 65.

670
00:35:07,449 --> 00:35:09,609
I know I have police officers
in the auditorium.

671
00:35:10,649 --> 00:35:13,449
75 in Texas.

672
00:35:13,769 --> 00:35:25,609
That's a suggestion until the
lights are behind you, Right?

673
00:35:26,409 --> 00:35:30,969
And then there are
consequences to breaking the law.

674
00:35:34,259 --> 00:35:37,979
It's funny how we will speed
and then get, you know, pulled over

675
00:35:37,979 --> 00:35:40,699
and then we're the one upset
when we're the one who broke the

676
00:35:40,699 --> 00:35:40,939
law.

677
00:35:40,939 --> 00:35:47,219
We saw it, you know, anyway,
we broke the law.

678
00:35:47,699 --> 00:35:51,139
There are consequences to
breaking the law.

679
00:35:53,779 --> 00:35:56,979
Sometimes we suffer for things
we did not do.

680
00:35:59,549 --> 00:36:05,069
Sometimes we can be accused of
wrongdoing and we didn't do it.

681
00:36:06,589 --> 00:36:11,669
I think way back in the
crevices of my brain, and I think

682
00:36:11,669 --> 00:36:15,709
about a time when my dad,
who's in the auditorium, so I had

683
00:36:15,709 --> 00:36:21,069
to tell this story correctly,
found a lit match that was.

684
00:36:21,709 --> 00:36:24,429
It was no longer lit, but a
match that had been lit.

685
00:36:25,779 --> 00:36:31,059
The restroom in the house I
grew up in.

686
00:36:32,019 --> 00:36:32,939
So there was three.

687
00:36:32,939 --> 00:36:33,659
There was three.

688
00:36:33,659 --> 00:36:36,299
There were two restrooms, one
full size bath, but in my mom and

689
00:36:36,299 --> 00:36:38,059
dad's room there was a half bath.

690
00:36:38,059 --> 00:36:39,419
There was just A sink and a toilet.

691
00:36:39,419 --> 00:36:45,059
And my dad found a match that
had been lit in that bathroom.

692
00:36:46,899 --> 00:36:48,499
So he began his investigation.

693
00:36:48,659 --> 00:36:52,929
He's definitely an
investigator, has the badge and everything.

694
00:36:53,969 --> 00:36:59,449
He started investigating who
lit the match in the house, in the

695
00:36:59,449 --> 00:37:00,289
back bathroom.

696
00:37:02,609 --> 00:37:03,889
I said, I didn't do it.

697
00:37:04,929 --> 00:37:07,409
My older brother, who's four
years older than me, who pastors

698
00:37:09,249 --> 00:37:14,329
in Jacksonville, Texas, just a
couple hours from here, four years

699
00:37:14,329 --> 00:37:19,139
older than me, told my dad
that he did not do it, but that I

700
00:37:19,139 --> 00:37:19,659
did it.

701
00:37:20,459 --> 00:37:22,699
He said, eric did it, he did it.

702
00:37:23,499 --> 00:37:25,539
Well, of course, who is my dad
going to believe?

703
00:37:25,539 --> 00:37:27,299
I'm not putting this all on my dad.

704
00:37:27,299 --> 00:37:27,659
That.

705
00:37:28,059 --> 00:37:30,019
No, my dad believed my older brother.

706
00:37:30,019 --> 00:37:34,499
I'm the one who was the
hyperactive ADD kid who got constantly

707
00:37:34,499 --> 00:37:35,659
into trouble anyway.

708
00:37:35,819 --> 00:37:39,259
I mean, it was just natural
that I was the one who lit the match,

709
00:37:39,819 --> 00:37:43,259
put it out, and that was the.

710
00:37:43,259 --> 00:37:49,219
Anyway, the results of that
was that I got a humongous spanking.

711
00:37:49,459 --> 00:37:51,379
Board of education, the seat
of understanding.

712
00:37:52,499 --> 00:37:53,059
I can.

713
00:37:53,059 --> 00:37:54,059
Actually, that's one of the.

714
00:37:54,059 --> 00:37:55,779
You know, most of the weapons.

715
00:37:56,019 --> 00:37:57,539
I literally have forgotten them.

716
00:37:57,539 --> 00:38:02,139
I don't remember very few of
the corporal punishment that my dad

717
00:38:02,139 --> 00:38:02,699
dished out.

718
00:38:02,699 --> 00:38:06,019
By the way, just as a side
note, because some of you may be

719
00:38:06,019 --> 00:38:08,499
new here or you don't know me
all that well.

720
00:38:08,499 --> 00:38:12,499
I am so thankful that my dad
disciplined us growing up.

721
00:38:12,499 --> 00:38:13,099
I am.

722
00:38:13,339 --> 00:38:14,379
No way was.

723
00:38:16,219 --> 00:38:20,459
I am for what the Bible says
when he talks about corporal punishment.

724
00:38:20,699 --> 00:38:25,819
My dad did it the right way
99.999% of the time.

725
00:38:26,379 --> 00:38:31,499
But even my dad can foul up
now and again, and he royally fouled

726
00:38:31,499 --> 00:38:34,179
up on this one.

727
00:38:34,179 --> 00:38:35,579
He believed my older brother.

728
00:38:35,819 --> 00:38:37,499
I am the one who received a.

729
00:38:38,769 --> 00:38:43,449
A spanking that was beyond the
normal for lighting a fire in the

730
00:38:43,449 --> 00:38:47,449
house that on the surface is justifiable.

731
00:38:47,449 --> 00:38:52,849
I should have received a
spanking that was beyond normal for

732
00:38:52,849 --> 00:38:54,289
lighting a fire in the house.

733
00:38:55,969 --> 00:38:57,009
But I didn't do it.

734
00:38:57,409 --> 00:38:58,689
My older brother did it.

735
00:39:01,249 --> 00:39:02,049
He didn't.

736
00:39:02,689 --> 00:39:04,049
And I told my dad I didn't do it.

737
00:39:04,049 --> 00:39:04,929
I said, dad, I didn't do it.

738
00:39:04,929 --> 00:39:05,329
I didn't do it.

739
00:39:05,329 --> 00:39:05,729
I didn't.

740
00:39:06,289 --> 00:39:07,559
As I was receiving the spanking.

741
00:39:09,469 --> 00:39:11,629
And of course, my dad would
tell you now, he would say, well,

742
00:39:11,949 --> 00:39:14,029
all those other things you did
that I never caught you.

743
00:39:14,269 --> 00:39:14,989
There you go.

744
00:39:15,949 --> 00:39:16,829
And you know what?

745
00:39:17,629 --> 00:39:18,149
There he is.

746
00:39:18,149 --> 00:39:18,829
He's amen.

747
00:39:19,949 --> 00:39:21,069
And I totally agree.

748
00:39:21,229 --> 00:39:21,789
I did.

749
00:39:21,789 --> 00:39:22,429
I was.

750
00:39:23,229 --> 00:39:25,389
Man, I was a handful.

751
00:39:29,629 --> 00:39:31,709
Again, I was accused wrongfully.

752
00:39:32,909 --> 00:39:33,829
Sometimes that happens.

753
00:39:33,829 --> 00:39:38,019
And I know, in fact, I have in
my notes here, I don't want to make

754
00:39:38,019 --> 00:39:39,859
I don't want to be trivial
about this.

755
00:39:40,099 --> 00:39:44,939
And I realize there are folks
in the room, including myself, who've

756
00:39:44,939 --> 00:39:50,898
experienced major, major
things in life where I was accused

757
00:39:50,898 --> 00:39:52,339
of doing something I did not do.

758
00:39:54,019 --> 00:39:56,419
And I know many of you have
been in that same situation.

759
00:39:57,859 --> 00:39:58,579
Realize.

760
00:40:00,589 --> 00:40:04,509
Realize that Christ was guiltless.

761
00:40:06,269 --> 00:40:09,709
Realize that Jesus Christ was sinless.

762
00:40:11,949 --> 00:40:12,349
Understand?

763
00:40:12,429 --> 00:40:13,069
I know you.

764
00:40:13,069 --> 00:40:13,749
We know this.

765
00:40:13,749 --> 00:40:16,829
But it's good to be reminded
over and over again that when Christ

766
00:40:17,309 --> 00:40:20,029
again went to the cross that
he had no sins of his own.

767
00:40:20,509 --> 00:40:26,589
When he stood before the
judges and in the court, he was wrongfully

768
00:40:26,589 --> 00:40:27,069
accused.

769
00:40:29,889 --> 00:40:30,849
Wrongfully accused.

770
00:40:32,529 --> 00:40:35,489
In fact, he talks about
suffering there in verses 18 and

771
00:40:35,489 --> 00:40:36,369
19 and 20.

772
00:40:37,489 --> 00:40:39,009
Look at verse 19.

773
00:40:39,009 --> 00:40:42,369
For this is thank worthy of a
man for conscience toward God.

774
00:40:42,369 --> 00:40:45,489
Endure grief and suffering
wrongfully, that we are to endure

775
00:40:45,649 --> 00:40:47,009
grief and suffering wrongly.

776
00:40:47,089 --> 00:40:47,609
For what?

777
00:40:47,609 --> 00:40:48,409
Look at verse 20.

778
00:40:48,409 --> 00:40:53,589
For what glory is it if when
ye be buffeted for your faults, ye

779
00:40:53,589 --> 00:40:54,909
shall take it patiently?

780
00:40:55,389 --> 00:41:00,429
But in other words, if you did
wrong, you should receive some buffeting.

781
00:41:00,989 --> 00:41:05,709
But if, when you do well and
suffer for it, you take it patiently,

782
00:41:05,789 --> 00:41:07,869
this is acceptable with God.

783
00:41:09,709 --> 00:41:12,269
No greater example of that
than Jesus Christ.

784
00:41:13,949 --> 00:41:18,829
No greater example of someone
who again was not guilty and yet

785
00:41:18,829 --> 00:41:20,029
suffered so much.

786
00:41:21,829 --> 00:41:25,109
And today I just want to
answer once again the why?

787
00:41:26,229 --> 00:41:26,629
Why?

788
00:41:27,829 --> 00:41:28,989
Why would he do that?

789
00:41:28,989 --> 00:41:31,669
Why would he suffer as he suffered?

790
00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:33,629
And the verse tells us verse 21.

791
00:41:33,629 --> 00:41:35,669
For even hereunto are ye called.

792
00:41:36,549 --> 00:41:37,669
Now it's talking about suffering.

793
00:41:37,669 --> 00:41:43,109
There you were called to
suffer because Christ also suffered.

794
00:41:45,349 --> 00:41:50,219
What say it for us, for us.

795
00:41:50,219 --> 00:41:54,499
Our last sermon on this
subject or our last sermon on the

796
00:41:54,499 --> 00:41:57,099
text here I did kind of an
overall view this morning.

797
00:41:57,099 --> 00:41:58,539
Again, I want to ask the
question, why?

798
00:41:59,419 --> 00:42:00,619
Why did he suffer?

799
00:42:00,779 --> 00:42:04,859
He suffered for us, though he
was guiltless.

800
00:42:05,259 --> 00:42:09,259
Though he was not guilty, yet
he suffered for us.

801
00:42:09,819 --> 00:42:11,739
Second Corinthians, chapter 5,
verse 21.

802
00:42:11,739 --> 00:42:14,259
Most of you, or a lot of you,
know the verse and some of you got

803
00:42:14,259 --> 00:42:14,819
to memorize.

804
00:42:14,819 --> 00:42:19,899
For he that is God the Father,
made him God the Son, to be sin for

805
00:42:19,899 --> 00:42:24,339
us who knew no sin that we
might be made.

806
00:42:24,339 --> 00:42:29,539
The righteousness of God in
him, Jesus Christ, who knew no sin,

807
00:42:29,539 --> 00:42:30,899
became sin for us.

808
00:42:33,219 --> 00:42:34,539
Understand this morning.

809
00:42:34,539 --> 00:42:38,619
And again, I'm not preaching
anything new, and this is some for

810
00:42:38,619 --> 00:42:40,019
some of you, very elementary.

811
00:42:40,489 --> 00:42:41,769
But we are sinners.

812
00:42:42,729 --> 00:42:44,089
We are all sinners.

813
00:42:46,329 --> 00:42:47,769
We're sinners by nature.

814
00:42:49,609 --> 00:42:52,809
The word sin or sinners
ruffles feathers today.

815
00:42:53,609 --> 00:42:56,969
But can I tell you, it's
always ruffled feathers because it

816
00:42:56,969 --> 00:42:58,649
brings about feelings of guilt.

817
00:42:59,929 --> 00:43:06,099
We live in a society and in an
era of preachers and churches who

818
00:43:06,099 --> 00:43:11,259
have put the word sin aside,
in fact, some churches and preachers

819
00:43:11,259 --> 00:43:12,819
have even removed it and just.

820
00:43:12,899 --> 00:43:16,579
They don't even say the word
anymore because it does bring about

821
00:43:16,819 --> 00:43:18,979
the feeling of guilt.

822
00:43:20,259 --> 00:43:25,259
Most of the world today,
that's so loud and so obnoxious and

823
00:43:25,259 --> 00:43:29,219
so ungodly, they don't like
the word sin because it brings about

824
00:43:29,939 --> 00:43:31,059
the feeling of guilt.

825
00:43:34,749 --> 00:43:37,149
We are not animals because we
do have a conscience.

826
00:43:37,309 --> 00:43:42,349
In fact, the proof, one of the
greatest proofs that God, that we

827
00:43:42,349 --> 00:43:46,909
are created by design is that
we have a conscience.

828
00:43:47,228 --> 00:43:48,669
Animals don't have consciences.

829
00:43:52,109 --> 00:43:56,709
And the word sin has been
removed from so many places in society,

830
00:43:56,709 --> 00:43:59,539
and even in some churches and
some preachers have stopped using

831
00:43:59,539 --> 00:44:01,859
it in an attempt to silence
the conscience.

832
00:44:02,979 --> 00:44:05,219
That way, the conscience isn't
stirred up.

833
00:44:06,179 --> 00:44:10,899
That light that's been given
to every man, all mankind, that law

834
00:44:10,899 --> 00:44:12,699
that's been placed on every heart.

835
00:44:12,699 --> 00:44:20,099
The Bible says when we are
confronted with the moral law, the

836
00:44:20,099 --> 00:44:24,739
Ten Commandments that Jesus
Christ summarized down to one, we'll

837
00:44:24,739 --> 00:44:25,619
cover that in a moment.

838
00:44:27,279 --> 00:44:29,919
We are reminded that we are
all guilty before God.

839
00:44:31,679 --> 00:44:33,279
Thou shalt not steal.

840
00:44:33,279 --> 00:44:35,199
I was covering this with
someone the other day.

841
00:44:35,999 --> 00:44:39,279
I said, it's funny, I meet
people who say, well, you know, I

842
00:44:39,279 --> 00:44:41,239
don't know that I'm
necessarily a sinner.

843
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:43,439
And I asked him, I said, have
you ever stolen anything?

844
00:44:45,039 --> 00:44:45,999
I said, well, no.

845
00:44:45,999 --> 00:44:46,799
No, I haven't.

846
00:44:47,199 --> 00:44:48,479
I've never stolen anything.

847
00:44:48,879 --> 00:44:51,439
And then I just began to name
a few things, like.

848
00:44:51,999 --> 00:44:56,159
But when you was a kid, you
never took anything that wasn't yours.

849
00:44:57,599 --> 00:45:00,399
You never took the toy or what
that wasn't yours.

850
00:45:01,279 --> 00:45:04,639
You never in the grocery
store, you know, took the Jolly Rancher

851
00:45:04,639 --> 00:45:05,599
and put it in your pocket.

852
00:45:09,199 --> 00:45:13,599
We had a little neighborhood
store around the corner from us called

853
00:45:13,599 --> 00:45:14,399
Mac's Grocery.

854
00:45:14,399 --> 00:45:18,119
And my mom worked there
sometimes, and Ms. Mac and Mr. Mac,

855
00:45:18,199 --> 00:45:18,879
who owned it.

856
00:45:18,879 --> 00:45:20,639
And you know, they had those
little box.

857
00:45:20,639 --> 00:45:21,079
Used to you.

858
00:45:21,079 --> 00:45:22,959
They had boxes of Jolly
Ranchers just sitting out there and

859
00:45:22,959 --> 00:45:23,479
all the gum.

860
00:45:23,479 --> 00:45:28,119
And I cannot say that I had
not partaken of one now and again,

861
00:45:28,519 --> 00:45:33,319
confessing before my dad this
morning, that's a little trivial.

862
00:45:34,039 --> 00:45:35,079
Still serious, by the way.

863
00:45:35,079 --> 00:45:37,399
You're stealing from someone,
you're taking them.

864
00:45:37,399 --> 00:45:38,519
You're being selfish.

865
00:45:39,559 --> 00:45:42,239
But how many of you have
taken, you know, a pencil from work

866
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:44,529
or don't use pencils anymore,
do we?

867
00:45:44,529 --> 00:45:45,049
How many?

868
00:45:45,049 --> 00:45:45,689
You know, I'm saying.

869
00:45:45,689 --> 00:45:49,489
I mean, a paperclip, you know,
you say, well, that's just trivial.

870
00:45:49,489 --> 00:45:49,969
That's not really?

871
00:45:49,969 --> 00:45:50,449
Stealing.

872
00:45:50,449 --> 00:45:52,929
Yeah, it is stealing.

873
00:45:53,969 --> 00:45:59,409
I'm saying the moral law
brings about a stirring of the conscience,

874
00:46:00,689 --> 00:46:03,249
and if you're a Christian, it
brings about the stirring of the

875
00:46:03,249 --> 00:46:04,129
Holy Spirit in your life.

876
00:46:04,129 --> 00:46:05,609
And he says, hey, don't do that.

877
00:46:05,609 --> 00:46:12,139
You know, and so, so many stay
away from the Word and stay away

878
00:46:12,139 --> 00:46:15,099
from, especially again, the
Ten Commandments and these areas.

879
00:46:15,099 --> 00:46:20,099
And I'm so thankful that the
Ten Commandments now set in downtown

880
00:46:20,099 --> 00:46:22,139
Fort Worth there at the courthouse.

881
00:46:22,139 --> 00:46:23,019
Isn't that amazing?

882
00:46:23,499 --> 00:46:24,219
It's amazing.

883
00:46:24,219 --> 00:46:25,019
That's awesome.

884
00:46:28,379 --> 00:46:33,299
The Bible says for all have
sinned, that all are guilty before

885
00:46:33,299 --> 00:46:40,309
God, that there has not been
one man, one woman who's been born

886
00:46:40,309 --> 00:46:47,509
of this world who was not a
sinner, selfish by nature, except

887
00:46:47,509 --> 00:46:47,869
one.

888
00:46:49,629 --> 00:46:50,509
Jesus Christ.

889
00:46:54,029 --> 00:46:58,669
Jesus Christ was born sinless.

890
00:47:00,439 --> 00:47:01,879
He did not have a sinful nature.

891
00:47:02,839 --> 00:47:06,279
Never one time did Jesus
Christ have a sinful desire.

892
00:47:06,279 --> 00:47:08,159
Never one time did he perform
a sinful deed.

893
00:47:08,159 --> 00:47:10,759
He was sinless in disposition,
his nature.

894
00:47:12,359 --> 00:47:17,639
He was selfless in desire and
selfless indeed.

895
00:47:19,159 --> 00:47:20,839
But we are selfish by nature.

896
00:47:22,679 --> 00:47:23,799
So what is sin?

897
00:47:24,439 --> 00:47:26,119
Well, it's clearly defined in
the Bible.

898
00:47:26,119 --> 00:47:27,239
1 John 3, 4.

899
00:47:27,749 --> 00:47:31,189
John says, Whosoever
committeth sin transgresseth also

900
00:47:31,189 --> 00:47:31,749
the law.

901
00:47:32,149 --> 00:47:34,949
For sin is a transgression of
the law.

902
00:47:36,309 --> 00:47:37,669
Sin is breaking the law.

903
00:47:39,029 --> 00:47:40,109
Well, what is the law?

904
00:47:40,109 --> 00:47:42,949
I know some of you again have
heard me repeat this a thousand times,

905
00:47:42,949 --> 00:47:44,909
but man, it's good to be reminded.

906
00:47:44,909 --> 00:47:46,229
What is the law of God?

907
00:47:46,229 --> 00:47:48,109
Well, again we think about the
Old Testament.

908
00:47:48,109 --> 00:47:50,629
There are 613 laws in the Old Testament.

909
00:47:50,709 --> 00:47:52,829
There were three kind of laws
in the Old Testament.

910
00:47:52,829 --> 00:47:57,649
There was the moral law, the
civil law, the ceremonial law, and

911
00:47:57,969 --> 00:47:59,049
the Ten Commandments.

912
00:47:59,049 --> 00:47:59,809
The moral law.

913
00:48:01,009 --> 00:48:04,009
Jesus Christ took all those
laws from the Old Testament and he

914
00:48:04,009 --> 00:48:05,329
summarized them down to one.

915
00:48:05,969 --> 00:48:08,609
And it's found in Matthew,
chapter seven in verse 12.

916
00:48:09,649 --> 00:48:11,009
And Jesus says this.

917
00:48:11,009 --> 00:48:15,209
He says, therefore, all things
whatsoever you would that men should

918
00:48:15,209 --> 00:48:18,129
do to you, do ye even also to them.

919
00:48:18,609 --> 00:48:20,849
For this is all the law and
the prophets.

920
00:48:23,029 --> 00:48:24,549
We used to call this the
Golden Rule.

921
00:48:25,189 --> 00:48:28,309
And I told you before, in my
8th grade class in public school,

922
00:48:28,789 --> 00:48:32,589
the professor, the teacher had
that golden rule on the back wall

923
00:48:32,589 --> 00:48:33,749
of our classroom.

924
00:48:34,709 --> 00:48:37,189
Do unto others as you would
have them do unto you.

925
00:48:40,549 --> 00:48:41,349
That's the law.

926
00:48:42,629 --> 00:48:45,829
We would treat others as we
would want to be treated.

927
00:48:47,039 --> 00:48:47,599
Think about it.

928
00:48:47,599 --> 00:48:51,279
If everyone treated everyone
in the world as they wanted to, you

929
00:48:51,279 --> 00:48:53,999
know, that they would treat
themselves as they would treat themselves,

930
00:48:54,639 --> 00:48:57,679
what would that do to to the world?

931
00:48:58,319 --> 00:49:02,838
Then we all could really sing
Kumbaya, you know, there really would

932
00:49:02,838 --> 00:49:07,479
be no war and there really
would be no need for police officers

933
00:49:07,479 --> 00:49:11,439
or military or if everyone
treated everyone as they would want

934
00:49:11,439 --> 00:49:16,059
to be treated, that's what
we're going to experience in heaven.

935
00:49:18,219 --> 00:49:18,739
Amen.

936
00:49:18,739 --> 00:49:20,059
I'm looking forward to it,
aren't you?

937
00:49:21,739 --> 00:49:22,939
What a day that'll be.

938
00:49:24,779 --> 00:49:29,339
Don't get me singing again.

939
00:49:29,339 --> 00:49:30,939
Jesus summarizes it down to one.

940
00:49:30,939 --> 00:49:31,899
What is the law?

941
00:49:32,379 --> 00:49:34,339
If sin's breaking the law,
then what is the law?

942
00:49:34,339 --> 00:49:39,269
Well, the law, again, is selflessness.

943
00:49:40,709 --> 00:49:44,149
And when you break the law,
it's because we are selfish.

944
00:49:45,429 --> 00:49:47,829
We are selfish and we're
selfish by nature.

945
00:49:49,029 --> 00:49:51,749
And then thirdly, what is the
penalty for breaking that law?

946
00:49:51,749 --> 00:49:56,149
So when you go down the
highway and you see that sign, that

947
00:49:56,149 --> 00:50:01,069
suggestion sign on the road,
and you don't obey it because you

948
00:50:01,069 --> 00:50:04,549
think you know you're going to
be okay, and then somebody pulls

949
00:50:04,549 --> 00:50:08,699
up behind you that goes, woo,
woo, woo, you broke the law.

950
00:50:08,939 --> 00:50:10,379
What is the penalty for that?

951
00:50:11,499 --> 00:50:15,419
Well, depends on the officer
and da, da, da, da, sometimes, whatever.

952
00:50:16,059 --> 00:50:17,339
But there is a consequence.

953
00:50:17,739 --> 00:50:20,939
And I'm telling you, the Bible
makes it very clear what the consequences

954
00:50:20,939 --> 00:50:21,659
of sin is.

955
00:50:21,659 --> 00:50:23,819
It's found in Romans 6, verse 23.

956
00:50:23,819 --> 00:50:25,099
Some of you have it memorized.

957
00:50:25,979 --> 00:50:31,739
Romans 6 and verse 23, for the
wages or the penalty of sin is what?

958
00:50:31,889 --> 00:50:32,129
What?

959
00:50:32,529 --> 00:50:32,929
Death.

960
00:50:34,209 --> 00:50:35,569
That's the penalty of sin.

961
00:50:36,209 --> 00:50:42,049
That's the consequences from
God for sin, death, separation from

962
00:50:42,049 --> 00:50:42,449
God.

963
00:50:43,489 --> 00:50:47,049
But the Bible clearly
clarifies that it's more than a separation.

964
00:50:47,049 --> 00:50:50,129
I know there's a big debate
right now because of a Famous person

965
00:50:50,369 --> 00:50:54,209
on YouTube and other things
about is hell really real?

966
00:50:54,449 --> 00:50:55,489
Hell is really real.

967
00:50:56,209 --> 00:50:57,419
There is a fire.

968
00:50:57,569 --> 00:50:57,809
Fire.

969
00:50:58,289 --> 00:51:02,729
There is an eternal fire, a
place of eternal fire where those

970
00:51:02,729 --> 00:51:06,409
who do not accept Christ as
their savior, those who do not receive

971
00:51:06,409 --> 00:51:09,089
pardon, those who do not
receive forgiveness of their sins

972
00:51:09,489 --> 00:51:12,929
will live eternally in a lake
of fire.

973
00:51:13,009 --> 00:51:16,889
That's clarified for us in
several places, but especially in

974
00:51:16,889 --> 00:51:19,249
Revelation, chapter 20 and
verse 14.

975
00:51:19,969 --> 00:51:21,169
John the Revelator said that.

976
00:51:21,169 --> 00:51:24,209
He said, in death and hell
were cast in the lake of fire.

977
00:51:24,209 --> 00:51:25,489
This is the second death.

978
00:51:26,549 --> 00:51:27,909
The wages of sin is death.

979
00:51:29,749 --> 00:51:30,869
What death is that?

980
00:51:30,869 --> 00:51:33,989
Well, it's separation from
God, but it's more than just a separation

981
00:51:33,989 --> 00:51:34,629
from God.

982
00:51:34,709 --> 00:51:38,549
And just as real as heaven is,
hell is as real as heaven.

983
00:51:39,029 --> 00:51:42,349
And hell is a literal, eternal fire.

984
00:51:42,349 --> 00:51:45,909
And those who do not receive
pardon and those who do not receive

985
00:51:45,909 --> 00:51:49,629
the forgiveness of sins, and
those who do not come to Jesus to

986
00:51:49,629 --> 00:51:52,629
receive that pardon will live
eternally in a lake of fire.

987
00:51:54,609 --> 00:51:59,009
By the way, I always like to
clarify, God's not satisfied by those

988
00:51:59,009 --> 00:52:00,369
who are burning in hell.

989
00:52:01,889 --> 00:52:06,009
The Bible says that hell was
not intended for human beings, that

990
00:52:06,009 --> 00:52:07,809
it was built for the devil and
his angels.

991
00:52:09,889 --> 00:52:11,729
But mankind also rebelled.

992
00:52:12,449 --> 00:52:15,769
Wherefore, as by one man, sin
entered into the world, and death

993
00:52:15,769 --> 00:52:18,899
by sin, so death passed upon
all men, for all have sinned.

994
00:52:19,609 --> 00:52:20,849
Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden.

995
00:52:20,849 --> 00:52:22,089
He took of the fruit willingly.

996
00:52:22,089 --> 00:52:23,209
Eve was deceived.

997
00:52:23,929 --> 00:52:27,329
And because of that willful
disobedience, sin has been passed

998
00:52:27,329 --> 00:52:28,649
down to all mankind.

999
00:52:28,889 --> 00:52:34,729
That selfish nature and the
consequences of that is death.

1000
00:52:35,849 --> 00:52:37,849
Well, why should I pay for
Adam's sin?

1001
00:52:38,169 --> 00:52:39,289
No, no, no, no, no.

1002
00:52:39,369 --> 00:52:40,569
You're just as selfish.

1003
00:52:41,129 --> 00:52:42,489
I'm just as selfish.

1004
00:52:43,529 --> 00:52:44,929
I committed sin this morning.

1005
00:52:44,929 --> 00:52:45,969
I'm selfish.

1006
00:52:49,089 --> 00:52:50,369
Don't blame it on Adam.

1007
00:52:50,449 --> 00:52:51,809
You chose to sin as well.

1008
00:52:53,169 --> 00:52:55,129
And because of that sin, the
consequences of that is.

1009
00:52:55,129 --> 00:52:56,209
Hell is death.

1010
00:52:58,529 --> 00:52:59,169
It's death.

1011
00:53:02,289 --> 00:53:05,329
But I'm so thankful for the
sinless Savior.

1012
00:53:06,529 --> 00:53:10,289
Our text, who did no sin.

1013
00:53:11,259 --> 00:53:14,299
Neither was any guile found,
any deceit found in his mouth.

1014
00:53:16,139 --> 00:53:18,419
We have again here the sinless Savior.

1015
00:53:18,419 --> 00:53:19,419
God in the flesh.

1016
00:53:19,819 --> 00:53:20,339
You see?

1017
00:53:20,339 --> 00:53:20,699
Why?

1018
00:53:20,779 --> 00:53:21,859
Why did he not sin?

1019
00:53:21,859 --> 00:53:22,379
Why could he?

1020
00:53:22,379 --> 00:53:23,539
Well, because he could not sin.

1021
00:53:23,539 --> 00:53:24,459
He was God in the flesh.

1022
00:53:24,459 --> 00:53:25,499
God can't sin.

1023
00:53:27,099 --> 00:53:28,339
First Peter 2, 22.

1024
00:53:28,339 --> 00:53:29,179
We just read it.

1025
00:53:29,659 --> 00:53:30,499
Who did no sin.

1026
00:53:30,499 --> 00:53:31,819
Neither was any guile found in
his mouth.

1027
00:53:31,819 --> 00:53:37,059
Hebrews, chapter 4, and verse
15 says, but was in all points tempted,

1028
00:53:37,059 --> 00:53:40,169
tested, like we are, yet
without sin.

1029
00:53:42,249 --> 00:53:47,649
Pontius Pilate, when Jesus
stood before him, finally came to

1030
00:53:47,649 --> 00:53:49,289
the conclusion, he said, what?

1031
00:53:49,609 --> 00:53:52,489
I find no fault in him.

1032
00:53:53,769 --> 00:53:57,129
The judge that he stood before
could find no fault in Jesus Christ.

1033
00:53:58,009 --> 00:53:59,409
He had no sins of his own.

1034
00:53:59,409 --> 00:53:59,929
He hadn't.

1035
00:53:59,929 --> 00:54:01,369
He hadn't committed any crime.

1036
00:54:01,929 --> 00:54:06,779
Oh, they tried to, you know,
put some things before the judge

1037
00:54:06,779 --> 00:54:08,539
and had false testimonies.

1038
00:54:08,539 --> 00:54:14,339
And he was falsely accused,
wrongfully accused, and was beaten

1039
00:54:14,419 --> 00:54:17,379
and mocked and tortured and suffered.

1040
00:54:17,859 --> 00:54:18,259
Why?

1041
00:54:18,339 --> 00:54:20,258
For us, that's what the Bible says.

1042
00:54:20,419 --> 00:54:28,899
Our text says, for us, the
sinless Savior had a sinless record

1043
00:54:30,109 --> 00:54:35,549
in order that he might die in
our place, in order that we might

1044
00:54:35,549 --> 00:54:40,349
have our sinful record erased
and his sinless record put in its

1045
00:54:40,349 --> 00:54:40,669
place.

1046
00:54:41,869 --> 00:54:45,588
It's a doctrine called imputed
righteousness, a teaching the Bible

1047
00:54:45,588 --> 00:54:47,149
teaches over and over and over again.

1048
00:54:47,309 --> 00:54:49,869
And we as a church have gone
through it many, many times.

1049
00:54:50,109 --> 00:54:53,109
All you gotta do is go read
Romans chapter 4 and 5 and many other

1050
00:54:53,109 --> 00:54:53,709
places.

1051
00:54:54,029 --> 00:54:57,809
I'm so thankful for the
substitutionary death of Jesus Christ

1052
00:54:58,529 --> 00:55:03,849
that Jesus suffered the death
that Jesus suffered and died.

1053
00:55:03,849 --> 00:55:07,329
For me, it's the very heart of
the gospel.

1054
00:55:08,369 --> 00:55:10,929
The gospel is what First
Corinthians 15 tells us.

1055
00:55:11,489 --> 00:55:13,569
It's the death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.

1056
00:55:13,569 --> 00:55:15,729
Jesus Christ lived a sinless life.

1057
00:55:16,049 --> 00:55:18,969
He died, he was buried and
three days later he rose again from

1058
00:55:18,969 --> 00:55:19,409
the dead.

1059
00:55:20,209 --> 00:55:23,689
And the heart of that, at the
heart of that is that he died in

1060
00:55:23,689 --> 00:55:24,289
our place.

1061
00:55:25,889 --> 00:55:27,329
That he died for me.

1062
00:55:28,369 --> 00:55:29,889
That he died for my sins.

1063
00:55:31,329 --> 00:55:33,089
How can a God remain just?

1064
00:55:33,409 --> 00:55:38,209
In other words, how can a God
remain fair while justifying sinners?

1065
00:55:38,449 --> 00:55:43,889
What does justify mean means
to erase their sins, to erase the

1066
00:55:43,889 --> 00:55:44,769
record of their sins.

1067
00:55:45,009 --> 00:55:46,609
Just as if I'd never sinned.

1068
00:55:46,689 --> 00:55:47,609
How can he just.

1069
00:55:47,609 --> 00:55:51,879
How can a God justify erasing
our sins, erasing our sinful record?

1070
00:55:52,759 --> 00:55:55,319
We don't like it when judges
are soft, do we?

1071
00:55:55,479 --> 00:55:58,599
These liberal judges across
the nation who let people off.

1072
00:55:58,599 --> 00:56:02,399
I mean, some guy tries to
assassinate a Supreme Court justice

1073
00:56:02,399 --> 00:56:03,959
and gets eight years in prison.

1074
00:56:04,999 --> 00:56:06,199
That's ludicrous.

1075
00:56:06,679 --> 00:56:10,319
The guy should be locked away
forever and ever and ever until he

1076
00:56:10,319 --> 00:56:11,239
rots in jail.

1077
00:56:15,249 --> 00:56:19,569
But you have a liberal judge
who is soft.

1078
00:56:21,169 --> 00:56:23,769
Oh, you know, he's this and
she's that.

1079
00:56:23,769 --> 00:56:27,809
And I know the law says this,
but anyway, I'll go on.

1080
00:56:29,649 --> 00:56:31,969
We don't like it when they're
soft, do we?

1081
00:56:33,649 --> 00:56:37,489
I mean, when they're, let me
put it that way, when they're.

1082
00:56:37,489 --> 00:56:43,099
Obviously we don't like that
when they just let somebody off.

1083
00:56:43,899 --> 00:56:47,659
There's sometimes justifiable
reasons to being soft or whatever.

1084
00:56:47,659 --> 00:56:49,099
But I'm talking about when
they are just.

1085
00:56:49,419 --> 00:56:50,699
It's crazy, isn't it?

1086
00:56:51,579 --> 00:56:53,499
And I could get red faced
about it.

1087
00:56:54,699 --> 00:56:58,219
Some guy gets in a car drunk.

1088
00:56:58,459 --> 00:56:59,499
He chose to drink.

1089
00:57:00,539 --> 00:57:01,659
He chose to drink that.

1090
00:57:01,979 --> 00:57:03,019
He chose to drink.

1091
00:57:03,499 --> 00:57:05,659
He got in a car and he killed
three people.

1092
00:57:08,789 --> 00:57:10,229
What should happen to that individual?

1093
00:57:11,269 --> 00:57:12,669
Involuntary manslaughter.

1094
00:57:12,669 --> 00:57:13,029
Really?

1095
00:57:14,629 --> 00:57:16,789
I'm just saying we get mad at
things like that.

1096
00:57:17,829 --> 00:57:23,109
God cannot just let sin, you
know, he just can't write it off.

1097
00:57:24,309 --> 00:57:25,869
A just God, a fair God.

1098
00:57:25,869 --> 00:57:27,429
Sin must be paid for.

1099
00:57:28,309 --> 00:57:29,749
It must be paid for.

1100
00:57:30,069 --> 00:57:34,069
How can he punish sin and
forgive sinners at the same time?

1101
00:57:35,059 --> 00:57:35,939
It's very easy.

1102
00:57:38,179 --> 00:57:44,139
But God commendeth his love
toward us and that while we were

1103
00:57:44,139 --> 00:57:45,939
yet sinners, Christ died for us.

1104
00:57:47,539 --> 00:57:53,459
Much more being justified by
his blood, we shall be saved from

1105
00:57:53,619 --> 00:57:54,099
wrath.

1106
00:57:54,819 --> 00:57:56,019
The penalty of sin.

1107
00:57:56,179 --> 00:58:00,699
Through him, through Jesus
Christ we are saved from the penalty

1108
00:58:00,699 --> 00:58:02,419
of sin, from the wrath of God
upon sin.

1109
00:58:02,779 --> 00:58:08,139
Through Jesus Christ, what he
did on the cross and his burial and

1110
00:58:08,139 --> 00:58:11,939
his resurrection, because of
the works of Jesus Christ and our

1111
00:58:11,939 --> 00:58:14,299
trust in him and putting our
faith in Him.

1112
00:58:14,939 --> 00:58:18,938
Our sins are forgiven because
he paid for our sins.

1113
00:58:19,819 --> 00:58:21,259
We are forgiven through Him.

1114
00:58:21,819 --> 00:58:22,939
He died in our place.

1115
00:58:22,939 --> 00:58:24,219
He's a substitute.

1116
00:58:25,099 --> 00:58:26,859
He took God's wrath for our sins.

1117
00:58:26,859 --> 00:58:28,059
He paid for our sins.

1118
00:58:30,219 --> 00:58:31,579
Have you had your sins forgiven?

1119
00:58:33,179 --> 00:58:34,379
Have you been saved?

1120
00:58:34,859 --> 00:58:38,219
Have you been rescued from the
wrath of God that's been placed upon

1121
00:58:38,379 --> 00:58:39,259
your sins?

1122
00:58:39,899 --> 00:58:42,059
I hope today you know Jesus as
your Savior.

1123
00:58:43,579 --> 00:58:45,739
He came to seek and to save
that which is lost.

1124
00:58:48,059 --> 00:58:51,579
He shall save his people what
from their sins.

1125
00:58:54,309 --> 00:58:55,429
Oh, what a savior.

1126
00:58:56,549 --> 00:59:03,549
Oh, what a God who would love
us enough to send his only begotten

1127
00:59:03,549 --> 00:59:09,189
Son into the world that we
through him might be saved.

1128
00:59:10,629 --> 00:59:11,669
He bore our sins.

1129
00:59:11,669 --> 00:59:16,589
Verse 24. Who his own self
bare our sins in his own body on

1130
00:59:16,589 --> 00:59:17,109
the tree.

1131
00:59:17,909 --> 00:59:19,109
He bore our sins.

1132
00:59:19,599 --> 00:59:24,039
This is a quote from Isaiah 53
that God laid on him the sins or

1133
00:59:24,039 --> 00:59:25,279
the iniquity of us all.

1134
00:59:25,359 --> 00:59:28,039
All mankind's sins were put
upon Him.

1135
00:59:28,039 --> 00:59:29,519
Not just the elect, by the way.

1136
00:59:29,519 --> 00:59:31,919
All mankind's sins were put
upon Him.

1137
00:59:33,199 --> 00:59:39,999
He died for all mankind that
all men might receive Him.

1138
00:59:40,639 --> 00:59:42,959
He's not willing that any
should perish, but that all should

1139
00:59:42,959 --> 00:59:43,519
come to Him.

1140
00:59:44,639 --> 00:59:45,999
I hope you know you're saved.

1141
00:59:46,819 --> 00:59:49,379
Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

1142
00:59:49,779 --> 00:59:54,779
God in the flesh, the Creator
of all things, the curator of all

1143
00:59:54,779 --> 00:59:57,459
things, died in your place.

1144
00:59:58,179 --> 01:00:01,299
He took the penalty of sin for you.

1145
01:00:05,619 --> 01:00:07,859
Amazing, amazing truth.

1146
01:00:10,499 --> 01:00:14,389
He died order that we might
have victory over the penalty of

1147
01:00:14,389 --> 01:00:14,749
sin.

1148
01:00:15,949 --> 01:00:18,229
And he died in order that we
might have the power over sin.

1149
01:00:18,229 --> 01:00:19,229
Look at verse 24 again.

1150
01:00:19,869 --> 01:00:24,109
It says that we, being dead to
sins, should live unto righteousness.

1151
01:00:26,509 --> 01:00:28,629
Romans chapter six really
covers this.

1152
01:00:28,629 --> 01:00:32,429
It says, we as Christians,
those who've accepted Christ as Savior,

1153
01:00:32,509 --> 01:00:36,229
those who put their trust in
Jesus and Him alone, that we no longer

1154
01:00:36,229 --> 01:00:38,629
have to yield ourselves as
instruments of unrighteousness.

1155
01:00:38,629 --> 01:00:42,369
But we've been given the power
to live Christian life.

1156
01:00:42,849 --> 01:00:46,929
We've been given the power to
follow in his steps the Holy Spirit

1157
01:00:46,929 --> 01:00:50,809
that abides in you, empowers
you, gives you the grace to overcome

1158
01:00:50,809 --> 01:00:52,049
the sin that's in your life.

1159
01:00:52,289 --> 01:00:55,009
To overcome the sins that are
in your life.

1160
01:00:55,249 --> 01:00:57,569
In other words, God's still in
the life changing business.

1161
01:00:58,609 --> 01:00:59,729
God will change your life.

1162
01:00:59,729 --> 01:01:04,209
And God will give you victory
over whatever it is that besets you,

1163
01:01:04,849 --> 01:01:07,929
whatever it is that's holding
you back, whatever it is that's dragging

1164
01:01:07,929 --> 01:01:08,369
you down.

1165
01:01:09,139 --> 01:01:13,299
He has given you the power you
need by way of the Holy Spirit that

1166
01:01:13,299 --> 01:01:16,499
now abides in you as a
Christian to overcome.

1167
01:01:16,899 --> 01:01:18,259
We are overcomers.

1168
01:01:20,339 --> 01:01:21,739
We are more than conquerors.

1169
01:01:21,739 --> 01:01:24,579
Through him that loved us and
gave his life for us.

1170
01:01:25,139 --> 01:01:32,899
Being dead to sin, by whose
stripes we were healed.

1171
01:01:33,539 --> 01:01:39,669
It's because of his suffering,
because of the mocking, because of

1172
01:01:39,669 --> 01:01:45,989
the stripes that he received
on his back, because of the awful

1173
01:01:46,069 --> 01:01:50,109
torture he went through, not
just the physical torture.

1174
01:01:50,109 --> 01:01:52,469
And we won't cover this this
morning, understand?

1175
01:01:52,549 --> 01:01:55,949
The Bible says that he humbled
himself and became obedient unto

1176
01:01:55,949 --> 01:01:57,989
death, even the death of the cross.

1177
01:01:57,989 --> 01:02:00,469
There were lots of other
people who died by way of the cross.

1178
01:02:00,469 --> 01:02:04,809
But his cross was unique
because he didn't just die there,

1179
01:02:04,809 --> 01:02:08,529
a physical death that all the
others who had followed or all those

1180
01:02:08,529 --> 01:02:11,329
in the future who would die a
death of the cross, but there he

1181
01:02:11,329 --> 01:02:14,649
suffered relationally in that
his father turned his back on him.

1182
01:02:15,529 --> 01:02:18,128
The Old Testament describes
that when Jesus was on the cross,

1183
01:02:18,128 --> 01:02:21,169
it was like him being in a
skillet with a lid on it, and he

1184
01:02:21,169 --> 01:02:23,209
was literally frying for us.

1185
01:02:25,049 --> 01:02:27,609
He took all of God's wrath for
our sins.

1186
01:02:28,239 --> 01:02:30,679
The Lord laid on him the
iniquity of all, and God poured his

1187
01:02:30,679 --> 01:02:31,679
wrath upon his Son.

1188
01:02:31,679 --> 01:02:34,799
That same verse in Isaiah 53
says, it pleased the Lord to bruise

1189
01:02:34,799 --> 01:02:36,959
him, the Heavenly Father.

1190
01:02:37,359 --> 01:02:39,199
It pleased the Lord to bruise
his Son.

1191
01:02:39,199 --> 01:02:39,479
Why?

1192
01:02:39,479 --> 01:02:42,079
Not because of his Son, but
because of what the Son was taking

1193
01:02:42,079 --> 01:02:44,078
upon himself, the sins of the
whole world.

1194
01:02:45,199 --> 01:02:49,239
And there Jesus Christ again,
once again wonderful truth, gave

1195
01:02:49,239 --> 01:02:52,799
his life in order that our
sins might be forgiven.

1196
01:02:53,289 --> 01:02:54,169
He died in my place.

1197
01:02:57,289 --> 01:03:00,009
He died the death I should
have died.

1198
01:03:02,409 --> 01:03:03,609
He suffered for us.

1199
01:03:04,969 --> 01:03:06,729
He suffered in our place.

1200
01:03:07,449 --> 01:03:15,809
He took our sins that we might
escape hell, might have victory and

1201
01:03:15,809 --> 01:03:16,889
power over sin.

1202
01:03:17,849 --> 01:03:24,239
And one day, not only victory
over the penalty and power of sin,

1203
01:03:24,239 --> 01:03:27,039
but one day victory over the
presence of sin.

1204
01:03:29,519 --> 01:03:31,199
I'm so looking forward to
that, aren't you?

1205
01:03:32,559 --> 01:03:34,319
First Corinthians 15 describes it.

1206
01:03:34,799 --> 01:03:37,679
First Thessalonians describes
it, that one day Jesus will return

1207
01:03:38,879 --> 01:03:43,239
and there'll be a trumpet that
sounds, and there'll be a voice of

1208
01:03:43,239 --> 01:03:48,779
God that says, come up hither,
and those who are dead in Christ

1209
01:03:49,099 --> 01:03:49,899
will rise first.

1210
01:03:49,899 --> 01:03:52,739
Then we which are alive and
remain will be caught up, raptured

1211
01:03:52,739 --> 01:03:53,819
up to meet him in the air.

1212
01:03:54,299 --> 01:03:55,979
And so shall we ever be with
the Lord.

1213
01:03:55,979 --> 01:04:00,419
First Corinthians 15 says
there's going to be a change, that

1214
01:04:00,419 --> 01:04:02,419
when the trumpet sounds,
there's going to be a change.

1215
01:04:02,419 --> 01:04:09,179
And this mortal must put on
immortality and we'll be changed.

1216
01:04:09,179 --> 01:04:12,229
The Bible says there in a
moment of a twinkling of an eye.

1217
01:04:12,709 --> 01:04:15,749
The Bible says that when we
shall see him, we shall be what,

1218
01:04:15,829 --> 01:04:16,549
like him?

1219
01:04:18,789 --> 01:04:25,269
No more sinful, selfish nature.

1220
01:04:26,309 --> 01:04:27,189
It'll be gone.

1221
01:04:28,789 --> 01:04:31,909
And we'll live with Christ eternally.

1222
01:04:32,869 --> 01:04:36,719
We'll live with him righteously.

1223
01:04:37,199 --> 01:04:38,159
What a day that'll be.

1224
01:04:38,159 --> 01:04:43,719
Let's all stand, looking
forward to the return of Christ again.

1225
01:04:43,719 --> 01:04:45,359
I read the back of the book
and we win.

1226
01:04:46,879 --> 01:04:48,879
And looking forward to that
blessed hope.

1227
01:04:49,519 --> 01:04:50,119
Let's pray.

1228
01:04:50,119 --> 01:04:53,519
Heavenly Father, what a
wonderful truth Again we study this

1229
01:04:53,519 --> 01:04:55,759
morning about your
substitutionary death.

1230
01:04:56,559 --> 01:04:59,759
Your vicarious death, Lord,
that you suffered and bled and died

1231
01:04:59,999 --> 01:05:04,039
in order that our sins might
be forgiven, that you might rescue

1232
01:05:04,039 --> 01:05:05,319
us from the penalty of sin.

1233
01:05:05,319 --> 01:05:06,599
Lord, help I pray.

1234
01:05:06,599 --> 01:05:09,679
If there's someone here or
someone listening online who's never

1235
01:05:09,679 --> 01:05:11,959
accepted you as Savior,
they've never put their trust and

1236
01:05:11,959 --> 01:05:16,479
faith in you and you alone for
salvation from the wrath of God that's

1237
01:05:16,479 --> 01:05:17,319
been placed upon their sins.

1238
01:05:17,319 --> 01:05:18,238
May they do so today.

1239
01:05:19,119 --> 01:05:22,479
And Lord, may we as Christians
again be reminded that we have power

1240
01:05:22,479 --> 01:05:23,199
over sin.

1241
01:05:23,279 --> 01:05:26,759
Through your Holy Spirit and
the grace that you've given us and

1242
01:05:26,759 --> 01:05:28,409
God, may we be dead to sin.

1243
01:05:29,359 --> 01:05:32,679
We thank you for that blessed
hope and your glorious appearing.

1244
01:05:32,679 --> 01:05:35,999
And one day you will return in
Jesus name, amen.