diff --git "a/2023/Sunday Worship - July 30, 2023_transcript.txt" "b/2023/Sunday Worship - July 30, 2023_transcript.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/2023/Sunday Worship - July 30, 2023_transcript.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,2555 @@ +[0.00 --> 4.86] inform +[4.86 --> 34.84] Thank you. +[34.86 --> 64.84] Thank you. +[64.86 --> 66.86] Thank you. +[94.86 --> 96.86] Thank you. +[124.86 --> 126.86] Thank you. +[154.86 --> 156.86] Thank you. +[184.86 --> 186.86] Thank you. +[214.86 --> 216.86] Thank you. +[244.86 --> 246.86] Thank you. +[246.86 --> 248.86] Thank you. +[248.86 --> 250.86] Thank you. +[250.86 --> 252.86] Thank you. +[252.86 --> 254.86] Thank you. +[254.86 --> 256.86] Thank you. +[256.86 --> 258.86] Thank you. +[258.86 --> 260.86] Thank you. +[260.86 --> 265.78] In your love to those around me. +[273.52 --> 277.86] Jesus, the name above every other name. +[280.14 --> 284.50] Jesus, the only one who could ever save. +[284.50 --> 314.48] Jesus, the only one who could ever save. +[314.50 --> 317.50] I would please stand and PF. +[317.54 --> 321.50] Please come to me with your love. +[321.50 --> 325.88] In your love to those around me. +[325.88 --> 336.36] And I will build my life upon your love +[336.36 --> 341.68] It is a firm foundation +[341.68 --> 349.70] And I will put my trust in you alone +[349.70 --> 355.10] And I will not be shaken +[355.10 --> 363.08] And I will build my life upon your love +[363.08 --> 368.32] It is a firm foundation +[368.32 --> 376.36] And I will put my trust in you alone +[376.36 --> 381.70] And I will not be shaken +[381.70 --> 387.20] Holy, there is no one like you +[387.20 --> 389.68] There is none beside you +[389.68 --> 395.04] Open up my eyes in wonder +[395.04 --> 398.84] And show me who you are +[398.84 --> 401.68] And fill me with your heart +[401.68 --> 405.54] And lead me in your love +[405.54 --> 409.66] To those around me +[409.66 --> 414.66] I will build my life upon your love +[414.66 --> 418.72] And submit myる life on my husband +[418.72 --> 422.66] I will not be shaken +[422.66 --> 423.42] And resume +[423.42 --> 423.76] My love +[423.76 --> 425.14] How will people +[425.14 --> 426.20] I will build my life on mine +[426.20 --> 426.50] And the information +[426.50 --> 428.44] And the information +[428.44 --> 431.14] And the information +[431.14 --> 432.06] I will be given you +[432.06 --> 432.64] And I will have a student +[432.64 --> 433.28] And the information +[433.28 --> 433.78] And what I will be� +[433.78 --> 434.44] And when I have, word +[434.44 --> 435.32] And the information +[435.32 --> 436.46] So, you know what would you +[436.46 --> 466.44] I'll see you next time. +[466.46 --> 496.44] I'll see you next time. +[496.44 --> 497.60] Good morning. +[500.02 --> 503.86] Welcome into our worship together this morning. +[504.34 --> 505.14] My name is Chris. +[505.40 --> 506.74] I'm one of the pastors here. +[507.08 --> 512.00] If you're visiting with us this morning, in person or online, we're super excited that +[512.00 --> 514.62] you are here and we'd love to connect with you. +[514.80 --> 518.42] And so at some point in your seats, there are Connect cards. +[518.56 --> 523.36] Feel free to fill one of those out and put it in the collection bag as it comes around, +[523.36 --> 527.04] or there's a QR code that you can scan and that will give you a digital form. +[527.14 --> 530.54] We'd love to hear from you, see how we can connect together. +[531.34 --> 539.12] As we worship our God on this beautiful Sunday morning, we come as people with all sorts of +[539.12 --> 543.08] different stories and different circumstances, different needs, different prayers, different +[543.08 --> 545.48] celebrations, different cries of the heart. +[545.48 --> 549.86] We come and we bring them all into the presence of our God together. +[550.66 --> 554.28] And so as you are able, and where you are, I'm going to invite you to stand. +[554.76 --> 556.66] We can receive God's greeting together. +[557.90 --> 563.94] After God's greeting, give you an opportunity just to welcome those around you into our worship +[563.94 --> 564.34] together. +[564.34 --> 568.26] Just a reminder, not everybody likes to be welcomed with a hug. +[569.36 --> 574.82] And so a fist bump or a nod of the head may be adequate or appropriate for some people. +[574.94 --> 578.68] Just, you know, discern the situation you find yourself in. +[579.56 --> 584.92] We gather together as God's people and so receive the greeting of our God. +[584.92 --> 593.88] grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from the Lord Jesus Christ, Son, and +[593.88 --> 597.24] our Savior, through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. +[598.24 --> 598.70] Amen. +[614.92 --> 636.76] Good morning. +[637.10 --> 639.00] Welcome to worship this morning. +[639.00 --> 645.62] A.W. Tozer, in his book, The Pursuit of God, wrote this. +[646.52 --> 652.80] Has it ever occurred to you that 100 pianos, all tuned to the same tuning fork, are automatically +[652.80 --> 653.86] tuned to each other? +[654.44 --> 660.08] They are of one accord by being tuned not to each other, but to another standard to which +[660.08 --> 662.68] each one must individually bow. +[663.68 --> 668.98] After thinking on this this week, I realized that the truth is a tuned piano can quickly go +[668.98 --> 674.66] out of tune depending on its environment, where it has been, or how it has been used, and +[674.66 --> 676.52] needs to be retuned regularly. +[677.90 --> 679.46] Worship is like a tuning fork. +[680.74 --> 687.26] Worship is, coming to worship on Sundays is an opportunity for us to come back to who we +[687.26 --> 694.22] are in light of who God is, to lift our eyes higher, and to remind us who we are in God's +[694.22 --> 694.58] eyes. +[695.04 --> 697.94] So our call to worship this morning is Psalm 117. +[697.94 --> 700.30] Praise the Lord, all you nations. +[700.48 --> 702.12] Extol him, all you people. +[702.68 --> 707.06] For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. +[707.46 --> 708.34] Praise the Lord. +[708.72 --> 709.66] Let's worship together. +[709.66 --> 722.78] Come, now is the time to worship. +[722.78 --> 737.70] Come, now is the time to worship. +[739.54 --> 746.92] Come, now is the time to live your life. +[746.92 --> 753.60] Come, just as you are to worship. +[755.38 --> 762.80] Come, just as you love me for your love. +[766.38 --> 770.54] Make me every time you kiss your heart. +[770.54 --> 773.54] Make me every year of love. +[773.54 --> 778.16] Come, just as you are to worship. +[778.16 --> 790.84] Come, now is the time to worship. +[790.84 --> 799.76] Come, now is the time to live your life. +[799.76 --> 806.38] Come, just as you are to worship. +[808.38 --> 812.38] Come, just as you are to worship. +[812.38 --> 814.38] Come, just as you are to worship. +[814.38 --> 819.00] Come, just as you are to worship. +[819.00 --> 823.00] Come, just as you are to worship. +[823.00 --> 827.00] Come, just as you are to worship. +[827.00 --> 831.62] Come, just as you are to worship. +[831.62 --> 836.62] Come, just as you are to worship. +[836.62 --> 841.62] Come, just as you are to worship. +[841.62 --> 846.24] Come, just as you are to worship. +[846.30 --> 852.48] come, just as you are to worship. +[852.48 --> 861.52] Now, now is the time to worship +[861.52 --> 870.60] Now, now is the time to give your heart +[870.60 --> 877.52] Now, just as you are to worship +[877.52 --> 886.96] Now, just as you are before your love +[886.96 --> 887.96] Now +[907.52 --> 929.08] Who has held the oceans in its hands? +[929.08 --> 934.62] Who has covered every grain of sin? +[935.06 --> 940.30] Kings and nations trampled on His voice +[940.30 --> 946.84] All creation rises to His voice +[946.84 --> 954.32] Oh, now, now, sing me on His song +[954.32 --> 957.86] Come, let us know it +[957.86 --> 962.80] Behold on Him +[962.80 --> 964.90] God, we can't remember +[964.90 --> 969.84] Come, let us know it +[969.84 --> 986.16] Who has given counsel to the Lord +[986.16 --> 991.74] Who can question any of His words +[991.74 --> 997.30] Who can teach the one who knows all things +[997.30 --> 1003.30] Who can fathom all His wondrous feet +[1003.30 --> 1008.52] Oh, now, God +[1008.52 --> 1011.48] Seated on His throne +[1011.48 --> 1015.28] Come, let us adore Him +[1015.28 --> 1019.30] Behold on Him +[1019.82 --> 1022.30] Let Him compare +[1022.30 --> 1028.30] God, let us adore Him +[1028.30 --> 1030.30] Who has held the fields upon His hands +[1030.30 --> 1034.30] Bearing all the guilt of sinful men +[1034.30 --> 1036.30] God, eternal heart +[1036.30 --> 1037.30] Behold on Him +[1037.30 --> 1039.30] God, eternal heart +[1039.30 --> 1052.30] God, eternal heart +[1052.30 --> 1054.30] Humble to the grave +[1054.30 --> 1060.30] Jesus, Savior, risen now to Him +[1060.30 --> 1062.30] God, eternal heart +[1062.30 --> 1066.30] God, eternal heart +[1066.30 --> 1068.30] God, eternal heart +[1068.30 --> 1072.30] Come, let us adore Him +[1072.30 --> 1076.30] Behold on Him +[1076.30 --> 1078.30] God, eternal heart +[1078.30 --> 1080.30] Come, let us adore Him +[1080.30 --> 1090.30] God, eternal heart +[1090.30 --> 1092.30] You will be +[1092.30 --> 1094.30] Your glory +[1094.30 --> 1096.30] You will be +[1096.30 --> 1126.28] Thank you. +[1126.30 --> 1156.28] Thank you. +[1156.30 --> 1158.30] Thank you. +[1187.26 --> 1190.52] Please join me in our prayer of confession this morning. +[1190.52 --> 1192.52] Thank you. +[1193.22 --> 1203.88] Jesus, our Lord, you came to us humbly, born in a stable and later riding on a donkey toward your cruel death and sacrifice for us. +[1204.38 --> 1208.34] In perfect love, you showed us the way we should live. +[1208.34 --> 1210.98] Lord, we sing to you praise. +[1210.98 --> 1214.76] We cast our eyes on you to worship and adore you. +[1215.66 --> 1223.78] Lord, we confess that our vision wanders and is not always pure and is often stained with our own selfish desires. +[1225.14 --> 1229.06] Forgive us, Lord, when our eyes are not set on the things of your kingdom. +[1229.06 --> 1236.90] Forgive us, O Lord, when our mouths that seek to praise you often deny and defy you in what they say. +[1238.34 --> 1241.92] Renew in us an obedient spirit, we pray. +[1241.92 --> 1247.86] We come to you now, Lord, in a few moments of silent confession. +[1247.86 --> 1249.86] Amen. +[1249.86 --> 1250.86] Amen. +[1250.86 --> 1251.86] Amen. +[1251.86 --> 1252.86] Amen. +[1252.86 --> 1254.86] Amen. +[1254.86 --> 1255.86] Amen. +[1255.86 --> 1256.86] Amen. +[1284.86 --> 1285.36] Amen. +[1285.36 --> 1286.42] Amen. +[1286.42 --> 1287.42] Amen. +[1287.42 --> 1287.52] Amen. +[1287.52 --> 1289.20] Amen. +[1290.88 --> 1295.32] God, our one and only true hope, restore us. +[1296.14 --> 1298.26] Our times are in your hands, O God. +[1298.80 --> 1306.56] Let your face shine upon us as we pursue your will in our lives and save us through your unfailing love. +[1307.42 --> 1308.66] In your name we pray. +[1309.52 --> 1309.84] Amen. +[1309.84 --> 1310.00] Amen. +[1313.26 --> 1317.18] This next song has some actions, which I know some of the children know, +[1317.42 --> 1320.58] so if you'd like to follow along with that, that would be great. +[1320.68 --> 1321.90] And please stand as we sing. +[1321.90 --> 1351.88] Thank you. +[1351.90 --> 1381.88] Thank you. +[1381.90 --> 1383.90] Thank you. +[1383.90 --> 1385.90] Thank you. +[1385.90 --> 1387.90] Thank you. +[1387.90 --> 1389.90] Thank you. +[1389.90 --> 1391.90] Thank you. +[1391.90 --> 1393.90] Thank you. +[1393.90 --> 1395.90] Thank you. +[1395.90 --> 1397.90] Thank you. +[1397.90 --> 1399.90] Thank you. +[1399.90 --> 1401.90] Thank you. +[1401.90 --> 1403.90] Thank you. +[1403.90 --> 1405.90] Thank 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+[1497.90 --> 1500.14] I am +[1500.14 --> 1503.26] You are stronger +[1503.26 --> 1505.84] You are stronger +[1505.84 --> 1508.10] Sin is broken +[1508.10 --> 1510.98] You have saved me +[1510.98 --> 1513.28] It is risen +[1513.28 --> 1515.62] Christ is risen +[1515.62 --> 1520.74] Jesus you are Lord of all +[1520.74 --> 1522.90] You are stronger +[1522.90 --> 1525.00] You are stronger +[1525.00 --> 1527.22] Sin is broken +[1527.22 --> 1529.74] You have saved me +[1529.74 --> 1532.00] It is risen +[1532.00 --> 1534.18] Christ is risen +[1534.18 --> 1540.00] Jesus you are Lord of all +[1557.22 --> 1568.74] This is here I breathe +[1568.74 --> 1575.74] This is here I breathe +[1575.74 --> 1580.70] Your holy presence +[1580.70 --> 1582.22] This is here I am +[1582.22 --> 1595.22] This is my daily prayer +[1595.22 --> 1601.18] This is my daily prayer +[1601.18 --> 1602.74] Thee Aha! +[1602.74 --> 1607.02] Who away from God +[1607.02 --> 1614.28] So I'm glad to be here +[1614.28 --> 1623.90] And I'm just below you +[1623.90 --> 1635.02] And I'm just below you +[1635.02 --> 1644.78] This is the air I breathe +[1644.78 --> 1651.26] This is the air I breathe +[1651.26 --> 1657.26] Your holy presence +[1657.26 --> 1662.58] I'm living in me +[1662.58 --> 1670.34] This is my daily breath +[1670.34 --> 1676.34] This is my daily breath +[1676.34 --> 1682.10] I'm living in me +[1682.10 --> 1686.10] So I'm living in me +[1686.10 --> 1695.86] And I'm just below you +[1695.86 --> 1705.62] And I'm just below you +[1705.62 --> 1709.62] And I'm just below you +[1709.62 --> 1721.38] And I'm just below you +[1721.38 --> 1723.38] And I'm just below you +[1723.38 --> 1729.38] And I'm just below you +[1729.38 --> 1739.14] And I'm just below you +[1739.14 --> 1742.90] You are the air I breathe +[1742.90 --> 1750.90] You are the air I breathe +[1750.90 --> 1754.66] And I'm just below you +[1754.66 --> 1776.34] Good morning +[1776.34 --> 1780.96] Good morning +[1780.96 --> 1782.14] My name is Brenda +[1782.14 --> 1783.08] And I'm a deacon here +[1783.08 --> 1783.64] At Emanuel +[1783.64 --> 1785.30] We continue our worship +[1785.30 --> 1786.68] With the giving of our gifts +[1786.68 --> 1788.14] To the budget +[1788.14 --> 1789.66] Which is for the +[1789.66 --> 1790.70] It covers the administration +[1790.70 --> 1791.34] Of the church +[1791.34 --> 1792.08] And its ministries +[1792.08 --> 1793.66] And our special offering today +[1793.66 --> 1794.98] Is for Advocate +[1794.98 --> 1796.98] Life and Education Services +[1796.98 --> 1798.94] Advocate exists +[1798.94 --> 1800.92] To promote the inherent worth +[1800.92 --> 1801.50] And dignity +[1801.50 --> 1803.08] Of every human being +[1803.08 --> 1805.10] They strive for a society +[1805.10 --> 1806.56] In which every human life +[1806.56 --> 1807.22] Is protected +[1807.22 --> 1808.18] Respected +[1808.18 --> 1808.92] And valued +[1808.92 --> 1809.96] From conception +[1809.96 --> 1811.10] Until natural death +[1811.10 --> 1812.14] They believe +[1812.14 --> 1813.24] That all human beings +[1813.24 --> 1814.42] Have God-given value +[1814.42 --> 1815.02] And are worthy +[1815.02 --> 1816.66] Of respect and protection +[1816.66 --> 1818.18] Regardless of their age +[1818.18 --> 1819.58] Place of residence +[1819.58 --> 1820.70] Stage of development +[1820.70 --> 1821.64] State of health +[1821.64 --> 1822.92] Or level of ability +[1822.92 --> 1825.06] Advocate brings hope +[1825.06 --> 1826.12] To women and families +[1826.12 --> 1827.38] Through pregnancy counseling +[1827.38 --> 1828.10] And resources +[1828.10 --> 1829.52] Baby supplies +[1829.52 --> 1830.76] Postpartum support +[1830.76 --> 1832.06] Post-abortion care +[1832.06 --> 1833.80] And community education +[1833.80 --> 1835.12] They believe +[1835.12 --> 1836.22] Everyone has value +[1836.22 --> 1838.00] And they are here to help +[1838.00 --> 1839.64] Next week's offering +[1839.64 --> 1841.18] Is for the gateway of hope +[1841.18 --> 1842.34] Let us give +[1842.34 --> 1843.90] As the Lord has blessed us +[1851.64 --> 1864.26] So we have trials +[1864.26 --> 1866.24] And condition +[1866.24 --> 1872.74] Everybody knows our great +[1872.74 --> 1874.68] Isolation +[1874.68 --> 1881.74] Lay our burdens down +[1881.74 --> 1885.88] Lay our burdens down +[1885.88 --> 1889.88] Never friendly heaven Jesus +[1889.88 --> 1892.24] He's the worst one +[1892.24 --> 1894.18] Seeds are wrong +[1894.18 --> 1896.38] Bless Him, Christ, Lord +[1896.38 --> 1898.42] Let He rise up +[1898.42 --> 1901.06] Forever and ever +[1901.06 --> 1903.06] His heart is alone +[1903.06 --> 1912.74] Everybody has fears +[1912.74 --> 1914.74] Everybody has worries +[1914.74 --> 1920.60] Everybody has sorrow +[1920.60 --> 1923.20] Devastation +[1923.20 --> 1929.88] Lay our burdens down +[1929.88 --> 1933.96] Lay our burdens down +[1933.96 --> 1938.04] Let our friends live down in Jesus +[1938.04 --> 1939.56] He's the worst one +[1939.56 --> 1941.56] Seeds are wrong +[1941.56 --> 1945.56] Every grace of every rising +[1945.56 --> 1947.56] Forever and ever +[1947.56 --> 1951.56] His heart is alone +[1951.56 --> 1957.24] Lord, Lord, He's faithful +[1957.24 --> 1961.24] He feels like a heart like a +[1961.24 --> 1963.24] Running over and ever +[1963.24 --> 1964.68] Let our betrayal +[1964.68 --> 1966.92] For His faithful +[1966.92 --> 1968.68] Now He has been +[1968.68 --> 1970.92] And over and over +[1970.92 --> 1972.92] Lord, let our betrayal +[1972.92 --> 1974.92] For His faithful +[1974.92 --> 1976.98] He feels like a +[1976.98 --> 1978.92] Lord, let our betrayal +[1978.92 --> 1982.92] For His faithful +[1982.92 --> 1984.84] Now He will +[1984.84 --> 1986.92] And over and over +[1986.92 --> 1989.86] And ab� +[1989.86 --> 1990.36] Oh, Lord, let our знаем +[1990.36 --> 1991.66] We have +[1991.70 --> 1992.60] jestem +[1992.60 --> 1996.32] Be +[1996.60 --> 1997.06] ese +[1997.06 --> 1998.30] Rcellence +[1998.30 --> 1998.60] Bising +[1998.60 --> 1999.60] rix +[1999.60 --> 2005.48] His heart is rising, and forever and ever His heart is come. +[2005.86 --> 2013.30] The King, the King and the King, Jesus, LaGreed With The New Shore. +[2013.42 --> 2022.00] Mercy, graceful, and duty rising, and forever and ever His heart is come. +[2022.50 --> 2026.54] Forever and ever His heart is come. +[2029.60 --> 2044.18] All right. I would love if there's any kids here this morning aged three through kindergarten, +[2045.08 --> 2049.96] going into kindergarten or having just finished kindergarten, that is up to your parents to +[2049.96 --> 2056.36] decide. But we want you to come up to the front. We're going to stand together. We're going to +[2056.36 --> 2062.40] give you a little blessing, and then you're going to be on your way. I know that you've got some +[2062.40 --> 2068.78] teachers who are excited to lead you in some children's worship time this morning. All right, +[2068.82 --> 2073.00] so we're a small group up here this morning, so that means all y'all got to speak extra loud, +[2073.06 --> 2081.02] all right? Can you stand with us too? That's right. Okay, so we're going to hold our hands up, +[2081.02 --> 2085.00] and we're going to say, the Lord be with you, and then they're going to say, and also with you, +[2085.00 --> 2094.06] back to us. Ready? Really loud. Ready? The Lord be with you. And also with you. Oh, excellent on both sides. Good job. +[2094.06 --> 2095.06] Thank you. +[2095.06 --> 2096.06] Thank you. +[2115.00 --> 2126.60] Good morning. My name is Rob. I'm a member here, and I'd like to lead you in a time of family prayer. +[2126.60 --> 2136.96] A few weeks ago, we started the Faith Hero series, and we opened with the opening verses of Hebrews 11, +[2137.38 --> 2144.52] which is a chapter that paints such great word pictures. Now, faith is confidence in what we hope +[2144.52 --> 2151.10] for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. +[2151.10 --> 2159.86] What our eyes see or don't see is a great theme that we see throughout the Bible, and I'd like to +[2159.86 --> 2166.40] infuse some of that theme into our prayer this morning. And to help us do that, I'd like to just +[2166.40 --> 2172.96] start with a few passages, and let's just tuck those back away in the back of our minds and reflect on +[2172.96 --> 2176.60] them. The first one is from Ephesians chapter 1. +[2176.60 --> 2182.60] I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope +[2182.60 --> 2188.82] to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, +[2189.12 --> 2196.74] and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That's a really complicated verse and sentence. +[2197.26 --> 2200.92] There are three things in there that we can distill it down to. Let me read it again. +[2200.92 --> 2207.86] I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you, one, may know the hope to which +[2207.86 --> 2214.82] he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably +[2214.82 --> 2225.14] great power for us who believe. 2 Corinthians 4. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is +[2225.14 --> 2230.24] unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. +[2230.92 --> 2237.96] Then in Acts chapter 26, Paul is recounting what happened on the road to Damascus, where God says, +[2238.46 --> 2244.86] I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I'm sending you to them to open their eyes. +[2246.32 --> 2252.06] Psalm 119, open my eyes that I may see the wonderful things in your law. +[2253.42 --> 2258.76] There's lots. There's many more. Some may come to mind for you as well. +[2258.76 --> 2265.92] I'd actually like to close our time of prayer with one more, and that's from the book of 2 Kings, +[2266.86 --> 2273.50] which what was happening there was Elisha and the Israelites were under military threat from the Arameans, +[2273.72 --> 2280.18] and they were about to get squashed. Now, I'm fairly certain that we probably don't have Arameans +[2280.18 --> 2285.36] surrounding the sanctuary. If there are, then that means the ushers aren't doing their job. +[2286.92 --> 2293.32] But I think most of us or all of us probably have figurative Arameans surrounding us. +[2296.60 --> 2303.64] Before we pray as well, I'd like to go through some of the prayer concerns that were in the bulletin, +[2303.64 --> 2311.82] or some updates on that. And first off, we know that Amy Bongers will be needing a second surgery to her eyes. +[2312.44 --> 2318.90] We pray that that will go well and that she will have the patience to be able to deal with that. +[2319.70 --> 2326.10] We also think of the Roersma family as Mike's mom is nearing the end of her life, +[2326.10 --> 2333.22] and we pray for the family as they gather at the hospital and that you would provide a peace for the family +[2333.22 --> 2336.92] and that the hope of Jesus would be known and experienced. +[2337.60 --> 2345.80] We also think of the fire near Osoyos, and we know now that the town is under evacuation +[2345.80 --> 2349.74] and the turmoil and upheaval that that has. +[2349.74 --> 2355.82] We have members here who have property around there, people camping. +[2356.92 --> 2359.26] What a challenge that that is. +[2360.36 --> 2364.68] As well, in the bulletin, we've read about Amy Cron. +[2364.86 --> 2371.50] We pray for her treatments and also for Dan Howling's father and his recovery. +[2372.40 --> 2376.82] And we've also been praying for Louise Condos' family +[2376.82 --> 2380.80] and the recoveries for Ellen White and Mahré. +[2382.24 --> 2383.64] Let's pray together. +[2385.38 --> 2388.00] We praise you, God, for creating this universe, +[2388.50 --> 2390.42] that it was formed at your command, +[2390.78 --> 2394.36] so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. +[2395.30 --> 2398.66] Even with our powerful telescopes and space voyages, +[2398.90 --> 2403.38] humanity has not even scratched the surface of what can be seen. +[2403.38 --> 2406.98] All creation lights up with a reflection of its maker. +[2407.86 --> 2411.88] At the other end of the spectrum, we think of the ministry of advocate, +[2412.44 --> 2415.42] who draw our attention to the tiny unborn child, +[2415.82 --> 2418.52] not literally seen, but very real. +[2419.88 --> 2421.58] Father, we praise you for your law. +[2421.78 --> 2424.32] Your word guides us in the way that we should go. +[2425.36 --> 2427.22] Yet, we fall short. +[2428.20 --> 2429.90] Firstly, we keep our eyes closed. +[2429.90 --> 2433.64] At times, it's easier to close our eyes to what's going on around us. +[2434.26 --> 2437.84] At times, we're overwhelmed with the brokenness in the world around us. +[2439.00 --> 2442.04] Forgive us for willingly shutting out what we know is right +[2442.04 --> 2443.98] and from doing what is good. +[2445.42 --> 2448.80] Secondly, we see, but we don't live by your standards. +[2449.82 --> 2452.52] At times, it's easier just to stay where we're at. +[2453.24 --> 2455.46] You direct us to live our lives of faith, +[2455.66 --> 2458.56] but it can be more comfortable just to let things slide. +[2458.56 --> 2463.34] Forgive us for failing to act and doing what we know is right. +[2464.52 --> 2466.30] Thirdly, we look elsewhere. +[2466.96 --> 2469.24] Forgive us when we choose to do what is wrong. +[2469.72 --> 2474.46] Forgive us when we choose ourselves or we choose temporal things above you. +[2475.32 --> 2479.38] We pray, Lord, that your spirit would flood us to open our eyes, +[2479.86 --> 2482.82] help us to be and do what you have planned for us, +[2482.92 --> 2485.48] and help us to stop looking elsewhere. +[2485.48 --> 2491.82] We come to you with thanks this morning for the great gifts that our spiritual eyes can see. +[2492.82 --> 2495.44] We thank you for the hope to which you call us, +[2495.76 --> 2497.58] the riches of your glorious inheritance, +[2498.00 --> 2500.52] and the great power for us who believe. +[2501.62 --> 2504.76] All these can help us not just cope with our daily lives, +[2505.12 --> 2507.58] but help us to thrive in our service to you. +[2507.58 --> 2510.12] We thank you for this church. +[2510.36 --> 2513.50] Although we fail, we are grateful for the good things, +[2513.92 --> 2517.98] for the cloud of witnesses that testify to your faithfulness and encourage us. +[2518.76 --> 2520.34] Thank you for the church worldwide, +[2520.84 --> 2524.18] with so many people living out their faith in so many ways, +[2524.26 --> 2526.34] so many places, so many faces. +[2527.30 --> 2529.58] Thank you for the church of all ages, +[2530.18 --> 2533.40] that cloud of witnesses that goes before us +[2533.40 --> 2535.62] and that will undoubtedly follow us. +[2535.62 --> 2539.68] Father, we pray for the faces of our own church. +[2540.22 --> 2542.58] We think of Amy needing surgery, +[2542.92 --> 2545.20] and Amy Cron as well. +[2545.46 --> 2548.48] We think of the Roersma family as they're gathered just up the hill. +[2549.06 --> 2553.92] Lord, bless their time together as they expect their mother to pass away. +[2554.82 --> 2558.92] Father, we pray for those in Osoyos who need to make decisions +[2558.92 --> 2563.74] and leave their homes and deal with all the upheaval with that. +[2564.70 --> 2568.74] We pray for Dan Howling's father and Louise Condos' family. +[2569.22 --> 2574.04] Lord, we thank you for the recoveries for Ellen and for Mahre. +[2574.04 --> 2580.38] We pray for the things that don't make it into the bulletin +[2580.38 --> 2584.04] or the things that used to be in the bulletin but have not been forgotten, +[2584.50 --> 2588.84] for physical challenges, aging challenges, housing challenges, +[2589.20 --> 2593.08] the challenges of raising children or broken relationships. +[2593.56 --> 2596.74] Give us eyes to see that our afflictions are temporary +[2596.74 --> 2601.96] and don't compare with the glory that is awaiting us. +[2602.62 --> 2604.20] We pray again for our advocate, +[2604.48 --> 2608.60] that they may inspire women and families to see your goodness +[2608.60 --> 2609.90] and your graciousness. +[2610.98 --> 2612.90] We thank you for the rain a week ago. +[2613.28 --> 2616.32] We pray that this summer season may recharge us from our labors, +[2616.50 --> 2620.38] and when we do things and experience things that we might not do otherwise, +[2620.38 --> 2625.16] that this might lead us to a new perspective and a new focus for the year ahead. +[2626.78 --> 2629.30] Father, we pray for Marg on Township Council. +[2630.04 --> 2632.16] Thank you that she can serve in this role. +[2632.36 --> 2635.34] We pray that you give her the wisdom and the insight +[2635.34 --> 2637.62] to serve in such a unique way. +[2638.66 --> 2640.58] We pray for the council of this church, +[2640.94 --> 2644.50] for the various leaders, and for the many, many volunteers. +[2645.60 --> 2647.48] Give them the hope to which you call them, +[2647.86 --> 2649.94] the richness of your glorious inheritance. +[2650.38 --> 2652.66] And the great power for those who believe. +[2654.02 --> 2656.08] We pray for our pastors and staff. +[2656.24 --> 2657.32] Give them eyes to see. +[2658.00 --> 2661.56] May the upcoming Roman series continue to challenge us +[2661.56 --> 2663.16] and open the eyes of our hearts. +[2664.36 --> 2665.90] Bless these faith heroes' messages, +[2666.64 --> 2669.18] that we may not just see them, like Joseph, +[2669.18 --> 2670.84] as larger than life, +[2671.22 --> 2673.54] but an encouragement for our life. +[2674.76 --> 2675.84] In your name we pray. +[2676.30 --> 2676.60] Amen. +[2678.46 --> 2679.82] Back to two kings. +[2681.34 --> 2683.24] So the Arameans are threatening. +[2685.20 --> 2686.30] And this is about, +[2686.66 --> 2690.70] this starts with the servant of the prophet Elisha. +[2691.66 --> 2693.78] When the servant of the man of God got up +[2693.78 --> 2695.30] and went out early the next morning, +[2695.62 --> 2699.56] an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. +[2699.56 --> 2703.02] Oh no, my lord, what shall we do? +[2703.02 --> 2704.32] The servant asked. +[2706.32 --> 2708.78] Don't be afraid, the prophet answered. +[2709.26 --> 2713.46] Those who are with us are more than those who are with them. +[2713.46 --> 2715.48] And Elisha prayed. +[2716.68 --> 2719.78] Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see. +[2719.78 --> 2723.68] Then the Lord opened the servant's eyes, +[2723.76 --> 2728.94] and he looked, and he saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire +[2728.94 --> 2731.16] all around Elisha. +[2731.16 --> 2757.06] As Rob indicated, we're going to continue our series looking at faith heroes, +[2757.06 --> 2761.02] a list generated from Hebrews 11, +[2761.52 --> 2762.70] but stories throughout the Bible. +[2762.80 --> 2765.16] This morning, Amara is going to come up +[2765.16 --> 2769.50] and read for us the text from Genesis 50. +[2770.16 --> 2772.96] We're going to read verse 15 through 26. +[2773.48 --> 2777.00] And so if you have a Bible either in your hands or on your phone, +[2777.10 --> 2778.98] I encourage you to have that in front of you +[2778.98 --> 2782.96] while Amara reads it and also for after. +[2782.96 --> 2788.44] When Jesus' brothers saw that their father was dead, +[2788.66 --> 2789.08] they said, +[2789.54 --> 2791.74] What if Joseph holds a grudge against us +[2791.74 --> 2794.00] and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him? +[2794.34 --> 2796.24] So they sent word to Joseph, saying, +[2796.52 --> 2798.80] Your father left these instructions before he died. +[2799.20 --> 2800.96] This is what you are to say to Joseph. +[2801.56 --> 2804.18] I ask you to forgive your brothers +[2804.18 --> 2807.52] the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly. +[2807.52 --> 2813.02] Now please forgive the sins of the servant of the God of your father. +[2813.72 --> 2816.86] When the message came to him, Joseph wept. +[2817.50 --> 2821.74] His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. +[2822.02 --> 2823.68] We are your slaves, they said. +[2824.08 --> 2825.16] But Joseph said, +[2825.46 --> 2826.30] Do not be afraid. +[2826.70 --> 2828.30] I am in the place of God. +[2828.54 --> 2829.94] You intended to harm me, +[2830.02 --> 2831.68] but God intended it for good +[2831.68 --> 2835.52] to accomplish what is now being done. +[2835.52 --> 2838.14] The saving of many lives. +[2838.62 --> 2840.02] So then, don't be afraid. +[2840.52 --> 2843.26] I will provide for you and your children. +[2843.94 --> 2847.04] And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. +[2848.80 --> 2853.38] Joseph stayed in Egypt along with all of his father's family. +[2854.02 --> 2856.12] He lives 110 years +[2856.12 --> 2859.24] and saw the third generation of Ephraim's children, +[2859.52 --> 2862.38] also the children of Machir, son of Manasseh, +[2862.70 --> 2864.62] were placed at birth on Joseph's knee. +[2864.62 --> 2868.26] Then Joseph said to his brothers, +[2868.58 --> 2869.50] I am about to die, +[2869.80 --> 2871.62] but God will surely come to your aid +[2871.62 --> 2875.06] and take you up and out of this land +[2875.06 --> 2877.36] to the land he promised on oath +[2877.36 --> 2879.62] to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. +[2880.56 --> 2884.04] And Joseph made the Israelites swear on oath +[2884.04 --> 2885.62] and said, +[2886.50 --> 2888.08] God will surely come to your aid +[2888.08 --> 2891.64] and then you must carry my bones up from this place. +[2891.64 --> 2895.00] So Joseph died at an age of 110 +[2895.00 --> 2897.50] and after they embalmed him, +[2897.92 --> 2899.96] he was placed in a coffin in Egypt. +[2899.96 --> 2909.40] Thanks, Amara. +[2909.40 --> 2909.50] Thanks, Amara. +[2914.00 --> 2919.10] As we have been looking at faith heroes +[2919.10 --> 2924.92] and looking at characters and stories in the Bible +[2924.92 --> 2927.64] that may be familiar to you, +[2927.64 --> 2929.50] may not be familiar to you, +[2930.46 --> 2931.78] we have been doing this +[2931.78 --> 2935.82] as a way of trying to encourage each other +[2935.82 --> 2937.28] and to be encouraged +[2937.28 --> 2940.84] as we see God at work in the world +[2940.84 --> 2944.58] through sometimes extraordinary people, +[2944.80 --> 2947.92] but more often than not, ordinary people. +[2947.92 --> 2950.72] And we've been holding those stories up +[2950.72 --> 2953.40] alongside of some of our own stories +[2953.40 --> 2955.60] and some of the stories of people +[2955.60 --> 2958.72] that have impacted our lives of faith. +[2960.30 --> 2961.82] To that end, at the very beginning +[2961.82 --> 2963.34] of this series of this summer, +[2963.48 --> 2964.30] and if you weren't here, +[2964.40 --> 2965.62] you can be forgiven for this, +[2965.88 --> 2967.12] but I did say, +[2967.36 --> 2971.30] if you have seen God at work in your life +[2971.30 --> 2973.32] or if you have a story +[2973.32 --> 2974.62] that you would like to share, +[2974.94 --> 2976.06] we would love to hear that. +[2976.06 --> 2978.60] And, strangely enough, +[2979.02 --> 2980.10] no one's called me, +[2981.00 --> 2981.94] no one's emailed me, +[2982.00 --> 2982.86] no one's reached out, +[2983.10 --> 2983.98] and here's what I know. +[2985.06 --> 2986.68] Some of y'all have seen God at work +[2986.68 --> 2987.62] in this last week, +[2988.84 --> 2992.66] let alone in these last number of weeks or months. +[2993.38 --> 2994.52] And we want to celebrate that, +[2994.58 --> 2995.18] we want to hear that. +[2995.26 --> 2999.64] And so, if you would like to share with us something, +[2999.82 --> 3001.50] please grab me after the service, +[3001.98 --> 3002.82] touch base with me, +[3002.88 --> 3004.88] and we will make it happen. +[3006.06 --> 3008.52] Now, the story of Joseph +[3008.52 --> 3013.52] is a beautiful and, I think anyway, +[3013.74 --> 3015.50] compelling story +[3015.50 --> 3018.30] of who God is +[3018.30 --> 3021.02] and of one man's response +[3021.02 --> 3022.76] and the impact that that has had +[3022.76 --> 3024.04] on the people around him. +[3025.10 --> 3027.62] The big idea for Joseph +[3027.62 --> 3028.94] and for us this morning +[3028.94 --> 3032.70] is to see how, +[3033.00 --> 3034.52] in the Joseph story, +[3034.68 --> 3036.12] we learn about +[3036.12 --> 3039.60] the security of God's sovereignty +[3039.60 --> 3043.72] and the power of God's providence +[3043.72 --> 3046.46] and how those connect +[3046.46 --> 3048.30] to your everyday life. +[3049.30 --> 3051.12] So, what I hope you'll see this morning +[3051.12 --> 3052.28] is that the Joseph story +[3052.28 --> 3054.94] is about the security of God's sovereignty +[3054.94 --> 3057.74] and the power of God's providence +[3057.74 --> 3059.84] for your everyday life. +[3060.46 --> 3062.68] Now, as I stand here this morning, +[3062.80 --> 3064.96] I know that those might be +[3064.96 --> 3067.34] sort of $5 theological words, +[3067.62 --> 3069.12] sovereignty and providence, +[3069.62 --> 3071.54] and probably not words you use +[3071.54 --> 3072.60] in your ordinary life, +[3073.22 --> 3076.44] unless you're a nerd like me. +[3076.44 --> 3079.84] And so, I just want to take a minute +[3079.84 --> 3083.30] and define our terms, right? +[3083.40 --> 3085.64] What is God's sovereignty? +[3086.14 --> 3087.16] What does that refer to? +[3087.82 --> 3088.92] And then quickly also, +[3089.08 --> 3090.28] what is providence? +[3091.18 --> 3093.44] Now, simply put, sovereignty, +[3093.98 --> 3095.88] God's sovereignty means +[3095.88 --> 3098.40] God's right to rule. +[3099.74 --> 3101.46] God's right to rule. +[3102.40 --> 3103.68] So, when you read your Bible +[3103.68 --> 3107.06] and you see the name God Almighty +[3107.06 --> 3108.74] or the Lord Almighty, +[3109.12 --> 3110.50] that's translating +[3110.50 --> 3114.12] a Hebrew word pair named for God +[3114.12 --> 3115.86] that is El in Hebrew, +[3116.00 --> 3117.04] which is a word for God, +[3117.18 --> 3118.02] and Shaddai. +[3118.84 --> 3120.04] El Shaddai. +[3120.82 --> 3122.30] Shaddai is the name +[3122.30 --> 3124.20] by which God is primarily known +[3124.20 --> 3126.26] before He gives His covenant name +[3126.26 --> 3127.64] to His people, Yahweh. +[3128.62 --> 3130.70] Shaddai is sometimes translated +[3130.70 --> 3133.60] as sovereign or ruler. +[3135.32 --> 3136.68] In what became +[3136.68 --> 3139.86] the sort of first authorized translation +[3139.86 --> 3141.34] of the Bible, +[3141.64 --> 3143.32] which is the Latin Vulgate, +[3143.48 --> 3144.68] which was written by Jerome +[3144.68 --> 3146.00] in the fourth century, +[3146.42 --> 3147.36] translated by Jerome +[3147.36 --> 3148.26] in the fourth century, +[3149.22 --> 3151.00] Shaddai is translated +[3151.00 --> 3152.68] into the Latin word +[3152.68 --> 3154.08] omnipotence, +[3155.08 --> 3156.72] which you might hear in that, +[3156.82 --> 3158.80] the English word omnipotence, +[3158.80 --> 3160.46] which is the word +[3160.46 --> 3162.60] that we use for all-powerful. +[3165.82 --> 3167.34] There's a theologian +[3167.34 --> 3170.02] that I really appreciate, +[3170.02 --> 3172.52] and his work on this +[3172.52 --> 3173.88] is really clear, I think. +[3174.14 --> 3175.36] His name is Herman Bavinck. +[3175.42 --> 3176.02] He's a Dutch theologian +[3176.62 --> 3178.26] from the late 19th, +[3178.26 --> 3179.16] early 20th century. +[3180.14 --> 3181.70] He writes this, +[3181.70 --> 3184.96] God is the creator +[3184.96 --> 3186.52] and therefore owner, +[3186.96 --> 3187.58] possessor, +[3187.72 --> 3189.90] and Lord of all things. +[3191.08 --> 3191.80] Apart from Him, +[3191.88 --> 3192.80] there is no existence +[3192.80 --> 3193.58] or ownership. +[3193.94 --> 3196.94] He alone has absolute authority. +[3197.58 --> 3199.12] Always and everywhere, +[3199.66 --> 3201.62] His will decides. +[3204.00 --> 3205.14] In short, +[3206.22 --> 3207.32] God's sovereignty +[3207.32 --> 3209.34] is His reign +[3209.34 --> 3210.88] over all the world +[3210.88 --> 3212.86] as creator king. +[3214.48 --> 3215.96] And with eyes to see, +[3216.12 --> 3216.74] you can see +[3216.74 --> 3218.22] how this shows up +[3218.22 --> 3219.60] in the story of Joseph +[3219.60 --> 3220.56] over and over +[3220.56 --> 3221.40] and over again. +[3222.56 --> 3222.76] Right? +[3222.84 --> 3223.86] Before anything +[3223.86 --> 3225.30] truly bad +[3225.30 --> 3226.18] befalls him, +[3226.26 --> 3228.30] back in Genesis 37, +[3228.50 --> 3229.46] where Joseph's story +[3229.46 --> 3230.44] starts, +[3232.02 --> 3233.28] Joseph has +[3233.28 --> 3234.38] a dream +[3234.38 --> 3236.34] that one day +[3236.34 --> 3237.14] he will be +[3237.14 --> 3238.16] a great ruler +[3238.16 --> 3239.48] and all people +[3239.48 --> 3240.72] will bow down +[3240.72 --> 3241.10] to him. +[3242.74 --> 3244.16] In the first dream, +[3244.44 --> 3245.70] Joseph and his brothers +[3245.70 --> 3247.02] are out in the field +[3247.02 --> 3248.26] binding up sheaves +[3248.26 --> 3248.82] of wheat. +[3250.12 --> 3250.26] Right? +[3250.36 --> 3251.22] Sheaves of grain. +[3251.90 --> 3253.08] And then all of a sudden, +[3253.26 --> 3254.60] Joseph's sheaf +[3254.60 --> 3255.72] stands up +[3255.72 --> 3256.76] in front of the brothers' +[3256.76 --> 3257.64] sheaves +[3257.64 --> 3258.60] and their sheaves +[3258.60 --> 3259.74] start bowing down +[3259.74 --> 3260.18] to him. +[3261.74 --> 3262.76] Now you can imagine, +[3262.88 --> 3263.14] Joseph, +[3263.36 --> 3264.08] one of the younger +[3264.08 --> 3265.48] of this family, +[3265.70 --> 3266.76] and his brothers +[3266.76 --> 3267.72] all bowing down +[3267.72 --> 3267.98] to him, +[3268.04 --> 3268.76] they don't take +[3268.76 --> 3269.42] that well. +[3270.64 --> 3271.76] He has another dream. +[3272.50 --> 3273.22] This time, +[3273.62 --> 3274.82] the sun and the moon +[3274.82 --> 3275.82] and the stars +[3275.82 --> 3278.04] are all bowing down +[3278.04 --> 3278.96] to Joseph. +[3280.10 --> 3280.80] Now this is usually +[3280.80 --> 3281.54] interpreted to mean +[3281.54 --> 3283.12] that Jacob and Rachel, +[3283.24 --> 3283.90] his parents, +[3284.12 --> 3285.32] and all of his brothers +[3285.32 --> 3287.20] would bow to him +[3287.20 --> 3289.18] at some point +[3289.18 --> 3291.08] in their future. +[3291.40 --> 3292.66] Joseph's dreams +[3292.66 --> 3294.10] are a prediction +[3294.10 --> 3295.76] of what is to come +[3295.76 --> 3296.80] of the future +[3296.80 --> 3298.36] and his dreams +[3298.36 --> 3299.36] are only, +[3299.84 --> 3301.06] his dreams +[3301.06 --> 3301.82] as a prediction +[3301.82 --> 3302.68] of the future +[3302.68 --> 3304.62] is only possible +[3304.62 --> 3307.46] if God is sovereign. +[3308.36 --> 3308.86] Right? +[3308.92 --> 3309.58] That the future +[3309.58 --> 3310.40] is fixed +[3310.40 --> 3311.88] in the hands of God +[3311.88 --> 3313.50] is only possible +[3313.50 --> 3315.70] if he is sovereign. +[3316.24 --> 3317.34] And that gets +[3317.34 --> 3318.28] his story started. +[3319.12 --> 3320.36] And we don't exactly know +[3320.36 --> 3321.50] what Joseph's attitude +[3321.50 --> 3322.60] was like +[3322.60 --> 3323.46] when he went through +[3323.46 --> 3324.88] everything that happened +[3324.88 --> 3325.30] to him. +[3325.94 --> 3327.08] But we do know +[3327.08 --> 3329.18] that in every circumstance, +[3329.46 --> 3330.32] no matter what it was, +[3330.44 --> 3332.90] he tries to be faithful +[3332.90 --> 3334.94] and obedient to God +[3334.94 --> 3336.56] and his will for living. +[3337.74 --> 3338.60] And so his brothers +[3338.60 --> 3340.78] don't like this arrogant +[3340.78 --> 3342.06] young man in their midst +[3342.06 --> 3343.12] and so they plot +[3343.12 --> 3343.88] to kill him. +[3344.36 --> 3345.30] Instead of killing him, +[3345.38 --> 3346.38] they beat him badly +[3346.38 --> 3347.22] and they throw him +[3347.22 --> 3347.74] in a well. +[3347.90 --> 3349.28] They sell him into slavery +[3349.28 --> 3350.52] to some Midianites +[3350.52 --> 3351.48] or some Ishmaelites +[3351.48 --> 3352.50] and he ends up +[3352.50 --> 3354.10] in Egypt +[3354.10 --> 3355.20] where he's sold +[3355.20 --> 3356.06] into the house +[3356.06 --> 3357.10] of Potiphar +[3357.10 --> 3359.00] who's an Egyptian official. +[3360.52 --> 3361.42] Potiphar's wife +[3361.42 --> 3364.76] accuses Joseph of rape +[3364.76 --> 3365.88] after she tries +[3365.88 --> 3367.02] to sleep with him. +[3367.96 --> 3368.84] And Joseph says +[3368.84 --> 3370.48] in Genesis 39 verse 9, +[3370.98 --> 3371.94] how could I do +[3371.94 --> 3373.16] such a wicked thing +[3373.16 --> 3375.04] and sin against God? +[3376.30 --> 3377.02] Joseph is thrown +[3377.02 --> 3377.54] into prison. +[3378.54 --> 3379.52] And while in prison, +[3379.52 --> 3381.32] more dreams occur. +[3381.52 --> 3383.42] Pharaoh has a couple dreams +[3383.42 --> 3384.58] and he asks Joseph +[3384.58 --> 3386.62] to interpret those dreams. +[3387.66 --> 3388.70] And Joseph says +[3388.70 --> 3389.90] in Genesis 41, +[3390.26 --> 3391.42] I cannot do it, +[3391.62 --> 3393.48] but God will give Pharaoh +[3393.48 --> 3394.88] the answer he desires. +[3397.36 --> 3400.02] Joseph speaks this answer +[3400.02 --> 3400.84] given from God +[3400.84 --> 3401.84] who is sovereign +[3401.84 --> 3403.72] and Pharaoh rewards him +[3403.72 --> 3405.06] with a privileged place +[3405.06 --> 3406.46] and Joseph eventually +[3406.46 --> 3407.94] moves up through the ranks +[3407.94 --> 3408.52] and he becomes +[3408.52 --> 3410.30] the vizier in Egypt +[3410.30 --> 3411.82] which is second in command +[3411.82 --> 3413.50] only to Pharaoh. +[3414.88 --> 3416.70] And he ends up +[3416.70 --> 3417.50] taking a wife +[3417.50 --> 3418.44] and having a family. +[3419.12 --> 3420.24] And in Genesis 41, +[3420.88 --> 3421.50] we read, +[3421.58 --> 3423.34] Joseph named his firstborn +[3423.34 --> 3424.38] Manasseh +[3424.38 --> 3425.02] and said, +[3425.50 --> 3426.58] it is because God +[3426.58 --> 3427.80] has made me forget +[3427.80 --> 3428.58] all my trouble. +[3429.24 --> 3430.16] And the second son, +[3430.28 --> 3431.20] he named Ephraim +[3431.20 --> 3431.86] and said, +[3431.86 --> 3433.22] it is because God +[3433.22 --> 3434.40] has made me fruitful +[3434.40 --> 3435.24] in the land +[3435.24 --> 3436.08] of my suffering. +[3437.76 --> 3438.66] And then Joseph's story +[3438.66 --> 3439.36] continues because +[3439.36 --> 3440.52] this famine that he predicted +[3440.52 --> 3441.32] does come +[3441.32 --> 3442.74] and his brothers now come +[3442.74 --> 3444.90] from the land of Canaan +[3444.90 --> 3445.86] where they were previously +[3445.86 --> 3446.72] and they come +[3446.72 --> 3448.44] to receive the grain stores +[3448.44 --> 3449.04] that Joseph +[3449.04 --> 3450.24] had helped preserve +[3450.24 --> 3451.60] but they're worried +[3451.60 --> 3452.70] that he's going to extract +[3452.70 --> 3454.42] his revenge on them +[3454.42 --> 3455.54] and in the text +[3455.54 --> 3456.36] that we read +[3456.36 --> 3457.36] in Genesis 50, +[3457.86 --> 3458.48] Joseph says, +[3458.82 --> 3459.78] don't be afraid. +[3459.78 --> 3462.46] Am I in the place of God? +[3462.98 --> 3464.20] You intended to harm me +[3464.20 --> 3465.76] but God intended it for good +[3465.76 --> 3466.62] to accomplish +[3466.62 --> 3467.78] what is now being done, +[3467.88 --> 3469.96] the saving of many lives. +[3470.04 --> 3471.22] So don't be afraid. +[3471.80 --> 3473.24] I will provide for you +[3473.24 --> 3474.66] and your children. +[3476.64 --> 3478.46] The rule of God +[3478.46 --> 3481.48] and his standing over history +[3481.48 --> 3484.60] and then Joseph's submission to it +[3484.60 --> 3486.82] and security within it +[3486.82 --> 3489.76] is all over the faith story +[3489.76 --> 3490.82] of Joseph. +[3491.92 --> 3492.94] But so too +[3492.94 --> 3494.34] is the power +[3494.34 --> 3496.02] of God's providence. +[3496.98 --> 3497.82] So in the same vein, +[3497.98 --> 3499.92] what is providence? +[3501.58 --> 3502.96] If sovereignty +[3502.96 --> 3505.90] is God's right to rule, +[3506.62 --> 3509.50] providence is God's active ruling +[3509.50 --> 3510.56] in the world. +[3510.86 --> 3511.98] It's his actions +[3511.98 --> 3514.60] that come out of that ruling. +[3514.60 --> 3517.02] And so the very act +[3517.02 --> 3517.60] of creation +[3518.14 --> 3519.22] in the very beginning +[3519.22 --> 3520.02] when God said, +[3520.22 --> 3520.84] let there be +[3520.84 --> 3522.44] and there was, +[3522.50 --> 3523.24] that act +[3523.24 --> 3525.42] is part of God's providence. +[3526.36 --> 3527.08] In fact, +[3527.20 --> 3527.68] in the old +[3527.68 --> 3528.60] Westminster Divines, +[3529.26 --> 3530.88] old theological traditions, +[3531.38 --> 3531.88] the doctrine +[3531.88 --> 3532.60] of God's providence +[3533.24 --> 3534.56] was sometimes called +[3534.56 --> 3535.18] the doctrine +[3535.18 --> 3537.10] of continuing creation. +[3538.66 --> 3539.14] Providence +[3539.14 --> 3540.10] is God's +[3540.10 --> 3541.64] continued involvement +[3541.64 --> 3542.86] in the world +[3542.86 --> 3543.86] for his glory +[3543.86 --> 3544.66] and for the good +[3544.66 --> 3545.80] of all that he has made. +[3546.82 --> 3547.42] And so we read +[3547.42 --> 3548.38] in Colossians 1, +[3549.20 --> 3549.94] all things +[3549.94 --> 3550.68] have been created +[3550.68 --> 3551.36] through him +[3551.36 --> 3552.26] and for him. +[3552.36 --> 3554.00] He is before all things +[3554.00 --> 3555.42] and in him +[3555.42 --> 3556.72] all things +[3556.72 --> 3557.30] hold +[3557.30 --> 3558.30] together. +[3559.34 --> 3560.30] And again, +[3560.54 --> 3561.54] very clearly, +[3562.00 --> 3563.10] God's providence +[3563.10 --> 3564.22] is all over +[3564.22 --> 3564.94] the story +[3564.94 --> 3565.50] of Joseph. +[3566.80 --> 3567.70] God's providence +[3567.70 --> 3568.32] is all over +[3568.32 --> 3568.78] the story +[3568.78 --> 3569.68] of the entire drama +[3569.68 --> 3570.32] of Scripture. +[3570.32 --> 3571.54] any time +[3571.54 --> 3572.32] God acts +[3572.32 --> 3573.08] in the world +[3573.08 --> 3573.76] explicitly +[3573.76 --> 3575.06] or behind the scenes, +[3575.16 --> 3576.12] he is acting +[3576.12 --> 3577.26] providentially. +[3578.64 --> 3579.10] And so again, +[3579.20 --> 3579.70] in the story +[3579.70 --> 3580.20] of Joseph, +[3580.58 --> 3581.34] in addition to everything +[3581.34 --> 3582.24] we've already just covered, +[3582.72 --> 3583.98] in Genesis 39, +[3584.42 --> 3584.84] you read, +[3585.00 --> 3585.34] the Lord +[3585.34 --> 3586.80] was with him. +[3587.76 --> 3587.94] Right? +[3587.96 --> 3588.78] He had the promises +[3588.78 --> 3589.92] of God. +[3590.02 --> 3591.50] He had the providence +[3591.50 --> 3592.26] of God +[3592.26 --> 3593.02] and the power +[3593.02 --> 3593.66] of God +[3593.66 --> 3594.84] to rest in. +[3595.68 --> 3596.52] God was always +[3596.52 --> 3597.00] with him. +[3597.06 --> 3597.78] We continue +[3597.78 --> 3598.14] to read +[3598.14 --> 3598.88] in Genesis 39. +[3599.02 --> 3599.42] The Lord +[3599.42 --> 3600.18] was with Joseph +[3600.18 --> 3601.02] and gave him +[3601.02 --> 3601.70] success +[3601.70 --> 3602.74] in whatever +[3602.74 --> 3603.64] he did. +[3604.64 --> 3605.28] And again, +[3605.40 --> 3606.34] from what we read +[3606.34 --> 3607.00] or from what Amara +[3607.00 --> 3607.58] read for us, +[3607.84 --> 3608.98] God intended it +[3608.98 --> 3609.64] for good +[3609.64 --> 3610.66] to accomplish +[3610.66 --> 3611.40] what is now +[3611.40 --> 3612.02] being done, +[3612.12 --> 3612.64] the saving +[3612.64 --> 3614.34] of many lives. +[3614.78 --> 3614.90] Right? +[3614.92 --> 3615.40] That phrase, +[3615.50 --> 3616.22] to accomplish, +[3616.50 --> 3617.60] is God-active +[3617.60 --> 3618.48] language. +[3618.48 --> 3619.26] That's God +[3619.26 --> 3619.90] at work +[3619.90 --> 3621.00] in the world. +[3622.92 --> 3623.06] Now, +[3623.06 --> 3626.76] to be sure, +[3627.72 --> 3629.12] this isn't just +[3629.12 --> 3629.94] an academic +[3629.94 --> 3631.50] or a semantic +[3631.50 --> 3632.98] distinction. +[3634.54 --> 3635.32] Right? +[3635.40 --> 3636.30] The security +[3636.30 --> 3637.56] of God's sovereignty +[3637.56 --> 3638.54] and the power +[3638.54 --> 3639.88] of God's providence +[3639.88 --> 3640.60] impacts +[3640.60 --> 3642.34] your everyday life +[3642.34 --> 3644.74] in every way. +[3646.40 --> 3647.22] Providence +[3647.22 --> 3647.92] impacts +[3647.92 --> 3649.14] your life +[3649.14 --> 3651.12] every day. +[3651.12 --> 3652.48] Let me give you +[3652.48 --> 3653.36] a few examples +[3653.36 --> 3654.42] straight from +[3654.42 --> 3654.76] the story +[3654.76 --> 3655.18] of Joseph +[3655.18 --> 3656.14] and really +[3656.14 --> 3656.64] even just +[3656.64 --> 3657.20] from the part +[3657.20 --> 3658.34] that we read +[3658.34 --> 3659.22] this morning. +[3659.96 --> 3660.18] Now, +[3660.20 --> 3660.74] these examples +[3660.74 --> 3661.54] are informed +[3661.54 --> 3662.62] in part +[3662.62 --> 3663.60] from Hebrews +[3663.60 --> 3664.24] 11, +[3664.46 --> 3664.88] 22, +[3665.32 --> 3666.60] which lists +[3666.60 --> 3667.58] Joseph +[3667.58 --> 3668.48] as one +[3668.48 --> 3669.16] of our +[3669.16 --> 3670.14] faith heroes, +[3670.26 --> 3670.62] as one of +[3670.62 --> 3671.52] those testimonies +[3671.52 --> 3672.48] that we look +[3672.48 --> 3673.02] back to. +[3674.10 --> 3674.80] Hebrews 11, +[3674.90 --> 3675.74] 22 says +[3675.74 --> 3676.88] of Joseph, +[3677.84 --> 3678.58] by faith, +[3678.92 --> 3679.24] Joseph, +[3679.24 --> 3680.40] when his +[3680.40 --> 3681.04] end was +[3681.04 --> 3681.38] near, +[3681.90 --> 3682.64] spoke about +[3682.64 --> 3683.26] the exodus +[3683.26 --> 3684.02] of the Israelites +[3684.02 --> 3684.80] from Egypt +[3684.80 --> 3685.90] and gave instructions +[3685.90 --> 3687.00] concerning the +[3687.00 --> 3689.56] burial of his bones. +[3691.30 --> 3691.48] Now, +[3691.48 --> 3691.98] the line +[3691.98 --> 3692.76] that Hebrews, +[3693.02 --> 3693.48] the author +[3693.48 --> 3694.04] of Hebrews, +[3694.16 --> 3695.08] is focusing on +[3695.08 --> 3695.92] and reflecting on +[3695.92 --> 3696.94] is verse 24 +[3696.94 --> 3697.98] of what Amara +[3697.98 --> 3699.16] read for us, +[3699.24 --> 3700.14] where we read, +[3700.26 --> 3701.06] God will surely +[3701.06 --> 3702.10] come to your aid +[3702.10 --> 3703.10] and take you up +[3703.10 --> 3704.22] out of this land +[3704.22 --> 3705.00] to the land +[3705.00 --> 3705.76] he promised +[3705.76 --> 3706.38] on oath +[3706.38 --> 3706.94] to Abraham, +[3707.60 --> 3708.00] Isaac, +[3708.40 --> 3708.94] and Jacob. +[3710.20 --> 3710.62] Now, +[3710.66 --> 3711.16] notice, +[3711.30 --> 3711.54] right, +[3711.62 --> 3712.48] in Joseph's +[3712.48 --> 3712.98] mind, +[3713.94 --> 3714.54] the hoped +[3714.54 --> 3715.74] for exodus +[3715.74 --> 3717.66] is a sure +[3717.66 --> 3718.62] thing, +[3719.50 --> 3719.64] right? +[3719.70 --> 3720.64] God will surely +[3720.64 --> 3722.24] come to your aid. +[3722.64 --> 3723.64] And it's a sure +[3723.64 --> 3724.76] thing to Joseph +[3724.76 --> 3726.36] because he has seen +[3726.36 --> 3727.64] God's providential +[3727.64 --> 3728.80] action in the world +[3728.80 --> 3731.58] that's the operation +[3731.58 --> 3732.66] of God's sovereign +[3732.66 --> 3733.02] rule. +[3734.74 --> 3734.94] Now, +[3735.06 --> 3735.82] fast forward, +[3736.34 --> 3736.64] right, +[3736.64 --> 3738.20] the promise +[3738.20 --> 3739.52] for us +[3739.52 --> 3740.64] is seen +[3740.64 --> 3741.68] and reiterated +[3741.68 --> 3742.48] and made real +[3742.48 --> 3743.30] again in the +[3743.30 --> 3744.32] resurrection +[3744.32 --> 3745.68] of Jesus, +[3745.88 --> 3746.54] but then also +[3746.54 --> 3747.50] in the return +[3747.50 --> 3748.54] of Jesus, +[3749.14 --> 3749.50] right, +[3749.54 --> 3750.28] which makes +[3750.28 --> 3751.04] for us +[3751.04 --> 3752.08] all the earth +[3752.08 --> 3753.22] a new promised +[3753.22 --> 3754.06] land. +[3755.56 --> 3756.40] And so, +[3757.12 --> 3758.56] for your life, +[3759.22 --> 3759.62] notice +[3759.62 --> 3760.76] these, +[3761.10 --> 3762.60] at least these, +[3762.76 --> 3763.04] anyway, +[3763.04 --> 3763.90] two things. +[3763.90 --> 3766.06] one, +[3767.36 --> 3768.22] Joseph shows +[3768.22 --> 3768.70] us +[3768.70 --> 3769.54] that +[3769.54 --> 3771.16] the treasures +[3771.16 --> 3772.24] of this +[3772.24 --> 3773.12] life +[3773.12 --> 3774.68] don't compare +[3774.68 --> 3775.82] to the sure +[3775.82 --> 3776.80] promises +[3776.80 --> 3778.14] of God +[3778.14 --> 3778.98] for the world +[3778.98 --> 3779.40] to come. +[3780.98 --> 3781.20] Right, +[3781.24 --> 3781.94] even though Joseph +[3781.94 --> 3782.62] was a ruler +[3782.62 --> 3783.52] in Egypt, +[3783.90 --> 3784.50] even though he had +[3784.50 --> 3785.30] all the wealth +[3785.30 --> 3786.04] and the privilege +[3786.04 --> 3787.14] and the power +[3787.14 --> 3787.98] of his position +[3787.98 --> 3789.06] as a +[3789.06 --> 3789.64] vizier +[3789.64 --> 3790.68] and a pharaoh, +[3790.68 --> 3791.82] his heart +[3791.82 --> 3792.84] is for +[3792.84 --> 3793.80] the sure +[3793.80 --> 3794.86] promises +[3794.86 --> 3796.10] of God. +[3797.04 --> 3797.96] And all the wealth +[3797.96 --> 3798.70] of Egypt +[3798.70 --> 3799.90] doesn't compare. +[3801.14 --> 3801.88] The same is true +[3801.88 --> 3802.40] for us. +[3803.06 --> 3803.82] All the wealth +[3803.82 --> 3804.44] of this world, +[3804.54 --> 3805.24] all the privilege +[3805.24 --> 3805.78] that you might +[3805.78 --> 3806.66] experience here +[3806.66 --> 3807.98] does not compare +[3807.98 --> 3808.82] to the glory +[3808.82 --> 3810.04] of God's +[3810.04 --> 3810.58] kingdom. +[3811.84 --> 3812.26] And then, +[3812.32 --> 3812.76] likewise, +[3813.24 --> 3814.28] all the suffering, +[3814.48 --> 3815.10] all the trials, +[3815.26 --> 3816.02] all the tribulations +[3816.02 --> 3817.02] that you might face +[3817.02 --> 3817.72] in this world +[3817.72 --> 3818.68] are not worth +[3818.68 --> 3819.64] comparing to the +[3819.64 --> 3820.28] future glory +[3820.28 --> 3821.00] that will be +[3821.00 --> 3822.14] revealed in us +[3822.14 --> 3823.38] and to us. +[3824.76 --> 3825.34] And yet, +[3826.04 --> 3827.30] how quickly +[3827.30 --> 3828.08] do we +[3828.08 --> 3830.18] bind our hearts +[3830.18 --> 3831.22] and our sense +[3831.22 --> 3831.84] of joy +[3831.84 --> 3833.02] and our ideas +[3833.02 --> 3833.92] of fulfillment +[3833.92 --> 3834.68] and purpose +[3834.68 --> 3835.70] to the things +[3835.70 --> 3836.60] of this world +[3836.60 --> 3838.56] rather than +[3838.56 --> 3840.62] to our sovereign God? +[3842.32 --> 3843.40] Joseph wants you +[3843.40 --> 3843.86] to see +[3843.86 --> 3845.56] that Jesus Christ +[3845.56 --> 3846.50] is a greater +[3846.50 --> 3847.00] treasure +[3847.00 --> 3848.08] than anything +[3848.08 --> 3849.02] you will find +[3849.02 --> 3850.16] in this world. +[3850.28 --> 3853.16] second thing +[3853.16 --> 3853.98] to see here +[3853.98 --> 3856.40] is that +[3856.40 --> 3858.30] even with +[3858.30 --> 3859.24] his death +[3859.24 --> 3860.18] looming, +[3861.86 --> 3862.18] Joseph +[3862.18 --> 3863.38] isn't afraid, +[3864.08 --> 3864.94] but he trusted +[3864.94 --> 3866.02] in the promises +[3866.02 --> 3866.66] of God +[3866.66 --> 3868.00] for the future. +[3868.76 --> 3869.60] And so, +[3869.76 --> 3870.34] with that, +[3870.50 --> 3871.74] he had a sense +[3871.74 --> 3872.62] of comfort +[3872.62 --> 3873.72] and peace +[3873.72 --> 3875.16] in the present. +[3875.16 --> 3876.16] God +[3876.16 --> 3876.98] and just +[3876.98 --> 3877.56] like the last, +[3877.66 --> 3877.76] right, +[3877.84 --> 3878.40] fast forward, +[3878.56 --> 3879.44] the same is true +[3879.44 --> 3880.64] for us today. +[3881.02 --> 3881.64] Christians, +[3881.88 --> 3882.02] right, +[3882.06 --> 3883.48] we aren't afraid +[3883.48 --> 3884.38] of death +[3884.38 --> 3885.44] because of +[3885.44 --> 3885.82] Jesus' +[3886.36 --> 3886.90] resurrection +[3886.90 --> 3887.54] and Jesus' +[3887.76 --> 3888.14] resurrection +[3888.14 --> 3889.46] is a guarantee +[3889.46 --> 3891.50] of our resurrection +[3891.50 --> 3892.40] and Jesus' +[3892.62 --> 3893.02] resurrection +[3893.02 --> 3893.74] and ascension +[3893.74 --> 3894.48] is a promise +[3894.48 --> 3895.90] that one day +[3895.90 --> 3897.10] he will return +[3897.10 --> 3898.12] in power. +[3898.12 --> 3898.24] forever. +[3899.70 --> 3900.10] And so, +[3900.90 --> 3901.32] yes, +[3901.42 --> 3901.78] we don't +[3901.78 --> 3902.98] rush towards +[3902.98 --> 3903.34] death, +[3903.44 --> 3903.76] we don't +[3903.76 --> 3904.26] hasten +[3904.26 --> 3905.22] its coming, +[3905.56 --> 3905.70] right, +[3905.78 --> 3906.24] and in fact, +[3906.34 --> 3906.88] we don't hasten +[3906.88 --> 3907.34] its coming +[3907.34 --> 3907.88] for the very +[3907.88 --> 3908.76] same reason +[3908.76 --> 3909.96] that resurrection +[3909.96 --> 3911.28] is so compelling +[3911.28 --> 3912.00] in the face +[3912.00 --> 3912.48] of death. +[3913.76 --> 3913.92] Right, +[3914.00 --> 3914.68] resurrection is +[3914.68 --> 3915.00] compelling +[3915.00 --> 3915.56] in the face +[3915.56 --> 3915.94] of death +[3915.94 --> 3917.02] because humans +[3917.02 --> 3918.28] are meant +[3918.28 --> 3919.02] to be +[3919.02 --> 3919.78] embodied +[3919.78 --> 3920.64] souls. +[3922.70 --> 3923.22] Right, +[3923.28 --> 3924.36] you are meant +[3924.36 --> 3925.06] to be +[3925.06 --> 3925.98] a soul +[3925.98 --> 3927.18] with a body. +[3928.12 --> 3928.94] A soul +[3928.94 --> 3930.18] without a body, +[3930.40 --> 3931.52] even in heaven, +[3932.22 --> 3933.28] isn't as good +[3933.28 --> 3933.98] or right +[3933.98 --> 3934.90] or how it's +[3934.90 --> 3935.96] supposed to be +[3935.96 --> 3937.06] as a soul +[3937.06 --> 3937.78] embodied +[3937.78 --> 3939.10] in the flesh. +[3940.28 --> 3941.40] To make that point, +[3941.50 --> 3942.08] that's why +[3942.08 --> 3942.56] Jesus +[3942.56 --> 3944.00] now +[3944.00 --> 3945.20] still has +[3945.20 --> 3946.28] a flesh +[3946.28 --> 3947.14] body, +[3947.66 --> 3947.86] right, +[3947.94 --> 3949.14] raised and incorruptible, +[3949.26 --> 3949.64] absolutely, +[3949.92 --> 3950.16] yes, +[3950.20 --> 3951.08] but he is still +[3951.08 --> 3952.00] incarnated, +[3952.10 --> 3952.54] he's still +[3952.54 --> 3953.30] enfleshed +[3953.30 --> 3954.22] because he +[3954.22 --> 3955.18] is truly +[3955.18 --> 3955.70] human, +[3955.84 --> 3956.44] he is still +[3956.44 --> 3957.24] truly human +[3957.24 --> 3958.18] and to be +[3958.18 --> 3958.98] fully human, +[3959.16 --> 3959.86] fully alive +[3959.86 --> 3961.16] is to be +[3961.16 --> 3962.62] embodied. +[3963.90 --> 3964.80] The created +[3964.80 --> 3965.36] body +[3965.36 --> 3966.16] matters +[3966.16 --> 3967.70] and so life +[3967.70 --> 3968.38] in a created +[3968.38 --> 3968.84] body +[3968.84 --> 3969.60] matters +[3969.60 --> 3972.06] and yet, +[3972.66 --> 3973.66] even still, +[3974.42 --> 3975.32] though we may +[3975.32 --> 3975.72] die, +[3976.26 --> 3977.20] we do not +[3977.20 --> 3977.64] mourn +[3977.64 --> 3978.36] as those +[3978.36 --> 3979.40] without hope +[3979.40 --> 3980.42] because we know +[3980.42 --> 3980.96] that those +[3980.96 --> 3981.50] who die +[3981.50 --> 3982.22] in the Lord +[3982.22 --> 3982.74] will be +[3982.74 --> 3983.94] raised up +[3983.94 --> 3984.54] when he +[3984.54 --> 3985.54] returns. +[3987.38 --> 3987.92] Heaven +[3987.92 --> 3988.52] is good, +[3989.64 --> 3990.04] but +[3990.04 --> 3990.62] resurrection +[3990.62 --> 3992.50] even better, +[3993.78 --> 3993.90] right, +[3993.96 --> 3994.26] to be +[3994.26 --> 3994.80] embodied +[3994.80 --> 3996.32] is better. +[3998.00 --> 3998.64] In the +[3998.64 --> 3999.24] famous chapter +[3999.24 --> 4000.06] on resurrection +[4000.06 --> 4001.46] in 1 Corinthians +[4001.46 --> 4001.96] 15, +[4002.12 --> 4002.64] Paul says, +[4002.78 --> 4002.96] where, +[4003.12 --> 4003.46] oh death, +[4003.52 --> 4004.14] is your victory, +[4004.28 --> 4004.50] where, +[4004.62 --> 4004.92] oh death, +[4004.96 --> 4005.56] is your sting? +[4005.88 --> 4006.50] The sting +[4006.50 --> 4007.00] of death +[4007.00 --> 4007.54] is sin +[4007.54 --> 4008.20] and the power +[4008.20 --> 4008.62] of sin +[4008.62 --> 4009.28] is the law, +[4009.38 --> 4009.94] but thanks +[4009.94 --> 4011.14] be to God, +[4011.14 --> 4012.02] he gives +[4012.02 --> 4012.96] us victory +[4012.96 --> 4014.24] through our +[4014.24 --> 4015.40] Lord Jesus +[4015.40 --> 4016.30] Christ. +[4018.58 --> 4019.34] One of the +[4019.34 --> 4020.30] most powerful +[4020.30 --> 4021.36] testimonies +[4021.36 --> 4022.04] of faith +[4022.04 --> 4023.02] that you can +[4023.02 --> 4023.72] witness in your +[4023.72 --> 4024.06] life, +[4024.16 --> 4024.84] that I have +[4024.84 --> 4025.58] witnessed in my +[4025.58 --> 4025.84] own, +[4026.48 --> 4027.28] is when a +[4027.28 --> 4028.86] person dies +[4028.86 --> 4030.12] in the security +[4030.12 --> 4031.04] of God's +[4031.04 --> 4031.46] sovereignty +[4031.46 --> 4033.08] and the power +[4033.08 --> 4033.94] of God's +[4033.94 --> 4034.48] providence. +[4034.48 --> 4035.48] God's +[4035.48 --> 4036.48] God's +[4036.48 --> 4037.40] God's +[4037.40 --> 4038.52] God's +[4038.52 --> 4038.60] Now, +[4039.08 --> 4041.04] as we dig +[4041.04 --> 4041.62] into these +[4041.62 --> 4042.92] ideas, +[4044.06 --> 4046.24] I can anticipate +[4046.24 --> 4047.10] a question +[4047.10 --> 4047.80] from some +[4047.80 --> 4048.18] of you, +[4048.64 --> 4048.78] right, +[4048.82 --> 4049.62] because sometimes +[4049.62 --> 4050.74] when we talk +[4050.74 --> 4051.44] about God's +[4051.44 --> 4051.82] sovereignty, +[4052.08 --> 4052.68] sometimes when we +[4052.68 --> 4053.46] talk about God's +[4053.46 --> 4053.98] providence, +[4054.28 --> 4054.80] and this is +[4054.80 --> 4056.18] especially offered +[4056.18 --> 4056.80] up as a +[4056.80 --> 4057.88] criticism of +[4057.88 --> 4058.62] reformed +[4058.62 --> 4058.98] Christians, +[4059.20 --> 4060.16] which we are +[4060.16 --> 4060.78] or I am, +[4061.36 --> 4062.62] sometimes people +[4062.62 --> 4063.12] think, +[4063.12 --> 4064.56] well, +[4064.60 --> 4065.08] if God's +[4065.08 --> 4065.50] going to do +[4065.50 --> 4065.76] it, +[4066.24 --> 4067.08] why do I +[4067.08 --> 4067.50] have to? +[4069.02 --> 4069.58] I once +[4069.58 --> 4070.12] worked with a +[4070.12 --> 4071.32] person who +[4071.32 --> 4071.86] would say, +[4072.06 --> 4073.10] if it's God's +[4073.10 --> 4073.42] will, +[4073.68 --> 4074.56] it will happen. +[4075.08 --> 4075.78] We don't have +[4075.78 --> 4076.42] to do anything. +[4076.94 --> 4077.46] We don't have +[4077.46 --> 4077.86] to make a +[4077.86 --> 4078.20] decision. +[4080.32 --> 4080.84] But, +[4081.08 --> 4082.52] that doesn't +[4082.52 --> 4083.24] match with +[4083.24 --> 4084.04] what the +[4084.04 --> 4085.00] Bible teaches +[4085.00 --> 4085.68] on this, +[4085.76 --> 4085.92] right? +[4085.94 --> 4086.30] The Bible +[4086.30 --> 4087.56] commands us +[4087.56 --> 4089.08] not to be +[4089.08 --> 4089.56] idle, +[4089.76 --> 4090.38] but to work +[4090.38 --> 4090.92] diligently. +[4091.70 --> 4092.34] That's 2 +[4092.34 --> 4093.00] Thessalonians +[4093.00 --> 4093.30] 3. +[4094.58 --> 4095.38] The Bible +[4095.38 --> 4096.26] reminds us +[4096.26 --> 4097.00] that salvation +[4097.00 --> 4098.16] from sin +[4098.16 --> 4099.42] is salvation +[4099.42 --> 4100.66] to good +[4100.66 --> 4101.10] works. +[4101.90 --> 4102.28] Ephesians +[4102.28 --> 4102.76] 2.10 +[4102.76 --> 4103.08] says, +[4103.52 --> 4104.08] for we are +[4104.08 --> 4104.40] God's +[4104.40 --> 4104.94] handiwork +[4104.94 --> 4105.80] created in +[4105.80 --> 4106.44] Christ Jesus +[4106.44 --> 4107.24] to do +[4107.24 --> 4108.48] good works. +[4109.06 --> 4109.56] Again, +[4109.64 --> 4109.96] the letter +[4109.96 --> 4110.48] to Hebrews +[4110.48 --> 4110.88] says, +[4111.48 --> 4112.04] make every +[4112.04 --> 4112.86] effort to +[4112.86 --> 4113.66] live in +[4113.66 --> 4114.16] peace with +[4114.16 --> 4114.90] everyone and +[4114.90 --> 4115.60] to be +[4115.60 --> 4116.36] holy. +[4117.28 --> 4117.62] Without +[4117.62 --> 4118.10] holiness, +[4118.32 --> 4118.68] no one +[4118.68 --> 4119.10] will see +[4119.10 --> 4119.84] the Lord. +[4119.92 --> 4120.10] And so, +[4120.16 --> 4120.38] hear that, +[4120.44 --> 4120.96] make every +[4120.96 --> 4121.36] effort, +[4121.36 --> 4122.78] and then +[4122.78 --> 4123.52] be holy. +[4124.92 --> 4125.60] Make every +[4125.60 --> 4125.92] effort, +[4126.10 --> 4126.52] do good +[4126.52 --> 4126.82] works, +[4126.94 --> 4127.42] don't be +[4127.42 --> 4127.80] idle. +[4128.16 --> 4128.62] All of +[4128.62 --> 4129.20] these New +[4129.20 --> 4129.56] Testament +[4129.56 --> 4130.30] commands are +[4130.30 --> 4130.58] given, +[4130.94 --> 4131.36] and they +[4131.36 --> 4132.02] sure don't +[4132.02 --> 4132.74] sound like +[4132.74 --> 4133.78] we can't +[4133.78 --> 4134.54] say we +[4134.54 --> 4134.78] don't have +[4134.78 --> 4134.98] to do +[4134.98 --> 4135.30] anything. +[4137.20 --> 4137.30] Right? +[4137.48 --> 4137.74] Now, +[4138.74 --> 4139.68] again, +[4139.82 --> 4140.30] the Bible +[4140.30 --> 4142.34] isn't +[4142.34 --> 4142.96] actually +[4142.96 --> 4143.78] interested +[4143.78 --> 4145.14] in solving +[4145.14 --> 4146.66] the difficulty +[4146.66 --> 4147.74] of God's +[4147.74 --> 4148.56] supreme +[4148.56 --> 4149.44] sovereignty +[4149.44 --> 4150.36] and His +[4150.36 --> 4151.06] providence +[4151.06 --> 4152.48] and human +[4152.48 --> 4153.28] responsibility. +[4155.18 --> 4155.90] But what we +[4155.90 --> 4156.54] see over and +[4156.54 --> 4157.16] over again +[4157.16 --> 4157.88] is that it +[4157.88 --> 4158.40] is both +[4158.40 --> 4159.16] true that +[4159.16 --> 4159.92] not a hair +[4159.92 --> 4160.42] can fall +[4160.42 --> 4160.78] from my +[4160.78 --> 4161.24] head without +[4161.24 --> 4161.64] the will +[4161.64 --> 4161.92] of my +[4161.92 --> 4162.38] Father in +[4162.38 --> 4162.60] heaven, +[4162.94 --> 4164.28] and I +[4164.28 --> 4165.16] still have +[4165.16 --> 4165.96] to cut, +[4166.46 --> 4166.82] wash, +[4167.14 --> 4167.48] comb, +[4167.68 --> 4168.36] and style +[4168.36 --> 4168.86] my hair. +[4170.12 --> 4170.92] I have a +[4170.92 --> 4171.78] responsibility to +[4171.78 --> 4172.32] take care of +[4172.32 --> 4172.48] it. +[4173.62 --> 4174.34] It's true +[4174.34 --> 4175.20] both that, +[4175.20 --> 4175.50] yes, +[4175.62 --> 4176.28] every good +[4176.28 --> 4176.86] and perfect +[4176.86 --> 4177.66] gift comes +[4177.66 --> 4178.22] from above, +[4178.36 --> 4178.92] James 1, +[4179.00 --> 4179.58] verse 17. +[4180.00 --> 4180.52] It's true +[4180.52 --> 4181.30] that God +[4181.30 --> 4182.06] Himself gives +[4182.06 --> 4182.96] everyone life, +[4183.18 --> 4183.42] breath, +[4183.52 --> 4184.38] and everything +[4184.38 --> 4184.88] else, +[4184.98 --> 4185.80] Acts 17, +[4185.90 --> 4186.38] 24, +[4186.90 --> 4189.38] and you +[4189.38 --> 4189.86] must not +[4189.86 --> 4190.46] be lazy +[4190.46 --> 4191.48] or idle. +[4192.88 --> 4193.12] Right? +[4193.14 --> 4193.74] As Paul says +[4193.74 --> 4194.48] in 1 Corinthians, +[4195.00 --> 4195.16] right, +[4195.24 --> 4195.94] always give +[4195.94 --> 4196.76] yourselves fully +[4196.76 --> 4197.34] to the work +[4197.34 --> 4197.86] of the Lord +[4197.86 --> 4198.36] because you +[4198.36 --> 4198.72] know that +[4198.72 --> 4199.22] your labor +[4199.22 --> 4199.86] in the Lord +[4199.86 --> 4200.76] is not in +[4200.76 --> 4201.24] vain. +[4202.10 --> 4202.44] Likewise, +[4202.62 --> 4203.48] in Revelation 2, +[4203.74 --> 4204.34] the church of +[4204.34 --> 4204.98] Ephesus is +[4204.98 --> 4205.74] praised by +[4205.74 --> 4206.12] the very +[4206.12 --> 4206.70] mouth of +[4206.70 --> 4207.50] Jesus when +[4207.50 --> 4208.16] He says +[4208.16 --> 4208.58] to this +[4208.58 --> 4208.80] church, +[4208.94 --> 4209.48] I know +[4209.48 --> 4210.36] your deeds, +[4210.76 --> 4211.28] your hard +[4211.28 --> 4211.68] work, +[4212.12 --> 4212.62] and your +[4212.62 --> 4213.12] perseverance. +[4214.50 --> 4215.26] These aren't +[4215.26 --> 4216.12] contradictions. +[4217.64 --> 4218.04] Rather, +[4218.86 --> 4219.78] they speak +[4219.78 --> 4221.30] to the scope +[4221.30 --> 4222.28] of God's +[4222.28 --> 4222.98] sovereignty, +[4224.02 --> 4224.80] such that +[4224.80 --> 4225.34] everything, +[4225.76 --> 4226.36] everyone, +[4226.58 --> 4227.22] everywhere +[4227.22 --> 4228.18] falls under +[4228.18 --> 4228.74] His rule. +[4229.32 --> 4229.76] Everything, +[4230.10 --> 4230.62] everyone, +[4230.82 --> 4231.44] everywhere +[4231.44 --> 4232.24] lives, +[4232.52 --> 4232.88] moves, +[4233.02 --> 4233.56] and has +[4233.56 --> 4234.24] His or +[4234.24 --> 4234.74] her or +[4234.74 --> 4235.38] its being +[4235.38 --> 4235.86] in Him. +[4236.58 --> 4237.58] He upholds +[4237.58 --> 4238.62] and directs +[4238.62 --> 4239.64] all that +[4239.64 --> 4240.74] it means. +[4241.62 --> 4242.14] And that +[4242.14 --> 4242.86] means the +[4242.86 --> 4243.62] means and +[4243.62 --> 4244.74] the ends. +[4245.46 --> 4245.98] The beginning, +[4246.32 --> 4246.92] the middle, +[4247.08 --> 4247.88] and the end. +[4248.60 --> 4248.88] What this +[4248.88 --> 4249.48] means is, +[4249.70 --> 4250.38] God is not +[4250.38 --> 4251.14] surprised, +[4251.60 --> 4252.04] God's not +[4252.04 --> 4252.48] caught off +[4252.48 --> 4252.82] guard, +[4252.92 --> 4253.26] He's never +[4253.26 --> 4254.18] caught unawares, +[4254.44 --> 4255.24] and it +[4255.24 --> 4256.16] means that +[4256.16 --> 4256.96] you have +[4256.96 --> 4257.82] a responsibility +[4257.82 --> 4259.36] and that we +[4259.36 --> 4260.26] are accountable +[4260.26 --> 4261.54] accountable for +[4261.54 --> 4262.44] our intentions +[4262.44 --> 4263.40] and the +[4263.40 --> 4264.46] actions that +[4264.46 --> 4264.78] result. +[4266.00 --> 4266.36] And this, +[4266.50 --> 4266.56] too, +[4266.66 --> 4267.20] comes out of +[4267.20 --> 4267.68] the story +[4267.68 --> 4268.72] of Joseph, +[4269.16 --> 4269.96] chapter 50, +[4270.24 --> 4270.80] verse 20. +[4270.90 --> 4271.16] Again, +[4272.02 --> 4272.92] you intended +[4272.92 --> 4274.20] to harm +[4274.20 --> 4274.60] me, +[4275.48 --> 4275.96] Joseph said +[4275.96 --> 4276.26] to his +[4276.26 --> 4276.56] brothers. +[4277.08 --> 4277.42] That is, +[4277.50 --> 4278.34] your intentions, +[4278.60 --> 4279.50] the desires +[4279.50 --> 4280.54] of his +[4280.54 --> 4280.88] brothers, +[4281.06 --> 4281.62] their will +[4281.62 --> 4282.08] and their +[4282.08 --> 4282.66] plan and +[4282.66 --> 4283.14] the action +[4283.14 --> 4283.80] that resulted +[4283.80 --> 4284.40] from it, +[4284.76 --> 4285.32] they are +[4285.32 --> 4286.20] responsible for +[4286.20 --> 4286.40] that. +[4286.50 --> 4287.08] They are to +[4287.08 --> 4287.38] be held +[4287.38 --> 4288.50] accountable for +[4288.50 --> 4288.74] that. +[4289.10 --> 4289.60] And, +[4289.68 --> 4290.26] it is also +[4290.26 --> 4290.64] true, +[4291.14 --> 4291.94] God intended +[4291.94 --> 4293.08] it for good +[4293.08 --> 4293.72] to accomplish +[4293.72 --> 4294.32] what is now +[4294.32 --> 4294.84] being done, +[4294.98 --> 4295.44] the saving +[4295.44 --> 4296.26] of many +[4296.26 --> 4296.68] lives. +[4297.30 --> 4298.28] The intentions, +[4298.60 --> 4298.94] actions, +[4299.14 --> 4299.80] and responsibilities +[4299.80 --> 4300.90] of people +[4300.90 --> 4302.76] are both +[4302.76 --> 4304.20] their own +[4304.20 --> 4306.52] and part +[4306.52 --> 4307.18] of God's +[4307.18 --> 4308.52] good plan. +[4309.66 --> 4310.36] In fact, +[4311.10 --> 4312.34] God is so +[4312.34 --> 4313.58] powerful, +[4313.96 --> 4315.40] so omnipotent +[4315.40 --> 4317.12] that it +[4317.12 --> 4317.96] can't be +[4317.96 --> 4318.60] any other +[4318.60 --> 4319.80] way if +[4319.80 --> 4320.18] God is +[4320.18 --> 4320.50] God. +[4322.04 --> 4322.96] And still, +[4323.60 --> 4324.00] the brothers +[4324.00 --> 4324.86] are responsible +[4324.86 --> 4325.86] and culpable +[4325.86 --> 4326.74] and guilty +[4326.74 --> 4327.52] for their +[4327.52 --> 4328.26] intentions, +[4328.50 --> 4329.04] which are +[4329.04 --> 4329.76] evil and +[4329.76 --> 4330.18] the acts +[4330.18 --> 4331.00] that came +[4331.00 --> 4331.26] out of +[4331.26 --> 4331.42] them. +[4332.62 --> 4333.12] In the +[4333.12 --> 4333.46] end, +[4333.74 --> 4333.92] their +[4333.92 --> 4334.60] responsibility +[4334.60 --> 4335.52] doesn't +[4335.52 --> 4336.24] undermine +[4336.24 --> 4336.86] God's +[4336.86 --> 4337.66] providence +[4337.66 --> 4338.30] and sovereign +[4338.30 --> 4338.68] will, +[4338.96 --> 4339.34] it is +[4339.34 --> 4340.00] incorporated +[4340.00 --> 4340.88] by God +[4340.88 --> 4341.50] into +[4341.50 --> 4342.26] his work +[4342.26 --> 4343.20] in the +[4343.20 --> 4343.46] world. +[4343.46 --> 4343.50] world. +[4345.10 --> 4345.84] And so, +[4346.08 --> 4347.12] let's pull +[4347.12 --> 4347.60] all of this +[4347.60 --> 4348.04] together +[4348.04 --> 4349.44] here at the +[4349.44 --> 4349.66] end. +[4351.30 --> 4352.30] The story +[4352.30 --> 4352.82] of Joseph +[4352.82 --> 4353.58] is given +[4353.58 --> 4354.24] to us +[4354.24 --> 4354.72] as a +[4354.72 --> 4355.14] testimony +[4355.14 --> 4355.96] of a +[4355.96 --> 4356.58] faith hero +[4356.58 --> 4357.34] because he +[4357.34 --> 4358.04] is a +[4358.04 --> 4358.38] lived +[4358.38 --> 4358.98] example +[4358.98 --> 4359.56] of the +[4359.56 --> 4360.20] security +[4360.20 --> 4361.74] and assurance +[4361.74 --> 4362.74] of God's +[4362.74 --> 4363.22] sovereign +[4363.22 --> 4363.80] rule +[4363.80 --> 4364.44] in the +[4364.44 --> 4364.70] world. +[4364.70 --> 4365.16] And he +[4365.16 --> 4365.90] shows us +[4365.90 --> 4366.28] that we +[4366.28 --> 4366.60] have a +[4366.60 --> 4367.12] responsibility +[4367.12 --> 4368.52] to work +[4368.52 --> 4369.02] and to be +[4369.02 --> 4369.40] diligent +[4369.40 --> 4369.92] and to +[4369.92 --> 4370.38] make the +[4370.38 --> 4370.86] most of +[4370.86 --> 4371.18] whatever +[4371.18 --> 4372.00] circumstances +[4372.00 --> 4372.90] that we +[4372.90 --> 4373.54] find ourselves +[4373.54 --> 4373.80] in, +[4374.04 --> 4374.54] in the +[4374.54 --> 4375.12] confidence +[4375.12 --> 4376.24] of God's +[4376.24 --> 4376.70] sovereign +[4376.70 --> 4377.10] rule. +[4378.04 --> 4378.40] In fact, +[4378.52 --> 4378.88] God's +[4378.88 --> 4379.50] sovereignty +[4379.50 --> 4380.38] is an +[4380.38 --> 4380.92] encouragement +[4380.92 --> 4382.10] for all +[4382.10 --> 4383.40] of life. +[4385.04 --> 4385.68] And +[4385.68 --> 4386.72] Joseph's +[4386.72 --> 4387.44] story shows +[4387.44 --> 4388.32] us that +[4388.32 --> 4388.72] God's +[4388.72 --> 4389.54] providence +[4389.54 --> 4390.92] is always +[4390.92 --> 4391.90] good. +[4393.60 --> 4394.22] So many +[4394.22 --> 4394.66] of us +[4394.66 --> 4395.72] are familiar +[4395.72 --> 4396.02] with +[4396.02 --> 4396.34] Jeremiah +[4396.34 --> 4396.92] 29 +[4396.92 --> 4397.80] verse 11. +[4398.52 --> 4398.88] Jeremiah +[4398.88 --> 4399.44] 29 +[4399.44 --> 4400.02] verse 11 +[4400.02 --> 4401.58] is part +[4401.58 --> 4402.06] of a +[4402.06 --> 4402.32] letter +[4402.32 --> 4402.66] that the +[4402.66 --> 4402.90] prophet +[4402.90 --> 4403.44] Jeremiah +[4403.44 --> 4403.88] writes +[4403.88 --> 4404.24] to the +[4404.24 --> 4404.84] exiles +[4404.84 --> 4405.64] who have +[4405.64 --> 4406.64] been taken +[4406.64 --> 4407.04] away +[4407.04 --> 4407.72] in Babylon +[4407.72 --> 4408.44] to Babylon. +[4409.44 --> 4409.56] And +[4409.56 --> 4410.58] God speaks +[4410.58 --> 4410.92] through the +[4410.92 --> 4411.18] prophet. +[4411.32 --> 4411.98] He says, +[4412.64 --> 4413.10] for I know +[4413.10 --> 4413.72] the plans +[4413.72 --> 4414.14] I have +[4414.14 --> 4414.48] for you, +[4414.60 --> 4414.86] declares +[4414.86 --> 4415.32] the Lord, +[4416.02 --> 4416.52] plans to +[4416.52 --> 4417.24] prosper you +[4417.24 --> 4417.52] and not +[4417.52 --> 4417.92] to harm +[4417.92 --> 4418.10] you, +[4418.18 --> 4418.58] plans to +[4418.58 --> 4418.82] give you +[4418.82 --> 4419.28] a hope +[4419.28 --> 4420.18] and a +[4420.18 --> 4420.52] future. +[4421.52 --> 4421.96] And for +[4421.96 --> 4422.34] Jeremiah +[4422.34 --> 4423.00] and for +[4423.00 --> 4423.40] the people +[4423.40 --> 4423.82] in +[4423.82 --> 4424.54] Babylonian +[4424.54 --> 4424.96] exile, +[4425.10 --> 4425.62] that means +[4425.62 --> 4426.34] an end +[4426.34 --> 4426.80] to their +[4426.80 --> 4427.22] exile. +[4428.10 --> 4428.48] For +[4428.48 --> 4428.86] Joseph, +[4429.10 --> 4429.68] that means +[4429.68 --> 4430.46] an exodus +[4430.46 --> 4431.92] from Egypt. +[4432.80 --> 4433.18] And for +[4433.18 --> 4433.64] us, +[4433.68 --> 4434.34] that means +[4434.34 --> 4435.12] a resurrection +[4435.12 --> 4436.04] and the +[4436.04 --> 4436.90] full coming +[4436.90 --> 4437.18] of the +[4437.18 --> 4437.44] kingdom +[4437.44 --> 4438.02] of God. +[4439.16 --> 4439.78] And so, +[4439.92 --> 4440.36] whether in +[4440.36 --> 4441.14] life or +[4441.14 --> 4441.90] in death, +[4442.12 --> 4442.56] we have +[4442.56 --> 4443.00] comfort, +[4443.30 --> 4443.52] we have +[4443.52 --> 4443.82] hope, +[4444.12 --> 4444.52] and even +[4444.52 --> 4445.42] joy because +[4445.42 --> 4447.32] we know +[4447.32 --> 4448.28] the plans +[4448.28 --> 4449.46] God has +[4449.46 --> 4450.04] for us. +[4450.04 --> 4450.16] plans. +[4451.76 --> 4452.34] And it +[4452.34 --> 4452.80] means that +[4452.80 --> 4453.52] even as +[4453.52 --> 4454.40] God makes +[4454.40 --> 4455.12] plans, +[4456.22 --> 4457.04] we make +[4457.04 --> 4457.52] plans. +[4458.20 --> 4459.02] Plans even +[4459.02 --> 4459.56] in the face +[4459.56 --> 4459.98] of death, +[4460.06 --> 4460.22] right? +[4460.30 --> 4460.98] Joseph said, +[4461.32 --> 4461.76] even in the +[4461.76 --> 4462.16] face of +[4462.16 --> 4462.34] death, +[4462.44 --> 4462.84] you must +[4462.84 --> 4463.44] carry my +[4463.44 --> 4464.20] bones up +[4464.20 --> 4464.76] from this +[4464.76 --> 4465.16] place. +[4465.32 --> 4465.74] And so, +[4465.96 --> 4467.06] we make +[4467.06 --> 4467.68] plans. +[4469.32 --> 4469.60] And in +[4469.60 --> 4469.76] fact, +[4470.56 --> 4471.66] and I know +[4471.66 --> 4472.68] this is a +[4472.68 --> 4473.16] really bold +[4473.16 --> 4473.70] thing to +[4473.70 --> 4474.00] say, +[4474.00 --> 4475.64] but the +[4475.64 --> 4476.72] only reason +[4476.72 --> 4477.72] you have +[4477.72 --> 4478.12] to make +[4478.12 --> 4478.68] plans, +[4479.18 --> 4479.74] the only +[4479.74 --> 4480.40] reason that +[4480.40 --> 4480.60] you can +[4480.60 --> 4480.92] have any +[4480.92 --> 4481.36] confidence +[4481.36 --> 4482.08] in the +[4482.08 --> 4482.50] plans that +[4482.50 --> 4482.98] you make +[4482.98 --> 4484.20] is that +[4484.20 --> 4484.88] the future +[4484.88 --> 4486.04] might actually +[4486.04 --> 4486.36] come. +[4488.06 --> 4488.46] The only +[4488.46 --> 4488.80] reason you +[4488.80 --> 4489.02] can have +[4489.02 --> 4489.56] that confidence +[4489.56 --> 4490.34] is because +[4490.34 --> 4491.48] of the +[4491.48 --> 4492.28] sovereignty +[4492.28 --> 4493.98] of God +[4493.98 --> 4495.44] and the +[4495.44 --> 4495.96] power +[4495.96 --> 4497.56] of His +[4497.56 --> 4498.18] providence. +[4499.22 --> 4499.88] And that +[4499.88 --> 4500.96] changes +[4500.96 --> 4502.24] everything +[4502.24 --> 4503.18] about every +[4503.18 --> 4504.34] day of +[4504.34 --> 4504.82] your life, +[4505.00 --> 4506.04] but especially, +[4506.66 --> 4509.30] especially as +[4509.30 --> 4509.70] you face +[4509.70 --> 4510.02] death. +[4512.10 --> 4512.84] So, +[4512.92 --> 4513.04] I was +[4513.04 --> 4513.46] reflecting +[4513.46 --> 4514.36] this week. +[4515.58 --> 4516.42] I was +[4516.42 --> 4517.02] thinking about +[4517.02 --> 4518.08] the very +[4518.08 --> 4519.28] first funeral +[4519.28 --> 4519.84] I ever +[4519.84 --> 4520.70] officiated as +[4520.70 --> 4521.14] a pastor. +[4522.86 --> 4524.00] I was +[4524.00 --> 4526.24] 28 years +[4526.24 --> 4526.66] old, +[4526.92 --> 4527.62] maybe like +[4527.62 --> 4528.56] four months +[4528.56 --> 4529.74] into my +[4529.74 --> 4530.38] ministry, +[4530.96 --> 4531.72] my first +[4531.72 --> 4532.72] charge as +[4532.72 --> 4533.24] a pastor. +[4534.34 --> 4534.90] So, +[4534.96 --> 4535.62] I just +[4535.62 --> 4536.36] started getting +[4536.36 --> 4536.76] to know +[4536.76 --> 4537.44] these people +[4537.44 --> 4538.98] and John +[4538.98 --> 4539.48] Backer, +[4540.02 --> 4540.52] senior +[4540.52 --> 4541.32] statesman +[4541.32 --> 4542.16] of the +[4542.16 --> 4542.42] church, +[4542.54 --> 4542.80] one of +[4542.80 --> 4543.44] the charter +[4543.44 --> 4544.04] members +[4544.04 --> 4545.12] of this +[4545.12 --> 4545.68] community, +[4546.16 --> 4546.52] had been +[4546.52 --> 4546.94] sick for +[4546.94 --> 4547.52] about 25 +[4547.52 --> 4548.00] years. +[4549.30 --> 4549.54] Right? +[4549.60 --> 4549.96] He had +[4549.96 --> 4551.26] lung issues, +[4551.40 --> 4551.90] he was on +[4551.90 --> 4553.52] a respirator, +[4553.60 --> 4554.00] he carried +[4554.00 --> 4554.48] an oxygen +[4554.48 --> 4555.04] tank with +[4555.04 --> 4555.48] him wherever +[4555.48 --> 4556.04] he went, +[4557.42 --> 4559.16] and before +[4559.16 --> 4559.64] I had +[4559.64 --> 4560.22] started there, +[4560.28 --> 4560.52] he was +[4560.52 --> 4561.06] already in +[4561.06 --> 4561.56] the hospital. +[4562.42 --> 4562.86] Four months +[4562.86 --> 4563.16] later, +[4563.24 --> 4564.18] he was +[4564.18 --> 4565.04] on his +[4565.04 --> 4565.56] deathbed. +[4566.46 --> 4567.36] John and +[4567.36 --> 4567.70] his wife +[4567.70 --> 4568.12] Grace, +[4568.66 --> 4569.38] beautiful +[4569.38 --> 4570.64] saints in +[4570.64 --> 4571.06] the church. +[4572.26 --> 4572.94] Every time +[4572.94 --> 4573.34] I went to +[4573.34 --> 4573.96] visit John, +[4575.14 --> 4575.82] even though +[4575.82 --> 4576.28] he knew +[4576.28 --> 4576.70] he was +[4576.70 --> 4577.28] near death, +[4578.08 --> 4578.62] he was +[4578.62 --> 4579.24] more concerned +[4579.24 --> 4579.72] with my +[4579.72 --> 4580.16] well-being, +[4580.86 --> 4581.44] and how +[4581.44 --> 4581.80] things were +[4581.80 --> 4582.18] going in +[4582.18 --> 4582.64] the church +[4582.64 --> 4583.38] under my +[4583.38 --> 4584.74] new leadership +[4584.74 --> 4585.54] and direction, +[4585.74 --> 4586.64] and he was +[4586.64 --> 4587.16] more interested +[4587.16 --> 4587.70] in hearing +[4587.70 --> 4588.76] about what's +[4588.76 --> 4589.28] going on in +[4589.28 --> 4589.74] my life, +[4589.80 --> 4590.08] and how +[4590.08 --> 4590.62] my wife +[4590.62 --> 4591.22] was adjusting +[4591.22 --> 4591.72] to the +[4591.72 --> 4592.14] community, +[4592.40 --> 4594.48] because he +[4594.48 --> 4595.12] had a +[4595.12 --> 4595.80] confidence. +[4596.76 --> 4597.34] Every time +[4597.34 --> 4597.76] we would +[4597.76 --> 4598.30] sit down, +[4598.40 --> 4598.66] he would +[4598.66 --> 4598.90] say, +[4599.40 --> 4599.66] I'm not +[4599.66 --> 4599.90] worried, +[4600.02 --> 4600.20] pastor, +[4600.28 --> 4600.58] I know +[4600.58 --> 4601.22] exactly +[4601.22 --> 4602.22] where I'm +[4602.22 --> 4602.52] going. +[4606.28 --> 4606.90] When his +[4606.90 --> 4607.50] time finally +[4607.50 --> 4607.94] came, +[4609.20 --> 4609.62] I was +[4609.62 --> 4610.12] gathered with +[4610.12 --> 4610.48] him and +[4610.48 --> 4610.98] his wife +[4610.98 --> 4611.62] and their +[4611.62 --> 4612.60] kids in +[4612.60 --> 4613.06] his hospital +[4613.06 --> 4614.44] room for +[4614.44 --> 4614.78] about two +[4614.78 --> 4615.06] and a half +[4615.06 --> 4615.38] hours. +[4615.96 --> 4616.54] We sat +[4616.54 --> 4616.96] together, +[4616.96 --> 4617.82] we prayed +[4617.82 --> 4618.26] together, +[4618.62 --> 4619.12] we sang +[4619.12 --> 4619.56] hymns +[4619.56 --> 4619.94] together, +[4620.46 --> 4621.50] and we +[4621.50 --> 4622.04] sang +[4622.04 --> 4622.76] Amazing +[4622.76 --> 4623.24] Grace, +[4624.12 --> 4624.64] and as +[4624.64 --> 4625.20] we prayed, +[4625.36 --> 4625.82] I thought, +[4626.14 --> 4626.74] wouldn't this +[4626.74 --> 4627.30] be a beautiful +[4627.30 --> 4628.12] testimony if +[4628.12 --> 4628.58] he went to +[4628.58 --> 4628.96] the Lord +[4628.96 --> 4629.40] while we +[4629.40 --> 4629.70] sang? +[4630.72 --> 4631.54] We finished +[4631.54 --> 4632.20] singing the +[4632.20 --> 4632.48] song, +[4633.10 --> 4633.90] I looked at +[4633.90 --> 4634.20] John, +[4634.30 --> 4634.72] he took a +[4634.72 --> 4635.28] deep breath, +[4635.68 --> 4636.08] and he +[4636.08 --> 4636.36] stopped +[4636.36 --> 4636.72] breathing. +[4638.36 --> 4638.80] Ten +[4638.80 --> 4639.16] seconds +[4639.16 --> 4639.62] passed, +[4640.28 --> 4640.68] fifteen +[4640.68 --> 4641.10] seconds +[4641.10 --> 4641.56] passed, +[4642.20 --> 4642.34] and he +[4642.34 --> 4642.44] went, +[4642.52 --> 4644.76] pastor, +[4644.90 --> 4645.12] you can +[4645.12 --> 4645.36] leave. +[4646.96 --> 4648.68] He's like, +[4648.72 --> 4649.02] don't worry +[4649.02 --> 4649.42] about me, +[4649.76 --> 4650.40] I'm okay. +[4651.46 --> 4651.92] And so I +[4651.92 --> 4652.26] left. +[4653.10 --> 4653.78] Before I made +[4653.78 --> 4654.10] it to the +[4654.10 --> 4654.62] parking lot, +[4654.70 --> 4655.02] I got a +[4655.02 --> 4655.34] phone call +[4655.34 --> 4655.84] from Grace. +[4656.98 --> 4657.34] Pastor, +[4657.96 --> 4658.62] he died. +[4660.64 --> 4661.24] It's like he +[4661.24 --> 4661.54] was waiting +[4661.54 --> 4661.94] for me to +[4661.94 --> 4662.12] leave, +[4662.18 --> 4662.42] I don't +[4662.42 --> 4662.62] know. +[4664.00 --> 4664.54] But even +[4664.54 --> 4664.84] in that +[4664.84 --> 4665.28] moment, +[4666.00 --> 4666.36] he had +[4666.36 --> 4666.74] joy, +[4667.54 --> 4667.82] and he +[4667.82 --> 4668.04] made a +[4668.04 --> 4668.38] joke, +[4668.98 --> 4669.50] he had +[4669.50 --> 4670.00] confidence, +[4670.48 --> 4671.20] he knew +[4671.20 --> 4671.82] where he +[4671.82 --> 4672.44] was going +[4672.44 --> 4673.30] and what +[4673.30 --> 4674.02] laid in +[4674.02 --> 4674.36] front of +[4674.36 --> 4674.52] him, +[4674.64 --> 4674.98] and so +[4674.98 --> 4675.44] did the +[4675.44 --> 4676.02] family that +[4676.02 --> 4676.78] surrounded +[4676.78 --> 4677.04] him. +[4677.16 --> 4677.64] That was +[4677.64 --> 4678.24] a beautiful +[4678.24 --> 4679.28] testimony of +[4679.28 --> 4680.18] a man who +[4680.18 --> 4680.94] knew the +[4680.94 --> 4682.08] sovereignty of +[4682.08 --> 4682.46] God and +[4682.46 --> 4683.48] rested in +[4683.48 --> 4684.20] the security +[4684.20 --> 4684.78] of a God +[4684.78 --> 4685.30] who is in +[4685.30 --> 4685.90] control no +[4685.90 --> 4686.36] matter what. +[4686.56 --> 4687.12] That is the +[4687.12 --> 4687.76] testimony of +[4687.76 --> 4688.60] a man who +[4688.60 --> 4689.08] knew the +[4689.08 --> 4690.58] power of +[4690.58 --> 4690.90] God's +[4690.90 --> 4691.44] providence. +[4694.04 --> 4694.70] I would +[4694.70 --> 4695.08] see that +[4695.08 --> 4695.76] same sort +[4695.76 --> 4696.30] of testimony +[4696.30 --> 4696.92] again. +[4698.48 --> 4699.00] Fast +[4699.00 --> 4700.40] forward to +[4700.40 --> 4700.94] 2015, +[4701.72 --> 4702.40] and I +[4702.40 --> 4702.68] started +[4702.68 --> 4703.32] preaching a +[4703.32 --> 4704.40] series on +[4704.40 --> 4705.96] Joseph in +[4705.96 --> 4706.40] this church +[4706.40 --> 4706.86] community, +[4707.66 --> 4708.92] and the +[4708.92 --> 4709.58] series was +[4709.58 --> 4710.54] called God's +[4710.54 --> 4711.76] Sovereignty and +[4711.76 --> 4712.58] Human Suffering, +[4713.58 --> 4716.12] and a man not +[4716.12 --> 4716.66] from our church +[4716.66 --> 4717.88] community started +[4717.88 --> 4718.66] coming to our +[4718.66 --> 4719.30] evening services +[4719.30 --> 4719.72] where I was +[4719.72 --> 4720.24] teaching this +[4720.24 --> 4720.52] series. +[4722.46 --> 4723.78] I spent about +[4723.78 --> 4725.30] six weeks in +[4725.30 --> 4725.92] this series, +[4726.76 --> 4728.14] and two weeks +[4728.14 --> 4728.72] after I +[4728.72 --> 4729.18] finished, +[4729.76 --> 4730.04] Louis +[4730.04 --> 4731.04] Vandenberg came +[4731.04 --> 4731.56] to me and +[4731.56 --> 4731.86] said, +[4732.42 --> 4733.90] the first +[4733.90 --> 4734.46] Sunday you +[4734.46 --> 4735.14] started preaching +[4735.14 --> 4735.84] this series, +[4736.74 --> 4737.72] I had heard +[4737.72 --> 4738.10] from my +[4738.10 --> 4738.72] doctor that I +[4738.72 --> 4739.14] had a terminal +[4739.14 --> 4740.08] cancer diagnosis, +[4740.48 --> 4741.36] and I didn't +[4741.36 --> 4741.82] know what to +[4741.82 --> 4742.02] do. +[4743.46 --> 4744.16] And then I +[4744.16 --> 4744.90] saw in the +[4744.90 --> 4745.30] community +[4745.30 --> 4745.94] bulletin that +[4745.94 --> 4746.20] you were +[4746.20 --> 4746.66] preaching this +[4746.66 --> 4746.92] series, +[4747.02 --> 4747.24] and I +[4747.24 --> 4747.40] thought, +[4747.48 --> 4747.70] I'm going +[4747.70 --> 4748.02] to come. +[4749.06 --> 4749.54] As I have +[4749.54 --> 4750.26] returned every +[4750.26 --> 4751.08] week because I +[4751.08 --> 4751.90] needed to hear +[4751.90 --> 4753.32] this testimony +[4753.32 --> 4754.08] of who God +[4754.08 --> 4754.38] is, +[4755.56 --> 4755.74] Louis +[4755.74 --> 4758.06] too went +[4758.06 --> 4758.72] to be with +[4758.72 --> 4759.54] his Lord in +[4759.54 --> 4760.18] the confidence +[4760.18 --> 4761.02] of a sovereign +[4761.02 --> 4761.46] God, +[4762.58 --> 4763.36] in the sure +[4763.36 --> 4764.96] arms of his +[4764.96 --> 4765.94] providential +[4765.94 --> 4766.84] power. +[4768.82 --> 4769.58] Because that's +[4769.58 --> 4770.10] who our God +[4770.10 --> 4770.46] is. +[4771.96 --> 4772.52] That's who +[4772.52 --> 4772.90] our God +[4772.90 --> 4773.20] is. +[4774.30 --> 4774.72] And so even +[4774.72 --> 4775.22] as you look +[4775.22 --> 4775.72] to the story +[4775.72 --> 4776.20] of Joseph, +[4777.12 --> 4777.68] even as you +[4777.68 --> 4778.04] look to the +[4778.04 --> 4778.78] story of John, +[4779.34 --> 4779.76] even as you +[4779.76 --> 4780.14] look to the +[4780.14 --> 4780.64] story of Louis, +[4780.78 --> 4781.94] whoever's story +[4781.94 --> 4782.90] you are thinking +[4782.90 --> 4783.70] about right now, +[4783.76 --> 4784.84] or however you +[4784.84 --> 4785.30] are thinking +[4785.30 --> 4785.82] about making +[4785.82 --> 4786.56] this your +[4786.56 --> 4787.44] story, +[4787.80 --> 4788.22] no. +[4788.72 --> 4789.62] that our +[4789.62 --> 4791.18] good God +[4791.18 --> 4792.64] is sovereign, +[4793.66 --> 4794.26] that he +[4794.26 --> 4795.34] rules in +[4795.34 --> 4796.44] this world, +[4796.56 --> 4797.22] and that he +[4797.22 --> 4798.68] has a plan +[4798.68 --> 4799.80] and a purpose, +[4800.00 --> 4800.78] and in his +[4800.78 --> 4801.76] providence, +[4802.06 --> 4803.40] it is +[4803.40 --> 4804.50] good. +[4805.98 --> 4807.28] This is +[4807.28 --> 4807.88] our +[4807.88 --> 4809.14] God, +[4809.72 --> 4810.52] and he +[4810.52 --> 4811.62] is +[4811.62 --> 4812.64] good. +[4813.36 --> 4813.68] Amen. +[4813.68 --> 4813.78] Amen. +[4814.36 --> 4815.10] Let's pray +[4815.10 --> 4815.42] together. +[4815.42 --> 4823.36] Holy God, +[4823.44 --> 4824.02] as we come +[4824.02 --> 4824.76] to you in +[4824.76 --> 4825.12] prayer, +[4825.82 --> 4827.86] we have +[4827.86 --> 4828.20] on our +[4828.20 --> 4828.66] hearts and +[4828.66 --> 4829.16] our minds +[4829.16 --> 4829.62] people, +[4829.92 --> 4830.20] we have +[4830.20 --> 4830.40] in our +[4830.40 --> 4830.76] hearts and +[4830.76 --> 4831.16] our minds +[4831.16 --> 4831.82] circumstances +[4831.82 --> 4832.98] and stories, +[4833.54 --> 4833.98] we have +[4833.98 --> 4834.46] in our minds +[4834.46 --> 4835.32] situations, +[4836.26 --> 4836.78] and I pray, +[4836.94 --> 4837.28] Lord God, +[4837.36 --> 4838.04] that in and +[4838.04 --> 4838.78] through each +[4838.78 --> 4839.54] of those, +[4839.66 --> 4840.24] you would +[4840.24 --> 4841.02] make yourself +[4841.02 --> 4841.32] known, +[4841.38 --> 4841.98] that in and +[4841.98 --> 4842.82] through each +[4842.82 --> 4843.24] of those, +[4843.36 --> 4843.78] we might +[4843.78 --> 4844.62] rest secure +[4844.62 --> 4845.48] in the +[4845.48 --> 4846.14] promise and +[4846.14 --> 4846.82] power of +[4846.82 --> 4847.74] your sovereignty +[4847.74 --> 4848.88] and providence. +[4849.36 --> 4850.14] Help us to +[4850.14 --> 4851.12] know you +[4851.12 --> 4852.38] more completely +[4852.38 --> 4853.00] and more +[4853.00 --> 4853.38] truly, +[4853.38 --> 4854.08] and help us +[4854.08 --> 4855.10] to rest +[4855.10 --> 4856.32] in that +[4856.32 --> 4857.58] truth today. +[4859.10 --> 4859.90] And so, +[4860.02 --> 4860.28] whether we +[4860.28 --> 4860.96] face life +[4860.96 --> 4862.24] or death, +[4863.30 --> 4863.90] whether we +[4863.90 --> 4865.04] face a +[4865.04 --> 4865.54] transition +[4865.54 --> 4866.32] or more +[4866.32 --> 4866.64] of the +[4866.64 --> 4866.88] same, +[4868.04 --> 4868.60] I pray, +[4868.72 --> 4869.00] Lord God, +[4869.04 --> 4869.58] that we would +[4869.58 --> 4870.64] face that +[4870.64 --> 4871.12] in the +[4871.12 --> 4871.82] confidence +[4871.82 --> 4872.76] of who +[4872.76 --> 4874.14] you are. +[4875.14 --> 4875.58] As we +[4875.58 --> 4875.92] look to +[4875.92 --> 4876.22] Joseph, +[4876.44 --> 4876.90] help us +[4876.90 --> 4877.58] to see +[4877.58 --> 4878.30] you. +[4878.96 --> 4879.44] As we +[4879.44 --> 4879.66] look to +[4879.66 --> 4880.06] those people +[4880.06 --> 4880.32] that you +[4880.32 --> 4880.84] have placed +[4880.84 --> 4881.30] in our +[4881.30 --> 4881.66] lives, +[4881.78 --> 4882.36] help us +[4882.36 --> 4883.22] to know +[4883.22 --> 4884.20] you. +[4885.12 --> 4885.64] In your +[4885.64 --> 4886.02] name we +[4886.02 --> 4886.30] pray. +[4887.30 --> 4887.68] Amen. +[4901.82 --> 4910.60] or +[4910.74 --> 4911.38] to be +[4913.38 --> 4914.50] on this +[4914.54 --> 4916.32] we +[4920.32 --> 4920.44] today. +[4920.44 --> 4926.44] God is only true. +[4928.20 --> 4933.44] The sinner, man, and the power +[4933.96 --> 4938.44] has been on Jesus' way. +[4943.44 --> 4948.44] Silent as he stood on youth, +[4948.44 --> 4954.44] beaten up his sword. +[4955.44 --> 4960.44] Gowing to the Father's will, +[4961.44 --> 4966.44] he took the cross and forth. +[4967.44 --> 4972.44] For your prophet bless my salvation, +[4972.44 --> 4978.44] where your love for you will be. +[4979.44 --> 4984.44] Now my soul cries out, hallelujah, +[4985.44 --> 4990.44] praise and honor unto thee. +[4990.44 --> 4999.44] The saint of heaven's love's love +[5000.44 --> 5005.44] to purchase and redeem. +[5006.44 --> 5012.44] The man in style of every voice +[5012.44 --> 5018.44] who meld into the church. +[5019.44 --> 5024.44] The black and cross my salvation, +[5025.44 --> 5030.44] where your love for you will be. +[5030.44 --> 5036.44] Now my soul cries out, hallelujah, +[5037.44 --> 5042.44] praise and honor unto thee. +[5042.44 --> 5045.44] The Lord, my God, and the power of you will be. +[5046.44 --> 5048.44] The Lord, my God, and the power of you will be. +[5048.44 --> 5052.44] God is free, it is paid in foe, +[5052.44 --> 5054.44] Father precious care, +[5055.44 --> 5058.44] God my Jesus, fear. +[5058.44 --> 5064.44] Now the curse of sin has no hold on thee, +[5065.44 --> 5070.44] In the sans' free, all is free indeed. +[5070.44 --> 5077.70] How I'm dead is good, it is made in love. +[5077.96 --> 5083.44] I'm the precious blood that my Jesus knew. +[5084.32 --> 5090.36] How the curse of sin has no hold on me. +[5090.66 --> 5095.44] In the sand search free, how is free indeed. +[5095.44 --> 5102.08] For the power of the cross, the salvation. +[5102.90 --> 5108.14] Where your love goes out, over me. +[5108.88 --> 5114.26] How I saw the love, hallelujah. +[5114.26 --> 5119.46] Is it all a right to me? +[5119.46 --> 5130.86] See the stone is rolled away. +[5131.32 --> 5136.20] Behold the empty tomb. +[5136.20 --> 5143.08] Hallelujah, God we praise. +[5143.42 --> 5148.60] He's raised upon your grace. +[5148.60 --> 5154.32] For the broken cross, the salvation. +[5155.06 --> 5160.24] Where your love goes out, over me. +[5160.24 --> 5166.24] How I saw the love, hallelujah. +[5166.24 --> 5171.66] Praise and honor all to me. +[5172.70 --> 5178.70] Praise and honor all to me. +[5178.70 --> 5194.84] As we go, we go in the security and the power of God going with us. +[5194.84 --> 5206.36] As I speak the blessing, I encourage you to pay particular attention to how these statements of who God is are true for us, are compelling for us. +[5206.66 --> 5213.96] Because God is sovereign and he acts providentially in the world on behalf of his people. +[5214.44 --> 5216.32] Receive God's blessing. +[5218.12 --> 5221.04] God goes before you to lead you. +[5221.74 --> 5223.84] God go behind you to protect you. +[5223.84 --> 5226.36] God go beneath you to support you. +[5226.74 --> 5229.28] God go beside you to befriend you. +[5229.60 --> 5231.88] Do not be afraid. +[5233.08 --> 5235.50] May the blessing of God come upon you today. +[5235.66 --> 5237.86] Do not be afraid. +[5238.90 --> 5245.96] But go in peace in life and in death to love and serve the Lord. +[5247.16 --> 5247.76] Amen. +[5253.84 --> 5269.74] The world that you areAll done. +[5271.40 --> 5272.58] The Lord is also blessed. +[5272.68 --> 5277.10] Praise and profess to you. +[5277.10 --> 5279.10] Oh +[5307.10 --> 5309.10] Oh +[5337.10 --> 5339.10] Oh +[5367.10 --> 5369.10] Oh +[5397.10 --> 5399.10] Oh +[5399.10 --> 5401.10] Oh +[5401.10 --> 5403.10] Oh +[5403.10 --> 5405.10] That you are living +[5405.10 --> 5407.10] Oh +[5407.10 --> 5411.10] You +[5411.10 --> 5413.10] Shine +[5413.10 --> 5417.10] Brighter than the brightest star +[5417.10 --> 5419.10] Oh +[5419.10 --> 5421.10] Light +[5421.10 --> 5423.10] Brighter than the brightest star +[5423.10 --> 5425.10] You +[5425.10 --> 5427.10] Shine 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