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now here's Andrew. Welcome

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to our Thursday's broadcast of the Gospel

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Truth. Today I'm continuing

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a series that I've been teaching for

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three weeks about Joseph. And

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I've got this little booklet that I wrote

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that is a summary of this larger book.

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This is the first time we've offered this

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on Lessons from Joseph. It's a brand new

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book. And tomorrow is going to be my

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last day to offer this over television. So

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I encourage you to please go to the

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effort to request this. We're asking for a

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donation of any amount for this book. We'll

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probably give away over 50,000 of these books.

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And if nobody sent anything for

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it, we just couldn't do that. My partners

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have enabled me to make it available for a

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gift of any amount. This little

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booklet is a brief summary of this. And

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this is an absolute freebie. But

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I encourage you to get the full book if you can. And

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then we have DVDs and CDs that

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were taken from my television program in

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the USB that will have both the

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DVD and the CDs on there.

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And tomorrow will be my last day to offer

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these over television. So please

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take advantage of it. I've already

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covered so much material about

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the life of Joseph that I just can't

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go back through everything. But man, to me,

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Joseph is one of the greatest characters in

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the Bible. And he gives us

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something to shoot for. If Joseph

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could do what he did and keep a

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great attitude and go through 13 years of

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slavery and imprisonment and

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still have a perfect heart towards God.

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And he did that without being born again,

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without having his nature change. He did that

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without the baptism of the heart. Holy

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Spirit, if he could do that

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without those things, then certainly we

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can do at least as

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well with a born again nature

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and the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the

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Holy Spirit living on the inside of us.

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And so I think that most of us

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have just been aiming way

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too low. We need to

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increase what we're believing for and Joseph

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is just a great example. So

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we've already talked about how that

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the famine had come. Joseph's brothers

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came down to him to buy grain

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and he recognized them. They didn't recognize

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him and he spoke roughly

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to him and said, your spies and

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for three days put them in prison. Again, I've

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said this every day, but I know that not

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every person watches every day. A

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casual reading of the story of Joseph,

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people will think that he was just,

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you know, vining and hurting his brothers

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the way that they had heard him,

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that this was vengeance and he was

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doing this out of bitterness and anger.

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That is inconsistent with everything that the

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Bible says about Joseph and

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it's inconsistent with what he told

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them personally. We'll be getting into

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that either today or tomorrow on

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the broadcast. This wasn't Joseph

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vining and getting even with his

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brothers. It was him fulfilling the

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vision that God had given

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him, that his brothers wouldn't just physically

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bow down to him, but they would bow

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in their heart. They would come to

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the end of themselves and begin to

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repent of being these bitter, evil

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people. And I've said this

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often, but again, most people don't remember these

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things. Most people don't read the Bible very

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much, don't really know what it says. But

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Reuben, the oldest son of

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Jacob had committed incest with

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his father's wife. Levi

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and Simeon had murdered hundreds

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of men. I mean in

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cold blood, just murdered them.

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It wasn't a defense or defending

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something in war. It was absolute

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murder. They murdered hundreds of men.

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men and took their wives and children and

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their animals captive. Judah

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had committed incest with his

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daughter-in-law. Every one of

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the brothers except for Benjamin had been

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willing to kill Joseph

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and finally wound up selling him into

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slavery. These were evil men and

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they needed to repent and Joseph knew

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that God had put him in a

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position to bring them to the end

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of themselves. So anyway, he finally sent

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the brothers back. He kept Simeon, the

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second born son of Jacob in prison

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as safety that they would come back

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and sent the brothers back home, put

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their money back in their sacks mouth

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and because of this, man,

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they were just in terror. They knew that

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this was supernatural, what

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was happening and they even said that this

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was because of the way that they had

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treated Joseph and it was their sins coming

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home to roost. So they

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told the father that they couldn't go

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back unless they took Benjamin with them.

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Benjamin was the youngest son of Jacob

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and Jacob loved him. He was

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the only son left of Rachel,

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Jacob's favorite wife and because of that,

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he said, no, I won't send them

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but they finally ran out of food

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and they just had to do something. So this

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is in Genesis 43 verse 1. It

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says, the famine was sore in the land

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and it came to pass when they had

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eaten up the corn which they had brought

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out of Egypt, their father said unto them,

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go again, buy us a little food and

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Judah spake unto him saying, the man did

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solemnly protest unto us. This is talking about

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Joseph, the man that was dispensing

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all of the corn, did solemnly

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protest unto us saying, you shall

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not see my face except

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your brother be with you. If

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thou wilt send our brother with

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us, we will go down and buy thee

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food but if thou wilt not send him,

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we will not go down for the man

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said unto us, you shall not see my

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face except your

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brother. You know, we

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don't know exactly how long a period

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of time since their first trip down there, but

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they kept Simeon, Joseph kept

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Simeon in prison, and

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I don't know, maybe it was just a week's travel or

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something like that, but Simeon

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knew exactly how long

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it took to get from

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Egypt back to where Jacob

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and all of his family was, and

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they were running out of food. So you would

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suspect that this had probably been a month or

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two months or something like that. Simeon

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had calculated these things and

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had basically come to the conclusion

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that Jacob, his father, was willing

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to leave him in prison and

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let him rot in prison because

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he was preferring Benjamin over

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Simeon. So I'm sure

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that this time that Simeon was in prison,

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we don't know exactly how long, but probably

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at least a few months, he

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had probably had to do a

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lot of repenting, a lot of

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self-examination, recognizing that his father was

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willing to sacrifice him to keep

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the youngest son, Benjamin, alive. So

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God was using all of this

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to bring all of these ungodly

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brothers. Simeon is the guy who

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really led that attack

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on these men where they murdered

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hundreds of people in cold blood.

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Man, this is

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important, and some people

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just skip over these things and don't

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recognize it, but God was using Joseph

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to bring these ungodly guys to the

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end of themselves and bring

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them to a reckoning. And so

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in verse 6, it says, in Israel said,

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Wherefore, delt ye so ill with me as

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to tell the man whether we had yet

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a brother? And they said, the man asked

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us straightly of our state and of our

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kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have

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you another brother? And we told him, according

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to the tenor of these words, and could

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we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother.

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brother down?" In other words,

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they're explaining that, look, there was nothing

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wrong on their part. They just answered

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the questions and stuff. So finally

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it says in verse 8,

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"'And Judah said unto Israel, his

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father, Send the lad with

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me, and we will arise and go, that

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we may live and not die, both we

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and thou, and also our little ones. I

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will be surety for him. My

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hand shalt thou require him, if I

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bring him not unto thee, and set

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him before thee, then let me bear

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the blame forever. For except we had

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lingered surely now, we had returned the

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second time.'" So Simeon

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had already probably been coming to

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himself in prison. Reuben had already

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said that he would sacrifice

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his two sons if Benjamin didn't

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come. Now here's Judah saying that,

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I will bear the shame of

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this forever. These guys are finally

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beginning to wreck, you

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know, to put somebody else ahead of themself.

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They were willing to start making

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sacrifices for the sake of the

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rest of the family, which had

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been totally uncharacteristic for them this

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whole time. So what Joseph

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had done by accusing them to

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be spies, by, you

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know, locking up one of the

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brothers and stuff, it was beginning

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to have its impact. I imagine

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also that Joseph also knew that

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they had already been back home and

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they could have returned with Benjamin. He

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recognized that, you know, there was time

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lapsing, but he had Simeon kept in

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prison that pretty much guaranteed that they

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were going to come back, plus they

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needed the food. So this showed patience

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on Joseph's part too. Joseph had already

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waited 22 years. So another few days

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or weeks or months probably wasn't a

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big thing to him. So in

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verse 11 it says, and their father

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Israel said unto them, if it must be

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so now, do this, take of the

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best of the fruits of the land and your vessels.

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carry down the man a present,

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a little bomb, a little honey,

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spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds

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and take double money in your

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hand and the money that

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was bought again in the mouth of your

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sacks. In other words, he was not only

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going to return the money that they should

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have paid for the first thing, but he

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brought double money to basically pay back with

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interest plus enough money so that they

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could buy more grain. He says

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carry it again in your hand. Her adventure,

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it was an oversight. Take

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also your brother and arise. Go again

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unto the man and God

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Almighty give you mercy before this man

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that he may send away your

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other brother and Benjamin. If I

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bereaved of my children, I am

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bereaved. This is something

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that he should have come to a

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long time ago, but it says over

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there in Genesis 37 that when he

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was told or when he thought

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that Joseph had been killed by

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a wild animal and his brothers tried to

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comfort him, he says he refused to be

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comforted and he says I will go down

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to my grave grieving for my son. It

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was a choice and I mentioned

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this on yesterday's program, but you can't live

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your life that way. You've

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got to go on. If you are still

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breathing, if you're still alive, I don't care

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what, you've been through. God has

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a purpose for your life and

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you have to own up to that and you have

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to get up and go

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ahead and rejoice in the Lord. There's

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an example in 2 Samuel 12 where

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David prayed for his child that was

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near death and he fasted

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and he mourned and he was

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in great bitterness, but when the

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child died, David recognized his

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servants kind of whispering to each other

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and so he inquired. He said is

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the child dead and they said yes

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and he immediately got up and washed

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himself and shaved and he asked for

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food and he just began to start

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being normal. And they were shocked.

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They said, well, the child was suffering.

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You went through all of this grief.

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Now that he's dead, it's just over.

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And David said, this is in 2 Samuel 12, he

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says, as long as the child was alive, I thought

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that there might have been some chance of

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God relining on his

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judgment and healing this child. But

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he says, once the child was dead, he says

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there's nothing that could happen. He says, I'm going

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to go to him, but he

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can't return to me. And he just got up

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and decided to go on with his life. I

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tell you, there's a great lesson in

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all of that for us. And

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so in verse 15, it says, and

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the man took that present, and

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they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin and

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rose up and went down to Egypt, and

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stood before Joseph. And when Joseph saw

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Benjamin with them, he said to

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the ruler of his house, bring these men home

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and slay and make ready, for these

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men shall dine with me at noon.

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Man, that's amazing. You

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know, another thing, I hadn't got time to go into this, but

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Benjamin had been smothered by Jacob.

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It says that Joseph had been the

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favorite son and had this coat of

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many colors, and when Jacob thought that

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he had lost Joseph, I'm sure he

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just refused to let Benjamin go anywhere

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on his own. I'm sure he had

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lived a very, very sheltered life. Now,

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by this time, it had been 22 years

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since Joseph had been sold into slavery, and

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Benjamin was younger than him, so

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we don't know exactly how old Benjamin was, but

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he easily was in his,

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well, he had to be at least 23, 24

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years old. He

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could have easily been in his 30s, and

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this may be the first time he's ever been

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out and seen the world. Here he is in

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Egypt, seeing all the splendor of Egypt, and now

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he's going to go to eat in

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the home of the most powerful man

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in Egypt. I imagine this was quite

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a long time. an adventure for

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Benjamin and he was probably pretty excited

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over it. And so instead

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of all of these brothers feeling honored

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by going to Joseph's house, now remember

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Joseph was the second most powerful man

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in Egypt. He was basically a dictator.

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I'm sure he probably had a palace.

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There's no telling what he lived in but

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it was probably exquisite.

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And when instead of these brothers

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being excited about going to eat

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in the house of this man,

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it just caused tremendous fear in

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them. You can read that in

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Genesis 43, 17. It

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says, and the man did as

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Joseph bade and the man brought the

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man into Joseph's house and the men

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were afraid because they were brought into

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Joseph's house. And they said because of

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the money that was returned in our

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sacks at the first time are we

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brought in that he may

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seek occasion against us and fall

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upon us and take us

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for bond men in our

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asses. And so these men,

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instead of being honored, man, they were in

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fear. They knew that

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Joseph had already spoken harshly to

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them the first time and they were in

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fear. And so Joseph used

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this once again to put more pressure

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on these guys so that they would

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repent. And again, I

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say this that some people think that Joseph

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was doing these things out of vengeance, but

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that is not true at all.

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And so in verse 19, it says, and

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they came near to the steward of Joseph's

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house and they communed with him at the

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door of the house and said, oh, sir,

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we came indeed down at the first time

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to buy food. And it came to pass

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when we were come to the end that

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we opened our sacks and behold, every man's

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money was in the mouth of his sack,

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our money in full weight. And we have

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brought it again in our hand and other

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money have we brought down in our hands

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to buy food and cannot tell who put

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this money in our sacks. In other words,

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these guys are finally beginning to own.

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up, they're beginning to tell the truth, they're

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beginning to ask

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for mercy instead of manipulating, lie

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and control the way that they

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had done in the past. They

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believe that this was God calling

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their sins into account so

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they humbled themselves. Look at

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what the steward of Joseph's

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house said. He said, peace be to you.

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Fear not, your God and the God

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of your father hath given you treasure

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in your sacks. You know, before

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I go on and say the rest

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of these things, this reflects the fact that this

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guy was close to Joseph. He was the steward

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of his house and he said,

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your God and the God of your

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father has done this. I believe that

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Joseph had probably impacted all of the

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people around him with his faith and

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these people were reflecting that. They didn't

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talk about, you know, the son God

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or the God of the Egyptians. They

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recognized that Joseph and his brother were

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serving a different God and that's reflected

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in his statements. And so

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he said that it was your God that

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had given you treasure in your sacks. I

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had your money and he

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brought Simeon out to them and the

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man brought the man unto Joseph's house

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and gave them water and they

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washed their feet and he gave their

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asses a Proventer. And

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so here these people are being blessed and

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honored and brought into Joseph's house

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and yet they were in terrible

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fear and trembling because they knew

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that Joseph had the power to

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destroy them, to make them slaves

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and they felt guilty and they felt like

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that this was God bringing

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their past sins into account.

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In verse 25 it says, and they made

17:45

ready the present against Joseph came at noon

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for they heard that they should eat bread

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there and when Joseph was come home they

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brought him the present which was

17:53

in their hand into the house and

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bowed themselves to him to the earth

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and he asked them of their welfare

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and said, is your father well, the

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old man of whom you spake, is a

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yet alive? And they answered

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thy servant, our father is in good

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health. He is yet alive and

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they bowed down their heads and

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made obeisance." You know, Jacob

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at this time was 130 years old. He

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wound up living another 17 years in Egypt, so

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he lived to be 147

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years old. And

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anyway, this is the second and the third time

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that these people had bowed down to

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Joseph. And

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so let me go on and in

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Genesis chapter 43 verse 29 it says,

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and he lifted up his eyes. This is

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talking about Joseph and he saw his brother

18:42

Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, is this

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your younger brother of whom you

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spake unto me? And of course Benjamin,

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it had been 22 years since he had seen

18:52

Benjamin and Benjamin was just a little kid at

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that time and so there's no way that Joseph

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would have recognized him, so he asked about it

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and he says, is this the one that you spake

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unto me? And they said, God be gracious unto thee

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my son. And Joseph made

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haste for his bowels that yearn

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upon his brother and he

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sought where to weep and he entered

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into his chamber and wept there. And

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so again, this reflects the fact that

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Joseph was not doing these things out

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of anger and out of spite and

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out of vengeance, but he was doing

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this as a messenger of God to

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bring these ungodly men into account and

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that they would humble themselves. And

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so it says in verse 31, he washed

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his face and went out and refrained himself

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and said, set on bread and

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they set on for him by

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himself and for them by themselves

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and for the Egyptians which did

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eat with him by themselves because

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the Egyptians might not eat bread

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with the Hebrews for that is

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an abomination unto the Egyptians. Boy

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this is an important piece. I wish to add

19:55

more time to go into this. Tomorrow is going

19:57

to be my last day to deal with this.

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But the Egyptians hated the

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Hebrews. They wouldn't eat with

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the Hebrews. They

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separated them. And

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yet here is Joseph, a Hebrew

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that was in charge over the

20:14

entire land. And did

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you know for 22 years,

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well let me rephrase that. For

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nine years, seven years of

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plenty and two years of famine,

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Joseph had been exalted into this position.

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He was lord over the land. Did

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you know he could have imprisoned these

20:32

people who wouldn't eat with him because

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he was a Hebrew. He

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could have forced things to change, certainly

20:40

over his household, possibly over the entire

20:42

nation. He could have done some things.

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And yet Joseph just put

20:47

up with their prejudice, put up with

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their things, and instead of

20:52

demanding and taking his position and

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demanding that they respect him, he

20:57

earned their respect. You

20:59

know this goes along perfectly with what Paul

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told Timothy in First Timothy chapter

21:04

4. He says, don't let

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any man despise thy youth. Paul

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was a guy who started the church there. He's

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a guy that led these people to the Lord.

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He could have written to the church and he

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says, don't you despise Timothy's youth. But instead he

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wrote to Timothy and said, don't you let any

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man despise you. Boy, this

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here that today most people feel like

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everybody owes them something. And

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if there is a prejudice against them because of

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of the color of their skin, or

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because of whatever the prejudices are

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that people have, people want to

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go and demand, you submit to me,

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you yield to me, you treat me

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all of these things. Joseph didn't do

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still ate by himself

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With all of these people around him that

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he was Lord over them. He could have

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forced them to treat him a certain way.

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And yet he didn't do that. He,

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in their prejudices and stuff like that.

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And yet I can guarantee you he

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earned all of these people's respect. Timothy

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didn't go and in demand that you

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know he he earn their respect. And.

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demanding the to respect me. For. This

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we can overcome all as Sam

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Now there's a place for. You.

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