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in</c><00:11:08.460><c> the</c><00:11:08.659><c> land</c><00:11:08.820><c> of</c><00:11:09.000><c> the</c><00:11:09.179><c> Hebrews?</c> 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:14.580 Sixty<00:11:11.519><c>-six,</c><00:11:12.480><c> and</c><00:11:12.799><c> most</c><00:11:13.100><c> of</c><00:11:13.220><c> them</c><00:11:13.320><c> were</c><00:11:13.480><c> children.</c> 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:17.440 And<00:11:15.379><c> he</c><00:11:15.539><c> called</c><00:11:15.720><c> it</c><00:11:15.879><c> the</c><00:11:15.940><c> land</c><00:11:16.179><c> of</c><00:11:16.379><c> the</c><00:11:16.559><c> Hebrews.</c> 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:22.860 They<00:11:18.860><c> were</c><00:11:19.000><c> living</c><00:11:19.159><c> in</c><00:11:19.480><c> tents</c><00:11:19.679><c> for</c><00:11:19.960><c> 215</c><00:11:20.879><c> years</c><00:11:21.299><c> in</c><00:11:21.500><c> a</c><00:11:21.639><c> land</c><00:11:22.059><c> that</c><00:11:22.600><c> was</c> 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:24.259 not<00:11:23.120><c> theirs.</c> 00:11:27.539 --> 00:11:30.500 His<00:11:27.740><c> brothers</c><00:11:28.000><c> were</c><00:11:28.240><c> a</c><00:11:28.580><c> disgrace</c><00:11:28.919><c> to</c><00:11:29.080><c> the</c><00:11:29.240><c> faith</c><00:11:29.399><c> of</c><00:11:29.620><c> Abraham.</c> 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:32.259 Men<00:11:30.919><c> of</c><00:11:31.220><c> Canaan</c><00:11:31.480><c> we</c><00:11:31.740><c> are,</c><00:11:31.919><c> they</c><00:11:32.059><c> said.</c> 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:34.659 No,<00:11:32.539><c> they</c><00:11:32.720><c> weren't.</c><00:11:33.340><c> They</c><00:11:33.480><c> were</c><00:11:33.700><c> Hebrews</c><00:11:34.019><c> like</c><00:11:34.320><c> Joseph.</c> 00:11:34.659 --> 00:11:36.940 But<00:11:34.779><c> they</c><00:11:34.960><c> were</c><00:11:35.240><c> ashamed</c><00:11:35.600><c> of</c><00:11:35.720><c> it.</c> 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:39.539 And<00:11:37.299><c> we</c><00:11:37.419><c> as</c><00:11:37.580><c> Christadelphians</c><00:11:38.179><c> sometimes</c><00:11:38.879><c> go</c><00:11:39.120><c> out</c><00:11:39.220><c> into</c><00:11:39.340><c> the</c> 00:11:39.539 --> 00:11:40.779 world<00:11:39.720><c> and</c><00:11:39.879><c> we</c><00:11:40.059><c> say</c><00:11:40.220><c> to</c><00:11:40.419><c> people,</c> 00:11:40.779 --> 00:11:44.919 Oh,<00:11:41.320><c> we're</c><00:11:41.460><c> Christians,</c><00:11:43.240><c> or</c><00:11:43.360><c> our</c><00:11:43.600><c> church</c><00:11:43.860><c> is</c><00:11:44.039><c> down</c><00:11:44.259><c> the</c><00:11:44.480><c> road,</c> 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:47.580 because<00:11:45.440><c> we</c><00:11:45.600><c> don't</c><00:11:45.840><c> want</c><00:11:46.000><c> to</c><00:11:46.120><c> look</c><00:11:46.259><c> different.</c> 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:51.080 And<00:11:49.559><c> we're</c><00:11:49.720><c> the</c><00:11:49.860><c> seed</c><00:11:49.940><c> of</c><00:11:50.139><c> Abraham.</c> 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:53.559 We're<00:11:51.659><c> strangers</c><00:11:52.000><c> in</c><00:11:52.299><c> pilgrims.</c> 00:11:53.580 --> 00:11:58.019 We<00:11:53.600><c> are</c><00:11:53.899><c> proudly</c><00:11:54.299><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:11:56.039><c> proudly</c><00:11:56.320><c> fundamentalists.</c> 00:11:59.460 --> 00:12:02.279 Let's<00:11:59.659><c> be</c><00:11:59.899><c> proud</c><00:12:00.100><c> of</c><00:12:00.220><c> what</c><00:12:00.399><c> we</c><00:12:00.580><c> are,</c><00:12:00.840><c> young</c><00:12:00.960><c> people.</c> 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:04.360 And<00:12:02.480><c> tell</c><00:12:02.580><c> everybody</c><00:12:03.039><c> that</c><00:12:03.240><c> we're</c><00:12:03.419><c> looking</c><00:12:03.659><c> for</c><00:12:03.860><c> the</c><00:12:04.000><c> land</c><00:12:04.159><c> of</c> 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:05.419 the<00:12:04.519><c> Hebrews.</c> 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:10.320 Never<00:12:08.299><c> be</c><00:12:08.580><c> ashamed</c><00:12:09.000><c> of</c><00:12:09.179><c> your</c><00:12:09.399><c> called</c><00:12:09.720><c> out</c><00:12:09.940><c> position,</c> 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:14.419 that<00:12:10.460><c> you</c><00:12:10.659><c> have</c><00:12:10.919><c> crossed</c><00:12:11.299><c> over</c><00:12:11.860><c> from</c><00:12:12.360><c> death</c><00:12:12.700><c> into</c><00:12:12.980><c> life.</c> 00:12:15.779 --> 00:12:18.580 And<00:12:15.940><c> even</c><00:12:16.080><c> when</c><00:12:16.299><c> Joseph</c><00:12:16.639><c> became</c><00:12:17.000><c> a</c><00:12:17.220><c> ruler,</c><00:12:17.440><c> he</c><00:12:17.580><c> was</c><00:12:17.860><c> still</c><00:12:18.120><c> known</c><00:12:18.379><c> as</c> 00:12:18.580 --> 00:12:18.960 a<00:12:18.759><c> Hebrew.</c> 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:22.059 He<00:12:19.159><c> was</c><00:12:19.379><c> never</c><00:12:19.659><c> ever</c><00:12:20.000><c> called</c><00:12:20.299><c> a</c><00:12:20.539><c> Canaanite</c><00:12:20.899><c> by</c><00:12:21.200><c> anybody.</c> 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:25.659 He<00:12:23.379><c> was</c><00:12:23.559><c> always</c><00:12:23.919><c> called</c><00:12:24.139><c> Joseph</c><00:12:24.559><c> the</c><00:12:24.799><c> Hebrew.</c> 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:30.700 And<00:12:28.580><c> if</c><00:12:28.700><c> we</c><00:12:28.779><c> ever</c><00:12:28.919><c> needed</c><00:12:29.139><c> proof</c><00:12:29.419><c> of</c><00:12:29.679><c> that,</c> 00:12:31.419 --> 00:12:33.919 you<00:12:31.559><c> think</c><00:12:31.659><c> what</c><00:12:31.860><c> happened</c><00:12:32.139><c> at</c><00:12:32.299><c> the</c><00:12:32.399><c> end</c><00:12:32.539><c> of</c><00:12:32.679><c> his</c><00:12:32.899><c> life?</c> 00:12:34.379 --> 00:12:38.139 The<00:12:34.860><c> man</c><00:12:35.139><c> who</c><00:12:35.279><c> had</c><00:12:35.559><c> saved</c><00:12:35.820><c> the</c><00:12:36.039><c> world</c><00:12:36.279><c> from</c><00:12:36.559><c> disaster</c><00:12:37.080><c> and</c><00:12:37.360><c> saved</c><00:12:37.620><c> Egypt</c><00:12:37.899><c> and</c> 00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:39.580 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in</c><00:12:51.519><c> verse</c><00:12:51.740><c> 24.</c> 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:55.419 This<00:12:53.179><c> shows</c><00:12:53.500><c> you</c><00:12:53.679><c> his</c><00:12:53.940><c> pilgrim</c><00:12:54.500><c> spirit.</c> 00:12:56.179 --> 00:12:58.440 He<00:12:56.440><c> refused</c><00:12:57.120><c> to</c><00:12:57.299><c> have</c><00:12:57.419><c> a</c><00:12:57.620><c> pyramid.</c> 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:01.200 Genesis<00:12:59.539><c> 50</c><00:13:00.000><c> in</c><00:13:00.159><c> verse</c><00:13:00.399><c> 24.</c> 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:04.500 And<00:13:02.100><c> Joseph</c><00:13:02.419><c> said</c><00:13:02.620><c> to</c><00:13:02.779><c> his</c><00:13:02.960><c> brethren,</c><00:13:03.539><c> I</c><00:13:03.539><c> die.</c> 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:06.399 And<00:13:05.000><c> God</c><00:13:05.220><c> will</c><00:13:05.600><c> surely</c><00:13:05.960><c> visit</c><00:13:06.240><c> you.</c> 00:13:06.419 --> 00:13:09.259 That's<00:13:06.700><c> the</c><00:13:06.840><c> words</c><00:13:07.139><c> that</c><00:13:07.299><c> were</c><00:13:07.519><c> promised</c><00:13:07.659><c> to</c><00:13:07.899><c> Abraham</c><00:13:08.259><c> in</c><00:13:08.440><c> Genesis</c><00:13:08.779><c> 15.</c> 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:11.720 God<00:13:09.620><c> will</c><00:13:10.059><c> surely</c><00:13:10.399><c> visit</c><00:13:10.700><c> you.</c> 00:13:12.580 --> 00:13:14.620 And<00:13:12.700><c> bring</c><00:13:12.919><c> you</c><00:13:13.080><c> out</c><00:13:13.220><c> of</c><00:13:13.320><c> this</c><00:13:13.559><c> land</c><00:13:13.700><c> to</c><00:13:13.860><c> the</c><00:13:13.980><c> land</c><00:13:14.159><c> which</c><00:13:14.340><c> he</c> 00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:16.600 swore<00:13:14.799><c> to</c><00:13:14.960><c> Abraham</c><00:13:15.360><c> and</c><00:13:15.500><c> to</c><00:13:15.659><c> Isaac</c><00:13:15.940><c> and</c><00:13:16.100><c> to</c><00:13:16.360><c> Jacob.</c> 00:13:17.100 --> 00:13:19.240 You<00:13:17.240><c> see</c><00:13:17.320><c> where</c><00:13:17.500><c> his</c><00:13:17.759><c> faith</c><00:13:18.059><c> is?</c> 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:21.399 He<00:13:19.759><c> took</c><00:13:19.940><c> an</c><00:13:20.120><c> oath</c><00:13:20.220><c> for</c><00:13:20.340><c> the</c><00:13:20.480><c> children</c><00:13:20.679><c> of</c><00:13:20.820><c> Israel</c><00:13:21.139><c> saying,</c> 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:23.679 God<00:13:21.759><c> will</c><00:13:22.139><c> surely</c><00:13:22.460><c> visit</c><00:13:22.759><c> you.</c> 00:13:24.620 --> 00:13:27.460 And<00:13:24.779><c> you</c><00:13:24.980><c> shall</c><00:13:25.179><c> carry</c><00:13:25.480><c> up</c><00:13:25.679><c> my</c><00:13:25.940><c> bones</c><00:13:26.220><c> from</c><00:13:26.539><c> hence.</c> 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:31.899 And<00:13:29.799><c> when</c><00:13:30.019><c> Joseph</c><00:13:30.360><c> died,</c><00:13:30.840><c> they</c><00:13:30.980><c> abombed</c><00:13:31.320><c> him</c><00:13:31.440><c> and</c><00:13:31.559><c> put</c><00:13:31.720><c> him</c><00:13:31.799><c> in</c> 00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:33.379 a<00:13:32.039><c> wooden</c><00:13:32.179><c> box.</c> 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:35.259 An<00:13:34.279><c> ark.</c> 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:37.299 Something<00:13:35.940><c> they</c><00:13:36.100><c> could</c><00:13:36.340><c> carry</c><00:13:36.639><c> through</c><00:13:36.860><c> the</c><00:13:37.019><c> wilderness.</c> 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:38.200 And<00:13:37.500><c> he</c><00:13:37.519><c> was</c><00:13:37.740><c> there</c><00:13:37.980><c> waiting.</c> 00:13:38.299 --> 00:13:41.159 And<00:13:38.379><c> when</c><00:13:38.519><c> they</c><00:13:38.720><c> left</c><00:13:38.960><c> Egypt,</c><00:13:39.259><c> they</c><00:13:39.419><c> took</c><00:13:39.659><c> the</c><00:13:39.879><c> bones</c><00:13:40.100><c> of</c><00:13:40.279><c> Joseph</c><00:13:40.659><c> with</c><00:13:40.940><c> them.</c> 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:43.220 And<00:13:41.840><c> they</c><00:13:42.059><c> carried</c><00:13:42.220><c> it</c><00:13:42.340><c> for</c><00:13:42.559><c> 40</c><00:13:42.840><c> years.</c> 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:44.879 And<00:13:43.399><c> they</c><00:13:43.659><c> buried</c><00:13:43.860><c> it</c><00:13:44.080><c> where?</c> 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:47.779 They<00:13:46.039><c> buried</c><00:13:46.279><c> it</c><00:13:46.419><c> on</c><00:13:46.500><c> the</c><00:13:46.659><c> oak</c><00:13:46.799><c> of</c><00:13:47.080><c> Shechem.</c> 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:50.759 He<00:13:48.980><c> had</c><00:13:49.039><c> given</c><00:13:49.299><c> commandment</c><00:13:49.899><c> concerning</c><00:13:50.259><c> his</c><00:13:50.559><c> bones.</c> 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:52.899 He<00:13:50.879><c> would</c><00:13:51.059><c> go</c><00:13:51.340><c> through</c><00:13:51.500><c> the</c><00:13:51.720><c> wilderness</c><00:13:52.000><c> as</c><00:13:52.200><c> a</c><00:13:52.379><c> testament</c><00:13:52.679><c> to</c> 00:13:52.899 --> 00:13:53.980 all<00:13:53.159><c> 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all</c><00:14:05.440><c> of</c><00:14:05.559><c> my</c><00:14:05.840><c> sons,</c><00:14:06.120><c> said</c><00:14:06.299><c> Jacob,</c><00:14:06.620><c> I've</c><00:14:06.840><c> given</c><00:14:07.019><c> you</c><00:14:07.220><c> the</c> 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:09.879 parcel<00:14:07.799><c> of</c><00:14:08.059><c> ground</c><00:14:08.240><c> that</c><00:14:08.419><c> I</c><00:14:08.580><c> owned</c><00:14:08.720><c> in</c><00:14:08.980><c> Shechem.</c> 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:13.100 And<00:14:11.259><c> there</c><00:14:11.460><c> are</c><00:14:11.580><c> the</c><00:14:11.740><c> well</c><00:14:11.879><c> of</c><00:14:12.120><c> Jacob.</c> 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:18.480 He<00:14:14.340><c> was</c><00:14:14.679><c> planted</c><00:14:14.919><c> in</c><00:14:15.100><c> the</c><00:14:15.360><c> soil</c><00:14:16.000><c> of</c><00:14:16.899><c> Abraham's</c><00:14:17.639><c> land.</c> 00:14:19.059 --> 00:14:21.700 And<00:14:19.600><c> in</c><00:14:19.759><c> the</c><00:14:19.919><c> terms</c><00:14:20.080><c> of</c><00:14:20.279><c> the</c><00:14:20.460><c> prophecy,</c><00:14:20.740><c> he</c><00:14:20.860><c> came</c><00:14:21.159><c> a</c><00:14:21.399><c> fruitful</c> 00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:24.399 bale,<00:14:22.200><c> planted</c><00:14:22.399><c> by</c><00:14:22.700><c> a</c><00:14:22.840><c> well.</c> 00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:31.600 And<00:14:26.139><c> centuries</c><00:14:26.600><c> later,</c><00:14:29.820><c> the</c><00:14:29.960><c> son</c><00:14:30.139><c> of</c><00:14:30.379><c> God,</c><00:14:30.779><c> whom</c><00:14:30.919><c> Joseph</c><00:14:31.379><c> had</c> 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:34.759 been<00:14:31.899><c> so</c><00:14:32.240><c> privileged</c><00:14:32.659><c> to</c><00:14:32.960><c> foreshadow,</c> 00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:39.580 it<00:14:35.039><c> says</c><00:14:35.159><c> in</c><00:14:35.299><c> John</c><00:14:35.600><c> chapter</c><00:14:35.899><c> 4,</c><00:14:36.240><c> he</c><00:14:36.460><c> must</c><00:14:37.179><c> needs</c><00:14:37.820><c> go</c><00:14:38.879><c> through</c><00:14:39.159><c> Samaria.</c> 00:14:39.700 --> 00:14:42.080 Why<00:14:39.960><c> did</c><00:14:40.139><c> Jesus</c><00:14:40.460><c> have</c><00:14:40.740><c> to</c><00:14:40.879><c> go</c><00:14:40.960><c> to</c><00:14:41.159><c> Samaria?</c> 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:46.679 He<00:14:44.340><c> had</c><00:14:44.519><c> to</c><00:14:44.740><c> come</c><00:14:44.960><c> to</c><00:14:45.179><c> Jacob's</c><00:14:45.759><c> well.</c> 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:51.419 And<00:14:48.000><c> at</c><00:14:48.220><c> midday,</c><00:14:48.799><c> sit</c><00:14:48.860><c> under</c><00:14:49.059><c> the</c><00:14:49.379><c> shade</c><00:14:49.779><c> of</c><00:14:50.039><c> the</c><00:14:50.240><c> oak</c><00:14:50.500><c> tree</c><00:14:50.759><c> that</c><00:14:50.899><c> was</c><00:14:51.120><c> by</c> 00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:53.080 Jacob's<00:14:52.000><c> well.</c> 00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:58.379 And<00:14:55.460><c> to</c><00:14:55.620><c> 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prick</c><00:24:26.069><c> their</c><00:24:26.369><c> consciences.</c> 00:24:29.549 --> 00:24:31.950 And<00:24:29.750><c> in</c><00:24:29.890><c> the</c><00:24:29.950><c> end</c><00:24:30.089><c> they</c><00:24:30.230><c> couldn't</c><00:24:30.549><c> stand</c><00:24:30.829><c> the</c><00:24:31.190><c> sight</c><00:24:31.329><c> of</c><00:24:31.529><c> silver,</c><00:24:31.849><c> they</c> 00:24:31.950 --> 00:24:34.369 couldn't<00:24:32.250><c> wait</c><00:24:32.509><c> to</c><00:24:32.730><c> give</c><00:24:32.849><c> it</c><00:24:33.049><c> back.</c> 00:24:34.910 --> 00:24:37.109 And<00:24:35.309><c> he</c><00:24:35.450><c> cured</c><00:24:35.670><c> them</c><00:24:35.849><c> of</c><00:24:35.970><c> their</c><00:24:36.210><c> greed.</c> 00:24:39.430 --> 00:24:42.349 And<00:24:40.009><c> he</c><00:24:40.250><c> restrained</c><00:24:40.630><c> himself</c><00:24:40.809><c> on</c><00:24:40.990><c> this</c><00:24:41.150><c> first</c><00:24:41.410><c> visit.</c> 00:24:42.930 --> 00:24:46.470 And<00:24:43.009><c> having</c><00:24:43.170><c> put</c><00:24:43.369><c> them</c><00:24:43.549><c> in</c><00:24:43.789><c> ward</c><00:24:43.910><c> for</c><00:24:44.150><c> three</c><00:24:44.450><c> days,</c><00:24:45.970><c> he</c><00:24:46.130><c> kept</c> 00:24:46.470 --> 00:24:49.690 Simeon<00:24:46.869><c> there</c><00:24:47.190><c> and</c><00:24:47.410><c> sent</c><00:24:47.710><c> the</c><00:24:47.910><c> rest</c><00:24:48.069><c> back</c><00:24:48.410><c> home.</c> 00:24:52.490 --> 00:24:55.309 And<00:24:53.069><c> he</c><00:24:53.150><c> didn't</c><00:24:53.329><c> know</c><00:24:53.549><c> if</c><00:24:53.630><c> they</c><00:24:53.750><c> would</c><00:24:53.869><c> ever</c><00:24:54.089><c> come</c><00:24:54.309><c> back.</c> 00:24:57.369 --> 00:25:00.509 You<00:24:57.589><c> imagine</c><00:24:57.930><c> sending</c><00:24:58.289><c> away</c><00:24:58.650><c> those</c><00:24:58.950><c> brothers</c><00:24:59.230><c> he</c><00:24:59.589><c> loved</c><00:24:59.789><c> after</c><00:25:00.190><c> 20</c> 00:25:00.509 --> 00:25:03.549 years,<00:25:01.349><c> not</c><00:25:01.690><c> knowing</c><00:25:01.990><c> if</c><00:25:02.130><c> they</c><00:25:02.289><c> would</c><00:25:02.509><c> ever</c><00:25:02.809><c> come</c><00:25:03.130><c> back.</c> 00:25:03.549 --> 00:25:08.269 And<00:25:04.630><c> he's</c><00:25:04.849><c> got</c><00:25:05.069><c> Simeon</c><00:25:05.349><c> there</c><00:25:05.630><c> for</c><00:25:05.829><c> three</c><00:25:06.109><c> months,</c><00:25:06.789><c> months</c><00:25:06.970><c> on</c><00:25:07.210><c> end.</c> 00:25:08.289 --> 00:25:10.809 And<00:25:08.470><c> he</c><00:25:08.549><c> had</c><00:25:08.670><c> to</c><00:25:08.910><c> refrain</c><00:25:09.150><c> himself</c><00:25:09.609><c> from</c><00:25:09.829><c> going</c><00:25:10.109><c> down</c><00:25:10.329><c> to</c><00:25:10.430><c> Simeon.</c> 00:25:10.950 --> 00:25:14.890 How<00:25:11.269><c> tempting</c><00:25:11.589><c> to</c><00:25:11.710><c> go</c><00:25:11.910><c> into</c><00:25:12.049><c> the</c><00:25:12.289><c> prison</c><00:25:12.589><c> and</c><00:25:12.930><c> to</c><00:25:13.130><c> talk</c><00:25:13.250><c> to</c><00:25:13.450><c> Simeon,</c><00:25:13.809><c> his</c><00:25:13.970><c> brother.</c> 00:25:16.950 --> 00:25:19.589 And<00:25:17.509><c> he</c><00:25:17.750><c> refrained</c><00:25:18.009><c> himself</c><00:25:18.410><c> because</c><00:25:18.730><c> he</c><00:25:18.910><c> had</c><00:25:19.009><c> the</c><00:25:19.190><c> ultimate</c> 00:25:19.589 --> 00:25:20.609 benefit<00:25:20.009><c> in</c><00:25:20.309><c> mind.</c> 00:25:21.029 --> 00:25:23.650 And<00:25:21.170><c> then</c><00:25:21.269><c> we</c><00:25:21.410><c> come</c><00:25:21.509><c> to</c><00:25:21.630><c> chapter</c><00:25:21.890><c> 43</c><00:25:22.509><c> and</c><00:25:22.650><c> the</c><00:25:22.970><c> hardest</c><00:25:23.309><c> moment</c> 00:25:23.650 --> 00:25:25.710 of<00:25:23.869><c> all,</c><00:25:24.970><c> verse</c><00:25:25.109><c> 29.</c> 00:25:25.809 --> 00:25:28.130 Chapter<00:25:25.990><c> 43</c><00:25:26.650><c> verse</c><00:25:26.970><c> 29.</c> 00:25:29.109 --> 00:25:32.309 The<00:25:29.490><c> absolute</c><00:25:30.089><c> hardest</c><00:25:30.809><c> moment</c><00:25:31.269><c> of</c><00:25:31.529><c> all.</c> 00:25:35.130 --> 00:25:38.369 When<00:25:35.769><c> Benjamin</c><00:25:36.349><c> turns</c><00:25:36.930><c> up.</c> 00:25:38.589 --> 00:25:40.930 Now<00:25:38.710><c> Benjamin</c><00:25:39.049><c> is</c><00:25:39.250><c> his</c><00:25:39.609><c> full</c><00:25:39.849><c> brother.</c> 00:25:42.809 --> 00:25:45.109 He<00:25:42.910><c> hasn't</c><00:25:43.130><c> seen</c><00:25:43.410><c> Benjamin</c><00:25:43.809><c> for</c><00:25:44.009><c> 20</c><00:25:44.289><c> years.</c> 00:25:47.390 --> 00:25:51.049 When<00:25:47.529><c> he</c><00:25:47.710><c> last</c><00:25:47.950><c> saw</c><00:25:48.089><c> Benjamin,</c><00:25:48.630><c> Benjamin</c><00:25:49.049><c> was</c><00:25:49.329><c> about</c><00:25:49.650><c> 11</c><00:25:49.990><c> or</c><00:25:50.230><c> 12.</c> 00:25:54.650 --> 00:25:56.269 And<00:25:54.930><c> Joseph</c><00:25:55.089><c> had</c><00:25:55.269><c> been</c><00:25:55.450><c> 17.</c> 00:25:57.309 --> 00:26:00.269 They<00:25:57.470><c> had</c><00:25:57.710><c> been</c><00:25:58.190><c> obviously</c><00:25:59.069><c> brothers</c><00:25:59.490><c> that</c><00:25:59.750><c> knew</c><00:25:59.890><c> each</c><00:26:00.130><c> other</c> 00:26:00.269 --> 00:26:01.549 very<00:26:00.609><c> well.</c> 00:26:01.930 --> 00:26:04.509 And<00:26:02.490><c> he's</c><00:26:02.630><c> now</c><00:26:02.829><c> over</c><00:26:03.069><c> 30.</c> 00:26:07.150 --> 00:26:10.430 And<00:26:07.390><c> Joseph</c><00:26:07.670><c> looks</c><00:26:08.049><c> at</c><00:26:08.250><c> Benjamin,</c><00:26:09.029><c> verse</c><00:26:09.329><c> 29,</c><00:26:09.849><c> these</c><00:26:10.130><c> are</c> 00:26:10.430 --> 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saying</c><00:26:27.930><c> that</c><00:26:28.130><c> Benjamin</c><00:26:28.470><c> looked</c><00:26:28.769><c> just</c><00:26:29.130><c> like</c> 00:26:29.410 --> 00:26:30.529 his<00:26:29.670><c> mother.</c> 00:26:32.250 --> 00:26:36.369 And<00:26:32.769><c> Joseph</c><00:26:33.150><c> had</c><00:26:33.390><c> known</c><00:26:33.549><c> his</c><00:26:33.769><c> mother</c><00:26:34.029><c> for</c><00:26:34.329><c> five</c><00:26:34.750><c> years</c><00:26:35.069><c> as</c><00:26:35.309><c> a</c><00:26:35.470><c> child.</c> 00:26:36.789 --> 00:26:38.869 And<00:26:36.869><c> he</c><00:26:36.990><c> lived</c><00:26:37.150><c> with</c><00:26:37.329><c> this</c><00:26:37.509><c> impression</c><00:26:37.930><c> as</c><00:26:38.269><c> little</c><00:26:38.529><c> children</c> 00:26:38.869 --> 00:26:41.109 do<00:26:39.150><c> of</c><00:26:39.329><c> their</c><00:26:39.589><c> mother's</c><00:26:40.089><c> face.</c> 00:26:42.809 --> 00:26:46.170 And<00:26:42.970><c> he</c><00:26:43.049><c> 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his</c><00:26:56.970><c> eyes</c><00:26:57.089><c> out</c><00:26:57.269><c> in</c><00:26:57.410><c> his</c><00:26:57.569><c> own</c><00:26:57.809><c> room.</c> 00:27:00.049 --> 00:27:02.190 And<00:27:00.490><c> he</c><00:27:00.710><c> sought</c><00:27:00.890><c> where</c><00:27:01.049><c> to</c><00:27:01.230><c> weep.</c> 00:27:02.250 --> 00:27:04.769 And<00:27:02.369><c> he</c><00:27:02.450><c> goes</c><00:27:02.589><c> in</c><00:27:02.710><c> his</c><00:27:02.950><c> bedroom</c><00:27:03.210><c> and</c><00:27:03.369><c> these</c><00:27:03.509><c> Egyptians</c><00:27:03.950><c> think,</c> 00:27:05.130 --> 00:27:08.589 these<00:27:05.690><c> brothers</c><00:27:06.549><c> think</c><00:27:06.750><c> this</c><00:27:06.930><c> Egyptian</c><00:27:07.269><c> is</c><00:27:07.549><c> crazy.</c> 00:27:10.930 --> 00:27:13.069 In<00:27:11.109><c> the</c><00:27:11.150><c> middle</c><00:27:11.289><c> of</c><00:27:11.410><c> talking</c><00:27:11.670><c> to</c><00:27:11.829><c> us</c><00:27:11.869><c> he</c><00:27:12.029><c> rushes</c><00:27:12.410><c> off</c><00:27:12.589><c> crying</c> 00:27:13.069 --> 00:27:16.450 and<00:27:13.789><c> they</c><00:27:14.009><c> can't</c><00:27:14.269><c> understand</c><00:27:14.670><c> it.</c> 00:27:18.009 --> 00:27:20.390 How<00:27:18.150><c> he</c><00:27:18.250><c> would</c><00:27:18.329><c> have</c><00:27:18.549><c> loved</c><00:27:18.789><c> to</c><00:27:18.990><c> rush</c><00:27:19.230><c> up</c><00:27:19.430><c> and</c><00:27:19.650><c> hug</c><00:27:19.849><c> Benjamin</c> 00:27:20.390 --> 00:27:23.069 and<00:27:21.490><c> to</c><00:27:21.670><c> weep</c><00:27:21.829><c> on</c><00:27:21.930><c> his</c><00:27:22.230><c> shoulder.</c> 00:27:23.430 --> 00:27:25.390 But<00:27:23.529><c> he's</c><00:27:23.789><c> holding</c><00:27:24.009><c> himself</c><00:27:24.369><c> back</c><00:27:24.670><c> for</c><00:27:24.869><c> their</c><00:27:25.190><c> sake.</c> 00:27:25.390 --> 00:27:27.089 You<00:27:25.549><c> see</c><00:27:25.609><c> this</c><00:27:25.750><c> is</c><00:27:26.009><c> real</c><00:27:26.329><c> character.</c> 00:27:31.470 --> 00:27:32.950 And<00:27:31.529><c> then</c><00:27:31.710><c> eventually</c><00:27:31.950><c> the</c><00:27:32.210><c> repentance</c><00:27:32.509><c> comes.</c> 00:27:32.990 --> 00:27:35.809 Jump<00:27:33.230><c> to</c><00:27:33.349><c> chapter</c><00:27:33.609><c> 44</c><00:27:34.170><c> in</c><00:27:34.470><c> verse</c><00:27:34.650><c> 16.</c> 00:27:36.049 --> 00:27:38.809 Eventually<00:27:36.569><c> the</c><00:27:36.890><c> repentance</c><00:27:37.390><c> comes.</c> 00:27:41.230 --> 00:27:43.609 And<00:27:41.390><c> it</c><00:27:41.569><c> comes</c><00:27:41.769><c> of</c><00:27:41.950><c> all</c><00:27:42.150><c> people</c><00:27:42.390><c> from</c><00:27:42.750><c> Judah.</c> 00:27:46.509 --> 00:27:49.509 And<00:27:46.690><c> the</c><00:27:46.829><c> first</c><00:27:47.029><c> word</c><00:27:47.269><c> almost</c><00:27:47.670><c> that</c><00:27:47.930><c> Judah</c><00:27:48.170><c> says</c><00:27:48.730><c> in</c><00:27:49.309><c> verse</c> 00:27:49.509 --> 00:27:52.809 16,<00:27:50.170><c> God</c><00:27:51.069><c> has</c><00:27:51.670><c> found</c><00:27:52.009><c> out</c><00:27:52.309><c> the</c><00:27:52.490><c> iniquity.</c> 00:27:52.829 --> 00:27:55.009 You<00:27:53.009><c> see</c><00:27:53.089><c> they've</c><00:27:53.369><c> become</c><00:27:53.630><c> God</c><00:27:53.970><c> conscious.</c> 00:27:55.390 --> 00:27:57.829 By<00:27:55.589><c> what</c><00:27:55.789><c> they</c><00:27:55.950><c> have</c><00:27:56.190><c> been</c><00:27:56.509><c> through</c><00:27:56.829><c> and</c><00:27:56.950><c> what</c><00:27:57.190><c> Joseph</c><00:27:57.450><c> is</c><00:27:57.609><c> now</c> 00:27:57.829 --> 00:27:58.630 putting<00:27:58.009><c> them</c><00:27:58.309><c> through.</c> 00:27:58.950 --> 00:28:01.289 By<00:27:59.089><c> sitting</c><00:27:59.329><c> in</c><00:27:59.549><c> the</c><00:27:59.690><c> prison</c><00:27:59.910><c> talking</c><00:28:00.349><c> amongst</c><00:28:00.750><c> themselves</c> 00:28:01.289 --> 00:28:04.069 they<00:28:01.750><c> have</c><00:28:02.029><c> become</c><00:28:02.509><c> God</c><00:28:02.910><c> conscious.</c> 00:28:04.849 --> 00:28:07.369 And<00:28:05.029><c> wasn't</c><00:28:05.309><c> Joseph</c><00:28:05.730><c> gratified</c><00:28:06.289><c> to</c><00:28:06.509><c> hear</c><00:28:06.710><c> the</c><00:28:06.890><c> fact</c><00:28:07.009><c> that</c><00:28:07.190><c> the</c> 00:28:07.369 --> 00:28:10.369 worst<00:28:07.589><c> word</c><00:28:07.849><c> of</c><00:28:08.069><c> Judah</c><00:28:08.230><c> was,</c><00:28:08.910><c> God</c><00:28:09.150><c> has</c><00:28:09.430><c> found</c><00:28:09.609><c> us</c><00:28:09.869><c> out.</c> 00:28:10.809 --> 00:28:15.109 God<00:28:11.109><c> does</c><00:28:11.509><c> see,</c><00:28:11.769><c> God</c><00:28:12.049><c> does</c><00:28:12.529><c> know,</c><00:28:13.109><c> God</c><00:28:13.450><c> will</c><00:28:13.869><c> judge.</c> 00:28:15.609 --> 00:28:17.890 They've<00:28:15.930><c> become</c><00:28:16.369><c> God</c><00:28:16.750><c> conscious.</c> 00:28:18.670 --> 00:28:20.349 He<00:28:18.869><c> would</c><00:28:18.970><c> have</c><00:28:19.170><c> loved</c><00:28:19.329><c> to</c><00:28:19.549><c> hear</c><00:28:19.630><c> those</c><00:28:19.910><c> words.</c> 00:28:20.349 --> 00:28:25.490 We<00:28:20.789><c> are</c><00:28:24.529><c> my</c><00:28:24.730><c> Lord's</c><00:28:25.250><c> servants.</c> 00:28:25.630 --> 00:28:28.970 And<00:28:25.769><c> already</c><00:28:25.970><c> by</c><00:28:26.269><c> this</c><00:28:26.549><c> time</c><00:28:26.750><c> they've</c><00:28:27.069><c> bowed</c><00:28:27.250><c> down</c><00:28:27.509><c> about</c><00:28:27.809><c> four</c><00:28:28.089><c> times</c><00:28:28.430><c> already</c><00:28:28.789><c> on</c> 00:28:28.970 --> 00:28:29.390 the<00:28:29.130><c> ground.</c> 00:28:29.650 --> 00:28:32.430 So<00:28:29.769><c> 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might</c><00:29:09.009><c> be</c><00:29:09.329><c> saved.</c> 00:29:10.049 --> 00:29:11.630 What<00:29:10.269><c> a</c><00:29:10.529><c> transformation</c><00:29:11.109><c> in</c><00:29:11.430><c> Judah.</c> 00:29:11.630 --> 00:29:14.369 You<00:29:11.670><c> know</c><00:29:12.309><c> the</c><00:29:12.450><c> one</c><00:29:12.630><c> who</c><00:29:12.890><c> said,</c><00:29:13.470><c> let's</c><00:29:13.529><c> sell</c><00:29:13.750><c> our</c><00:29:14.029><c> brother</c><00:29:14.210><c> and</c> 00:29:14.369 --> 00:29:15.609 make<00:29:14.569><c> a</c><00:29:14.730><c> profit</c><00:29:14.950><c> from</c><00:29:15.190><c> him.</c> 00:29:15.890 --> 00:29:19.049 He's<00:29:16.170><c> now</c><00:29:16.349><c> prepared</c><00:29:16.869><c> to</c><00:29:17.109><c> give</c><00:29:17.210><c> himself</c><00:29:17.630><c> in</c><00:29:17.869><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:18.470><c> to</c> 00:29:19.049 --> 00:29:20.329 save<00:29:19.329><c> Benjamin.</c> 00:29:20.369 --> 00:29:24.150 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son</c><00:30:48.650><c> that</c> 00:30:48.970 --> 00:30:52.049 the<00:30:49.170><c> father</c><00:30:49.490><c> loved</c><00:30:49.789><c> and</c><00:30:49.950><c> looked</c><00:30:50.190><c> after</c><00:30:50.589><c> and</c><00:30:50.769><c> cared</c><00:30:51.069><c> for.</c> 00:30:52.809 --> 00:30:56.049 It's<00:30:52.990><c> why</c><00:30:53.190><c> Jacob</c><00:30:53.509><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:53.769><c> let</c><00:30:53.970><c> Benjamin</c><00:30:54.410><c> go</c><00:30:54.730><c> down</c><00:30:55.390><c> until</c><00:30:55.890><c> he</c> 00:30:56.049 --> 00:30:58.150 had<00:30:56.230><c> to</c><00:30:56.490><c> at</c><00:30:56.589><c> the</c><00:30:56.750><c> very</c><00:30:56.990><c> last.</c> 00:30:59.970 --> 00:31:04.150 And<00:31:00.529><c> they</c><00:31:00.750><c> now</c><00:31:00.950><c> have</c><00:31:01.049><c> the</c><00:31:01.289><c> chance</c><00:31:01.589><c> to</c><00:31:01.809><c> offload</c><00:31:02.269><c> another</c><00:31:02.670><c> favorite</c><00:31:03.170><c> son.</c> 00:31:06.470 --> 00:31:07.980 But<00:31:06.569><c> they</c><00:31:06.650><c> weren't</c><00:31:06.829><c> going</c><00:31:07.009><c> to</c><00:31:07.069><c> do</c><00:31:07.250><c> it.</c> 00:31:08.809 --> 00:31:14.230 And<00:31:08.869><c> in</c><00:31:09.009><c> verse</c><00:31:09.230><c> 20,</c><00:31:09.990><c> Judah</c><00:31:10.109><c> uses</c><00:31:11.049><c> caring,</c><00:31:12.809><c> tender</c><00:31:13.089><c> terms.</c> 00:31:15.410 --> 00:31:19.049 We<00:31:15.529><c> have</c><00:31:15.690><c> a</c><00:31:15.890><c> father,</c><00:31:16.170><c> an</c><00:31:16.329><c> old</c><00:31:16.650><c> man,</c><00:31:17.930><c> a</c><00:31:18.109><c> child</c><00:31:18.309><c> of</c><00:31:18.450><c> his</c><00:31:18.609><c> old</c><00:31:18.829><c> age,</c> 00:31:19.069 --> 00:31:20.569 a<00:31:19.309><c> little</c><00:31:19.609><c> one.</c> 00:31:21.109 --> 00:31:22.970 And<00:31:21.230><c> his</c><00:31:21.410><c> brother</c><00:31:21.670><c> is</c><00:31:22.009><c> dead.</c> 00:31:23.349 --> 00:31:26.609 And<00:31:23.349><c> Judah's</c><00:31:24.029><c> now</c><00:31:24.210><c> got</c><00:31:24.450><c> emotions</c><00:31:25.109><c> and</c><00:31:25.829><c> caring</c><00:31:26.289><c> terms.</c> 00:31:26.630 --> 00:31:28.869 He's<00:31:26.910><c> thinking</c><00:31:27.089><c> of</c><00:31:27.250><c> other</c><00:31:27.430><c> people's</c><00:31:27.890><c> feelings.</c> 00:31:30.670 --> 00:31:34.569 When<00:31:30.769><c> it</c><00:31:30.950><c> all</c><00:31:31.170><c> pours</c><00:31:31.549><c> out,</c><00:31:33.349><c> they</c><00:31:33.490><c> couldn't</c><00:31:33.890><c> bear</c><00:31:34.109><c> to</c><00:31:34.250><c> see</c><00:31:34.349><c> the</c> 00:31:34.569 --> 00:31:36.470 evil<00:31:34.730><c> come</c><00:31:34.950><c> upon</c><00:31:35.210><c> their</c><00:31:35.490><c> father.</c> 00:31:38.130 --> 00:31:42.410 Joseph<00:31:38.809><c> is</c><00:31:39.109><c> totally</c><00:31:39.549><c> unable</c><00:31:39.890><c> to</c><00:31:40.230><c> refrain</c><00:31:40.450><c> himself</c><00:31:40.950><c> from</c><00:31:41.230><c> weeping.</c> 00:31:42.970 --> 00:31:45.849 At<00:31:43.210><c> last</c><00:31:43.549><c> his</c><00:31:43.849><c> brethren</c><00:31:44.170><c> have</c><00:31:44.490><c> proved</c><00:31:44.750><c> themselves</c><00:31:45.390><c> to</c><00:31:45.569><c> be</c> 00:31:45.849 --> 00:31:46.970 true<00:31:46.109><c> men.</c> 00:31:50.890 --> 00:31:53.769 And<00:31:51.069><c> by</c><00:31:51.289><c> patiently</c><00:31:51.710><c> withholding</c><00:31:52.289><c> his</c><00:31:52.490><c> own</c><00:31:52.750><c> feelings,</c> 00:31:54.970 --> 00:31:58.910 by<00:31:55.170><c> being</c><00:31:55.490><c> prepared</c><00:31:55.970><c> to</c><00:31:56.250><c> take</c><00:31:56.430><c> the</c><00:31:56.690><c> long</c><00:31:57.109><c> road</c><00:31:57.470><c> to</c><00:31:57.730><c> repentance,</c> 00:32:00.950 --> 00:32:03.890 he<00:32:01.089><c> had</c><00:32:01.369><c> changed</c><00:32:01.710><c> his</c><00:32:02.029><c> brothers</c><00:32:02.369><c> for</c><00:32:02.890><c> good.</c> 00:32:08.029 --> 00:32:11.069 What<00:32:08.670><c> a</c><00:32:08.890><c> difference</c><00:32:09.109><c> between</c><00:32:09.390><c> Joseph</c><00:32:09.789><c> and</c><00:32:09.950><c> his</c><00:32:10.150><c> brethren.</c> 00:32:13.009 --> 00:32:15.190 The<00:32:13.150><c> fifth</c><00:32:13.369><c> matter</c><00:32:13.549><c> we</c><00:32:13.670><c> want</c><00:32:13.849><c> to</c><00:32:13.990><c> talk</c><00:32:14.150><c> about</c><00:32:14.450><c> between</c><00:32:14.809><c> Joseph</c> 00:32:15.190 --> 00:32:19.190 and<00:32:15.289><c> his</c><00:32:15.549><c> brothers</c><00:32:15.930><c> is</c><00:32:17.170><c> Joseph's</c><00:32:18.009><c> emotions.</c> 00:32:24.589 --> 00:32:31.069 It<00:32:24.750><c> says</c><00:32:24.990><c> eight</c><00:32:25.329><c> times</c><00:32:25.950><c> in</c><00:32:26.130><c> the</c><00:32:26.349><c> record</c><00:32:27.670><c> that</c><00:32:28.690><c> Joseph</c><00:32:29.289><c> wept</c><00:32:30.250><c> openly.</c> 00:32:35.029 --> 00:32:39.269 His<00:32:35.630><c> brother's</c><00:32:36.230><c> main</c><00:32:36.410><c> emotion</c><00:32:36.869><c> was</c><00:32:37.170><c> anger</c><00:32:37.549><c> and</c><00:32:37.869><c> hatred.</c> 00:32:41.990 --> 00:32:43.509 Joseph<00:32:42.089><c> was</c><00:32:42.349><c> never</c><00:32:42.690><c> insensitive.</c> 00:32:43.769 --> 00:32:48.049 He<00:32:43.789><c> was</c><00:32:44.069><c> never,</c><00:32:45.150><c> despite</c><00:32:45.789><c> his</c><00:32:46.049><c> horrendous</c><00:32:46.609><c> misfortunes,</c><00:32:47.490><c> hard</c><00:32:47.650><c> under</c><00:32:47.829><c> the</c> 00:32:48.049 --> 00:32:50.490 point<00:32:48.230><c> where</c><00:32:48.450><c> nothing</c><00:32:48.750><c> would</c><00:32:49.009><c> affect</c><00:32:49.269><c> him.</c> 00:32:51.049 --> 00:32:54.509 He<00:32:51.269><c> did</c><00:32:51.549><c> not</c><00:32:51.769><c> consider</c><00:32:52.150><c> it</c><00:32:52.410><c> unmanly</c><00:32:52.930><c> to</c><00:32:53.230><c> cry.</c> 00:32:55.390 --> 00:33:00.609 As<00:32:55.970><c> we</c><00:32:56.250><c> noted</c><00:32:56.450><c> with</c><00:32:56.710><c> both</c><00:32:57.029><c> Christ</c><00:32:57.670><c> and</c><00:32:58.269><c> Paul</c><00:32:59.109><c> and</c><00:32:59.970><c> Jeremiah</c> 00:33:00.609 --> 00:33:02.779 and<00:33:01.990><c> John,</c> 00:33:03.009 --> 00:33:06.970 the<00:33:03.210><c> great</c><00:33:03.569><c> servants</c><00:33:03.910><c> of</c><00:33:04.170><c> God</c><00:33:04.349><c> are</c><00:33:04.569><c> quite</c><00:33:04.890><c> capable</c><00:33:05.250><c> of</c><00:33:05.569><c> tears.</c> 00:33:09.910 --> 00:33:13.230 And<00:33:10.109><c> in</c><00:33:10.250><c> the</c><00:33:10.329><c> midst</c><00:33:10.750><c> of</c><00:33:11.170><c> the</c><00:33:11.410><c> saints,</c><00:33:11.809><c> brethren</c><00:33:11.910><c> and</c><00:33:12.170><c> sisters,</c> 00:33:14.390 --> 00:33:18.759 let's<00:33:14.690><c> not</c><00:33:14.869><c> encourage</c><00:33:15.349><c> the</c><00:33:15.529><c> attitude</c><00:33:15.809><c> of</c><00:33:15.970><c> the</c><00:33:16.170><c> world</c><00:33:16.349><c> that</c><00:33:16.630><c> says</c><00:33:16.849><c> that</c><00:33:17.009><c> it's</c><00:33:17.269><c> unmanly</c><00:33:17.710><c> to</c><00:33:17.970><c> cry.</c> 00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:27.660 There<00:33:23.900><c> are</c><00:33:24.119><c> times</c><00:33:24.420><c> when</c><00:33:24.599><c> we</c><00:33:24.680><c> should</c><00:33:24.859><c> cry</c><00:33:25.180><c> with</c><00:33:25.480><c> joy</c><00:33:25.859><c> and</c><00:33:26.240><c> with</c><00:33:26.500><c> sorrow,</c> 00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:32.720 and<00:33:29.359><c> never</c><00:33:29.559><c> despise</c><00:33:30.079><c> those</c><00:33:30.420><c> who</c><00:33:30.619><c> can</c><00:33:30.859><c> let</c><00:33:31.059><c> their</c><00:33:31.240><c> feelings</c><00:33:31.579><c> show.</c> 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:35.440 Weep<00:33:33.099><c> with</c><00:33:33.319><c> those</c><00:33:33.740><c> who</c><00:33:34.079><c> weep.</c> 00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:39.440 Have<00:33:36.039><c> tears</c><00:33:36.380><c> of</c><00:33:36.619><c> happiness</c><00:33:36.960><c> when</c><00:33:37.279><c> the</c><00:33:37.599><c> occasion</c><00:33:38.160><c> provides.</c> 00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:44.559 We<00:33:41.400><c> would</c><00:33:41.519><c> be</c><00:33:41.660><c> much</c><00:33:41.880><c> better</c><00:33:42.140><c> off</c><00:33:42.500><c> if</c><00:33:43.119><c> we</c><00:33:43.240><c> could</c><00:33:43.359><c> let</c><00:33:43.559><c> our</c><00:33:43.759><c> emotions</c><00:33:44.180><c> flow</c> 00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:46.059 as<00:33:44.799><c> Joseph</c><00:33:45.240><c> could.</c> 00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:48.740 And<00:33:46.380><c> eight</c><00:33:46.640><c> times</c><00:33:47.140><c> he</c><00:33:47.279><c> was</c><00:33:47.500><c> able</c><00:33:47.740><c> to</c><00:33:48.019><c> cry.</c> 00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:50.140 He<00:33:49.380><c> cried</c><00:33:49.660><c> in</c><00:33:49.819><c> the</c><00:33:50.019><c> pit.</c> 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:53.059 You<00:33:50.359><c> know,</c><00:33:50.359><c> we're</c><00:33:50.559><c> told</c><00:33:51.019><c> about</c><00:33:51.599><c> the</c><00:33:51.920><c> anguish</c><00:33:52.359><c> of</c><00:33:52.559><c> Joseph</c><00:33:52.900><c> as</c> 00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:54.579 he<00:33:53.339><c> cried</c><00:33:53.579><c> from</c><00:33:53.740><c> the</c><00:33:53.880><c> bottom</c><00:33:54.000><c> of</c><00:33:54.160><c> the</c><00:33:54.339><c> pit.</c> 00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:56.960 And<00:33:55.039><c> it's</c><00:33:55.160><c> a</c><00:33:55.259><c> glorious</c><00:33:55.599><c> cross</c><00:33:55.900><c> reference</c><00:33:56.180><c> for</c><00:33:56.339><c> those</c><00:33:56.539><c> who</c><00:33:56.700><c> want</c><00:33:56.799><c> to</c> 00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:59.859 follow<00:33:57.039><c> it</c><00:33:57.240><c> through</c><00:33:57.380><c> in</c><00:33:57.579><c> Amos</c><00:33:57.900><c> six</c><00:33:58.220><c> and</c><00:33:58.400><c> verse</c><00:33:58.599><c> six</c> 00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:05.140 about<00:34:01.140><c> the</c><00:34:01.420><c> anguish</c><00:34:02.079><c> and</c><00:34:02.680><c> the</c><00:34:03.019><c> sorrow</c><00:34:03.220><c> of</c><00:34:03.460><c> Joseph</c><00:34:03.819><c> in</c><00:34:04.000><c> the</c><00:34:04.180><c> pit.</c> 00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:09.659 He<00:34:07.319><c> cried</c><00:34:07.559><c> at</c><00:34:07.700><c> his</c><00:34:07.940><c> brother's</c><00:34:08.280><c> initial</c><00:34:08.519><c> confession.</c> 00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:14.099 He<00:34:10.679><c> cried</c><00:34:10.840><c> at</c><00:34:11.059><c> the</c><00:34:11.199><c> sight</c><00:34:11.300><c> of</c><00:34:11.559><c> Benjamin,</c><00:34:11.960><c> his</c><00:34:12.260><c> mother's</c><00:34:13.099><c> son.</c> 00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:17.599 He<00:34:15.159><c> cried</c><00:34:15.320><c> at</c><00:34:15.480><c> the</c><00:34:15.659><c> great</c><00:34:15.860><c> confession</c><00:34:16.420><c> of</c><00:34:16.719><c> Judah.</c> 00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:20.900 He<00:34:18.760><c> cried</c><00:34:18.940><c> when</c><00:34:19.099><c> the</c><00:34:19.340><c> chance</c><00:34:19.559><c> came</c><00:34:19.920><c> to</c><00:34:20.099><c> hug</c><00:34:20.360><c> Benjamin.</c> 00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:23.699 They<00:34:21.480><c> wept</c><00:34:21.840><c> a</c><00:34:22.000><c> good</c><00:34:22.199><c> while,</c><00:34:22.500><c> it</c><00:34:22.780><c> says.</c> 00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:27.059 He<00:34:25.159><c> cried</c><00:34:25.380><c> at</c><00:34:25.539><c> the</c><00:34:25.659><c> meeting</c><00:34:25.880><c> with</c><00:34:26.159><c> Jacob.</c> 00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:30.739 He<00:34:28.360><c> cried</c><00:34:28.639><c> when</c><00:34:28.800><c> his</c><00:34:29.079><c> father</c><00:34:29.380><c> died.</c> 00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:36.840 And<00:34:34.300><c> he</c><00:34:34.519><c> cried</c><00:34:34.619><c> when</c><00:34:34.780><c> his</c><00:34:35.000><c> brethren</c><00:34:35.179><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:35.460><c> believe</c><00:34:35.800><c> him</c> 00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:38.739 at<00:34:37.420><c> the</c><00:34:37.519><c> end</c><00:34:37.659><c> of</c><00:34:37.780><c> his</c><00:34:37.960><c> life.</c> 00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:47.320 And<00:34:44.219><c> the</c><00:34:44.739><c> last</c><00:34:45.039><c> contrast</c><00:34:45.420><c> between</c><00:34:45.780><c> Joseph</c><00:34:46.119><c> and</c><00:34:46.280><c> his</c><00:34:46.460><c> brethren</c> 00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:51.460 is<00:34:49.360><c> a</c><00:34:49.480><c> very</c><00:34:49.739><c> important</c><00:34:50.099><c> part</c><00:34:50.320><c> of</c><00:34:50.559><c> character</c><00:34:50.880><c> where</c><00:34:51.059><c> there</c><00:34:51.199><c> is</c> 00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:55.599 no<00:34:52.539><c> personal</c><00:34:53.559><c> vindication</c><00:34:54.440><c> required.</c> 00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:59.139 He<00:34:57.199><c> never</c><00:34:57.480><c> lectured</c><00:34:57.820><c> his</c><00:34:58.099><c> brethren</c><00:34:58.320><c> about</c><00:34:58.579><c> what</c><00:34:58.760><c> they</c><00:34:59.019><c> had</c> 00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:00.300 done<00:34:59.380><c> wrong.</c> 00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:02.880 Once<00:35:00.679><c> they</c><00:35:00.940><c> repented,</c><00:35:01.320><c> he</c><00:35:01.440><c> did</c><00:35:01.659><c> not</c><00:35:01.880><c> humiliate</c><00:35:02.500><c> them.</c> 00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:05.059 He<00:35:03.219><c> didn't</c><00:35:03.500><c> make</c><00:35:03.719><c> them</c><00:35:04.099><c> grovel.</c> 00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:08.219 He<00:35:05.960><c> didn't</c><00:35:06.280><c> demand</c><00:35:06.739><c> an</c><00:35:06.960><c> apology</c><00:35:07.380><c> for</c><00:35:07.519><c> what</c><00:35:07.659><c> they'd</c><00:35:07.920><c> done</c><00:35:08.159><c> to</c><00:35:08.219><c> him.</c> 00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:13.179 Look<00:35:09.380><c> at</c><00:35:09.559><c> chapter</c><00:35:09.840><c> 45</c><00:35:10.559><c> and</c><00:35:10.760><c> see</c><00:35:10.920><c> how</c><00:35:11.199><c> glorious</c><00:35:11.599><c> it</c><00:35:11.880><c> was</c> 00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:17.320 of<00:35:13.519><c> the</c><00:35:13.619><c> way</c><00:35:13.860><c> that</c><00:35:14.139><c> Joseph</c><00:35:15.019><c> encouraged</c><00:35:16.360><c> his</c><00:35:16.659><c> brethren</c><00:35:16.880><c> to</c><00:35:17.099><c> see</c> 00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:20.679 that<00:35:17.599><c> God</c><00:35:17.820><c> had</c><00:35:18.019><c> been</c><00:35:18.119><c> at</c><00:35:18.380><c> work</c><00:35:18.699><c> in</c><00:35:19.260><c> their</c><00:35:19.599><c> sins.</c> 00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:24.960 You<00:35:23.360><c> see,</c><00:35:23.500><c> when</c><00:35:23.619><c> people</c><00:35:23.900><c> do</c><00:35:24.179><c> repent,</c> 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:30.619 it<00:35:25.980><c> is</c><00:35:26.159><c> not</c><00:35:26.340><c> our</c><00:35:26.559><c> position</c><00:35:26.900><c> to</c><00:35:27.139><c> make</c><00:35:27.300><c> them</c><00:35:27.519><c> feel</c><00:35:28.039><c> utterly</c><00:35:28.480><c> humiliated</c><00:35:29.199><c> and</c><00:35:29.599><c> small,</c> 00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:34.400 but<00:35:31.699><c> to</c><00:35:31.900><c> lift</c><00:35:32.039><c> their</c><00:35:32.360><c> minds</c><00:35:32.699><c> to</c><00:35:33.059><c> encourage</c><00:35:33.539><c> them</c><00:35:33.719><c> to</c><00:35:33.960><c> see</c><00:35:34.119><c> that</c> 00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:36.539 God<00:35:34.639><c> has</c><00:35:34.900><c> worked</c><00:35:35.079><c> in</c><00:35:35.219><c> their</c><00:35:35.460><c> lives.</c> 00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:39.980 Genesis<00:35:38.780><c> 45</c><00:35:39.260><c> and</c><00:35:39.480><c> verse</c><00:35:39.659><c> 5.</c> 00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:43.300 Now,<00:35:40.219><c> therefore,</c><00:35:40.599><c> be</c><00:35:40.840><c> not</c><00:35:41.139><c> grieved</c><00:35:41.480><c> nor</c><00:35:41.679><c> angry</c><00:35:41.980><c> with</c><00:35:42.199><c> yourselves,</c> 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.480 that<00:35:43.599><c> you</c><00:35:43.820><c> sold</c><00:35:44.039><c> me</c><00:35:44.280><c> hither.</c> 00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:46.619 He<00:35:44.679><c> doesn't</c><00:35:44.920><c> avoid</c><00:35:45.440><c> the</c><00:35:45.699><c> point.</c> 00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:50.500 But<00:35:47.440><c> he</c><00:35:47.579><c> says,</c><00:35:47.719><c> let's</c><00:35:48.179><c> not</c><00:35:48.420><c> worry</c><00:35:48.599><c> about</c><00:35:48.920><c> what</c><00:35:49.239><c> happened</c><00:35:49.480><c> between</c><00:35:49.880><c> us.</c> 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:52.039 It's<00:35:51.219><c> all</c><00:35:51.360><c> the</c><00:35:51.519><c> work</c><00:35:51.619><c> of</c><00:35:51.860><c> God.</c> 00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:55.599 God<00:35:52.460><c> did</c><00:35:52.739><c> send</c><00:35:52.900><c> me</c><00:35:53.219><c> before</c><00:35:53.559><c> you</c><00:35:53.699><c> to</c><00:35:53.860><c> preserve</c><00:35:54.159><c> life.</c> 00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.199 Verse<00:35:57.699><c> 7.</c> 00:35:58.360 --> 00:36:01.079 And<00:35:58.559><c> God</c><00:35:58.780><c> sent</c><00:35:58.980><c> me</c><00:35:59.239><c> before</c><00:35:59.639><c> you</c><00:35:59.800><c> to</c><00:35:59.980><c> preserve</c><00:36:00.239><c> your</c><00:36:00.500><c> posterity</c> 00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:02.179 in<00:36:01.199><c> the</c><00:36:01.360><c> earth.</c> 00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.320 And<00:36:02.840><c> verse</c><00:36:03.059><c> 8.</c> 00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:05.960 It<00:36:03.460><c> was</c><00:36:03.659><c> not</c><00:36:03.920><c> you</c><00:36:04.179><c> that</c><00:36:04.420><c> sent</c><00:36:04.539><c> me</c><00:36:04.760><c> hither,</c><00:36:04.960><c> but</c><00:36:05.239><c> God.</c> 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:12.420 Verse<00:36:11.480><c> 9.</c> 00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:16.239 Thus<00:36:12.920><c> saith</c><00:36:13.119><c> thy</c><00:36:13.380><c> son</c><00:36:13.679><c> Joseph,</c><00:36:14.440><c> God</c><00:36:14.539><c> hath</c><00:36:14.699><c> made</c><00:36:14.900><c> me</c><00:36:15.019><c> Lord</c><00:36:15.199><c> of</c><00:36:15.360><c> Egypt.</c> 00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:18.599 And<00:36:16.860><c> you</c><00:36:16.980><c> see</c><00:36:17.039><c> how</c><00:36:17.239><c> the</c><00:36:17.360><c> God</c><00:36:17.619><c> consciousness</c><00:36:18.119><c> comes</c><00:36:18.420><c> through.</c> 00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:21.719 He's<00:36:18.860><c> now</c><00:36:19.159><c> worked</c><00:36:19.340><c> out</c><00:36:19.579><c> that</c><00:36:19.699><c> this</c><00:36:19.860><c> is</c><00:36:20.059><c> a</c><00:36:20.219><c> providential</c><00:36:20.820><c> happening.</c> 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:25.000 And<00:36:22.820><c> sometimes</c><00:36:23.280><c> the</c><00:36:23.539><c> bitterest</c><00:36:24.019><c> experiences</c><00:36:24.400><c> of</c><00:36:24.679><c> life</c><00:36:24.880><c> that</c> 00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:26.059 we<00:36:25.219><c> can't</c><00:36:25.559><c> understand,</c> 00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:29.199 we<00:36:26.420><c> can't</c><00:36:26.820><c> work</c><00:36:27.000><c> our</c><00:36:27.179><c> way</c><00:36:27.340><c> through,</c><00:36:27.639><c> we</c><00:36:27.679><c> think,</c><00:36:27.860><c> why</c><00:36:28.059><c> is</c><00:36:28.239><c> this</c><00:36:28.400><c> happening?</c> 00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:32.079 In<00:36:29.659><c> the</c><00:36:29.900><c> end,</c><00:36:30.280><c> says</c><00:36:30.380><c> Paul,</c><00:36:30.679><c> it</c><00:36:30.920><c> works,</c><00:36:31.320><c> the</c><00:36:31.480><c> peaceable</c><00:36:31.900><c> fruit</c> 00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:33.380 of<00:36:32.360><c> righteousness.</c> 00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:36.360 If<00:36:34.219><c> we</c><00:36:34.460><c> are</c><00:36:34.739><c> exercised</c><00:36:35.400><c> thereby.</c> 00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:39.400 And<00:36:37.079><c> Joseph</c><00:36:37.360><c> had</c><00:36:37.679><c> exercised</c><00:36:38.179><c> his</c><00:36:38.400><c> mind</c><00:36:38.639><c> in</c><00:36:38.780><c> that</c><00:36:39.019><c> prison</c><00:36:39.179><c> to</c> 00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:41.619 think,<00:36:39.659><c> why</c><00:36:39.920><c> is</c><00:36:40.139><c> this</c><00:36:40.300><c> happening</c><00:36:40.559><c> to</c><00:36:40.800><c> me?</c> 00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:44.679 And<00:36:41.820><c> when</c><00:36:41.920><c> he</c><00:36:42.039><c> came</c><00:36:42.239><c> to</c><00:36:42.420><c> the</c><00:36:42.639><c> throne</c><00:36:42.840><c> and</c><00:36:43.000><c> he</c><00:36:43.159><c> saw</c><00:36:43.260><c> the</c><00:36:43.500><c> good</c><00:36:43.760><c> years,</c> 00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:48.739 and<00:36:45.059><c> he</c><00:36:45.239><c> saw</c><00:36:45.340><c> the</c><00:36:45.579><c> dreams</c><00:36:45.840><c> of</c><00:36:46.159><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:36:46.340><c> he</c><00:36:46.559><c> knew</c><00:36:47.139><c> that</c><00:36:48.059><c> God</c><00:36:48.320><c> was</c><00:36:48.519><c> at</c> 00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:50.099 work<00:36:48.900><c> at</c><00:36:49.039><c> this</c><00:36:49.280><c> matter.</c> 00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:55.480 And<00:36:53.320><c> it</c><00:36:53.519><c> worked</c><00:36:53.659><c> out</c><00:36:53.860><c> the</c><00:36:54.099><c> providence</c><00:36:54.400><c> of</c><00:36:54.699><c> God.</c> 00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:58.639 And<00:36:56.219><c> he</c><00:36:56.420><c> encouraged</c><00:36:56.739><c> his</c><00:36:56.980><c> brethren</c><00:36:57.139><c> to</c><00:36:57.420><c> see</c><00:36:57.539><c> that</c><00:36:57.659><c> it</c><00:36:57.840><c> wasn't</c> 00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:00.940 their<00:36:58.960><c> sin</c><00:36:59.320><c> that</c><00:36:59.659><c> needed</c><00:36:59.900><c> to</c><00:37:00.079><c> be</c><00:37:00.300><c> reminded</c><00:37:00.619><c> of.</c> 00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:03.280 It<00:37:01.480><c> was</c><00:37:01.639><c> the</c><00:37:01.840><c> fact</c><00:37:01.920><c> that</c><00:37:02.059><c> they</c><00:37:02.219><c> should</c><00:37:02.340><c> now</c><00:37:02.619><c> look</c><00:37:02.800><c> to</c><00:37:02.940><c> the</c><00:37:03.139><c> fact</c> 00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:06.039 that<00:37:03.500><c> out</c><00:37:03.639><c> of</c><00:37:03.900><c> evil,</c><00:37:04.199><c> God</c><00:37:04.500><c> had</c><00:37:04.820><c> wrought</c><00:37:05.039><c> good.</c> 00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:10.179 And<00:37:07.199><c> he</c><00:37:07.420><c> encouraged</c><00:37:07.699><c> them</c><00:37:07.860><c> to</c><00:37:08.119><c> think</c><00:37:08.440><c> on</c><00:37:08.840><c> things</c><00:37:09.139><c> above.</c> 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:13.920 He<00:37:11.679><c> never</c><00:37:11.980><c> ever</c><00:37:12.360><c> asked</c><00:37:12.659><c> for</c><00:37:12.800><c> an</c><00:37:12.980><c> apology.</c> 00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:18.679 His<00:37:15.420><c> only</c><00:37:15.800><c> concern</c><00:37:16.280><c> was</c><00:37:16.420><c> to</c><00:37:16.659><c> see</c><00:37:16.780><c> them</c><00:37:17.000><c> make</c><00:37:17.239><c> the</c><00:37:17.460><c> kingdom</c><00:37:17.659><c> of</c><00:37:17.900><c> God.</c> 00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:23.820 And<00:37:21.099><c> in</c><00:37:21.239><c> verse</c><00:37:21.519><c> 24</c><00:37:22.079><c> of</c><00:37:22.280><c> chapter</c><00:37:22.559><c> 45,</c> 00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:28.179 he<00:37:24.280><c> even</c><00:37:24.760><c> was</c><00:37:25.300><c> concerned</c><00:37:25.940><c> that</c><00:37:26.239><c> they</c><00:37:26.559><c> shouldn't</c><00:37:26.940><c> start</c><00:37:27.360><c> blaming</c><00:37:27.739><c> each</c><00:37:28.059><c> other.</c> 00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:31.340 You<00:37:28.300><c> can</c><00:37:28.480><c> imagine,</c><00:37:28.860><c> when</c><00:37:28.980><c> he</c><00:37:29.119><c> sent</c><00:37:29.340><c> them</c><00:37:29.460><c> back</c><00:37:29.679><c> to</c><00:37:29.820><c> get</c><00:37:30.000><c> their</c><00:37:30.239><c> father,</c> 00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:34.820 how<00:37:33.280><c> tempting</c><00:37:33.519><c> it</c><00:37:33.659><c> would</c><00:37:33.820><c> have</c><00:37:34.019><c> been</c><00:37:34.159><c> as</c><00:37:34.300><c> they</c><00:37:34.480><c> went</c><00:37:34.599><c> along</c> 00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.739 the<00:37:35.059><c> road,</c> 00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:39.039 for<00:37:36.679><c> Reuben</c><00:37:36.880><c> to</c><00:37:37.179><c> say,</c><00:37:37.460><c> I</c><00:37:37.519><c> told</c><00:37:37.800><c> you</c><00:37:37.980><c> so</c><00:37:38.199><c> Judah.</c> 00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:43.480 And<00:37:41.880><c> there</c><00:37:41.920><c> could</c><00:37:42.059><c> have</c><00:37:42.199><c> been</c><00:37:42.320><c> a</c><00:37:42.480><c> punch</c><00:37:42.739><c> up</c><00:37:42.860><c> before</c><00:37:43.099><c> they</c><00:37:43.300><c> got</c> 00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:45.480 back<00:37:43.820><c> to</c><00:37:44.000><c> the</c><00:37:44.119><c> land</c><00:37:44.260><c> of</c><00:37:44.420><c> the</c><00:37:44.579><c> Hebrews,</c> 00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:48.579 over<00:37:46.099><c> who</c><00:37:46.320><c> was</c><00:37:46.539><c> to</c><00:37:46.739><c> blame</c><00:37:46.940><c> for</c><00:37:47.000><c> what</c><00:37:47.159><c> they</c><00:37:47.320><c> did</c><00:37:47.420><c> to</c><00:37:47.719><c> Joseph.</c> 00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:53.760 And<00:37:51.719><c> as</c><00:37:51.860><c> he</c><00:37:51.980><c> sent</c><00:37:52.099><c> them</c><00:37:52.300><c> away,</c><00:37:52.699><c> Joseph</c><00:37:53.079><c> said,</c><00:37:53.380><c> he</c><00:37:53.559><c> sent</c><00:37:53.579><c> his</c> 00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:55.079 brethren<00:37:53.880><c> away</c><00:37:54.179><c> and</c><00:37:54.280><c> they</c><00:37:54.519><c> departed.</c> 00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:58.300 And<00:37:55.920><c> as</c><00:37:56.099><c> they</c><00:37:56.280><c> were</c><00:37:56.440><c> going,</c><00:37:56.699><c> he</c><00:37:56.820><c> said</c><00:37:57.039><c> to</c><00:37:57.119><c> them,</c> 00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:02.000 see<00:37:59.199><c> that</c><00:37:59.400><c> you</c><00:37:59.659><c> fall</c><00:37:59.940><c> not</c><00:38:00.199><c> out,</c><00:38:00.679><c> by</c><00:38:00.840><c> the</c><00:38:01.039><c> way.</c> 00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:06.119 I<00:38:03.539><c> don't</c><00:38:03.639><c> want</c><00:38:03.760><c> you</c><00:38:03.920><c> arguing</c><00:38:04.260><c> over</c><00:38:04.539><c> what</c><00:38:04.780><c> happened</c><00:38:04.960><c> to</c><00:38:05.199><c> me.</c> 00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:09.579 Remember<00:38:07.199><c> we're</c><00:38:07.420><c> all</c><00:38:07.659><c> brethren,</c><00:38:08.019><c> this</c><00:38:08.159><c> is</c><00:38:08.340><c> the</c><00:38:08.440><c> work</c><00:38:08.599><c> of</c><00:38:08.860><c> God.</c> 00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:16.579 The<00:38:15.340><c> tragedy</c><00:38:15.659><c> was,</c> 00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:20.840 that<00:38:18.199><c> as</c><00:38:18.500><c> great</c><00:38:18.699><c> as</c><00:38:18.920><c> Joseph</c><00:38:19.199><c> was</c><00:38:19.599><c> to</c><00:38:19.820><c> forgive</c><00:38:20.179><c> them</c><00:38:20.460><c> and</c><00:38:20.619><c> not</c> 00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:22.260 to<00:38:21.099><c> remind</c><00:38:21.320><c> them</c><00:38:21.480><c> of</c><00:38:21.619><c> their</c><00:38:21.820><c> sin,</c> 00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:28.579 they<00:38:23.280><c> took</c><00:38:23.699><c> years</c><00:38:24.500><c> to</c><00:38:24.920><c> believe</c><00:38:25.500><c> that</c><00:38:26.800><c> he</c><00:38:26.960><c> would</c><00:38:27.260><c> forgive</c><00:38:27.559><c> them.</c> 00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:33.280 Look<00:38:29.199><c> at</c><00:38:29.320><c> their</c><00:38:29.500><c> first</c><00:38:29.739><c> reaction</c><00:38:30.079><c> in</c><00:38:30.260><c> chapter</c><00:38:30.500><c> 45</c><00:38:31.199><c> and</c><00:38:31.440><c> verse</c><00:38:31.679><c> 3.</c> 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:35.719 When<00:38:34.179><c> they</c><00:38:34.500><c> first</c><00:38:34.840><c> knew</c><00:38:35.039><c> this</c><00:38:35.239><c> was</c><00:38:35.480><c> Joseph,</c> 00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:38.579 when<00:38:36.019><c> it</c><00:38:36.179><c> first</c><00:38:36.360><c> was</c><00:38:36.599><c> revealed</c><00:38:36.980><c> that</c><00:38:37.179><c> this</c><00:38:37.719><c> strange</c><00:38:38.159><c> Lord</c><00:38:38.400><c> of</c> 00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:41.840 Egypt<00:38:38.860><c> that</c><00:38:39.039><c> had</c><00:38:39.159><c> done</c><00:38:39.380><c> so</c><00:38:39.679><c> many</c><00:38:39.840><c> unusual</c><00:38:40.360><c> things,</c> 00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:46.219 it<00:38:43.239><c> says</c><00:38:43.400><c> when</c><00:38:43.659><c> they</c><00:38:44.579><c> heard</c><00:38:44.960><c> he</c><00:38:45.059><c> was</c><00:38:45.280><c> Joseph,</c><00:38:45.639><c> they</c><00:38:45.860><c> couldn't</c> 00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:46.940 even<00:38:46.559><c> answer</c><00:38:46.840><c> him.</c> 00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:48.679 They<00:38:47.059><c> were</c><00:38:47.460><c> speechless.</c> 00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:52.000 And<00:38:49.679><c> they</c><00:38:49.900><c> were</c><00:38:50.179><c> troubled</c><00:38:50.420><c> at</c><00:38:50.619><c> his</c><00:38:50.940><c> presence.</c> 00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:58.760 The<00:38:55.440><c> margin</c><00:38:55.739><c> says</c><00:38:55.980><c> they</c><00:38:56.159><c> were</c><00:38:56.460><c> terrified</c><00:38:57.099><c> at</c><00:38:57.280><c> his</c><00:38:57.480><c> presence.</c> 00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:03.000 When<00:39:00.739><c> they</c><00:39:01.039><c> first</c><00:39:01.420><c> knew</c><00:39:01.579><c> it</c><00:39:01.760><c> was</c><00:39:01.940><c> Joseph,</c> 00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:09.179 they<00:39:04.579><c> assumed</c><00:39:05.219><c> that</c><00:39:05.579><c> he</c><00:39:05.719><c> would</c><00:39:05.920><c> be</c><00:39:06.159><c> as</c><00:39:06.619><c> vindictive</c><00:39:07.179><c> as</c><00:39:07.480><c> they</c><00:39:07.800><c> were.</c> 00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:13.320 They<00:39:10.920><c> assumed</c><00:39:11.260><c> that</c><00:39:11.460><c> now</c><00:39:11.760><c> Joseph</c><00:39:12.099><c> would</c><00:39:12.320><c> have</c><00:39:12.519><c> them</c><00:39:12.800><c> tortured</c> 00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:16.500 and<00:39:13.760><c> slaughtered</c><00:39:15.019><c> for</c><00:39:15.159><c> what</c><00:39:15.340><c> they</c><00:39:15.559><c> had</c><00:39:15.780><c> done</c><00:39:15.960><c> to</c><00:39:16.119><c> him.</c> 00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:21.300 And<00:39:17.059><c> that's</c><00:39:17.300><c> the</c><00:39:17.539><c> sad</c><00:39:17.739><c> part,</c><00:39:18.119><c> they</c><00:39:18.340><c> took</c><00:39:18.500><c> a</c><00:39:18.760><c> long</c><00:39:19.059><c> time</c><00:39:19.280><c> to</c><00:39:19.559><c> appreciate</c><00:39:20.119><c> that</c><00:39:20.639><c> Joseph</c><00:39:21.000><c> was</c> 00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:22.739 not<00:39:21.559><c> like</c><00:39:21.820><c> themselves.</c> 00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:27.760 They<00:39:25.739><c> were</c><00:39:26.000><c> terrified</c><00:39:26.480><c> at</c><00:39:26.619><c> his</c><00:39:26.840><c> presence.</c> 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:34.739 And<00:39:29.519><c> he</c><00:39:29.539><c> had</c><00:39:29.699><c> to</c><00:39:29.820><c> encourage</c><00:39:30.239><c> them</c><00:39:30.420><c> to</c><00:39:30.599><c> come</c><00:39:30.860><c> near</c><00:39:31.579><c> and</c><00:39:33.539><c> to</c><00:39:33.760><c> hug</c><00:39:33.920><c> him.</c> 00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:38.900 Be<00:39:35.400><c> not</c><00:39:35.699><c> grieved,</c><00:39:37.300><c> it</c><00:39:37.380><c> took</c><00:39:37.519><c> a</c><00:39:37.659><c> long</c><00:39:37.880><c> time</c><00:39:38.199><c> for</c><00:39:38.400><c> his</c><00:39:38.579><c> brethren</c> 00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:42.179 to<00:39:39.860><c> learn</c><00:39:40.119><c> to</c><00:39:40.519><c> trust</c><00:39:40.800><c> him.</c> 00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:48.880 And<00:39:45.619><c> 17</c><00:39:46.019><c> years</c><00:39:46.400><c> later,</c><00:39:47.960><c> it</c><00:39:48.119><c> was</c><00:39:48.340><c> no</c><00:39:48.539><c> different.</c> 00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:52.380 You<00:39:49.179><c> come</c><00:39:49.380><c> to</c><00:39:49.480><c> chapter</c><00:39:49.760><c> 50</c><00:39:50.780><c> and</c><00:39:51.239><c> verse</c><00:39:51.519><c> 15.</c> 00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:59.300 It's<00:39:54.679><c> so</c><00:39:55.019><c> sad</c><00:39:55.260><c> that</c><00:39:55.519><c> Joseph's</c><00:39:56.019><c> brothers</c><00:39:56.260><c> took</c><00:39:56.659><c> years</c><00:39:57.300><c> and</c><00:39:57.699><c> years</c><00:39:58.519><c> to</c> 00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:01.380 realize<00:39:59.679><c> he</c><00:39:59.840><c> was</c><00:40:00.059><c> different</c><00:40:00.380><c> to</c><00:40:00.519><c> them.</c> 00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:06.340 Chapter<00:40:04.199><c> 50</c><00:40:04.659><c> and</c><00:40:04.840><c> verse</c><00:40:05.159><c> 15.</c> 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:12.400 After<00:40:07.300><c> they</c><00:40:07.460><c> have</c><00:40:07.679><c> all</c><00:40:07.940><c> buried</c><00:40:08.219><c> Jacob</c><00:40:08.860><c> in</c><00:40:10.320><c> the</c><00:40:10.539><c> cave</c><00:40:10.719><c> of</c><00:40:10.940><c> Machpelah,</c> 00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:17.780 and<00:40:13.519><c> it</c><00:40:13.719><c> says,</c><00:40:14.300><c> and</c><00:40:14.340><c> when</c><00:40:14.599><c> Joseph's</c><00:40:15.159><c> brethren</c><00:40:15.480><c> saw</c><00:40:15.780><c> that</c><00:40:15.940><c> their</c><00:40:16.119><c> father</c><00:40:16.400><c> was</c><00:40:16.679><c> dead,</c> 00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:21.760 they<00:40:18.940><c> said,</c><00:40:19.280><c> Joseph</c><00:40:19.679><c> will</c><00:40:19.960><c> peradventure</c><00:40:20.539><c> hate</c><00:40:20.820><c> us,</c> 00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:24.880 and<00:40:22.480><c> will</c><00:40:22.739><c> certainly</c><00:40:23.019><c> requite</c><00:40:23.519><c> us</c><00:40:23.820><c> all</c><00:40:24.139><c> the</c><00:40:24.380><c> evil</c><00:40:24.519><c> which</c><00:40:24.719><c> we</c> 00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.980 did<00:40:25.000><c> unto</c><00:40:25.239><c> him.</c> 00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:29.739 Oh<00:40:27.519><c> what</c><00:40:27.659><c> a</c><00:40:27.860><c> tragedy,</c><00:40:28.340><c> brethren</c><00:40:28.420><c> and</c><00:40:28.659><c> sisters.</c> 00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:34.019 17<00:40:31.519><c> years</c><00:40:32.000><c> reconciled.</c> 00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:38.920 And<00:40:34.800><c> now</c><00:40:35.000><c> that</c><00:40:35.239><c> dad's</c><00:40:35.539><c> dead,</c><00:40:35.820><c> they</c><00:40:36.000><c> said,</c><00:40:36.179><c> well</c><00:40:36.300><c> he's</c><00:40:36.460><c> just</c><00:40:36.760><c> been</c><00:40:36.980><c> waiting</c><00:40:37.300><c> for</c><00:40:37.519><c> Jacob</c><00:40:37.800><c> to</c><00:40:38.079><c> die,</c> 00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:41.099 and<00:40:39.480><c> now</c><00:40:39.719><c> he's</c><00:40:39.960><c> going</c><00:40:40.059><c> to</c><00:40:40.219><c> kill</c><00:40:40.320><c> us.</c> 00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:43.940 Now<00:40:41.840><c> he's</c><00:40:42.059><c> going</c><00:40:42.199><c> to</c><00:40:42.380><c> punish</c><00:40:42.619><c> us,</c><00:40:42.920><c> he's</c><00:40:43.179><c> just</c><00:40:43.460><c> been</c><00:40:43.659><c> holding</c> 00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:45.880 off<00:40:44.199><c> because</c><00:40:44.460><c> dad</c><00:40:44.699><c> was</c><00:40:44.960><c> alive.</c> 00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:51.920 And<00:40:49.639><c> Jacob</c><00:40:49.940><c> must</c><00:40:50.219><c> have</c><00:40:50.440><c> felt</c><00:40:50.639><c> that</c><00:40:50.820><c> there</c><00:40:50.980><c> was</c><00:40:51.219><c> still</c><00:40:51.480><c> tension</c> 00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:53.440 between<00:40:52.340><c> the</c><00:40:52.559><c> brothers,</c> 00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:56.579 and<00:40:54.039><c> he</c><00:40:54.199><c> had</c><00:40:54.360><c> ordered</c><00:40:54.539><c> them</c><00:40:55.139><c> to</c><00:40:55.800><c> seek</c><00:40:56.059><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:58.480 Look<00:40:56.800><c> what</c><00:40:56.900><c> they</c><00:40:57.159><c> said.</c> 00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:02.039 And<00:40:59.579><c> they</c><00:40:59.739><c> sent</c><00:40:59.840><c> a</c><00:41:00.000><c> message</c><00:41:00.219><c> to</c><00:41:00.480><c> Joseph</c><00:41:00.780><c> saying,</c> 00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:05.940 thy<00:41:02.920><c> father,</c><00:41:03.780><c> isn't</c><00:41:04.239><c> interesting,</c><00:41:04.679><c> not</c><00:41:04.880><c> our</c><00:41:05.179><c> father,</c> 00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:11.139 thy<00:41:07.960><c> father</c><00:41:08.599><c> did</c><00:41:09.460><c> command</c><00:41:09.940><c> before</c><00:41:10.320><c> he</c><00:41:10.559><c> died</c><00:41:10.820><c> saying,</c> 00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:14.139 so<00:41:11.480><c> shall</c><00:41:11.559><c> she</c><00:41:11.699><c> say</c><00:41:11.820><c> to</c><00:41:12.019><c> Joseph,</c><00:41:12.480><c> forgive</c><00:41:12.960><c> I</c><00:41:13.239><c> pray</c><00:41:13.559><c> thee</c><00:41:13.780><c> now,</c> 00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:17.880 the<00:41:14.739><c> trespass</c><00:41:15.340><c> of</c><00:41:15.500><c> thy</c><00:41:15.719><c> brethren</c><00:41:16.000><c> and</c><00:41:16.360><c> their</c><00:41:16.699><c> sin,</c> 00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:20.420 for<00:41:18.300><c> they</c><00:41:18.440><c> did</c><00:41:18.559><c> unto</c><00:41:18.739><c> you</c><00:41:19.059><c> evil,</c><00:41:19.420><c> and</c><00:41:19.539><c> now</c><00:41:19.840><c> we</c><00:41:20.099><c> pray</c><00:41:20.280><c> thee,</c> 00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:24.260 forgive<00:41:20.760><c> the</c><00:41:21.039><c> trespass</c><00:41:21.519><c> of</c><00:41:21.679><c> the</c><00:41:21.880><c> servants</c><00:41:22.239><c> of</c><00:41:23.699><c> the</c><00:41:23.920><c> God</c><00:41:24.059><c> of</c> 00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:24.840 thy<00:41:24.519><c> father.</c> 00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:26.500 You<00:41:25.000><c> see</c><00:41:25.079><c> they've</c><00:41:25.239><c> got</c><00:41:25.300><c> it</c><00:41:25.559><c> right,</c><00:41:25.780><c> it</c><00:41:25.820><c> wasn't</c><00:41:26.099><c> just</c><00:41:26.340><c> a</c> 00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:27.760 trespass<00:41:27.000><c> against</c><00:41:27.380><c> Joseph,</c> 00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:30.099 it<00:41:27.900><c> was</c><00:41:28.079><c> a</c><00:41:28.179><c> trespass</c><00:41:28.659><c> against</c><00:41:29.000><c> God.</c> 00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:34.840 And<00:41:32.099><c> they</c><00:41:32.280><c> sent</c><00:41:32.380><c> a</c><00:41:32.519><c> message</c><00:41:33.119><c> to</c><00:41:33.480><c> Joseph</c><00:41:33.880><c> saying,</c> 00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:38.039 twice,<00:41:35.539><c> forgive</c><00:41:35.800><c> us,</c><00:41:36.139><c> forgive</c><00:41:36.440><c> us.</c> 00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:51.039 And<00:41:45.579><c> when</c><00:41:45.820><c> Joseph</c><00:41:46.139><c> heard</c><00:41:46.440><c> it,</c><00:41:49.079><c> he</c><00:41:49.199><c> wept</c><00:41:49.340><c> bitterly.</c> 00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:57.099 He<00:41:52.559><c> wept</c><00:41:52.800><c> again</c><00:41:53.199><c> because</c><00:41:54.000><c> they</c><00:41:55.219><c> didn't</c><00:41:55.460><c> understand</c><00:41:55.960><c> him.</c> 00:41:57.860 --> 00:42:01.179 They<00:41:58.039><c> didn't</c><00:41:58.219><c> understand</c><00:41:58.860><c> that</c><00:41:59.019><c> he</c><00:41:59.119><c> had</c><00:41:59.360><c> forgiven</c><00:41:59.599><c> them</c><00:42:00.559><c> while</c><00:42:01.079><c> he</c> 00:42:01.179 --> 00:42:02.460 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said,</c><00:42:20.460><c> behold,</c><00:42:21.099><c> we</c><00:42:21.260><c> be</c><00:42:21.420><c> thy</c><00:42:21.679><c> servants.</c> 00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:26.599 And<00:42:23.800><c> Joseph's</c><00:42:24.119><c> got</c><00:42:24.179><c> to</c><00:42:24.300><c> lift</c><00:42:24.440><c> up</c><00:42:24.659><c> their</c><00:42:24.820><c> heads,</c><00:42:25.380><c> fear</c><00:42:25.579><c> not,</c> 00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:32.699 I'm<00:42:29.900><c> here</c><00:42:30.139><c> doing</c><00:42:30.420><c> what</c><00:42:30.679><c> God</c><00:42:31.039><c> wants</c><00:42:31.380><c> to</c><00:42:31.579><c> be</c><00:42:31.780><c> done.</c> 00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:37.059 But<00:42:34.179><c> as</c><00:42:34.380><c> for</c><00:42:34.559><c> you</c><00:42:34.739><c> in</c><00:42:34.880><c> verse</c><00:42:35.079><c> 20,</c><00:42:35.360><c> you</c><00:42:35.619><c> thought</c><00:42:35.880><c> evil</c><00:42:36.219><c> against</c><00:42:36.599><c> me,</c> 00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:41.260 but<00:42:37.860><c> God</c><00:42:38.159><c> meant</c><00:42:38.400><c> it</c><00:42:38.579><c> to</c><00:42:38.780><c> good,</c><00:42:39.079><c> to</c><00:42:39.219><c> bring</c><00:42:39.340><c> to</c><00:42:39.659><c> pass</c><00:42:40.280><c> this</c><00:42:41.099><c> day,</c> 00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:43.900 to<00:42:41.559><c> save</c><00:42:41.860><c> much</c><00:42:42.079><c> people</c><00:42:42.440><c> alive,</c><00:42:42.719><c> and</c><00:42:42.920><c> again</c><00:42:43.280><c> he's</c><00:42:43.559><c> talking</c> 00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:45.559 about<00:42:44.219><c> God's</c><00:42:44.739><c> providence.</c> 00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:50.420 Now<00:42:47.260><c> fear</c><00:42:47.619><c> not,</c><00:42:47.820><c> I</c><00:42:48.000><c> will</c><00:42:48.280><c> nourish</c><00:42:48.699><c> you</c><00:42:48.840><c> and</c><00:42:48.940><c> your</c><00:42:49.099><c> little</c><00:42:49.360><c> ones.</c> 00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:54.139 And<00:42:51.159><c> verse</c><00:42:51.380><c> 21,</c><00:42:51.960><c> young</c><00:42:52.099><c> people,</c><00:42:52.420><c> is</c><00:42:52.480><c> one</c><00:42:52.619><c> of</c><00:42:52.719><c> the</c><00:42:52.880><c> most</c><00:42:53.340><c> touching</c><00:42:53.800><c> scenes</c> 00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:55.260 in<00:42:54.320><c> the</c><00:42:54.480><c> Bible.</c> 00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:58.519 Get<00:42:56.219><c> your</c><00:42:56.400><c> imagination</c><00:42:57.019><c> working</c><00:42:57.340><c> on</c><00:42:57.599><c> this.</c> 00:42:59.219 --> 00:43:01.599 Here's<00:42:59.440><c> his</c><00:42:59.619><c> brothers,</c><00:43:00.260><c> trembling</c><00:43:00.460><c> in</c><00:43:00.820><c> fear</c><00:43:00.980><c> that</c><00:43:01.139><c> Joseph</c><00:43:01.420><c> is</c> 00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:03.280 going<00:43:01.699><c> to</c><00:43:01.840><c> put</c><00:43:01.940><c> them</c><00:43:02.099><c> to</c><00:43:02.280><c> death.</c> 00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:06.940 After<00:43:03.800><c> all</c><00:43:04.119><c> these</c><00:43:04.500><c> years,</c><00:43:04.920><c> and</c><00:43:05.079><c> he's</c><00:43:05.400><c> crying</c><00:43:05.719><c> with</c><00:43:06.059><c> tears,</c> 00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:09.739 because<00:43:07.139><c> they</c><00:43:07.239><c> can't</c><00:43:07.699><c> understand</c><00:43:08.199><c> him.</c> 00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:14.099 And<00:43:10.739><c> he's</c><00:43:10.940><c> got</c><00:43:11.059><c> them</c><00:43:11.300><c> there,</c><00:43:12.639><c> around</c><00:43:12.940><c> his</c><00:43:13.260><c> feet,</c> 00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:19.000 and<00:43:14.980><c> it</c><00:43:15.219><c> says,</c><00:43:15.619><c> he</c><00:43:15.800><c> comforted</c><00:43:16.239><c> them</c><00:43:16.960><c> and</c><00:43:17.900><c> spake</c><00:43:18.280><c> kindly</c><00:43:18.739><c> to</c><00:43:18.920><c> them.</c> 00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:22.480 If<00:43:19.119><c> you've</c><00:43:19.239><c> got</c><00:43:19.340><c> an</c><00:43:19.559><c> AV</c><00:43:19.800><c> margin,</c><00:43:20.280><c> it</c><00:43:20.440><c> has</c><00:43:20.699><c> most</c><00:43:21.039><c> beautifully</c><00:43:21.519><c> correct,</c> 00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:25.539 he<00:43:23.480><c> spoke</c><00:43:23.900><c> to</c><00:43:24.159><c> their</c><00:43:24.480><c> hearts.</c> 00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:31.480 What<00:43:29.400><c> a</c><00:43:29.639><c> glorious</c><00:43:29.940><c> picture</c><00:43:30.179><c> that</c><00:43:30.400><c> is.</c> 00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:34.599 How<00:43:33.019><c> sad</c><00:43:33.260><c> those</c><00:43:33.579><c> words</c><00:43:33.940><c> weren't</c><00:43:34.280><c> recorded,</c> 00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:36.900 what<00:43:34.840><c> an</c><00:43:35.099><c> exhortation</c><00:43:35.699><c> that</c><00:43:35.880><c> would</c><00:43:36.059><c> have</c><00:43:36.300><c> been,</c> 00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:40.400 as<00:43:37.539><c> Joseph</c><00:43:37.980><c> spoke</c><00:43:38.420><c> to</c><00:43:38.619><c> the</c><00:43:38.860><c> hearts</c><00:43:39.179><c> of</c><00:43:39.380><c> his</c><00:43:39.579><c> brothers,</c> 00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:46.460 about<00:43:42.400><c> God's</c><00:43:42.900><c> forgiveness,</c><00:43:44.599><c> about</c><00:43:44.800><c> God's</c><00:43:45.360><c> providence,</c> 00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:51.800 about<00:43:47.519><c> what</c><00:43:47.860><c> real</c><00:43:48.219><c> character</c><00:43:48.579><c> is,</c><00:43:50.099><c> about</c><00:43:50.340><c> God's</c><00:43:50.820><c> love.</c> 00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:59.179 It<00:43:55.860><c> will</c><00:43:56.039><c> be</c><00:43:56.199><c> emulated</c><00:43:56.599><c> by</c><00:43:56.840><c> the</c><00:43:56.960><c> Lord</c><00:43:57.119><c> Jesus</c><00:43:57.500><c> Christ</c><00:43:57.880><c> in</c><00:43:58.039><c> the</c><00:43:58.219><c> kingdom,</c> 00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:02.099 when<00:44:00.420><c> the</c><00:44:00.639><c> Jews</c><00:44:00.840><c> come</c><00:44:01.119><c> to</c><00:44:01.280><c> his</c><00:44:01.559><c> feet,</c> 00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:06.980 and<00:44:03.420><c> he</c><00:44:03.619><c> speaks</c><00:44:04.019><c> to</c><00:44:04.199><c> their</c><00:44:04.440><c> hearts.</c> 00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:14.440 Joseph<00:44:11.519><c> only</c><00:44:11.920><c> ever</c><00:44:12.260><c> wanted</c><00:44:12.519><c> God</c><00:44:12.960><c> to</c><00:44:13.300><c> be</c><00:44:13.460><c> honored.</c> 00:44:15.360 --> 00:44:17.119 He<00:44:15.420><c> never</c><00:44:15.659><c> wanted</c><00:44:15.920><c> an</c><00:44:16.179><c> apology.</c> 00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:20.260 He<00:44:18.000><c> held</c><00:44:18.239><c> no</c><00:44:18.619><c> personal</c><00:44:19.159><c> grudges.</c> 00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:22.739 And<00:44:21.360><c> we're</c><00:44:21.500><c> going</c><00:44:21.579><c> to</c><00:44:21.760><c> leave</c><00:44:21.980><c> for</c><00:44:22.199><c> the</c><00:44:22.360><c> moment,</c> 00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:25.519 the<00:44:23.139><c> loveliest</c><00:44:23.639><c> of</c><00:44:23.840><c> Jacob's</c><00:44:24.480><c> sons,</c> 00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:29.219 with<00:44:26.619><c> his</c><00:44:26.900><c> brethren</c><00:44:27.280><c> around</c><00:44:27.820><c> his</c><00:44:28.159><c> feet,</c> 00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:34.420 now<00:44:30.500><c> truly</c><00:44:30.960><c> playing</c><00:44:31.380><c> the</c><00:44:31.559><c> role</c><00:44:31.780><c> of</c><00:44:31.980><c> the</c><00:44:32.239><c> savior</c><00:44:32.579><c> of</c><00:44:32.920><c> the</c><00:44:33.079><c> world.</c> 00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:41.320 And<00:44:38.639><c> we</c><00:44:38.880><c> take</c><00:44:39.059><c> away</c><00:44:39.300><c> the</c><00:44:39.500><c> lessons</c><00:44:39.780><c> from</c><00:44:40.039><c> Joseph.</c> 00:44:42.619 --> 00:44:44.380 Be<00:44:42.760><c> God</c><00:44:43.019><c>-conscious.</c> 00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:51.679 At<00:44:48.099><c> a</c><00:44:48.239><c> young</c><00:44:48.420><c> age,</c><00:44:49.039><c> take</c><00:44:49.179><c> responsibility</c><00:44:50.000><c> for</c><00:44:50.519><c> yourself.</c> 00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:55.000 He<00:44:52.699><c> started</c><00:44:53.019><c> this</c><00:44:53.320><c> journey</c><00:44:53.639><c> at</c><00:44:53.880><c> 17.</c> 00:44:55.800 --> 00:45:00.079 That's<00:44:56.400><c> written</c><00:44:56.559><c> for</c><00:44:56.860><c> you,</c><00:44:57.199><c> young</c><00:44:57.260><c> people,</c><00:44:58.519><c> not</c><00:44:58.739><c> to</c><00:44:58.960><c> miss.</c> 00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:04.940 He<00:45:02.519><c> always</c><00:45:02.760><c> wanted</c><00:45:03.019><c> to</c><00:45:03.219><c> be</c><00:45:03.400><c> a</c><00:45:03.500><c> master</c><00:45:03.860><c> of</c><00:45:04.179><c> dream.</c> 00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:11.960 Be<00:45:07.719><c> keen</c><00:45:08.179><c> and</c><00:45:09.000><c> desperate</c><00:45:09.659><c> and</c><00:45:10.440><c> weep</c><00:45:10.739><c> to</c><00:45:11.039><c> understand</c><00:45:11.639><c> the</c><00:45:11.840><c> word</c> 00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:13.139 of<00:45:12.219><c> God.</c> 00:45:15.619 --> 00:45:18.280 And<00:45:15.940><c> when</c><00:45:16.059><c> you've</c><00:45:16.300><c> taken</c><00:45:16.559><c> responsibility</c><00:45:17.219><c> for</c><00:45:17.480><c> yourself,</c> 00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:21.400 go<00:45:19.579><c> seek</c><00:45:19.840><c> your</c><00:45:20.099><c> brethren's</c><00:45:20.539><c> welfare.</c> 00:45:27.219 --> 00:45:30.619 Learn<00:45:28.099><c> the</c><00:45:28.519><c> Joseph</c><00:45:28.960><c> principle.</c> 00:45:32.820 --> 00:45:37.320 Never<00:45:33.079><c> trust</c><00:45:33.480><c> your</c><00:45:33.780><c> flesh</c><00:45:34.239><c> to</c><00:45:35.440><c> do</c><00:45:35.579><c> the</c><00:45:35.760><c> right</c><00:45:36.000><c> thing.</c> 00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:41.000 Think<00:45:38.199><c> ahead</c><00:45:38.500><c> how</c><00:45:38.719><c> we</c><00:45:38.880><c> would</c><00:45:39.039><c> avoid</c><00:45:39.460><c> dangerous</c><00:45:40.059><c> situations,</c> 00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:51.059 and<00:45:43.340><c> show</c><00:45:43.659><c> strength</c><00:45:44.539><c> by</c><00:45:47.860><c> anticipating</c><00:45:48.679><c> your</c><00:45:49.440><c> body's</c><00:45:50.139><c> weakness.</c> 00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:57.150 It<00:45:52.639><c> takes</c><00:45:53.019><c> real</c><00:45:53.400><c> strength</c><00:45:54.079><c> to</c><00:45:55.260><c> believe</c><00:45:55.699><c> you</c><00:45:56.000><c> are</c><00:45:56.199><c> weak.</c> 00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:07.500 And<00:46:01.980><c> be</c><00:46:02.219><c> prepared</c><00:46:02.739><c> to</c><00:46:04.239><c> leave,</c><00:46:06.320><c> to</c><00:46:06.559><c> flee,</c> 00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:10.880 and<00:46:08.239><c> get</c><00:46:08.480><c> out</c><00:46:08.820><c> when</c><00:46:09.139><c> temptation</c><00:46:09.860><c> presents</c><00:46:10.340><c> itself.</c> 00:46:11.340 --> 00:46:13.239 That's<00:46:11.699><c> the</c><00:46:11.820><c> Joseph</c><00:46:12.139><c> principle.</c> 00:46:16.179 --> 00:46:19.739 Be<00:46:16.960><c> prepared</c><00:46:17.360><c> to</c><00:46:17.579><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:18.159><c> yourself,</c><00:46:18.800><c> that</c><00:46:18.940><c> others</c><00:46:19.340><c> might</c> 00:46:19.739 --> 00:46:21.380 be<00:46:20.059><c> saved.</c> 00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:28.880 And<00:46:23.079><c> always</c><00:46:23.900><c> remember</c><00:46:25.760><c> the</c><00:46:26.000><c> value</c><00:46:26.380><c> of</c><00:46:26.920><c> gracious</c><00:46:27.440><c> speech.</c> 00:46:32.760 --> 00:46:35.699 Young<00:46:32.920><c> people,</c><00:46:33.199><c> Joseph</c><00:46:33.639><c> is</c><00:46:33.980><c> a</c><00:46:34.119><c> wonderful</c><00:46:34.599><c> character.</c> 00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:39.199 And<00:46:36.900><c> he</c><00:46:37.059><c> leaves</c><00:46:37.219><c> us</c><00:46:37.440><c> with</c><00:46:37.619><c> an</c><00:46:37.820><c> exhortation.</c> 00:46:39.539 --> 00:46:41.880 As<00:46:39.760><c> the</c><00:46:40.019><c> Hebrew</c><00:46:40.380><c> of</c><00:46:40.739><c> the</c><00:46:40.980><c> Hebrews,</c> 00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:44.960 full<00:46:43.159><c> of</c><00:46:43.340><c> the</c><00:46:43.460><c> faith</c><00:46:43.760><c> of</c><00:46:44.000><c> Abraham,</c> 00:46:45.719 --> 00:46:47.739 full<00:46:45.920><c> of</c><00:46:46.099><c> the</c><00:46:46.280><c> pilgrim</c><00:46:46.679><c> spirit.</c> 00:46:49.340 --> 00:46:50.880 And<00:46:49.440><c> God</c><00:46:49.639><c> says</c><00:46:49.860><c> to</c><00:46:50.099><c> us,</c> 00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:54.219 that<00:46:52.159><c> he</c><00:46:52.260><c> is</c><00:46:52.440><c> not</c><00:46:52.659><c> unrighteous</c><00:46:53.159><c> to</c><00:46:53.380><c> forget</c> 00:46:54.219 --> 00:46:56.800 your<00:46:54.900><c> work</c><00:46:55.119><c> and</c><00:46:55.340><c> labor</c><00:46:55.539><c> of</c><00:46:55.800><c> love,</c><00:46:55.960><c> which</c><00:46:56.119><c> you</c><00:46:56.320><c> have</c><00:46:56.539><c> showed</c> 00:46:56.800 --> 00:46:58.500 toward<00:46:57.260><c> his</c><00:46:57.599><c> name.</c> 00:46:59.260 --> 00:47:01.000 You<00:46:59.420><c> see,</c><00:46:59.579><c> God</c><00:46:59.800><c> first.</c> 00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:03.980 In<00:47:01.940><c> that</c><00:47:02.119><c> you</c><00:47:02.300><c> have</c><00:47:02.519><c> ministered</c><00:47:02.880><c> to</c><00:47:03.059><c> the</c><00:47:03.280><c> saints.</c><00:47:03.420><c> How</c><00:47:03.639><c> do</c><00:47:03.780><c> we</c> 00:47:03.980 --> 00:47:04.500 serve<00:47:04.199><c> God?</c> 00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:07.239 We<00:47:05.019><c> serve</c><00:47:05.239><c> God</c><00:47:05.500><c> by</c><00:47:05.820><c> serving</c><00:47:06.139><c> our</c><00:47:06.380><c> brethren.</c> 00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:10.880 And<00:47:09.519><c> you</c><00:47:09.719><c> do</c><00:47:09.900><c> minister.</c> 00:47:11.380 --> 00:47:13.900 And<00:47:11.900><c> we</c><00:47:12.039><c> desire</c><00:47:12.400><c> that</c><00:47:12.579><c> every</c><00:47:12.780><c> one</c><00:47:12.940><c> of</c><00:47:13.099><c> you</c> 00:47:14.940 --> 00:47:17.320 show<00:47:15.539><c> the</c><00:47:15.840><c> same</c><00:47:16.199><c> diligence</c> 00:47:17.380 --> 00:47:20.699 and<00:47:17.679><c> the</c><00:47:17.880><c> full</c><00:47:18.059><c> assurance</c><00:47:18.539><c> of</c><00:47:18.840><c> hope</c><00:47:19.079><c> unto</c><00:47:19.380><c> the</c><00:47:19.639><c> end.</c> 00:47:21.059 --> 00:47:23.880 That<00:47:21.280><c> you</c><00:47:21.460><c> be</c><00:47:21.699><c> not</c><00:47:22.000><c> slothful,</c><00:47:22.420><c> but</c><00:47:22.719><c> followers</c><00:47:23.219><c> of</c><00:47:23.579><c> people</c> 00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:25.199 like<00:47:24.179><c> Joseph,</c> 00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:26.900 and<00:47:25.539><c> Jacob,</c><00:47:25.860><c> and</c><00:47:26.099><c> Abraham.</c> 00:47:28.400 --> 00:47:31.320 Followers<00:47:28.719><c> of</c><00:47:28.900><c> those</c><00:47:29.179><c> who</c><00:47:29.400><c> through</c><00:47:29.659><c> faith,</c> 00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:35.219 and<00:47:33.280><c> patience</c><00:47:33.699><c> like</c><00:47:34.019><c> Joseph,</c> 00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:38.940 will<00:47:36.460><c> one</c><00:47:36.719><c> day</c><00:47:37.019><c> surely</c><00:47:37.480><c> inherit</c><00:47:37.880><c> the</c><00:47:38.139><c> land</c> 00:47:39.960 --> 00:47:41.760 of<00:47:40.579><c> the</c><00:47:40.800><c> Hebrews.</c> 00:47:42.699 --> 00:47:44.500 Young<00:47:42.820><c> people,</c><00:47:43.139><c> may</c><00:47:43.340><c> God</c><00:47:43.599><c> bless</c><00:47:43.980><c> you</c> 00:47:44.500 --> 00:47:46.099 in<00:47:44.860><c> your</c><00:47:45.059><c> endeavors</c> 00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:50.199 to<00:47:47.099><c> follow</c><00:47:47.400><c> his</c><00:47:48.199><c> lovely</c><00:47:48.800><c> servant,</c><00:47:49.480><c> Joseph.</c> 00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:55.400 And<00:47:52.699><c> pray</c><00:47:52.900><c> God,</c><00:47:53.199><c> we</c><00:47:53.300><c> might</c><00:47:53.519><c> have</c><00:47:53.719><c> the</c><00:47:53.860><c> privilege</c><00:47:54.119><c> one</c><00:47:54.460><c> day</c> 00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:58.400 to<00:47:56.079><c> discuss</c><00:47:56.460><c> with</c><00:47:56.659><c> Joseph</c><00:47:57.039><c> his</c><00:47:57.360><c> glorious</c><00:47:57.800><c> life</c> 00:47:58.400 --> 00:48:00.940 in<00:47:59.619><c> the</c><00:47:59.760><c> Kingdom</c><00:47:59.960><c> of</c><00:48:00.139><c> God.</c>