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verse,<00:10:06.480><c> verse</c><00:10:06.879><c> two,</c><00:10:07.580><c> and</c><00:10:07.820><c> this</c><00:10:08.120><c> theme</c><00:10:08.480><c> is</c><00:10:08.960><c> repeated</c><00:10:09.659><c> throughout</c><00:10:10.919><c> the</c><00:10:12.720><c> picture</c><00:10:13.120><c> of</c>

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Verse<00:10:16.720><c> two,</c><00:10:18.139><c> and</c><00:10:18.659><c> the</c><00:10:19.000><c> Lord</c><00:10:19.639><c> was</c><00:10:20.519><c> with</c><00:10:20.940><c> Joseph.</c>

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It's<00:10:23.700><c> mentioned</c><00:10:23.980><c> again</c><00:10:24.299><c> in</c><00:10:24.500><c> verse</c><00:10:24.720><c> three,</c><00:10:25.019><c> but</c><00:10:25.179><c> we'll</c><00:10:25.379><c> come</c><00:10:25.620><c> to</c><00:10:25.759><c> that</c><00:10:26.120><c> in</c><00:10:26.500><c> a</c><00:10:26.679><c> moment.</c>

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We<00:10:45.919><c> should</c><00:10:46.039><c> be</c><00:10:46.179><c> looking</c><00:10:46.379><c> at</c><00:10:46.539><c> this</c><00:10:46.740><c> in</c><00:10:46.899><c> more</c><00:10:47.080><c> detail</c><00:10:47.419><c> later</c><00:10:47.740><c> in</c>

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Haste<00:10:49.320><c> ye</c><00:10:49.480><c> and</c><00:10:49.580><c> go</c><00:10:49.799><c> up</c><00:10:49.919><c> to</c><00:10:50.100><c> my</c><00:10:50.299><c> father</c><00:10:50.600><c> and</c><00:10:50.899><c> say</c><00:10:51.039><c> unto</c><00:10:51.179><c> him,</c><00:10:51.539><c> Thus</c><00:10:51.659><c> saith</c><00:10:51.899><c> thy</c>

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Now,<00:10:59.460><c> all</c><00:10:59.759><c> this</c><00:11:00.039><c> is</c><00:11:01.039><c> a</c><00:11:02.279><c> wonderful</c><00:11:02.899><c> reflection</c><00:11:03.759><c> on</c><00:11:04.580><c> the</c><00:11:05.000><c> character</c><00:11:05.519><c> of</c>

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this<00:11:06.320><c> young</c><00:11:06.519><c> man.</c>

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We've<00:11:08.519><c> read</c><00:11:08.620><c> this</c><00:11:08.960><c> morning</c><00:11:09.340><c> of</c><00:11:09.600><c> the</c><00:11:10.000><c> example</c><00:11:10.580><c> set</c><00:11:11.000><c> by</c><00:11:11.500><c> other</c>

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have<00:11:14.919><c> known</c><00:11:15.080><c> better.</c>

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slave,<00:11:31.059><c> I</c><00:11:33.480><c> suppose</c><00:11:33.840><c> we</c><00:11:34.039><c> could</c><00:11:34.279><c> have</c><00:11:34.440><c> been</c><00:11:34.740><c> excused</c><00:11:35.299><c> for</c><00:11:35.539><c> thinking</c><00:11:35.879><c> that</c>

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He's<00:11:49.220><c> going</c><00:11:49.480><c> to</c><00:11:49.700><c> Egypt</c><00:11:50.399><c> where</c><00:11:51.080><c> there</c><00:11:51.399><c> is</c><00:11:51.879><c> a</c><00:11:52.220><c> multiplicity</c><00:11:53.299><c> of</c><00:11:53.620><c> gods.</c>

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life,<00:12:06.080><c> to</c><00:12:06.240><c> the</c><00:12:06.519><c> moon,</c><00:12:07.659><c> all</c><00:12:09.639><c> these</c><00:12:10.220><c> idolatrous</c><00:12:11.080><c> gods.</c>

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Now,<00:12:21.419><c> that</c><00:12:21.919><c> surely</c><00:12:22.539><c> is</c><00:12:23.159><c> a</c><00:12:23.379><c> wonderful</c><00:12:23.840><c> example</c><00:12:24.399><c> to</c><00:12:24.659><c> every</c><00:12:24.980><c> one</c>

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And<00:12:39.200><c> they</c><00:12:39.399><c> have</c><00:12:39.620><c> not</c><00:12:39.860><c> got</c><00:12:40.019><c> the</c><00:12:40.340><c> support</c><00:12:40.679><c> of</c><00:12:40.940><c> brethren</c><00:12:41.179><c> and</c><00:12:41.419><c> sisters</c><00:12:41.879><c> who</c>

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live<00:12:43.299><c> next</c><00:12:43.639><c> door</c><00:12:43.899><c> or</c><00:12:44.120><c> around</c><00:12:44.320><c> the</c><00:12:44.559><c> corner.</c>

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And<00:12:45.899><c> they</c><00:12:46.059><c> are</c><00:12:46.539><c> not</c><00:12:46.799><c> able</c><00:12:47.120><c> to</c><00:12:47.320><c> go</c><00:12:47.539><c> to</c><00:12:47.740><c> a</c><00:12:47.879><c> meeting</c><00:12:48.240><c> every</c><00:12:49.240><c> week</c>

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So<00:12:53.879><c> Joseph</c><00:12:54.480><c> is</c><00:12:55.759><c> a</c><00:12:56.279><c> towering</c><00:12:56.940><c> example</c><00:12:57.539><c> of</c><00:12:58.120><c> a</c><00:12:58.360><c> man</c><00:12:59.080><c> who</c><00:12:59.580><c> kept</c><00:12:59.840><c> his</c>

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faith<00:13:00.600><c> in</c><00:13:02.139><c> the</c><00:13:02.500><c> face</c><00:13:02.980><c> of</c><00:13:03.639><c> the</c><00:13:03.740><c> most</c><00:13:04.120><c> remarkable</c><00:13:05.019><c> adversity.</c>

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And<00:13:26.139><c> his</c><00:13:26.559><c> master</c><00:13:27.259><c> saw</c><00:13:27.940><c> that</c><00:13:28.879><c> the</c><00:13:29.379><c> Lord</c><00:13:29.940><c> was</c><00:13:30.600><c> with</c><00:13:30.899><c> him</c><00:13:31.340><c> and</c><00:13:32.899><c> that</c><00:13:33.399><c> the</c>

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many,<00:13:44.759><c> many</c><00:13:45.360><c> gods.</c>

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And<00:13:48.000><c> yet,</c><00:13:48.940><c> here</c><00:13:49.059><c> is</c><00:13:49.320><c> the</c><00:13:49.460><c> word</c><00:13:49.759><c> Lord</c><00:13:50.139><c> in</c><00:13:50.500><c> block</c><00:13:50.879><c> capitals.</c>

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reserve<00:14:00.059><c> and</c><00:14:00.779><c> such</c><00:14:01.259><c> distinction</c>

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that<00:14:03.899><c> the</c><00:14:04.179><c> quality</c><00:14:04.679><c> of</c><00:14:05.080><c> his</c><00:14:05.460><c> day</c><00:14:05.779><c>-to</c><00:14:05.980><c>-day</c><00:14:06.120><c> life</c><00:14:06.860><c> impressed</c><00:14:07.879><c> the</c>

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man<00:14:09.159><c> who</c><00:14:09.879><c> owned</c><00:14:10.279><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:14:13.059><c> what</c><00:14:13.299><c> an</c><00:14:13.580><c> example</c><00:14:14.000><c> that</c><00:14:14.240><c> is.</c>

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I<00:14:14.460><c> mean,</c><00:14:14.960><c> I'm</c><00:14:15.279><c> going</c><00:14:15.480><c> over</c><00:14:15.720><c> to</c><00:14:15.980><c> Daniel</c><00:14:16.179><c> again</c><00:14:16.519><c> in</c><00:14:16.700><c> my</c><00:14:16.919><c> mind</c><00:14:17.120><c> and</c>

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I'm<00:14:17.419><c> sure</c><00:14:17.639><c> you</c><00:14:17.919><c> are.</c>

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The<00:14:18.360><c> same</c><00:14:18.740><c> sort</c><00:14:19.080><c> of</c><00:14:19.299><c> thing.</c>

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You<00:14:21.240><c> know</c><00:14:21.440><c> those</c><00:14:21.740><c> who</c><00:14:22.179><c> wanted</c><00:14:22.460><c> to</c><00:14:22.879><c> be</c><00:14:23.100><c> rid</c><00:14:23.259><c> of</c><00:14:23.419><c> Daniel</c><00:14:23.740><c> and</c>

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they<00:14:24.120><c> said,</c>

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well,<00:14:24.360><c> we're</c><00:14:24.500><c> only</c><00:14:24.639><c> going</c><00:14:24.779><c> to</c><00:14:24.940><c> find</c><00:14:25.159><c> fault</c><00:14:25.460><c> in</c><00:14:25.700><c> this</c><00:14:26.039><c> man</c><00:14:26.480><c> in</c>

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matters<00:14:28.500><c> concerning</c><00:14:29.340><c> his</c><00:14:29.899><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:14:30.600><c> what</c><00:14:30.720><c> they</c><00:14:30.960><c> said,</c><00:14:31.159><c> wasn't</c><00:14:31.340><c> it?</c>

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And<00:14:32.879><c> I'm</c><00:14:33.080><c> sure</c><00:14:33.279><c> that</c><00:14:33.519><c> the</c><00:14:33.679><c> same</c><00:14:33.840><c> could</c><00:14:34.039><c> be</c><00:14:34.240><c> said</c><00:14:34.360><c> of</c><00:14:34.620><c> Joseph.</c>

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We're<00:14:35.340><c> only</c><00:14:35.679><c> going</c><00:14:35.860><c> to</c><00:14:36.100><c> find</c><00:14:36.340><c> fault</c><00:14:36.679><c> in</c><00:14:36.919><c> this</c><00:14:37.240><c> man</c><00:14:37.379><c> in</c><00:14:37.700><c> things</c>

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concerning<00:14:38.639><c> his</c><00:14:38.960><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:40.399><c> in</c><00:14:40.580><c> the</c><00:14:40.740><c> case</c><00:14:40.940><c> of</c><00:14:41.159><c> Daniel,</c><00:14:41.480><c> quite</c><00:14:41.759><c> apart</c><00:14:42.179><c> from</c><00:14:42.419><c> the</c><00:14:42.620><c> decree</c><00:14:42.759><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:44.220><c> king,</c>

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he<00:14:47.779><c> still</c><00:14:48.460><c> prayed,</c><00:14:50.039><c> as</c><00:14:50.559><c> was</c><00:14:50.960><c> his</c><00:14:51.399><c> won't.</c>

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It<00:14:52.539><c> was</c><00:14:52.899><c> his</c><00:14:53.299><c> practice</c><00:14:53.960><c> to</c><00:14:54.639><c> pray</c><00:14:55.179><c> and</c><00:14:57.559><c> they</c><00:14:57.840><c> caught</c><00:14:58.019><c> him</c><00:14:58.259><c> out.</c>

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But<00:14:59.720><c> that</c><00:14:59.919><c> was</c><00:15:00.840><c> quite</c><00:15:01.159><c> beside</c><00:15:01.580><c> the</c><00:15:01.799><c> point.</c>

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He<00:15:02.740><c> kept</c><00:15:03.039><c> his</c><00:15:03.379><c> faith</c><00:15:03.580><c> in</c><00:15:03.860><c> God.</c>

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Joseph<00:15:05.659><c> kept</c><00:15:06.179><c> his</c><00:15:06.519><c> faith</c><00:15:06.779><c> in</c><00:15:07.000><c> God</c>

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and<00:15:08.080><c> showed</c><00:15:08.419><c> that</c><00:15:08.799><c> faith</c><00:15:09.059><c> by</c><00:15:09.320><c> the</c><00:15:09.460><c> quality</c><00:15:09.840><c> of</c><00:15:10.019><c> his</c><00:15:10.200><c> everyday</c><00:15:10.559><c> living</c>

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in<00:15:13.759><c> a</c><00:15:14.279><c> totally</c><00:15:14.879><c> foreign</c><00:15:15.960><c> environment,</c><00:15:17.779><c> brethren</c><00:15:17.940><c> and</c><00:15:18.179><c> sisters.</c>

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Suppose<00:15:19.379><c> you</c><00:15:19.759><c> or</c><00:15:20.019><c> suppose,</c><00:15:20.899><c> I</c><00:15:21.019><c> mean,</c><00:15:21.240><c> I'm</c><00:15:21.480><c> in</c><00:15:21.600><c> a</c><00:15:21.759><c> foreign</c><00:15:21.940><c> country</c>

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but<00:15:22.620><c> you're</c><00:15:22.960><c> not</c><00:15:23.179><c> foreigners</c><00:15:23.460><c> because</c><00:15:23.720><c> we're</c><00:15:23.980><c> all</c><00:15:24.159><c> members</c>

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of<00:15:24.559><c> the</c><00:15:24.679><c> House</c><00:15:24.820><c> of</c><00:15:24.980><c> Israel.</c>

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May<00:15:26.320><c> God</c><00:15:26.779><c> be</c><00:15:27.000><c> thankful</c><00:15:27.240><c> for</c><00:15:27.259><c> that.</c>

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But<00:15:29.500><c> you</c><00:15:29.980><c> could</c><00:15:30.179><c> be</c><00:15:30.399><c> in</c><00:15:30.960><c> a</c><00:15:31.259><c> foreign</c><00:15:31.580><c> country</c>

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where<00:15:32.700><c> they</c><00:15:33.120><c> speak</c><00:15:33.600><c> not</c><00:15:33.860><c> just</c><00:15:34.120><c> a</c><00:15:34.259><c> different</c><00:15:34.500><c> language</c><00:15:34.860><c> as</c><00:15:35.039><c> you</c>

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do<00:15:35.379><c> here,</c>

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but<00:15:36.139><c> a</c><00:15:36.460><c> totally</c><00:15:36.879><c> different</c><00:15:37.279><c> language,</c><00:15:38.200><c> a</c><00:15:38.740><c> totally</c><00:15:39.240><c> foreign</c><00:15:39.820><c> language.</c>

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Because<00:15:41.899><c> that</c><00:15:42.139><c> would</c><00:15:42.299><c> be</c><00:15:42.559><c> true,</c><00:15:42.759><c> you</c><00:15:43.019><c> see.</c>

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They<00:15:44.440><c> would</c><00:15:44.539><c> all</c><00:15:44.700><c> be</c><00:15:45.000><c> speaking</c><00:15:45.200><c> Egyptian.</c>

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And<00:15:48.200><c> yet</c><00:15:48.379><c> the</c><00:15:48.659><c> man,</c><00:15:49.139><c> this</c><00:15:49.460><c> young</c><00:15:49.879><c> man,</c><00:15:51.139><c> kept</c><00:15:51.299><c> his</c><00:15:51.659><c> faith</c><00:15:51.899><c> in</c><00:15:52.220><c> God</c>

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and<00:15:53.240><c> showed</c><00:15:54.019><c> his</c><00:15:54.600><c> faith</c><00:15:54.940><c> in</c><00:15:55.220><c> God</c><00:15:55.519><c> so</c><00:15:56.059><c> much</c><00:15:56.500><c> that</c><00:15:57.220><c> his</c><00:15:57.480><c> master</c>

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was<00:15:58.179><c> very</c><00:15:58.580><c> impressed.</c>

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Verse<00:16:01.039><c> 4,</c>

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And<00:16:02.080><c> Joseph</c><00:16:02.559><c> found</c><00:16:03.000><c> grace</c><00:16:03.580><c> in</c><00:16:03.919><c> his</c><00:16:04.299><c> sight</c><00:16:04.779><c> and</c><00:16:05.519><c> he</c><00:16:05.940><c> served</c><00:16:06.240><c> him.</c>

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What<00:16:08.200><c> an</c><00:16:08.480><c> example</c><00:16:09.120><c> that</c><00:16:09.799><c> is</c><00:16:10.039><c> to</c><00:16:10.299><c> us.</c>

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I<00:16:15.259><c> wonder</c><00:16:15.460><c> what</c><00:16:15.879><c> we're</c><00:16:16.200><c> like,</c><00:16:16.360><c> brethren</c><00:16:16.620><c> and</c><00:16:16.840><c> sisters.</c>

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Now,<00:16:18.019><c> I</c><00:16:18.120><c> know</c><00:16:18.320><c> many</c><00:16:18.620><c> of</c><00:16:18.779><c> you</c><00:16:18.879><c> are</c><00:16:19.139><c> retired.</c>

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Sorry,<00:16:20.279><c> correction.</c>

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Many<00:16:20.860><c> of</c><00:16:21.059><c> us</c><00:16:21.440><c> are</c><00:16:21.960><c> retired.</c>

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But<00:16:24.379><c> I</c><00:16:24.639><c> wonder</c><00:16:24.879><c> what</c><00:16:25.240><c> quality</c><00:16:25.700><c> of</c><00:16:26.059><c> service</c><00:16:26.659><c> we</c><00:16:27.299><c> gave</c><00:16:27.600><c> to</c><00:16:27.879><c> our</c>

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earthly<00:16:28.360><c> masters</c>

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while<00:16:29.480><c> we</c><00:16:29.659><c> were</c><00:16:29.919><c> still</c><00:16:30.240><c> earning</c><00:16:30.539><c> our</c><00:16:31.340><c> bread</c><00:16:31.500><c> and</c><00:16:31.620><c> butter</c>

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or<00:16:32.419><c> in</c><00:16:32.720><c> your</c><00:16:32.980><c> case,</c><00:16:33.240><c> of</c><00:16:33.340><c> course,</c><00:16:33.679><c> cream</c><00:16:33.860><c> cakes.</c>

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I<00:16:35.860><c> wonder</c><00:16:36.399><c> what</c><00:16:37.340><c> quality</c><00:16:37.860><c> of</c><00:16:38.240><c> service</c><00:16:38.759><c> we</c><00:16:40.139><c> showed</c><00:16:40.620><c> to</c><00:16:41.779><c> our</c>

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earthly<00:16:42.299><c> masters.</c>

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Was<00:16:43.139><c> it</c><00:16:44.080><c> that</c><00:16:44.419><c> of</c><00:16:45.759><c> the</c><00:16:46.039><c> quality</c><00:16:46.720><c> that</c><00:16:47.480><c> Joseph</c><00:16:47.860><c> showed?</c>

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What<00:16:50.240><c> an</c><00:16:50.539><c> example</c><00:16:50.919><c> he</c><00:16:51.100><c> is.</c>

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And<00:16:51.700><c> because</c><00:16:52.080><c> of</c><00:16:52.299><c> that,</c><00:16:53.000><c> he</c><00:16:53.120><c> is</c><00:16:53.500><c> promoted.</c>

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And<00:16:58.340><c> sometimes</c><00:16:58.940><c> I</c><00:16:59.179><c> find</c><00:16:59.480><c> our</c><00:16:59.740><c> younger</c><00:17:00.000><c> brethren,</c>

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and<00:17:00.620><c> it's</c><00:17:00.840><c> for</c><00:17:00.980><c> us</c><00:17:01.159><c> who</c><00:17:01.279><c> are</c><00:17:01.419><c> a</c><00:17:01.500><c> bit</c><00:17:01.639><c> older</c><00:17:01.919><c> to</c><00:17:02.340><c> give</c><00:17:03.000><c> them</c>

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proper<00:17:03.559><c> advice,</c>

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are<00:17:06.240><c> interested</c><00:17:06.680><c> in</c><00:17:06.900><c> their</c><00:17:07.140><c> careers.</c>

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They<00:17:08.420><c> want</c><00:17:08.680><c> to</c><00:17:08.859><c> make</c><00:17:09.099><c> their</c><00:17:09.460><c> progress</c><00:17:09.920><c> in</c><00:17:10.180><c> life.</c>

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But<00:17:11.579><c> it's</c><00:17:11.779><c> been</c><00:17:12.000><c> my</c><00:17:12.259><c> experience,</c>

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and<00:17:12.980><c> I'm</c><00:17:13.140><c> sure</c><00:17:13.359><c> it's</c><00:17:13.519><c> been</c><00:17:13.740><c> your</c><00:17:14.019><c> experience</c><00:17:14.519><c> too,</c><00:17:14.920><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:17:15.220><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:17:15.740><c> if</c><00:17:15.940><c> we</c><00:17:16.220><c> work</c><00:17:16.440><c> faithfully</c><00:17:16.940><c> for</c><00:17:17.220><c> God,</c>

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we're<00:17:18.720><c> asked</c><00:17:18.940><c> to</c><00:17:19.200><c> take</c><00:17:19.420><c> on</c><00:17:19.660><c> additional</c><00:17:20.079><c> responsibility</c>

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because<00:17:21.400><c> of</c><00:17:21.660><c> the</c><00:17:21.839><c> quality</c><00:17:22.200><c> of</c><00:17:22.400><c> the</c><00:17:22.519><c> work</c><00:17:22.660><c> that</c><00:17:22.819><c> we</c><00:17:23.019><c> offer.</c>

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Now,<00:17:23.380><c> I'm</c><00:17:23.480><c> not</c><00:17:23.680><c> boasting</c><00:17:24.059><c> there.</c>

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I'm<00:17:24.539><c> just</c><00:17:24.759><c> stating</c><00:17:25.160><c> a</c><00:17:25.839><c> fact</c><00:17:26.019><c> of</c><00:17:26.339><c> experience.</c>

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But<00:17:28.200><c> for</c><00:17:28.519><c> Joseph,</c><00:17:29.619><c> he</c><00:17:29.819><c> was</c><00:17:30.180><c> elevated</c><00:17:30.700><c> to</c><00:17:31.039><c> the</c><00:17:31.339><c> highest</c><00:17:31.680><c> position</c>

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in<00:17:32.720><c> the</c><00:17:32.940><c> household</c><00:17:33.420><c> of</c><00:17:34.119><c> his</c><00:17:34.339><c> master.</c>

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And<00:17:38.420><c> it</c><00:17:38.660><c> came</c><00:17:38.880><c> to</c><00:17:39.059><c> pass,</c><00:17:39.319><c> verse</c><00:17:39.599><c> 5,</c>

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from<00:17:40.220><c> the</c><00:17:40.460><c> time</c><00:17:40.700><c> that</c><00:17:40.900><c> he</c><00:17:41.000><c> made</c><00:17:41.259><c> him</c><00:17:41.539><c> overseer</c><00:17:42.000><c> in</c><00:17:42.160><c> his</c><00:17:42.420><c> house</c>

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and<00:17:42.960><c> over</c><00:17:43.119><c> all</c><00:17:43.380><c> that</c><00:17:43.579><c> he</c><00:17:43.779><c> had,</c>

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that<00:17:44.799><c> the</c><00:17:45.099><c> Lord</c><00:17:45.720><c> blessed</c><00:17:46.720><c> the</c><00:17:47.220><c> Egyptians'</c><00:17:48.119><c> house</c><00:17:48.279><c> for</c><00:17:48.880><c> Joseph's</c><00:17:49.599><c> sake.</c>

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And<00:17:51.039><c> the</c><00:17:51.299><c> blessing</c><00:17:51.599><c> of</c><00:17:51.799><c> the</c><00:17:51.960><c> Lord</c><00:17:52.160><c> was</c><00:17:52.420><c> upon</c><00:17:52.660><c> all</c><00:17:53.319><c> that</c><00:17:53.519><c> he</c><00:17:53.720><c> had</c>

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in<00:17:54.119><c> the</c><00:17:54.319><c> house</c>

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and<00:17:55.400><c> in</c><00:17:55.640><c> the</c><00:17:55.819><c> field.</c>

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And<00:17:57.619><c> he</c><00:17:57.880><c> left</c><00:17:58.119><c> all</c><00:17:58.579><c> that</c><00:17:58.759><c> he</c><00:17:58.980><c> had</c><00:17:59.180><c> in</c><00:17:59.440><c> Joseph's</c><00:18:00.059><c> hand.</c>

00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:03.119
And<00:18:01.400><c> he</c><00:18:01.660><c> knew</c><00:18:01.920><c> not</c><00:18:02.359><c> what</c><00:18:02.559><c> he</c><00:18:02.819><c> had,</c>

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save<00:18:03.599><c> the</c><00:18:03.960><c> bread</c><00:18:04.380><c> which</c><00:18:04.980><c> he</c><00:18:05.259><c> did</c><00:18:05.480><c> eat.</c>

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In<00:18:07.559><c> other</c><00:18:07.779><c> words,</c><00:18:08.640><c> every</c><00:18:08.980><c> single</c><00:18:09.579><c> thing</c><00:18:09.920><c> in</c><00:18:10.259><c> that</c><00:18:10.500><c> house</c>

00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:13.019
was<00:18:11.460><c> in</c><00:18:11.680><c> the</c><00:18:12.000><c> control</c><00:18:12.359><c> of</c><00:18:12.619><c> Joseph</c>

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and<00:18:13.460><c> was</c><00:18:13.740><c> administered</c><00:18:14.259><c> by</c><00:18:14.599><c> Joseph.</c>

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All<00:18:15.400><c> the</c><00:18:15.539><c> man</c><00:18:15.660><c> had</c><00:18:15.839><c> to</c><00:18:16.019><c> do</c><00:18:16.279><c> was</c><00:18:16.559><c> to</c><00:18:16.799><c> feed</c><00:18:16.900><c> himself.</c>

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That's<00:18:18.099><c> basically</c><00:18:18.599><c> it.</c>

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So<00:18:20.559><c> what</c><00:18:20.779><c> a</c><00:18:21.039><c> position</c><00:18:21.480><c> of</c><00:18:22.619><c> responsibility</c><00:18:23.500><c> Joseph</c><00:18:25.180><c> had</c>

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and<00:18:26.460><c> how</c><00:18:26.920><c> wonderfully</c><00:18:27.460><c> he</c><00:18:28.599><c> discharged</c><00:18:29.299><c> it.</c>

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But<00:18:35.200><c> then,</c><00:18:37.380><c> Joseph,</c><00:18:38.400><c> having</c><00:18:38.779><c> been</c><00:18:39.880><c> thrown</c><00:18:40.559><c> to</c><00:18:40.839><c> the</c><00:18:41.079><c> depths</c>

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by<00:18:42.319><c> his</c><00:18:42.599><c> brothers,</c>

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having<00:18:45.559><c> been</c><00:18:46.000><c> sold</c><00:18:46.259><c> as</c><00:18:46.559><c> a</c><00:18:46.720><c> slave,</c>

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and<00:18:48.900><c> then</c><00:18:49.099><c> having</c><00:18:49.400><c> been</c><00:18:50.519><c> honored</c>

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and<00:18:52.240><c> given</c><00:18:52.480><c> responsibility</c><00:18:53.359><c> of</c><00:18:53.619><c> the</c><00:18:53.900><c> highest</c><00:18:54.279><c> sort</c>

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is<00:18:56.279><c> then</c><00:18:56.619><c> in</c><00:18:56.920><c> a</c><00:18:57.119><c> position</c><00:18:57.519><c> of</c><00:18:58.240><c> the</c><00:18:58.500><c> greatest</c><00:18:58.880><c> temptation.</c>

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And<00:19:01.599><c> isn't</c><00:19:01.759><c> that</c><00:19:02.019><c> true,</c><00:19:02.400><c> brethren</c><00:19:02.539><c> and</c><00:19:02.779><c> sisters?</c>

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If<00:19:03.519><c> we</c><00:19:03.740><c> are</c><00:19:03.900><c> in</c><00:19:04.059><c> a</c><00:19:04.259><c> position</c><00:19:04.559><c> of</c><00:19:04.880><c> considerable</c><00:19:05.440><c> responsibility,</c>

00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:08.980
then<00:19:07.359><c> there</c><00:19:07.599><c> is</c><00:19:07.839><c> always</c><00:19:08.160><c> some</c><00:19:08.500><c> temptation.</c>

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If<00:19:09.259><c> our</c><00:19:09.559><c> responsibility</c><00:19:10.259><c> is</c><00:19:10.500><c> a</c><00:19:10.599><c> financial</c><00:19:11.519><c> responsibility,</c>

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:16.640
then<00:19:12.859><c> the</c><00:19:13.079><c> temptation</c><00:19:13.640><c> is</c><00:19:13.980><c> to</c><00:19:15.079><c> fiddle</c><00:19:15.579><c> the</c><00:19:15.740><c> books.</c>

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That's<00:19:18.819><c> our</c><00:19:19.000><c> expression.</c>

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I<00:19:19.559><c> don't</c><00:19:19.700><c> know</c><00:19:19.799><c> whether</c><00:19:19.980><c> you</c><00:19:20.240><c> use</c><00:19:20.460><c> that.</c>

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I<00:19:21.700><c> should</c><00:19:21.900><c> imagine</c><00:19:22.279><c> you</c><00:19:22.539><c> do.</c>

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But<00:19:23.240><c> there</c><00:19:23.460><c> is</c><00:19:23.720><c> a</c><00:19:23.900><c> temptation</c><00:19:24.559><c> always</c><00:19:25.220><c> when</c><00:19:25.480><c> there</c><00:19:25.759><c> is</c><00:19:26.039><c> responsibility.</c>

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And<00:19:27.359><c> that</c><00:19:27.579><c> temptation</c><00:19:28.140><c> is</c><00:19:28.539><c> commensurate</c>

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with<00:19:29.220><c> the</c><00:19:29.420><c> responsibility</c><00:19:30.059><c> we</c><00:19:30.380><c> carry.</c>

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But<00:19:33.700><c> Joseph</c><00:19:34.039><c> is</c><00:19:34.380><c> placed</c><00:19:35.019><c> in</c><00:19:35.940><c> an</c><00:19:36.259><c> invidious</c><00:19:36.740><c> position.</c>

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Now,<00:19:40.359><c> we've</c><00:19:40.680><c> no</c><00:19:40.980><c> idea</c><00:19:41.920><c> how</c><00:19:43.579><c> Potiphar</c><00:19:45.079><c> thought</c><00:19:45.680><c> about</c><00:19:46.019><c> this.</c>

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Not<00:19:46.779><c> really.</c>

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You<00:19:49.880><c> see,</c><00:19:51.140><c> Joseph</c><00:19:51.259><c> was</c><00:19:51.500><c> his</c><00:19:51.819><c> slave.</c>

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:58.140
And<00:19:54.119><c> if</c><00:19:54.539><c> Potiphar</c><00:19:55.099><c> had</c><00:19:55.480><c> really</c><00:19:56.299><c> believed</c><00:19:56.799><c> his</c><00:19:57.140><c> wife,</c>

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if<00:20:00.539><c> he'd</c><00:20:00.900><c> really</c><00:20:01.299><c> believed</c><00:20:01.640><c> his</c><00:20:01.859><c> wife,</c>

00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:04.599
I'm<00:20:02.440><c> quite</c><00:20:02.720><c> sure</c><00:20:03.059><c> that</c><00:20:03.279><c> Joseph</c><00:20:03.579><c> would</c><00:20:03.759><c> have</c><00:20:03.880><c> lost</c><00:20:04.099><c> his</c><00:20:04.359><c> life.</c>

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He's<00:20:05.019><c> only</c><00:20:05.259><c> a</c><00:20:05.500><c> slave.</c>

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They're<00:20:06.740><c> dispensable.</c>

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There's<00:20:07.859><c> another</c><00:20:08.059><c> one</c><00:20:08.279><c> round</c><00:20:08.460><c> the</c><00:20:08.660><c> corner.</c>

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:12.519
But<00:20:10.640><c> Potiphar</c><00:20:11.019><c> realized</c><00:20:11.539><c> there</c><00:20:11.640><c> was</c><00:20:11.880><c> not</c><00:20:12.059><c> another</c><00:20:12.319><c> one</c>

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:15.180
round<00:20:12.740><c> the</c><00:20:12.960><c> corner</c><00:20:13.180><c> of</c><00:20:13.440><c> the</c><00:20:13.640><c> quality</c><00:20:14.000><c> of</c><00:20:14.200><c> the</c><00:20:14.339><c> man</c><00:20:14.500><c> that</c><00:20:14.700><c> he</c><00:20:14.859><c> got,</c>

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:17.359
that<00:20:15.720><c> he</c><00:20:15.880><c> had</c><00:20:16.099><c> got</c><00:20:16.279><c> working</c><00:20:16.640><c> for</c><00:20:16.920><c> him.</c>

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And<00:20:17.880><c> I</c><00:20:18.039><c> have</c><00:20:18.200><c> a</c><00:20:18.440><c> suspicion</c><00:20:18.680><c> that</c><00:20:18.940><c> he</c><00:20:19.039><c> didn't</c><00:20:19.259><c> altogether</c><00:20:20.000><c> believe</c><00:20:20.819><c> his</c><00:20:21.559><c> wife.</c>

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I<00:20:22.579><c> don't</c><00:20:22.680><c> know</c><00:20:22.759><c> whether</c><00:20:23.019><c> you</c><00:20:23.460><c> share</c><00:20:23.680><c> that</c><00:20:23.960><c> thought</c><00:20:24.140><c> or</c><00:20:24.380><c> not.</c>

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But<00:20:27.299><c> Joseph's</c><00:20:28.119><c> life</c><00:20:28.759><c> was</c><00:20:29.660><c> preserved.</c>

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But<00:20:32.180><c> even</c><00:20:32.680><c> in</c><00:20:32.900><c> the</c><00:20:33.180><c> time</c><00:20:33.420><c> of</c><00:20:33.660><c> that</c><00:20:33.900><c> temptation,</c>

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notice<00:20:35.880><c> how</c><00:20:36.359><c> Joseph</c><00:20:36.859><c> expresses</c><00:20:37.539><c> himself.</c>

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Verse<00:20:41.700><c> 9,</c>

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And<00:20:42.160><c> there</c><00:20:42.220><c> is</c><00:20:42.460><c> none</c><00:20:42.720><c> greater</c><00:20:43.059><c> in</c><00:20:43.279><c> this</c><00:20:43.559><c> house</c><00:20:43.839><c> than</c><00:20:44.019><c> I.</c>

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Neither<00:20:45.559><c> hath</c><00:20:45.859><c> he,</c><00:20:46.240><c> that</c><00:20:46.500><c> is,</c><00:20:46.980><c> your</c><00:20:47.180><c> husband,</c>

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he's<00:20:48.220><c> speaking</c><00:20:48.579><c> to</c><00:20:49.000><c> Potiphar's</c><00:20:49.559><c> wife,</c>

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kept<00:20:50.680><c> back</c><00:20:50.960><c> anything</c><00:20:51.359><c> from</c><00:20:51.700><c> me</c><00:20:52.119><c> but</c><00:20:52.500><c> thee,</c>

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because<00:20:54.359><c> thou</c><00:20:54.700><c> art</c><00:20:55.079><c> his</c><00:20:55.420><c> wife.</c>

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How<00:20:57.319><c> then</c><00:20:57.660><c> can</c><00:20:57.839><c> I</c><00:20:58.059><c> do</c><00:20:58.279><c> this</c><00:20:58.579><c> great</c><00:20:58.920><c> wickedness</c>

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and<00:21:02.259><c> sin</c><00:21:02.859><c> against</c><00:21:03.700><c> God?</c>

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:12.400
Joseph,<00:21:09.279><c> only</c><00:21:09.700><c> as</c><00:21:10.079><c> a</c><00:21:10.220><c> very</c><00:21:10.680><c> secondary</c><00:21:11.180><c> thing,</c>

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:17.339
was<00:21:13.019><c> concerned</c><00:21:13.660><c> about</c><00:21:14.839><c> the</c><00:21:15.799><c> social</c><00:21:16.359><c> evil.</c>

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:20.619
He<00:21:18.240><c> was</c><00:21:18.579><c> concerned</c><00:21:19.220><c> primarily</c><00:21:20.019><c> about</c>

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:24.779
it<00:21:21.099><c> was</c><00:21:21.420><c> a</c><00:21:21.680><c> sin</c><00:21:21.799><c> against</c><00:21:22.299><c> God</c><00:21:22.779><c> to</c><00:21:23.500><c> take</c><00:21:23.740><c> another</c><00:21:24.079><c> man's</c><00:21:24.539><c> wife,</c>

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whoever<00:21:25.359><c> that</c><00:21:26.559><c> wife</c><00:21:27.059><c> might</c><00:21:27.519><c> be,</c>

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:32.240
of<00:21:28.799><c> whosoever</c><00:21:30.059><c> wife</c><00:21:30.359><c> she</c><00:21:30.599><c> might</c><00:21:30.920><c> have</c><00:21:31.200><c> been.</c>

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:35.400
And<00:21:34.140><c> you</c><00:21:34.339><c> know,</c><00:21:34.799><c> brethren</c><00:21:34.940><c> and</c><00:21:35.140><c> sisters,</c>

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:39.839
this<00:21:35.660><c> is</c><00:21:35.900><c> something</c><00:21:36.160><c> I</c><00:21:36.339><c> think</c><00:21:36.599><c> that</c><00:21:36.920><c> we</c><00:21:37.900><c> should</c><00:21:38.279><c> be</c><00:21:38.539><c> aware</c><00:21:38.799><c> of.</c>

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:43.200
I'm<00:21:40.420><c> not</c><00:21:40.660><c> thinking</c><00:21:40.960><c> of</c><00:21:41.220><c> this</c><00:21:41.519><c> particular</c><00:21:42.140><c> incident.</c>

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:46.400
I'm<00:21:43.859><c> thinking</c><00:21:44.220><c> much</c><00:21:44.559><c> more</c><00:21:44.940><c> generally</c><00:21:45.359><c> now.</c>

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:49.599
When<00:21:47.240><c> we</c><00:21:47.420><c> do</c><00:21:47.660><c> something</c><00:21:48.160><c> which</c><00:21:48.680><c> we</c><00:21:48.900><c> know</c><00:21:49.019><c> is</c><00:21:49.240><c> wrong,</c>

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:55.579
the<00:21:50.279><c> first</c><00:21:50.579><c> thing</c><00:21:50.799><c> is</c><00:21:51.319><c> it</c><00:21:51.700><c> is</c><00:21:52.059><c> a</c><00:21:52.240><c> sin</c><00:21:52.940><c> against</c><00:21:54.240><c> God.</c>

00:21:56.079 --> 00:22:00.299
And<00:21:56.440><c> we</c><00:21:56.640><c> have</c><00:21:56.859><c> to</c><00:21:57.140><c> seek</c><00:21:57.960><c> God's</c><00:21:59.200><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:04.420
If<00:22:01.480><c> we</c><00:22:02.000><c> fall</c><00:22:02.460><c> for</c><00:22:03.079><c> the</c><00:22:03.259><c> temptation.</c>

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:07.740
But<00:22:05.960><c> let</c><00:22:06.160><c> us</c><00:22:06.339><c> have</c><00:22:06.480><c> it</c><00:22:06.640><c> always</c><00:22:07.039><c> in</c><00:22:07.299><c> our</c><00:22:07.519><c> minds</c>

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that<00:22:08.019><c> any</c><00:22:08.380><c> wrongdoing</c><00:22:09.039><c> is</c><00:22:09.559><c> a</c><00:22:09.819><c> sin</c><00:22:10.259><c> against</c><00:22:10.900><c> God.</c>

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I'm<00:22:12.539><c> sure</c><00:22:12.740><c> your</c><00:22:13.059><c> margin,</c><00:22:13.920><c> just</c><00:22:14.180><c> the</c><00:22:14.359><c> same</c><00:22:14.519><c> as</c><00:22:14.680><c> my</c><00:22:14.940><c> margin,</c>

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:18.339
takes<00:22:16.160><c> you</c><00:22:16.380><c> to</c><00:22:16.559><c> the</c><00:22:16.700><c> 51st</c><00:22:17.539><c> Psalm.</c>

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:23.640
A<00:22:19.319><c> similar</c><00:22:19.599><c> situation</c><00:22:20.400><c> with</c><00:22:21.660><c> one</c><00:22:21.940><c> remarkable</c><00:22:22.559><c> difference.</c>

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Here<00:22:24.960><c> is</c><00:22:25.200><c> a</c><00:22:25.359><c> young</c><00:22:25.519><c> man</c><00:22:26.000><c> as</c><00:22:27.059><c> a</c><00:22:27.359><c> slave</c>

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in<00:22:29.299><c> a</c><00:22:29.539><c> master's</c><00:22:30.059><c> house.</c>

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Here<00:22:32.339><c> in</c><00:22:32.619><c> Psalm</c><00:22:32.779><c> 51,</c><00:22:34.579><c> we</c><00:22:34.660><c> read</c><00:22:35.119><c> of</c><00:22:35.480><c> the</c><00:22:35.660><c> king</c><00:22:36.299><c> of</c><00:22:36.799><c> God's</c><00:22:37.480><c> chosen</c><00:22:37.799><c> people,</c>

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who<00:22:42.039><c> succumbed</c><00:22:42.720><c> to</c><00:22:42.940><c> temptation</c>

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when<00:22:44.259><c> he</c><00:22:44.559><c> was</c><00:22:44.779><c> in</c><00:22:44.980><c> a</c><00:22:45.180><c> position</c><00:22:45.460><c> of</c><00:22:45.720><c> the</c><00:22:45.960><c> greatest</c><00:22:46.299><c> authority.</c>

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Have<00:22:50.140><c> mercy</c><00:22:50.519><c> upon</c><00:22:50.839><c> me,</c><00:22:51.119><c> O</c><00:22:51.319><c> God,</c><00:22:52.180><c> begins</c><00:22:52.480><c> the</c><00:22:52.799><c> Psalm,</c>

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according<00:22:54.220><c> to</c><00:22:54.500><c> thy</c><00:22:54.680><c> loving</c><00:22:55.000><c> kindness,</c>

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according<00:22:57.339><c> unto</c><00:22:57.660><c> the</c><00:22:57.900><c> multitude</c><00:22:58.339><c> of</c><00:22:58.599><c> thy</c><00:22:58.759><c> tender</c><00:22:59.140><c> mercies,</c>

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blot<00:23:00.359><c> out</c><00:23:00.960><c> my</c><00:23:01.519><c> transgressions,</c>

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wash<00:23:04.259><c> me</c><00:23:04.599><c> throughly</c><00:23:05.000><c> from</c><00:23:05.259><c> mine</c><00:23:05.460><c> iniquity,</c>

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and<00:23:07.339><c> cleanse</c><00:23:07.640><c> me</c><00:23:07.880><c> from</c><00:23:08.099><c> my</c><00:23:08.480><c> sin.</c>

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For<00:23:10.220><c> I</c><00:23:10.539><c> acknowledge</c><00:23:11.059><c> my</c><00:23:11.460><c> transgressions,</c>

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and<00:23:13.319><c> my</c><00:23:13.640><c> sin</c><00:23:13.799><c> is</c><00:23:14.119><c> ever</c><00:23:14.380><c> before</c><00:23:14.779><c> me.</c>

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When<00:23:16.240><c> we</c><00:23:16.480><c> say</c><00:23:16.640><c> my</c><00:23:16.920><c> sin</c><00:23:17.119><c> is</c><00:23:17.319><c> ever</c><00:23:17.519><c> before</c><00:23:17.859><c> me,</c><00:23:18.119><c> you</c><00:23:18.119><c> know,</c><00:23:18.420><c> brethren</c><00:23:18.599><c> and</c><00:23:18.839><c> sisters,</c>

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:21.500
we<00:23:19.279><c> mean</c><00:23:19.660><c> that</c><00:23:20.059><c> it's</c><00:23:20.440><c> staring</c><00:23:20.599><c> us</c><00:23:20.839><c> in</c><00:23:21.039><c> the</c><00:23:21.200><c> face.</c>

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It<00:23:21.859><c> is</c><00:23:22.119><c> forever</c><00:23:22.579><c> on</c><00:23:22.819><c> our</c><00:23:23.039><c> conscience.</c>

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And<00:23:24.180><c> therefore,</c><00:23:26.660><c> with</c><00:23:26.819><c> the</c><00:23:27.140><c> full</c><00:23:27.460><c> frank</c><00:23:27.740><c> admission,</c>

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in<00:23:28.880><c> verse</c><00:23:29.099><c> 4,</c><00:23:29.599><c> against</c><00:23:30.039><c> thee,</c>

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thee<00:23:31.539><c> only</c><00:23:32.220><c> have</c><00:23:32.500><c> I</c><00:23:32.799><c> sinned</c><00:23:33.180><c> and</c><00:23:33.359><c> done</c><00:23:33.559><c> evil</c><00:23:33.859><c> in</c><00:23:34.079><c> thy</c><00:23:34.380><c> sight.</c>

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Then<00:23:36.539><c> David</c><00:23:37.000><c> pleads</c><00:23:37.559><c> for</c><00:23:37.940><c> forgiveness,</c>

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so<00:23:40.839><c> that</c><00:23:41.359><c> that</c><00:23:41.940><c> sin</c><00:23:42.160><c> which</c><00:23:42.440><c> was</c><00:23:42.700><c> ever</c><00:23:43.000><c> before</c><00:23:43.359><c> him</c><00:23:43.539><c> might</c><00:23:43.799><c> be</c><00:23:44.099><c> removed.</c>

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You<00:23:44.960><c> know,</c><00:23:45.279><c> brethren</c><00:23:45.420><c> and</c><00:23:45.599><c> sisters,</c><00:23:46.380><c> in</c><00:23:46.599><c> our</c><00:23:46.859><c> prayers</c><00:23:47.119><c> for</c><00:23:47.460><c> forgiveness,</c>

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would<00:23:48.880><c> it</c><00:23:49.039><c> not</c><00:23:49.180><c> be</c><00:23:49.359><c> the</c><00:23:49.420><c> most</c><00:23:49.720><c> terrible</c><00:23:50.099><c> thing</c>

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if,<00:23:51.660><c> having</c><00:23:51.819><c> beseeched,</c><00:23:52.680><c> having</c><00:23:52.960><c> besought</c><00:23:53.500><c> God</c><00:23:53.839><c> for</c><00:23:54.180><c> forgiveness,</c>

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we<00:23:55.599><c> then</c><00:23:55.880><c> got</c><00:23:56.059><c> up</c><00:23:56.299><c> off</c><00:23:56.500><c> our</c><00:23:56.700><c> knees</c><00:23:57.019><c> and</c><00:23:57.579><c> remembered</c><00:23:58.019><c> our</c><00:23:58.319><c> sins,</c>

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the<00:23:59.640><c> guilt</c><00:23:59.920><c> was</c><00:24:00.160><c> still</c><00:24:00.440><c> with</c><00:24:00.619><c> us,</c><00:24:02.019><c> the</c><00:24:02.279><c> sense</c><00:24:02.619><c> of</c><00:24:02.900><c> guilt.</c>

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That's<00:24:04.740><c> the</c><00:24:04.900><c> wonderful</c><00:24:05.220><c> thing</c><00:24:05.539><c> about</c><00:24:05.799><c> the</c><00:24:06.059><c> forgiveness</c><00:24:06.339><c> of</c><00:24:06.539><c> God.</c>

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He<00:24:06.960><c> not</c><00:24:07.099><c> only</c><00:24:07.400><c> forgives</c><00:24:07.779><c> our</c><00:24:08.079><c> sins,</c>

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he<00:24:08.779><c> takes</c><00:24:09.119><c> away</c><00:24:09.480><c> from</c><00:24:09.680><c> us</c><00:24:10.579><c> the</c><00:24:11.039><c> sense</c><00:24:11.579><c> of</c><00:24:11.940><c> guilt.</c>

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That<00:24:14.140><c> does</c><00:24:14.420><c> not</c><00:24:14.599><c> mean,</c><00:24:14.779><c> of</c><00:24:14.980><c> course,</c><00:24:15.200><c> that</c><00:24:15.400><c> the</c><00:24:15.599><c> natural</c><00:24:16.019><c> chain</c>

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of<00:24:16.880><c> events</c>

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which<00:24:17.420><c> has</c><00:24:17.859><c> been</c><00:24:18.339><c> started</c><00:24:18.680><c> by</c><00:24:19.079><c> ourselves,</c><00:24:19.720><c> by</c><00:24:19.980><c> our</c><00:24:20.220><c> sinful</c><00:24:20.480><c> act,</c><00:24:21.140><c> will</c><00:24:21.259><c> be</c><00:24:21.559><c> stopped.</c>

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It<00:24:21.920><c> does</c><00:24:22.160><c> not</c><00:24:22.319><c> mean</c><00:24:22.500><c> that.</c><00:24:22.720><c> That</c><00:24:22.920><c> will</c><00:24:23.160><c> continue</c><00:24:23.619><c> to</c><00:24:23.920><c> roll</c><00:24:24.160><c> on.</c>

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And<00:24:24.940><c> David</c><00:24:25.180><c> gives</c><00:24:25.460><c> us</c><00:24:26.099><c> ample</c><00:24:26.619><c> testimony</c><00:24:27.160><c> for</c><00:24:27.480><c> that.</c>

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But<00:24:29.119><c> the</c><00:24:29.339><c> sense</c><00:24:29.660><c> of</c><00:24:30.079><c> guilt</c><00:24:30.559><c> is</c><00:24:31.420><c> removed.</c>

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But<00:24:36.819><c> you</c><00:24:36.960><c> see,</c><00:24:37.140><c> that's</c><00:24:37.380><c> the</c><00:24:37.519><c> wonderful</c><00:24:37.819><c> thing,</c><00:24:38.220><c> isn't</c><00:24:38.319><c> it,</c>

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about<00:24:38.720><c> Joseph?</c>

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He<00:24:40.259><c> never</c><00:24:40.519><c> got</c><00:24:40.759><c> himself</c><00:24:41.180><c> into</c><00:24:41.420><c> this</c><00:24:41.619><c> position.</c>

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He<00:24:43.579><c> did</c><00:24:43.819><c> not</c><00:24:44.079><c> succumb</c><00:24:44.539><c> to</c><00:24:44.720><c> the</c><00:24:44.920><c> temptation.</c>

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And<00:24:47.019><c> that</c><00:24:47.319><c> again</c><00:24:47.759><c> points</c><00:24:48.180><c> forward</c><00:24:48.539><c> to</c><00:24:48.740><c> the</c><00:24:48.859><c> Lord</c><00:24:49.059><c> Jesus</c><00:24:49.460><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:24:50.940><c> did</c><00:24:51.180><c> not</c><00:24:51.420><c> succumb</c><00:24:51.980><c> to</c><00:24:52.160><c> the</c><00:24:52.420><c> wilds</c><00:24:52.839><c> of</c><00:24:52.940><c> this</c><00:24:53.420><c> Egyptian</c><00:24:53.960><c> woman.</c>

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And<00:24:55.619><c> from</c><00:24:56.079><c> my</c><00:24:56.359><c> reading</c><00:24:56.680><c> of</c><00:24:57.200><c> Egyptian</c><00:24:57.619><c> history,</c>

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I'm<00:24:59.720><c> afraid</c><00:25:00.000><c> Egyptian</c><00:25:00.460><c> women</c><00:25:00.839><c> had</c><00:25:01.119><c> not</c><00:25:01.680><c> a</c><00:25:01.819><c> very</c><00:25:02.019><c> good</c><00:25:02.200><c> name.</c>

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Well,<00:25:07.720><c> she</c><00:25:08.039><c> tried</c><00:25:08.460><c> to</c><00:25:09.440><c> persuade</c><00:25:09.799><c> him</c><00:25:10.039><c> by</c><00:25:10.400><c> force</c><00:25:10.819><c> when</c><00:25:11.220><c> the</c><00:25:11.440><c> house</c><00:25:11.660><c> was</c>

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empty<00:25:12.220><c> of</c><00:25:12.519><c> servants.</c>

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And<00:25:15.779><c> I</c><00:25:16.339><c> use</c><00:25:16.559><c> the</c><00:25:16.779><c> expression,</c><00:25:17.480><c> hell</c><00:25:17.799><c> hath</c><00:25:18.140><c> no</c><00:25:18.839><c> fury</c><00:25:19.160><c> like</c><00:25:19.480><c> a</c>

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woman<00:25:19.940><c> scorned.</c>

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And<00:25:21.940><c> that's</c><00:25:22.279><c> exactly</c><00:25:22.619><c> what</c><00:25:22.920><c> happened.</c>

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So<00:25:23.500><c> that</c><00:25:23.740><c> her</c><00:25:24.500><c> desire</c><00:25:25.039><c> for</c><00:25:26.700><c> him,</c><00:25:27.019><c> her</c><00:25:27.259><c> lust</c><00:25:27.559><c> for</c><00:25:27.839><c> him</c><00:25:28.099><c> changes</c>

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to<00:25:29.640><c> an</c><00:25:29.920><c> implacable</c><00:25:30.420><c> hatred.</c>

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Verse<00:25:32.839><c> 14.</c>

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She<00:25:34.400><c> called</c><00:25:34.759><c> unto</c><00:25:35.000><c> the</c><00:25:35.180><c> men</c><00:25:35.279><c> of</c><00:25:35.380><c> her</c><00:25:35.619><c> house</c><00:25:35.880><c> and</c><00:25:36.099><c> spake</c><00:25:36.319><c> unto</c>

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them,<00:25:36.839><c> saying,</c>

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See,<00:25:37.660><c> he</c><00:25:37.940><c> hath</c><00:25:38.160><c> brought</c><00:25:38.500><c> in</c><00:25:38.740><c> an</c><00:25:38.960><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:39.460><c> unto</c><00:25:39.940><c> us</c><00:25:40.200><c> to</c><00:25:40.539><c> mock</c><00:25:40.779><c> us.</c>

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He<00:25:42.519><c> came</c><00:25:42.980><c> in</c><00:25:43.160><c> unto</c><00:25:43.319><c> me</c><00:25:43.519><c> to</c><00:25:43.720><c> lie</c><00:25:44.000><c> with</c><00:25:44.200><c> me,</c><00:25:44.420><c> and</c><00:25:44.500><c> I</c><00:25:44.819><c> cried</c><00:25:45.099><c> with</c><00:25:45.359><c> a</c>

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loud<00:25:45.720><c> voice.</c>

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She<00:25:48.079><c> didn't</c><00:25:48.339><c> say</c><00:25:48.500><c> anything</c><00:25:48.740><c> at</c><00:25:49.019><c> all,</c><00:25:49.400><c> the</c><00:25:49.640><c> liar,</c><00:25:51.000><c> did</c><00:25:51.220><c> she?</c>

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And<00:25:53.519><c> it</c><00:25:53.579><c> came</c><00:25:53.759><c> to</c><00:25:54.000><c> pass</c><00:25:54.240><c> when</c><00:25:54.539><c> he</c><00:25:54.900><c> heard</c><00:25:55.119><c> that</c><00:25:55.359><c> I</c><00:25:55.519><c> lifted</c><00:25:55.680><c> up</c><00:25:55.900><c> my</c>

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voice<00:25:56.380><c> and</c><00:25:56.579><c> cried</c>

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that<00:25:56.960><c> he</c><00:25:57.099><c> left</c><00:25:57.319><c> his</c><00:25:57.619><c> garment</c><00:25:57.779><c> with</c><00:25:58.039><c> me</c><00:25:58.220><c> and</c><00:25:58.359><c> fled</c><00:25:58.619><c> and</c><00:25:58.779><c> got</c><00:25:59.000><c> him</c><00:25:59.220><c> out.</c>

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And<00:26:00.400><c> she</c><00:26:00.539><c> laid</c><00:26:00.759><c> up</c><00:26:00.980><c> his</c><00:26:01.240><c> garment</c><00:26:01.500><c> by</c><00:26:01.799><c> her</c><00:26:02.039><c> until</c><00:26:02.339><c> his</c><00:26:02.599><c> Lord</c>

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came<00:26:03.160><c> home.</c>

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And<00:26:04.720><c> then</c><00:26:04.880><c> she</c><00:26:05.140><c> speaks</c><00:26:05.380><c> to</c><00:26:05.619><c> her</c><00:26:05.740><c> husband.</c>

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But<00:26:06.519><c> as</c><00:26:06.720><c> I</c><00:26:06.900><c> say,</c><00:26:07.180><c> brethren</c><00:26:07.359><c> and</c><00:26:07.559><c> sisters,</c>

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I'm<00:26:08.519><c> never</c><00:26:08.819><c> terribly</c><00:26:09.240><c> sure</c><00:26:10.500><c> whether</c><00:26:11.740><c> Potiphar</c><00:26:13.359><c> really</c><00:26:13.980><c> believed</c><00:26:14.359><c> his</c><00:26:14.619><c> wife.</c>

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But<00:26:17.579><c> we</c><00:26:18.259><c> read</c><00:26:18.519><c> in</c><00:26:18.720><c> verse</c><00:26:18.940><c> 20,</c>

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And<00:26:20.539><c> Joseph's</c><00:26:21.140><c> master</c><00:26:21.500><c> took</c><00:26:21.779><c> him</c><00:26:22.319><c> and</c><00:26:22.779><c> put</c><00:26:22.940><c> him</c><00:26:23.099><c> into</c><00:26:23.319><c> the</c><00:26:23.599><c> prison,</c>

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a<00:26:24.720><c> place</c><00:26:24.980><c> where</c><00:26:25.220><c> the</c><00:26:25.440><c> king's</c><00:26:26.079><c> prisoners</c><00:26:26.339><c> were</c><00:26:26.720><c> bound.</c>

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Now,<00:26:27.960><c> since</c><00:26:28.259><c> he</c><00:26:28.380><c> was</c><00:26:28.579><c> captain</c><00:26:28.880><c> of</c><00:26:29.079><c> the</c><00:26:29.220><c> guard,</c>

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:33.680
that<00:26:30.480><c> could</c><00:26:30.740><c> well</c><00:26:31.059><c> have</c><00:26:31.279><c> been</c><00:26:31.579><c> part</c><00:26:32.160><c> of</c><00:26:32.660><c> his</c><00:26:32.980><c> own</c><00:26:33.339><c> dwelling,</c>

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:40.500
a<00:26:34.720><c> room</c><00:26:35.079><c> or</c><00:26:35.799><c> turret</c><00:26:36.279><c> of</c><00:26:36.839><c> some</c><00:26:37.160><c> sort</c><00:26:37.559><c> set</c><00:26:38.059><c> apart</c><00:26:38.519><c> for</c><00:26:39.079><c> household</c><00:26:39.519><c> prisoners.</c>

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:45.200
But<00:26:41.680><c> as</c><00:26:42.259><c> I</c><00:26:42.599><c> mentioned</c><00:26:42.880><c> to</c><00:26:43.099><c> you</c><00:26:43.279><c> yesterday</c><00:26:43.720><c> in</c><00:26:44.019><c> Psalm</c><00:26:44.220><c> 105</c><00:26:44.980><c> and</c>

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:47.200
at<00:26:45.380><c> verse</c><00:26:45.559><c> 17</c><00:26:46.039><c> and</c><00:26:46.200><c> 18,</c>

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:51.039
we<00:26:48.019><c> discover</c><00:26:48.579><c> that</c><00:26:49.339><c> the</c><00:26:49.599><c> expression</c><00:26:49.980><c> there</c><00:26:50.240><c> in</c><00:26:50.420><c> verse</c><00:26:50.660><c> 20,</c>

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.279
put<00:26:51.380><c> him</c><00:26:51.519><c> into</c><00:26:51.740><c> the</c><00:26:51.980><c> prison,</c>

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:56.559
means<00:26:52.900><c> that</c><00:26:53.079><c> he</c><00:26:53.200><c> was</c><00:26:53.460><c> actually</c><00:26:53.940><c> shackled</c><00:26:54.660><c> in</c><00:26:55.220><c> the</c><00:26:55.480><c> prison.</c>

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:02.420
But<00:27:00.539><c> what</c><00:27:01.259><c> a</c><00:27:01.519><c> man</c><00:27:01.660><c> he</c><00:27:01.980><c> is.</c>

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:09.519
You<00:27:02.980><c> see,</c><00:27:04.039><c> he's</c><00:27:04.400><c> up</c><00:27:04.920><c> with</c><00:27:06.339><c> his</c><00:27:06.640><c> father,</c><00:27:07.519><c> the</c><00:27:07.799><c> favorite</c><00:27:08.079><c> of</c><00:27:08.259><c> his</c><00:27:08.480><c> father.</c>

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:12.039
He's<00:27:10.160><c> thrust</c><00:27:10.420><c> down</c><00:27:10.759><c> by</c><00:27:11.059><c> his</c><00:27:11.259><c> brethren.</c>

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:14.799
He's<00:27:13.200><c> sold</c><00:27:13.440><c> into</c><00:27:13.700><c> slavery.</c>

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:18.259
He's<00:27:15.839><c> elevated</c><00:27:16.299><c> to</c><00:27:16.539><c> a</c><00:27:16.640><c> position</c><00:27:16.980><c> of</c><00:27:17.380><c> great</c><00:27:17.599><c> authority,</c>

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:20.839
and<00:27:18.799><c> he's</c><00:27:19.339><c> smashed</c><00:27:19.640><c> down</c><00:27:19.940><c> again.</c>

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:24.099
What<00:27:22.160><c> a</c><00:27:22.519><c> man</c><00:27:22.680><c> this</c><00:27:22.980><c> is,</c><00:27:23.599><c> though.</c>

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:28.279
He<00:27:24.599><c> never</c><00:27:25.079><c> loses</c><00:27:25.500><c> his</c><00:27:25.920><c> faith</c><00:27:26.160><c> in</c><00:27:26.480><c> God,</c><00:27:27.779><c> never.</c>

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:32.599
Even<00:27:29.000><c> when</c><00:27:29.680><c> his</c><00:27:30.220><c> master</c><00:27:30.740><c> has</c><00:27:31.559><c> thrown</c><00:27:31.819><c> him</c><00:27:31.980><c> into</c><00:27:32.240><c> jail</c>

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:35.960
and<00:27:32.799><c> his</c><00:27:33.059><c> master's</c><00:27:33.660><c> wife</c><00:27:33.859><c> has</c><00:27:34.119><c> deceived</c><00:27:34.660><c> him</c><00:27:34.880><c> and</c><00:27:35.220><c> tricked</c><00:27:35.420><c> him</c>

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:38.440
and<00:27:36.160><c> been</c><00:27:36.319><c> the</c><00:27:36.579><c> cause</c><00:27:36.759><c> of</c><00:27:36.960><c> his</c><00:27:37.259><c> imprisonment,</c>

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:41.460
verse<00:27:39.160><c> 21,</c><00:27:40.279><c> I</c><00:27:40.480><c> know</c><00:27:40.599><c> we've</c><00:27:40.880><c> referred</c><00:27:41.180><c> to</c><00:27:41.359><c> it,</c>

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:46.039
but<00:27:41.579><c> now</c><00:27:41.859><c> we</c><00:27:42.099><c> see</c><00:27:42.259><c> it</c><00:27:42.799><c> in</c><00:27:43.799><c> its</c><00:27:44.059><c> place</c><00:27:44.599><c> in</c><00:27:44.819><c> the</c><00:27:45.059><c> story.</c>

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:51.559
But<00:27:46.460><c> the</c><00:27:46.799><c> Lord</c><00:27:47.259><c> was</c><00:27:47.599><c> with</c><00:27:47.940><c> Joseph</c><00:27:48.480><c> and</c><00:27:49.440><c> showed</c><00:27:49.740><c> him</c><00:27:51.099><c> mercy</c>

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:57.220
and<00:27:52.539><c> gave</c><00:27:52.859><c> him</c><00:27:53.359><c> favor</c><00:27:53.819><c> in</c><00:27:54.480><c> the</c><00:27:54.880><c> sight</c><00:27:55.099><c> of</c><00:27:55.319><c> the</c><00:27:55.539><c> keeper</c><00:27:55.839><c> of</c><00:27:56.059><c> the</c><00:27:56.339><c> prison.</c>

00:27:58.019 --> 00:28:01.660
What<00:27:58.500><c> a</c><00:27:58.819><c> remarkable</c><00:27:59.400><c> man</c><00:27:59.740><c> he</c><00:28:00.019><c> is,</c><00:28:00.279><c> isn't</c><00:28:00.559><c> he?</c>

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:05.019
And<00:28:02.319><c> the</c><00:28:02.519><c> keeper</c><00:28:02.759><c> of</c><00:28:02.920><c> the</c><00:28:03.140><c> prison</c><00:28:03.380><c> committed</c><00:28:03.900><c> to</c><00:28:04.240><c> Joseph's</c><00:28:04.859><c> hand</c>

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:07.660
all<00:28:05.359><c> the</c><00:28:05.680><c> prisoners</c><00:28:05.960><c> that</c><00:28:06.200><c> were</c><00:28:06.339><c> in</c><00:28:06.480><c> the</c><00:28:06.720><c> prison.</c>

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:11.259
I<00:28:09.619><c> mean,</c><00:28:09.720><c> here</c><00:28:09.859><c> he</c><00:28:09.960><c> is,</c><00:28:10.099><c> a</c><00:28:10.339><c> prisoner,</c>

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:15.980
put<00:28:11.759><c> into</c><00:28:12.039><c> prison</c><00:28:12.420><c> for</c><00:28:13.559><c> a</c><00:28:14.700><c> terrible</c><00:28:15.160><c> crime,</c>

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.420
of<00:28:16.579><c> which</c><00:28:16.680><c> he</c><00:28:16.779><c> was</c><00:28:16.960><c> not</c><00:28:17.160><c> guilty,</c>

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:20.019
but<00:28:17.660><c> put</c><00:28:17.839><c> there</c><00:28:18.019><c> for</c><00:28:18.240><c> that</c><00:28:18.599><c> sort</c><00:28:18.859><c> of</c><00:28:19.160><c> crime.</c>

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:23.720
And<00:28:20.359><c> yet,</c><00:28:21.279><c> within</c><00:28:21.640><c> time,</c><00:28:22.759><c> and</c><00:28:22.940><c> we</c><00:28:23.039><c> don't</c><00:28:23.200><c> know</c><00:28:23.319><c> how</c><00:28:23.539><c> long,</c>

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:26.579
but<00:28:23.900><c> within</c><00:28:24.319><c> time,</c><00:28:24.940><c> well,</c><00:28:25.039><c> we</c><00:28:25.220><c> do,</c><00:28:25.380><c> a</c><00:28:25.460><c> bit</c><00:28:25.559><c> later</c><00:28:25.859><c> on,</c>

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.200
but<00:28:26.680><c> within</c><00:28:27.119><c> time,</c><00:28:27.519><c> there</c><00:28:27.700><c> he</c><00:28:27.839><c> is,</c>

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:33.299
elevated<00:28:28.900><c> to</c><00:28:29.519><c> a</c><00:28:29.700><c> position</c><00:28:30.140><c> of</c><00:28:30.900><c> authority</c><00:28:31.579><c> again.</c>

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:36.880
And<00:28:34.519><c> the</c><00:28:34.680><c> keeper</c><00:28:34.980><c> of</c><00:28:35.160><c> the</c><00:28:35.380><c> prison</c><00:28:35.660><c> looked</c><00:28:35.940><c> not</c><00:28:36.200><c> to</c><00:28:36.500><c> anything</c>

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:41.319
that<00:28:37.099><c> was</c><00:28:37.299><c> under</c><00:28:37.539><c> his</c><00:28:37.839><c> hand</c><00:28:38.039><c> because</c><00:28:38.519><c> the</c><00:28:38.960><c> Lord</c><00:28:39.519><c> was</c><00:28:40.119><c> with</c><00:28:40.380><c> him,</c>

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:46.059
and<00:28:41.759><c> that</c><00:28:42.119><c> which</c><00:28:42.299><c> he</c><00:28:42.559><c> did,</c><00:28:43.420><c> the</c><00:28:43.799><c> Lord</c><00:28:44.299><c> made</c><00:28:44.940><c> it</c><00:28:45.220><c> prosper.</c>

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.460
Goodness<00:28:46.460><c> me,</c><00:28:46.819><c> brethren</c><00:28:46.980><c> and</c><00:28:47.160><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:50.200
if<00:28:47.920><c> only</c><00:28:48.140><c> we</c><00:28:48.380><c> got</c><00:28:48.619><c> faith</c><00:28:48.940><c> like</c><00:28:49.220><c> Joseph.</c>

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:54.099
No<00:28:50.960><c> wonder</c><00:28:51.220><c> he's</c><00:28:51.460><c> mentioned</c><00:28:51.839><c> in</c><00:28:52.059><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:52.420><c> chapter</c><00:28:52.819><c> 11.</c>

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:57.240
But<00:28:56.019><c> then,</c><00:28:56.660><c> even</c><00:28:57.000><c> then,</c>

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:59.200
it's<00:28:57.480><c> nothing</c><00:28:57.640><c> to</c><00:28:57.839><c> do</c><00:28:57.940><c> with</c><00:28:58.140><c> the</c><00:28:58.220><c> quality</c><00:28:58.579><c> of</c><00:28:58.759><c> his</c><00:28:58.940><c> life,</c>

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:01.160
it's<00:28:59.680><c> about</c><00:28:59.960><c> his</c><00:29:00.240><c> bones.</c>

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:05.220
What<00:29:02.720><c> a</c><00:29:03.000><c> man</c><00:29:03.680><c> he</c><00:29:04.140><c> is.</c>

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:11.119
I<00:29:09.619><c> often</c><00:29:09.779><c> wonder,</c><00:29:10.460><c> brethren</c><00:29:10.640><c> and</c><00:29:10.799><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:14.900
whether<00:29:11.559><c> we</c><00:29:12.500><c> make</c><00:29:13.079><c> as</c><00:29:13.460><c> much</c><00:29:13.920><c> of</c><00:29:14.440><c> the</c><00:29:14.619><c> opportunities</c>

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:17.119
presented<00:29:15.799><c> to</c><00:29:16.039><c> us</c><00:29:16.240><c> in</c><00:29:16.460><c> our</c><00:29:16.660><c> lives</c>

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:19.839
as<00:29:17.599><c> Joseph</c><00:29:18.019><c> made</c><00:29:18.559><c> of</c><00:29:19.000><c> his.</c>

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:22.720
And<00:29:20.480><c> you</c><00:29:20.640><c> may</c><00:29:20.819><c> say,</c><00:29:21.059><c> well,</c><00:29:21.339><c> what</c><00:29:21.500><c> opportunities?</c>

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:27.460
Opportunities<00:29:24.819><c> for</c><00:29:25.460><c> unqualified</c><00:29:26.380><c> service</c><00:29:26.920><c> of</c><00:29:27.160><c> God,</c>

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:30.539
even<00:29:28.119><c> when</c><00:29:28.480><c> you</c><00:29:28.799><c> are</c><00:29:29.000><c> at</c><00:29:29.200><c> your</c><00:29:29.559><c> lowest.</c>

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:35.859
Those<00:29:32.440><c> are</c><00:29:32.640><c> the</c><00:29:32.819><c> opportunities</c><00:29:33.559><c> that</c><00:29:34.539><c> Joseph</c><00:29:35.039><c> grasped</c>

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:39.299
to<00:29:36.240><c> show</c><00:29:36.619><c> his</c><00:29:37.039><c> faith,</c><00:29:37.940><c> his</c><00:29:38.339><c> faith</c><00:29:38.579><c> in</c><00:29:38.859><c> God,</c>

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:42.660
not<00:29:39.740><c> only</c><00:29:39.980><c> to</c><00:29:40.220><c> Potiphar,</c><00:29:40.980><c> but</c><00:29:41.119><c> also</c><00:29:41.539><c> to</c><00:29:41.720><c> the</c><00:29:41.900><c> keeper</c><00:29:42.099><c> of</c><00:29:42.279><c> the</c><00:29:42.460><c> prison.</c>

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:44.980
And<00:29:43.279><c> these</c><00:29:43.559><c> things</c><00:29:43.839><c> were</c><00:29:44.220><c> recognized.</c>

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:47.599
You<00:29:45.619><c> know,</c><00:29:46.259><c> it</c><00:29:46.259><c> is</c><00:29:46.579><c> true,</c><00:29:46.960><c> brethren</c><00:29:47.160><c> and</c><00:29:47.339><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:50.180
that<00:29:48.099><c> even</c><00:29:48.480><c> people</c><00:29:48.880><c> who</c><00:29:49.099><c> are</c><00:29:49.460><c> godless</c>

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:57.920
will<00:29:50.779><c> recognize</c><00:29:52.380><c> qualities</c><00:29:54.099><c> in</c><00:29:56.539><c> people,</c>

00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:01.359
children,<00:29:59.900><c> they</c><00:30:00.079><c> will</c><00:30:00.319><c> recognize</c><00:30:00.940><c> them.</c>

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:03.019
They<00:30:02.000><c> would</c><00:30:02.240><c> love</c><00:30:02.359><c> to</c><00:30:02.640><c> share</c><00:30:02.819><c> them,</c>

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:06.640
but<00:30:03.579><c> somehow</c><00:30:03.980><c> or</c><00:30:04.160><c> other,</c><00:30:05.019><c> they</c><00:30:05.119><c> haven't</c><00:30:05.299><c> got</c><00:30:05.519><c> the</c><00:30:05.720><c> faith.</c>

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:10.200
And<00:30:07.880><c> here</c><00:30:08.099><c> he</c><00:30:08.220><c> is,</c><00:30:09.220><c> he's</c><00:30:09.460><c> still</c><00:30:09.640><c> in</c><00:30:09.859><c> prison,</c>

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:12.619
although<00:30:10.740><c> he's</c><00:30:10.960><c> been</c><00:30:11.259><c> put</c><00:30:11.400><c> in</c><00:30:11.519><c> a</c><00:30:11.720><c> position</c><00:30:11.940><c> of</c><00:30:12.200><c> authority</c>

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.460
within<00:30:12.920><c> that</c><00:30:13.200><c> prison,</c>

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:16.960
and<00:30:14.240><c> then</c><00:30:14.400><c> we</c><00:30:14.599><c> get</c><00:30:14.799><c> these</c><00:30:15.599><c> remarkable</c><00:30:16.339><c> dreams.</c>

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:19.079
And<00:30:17.500><c> I</c><00:30:17.619><c> wonder,</c><00:30:18.000><c> you</c><00:30:18.079><c> know,</c><00:30:18.400><c> well,</c><00:30:18.579><c> I</c><00:30:18.640><c> don't</c><00:30:18.819><c> wonder,</c>

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:20.900
I<00:30:19.259><c> feel</c><00:30:19.519><c> sure</c><00:30:19.839><c> that</c><00:30:20.440><c> Joseph,</c>

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:23.740
when<00:30:21.660><c> the</c><00:30:22.299><c> baker</c><00:30:22.539><c> and</c><00:30:22.740><c> the</c><00:30:22.900><c> butler</c><00:30:23.140><c> came</c><00:30:23.400><c> to</c><00:30:23.559><c> him,</c>

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:26.599
he<00:30:23.880><c> must</c><00:30:24.099><c> have</c><00:30:24.240><c> thought</c><00:30:24.519><c> of</c><00:30:24.700><c> the</c><00:30:24.880><c> dreams</c><00:30:25.160><c> that</c><00:30:25.359><c> he</c><00:30:25.519><c> had</c><00:30:25.740><c> had,</c>

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:30.000
that<00:30:27.240><c> his</c><00:30:27.480><c> brethren</c><00:30:27.759><c> were</c><00:30:27.980><c> to</c><00:30:28.140><c> bow</c><00:30:28.339><c> down</c><00:30:28.579><c> before</c><00:30:28.940><c> him.</c>

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:33.079
And<00:30:30.720><c> he</c><00:30:30.880><c> was</c><00:30:31.059><c> thinking,</c><00:30:31.700><c> how</c><00:30:32.019><c> on</c><00:30:32.180><c> earth</c><00:30:32.279><c> can</c><00:30:32.500><c> that</c><00:30:32.740><c> be?</c>

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.680
I'm<00:30:33.500><c> in</c><00:30:33.700><c> jail.</c>

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:38.839
The<00:30:36.400><c> opportunity</c><00:30:36.839><c> for</c><00:30:37.420><c> them</c><00:30:37.619><c> to</c><00:30:37.779><c> come</c><00:30:37.960><c> and</c><00:30:38.160><c> bow</c><00:30:38.319><c> down</c><00:30:38.539><c> to</c><00:30:38.720><c> me</c>

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:40.740
when<00:30:39.000><c> I</c><00:30:39.180><c> was</c><00:30:39.339><c> master</c><00:30:39.720><c> of</c><00:30:39.960><c> Potiphar's</c><00:30:40.500><c> house,</c>

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:43.180
that<00:30:41.279><c> would</c><00:30:41.440><c> have</c><00:30:41.660><c> surely</c><00:30:41.859><c> been</c><00:30:42.059><c> a</c><00:30:42.220><c> wonderful</c><00:30:42.539><c> opportunity,</c>

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.859
wouldn't<00:30:43.460><c> it?</c>

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:46.599
But<00:30:44.319><c> it</c><00:30:44.680><c> didn't</c><00:30:44.940><c> happen</c><00:30:45.200><c> and</c><00:30:45.359><c> I'm</c><00:30:45.559><c> in</c><00:30:45.740><c> jail.</c>

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:51.480
So<00:30:47.480><c> he</c><00:30:47.660><c> would</c><00:30:47.859><c> have</c><00:30:49.039><c> dreamt</c><00:30:49.759><c> about</c><00:30:50.099><c> his</c><00:30:50.420><c> dreams,</c>

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:54.019
wondering<00:30:52.180><c> how,</c><00:30:52.640><c> the</c><00:30:52.799><c> hand</c><00:30:53.019><c> of</c><00:30:53.220><c> God,</c>

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:56.359
but<00:30:54.519><c> not</c><00:30:54.799><c> trying</c><00:30:55.059><c> to</c><00:30:55.319><c> arrange</c><00:30:55.779><c> things</c>

00:30:56.359 --> 00:31:01.059
so<00:30:56.900><c> that</c><00:30:57.099><c> God</c><00:30:57.319><c> could</c><00:30:57.559><c> act</c><00:30:57.819><c> in</c><00:30:57.960><c> the</c><00:30:58.099><c> way</c><00:30:58.839><c> he</c><00:30:59.319><c> wanted</c><00:30:59.680><c> him</c><00:30:59.960><c> to</c><00:31:00.140><c> act,</c>

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.900
but<00:31:02.160><c> waiting</c><00:31:02.680><c> with</c><00:31:03.359><c> patience</c>

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:08.079
for<00:31:04.579><c> the</c><00:31:04.819><c> time</c><00:31:05.400><c> that</c><00:31:05.819><c> God</c><00:31:06.019><c> would</c><00:31:06.220><c> show</c><00:31:06.500><c> to</c><00:31:06.759><c> him.</c>

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:15.460
And<00:31:10.380><c> here</c><00:31:10.720><c> are</c><00:31:10.920><c> these</c><00:31:11.579><c> two</c><00:31:13.819><c> men.</c>

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:18.220
It<00:31:16.920><c> came</c><00:31:16.940><c> to</c><00:31:17.200><c> pass</c><00:31:17.380><c> after</c><00:31:17.680><c> these</c><00:31:18.000><c> things</c>

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:20.420
that<00:31:18.420><c> the</c><00:31:18.599><c> butler</c><00:31:18.779><c> of</c><00:31:18.920><c> the</c><00:31:19.039><c> king</c><00:31:19.220><c> of</c><00:31:19.420><c> Egypt</c><00:31:19.660><c> and</c><00:31:19.900><c> his</c><00:31:20.119><c> baker</c>

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:23.339
had<00:31:20.680><c> offended</c><00:31:21.099><c> their</c><00:31:21.400><c> lord</c><00:31:21.740><c> and</c><00:31:22.059><c> king</c><00:31:22.299><c> of</c><00:31:22.500><c> Egypt.</c>

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:25.839
Now<00:31:24.000><c> the</c><00:31:24.099><c> butler,</c><00:31:24.400><c> of</c><00:31:24.559><c> course,</c><00:31:24.819><c> is</c><00:31:24.980><c> the</c><00:31:25.140><c> wine</c><00:31:25.440><c> taster.</c>

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:28.519
It's<00:31:26.319><c> his</c><00:31:26.559><c> job</c><00:31:26.779><c> to</c><00:31:27.000><c> make</c><00:31:27.180><c> sure</c><00:31:27.500><c> that</c><00:31:27.720><c> the</c><00:31:27.859><c> king's</c><00:31:28.279><c> wine</c>

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:31.559
is<00:31:29.079><c> not</c><00:31:29.380><c> drugged,</c><00:31:30.460><c> poisoned.</c>

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:35.240
Pretty<00:31:33.000><c> precarious</c><00:31:33.480><c> job</c><00:31:33.740><c> in</c><00:31:33.920><c> the</c><00:31:34.099><c> reign</c><00:31:34.220><c> of</c><00:31:34.380><c> an</c><00:31:34.519><c> unpopular</c><00:31:34.960><c> king,</c>

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.140
I<00:31:35.400><c> would</c><00:31:35.599><c> think.</c>

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:38.859
And<00:31:36.720><c> the</c><00:31:37.940><c> baker.</c>

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:42.920
Now<00:31:39.359><c> the</c><00:31:39.579><c> Egyptians</c><00:31:40.039><c> actually</c><00:31:40.640><c> were</c><00:31:40.920><c> very</c><00:31:41.259><c> good</c><00:31:41.420><c> at</c><00:31:41.559><c> baking</c><00:31:41.940><c> bread.</c>

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.920
Not<00:31:44.039><c> just</c><00:31:44.359><c> ordinary</c><00:31:44.680><c> bread.</c>

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:48.099
They<00:31:45.099><c> had</c><00:31:45.339><c> all</c><00:31:45.819><c> sorts</c><00:31:46.160><c> of</c><00:31:46.519><c> different</c><00:31:46.960><c> types</c><00:31:47.420><c> of</c><00:31:47.700><c> bread.</c>

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:50.140
Terrific<00:31:49.000><c> number</c><00:31:49.299><c> of</c><00:31:49.559><c> different</c><00:31:49.799><c> types.</c>

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:53.819
Sweet<00:31:50.859><c> bread,</c><00:31:51.759><c> plain</c><00:31:51.980><c> bread,</c><00:31:52.920><c> decorated</c><00:31:53.380><c> bread,</c>

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:56.420
made<00:31:54.319><c> in</c><00:31:54.500><c> all</c><00:31:54.700><c> sorts</c><00:31:54.960><c> of</c><00:31:55.180><c> different</c><00:31:55.539><c> fancy</c><00:31:55.960><c> patterns.</c>

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:58.380
They<00:31:57.079><c> were</c><00:31:57.400><c> expert</c><00:31:57.960><c> bakers.</c>

00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:03.200
So<00:31:58.660><c> this</c><00:31:58.880><c> man</c><00:31:59.339><c> was</c><00:31:59.940><c> in</c><00:32:00.140><c> a</c><00:32:00.240><c> position</c><00:32:00.700><c> of</c><00:32:01.299><c> some</c><00:32:01.880><c> responsibility.</c>

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:07.240
Now<00:32:05.700><c> what</c><00:32:06.259><c> happens?</c>

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:10.519
Well,<00:32:08.240><c> the</c><00:32:08.299><c> captain</c><00:32:08.599><c> of</c><00:32:08.740><c> the</c><00:32:08.940><c> guard</c><00:32:09.140><c> charged</c><00:32:09.559><c> Joseph</c><00:32:09.960><c> with</c><00:32:10.299><c> them</c>

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:13.900
and<00:32:10.680><c> he</c><00:32:10.960><c> served</c><00:32:11.160><c> them</c><00:32:11.420><c> and</c><00:32:11.559><c> they</c><00:32:11.839><c> continued</c><00:32:12.359><c> a</c><00:32:12.700><c> season</c><00:32:13.059><c> in</c><00:32:13.579><c> ward.</c>

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:15.460
A<00:32:14.440><c> season.</c>

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:18.500
Now<00:32:15.960><c> a</c><00:32:16.180><c> season</c><00:32:16.440><c> is</c><00:32:16.700><c> generally</c><00:32:17.000><c> understood</c><00:32:17.460><c> to</c><00:32:17.640><c> be</c><00:32:17.740><c> about</c><00:32:18.019><c> a</c><00:32:18.220><c> year.</c>

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:21.140
A<00:32:19.259><c> season</c><00:32:19.799><c> in</c><00:32:20.339><c> ward.</c>

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:22.259
So<00:32:21.559><c> there</c><00:32:21.880><c> they</c><00:32:22.099><c> are.</c>

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.599
And<00:32:22.500><c> they</c><00:32:22.680><c> each</c><00:32:22.880><c> had</c><00:32:23.039><c> their</c><00:32:23.319><c> dreams.</c>

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:26.339
And<00:32:23.980><c> it's</c><00:32:24.079><c> Sunday</c><00:32:24.279><c> School</c><00:32:24.579><c> stories</c><00:32:24.960><c> to</c><00:32:25.240><c> tell</c><00:32:25.380><c> you</c><00:32:25.539><c> about</c><00:32:25.759><c> the</c><00:32:26.019><c> dreams</c>

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:28.819
and<00:32:26.940><c> the</c><00:32:27.099><c> way</c><00:32:27.299><c> in</c><00:32:27.480><c> which</c><00:32:27.720><c> they</c><00:32:28.160><c> were</c><00:32:28.460><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:31.680
Just<00:32:29.220><c> a</c><00:32:29.440><c> little</c><00:32:29.700><c> point</c><00:32:29.980><c> which</c><00:32:30.220><c> you</c><00:32:30.460><c> may</c><00:32:30.799><c> care</c><00:32:31.119><c> to</c><00:32:31.359><c> note.</c>

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.740
Verse<00:32:32.200><c> 16.</c>

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:35.859
When<00:32:32.960><c> the</c><00:32:33.220><c> chief</c><00:32:33.420><c> baker</c><00:32:33.740><c> saw</c><00:32:34.079><c> that</c><00:32:34.299><c> the</c><00:32:34.539><c> interpretation</c><00:32:35.140><c> was</c><00:32:35.500><c> good,</c>

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:37.279
he<00:32:36.359><c> said</c><00:32:36.599><c> unto</c><00:32:36.799><c> Joseph,</c>

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:39.660
I<00:32:37.740><c> also</c><00:32:38.160><c> was</c><00:32:38.400><c> in</c><00:32:38.539><c> my</c><00:32:38.839><c> dream</c><00:32:39.039><c> and</c><00:32:39.240><c> behold,</c>

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:43.640
I<00:32:40.180><c> had</c><00:32:40.460><c> three</c><00:32:41.059><c> white</c><00:32:41.839><c> baskets</c><00:32:42.440><c> on</c><00:32:42.960><c> my</c><00:32:43.359><c> head.</c>

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:46.779
And<00:32:44.099><c> in</c><00:32:44.240><c> your</c><00:32:44.480><c> margin</c><00:32:44.740><c> it</c><00:32:44.940><c> says,</c><00:32:45.420><c> full</c><00:32:45.680><c> of</c><00:32:45.900><c> holes.</c>

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:52.059
Good<00:32:47.819><c> job</c><00:32:48.000><c> it</c><00:32:48.180><c> wasn't</c><00:32:49.500><c> the</c><00:32:49.880><c> butler's</c><00:32:51.079><c> container</c><00:32:51.319><c> that</c><00:32:51.480><c> was</c><00:32:51.680><c> full</c><00:32:51.880><c> of</c>

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.920
holes,<00:32:52.319><c> wasn't</c><00:32:52.539><c> it?</c>

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:57.980
But<00:32:53.299><c> it's</c><00:32:54.019><c> the</c><00:32:54.079><c> basket</c><00:32:54.720><c> is</c><00:32:55.940><c> white</c><00:32:56.740><c> baskets</c><00:32:57.339><c> on</c><00:32:57.579><c> my</c><00:32:57.859><c> head</c>

00:32:57.980 --> 00:33:00.200
or<00:32:58.220><c> baskets</c><00:32:58.680><c> full</c><00:32:59.000><c> of</c><00:32:59.220><c> holes.</c>

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:04.619
That<00:33:01.440><c> means,</c><00:33:02.539><c> therefore,</c><00:33:02.720><c> that</c><00:33:03.200><c> it</c><00:33:03.359><c> could</c><00:33:03.559><c> mean</c><00:33:03.740><c> one</c><00:33:03.960><c> of</c><00:33:04.059><c> two</c><00:33:04.319><c> things.</c>

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:09.980
Either<00:33:05.059><c> a</c><00:33:05.240><c> basket</c><00:33:05.599><c> full</c><00:33:05.819><c> of</c><00:33:06.000><c> holes</c><00:33:06.240><c> is</c><00:33:06.740><c> a</c><00:33:06.960><c> wicker</c><00:33:07.240><c> basket</c><00:33:07.880><c> woven</c><00:33:08.740><c> from</c><00:33:09.279><c> reeds</c>

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:12.880
with<00:33:10.400><c> a</c><00:33:10.640><c> pattern</c><00:33:10.880><c> of</c><00:33:11.140><c> holes</c><00:33:11.380><c> in</c><00:33:11.500><c> it,</c><00:33:11.740><c> which</c><00:33:11.980><c> may</c><00:33:12.420><c> indeed</c><00:33:12.680><c> be</c>

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.339
the<00:33:13.019><c> case.</c>

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:16.519
Or<00:33:13.920><c> the</c><00:33:14.039><c> reference</c><00:33:14.339><c> to</c><00:33:14.579><c> the</c><00:33:14.680><c> word</c><00:33:14.880><c> white</c><00:33:15.480><c> may</c><00:33:15.880><c> mean,</c><00:33:16.119><c> in</c><00:33:16.279><c> fact,</c>

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:19.000
that<00:33:16.880><c> it</c><00:33:17.019><c> has</c><00:33:17.339><c> white</c><00:33:17.759><c> bread</c><00:33:18.140><c> in</c><00:33:18.480><c> it.</c>

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:21.200
So<00:33:19.779><c> it</c><00:33:19.940><c> can</c><00:33:20.119><c> be</c><00:33:20.279><c> either</c><00:33:20.539><c> of</c><00:33:20.759><c> those.</c>

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:25.279
So<00:33:21.819><c> I</c><00:33:22.000><c> understand,</c><00:33:22.619><c> but</c><00:33:22.839><c> I'm</c><00:33:23.920><c> no</c><00:33:24.079><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:24.420><c> scholar.</c>

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:28.519
So<00:33:26.740><c> there,</c><00:33:27.480><c> just</c><00:33:27.680><c> that</c><00:33:27.900><c> little</c><00:33:28.140><c> point,</c>

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:33.000
which<00:33:29.019><c> I</c><00:33:29.240><c> think</c><00:33:29.460><c> is</c><00:33:30.420><c> important</c><00:33:31.160><c> and</c><00:33:31.339><c> that</c><00:33:31.460><c> we</c><00:33:31.599><c> should</c><00:33:31.759><c> think</c><00:33:32.000><c> about.</c>

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:36.880
Well<00:33:34.880><c> then,</c><00:33:35.119><c> three</c><00:33:35.400><c> days</c><00:33:35.660><c> later,</c><00:33:35.980><c> of</c><00:33:36.200><c> course,</c><00:33:36.400><c> it</c><00:33:36.539><c> is</c><00:33:36.700><c> the</c>

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:38.099
king's<00:33:37.200><c> birthday</c>

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:45.279
and<00:33:39.420><c> the</c><00:33:39.819><c> pharaoh</c><00:33:41.259><c> decides</c><00:33:41.819><c> to</c><00:33:43.619><c> lift</c><00:33:44.200><c> up</c><00:33:44.519><c> the</c><00:33:44.799><c> head</c><00:33:44.920><c> of</c><00:33:45.099><c> the</c>

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.700
chief<00:33:45.700><c> butler</c>

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:50.440
and<00:33:47.539><c> the</c><00:33:47.779><c> chief</c><00:33:47.960><c> baker,</c><00:33:48.259><c> of</c><00:33:48.380><c> course,</c><00:33:48.880><c> loses</c><00:33:49.059><c> his</c><00:33:49.420><c> life.</c>

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:55.640
Joseph<00:33:53.079><c> had</c><00:33:53.440><c> interpreted</c><00:33:53.940><c> these</c><00:33:54.319><c> dreams,</c>

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:02.140
but<00:33:59.480><c> no,</c><00:33:59.859><c> he</c><00:33:59.980><c> hadn't</c><00:34:00.299><c> really,</c><00:34:00.740><c> had</c><00:34:00.960><c> he?</c>

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:06.599
Because,<00:34:02.660><c> you</c><00:34:02.859><c> see,</c><00:34:03.059><c> it</c><00:34:03.099><c> says</c><00:34:03.359><c> in</c><00:34:03.519><c> verse</c><00:34:03.799><c> 8</c><00:34:04.940><c> of</c><00:34:05.480><c> chapter</c><00:34:05.799><c> 40,</c>

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:09.920
They<00:34:07.400><c> said</c><00:34:07.660><c> unto</c><00:34:07.900><c> him,</c><00:34:08.139><c> We</c><00:34:08.300><c> have</c><00:34:08.599><c> dreamed</c><00:34:09.000><c> a</c><00:34:09.239><c> dream</c><00:34:09.519><c> and</c><00:34:09.659><c> there</c>

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.739
is<00:34:10.139><c> no</c><00:34:10.559><c> interpreter</c><00:34:11.039><c> of</c><00:34:11.300><c> it.</c>

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:18.099
And<00:34:12.239><c> Joseph</c><00:34:12.619><c> said</c><00:34:12.900><c> unto</c><00:34:13.139><c> them,</c><00:34:14.219><c> Do</c><00:34:14.500><c> not</c><00:34:15.039><c> interpretations</c><00:34:16.059><c> belong</c><00:34:16.639><c> to</c><00:34:17.019><c> God?</c>

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:22.420
Tell<00:34:19.539><c> me</c><00:34:19.840><c> then,</c><00:34:20.760><c> I</c><00:34:20.960><c> pray</c><00:34:21.300><c> you.</c>

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:25.179
And<00:34:22.639><c> I'm</c><00:34:22.840><c> sure</c><00:34:23.079><c> your</c><00:34:23.440><c> margin</c><00:34:23.760><c> takes</c><00:34:24.079><c> you</c><00:34:24.300><c> to</c><00:34:24.500><c> Daniel</c><00:34:24.780><c> chapter</c>

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.460
2<00:34:25.480><c> and</c><00:34:25.639><c> verse</c><00:34:25.880><c> 28.</c>

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:29.079
You<00:34:26.920><c> see,</c><00:34:27.099><c> the</c><00:34:27.320><c> parallel's</c><00:34:27.780><c> there</c><00:34:27.980><c> again.</c>

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:35.559
Both<00:34:30.340><c> Daniel</c><00:34:30.780><c> and</c><00:34:31.019><c> Joseph</c><00:34:31.639><c> would</c><00:34:32.579><c> not</c><00:34:32.980><c> claim</c><00:34:33.679><c> the</c><00:34:34.679><c> ability</c><00:34:35.139><c> to</c>

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.619
interpret<00:34:35.980><c> dreams</c>

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:42.260
as<00:34:37.900><c> would</c><00:34:38.500><c> the</c><00:34:39.679><c> wise</c><00:34:40.099><c> men</c><00:34:40.340><c> of</c><00:34:40.559><c> Egypt</c><00:34:41.059><c> to</c><00:34:41.420><c> Pharaoh,</c>

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:46.039
as<00:34:42.940><c> would</c><00:34:43.139><c> the</c><00:34:43.420><c> wise</c><00:34:43.739><c> men</c><00:34:44.179><c> of</c><00:34:44.559><c> Babylon</c><00:34:44.900><c> to</c><00:34:45.139><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:48.880
They<00:34:46.739><c> claimed</c><00:34:47.099><c> to</c><00:34:47.320><c> know</c><00:34:47.519><c> everything</c><00:34:47.920><c> about,</c><00:34:48.159><c> they</c><00:34:48.300><c> would</c><00:34:48.500><c> look</c><00:34:48.699><c> in</c>

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.219
the<00:34:49.019><c> liver</c>

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:52.679
and<00:34:49.579><c> interpret</c><00:34:49.940><c> the</c><00:34:50.579><c> signs</c><00:34:51.039><c> that</c><00:34:51.300><c> they</c><00:34:51.539><c> saw</c><00:34:51.780><c> there</c><00:34:52.119><c> and</c><00:34:52.579><c> give</c>

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:54.079
an<00:34:52.960><c> interpretation.</c>

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:58.539
But<00:34:54.719><c> both</c><00:34:55.019><c> of</c><00:34:55.239><c> these</c><00:34:55.480><c> young</c><00:34:55.739><c> men</c><00:34:56.139><c> in</c><00:34:56.519><c> captivity</c><00:34:57.159><c> say,</c>

00:34:58.820 --> 00:35:01.699
Do<00:34:58.820><c> not</c><00:34:59.099><c> interpretations</c><00:34:59.920><c> belong</c><00:35:00.360><c> to</c><00:35:00.699><c> God?</c>

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:10.000
So<00:35:04.139><c> he</c><00:35:04.800><c> shows</c><00:35:05.139><c> the</c><00:35:05.559><c> interpretation</c><00:35:06.179><c> which</c><00:35:06.699><c> God</c><00:35:07.300><c> has</c><00:35:08.079><c> shown</c><00:35:08.360><c> to</c><00:35:08.719><c> him.</c>

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:14.559
But<00:35:12.300><c> the</c><00:35:12.880><c> frailty</c><00:35:13.260><c> of</c><00:35:13.559><c> human</c><00:35:13.760><c> nature</c><00:35:14.139><c> is</c><00:35:14.440><c> such,</c>

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:19.599
yet<00:35:14.960><c> did</c><00:35:15.400><c> not</c><00:35:15.679><c> the</c><00:35:15.880><c> chief</c><00:35:16.139><c> butler</c><00:35:16.539><c> remember</c><00:35:17.079><c> Joseph</c><00:35:17.539><c> but</c><00:35:17.940><c> forgot</c><00:35:18.539><c> him.</c>

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:21.900
How<00:35:20.159><c> typical,</c><00:35:20.800><c> isn't</c><00:35:20.940><c> it,</c><00:35:21.300><c> brethren</c><00:35:21.480><c> and</c><00:35:21.639><c> sisters?</c>

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:23.739
And<00:35:22.139><c> we're</c><00:35:22.340><c> like</c><00:35:22.460><c> that</c><00:35:22.659><c> sometimes.</c>

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:27.059
We're<00:35:24.059><c> put</c><00:35:24.239><c> in</c><00:35:24.400><c> a</c><00:35:24.639><c> position,</c><00:35:25.360><c> a</c><00:35:25.559><c> difficult</c><00:35:25.900><c> position.</c>

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:30.980
We're<00:35:28.019><c> saved</c><00:35:28.440><c> from</c><00:35:28.960><c> that</c><00:35:29.400><c> difficult</c><00:35:29.860><c> position</c><00:35:30.280><c> by</c><00:35:30.579><c> a</c><00:35:30.739><c> series</c>

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.880
of<00:35:31.360><c> circumstances,</c>

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:34.699
perhaps<00:35:32.400><c> involving</c><00:35:32.960><c> someone</c><00:35:33.320><c> who</c><00:35:33.500><c> has</c><00:35:33.679><c> helped</c><00:35:33.860><c> us</c><00:35:34.159><c> considerably.</c>

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:36.739
And<00:35:35.280><c> when</c><00:35:35.480><c> everything</c><00:35:35.800><c> goes</c><00:35:36.139><c> right</c><00:35:36.440><c> again,</c>

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:40.260
we<00:35:37.179><c> forget</c><00:35:37.579><c> the</c><00:35:37.840><c> person</c><00:35:38.099><c> who</c><00:35:38.260><c> has</c><00:35:38.420><c> been</c><00:35:38.599><c> the</c><00:35:39.880><c> instrument</c><00:35:40.119><c> of</c>

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:42.059
God's<00:35:40.699><c> hand</c><00:35:40.840><c> in</c><00:35:41.039><c> our</c><00:35:41.260><c> lives.</c>

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:45.659
That's<00:35:42.900><c> sad,</c><00:35:43.440><c> but</c><00:35:43.800><c> it's</c><00:35:44.539><c> human</c><00:35:44.739><c> nature.</c>

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:48.380
And<00:35:45.980><c> we</c><00:35:46.119><c> do</c><00:35:46.320><c> that</c><00:35:46.579><c> sort</c><00:35:46.760><c> of</c><00:35:46.920><c> thing</c><00:35:47.099><c> rather</c><00:35:47.420><c> sadly.</c>

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:55.739
Well<00:35:51.659><c> then,</c><00:35:52.380><c> of</c><00:35:52.699><c> course,</c><00:35:53.659><c> Joseph</c><00:35:53.920><c> is</c><00:35:54.219><c> still</c><00:35:54.460><c> in</c><00:35:54.679><c> captivity.</c>

00:35:56.780 --> 00:36:01.639
It<00:35:56.940><c> came</c><00:35:57.239><c> to</c><00:35:57.519><c> pass</c><00:35:57.760><c> at</c><00:35:57.980><c> the</c><00:35:58.219><c> end</c><00:35:58.460><c> of</c><00:35:58.780><c> two</c><00:35:59.739><c> full</c><00:36:00.380><c> years</c><00:36:01.139><c> that</c>

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:04.400
Pharaoh<00:36:03.300><c> dreamed,</c>

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:06.619
and<00:36:04.619><c> behold,</c><00:36:05.019><c> he</c><00:36:05.239><c> stood</c><00:36:05.400><c> by</c><00:36:05.659><c> the</c><00:36:05.800><c> river.</c>

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:11.599
Now,<00:36:09.559><c> it's</c><00:36:09.760><c> difficult</c><00:36:10.179><c> for</c><00:36:10.420><c> us</c><00:36:10.679><c> to</c><00:36:10.940><c> appreciate.</c>

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:15.679
I<00:36:12.199><c> mean,</c><00:36:12.559><c> this</c><00:36:12.880><c> is</c><00:36:13.519><c> a</c><00:36:13.639><c> story</c><00:36:13.960><c> to</c><00:36:14.199><c> us</c><00:36:14.400><c> and</c><00:36:14.519><c> we</c><00:36:14.699><c> accept</c><00:36:15.159><c> the</c><00:36:15.400><c> story</c>

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.719
of<00:36:15.900><c> each</c><00:36:16.099><c> of</c><00:36:16.239><c> the</c><00:36:16.440><c> dreams</c>

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:18.559
and<00:36:16.880><c> we</c><00:36:17.139><c> understand</c><00:36:17.599><c> them.</c>

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:21.559
But<00:36:19.099><c> we</c><00:36:19.280><c> don't</c><00:36:19.539><c> realize</c><00:36:20.000><c> the</c><00:36:20.340><c> full</c><00:36:20.559><c> significance</c><00:36:21.179><c> of</c><00:36:21.420><c> them</c>

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:23.880
because<00:36:22.059><c> let's</c><00:36:22.599><c> remember,</c><00:36:23.159><c> brethren</c><00:36:23.320><c> and</c><00:36:23.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:28.360
that<00:36:24.420><c> the</c><00:36:24.780><c> Nile,</c><00:36:25.440><c> the</c><00:36:25.719><c> river,</c><00:36:26.320><c> was</c><00:36:26.559><c> the</c><00:36:26.900><c> great</c><00:36:27.400><c> god</c><00:36:27.699><c> of</c><00:36:27.940><c> Egypt.</c>

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:33.480
And<00:36:28.980><c> every</c><00:36:29.440><c> year</c><00:36:29.719><c> the</c><00:36:29.940><c> goddess</c><00:36:30.420><c> of</c><00:36:30.739><c> the</c><00:36:30.960><c> river</c><00:36:31.519><c> cried.</c>

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:38.340
The<00:36:34.739><c> tears</c><00:36:35.159><c> ran</c><00:36:35.460><c> down</c><00:36:35.719><c> her</c><00:36:35.980><c> face,</c><00:36:36.980><c> so</c><00:36:37.179><c> they</c><00:36:37.480><c> said,</c>

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:42.599
and<00:36:38.539><c> it</c><00:36:38.659><c> was</c><00:36:38.900><c> that</c><00:36:39.360><c> that</c><00:36:39.800><c> provided</c><00:36:40.320><c> the</c><00:36:40.800><c> annual</c><00:36:41.260><c> rising</c><00:36:41.800><c> of</c>

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.940
the<00:36:43.380><c> Nile</c><00:36:43.659><c> River.</c>

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:46.860
That's<00:36:44.360><c> how</c><00:36:44.599><c> they</c><00:36:44.860><c> thought</c><00:36:45.159><c> about</c><00:36:45.539><c> it,</c><00:36:45.739><c> you</c><00:36:45.960><c> see.</c>

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:54.280
So<00:36:48.119><c> when</c><00:36:48.539><c> you</c><00:36:48.980><c> have</c><00:36:50.539><c> cows,</c><00:36:51.980><c> which</c><00:36:52.239><c> were</c><00:36:52.599><c> also</c><00:36:53.380><c> worshipped</c><00:36:53.980><c> by</c>

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:55.440
the<00:36:54.480><c> Egyptians,</c>

00:36:55.699 --> 00:37:00.699
standing<00:36:55.980><c> by</c><00:36:56.679><c> the</c><00:36:57.059><c> river,</c><00:36:58.500><c> then</c><00:36:58.719><c> this</c><00:36:59.019><c> is</c><00:37:00.119><c> full.</c>

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:04.619
The<00:37:01.659><c> minds</c><00:37:02.139><c> of</c><00:37:02.360><c> the</c><00:37:02.559><c> Egyptians,</c><00:37:03.659><c> the</c><00:37:03.760><c> mind</c><00:37:04.119><c> of</c><00:37:04.440><c> Pharaoh,</c>

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:08.599
would<00:37:05.079><c> fill</c><00:37:05.440><c> with</c><00:37:06.280><c> his</c><00:37:06.659><c> mythological</c><00:37:07.440><c> ideas</c>

00:37:08.409 --> 00:37:12.280
and<00:37:08.739><c> he</c><00:37:08.880><c> would</c><00:37:09.260><c> realize</c><00:37:09.739><c> that</c><00:37:09.880><c> there's</c><00:37:10.099><c> some</c><00:37:10.420><c> great</c><00:37:10.800><c> significance</c><00:37:11.579><c> in</c><00:37:12.059><c> what</c>

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:13.760
is<00:37:12.480><c> going</c><00:37:12.719><c> on.</c>

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:18.079
But<00:37:14.000><c> he</c><00:37:14.099><c> was</c><00:37:14.380><c> floored</c><00:37:14.599><c> by</c><00:37:14.820><c> it.</c><00:37:15.039><c> He</c><00:37:15.239><c> didn't</c><00:37:15.559><c> understand</c><00:37:16.059><c> it.</c>

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:22.880
And<00:37:20.860><c> they</c><00:37:21.239><c> fed</c><00:37:21.539><c> by</c><00:37:21.880><c> a</c><00:37:22.000><c> meadow.</c>

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:29.840
That<00:37:24.699><c> is,</c><00:37:26.219><c> a</c><00:37:27.239><c> meadow</c><00:37:27.599><c> is</c><00:37:27.800><c> a</c><00:37:27.980><c> terribly</c><00:37:28.420><c> English</c><00:37:28.800><c> word,</c><00:37:29.159><c> isn't</c><00:37:29.320><c> it?</c>

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:33.079
A<00:37:30.300><c> meadow,</c><00:37:30.760><c> it</c><00:37:30.760><c> simply</c><00:37:31.079><c> means</c><00:37:31.480><c> reed</c><00:37:32.000><c> grass,</c>

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:36.619
all<00:37:34.219><c> green</c><00:37:34.500><c> grass</c><00:37:34.820><c> which</c><00:37:35.079><c> grows</c><00:37:35.380><c> by</c><00:37:35.639><c> the</c><00:37:35.820><c> river.</c>

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:39.619
And<00:37:37.539><c> of</c><00:37:37.719><c> course</c><00:37:37.920><c> it's</c><00:37:38.219><c> always</c><00:37:38.420><c> been</c><00:37:38.659><c> true,</c><00:37:39.019><c> brethren</c><00:37:39.139><c> and</c><00:37:39.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:43.099
that<00:37:40.239><c> Egypt,</c><00:37:40.880><c> bigger</c><00:37:41.059><c> country</c><00:37:41.440><c> as</c><00:37:41.599><c> it</c><00:37:41.780><c> is</c><00:37:41.920><c> on</c><00:37:42.139><c> the</c><00:37:42.300><c> map,</c>

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:47.139
it<00:37:43.320><c> is</c><00:37:43.500><c> only</c><00:37:43.840><c> the</c><00:37:44.099><c> regions</c><00:37:44.579><c> immediately</c><00:37:45.420><c> on</c><00:37:45.639><c> either</c><00:37:45.960><c> side</c><00:37:46.460><c> of</c>

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:48.559
the<00:37:47.300><c> river</c><00:37:47.559><c> Nile</c>

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:53.880
which<00:37:49.239><c> can</c><00:37:49.559><c> produce</c><00:37:50.019><c> crops</c><00:37:50.519><c> because</c><00:37:51.400><c> of</c><00:37:51.679><c> the</c><00:37:51.940><c> annual</c><00:37:52.340><c> flooding</c><00:37:52.639><c> of</c><00:37:52.840><c> the</c><00:37:53.039><c> Nile.</c>

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:58.039
And<00:37:54.099><c> of</c><00:37:54.260><c> course</c><00:37:54.920><c> Colonel</c><00:37:55.500><c> Nasser,</c><00:37:56.400><c> in</c><00:37:56.699><c> his</c><00:37:57.280><c> foolishness,</c>

00:37:58.039 --> 00:38:01.239
totally<00:37:58.639><c> wrecked</c><00:37:59.099><c> the</c><00:37:59.239><c> ecological</c><00:37:59.860><c> systems</c><00:38:00.639><c> in</c><00:38:00.940><c> Egypt</c>

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:09.719
and<00:38:01.719><c> now</c><00:38:02.059><c> that</c><00:38:02.940><c> area</c><00:38:03.639><c> of</c><00:38:04.480><c> fertile</c><00:38:04.880><c> ground</c><00:38:05.420><c> is</c><00:38:05.920><c> down</c><00:38:06.239><c> to</c><00:38:07.099><c> 4</c><00:38:08.219><c>%</c><00:38:09.360><c> of</c>

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:11.780
the<00:38:09.920><c> land</c><00:38:10.360><c> in</c><00:38:10.880><c> Egypt.</c>

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:15.119
They<00:38:12.199><c> totally</c><00:38:12.539><c> wrecked</c><00:38:12.800><c> it.</c><00:38:12.960><c> Anyway,</c><00:38:13.260><c> that's</c><00:38:13.960><c> another</c><00:38:14.239><c> story.</c>

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:20.519
So<00:38:15.780><c> here</c><00:38:16.039><c> they</c><00:38:16.280><c> are,</c><00:38:17.780><c> here</c><00:38:18.000><c> is</c><00:38:18.300><c> Joseph</c><00:38:18.699><c> in</c><00:38:19.119><c> the</c><00:38:19.320><c> position</c><00:38:19.800><c> of</c>

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:22.940
interpreting<00:38:21.079><c> these</c><00:38:21.820><c> dreams.</c>

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:28.800
But<00:38:24.199><c> isn't</c><00:38:24.480><c> it</c><00:38:25.360><c> wonderful</c><00:38:25.800><c> how</c><00:38:26.619><c> we</c><00:38:27.739><c> would</c><00:38:28.000><c> almost</c><00:38:28.300><c> express</c>

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.840
ourselves<00:38:29.239><c> like</c><00:38:29.579><c> this.</c>

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:32.880
The<00:38:30.260><c> butler</c><00:38:30.460><c> is</c><00:38:30.559><c> a</c><00:38:30.679><c> very</c><00:38:30.920><c> human</c><00:38:31.219><c> man.</c><00:38:31.659><c> Yes,</c><00:38:31.800><c> he</c><00:38:32.019><c> forgot</c><00:38:32.440><c> like</c>

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.679
we<00:38:33.079><c> all</c><00:38:33.320><c> forget.</c>

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:37.219
But<00:38:34.079><c> then</c><00:38:34.340><c> verse</c><00:38:34.599><c> 9</c><00:38:35.500><c> of</c><00:38:36.159><c> chapter</c><00:38:36.420><c> 41,</c>

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:39.840
Then<00:38:37.699><c> spake</c><00:38:37.940><c> the</c><00:38:38.119><c> chief</c><00:38:38.360><c> butler</c><00:38:38.679><c> unto</c><00:38:38.960><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:38:39.699><c> saying,</c>

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:43.960
I<00:38:40.519><c> do</c><00:38:40.840><c> remember</c><00:38:41.280><c> my</c><00:38:41.639><c> faults</c><00:38:41.900><c> this</c><00:38:42.239><c> day,</c><00:38:43.019><c> and</c><00:38:43.199><c> don't</c><00:38:43.360><c> we</c><00:38:43.559><c> all?</c>

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:49.699
And<00:38:44.380><c> it</c><00:38:44.579><c> came</c><00:38:44.840><c> to</c><00:38:45.079><c> him,</c><00:38:46.920><c> and</c><00:38:47.320><c> we</c><00:38:48.079><c> discover</c><00:38:48.639><c> in</c><00:38:49.059><c> verse</c><00:38:49.360><c> 12,</c>

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:53.199
when<00:38:49.840><c> there</c><00:38:50.079><c> was</c><00:38:50.320><c> there</c><00:38:50.599><c> with</c><00:38:50.780><c> us</c><00:38:50.960><c> a</c><00:38:51.159><c> young</c><00:38:51.340><c> man,</c><00:38:52.219><c> and</c><00:38:52.360><c> Hebrew,</c>

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:55.900
servant<00:38:53.539><c> to</c><00:38:53.719><c> the</c><00:38:53.860><c> captain</c><00:38:54.099><c> of</c><00:38:54.260><c> the</c><00:38:54.440><c> guard,</c><00:38:55.079><c> and</c><00:38:55.239><c> we</c><00:38:55.420><c> told</c><00:38:55.679><c> him,</c>

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:58.699
and<00:38:56.059><c> he</c><00:38:56.320><c> interpreted</c><00:38:56.599><c> to</c><00:38:56.800><c> us</c><00:38:56.960><c> our</c><00:38:57.159><c> dreams,</c><00:38:57.579><c> to</c><00:38:57.760><c> each</c><00:38:57.940><c> man</c><00:38:58.139><c> according</c><00:38:58.500><c> to</c>

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.800
the<00:38:58.880><c> dream</c><00:38:59.059><c> he</c><00:38:59.199><c> did</c><00:38:59.440><c> interpret.</c>

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:03.000
And<00:39:00.019><c> it</c><00:39:00.079><c> came</c><00:39:00.260><c> to</c><00:39:00.440><c> pass,</c><00:39:00.619><c> as</c><00:39:00.780><c> he</c><00:39:01.059><c> interpreted</c><00:39:01.380><c> to</c><00:39:01.699><c> us,</c><00:39:02.239><c> so</c><00:39:02.460><c> it</c><00:39:02.699><c> was.</c>

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:07.199
Me<00:39:03.800><c> he</c><00:39:04.280><c> restored</c><00:39:04.639><c> unto</c><00:39:04.880><c> mine</c><00:39:05.059><c> office,</c><00:39:05.679><c> and</c><00:39:05.880><c> him</c><00:39:06.119><c> he</c><00:39:06.400><c> hanged.</c>

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:10.099
Then<00:39:07.760><c> Pharaoh</c><00:39:08.099><c> sent</c><00:39:08.539><c> and</c><00:39:08.800><c> called</c><00:39:09.059><c> Joseph,</c><00:39:09.519><c> and</c><00:39:09.639><c> they</c><00:39:09.920><c> brought</c>

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:11.539
him<00:39:10.320><c> hastily</c><00:39:10.739><c> out</c><00:39:10.960><c> of</c><00:39:11.059><c> the</c><00:39:11.239><c> dungeon,</c>

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:14.500
and<00:39:11.960><c> he</c><00:39:12.239><c> shaved</c><00:39:12.440><c> himself</c><00:39:12.880><c> and</c><00:39:13.079><c> changed</c><00:39:13.380><c> his</c><00:39:13.659><c> raiment</c><00:39:13.920><c> and</c><00:39:14.059><c> came</c><00:39:14.320><c> in</c>

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.119
unto<00:39:14.659><c> Pharaoh.</c>

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:21.920
See,<00:39:17.159><c> the</c><00:39:17.460><c> Egyptians</c><00:39:18.079><c> were</c><00:39:18.460><c> most</c><00:39:19.260><c> scrupulous</c><00:39:20.159><c> in</c><00:39:20.360><c> their</c><00:39:20.679><c> cleanliness.</c>

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:28.679
The<00:39:24.079><c> Egyptian</c><00:39:24.559><c> priests</c><00:39:25.599><c> used</c><00:39:26.659><c> to</c><00:39:27.199><c> literally</c><00:39:27.699><c> scrape</c><00:39:28.400><c> their</c>

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:29.719
bodies<00:39:29.039><c> with</c><00:39:29.380><c> bone,</c>

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:34.940
with<00:39:30.000><c> a</c><00:39:30.239><c> sharp</c><00:39:30.539><c> bone,</c><00:39:31.719><c> as</c><00:39:32.300><c> well</c><00:39:32.519><c> as</c><00:39:32.800><c> wash,</c><00:39:33.400><c> to</c><00:39:33.739><c> cleanse</c><00:39:34.099><c> themselves.</c>

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:38.719
So<00:39:35.619><c> Joseph</c><00:39:35.940><c> too</c><00:39:36.639><c> would</c><00:39:37.159><c> have</c><00:39:37.340><c> been</c><00:39:37.699><c> cleansed</c><00:39:38.019><c> in</c><00:39:38.199><c> this</c><00:39:38.420><c> fashion,</c>

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:41.559
to<00:39:38.920><c> be</c><00:39:39.139><c> brought</c><00:39:39.420><c> into</c><00:39:39.679><c> the</c><00:39:39.920><c> presence</c><00:39:40.219><c> of</c><00:39:40.980><c> a</c><00:39:41.260><c> god.</c>

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:45.059
Let's<00:39:42.360><c> remember,</c><00:39:43.380><c> Pharaoh</c><00:39:43.480><c> looked</c><00:39:43.739><c> upon</c><00:39:43.980><c> himself</c><00:39:44.440><c> as</c><00:39:44.699><c> a</c><00:39:44.840><c> god,</c>

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:50.179
so<00:39:45.519><c> he</c><00:39:45.639><c> would</c><00:39:45.840><c> have</c><00:39:46.000><c> to</c><00:39:46.179><c> be</c><00:39:46.320><c> most</c><00:39:47.039><c> scrupulously</c><00:39:47.880><c> cleansed</c><00:39:48.780><c> and</c><00:39:49.119><c> shaven.</c>

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:54.380
This<00:39:51.059><c> is</c><00:39:51.440><c> one</c><00:39:51.679><c> of</c><00:39:51.800><c> the</c><00:39:51.860><c> reasons</c><00:39:52.239><c> why</c><00:39:52.699><c> the</c><00:39:53.019><c> Egyptians</c><00:39:53.380><c> would</c><00:39:53.659><c> have</c><00:39:53.880><c> nothing</c><00:39:54.119><c> to</c>

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:56.300
do<00:39:54.860><c> with</c><00:39:55.460><c> shepherds,</c>

00:39:56.380 --> 00:40:00.619
because<00:39:56.900><c> they</c><00:39:57.179><c> were</c><00:39:57.820><c> people</c><00:39:58.659><c> who</c><00:39:58.860><c> were</c><00:39:59.179><c> unshaven,</c><00:40:00.219><c> therefore</c>

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:03.000
unwashed,<00:40:01.559><c> therefore</c><00:40:01.920><c> dirty.</c>

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:06.679
This<00:40:03.920><c> was</c><00:40:04.239><c> the</c><00:40:04.480><c> idea</c><00:40:04.880><c> behind</c><00:40:05.280><c> it.</c>

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:11.000
So<00:40:08.179><c> he's</c><00:40:08.460><c> brought</c><00:40:08.900><c> into</c><00:40:09.340><c> the</c><00:40:09.559><c> presence</c><00:40:09.840><c> of</c><00:40:10.280><c> Pharaoh.</c>

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:16.260
Verse<00:40:13.539><c> 16,</c><00:40:14.280><c> and</c><00:40:14.559><c> Joseph</c><00:40:14.920><c> answered</c><00:40:15.400><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:40:16.219><c> saying,</c>

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:22.719
It<00:40:16.599><c> is</c><00:40:16.900><c> not</c><00:40:17.239><c> in</c><00:40:17.619><c> me,</c><00:40:18.420><c> God</c><00:40:19.199><c> shall</c><00:40:19.699><c> give</c><00:40:20.039><c> Pharaoh</c><00:40:20.559><c> an</c><00:40:21.139><c> answer</c><00:40:21.480><c> of</c><00:40:21.760><c> peace.</c>

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:26.559
There's<00:40:24.179><c> no</c><00:40:24.420><c> need,</c><00:40:24.659><c> you</c><00:40:24.900><c> see,</c><00:40:25.079><c> in</c><00:40:25.239><c> this</c><00:40:25.440><c> context,</c><00:40:26.159><c> to</c><00:40:26.380><c> call</c>

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:28.460
him<00:40:27.079><c> the</c><00:40:27.500><c> Lord.</c>

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:32.719
The<00:40:30.539><c> mighty</c><00:40:30.880><c> one</c><00:40:31.059><c> is</c><00:40:31.320><c> sufficient</c><00:40:31.679><c> here.</c>

00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:38.219
God<00:40:34.800><c> shall</c><00:40:35.360><c> give</c><00:40:35.719><c> Pharaoh</c><00:40:36.139><c> an</c><00:40:36.659><c> answer</c><00:40:36.940><c> of</c><00:40:37.179><c> peace.</c>

00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:42.519
But<00:40:39.880><c> I</c><00:40:40.440><c> don't</c><00:40:40.719><c> think</c><00:40:40.840><c> we</c><00:40:41.059><c> realise</c><00:40:41.460><c> the</c><00:40:41.659><c> significance</c><00:40:42.199><c> of</c><00:40:42.420><c> this.</c>

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:44.840
It's<00:40:42.719><c> like</c><00:40:42.980><c> Moses</c><00:40:43.360><c> later</c><00:40:43.760><c> on.</c>

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:52.380
Here<00:40:45.440><c> is</c><00:40:45.659><c> a</c><00:40:45.820><c> man</c><00:40:46.400><c> brought</c><00:40:46.880><c> out</c><00:40:47.139><c> of</c><00:40:47.360><c> jail,</c><00:40:48.300><c> telling</c><00:40:48.780><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:40:49.980><c> who</c><00:40:50.219><c> looked</c><00:40:50.440><c> upon</c><00:40:50.679><c> himself</c><00:40:51.159><c> as</c><00:40:51.460><c> a</c><00:40:51.639><c> god,</c>

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:55.900
that<00:40:53.480><c> God</c><00:40:54.039><c> would</c><00:40:54.719><c> give</c><00:40:54.920><c> him</c><00:40:55.139><c> an</c><00:40:55.280><c> answer</c><00:40:55.480><c> of</c><00:40:55.760><c> peace.</c>

00:40:56.079 --> 00:41:00.980
That<00:40:56.300><c> would</c><00:40:56.519><c> be</c><00:40:56.800><c> an</c><00:40:57.099><c> affront</c><00:40:58.460><c> to</c><00:40:59.739><c> the</c><00:40:59.920><c> majesty</c><00:41:00.400><c> of</c><00:41:00.719><c> Pharaoh.</c>

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:03.739
What<00:41:01.579><c> courage</c><00:41:02.019><c> this</c><00:41:02.340><c> young</c><00:41:02.559><c> man</c><00:41:02.800><c> needed.</c>

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:05.639
What<00:41:04.340><c> courage</c><00:41:04.719><c> Daniel</c><00:41:05.139><c> needed.</c>

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:08.900
They're<00:41:06.300><c> of</c><00:41:06.400><c> the</c><00:41:06.699><c> same</c><00:41:07.019><c> category,</c><00:41:07.820><c> these</c><00:41:07.940><c> two.</c>

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:12.280
And<00:41:10.039><c> he's</c><00:41:10.360><c> brought</c><00:41:10.780><c> before</c><00:41:11.340><c> him.</c>

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:18.460
And<00:41:13.300><c> as</c><00:41:13.619><c> I</c><00:41:13.860><c> say,</c><00:41:14.320><c> we</c><00:41:14.739><c> know</c><00:41:15.380><c> the</c><00:41:15.960><c> story</c><00:41:16.219><c> well,</c><00:41:16.659><c> don't</c><00:41:16.760><c> we,</c><00:41:17.219><c> brethren</c><00:41:17.400><c> and</c><00:41:17.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:22.679
of<00:41:19.639><c> Joseph</c><00:41:20.320><c> in</c><00:41:21.159><c> the</c><00:41:21.400><c> court</c><00:41:21.599><c> of</c><00:41:22.000><c> Pharaoh.</c>

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:28.619
Well,<00:41:25.139><c> again,</c><00:41:26.059><c> this</c><00:41:26.199><c> young</c><00:41:26.460><c> man</c><00:41:26.880><c> is</c><00:41:27.340><c> exalted</c><00:41:27.739><c> to</c><00:41:28.019><c> a</c><00:41:28.179><c> position</c>

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:30.860
of<00:41:29.340><c> great</c><00:41:29.579><c> authority.</c>

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:34.940
Verse<00:41:32.760><c> 44,</c><00:41:33.519><c> and</c><00:41:33.719><c> Pharaoh</c><00:41:33.980><c> said</c><00:41:34.260><c> unto</c><00:41:34.500><c> Joseph,</c>

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:38.719
I<00:41:35.320><c> am</c><00:41:35.619><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:41:36.460><c> and</c><00:41:36.619><c> without</c><00:41:37.019><c> thee</c><00:41:37.280><c> shall</c><00:41:37.579><c> no</c><00:41:37.920><c> man</c><00:41:38.159><c> lift</c><00:41:38.480><c> up</c>

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:42.260
his<00:41:39.000><c> hand</c><00:41:39.360><c> or</c><00:41:39.840><c> foot</c><00:41:40.119><c> in</c><00:41:40.619><c> all</c><00:41:40.840><c> the</c><00:41:41.019><c> land</c><00:41:41.179><c> of</c><00:41:41.400><c> Egypt.</c>

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.800
That's<00:41:42.780><c> remarkable,</c><00:41:43.340><c> isn't</c><00:41:43.519><c> it?</c>

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:47.300
No<00:41:44.219><c> man</c><00:41:44.420><c> was</c><00:41:44.619><c> to</c><00:41:44.800><c> do</c><00:41:45.019><c> anything,</c><00:41:45.820><c> no</c><00:41:46.019><c> man</c><00:41:46.260><c> was</c><00:41:46.440><c> to</c><00:41:46.699><c> go</c><00:41:46.820><c> anywhere</c>

00:41:47.300 --> 00:41:49.079
without<00:41:47.840><c> the</c><00:41:48.099><c> authority</c><00:41:48.500><c> of</c><00:41:48.739><c> Joseph.</c>

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:56.019
And<00:41:50.480><c> Pharaoh</c><00:41:50.739><c> called</c><00:41:51.099><c> Joseph's</c><00:41:51.980><c> name</c><00:41:52.500><c> Zafnath</c><00:41:53.619><c> Payaneer.</c>

00:41:56.820 --> 00:42:02.019
Now,<00:41:58.320><c> if</c><00:41:59.039><c> you</c><00:41:59.199><c> look</c><00:41:59.340><c> in</c><00:41:59.500><c> the</c><00:41:59.699><c> margin,</c><00:42:00.760><c> it</c><00:42:01.000><c> says,</c>

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:05.019
which<00:42:02.179><c> in</c><00:42:02.340><c> the</c><00:42:02.519><c> Coptic</c><00:42:02.940><c> signifies</c><00:42:03.639><c> a</c><00:42:04.019><c> revealer</c><00:42:04.420><c> of</c><00:42:04.659><c> secrets</c>

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:09.579
or<00:42:05.579><c> the</c><00:42:05.940><c> man</c><00:42:06.679><c> to</c><00:42:07.139><c> whom</c><00:42:07.559><c> secrets</c><00:42:08.179><c> are</c><00:42:08.579><c> revealed.</c>

00:42:11.739 --> 00:42:15.420
But<00:42:12.539><c> it</c><00:42:12.920><c> can</c><00:42:13.139><c> also</c><00:42:13.559><c> mean,</c><00:42:14.079><c> so</c><00:42:14.360><c> I'm</c><00:42:14.539><c> given</c><00:42:14.639><c> to</c><00:42:14.920><c> understand,</c>

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:18.460
the<00:42:16.159><c> Saviour</c><00:42:16.860><c> of</c><00:42:17.099><c> the</c><00:42:17.300><c> world.</c>

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:22.239
And<00:42:19.840><c> that's</c><00:42:20.099><c> exactly</c><00:42:20.460><c> what</c><00:42:20.659><c> he</c><00:42:20.840><c> became,</c><00:42:21.239><c> of</c><00:42:21.480><c> course.</c>

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:27.500
And<00:42:23.739><c> what</c><00:42:24.340><c> happens</c><00:42:25.019><c> to</c><00:42:25.960><c> the</c><00:42:26.179><c> Saviour</c><00:42:26.679><c> of</c><00:42:26.940><c> the</c><00:42:27.179><c> world?</c>

00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:30.059
He<00:42:27.880><c> is</c><00:42:28.119><c> given</c><00:42:28.340><c> a</c><00:42:28.519><c> Gentile</c><00:42:29.059><c> bride.</c>

00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:34.719
That's<00:42:32.639><c> a</c><00:42:32.739><c> thought,</c><00:42:33.019><c> isn't</c><00:42:33.159><c> it?</c>

00:42:37.300 --> 00:42:40.760
And<00:42:37.599><c> Joseph</c><00:42:37.860><c> was</c><00:42:38.159><c> 30</c><00:42:38.500><c> years</c><00:42:38.820><c> old</c><00:42:39.059><c> when</c><00:42:39.219><c> he</c><00:42:39.440><c> stood</c><00:42:39.639><c> before</c><00:42:40.079><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:42:40.559><c> King</c>

00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:41.460
of<00:42:40.940><c> Egypt.</c>

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:44.679
And<00:42:42.300><c> Joseph</c><00:42:42.619><c> went</c><00:42:42.880><c> out</c><00:42:43.219><c> from</c><00:42:43.380><c> the</c><00:42:43.559><c> presence</c><00:42:43.820><c> of</c><00:42:44.199><c> Pharaoh</c><00:42:44.360><c> and</c>

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:47.000
went<00:42:44.920><c> throughout</c><00:42:45.139><c> all</c><00:42:45.440><c> the</c><00:42:45.599><c> land</c><00:42:45.800><c> of</c><00:42:46.019><c> Egypt.</c>

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:48.920
So<00:42:47.239><c> he's</c><00:42:47.400><c> only</c><00:42:47.800><c> 30</c><00:42:48.139><c> years</c><00:42:48.420><c> of</c><00:42:48.639><c> age.</c>

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:52.019
Sold<00:42:49.579><c> by</c><00:42:49.860><c> his</c><00:42:50.099><c> brothers</c><00:42:50.360><c> when</c><00:42:50.519><c> he's</c><00:42:50.780><c> 17,</c>

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:56.739
30<00:42:53.219><c> years</c><00:42:53.519><c> of</c><00:42:53.719><c> age</c><00:42:53.920><c> when</c><00:42:54.179><c> he</c><00:42:54.599><c> is</c><00:42:55.000><c> exalted</c><00:42:55.420><c> to</c><00:42:55.659><c> this</c><00:42:56.079><c> position</c>

00:42:56.739 --> 00:43:00.539
of<00:42:59.239><c> Grand</c><00:42:59.980><c> Vizier,</c>

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:04.239
I<00:43:00.840><c> think</c><00:43:01.099><c> would</c><00:43:01.239><c> be</c><00:43:01.400><c> the</c><00:43:01.739><c> correct</c><00:43:01.940><c> title,</c><00:43:03.099><c> in</c><00:43:03.360><c> the</c><00:43:03.519><c> land</c><00:43:03.739><c> of</c><00:43:04.000><c> Egypt.</c>

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:09.099
Second<00:43:04.940><c> only</c><00:43:05.539><c> to</c><00:43:05.860><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:43:06.699><c> he's</c><00:43:07.099><c> given</c><00:43:07.480><c> the</c><00:43:08.219><c> king's</c><00:43:08.880><c> signic</c>

00:43:09.099 --> 00:43:10.119
ring<00:43:09.320><c> of</c><00:43:09.619><c> authority.</c>

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:15.199
That<00:43:10.719><c> is</c><00:43:10.980><c> the</c><00:43:11.139><c> ring</c><00:43:11.679><c> in</c><00:43:12.260><c> the</c><00:43:12.559><c> cartouche</c><00:43:13.559><c> with</c><00:43:14.460><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:43:15.039><c> name</c>

00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:15.679
in<00:43:15.280><c> it,</c>

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:22.260
which<00:43:15.940><c> he</c><00:43:16.119><c> would</c><00:43:18.000><c> stamp</c><00:43:18.360><c> into</c><00:43:19.019><c> a</c><00:43:19.320><c> seal</c><00:43:19.659><c> on</c><00:43:20.480><c> a</c><00:43:20.639><c> papyrus</c><00:43:21.079><c> document.</c>

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:25.059
So<00:43:23.079><c> it</c><00:43:23.179><c> is</c><00:43:23.420><c> quite</c><00:43:23.679><c> remarkable.</c>

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:34.920
So<00:43:29.159><c> Joseph</c><00:43:29.480><c> became</c><00:43:30.179><c> a</c><00:43:31.539><c> servant</c><00:43:32.139><c> in</c><00:43:33.820><c> the</c><00:43:34.039><c> house</c><00:43:34.300><c> of</c><00:43:34.599><c> Potiphar.</c>

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:36.340
We<00:43:35.179><c> go</c><00:43:35.400><c> back</c><00:43:35.739><c> for</c><00:43:35.960><c> a</c><00:43:36.099><c> moment.</c>

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:39.820
He<00:43:36.460><c> became</c><00:43:36.840><c> a</c><00:43:37.519><c> servant</c><00:43:37.800><c> in</c><00:43:38.039><c> the</c><00:43:38.179><c> house</c><00:43:38.420><c> of</c><00:43:38.639><c> Potiphar.</c>

00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:46.460
The<00:43:40.320><c> Lord</c><00:43:40.579><c> Jesus</c><00:43:41.039><c> Christ</c><00:43:41.960><c> took</c><00:43:42.320><c> upon</c><00:43:42.699><c> himself</c><00:43:43.679><c> the</c><00:43:44.139><c> form</c><00:43:44.579><c> of</c><00:43:45.260><c> a</c><00:43:45.440><c> servant.</c>

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:51.119
Joseph<00:43:49.440><c> was</c><00:43:49.960><c> tempted.</c>

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:56.920
The<00:43:52.719><c> Lord</c><00:43:53.079><c> was</c><00:43:53.440><c> tempted</c><00:43:53.960><c> in</c><00:43:54.300><c> all</c><00:43:54.579><c> points,</c><00:43:55.579><c> like</c><00:43:55.840><c> as</c><00:43:56.159><c> we</c><00:43:56.360><c> are,</c>

00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:58.699
yet<00:43:57.739><c> without</c><00:43:58.260><c> sin.</c>

00:43:59.179 --> 00:44:03.880
And<00:43:59.380><c> in</c><00:43:59.539><c> this</c><00:43:59.760><c> particular,</c><00:44:00.840><c> of</c><00:44:01.199><c> course,</c><00:44:02.039><c> Joseph</c><00:44:02.500><c> is</c><00:44:03.000><c> a</c><00:44:03.360><c> close</c>

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:05.320
type<00:44:04.519><c> of</c><00:44:04.940><c> the</c><00:44:05.139><c> Lord</c>

00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:10.440
because<00:44:05.679><c> he</c><00:44:05.860><c> did</c><00:44:06.159><c> not</c><00:44:06.420><c> succumb</c><00:44:07.440><c> to</c><00:44:07.679><c> the</c><00:44:08.039><c> temptation</c><00:44:08.780><c> which</c>

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:12.679
threatened<00:44:11.039><c> him.</c>

00:44:14.260 --> 00:44:16.800
We<00:44:14.440><c> read</c><00:44:14.699><c> of</c><00:44:14.880><c> the</c><00:44:15.000><c> Lord,</c><00:44:15.260><c> don't</c><00:44:15.480><c> we,</c><00:44:15.719><c> in</c><00:44:15.800><c> Luke</c><00:44:16.039><c> chapter</c><00:44:16.400><c> 2,</c>

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:24.380
that<00:44:17.280><c> he</c><00:44:17.659><c> grew</c><00:44:18.199><c> in</c><00:44:18.739><c> favor</c><00:44:19.300><c> with</c><00:44:20.039><c> God</c><00:44:21.179><c> and</c><00:44:23.000><c> man.</c>

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:31.780
Joseph<00:44:27.000><c> always</c><00:44:27.679><c> in</c><00:44:28.099><c> favor</c><00:44:28.440><c> with</c><00:44:28.719><c> God</c><00:44:29.039><c> and</c><00:44:29.460><c> despite</c><00:44:30.280><c> all</c><00:44:31.619><c> the</c>

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:33.059
things<00:44:31.960><c> that</c><00:44:32.280><c> happened</c><00:44:32.440><c> to</c><00:44:32.719><c> him,</c>

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:36.960
wherever<00:44:33.559><c> he</c><00:44:33.820><c> found</c><00:44:34.099><c> himself,</c><00:44:35.219><c> because</c><00:44:35.500><c> of</c><00:44:35.699><c> the</c><00:44:35.860><c> quality</c><00:44:36.300><c> of</c>

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:38.099
his<00:44:37.119><c> day</c><00:44:37.559><c>-to</c><00:44:37.719><c>-day</c><00:44:37.880><c> living,</c>

00:44:38.179 --> 00:44:42.500
the<00:44:38.300><c> way</c><00:44:38.659><c> he</c><00:44:38.860><c> comported</c><00:44:39.139><c> himself,</c><00:44:39.719><c> he</c><00:44:39.920><c> was</c><00:44:40.219><c> in</c><00:44:40.500><c> favor</c><00:44:40.800><c> with</c><00:44:41.480><c> man.</c>

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:49.320
Potiphar,<00:44:45.400><c> the</c><00:44:45.699><c> chief</c><00:44:46.019><c> guard</c><00:44:46.380><c> in</c><00:44:46.559><c> the</c><00:44:46.780><c> prison</c><00:44:47.039><c> house,</c><00:44:49.199><c> and</c>

00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:51.880
now<00:44:49.639><c> Pharaoh</c><00:44:50.119><c> himself.</c>

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:56.800
But<00:44:54.619><c> one</c><00:44:54.800><c> little</c><00:44:55.039><c> point</c><00:44:55.320><c> to</c><00:44:55.519><c> finish.</c>

00:44:57.380 --> 00:45:02.079
While<00:44:58.099><c> in</c><00:44:58.380><c> captivity,</c><00:45:00.079><c> Joseph</c><00:45:00.300><c> was</c><00:45:00.619><c> associated</c><00:45:01.380><c> with</c><00:45:01.800><c> two</c>

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:08.320
men,<00:45:05.260><c> bread</c><00:45:05.619><c> and</c><00:45:07.059><c> wine.</c>

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:13.400
But<00:45:09.900><c> he</c><00:45:10.019><c> was</c><00:45:10.340><c> associated</c><00:45:10.980><c> with</c><00:45:11.280><c> two</c><00:45:11.579><c> men</c><00:45:11.820><c> who</c><00:45:12.019><c> had</c><00:45:12.159><c> done</c><00:45:12.340><c> wrong,</c>

00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:20.980
one<00:45:14.940><c> of</c><00:45:15.139><c> whom</c><00:45:15.280><c> lost</c><00:45:15.579><c> his</c><00:45:15.860><c> life,</c><00:45:18.159><c> the</c><00:45:18.440><c> other</c><00:45:18.639><c> of</c><00:45:18.880><c> whom</c><00:45:19.320><c> was</c><00:45:19.860><c> saved.</c>

00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:27.800
And<00:45:22.559><c> we</c><00:45:22.820><c> think</c><00:45:23.059><c> of</c><00:45:23.260><c> those</c><00:45:23.539><c> two</c><00:45:23.800><c> men</c><00:45:24.980><c> hanging</c><00:45:25.639><c> there</c><00:45:25.980><c> on</c><00:45:26.159><c> the</c><00:45:26.440><c> tree</c><00:45:27.079><c> by</c>

00:45:27.800 --> 00:45:29.679
the<00:45:28.059><c> side</c><00:45:28.219><c> of</c><00:45:28.420><c> our</c><00:45:28.599><c> Lord.</c>

00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:37.059
Today<00:45:31.420><c> I</c><00:45:31.679><c> say</c><00:45:31.940><c> unto</c><00:45:32.159><c> thee,</c><00:45:34.139><c> they</c><00:45:34.139><c> shall</c><00:45:34.340><c> be</c><00:45:34.579><c> with</c><00:45:34.760><c> me</c><00:45:35.380><c> in</c><00:45:36.000><c> paradise.</c>