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Little, little too strong.

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Go with me to Acts chapter 7, and

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I'm just going to read a verse of

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scripture there, and then I want you to

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go to Genesis, but we'll go to Acts

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chapter 7 first of all.

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And while you're doing that, let me share

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something with you before I share something with

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you.

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You know, I was praying yesterday, and the

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Lord just blessed me, and I started laughing

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and praising the Lord, and out of it

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came the seed for another message that I'm

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not going to preach to you tonight, but

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you know what came to me?

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What came to me in these three words,

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it don't matter.

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And I'm going to preach to you in

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a week or so a message called It

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Don't Matter.

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You know what I was thinking about?

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You know, whether the stock market goes up

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or down, it don't matter.

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Saturday is October 15th, and that may not

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mean anything to you, but it means something

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to me.

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I'll tell you why, because most of you

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took care of your taxes on April the

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15th.

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I wasn't ready.

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I had a piece of information that wasn't

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ready, so my accountant got me an extension

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for three months to July 15th.

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On July 15th, he wasn't ready.

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Three months from that, he got another extension,

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and that extension is up October 15th, and

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so I called him.

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I said, look, you know, he said, don't

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worry.

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You don't have to pay anything.

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Everything is all right.

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Well, I found out he was wrong.

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I got it in the mail on Monday,

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and he was wrong, but I want to

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tell you, it don't matter.

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It doesn't matter.

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You know, if Bush or Dukakis win, it

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don't matter, and if the Mets aren't in

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the World Series, it don't matter.

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You know why?

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Because this, I'm not going to change, because

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Jesus never changes.

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Hallelujah.

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It don't matter, because he always remains the

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same.

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Hallelujah.

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Now, I wish I could preach that tonight,

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but I can't.

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I can't, but it don't matter.

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I got another one.

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Acts chapter 7, verse 13.

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There's one verse here.

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It says, And on the second visit, Joseph

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made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's

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family was disclosed to Pharaoh.

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On the second visit, Joseph made himself known

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to his brothers, and Joseph's family was disclosed

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to Pharaoh as well.

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Now, go with me to Genesis chapter 45,

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and then just keep your Bible open there

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to a few of these chapters.

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We're going to talk about Joseph tonight, and

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I'm going to talk to you tonight about

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coming to Christ the second time, or coming

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to Christ again, or coming to Jesus the

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second time, based upon this story of Joseph

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and his brothers.

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It says, Is

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my father still alive?

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But his brothers could not answer him, for

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they were dismayed at his presence, or in

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his presence.

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They were shocked, to say the least.

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Then Joseph said to his brothers, Please, please

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come closer to me.

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Look at my face.

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And they came closer, and he said, I

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am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into

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Egypt.

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Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck

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and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck,

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and he kissed all his brothers and wept

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on them, and afterwards his brothers talked with

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him.

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And on the second visit Joseph made himself

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known to his brothers.

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Now, just as that happened, just as Joseph's

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brothers did not know him on their first

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visit, and we'll look at that, so many

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today who come to Christ never get to

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know him the first time.

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Those of you that now know Jesus, I

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mean, you really know him.

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You truly know him.

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Some of you now also know that the

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first time that you came to Jesus, you

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thought you knew him, but you really didn't.

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You really didn't know him.

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Either you were ignorant, you didn't know the

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terms, you didn't know the conditions, you didn't

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know the commitment that was involved, including repentance

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of sin and renouncing of your sins.

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And as a result, you have to now

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admit, I was not saved, although I thought

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I was.

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Now, another reason that you may have never

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known Jesus the first time is that you

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didn't hear the true gospel.

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You were told to, quote-unquote, accept Jesus.

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You were told to do this, or you

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were told to do that, or you went

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through catechism, or you went through baptism, or

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you went through other things, but you really

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didn't know him, or if you went to

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an altar, you didn't know who or what

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you were accepting.

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It was because the bugle produced an uncertain

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sound, and some go for years like that.

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Now, some of you will understand what I'm

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going to say, and others of you won't.

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If you have been in a church all

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of your life, especially if you were raised

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in it, and let's say that you were

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in a Baptist church, or you were in

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a Methodist, or Episcopalian, or Catholic church, and

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all of your life you grew up in

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it, but never knew Jesus, and finally your

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eyes were opened some way out of the

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hunger of your heart, or you were challenged.

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Somehow you found Jesus, and you came out

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of that, and you realized how you were

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cheated.

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And a lot of you, you have no

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respect whatsoever for your church now because of

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that.

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Now, some of you may not understand that

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when you hear some people talk about this

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church or that church, and they have no

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respect for it whatsoever because maybe you did

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find the Lord there.

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But many people didn't.

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My wife was raised in a church, and

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she got saved in it in spite of

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the church.

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Probably one of the few in the history

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that got saved in it, and I'll not

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name it lest there be any Methodists here

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tonight, but all her life she was raised

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in the church.

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Finally got saved there when a visiting team

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came along and presented the gospel.

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And she sat there and said, What's this?

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And some of you know what I'm talking

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about.

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You've gone to churches where, as someone has

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said, they give you sermonettes for Christianettes.

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And I've heard some of you tell that.

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You say, I was in the church for

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years, but I was never saved.

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That's tragic, my friend.

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That's tragic to be in the church and

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to be cheated like that.

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Someone said, someone else said, that it's useless

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to advertise the banquet if there's nothing to

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eat.

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Now, our scripture tells us that it was

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not until the second visit to Joseph, it

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was the second altar call that he gave,

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you might say, that he made himself known

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to his brothers.

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And oh, what a wonderful and glorious encounter

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it was, as we shall see.

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But sadly, it did not happen on the

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first visit.

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They spent time in Joseph's presence.

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They were in his house.

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They even went away with a few blessings,

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but they did not know Joseph.

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And he could not and he would not

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reveal himself to them as much as he

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wanted to.

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And you see, Joseph is a type of

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Christ.

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And his brothers are a type of the

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church, or it's a type of the sinner

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or the seeker that's coming to him.

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And you see, there are times when we

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do not know him, even though he is

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trying to speak to us.

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And even though we may have bowed down

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before him with some cry or petition.

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And oh, the tragedy of being in the

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presence of Jesus and like Joseph's brothers, not

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recognizing him for who he is.

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But thank God tonight that we can know

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him, truly know him.

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It's encouraging to know that it's possible at

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the second visit that Jesus will make himself

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known to us as Joseph did to his

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brothers.

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Now, some of you may say, but Brother

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Pastor Dunn, I've come to Jesus umpteen times

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and I don't know him or I didn't

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know him.

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Is it possible to come again and again

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and not know Jesus?

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Well, the answer to that is no.

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We really don't come umpteen times to Jesus

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because all the umpteen times really count as

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the first time.

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The other comings when you don't know Jesus

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all have to be put into the same

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category.

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And this is the heart of my message

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tonight.

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If you sought to know Jesus and to

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walk in righteousness and obedience and in truth

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and it hasn't happened, then there is a

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second visit.

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There is another visit that you can have

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to Jesus tonight and you can know him,

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hallelujah.

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All other comings to Christ without success have

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to be put in the same category or

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failure.

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It's a failure to understand the true gospel

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and how it is that Jesus will and

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wants to disclose himself to you so that

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you can really know him, really love him

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and really serve him.

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There were some reasons why Joseph could not

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and would not reveal himself to his brothers

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even though his heart ached to do so

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and one occasion he had to excuse himself

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and he went out and he wept.

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But it wasn't time.

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But why was it that he didn't reveal

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himself the first time?

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You ought to know that.

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There are some reasons why you never knew

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Jesus in all your other unsuccessful comings to

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him and to the altar and to the

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church.

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Remember, Jesus looked at his people.

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He looked over the city of his beloved

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people and this is what he said, Matthew

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23, 37.

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He said, how often I wanted to gather

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you children together.

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I wanted to reveal myself.

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I wanted you to know that I was

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the true Messiah.

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I wanted to gather you the way a

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hen gathers her chicks around her wings, but

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you were unwilling.

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Ah, but my friend, there is a second

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visit.

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There is a time and a place and

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a way of full disclosure of Joseph when

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Jesus will reveal himself to his brothers.

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And if you feel like Joseph tonight and

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you've made those long trips to the altar,

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you've made those long trips to Egypt, you've

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made those long trips here and there and

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there was no cleansing and there was no

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peace with Joseph and there was no hug

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on the neck and there was no kiss

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and there was no revelation.

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I want you to be encouraged in the

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word tonight.

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It says at the second visit, Joseph or

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Jesus was made known to his brothers.

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There is an hour of the second visit.

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I'd like to think this is the church

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of the second visit, hallelujah.

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This is the hour and may be the

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hour for you tonight.

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This may be the night that Joseph wants

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to step out from behind the veil, from

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out behind the curtain and ask you to

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draw closer to him and say, come closer

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to me, see who I am in all

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of my power and glory.

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Note how it came about that Joseph did

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make himself known.

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What was the difference between the first and

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second visit?

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Well, first of all, Joseph did not reveal

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himself the first time because there were some

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things that they did not know about him.

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For example, they did not know how God

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had highly exalted him and given him a

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name that was above every other name almost

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in the kingdom in Joseph's case.

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Look at chapter 41, chapter 41 verses 45

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and verse 55, excuse me, chapter 41 verse

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55 tells us, this here tells us

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something about Joseph's position and power and if

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they had known who it was that they

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had come to, it might have made a

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big difference in the outcome on their first

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visit.

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Look at it, it says, and so when

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all the land of Egypt was famished and

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the people cried out to Joseph for bread

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and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, go

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to Joseph, go to Joseph, whatsoever he says

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to you, you shall do.

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Does that sound familiar?

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When the famine was spread over all the

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face of the earth then Joseph opened all

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the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians and

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the famine was severe in the land of

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Egypt and the people of all the earth

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came to Egypt to buy grain and Joseph

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because the famine was severest on the earth.

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Now the reason why many who come to

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Christ the first time without success, without satisfaction

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is that they don't really know who they're

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coming to.

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We need to know everything there is to

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know about Jesus.

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His brothers came into Egypt thinking, if I

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can just buy a little corn, this will

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save us.

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They were merely looking to prevent starvation but

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the real thing that God had in store

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for them was not mere corn but a

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glorious revelation, an encounter with Joseph and when

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they found him, instead of having access just

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to a meal or a sack of grain,

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they could instead go to Joseph because he

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had the key to the whole storehouse of

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Egypt.

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Hallelujah.

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This, my friend, is a picture of Jesus

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Look again at chapter 41 and verse 42.

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It says, Then Pharaoh took off his signet

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ring from his hand and he put it

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on Joseph's hand and clothed him in garments

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of fine linen and put the gold necklace

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around his neck.

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Verse 46, Now Joseph was 30 years old

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when he stood before Pharaoh.

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Again, here's the type of Christ And Joseph

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went out from the presence of Pharaoh and

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went to all the land of Egypt.

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Look at verse 49, Then Joseph stored up

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grain in great abundance like the sand of

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the sea until he stopped measuring it for

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it was beyond measure.

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Now you tell me if that's not a

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picture of Jesus.

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Hallelujah.

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What a picture it is.

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Philippians 2, 9 says, Therefore God has also

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highly exalted him and bestowed upon him a

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name that is above every name and that

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every tongue shall confess that Jesus is Lord

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to the glory of the Father just as

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everyone had to come and bow to Joseph

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in order to get grain.

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You see the problem that some have in

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coming to Jesus is they think if I

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can just have a little sack of corn,

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I'll be okay.

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If Jesus will just take care of this

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one little problem for me.

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It's amazing.

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It's amazing how people pin everything on this

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one little thing.

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If God would just do this one little

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thing for me or if you just take

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care of this one area of my life.

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If you'll just take care of this one

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sorrow that I have here.

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If you'll just get rid of this one

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pain, I'll be happy.

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But listen to my friend.

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What do you want tonight?

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Do you want corn or do you want

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Joseph?

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Do you want corn or do you want

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Jesus?

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You see a little sack of corn will

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last you a few hours or a few

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days and you'll be empty before you get

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home.

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And some of you have gone from place

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to place and that's what you have.

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That's all you got.

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That's all you had.

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You had a little sack of corn and

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you were empty before you got home and

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you got home you had to turn on

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WWDJ or you had to turn on this

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or you had to turn on whatever.

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It didn't last as long.

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You've lost it on the subway going home.

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What is really needed is a full revelation.

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A full disclosure of Joseph who is Jesus.

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He holds the combination to the granaries where

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is stored everything that you will ever need.

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Think of it, the people from all the

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earth came to Joseph to buy grain and

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he was able to provide it for them.

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Hallelujah.

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Somebody said, I don't know who said it,

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he said, without Christ I'm a fish out

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of water but with Christ I'm in an

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ocean of truth.

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And some of you have been a fish

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out of water for years.

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And so Joseph's brothers did not see him

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as Lord over all the earth.

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They came for food, not for Joseph.

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They came because of famine, not in faith.

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You see, not only were the keys to

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all the granaries and storehouses under his command,

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he could open them, he could close them

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as he pleased.

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When he gave a command, nobody could challenge

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him.

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He was given that authority.

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He is a type of Christ in all

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of his authority.

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Pharaoh said of him, go to Joseph, whatever

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he says to you, you shall do.

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You remember that?

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Remember when Jesus started his public ministry at

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the Canaan wedding?

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What did his mother say?

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Whatever he said to her, she said to

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the servant, whatever he says to you, do

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it.

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It is pleased the Father that in Christ,

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he's Joseph, all the fullness of the Godhead

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dwells bodily.

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And therefore he is able to save them

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to the uttermost that come to God by

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him.

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You see, if in your first meeting to

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Jesus, you had known him and all of

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his power and authority and exaltation, then you

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would have known that you could trust him

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and that you could give him your life

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and you could give him everything.

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You could give him everything.

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So whatever he says to you, you would

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do it because you knew that he had

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the power and authority to do right by

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you.

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If you would surrender to him, instead of

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coming for corn, you would have received that

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bread that cometh down from heaven.

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The result being as Jesus said, he who

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eats me, he shall live because of me.

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Hallelujah.

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Aren't some of you tired of eating the

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menu?

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It's about time you got down to the

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meal.

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Hallelujah.

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Jesus, the bread of life.

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I remember an incident.

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I don't know whether I've told it before.

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I may have, if not, it bears another

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application.

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I remember a young man who came into

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Teen Challenge one time and he came seeking

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a few grains, a few sacks of grain.

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But I didn't know this, but it became

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very apparent very quickly that he was not

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sincere and he would sit in our chapel.

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And you know, they talk about body language.

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Have you ever heard the expression body language?

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Well, if body language could talk, I'd hate

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to hear what this young man was saying.

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You know, he'd just sit and he was

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rebellious, wouldn't listen, became a troublemaker.

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And he was there, I don't know, a

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few days, and finally some of the staff

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said to me, you know, we ought to

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let him go because he's really causing a

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lot of trouble.

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And so I said, okay, I'll dismiss him.

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And we were in agreement on that.

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And I went to find him and he

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left.

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He was gone.

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He left voluntarily.

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And so we said, well, okay, that takes

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care of that.

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But two hours later he was back and

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he was sitting there in the lobby and

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I came into the Teen Challenge Center and

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there he was and I looked at him.

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He looked at me and he said, Reverend,

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I want to talk to you.

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So I said, come on in the office.

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He said, look, he said, I want back.

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He said, I made a mistake.

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I blew it.

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I know I was wrong.

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I shouldn't have gone.

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And I said, look, I said, I'm sorry,

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but we have rules.

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This is not a revolving door.

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You can't just go out and in as

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you please.

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You can't.

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You'll have to be put on a waiting

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list and you'll get back maybe in a

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week or so.

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He said, Reverend, he said, I know your

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rules.

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But he said, listen, something happened to me

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when I was out there.

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He said, I was only out there, you

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know, a bit.

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And he said, something told me this is

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a place I ought to be.

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He said, Reverend, he said, something spoke to

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me and said, go back, go back.

548
00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:08,910
That's where you're going to get help.

549
00:26:08,990 --> 00:26:11,110
And so I looked at him and I

550
00:26:11,110 --> 00:26:13,790
thought about our rules and I said, okay,

551
00:26:13,810 --> 00:26:20,260
look, I'm going to overrule our rule and

552
00:26:20,260 --> 00:26:21,380
I'm going to let you back.

553
00:26:23,220 --> 00:26:24,900
And there's still no change in him after

554
00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:25,440
he came back.

555
00:26:25,460 --> 00:26:28,060
But I didn't find out for months later

556
00:26:28,060 --> 00:26:29,000
what happened.

557
00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:30,600
When he left, he went home.

558
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,340
And the reason he had come to us

559
00:26:33,340 --> 00:26:36,200
is because he was on parole and he

560
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,020
had broken his parole, had quit going to

561
00:26:39,020 --> 00:26:40,020
see his parole officer.

562
00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:41,940
And so there was a warrant for his

563
00:26:41,940 --> 00:26:42,380
arrest.

564
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,620
And so he couldn't go home and he

565
00:26:44,620 --> 00:26:45,680
was living on the streets.

566
00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:48,440
And so he heard about Teen Challenge and

567
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,080
he came to hide out.

568
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,540
He came for sacks of grain, three hots

569
00:26:54,540 --> 00:26:55,640
and a cod, as we say.

570
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,100
But we didn't know this.

571
00:26:59,380 --> 00:27:02,100
But when he was home, he went home

572
00:27:02,900 --> 00:27:05,120
because he took a chance and decided he

573
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:05,680
would go home.

574
00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:07,380
And he was having a meal at home

575
00:27:07,380 --> 00:27:08,560
when there was a knock at the door.

576
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,100
And his brother went to answer it and

577
00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:13,200
it just opened.

578
00:27:13,260 --> 00:27:14,640
The chain was still on it and he

579
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,480
caught sight of his parole officer.

580
00:27:17,540 --> 00:27:19,340
And so he jumps out of his seat,

581
00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,520
climbed out a back window, ran back as

582
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:23,380
fast as he could.

583
00:27:23,420 --> 00:27:24,980
And there he sat in my office looking

584
00:27:24,980 --> 00:27:26,620
up with innocence in his eyes.

585
00:27:26,620 --> 00:27:28,460
And he said, Reverend, something spoke to me

586
00:27:28,460 --> 00:27:30,120
and told me this is a place I

587
00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:30,600
ought to be.

588
00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:41,900
Well, you see, a lot of people come

589
00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:44,340
to Jesus for a lot of reasons.

590
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,520
A lot of the wrong reasons, you see.

591
00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,860
In other words, he wanted to save himself.

592
00:27:52,380 --> 00:27:55,120
But what he needed was the living bread.

593
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:57,280
He found it, praise God.

594
00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:58,420
He's in the ministry today.

595
00:28:01,930 --> 00:28:03,930
But you see, we've got to know who

596
00:28:03,930 --> 00:28:06,350
we're coming to so that we can know

597
00:28:06,350 --> 00:28:09,630
what he is able to do and what

598
00:28:09,630 --> 00:28:12,030
power and authority that he has.

599
00:28:12,810 --> 00:28:15,690
You see, your vision of Jesus will determine

600
00:28:15,690 --> 00:28:17,990
what it is that you ask for and

601
00:28:17,990 --> 00:28:21,150
how you come to him and what he

602
00:28:21,150 --> 00:28:22,790
wants to become in your life.

603
00:28:25,050 --> 00:28:27,610
Is Jesus going to be just the one

604
00:28:27,610 --> 00:28:29,450
that you run to in a crisis?

605
00:28:30,790 --> 00:28:33,390
Or is he going to be the Lord

606
00:28:33,390 --> 00:28:34,970
of your life and the one that you

607
00:28:34,970 --> 00:28:38,070
go to and whatever he says, you will

608
00:28:38,070 --> 00:28:38,470
do?

609
00:28:40,030 --> 00:28:43,110
Some people treat Jesus as a means to

610
00:28:43,110 --> 00:28:46,630
an end and they degrade salvation and they

611
00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:49,770
turn it into a technique of carnal control.

612
00:28:50,170 --> 00:28:53,670
That's exactly what the prosperity movement has done.

613
00:28:54,130 --> 00:28:56,730
They run to Egypt and they fill their

614
00:28:56,730 --> 00:28:58,430
sack with Joseph's grain.

615
00:28:59,410 --> 00:29:02,490
And in fact, the measure of spirituality becomes

616
00:29:02,490 --> 00:29:06,630
how high your wagon is filled with sacks

617
00:29:06,630 --> 00:29:08,690
of grain from Joseph's granaries.

618
00:29:09,110 --> 00:29:11,290
But they never get to know Joseph.

619
00:29:12,750 --> 00:29:15,570
But here is a quote from an old

620
00:29:15,570 --> 00:29:15,930
hymn.

621
00:29:16,030 --> 00:29:17,370
This is what it says itself.

622
00:29:17,790 --> 00:29:18,730
It says this.

623
00:29:19,590 --> 00:29:22,290
Wealth and honor I disdain.

624
00:29:23,150 --> 00:29:25,830
Earthly comforts all are vain.

625
00:29:26,450 --> 00:29:28,210
They can never satisfy.

626
00:29:28,210 --> 00:29:31,890
Give me Christ or else I die.

627
00:29:35,220 --> 00:29:37,420
This brings me to another point.

628
00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:42,220
Joseph did not reveal himself to the sons

629
00:29:42,220 --> 00:29:44,820
of Jacob, to his brothers because they had

630
00:29:44,820 --> 00:29:46,240
not confessed their guilt.

631
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,460
They never dealt with their sin.

632
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,580
Remember they had sinned grievously against Joseph and

633
00:29:53,580 --> 00:29:57,560
Joseph's treatment of them during their first visit,

634
00:29:57,740 --> 00:30:01,260
though it appeared to be harsh, but it

635
00:30:01,260 --> 00:30:02,880
was intended by him.

636
00:30:03,220 --> 00:30:06,380
It was intended so that it could expose

637
00:30:06,380 --> 00:30:07,060
their sin.

638
00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:13,400
Look in chapter 42 in verse 17 or

639
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,720
verse 16 or verse 17 it says, and

640
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,720
so he put them all together in prison

641
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:18,720
for three days.

642
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:22,860
But you see the real prison that they

643
00:30:22,860 --> 00:30:24,600
were in was a prison house of their

644
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:25,720
own sin and guilt.

645
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,780
They had committed, they had attempted murder and

646
00:30:31,780 --> 00:30:34,660
though Joseph's life had been spared, their intent

647
00:30:34,660 --> 00:30:36,900
had been to kill him and they had

648
00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:38,360
never dealt with that sin.

649
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,760
They had not confessed it to God.

650
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:44,620
It was still there hidden away and Joseph

651
00:30:44,620 --> 00:30:47,180
acting as a type of Christ begins to

652
00:30:47,180 --> 00:30:49,880
do certain things to his brothers to bring

653
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,480
about a conviction of sin.

654
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,320
Look at chapter 42 again verse 16 it

655
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,040
says, send one of you that he may

656
00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:58,700
get your brother.

657
00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:02,640
And while you remain confined that your words

658
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,900
may be tested whether this is the truth

659
00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:06,500
in you, whether there is truth in you,

660
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,780
but if not by the life of Pharaoh,

661
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,180
surely you are spies.

662
00:31:11,140 --> 00:31:13,980
So he put them all in prison, all

663
00:31:13,980 --> 00:31:15,740
together in prison for three days.

664
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:18,740
And now Joseph said to them on the

665
00:31:18,740 --> 00:31:20,860
third day, he said, do this and live

666
00:31:22,860 --> 00:31:24,360
for I fear God.

667
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,240
If you are honest men, let one of

668
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,740
your brothers be confined in your prison, but

669
00:31:30,740 --> 00:31:32,400
as for the rest of you, go carry

670
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,100
grain for the famine to your households and

671
00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:37,020
bring your youngest brother to me so your

672
00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:39,340
words may be verified and you may will

673
00:31:39,340 --> 00:31:40,080
not die.

674
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:41,920
And they did so.

675
00:31:42,420 --> 00:31:44,760
And then they said one to another, truly

676
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,040
we are guilty concerning our brother because we

677
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,160
saw the distress of his soul when he

678
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,480
pleaded with us, yet we would not listen.

679
00:31:52,780 --> 00:31:54,980
Therefore, this distress has come upon us.

680
00:31:54,980 --> 00:32:01,060
And so they begin to deal for the

681
00:32:01,060 --> 00:32:03,160
first time, they begin to deal with this

682
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,740
whole issue that they never dealt with the

683
00:32:05,740 --> 00:32:06,420
first time.

684
00:32:08,530 --> 00:32:11,370
And here is a major reason many never

685
00:32:11,370 --> 00:32:14,490
truly know Christ in their first coming is

686
00:32:14,490 --> 00:32:16,910
that there has been no repentance of sin.

687
00:32:18,810 --> 00:32:21,970
Joseph was trying to expose the famine in

688
00:32:21,970 --> 00:32:22,930
his brother's hearts.

689
00:32:23,370 --> 00:32:25,430
They had murder in their hearts.

690
00:32:25,770 --> 00:32:28,390
They simply, and then they simply covered over

691
00:32:28,390 --> 00:32:29,050
their sin.

692
00:32:29,890 --> 00:32:32,750
But Joseph begins to do certain things to

693
00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:35,490
prick their conscience and bring to the open

694
00:32:35,490 --> 00:32:36,190
what is hidden.

695
00:32:37,070 --> 00:32:39,430
And you see the major reason that many

696
00:32:39,430 --> 00:32:41,990
come to Christ, but they never know him.

697
00:32:42,730 --> 00:32:46,350
He never really can reveal himself and they

698
00:32:46,350 --> 00:32:49,150
never have peace, they never have lasting victory

699
00:32:49,870 --> 00:32:52,430
is because in the first place they have

700
00:32:52,430 --> 00:32:55,770
never laid the ax to the root and

701
00:32:55,770 --> 00:32:59,110
they've never brought forth meat for repentance, fruit

702
00:32:59,110 --> 00:33:00,670
that is meat for repentance.

703
00:33:01,970 --> 00:33:04,430
We have to come to Christ with a

704
00:33:04,430 --> 00:33:08,550
broken contrite heart and an overwhelming sense of

705
00:33:08,550 --> 00:33:09,930
the depth of our sin.

706
00:33:12,100 --> 00:33:15,560
Not just because of what that sin does

707
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:19,440
to us or the effects of it superficially

708
00:33:19,980 --> 00:33:23,940
or outwardly, or not just because of what

709
00:33:23,940 --> 00:33:25,700
it does to us, to our family, to

710
00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:26,580
our friends.

711
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,560
Many times many only see that level of

712
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:30,760
it.

713
00:33:31,220 --> 00:33:33,200
But my friend, you got to go deeper

714
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,340
and see what that sin has caused God

715
00:33:37,340 --> 00:33:40,840
to turn his face away from you just

716
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,140
as Joseph could not reveal himself to his

717
00:33:44,140 --> 00:33:47,480
brothers until that was exposed in their heart.

718
00:33:50,730 --> 00:33:53,170
Psalms 41 and 4 says, but as for

719
00:33:53,170 --> 00:33:57,070
me, I said, O Lord, be gracious to

720
00:33:57,070 --> 00:34:00,630
me, heal my soul, for I have sinned

721
00:34:00,630 --> 00:34:01,510
against thee.

722
00:34:03,470 --> 00:34:10,170
King David's famous prayer, Psalms 51, for against

723
00:34:10,170 --> 00:34:15,409
thee only, the only thee, excuse me, let

724
00:34:15,409 --> 00:34:18,389
me start again, against thee and thee only,

725
00:34:18,690 --> 00:34:21,989
I have sinned and done what is evil

726
00:34:21,989 --> 00:34:22,929
in thy sight.

727
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,909
And you may wonder, and some people have

728
00:34:28,909 --> 00:34:31,850
complained and said, you know, why you preach

729
00:34:31,850 --> 00:34:34,730
so much against sin in your church?

730
00:34:35,050 --> 00:34:38,250
Listen, my friend, until you come to lay

731
00:34:38,250 --> 00:34:40,590
that ax to the root, you can't know

732
00:34:40,590 --> 00:34:41,350
Jesus.

733
00:34:44,580 --> 00:34:46,820
In your first coming, many of you didn't

734
00:34:46,820 --> 00:34:47,840
deal with your sin.

735
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,380
And most likely the church that you attended

736
00:34:51,380 --> 00:34:54,020
and the message you heard did not call

737
00:34:54,020 --> 00:34:57,580
you to account for your sins and any

738
00:34:57,580 --> 00:35:01,440
conversion not accompanied by godly sorrow over sin.

739
00:35:01,780 --> 00:35:04,820
If it doesn't have distress of soul, it's

740
00:35:04,820 --> 00:35:06,040
a false conversion.

741
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,620
The Puritan said this, he who has slight

742
00:35:11,620 --> 00:35:14,280
thoughts of sin never has great thoughts of

743
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:14,620
God.

744
00:35:17,140 --> 00:35:19,940
Hosea 7.2 tells us why many do

745
00:35:19,940 --> 00:35:22,140
not find Jesus in their first coming to

746
00:35:22,140 --> 00:35:22,340
him.

747
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:24,860
It says, and they do not consider in

748
00:35:24,860 --> 00:35:28,100
their hearts that I remembered all their wickedness

749
00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:31,120
and their deeds were all around them.

750
00:35:31,820 --> 00:35:33,660
They were before my face.

751
00:35:34,260 --> 00:35:36,580
They were before my face.

752
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,840
And you see their sin came up before

753
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:40,120
God.

754
00:35:40,220 --> 00:35:43,900
They had to deal with it before Joseph

755
00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:45,080
would reveal himself.

756
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:48,800
Ah, but there's one more thing.

757
00:35:49,820 --> 00:35:53,020
When Joseph's brothers first went to Egypt, they

758
00:35:53,020 --> 00:35:54,020
did not all go.

759
00:35:54,540 --> 00:35:57,020
They left something very precious behind.

760
00:35:57,020 --> 00:36:01,220
Look at Genesis 42 in verse four.

761
00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:16,500
42 verse four, but Jacob did not send

762
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:20,640
Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers for he

763
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,300
said, I am afraid that harm may befall

764
00:36:23,300 --> 00:36:23,600
him.

765
00:36:24,700 --> 00:36:27,080
And you see, what did Joseph zero in

766
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:27,320
on?

767
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,540
He kept saying, is there somebody else?

768
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:30,400
Or how's your family?

769
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,640
He began to probe because he knew there

770
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:33,540
was somebody else.

771
00:36:33,580 --> 00:36:35,300
And finally it came out that there was

772
00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:35,880
a Benjamin.

773
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,000
And then the second time when they went

774
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,300
back, look at chapter 43 verses four and

775
00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:42,700
five.

776
00:36:42,980 --> 00:36:48,020
When their father sends them back again, they

777
00:36:48,020 --> 00:36:50,140
told him we can't go back unless we

778
00:36:50,140 --> 00:36:51,020
have Benjamin.

779
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,000
Verse four, and if you send our brother

780
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,660
with us, we will go down and buy

781
00:36:57,660 --> 00:36:58,200
you food.

782
00:36:58,300 --> 00:37:00,240
But if you do not send him, we

783
00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:00,920
will not go.

784
00:37:01,020 --> 00:37:03,400
For the man said to us, you shall

785
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,040
not see my face unless your brother is

786
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:07,360
with you.

787
00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:10,680
You see, now they understand the conditions.

788
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,720
They understand what's involved in coming to Joseph.

789
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,740
And you see, Benjamin is a type of

790
00:37:18,740 --> 00:37:21,180
how many go to Christ, but they leave

791
00:37:21,180 --> 00:37:24,200
something very precious behind at home.

792
00:37:25,060 --> 00:37:29,420
And that something, that Benjamin represents an unsurrendered

793
00:37:29,420 --> 00:37:30,520
part of our life.

794
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,640
It represents a Benjamin sin.

795
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,900
It represents a Benjamin self-interest.

796
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,860
It represents something else that's precious and dear

797
00:37:40,860 --> 00:37:43,320
to us that we keep holding on to.

798
00:37:44,620 --> 00:37:47,160
And there is even a preaching that allows

799
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,680
for sin, for the sinner to come to

800
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:53,140
Christ without bringing everything, without surrendering everything.

801
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:57,680
But God can make you everything you want

802
00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,780
to be, but first you have to place

803
00:37:59,780 --> 00:38:03,420
yourself in his hands and know secret Benjamin's

804
00:38:03,420 --> 00:38:04,100
back home.

805
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,460
To take all that we are and have

806
00:38:10,460 --> 00:38:12,340
and hand it over to God may not

807
00:38:12,340 --> 00:38:13,040
be easy.

808
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:16,920
And some of you, it's happening little by

809
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:18,580
little, line upon line.

810
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,300
And some of you, it's taken a lot

811
00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:21,900
of services.

812
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:23,860
It's taken a lot of altar calls.

813
00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:26,620
But I want to tell you, my friend,

814
00:38:26,660 --> 00:38:27,760
it can be done.

815
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,160
And when it's done, the world will have

816
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:35,240
one less candidate for misery if you'll turn

817
00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:36,360
it all over to him.

818
00:38:39,140 --> 00:38:42,420
You recall the story of Ananias and Sapphira,

819
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:46,960
members of the first Times Square church of

820
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:47,420
Jerusalem.

821
00:38:50,460 --> 00:38:53,680
They were carried out dead for holding back

822
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:56,580
the price or portion that belonged to God.

823
00:38:57,580 --> 00:39:00,020
And I believe the reason for that drastic

824
00:39:00,020 --> 00:39:04,200
measure and judgment was to establish early on

825
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:07,180
in the church that there is no half

826
00:39:07,180 --> 00:39:11,860
price salvation and what the consequences of holding

827
00:39:11,860 --> 00:39:13,860
out on God is all about.

828
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:18,400
Acts 5, 3, Peter said, Ananias, why has

829
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,020
Satan filled your heart to lie to the

830
00:39:21,020 --> 00:39:23,660
Holy Ghost and to keep back some of

831
00:39:23,660 --> 00:39:24,760
the price of the land?

832
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,240
And as he heard these words, Ananias fell

833
00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:32,680
down and breathed his last and great fear

834
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:34,560
came upon all who heard it.

835
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,500
You bet great fear came on them.

836
00:39:39,750 --> 00:39:42,230
You see, to not come completely clean, to

837
00:39:42,230 --> 00:39:45,990
leave a Benjamin back in the closet somewhere,

838
00:39:46,090 --> 00:39:46,890
there's a Benjamin.

839
00:39:47,290 --> 00:39:49,230
If you come to this church and there's

840
00:39:49,230 --> 00:39:53,770
a Benjamin left behind and you come to

841
00:39:53,770 --> 00:39:56,350
this altar without laying it down, that's lying

842
00:39:56,350 --> 00:39:57,350
to the Holy Ghost.

843
00:40:00,190 --> 00:40:01,670
And I want to tell you, I'm not

844
00:40:01,670 --> 00:40:06,150
that old to being raised in early, early

845
00:40:06,150 --> 00:40:08,990
Pentecost, but I remember in the church, our

846
00:40:08,990 --> 00:40:12,430
fathers believed in this principle that when you

847
00:40:12,430 --> 00:40:14,850
lie to the Holy Ghost, that what happened

848
00:40:14,850 --> 00:40:17,090
to Ananias and Sapphira can happen to you.

849
00:40:17,350 --> 00:40:18,050
We've seen it.

850
00:40:19,290 --> 00:40:20,230
We've seen it.

851
00:40:20,910 --> 00:40:22,550
Brother David and I could tell you about

852
00:40:22,550 --> 00:40:23,930
a well-known ministry.

853
00:40:25,090 --> 00:40:29,250
Two people, two people died because they lied

854
00:40:29,250 --> 00:40:30,190
to the Holy Ghost.

855
00:40:30,350 --> 00:40:31,830
They lied to the Holy Ghost.

856
00:40:32,890 --> 00:40:34,770
And I remember my father used to preach

857
00:40:34,770 --> 00:40:37,650
in the church, and I saw it happen.

858
00:40:37,750 --> 00:40:39,870
He told people who were lying to the

859
00:40:39,870 --> 00:40:41,990
Holy Ghost, he said, I'll bear you, I'll

860
00:40:41,990 --> 00:40:42,930
be bearing you.

861
00:40:47,020 --> 00:40:49,620
Acts 511, it said, great fear came upon

862
00:40:49,620 --> 00:40:51,620
the whole church and upon all who heard

863
00:40:51,620 --> 00:40:52,420
of those things.

864
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,180
You see, it's the absence of the fear

865
00:40:55,180 --> 00:41:00,220
of God that keeps seekers from laying down

866
00:41:00,220 --> 00:41:01,480
everything to the Lord.

867
00:41:02,180 --> 00:41:04,140
You gotta lay your Benjamins down.

868
00:41:05,220 --> 00:41:07,100
You gotta bring your Benjamins to the altar.

869
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:10,620
You see, the Benjamins are that which, Benjamins

870
00:41:10,620 --> 00:41:15,900
are precious looking, something that doesn't look so

871
00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:16,440
bad.

872
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,540
But Joseph said, I want everything, I want

873
00:41:21,540 --> 00:41:21,900
everything.

874
00:41:23,240 --> 00:41:25,040
Now, let's take a look at the second

875
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,240
visit of Joseph's brothers to Egypt because something

876
00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:31,060
wonderful happened in his presence a second time.

877
00:41:31,820 --> 00:41:34,360
That's something wonderful that's been happening to some

878
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:34,600
of you.

879
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:35,940
Oh, I loved it, I love it.

880
00:41:36,420 --> 00:41:37,540
I love it, we're blessed.

881
00:41:37,540 --> 00:41:39,460
We talk about what God's doing in some

882
00:41:39,460 --> 00:41:40,760
of your lives and your hearts.

883
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:42,960
Oh, some of you are young, some of

884
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:43,460
you are older.

885
00:41:43,540 --> 00:41:45,580
You've come to share what God's done in

886
00:41:45,580 --> 00:41:47,360
you and oh, praise God.

887
00:41:47,940 --> 00:41:49,040
There's a second time.

888
00:41:51,770 --> 00:41:55,030
But look what happened, certain things that happened.

889
00:41:55,130 --> 00:41:58,770
First of all, they ran out of corn.

890
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:02,720
After their first visit, they ran out of

891
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:06,800
corn and they ran out of blessings, which

892
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,760
they got from Joseph on the first visit.

893
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,600
Look at chapter 43, verses one and two.

894
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:14,100
The famine was severe in the land, so

895
00:42:14,100 --> 00:42:15,840
it came about that they had finished eating

896
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,420
the grain which they had brought from Egypt

897
00:42:18,420 --> 00:42:20,280
and their father said to them, go back,

898
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:21,200
buy a little food.

899
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,080
Buy a little food.

900
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,220
You see, if you keep coming to Jesus

901
00:42:28,220 --> 00:42:30,140
the way Joseph's brothers came to him the

902
00:42:30,140 --> 00:42:32,300
first time, you're always gonna run out of

903
00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:35,380
blessings and you're gonna keep running back for

904
00:42:35,380 --> 00:42:35,960
a little food.

905
00:42:38,820 --> 00:42:40,820
And if you come to Jesus just for

906
00:42:40,820 --> 00:42:44,600
corn, just for temporary blessings, you're sure to

907
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:46,720
go hungry and be in spiritual famine.

908
00:42:48,580 --> 00:42:51,600
And it's sad to see people who faithfully,

909
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,820
they faithfully go to Egypt.

910
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,920
They faithfully run here and there.

911
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,540
Some of you, I know your testimony.

912
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,760
You've gone to every big meeting.

913
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:04,600
You've gone to every big preacher.

914
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:09,540
You have spent hundreds of dollars, thousands of

915
00:43:09,540 --> 00:43:09,740
dollars.

916
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:11,300
You've flown across the country.

917
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,500
You've gone here and there to buy a

918
00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:14,300
little food.

919
00:43:18,710 --> 00:43:21,790
But until, and you always run out of

920
00:43:21,790 --> 00:43:22,110
that.

921
00:43:23,130 --> 00:43:26,490
Until the revelation of Joseph takes place, you

922
00:43:26,490 --> 00:43:27,950
will always be in want.

923
00:43:28,270 --> 00:43:30,650
There will always be that inner emptiness.

924
00:43:32,010 --> 00:43:33,810
I watch people run here and there.

925
00:43:33,930 --> 00:43:37,110
Some of them run for, well, they run

926
00:43:37,110 --> 00:43:38,330
for prosperity corn.

927
00:43:40,650 --> 00:43:42,430
And some of you used to run around

928
00:43:42,430 --> 00:43:43,150
for popcorn.

929
00:43:45,390 --> 00:43:47,190
I mean, you know, you get a little

930
00:43:47,190 --> 00:43:50,270
blessing, you know, all excitement, just excitement.

931
00:43:50,550 --> 00:43:51,590
That's all, just a blessing.

932
00:43:53,130 --> 00:43:55,510
And some of you ran around for miracle

933
00:43:55,510 --> 00:43:56,030
corn.

934
00:43:57,550 --> 00:43:59,050
Miracle signs and wonders.

935
00:44:00,610 --> 00:44:02,390
But most of the time you have to

936
00:44:02,390 --> 00:44:03,830
wonder what they, you know, where are they,

937
00:44:03,890 --> 00:44:04,570
where's the miracles?

938
00:44:07,140 --> 00:44:09,320
You know, because when you're into that thing

939
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:11,940
and you keep people, you got to keep

940
00:44:11,940 --> 00:44:14,160
people coming, you know, with miracle after miracle.

941
00:44:14,340 --> 00:44:16,240
If it doesn't happen, you got to manufacture

942
00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:17,440
it one way or the other.

943
00:44:18,020 --> 00:44:20,480
And some of you ran for miracle corn.

944
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,340
And some of you ran for some exotic

945
00:44:23,340 --> 00:44:24,220
corn dish.

946
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:26,540
But I want to tell you, it's only

947
00:44:26,540 --> 00:44:27,260
corn.

948
00:44:27,700 --> 00:44:30,540
It's not the true bread that endures to

949
00:44:30,540 --> 00:44:31,440
eternal life.

950
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:31,780
Hallelujah.

951
00:44:31,780 --> 00:44:31,960
Hallelujah.

952
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:38,820
Job 30 and three says, oh, when I

953
00:44:38,820 --> 00:44:40,720
read this, grip me.

954
00:44:40,820 --> 00:44:42,960
It says from want and famine, they are

955
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:43,400
gaunt.

956
00:44:44,510 --> 00:44:47,400
They gnaw the dry ground by night in

957
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:48,920
waste and desolation.

958
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,660
You know, I got a picture one time

959
00:44:52,660 --> 00:44:54,980
looking at some of the street people and

960
00:44:54,980 --> 00:44:57,360
I drive home at night and see them

961
00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:01,060
going through the garbage cans.

962
00:45:02,660 --> 00:45:04,620
Gives me a picture of the church.

963
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:06,780
Gives me a picture of some of you.

964
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,500
You've gone everywhere looking, but it's been famine,

965
00:45:10,620 --> 00:45:11,640
you ran out of blessings.

966
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:14,540
But I want to tell you, there's a

967
00:45:14,540 --> 00:45:16,660
spiritual famine that ought to take us back

968
00:45:16,660 --> 00:45:18,180
to Joseph for another visit.

969
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:22,080
Just as Joseph's brothers went again, their emptiness

970
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:25,300
drove them, or your emptiness ought to drive

971
00:45:25,300 --> 00:45:26,100
you to the altar.

972
00:45:26,100 --> 00:45:30,490
And some of you lived in spiritual warmth

973
00:45:30,490 --> 00:45:31,170
for years.

974
00:45:31,290 --> 00:45:33,050
You've told me, and now you know why.

975
00:45:33,170 --> 00:45:34,370
You never knew Jesus.

976
00:45:37,990 --> 00:45:40,750
Now, another lesson that Joseph's brothers had to

977
00:45:40,750 --> 00:45:43,530
learn is that you can't buy from Joseph.

978
00:45:44,310 --> 00:45:46,070
You can't buy from Joseph.

979
00:45:46,250 --> 00:45:47,290
He ain't selling corn.

980
00:45:48,510 --> 00:45:50,430
He doesn't sell what we need.

981
00:45:51,350 --> 00:45:55,870
Turn to Genesis 42, verses 25 through 28.

982
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:01,040
This is the end of side one.

983
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:02,820
You may now turn the tape over to

984
00:46:02,820 --> 00:46:04,160
side two.

985
00:46:05,380 --> 00:46:06,720
Not a rebuke.

986
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,260
You see, there's several Greek words for dog.

987
00:46:09,340 --> 00:46:11,720
One is a vicious dog, and one is

988
00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:14,720
a cute little household dog, puppy dog.

989
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:16,800
And that's the word Jesus used.

990
00:46:18,590 --> 00:46:21,870
But also the reference, the reason for the

991
00:46:21,870 --> 00:46:24,290
reference to dogs is that Jesus had already

992
00:46:24,290 --> 00:46:34,040
brought to the attention of the disciples orders

993
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,840
to fill their bags with grain and restore

994
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:40,300
every man's money in his sack and to

995
00:46:40,300 --> 00:46:42,820
give them provisions for the journey, and thus

996
00:46:42,820 --> 00:46:43,820
it was done for them.

997
00:46:44,420 --> 00:46:46,880
So they loaded their donkeys with the grain

998
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:48,140
and departed from there.

999
00:46:49,180 --> 00:46:51,120
And as one of them opened his sack

1000
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:54,480
to give his donkey fodder at the lodging

1001
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:59,720
place, he saw his money, and behold, it

1002
00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:04,170
was in the mouth of his sack.

1003
00:47:06,410 --> 00:47:07,830
Now, that was not trickery.

1004
00:47:08,490 --> 00:47:09,910
That was not revenge.

1005
00:47:10,210 --> 00:47:12,590
That was not a payback on Joseph's part.

1006
00:47:12,850 --> 00:47:17,070
It was genuine generosity.

1007
00:47:18,590 --> 00:47:20,070
But they were horrified.

1008
00:47:20,550 --> 00:47:21,850
Their hearts sank.

1009
00:47:21,970 --> 00:47:24,370
They literally trembled when they saw that.

1010
00:47:25,050 --> 00:47:26,610
And they must have thought, why?

1011
00:47:27,670 --> 00:47:29,710
And in fact, they asked, why is God

1012
00:47:29,710 --> 00:47:31,190
doing this to us?

1013
00:47:31,190 --> 00:47:36,910
We have not been able to please this

1014
00:47:36,910 --> 00:47:39,250
man, Joseph, at all.

1015
00:47:39,930 --> 00:47:42,810
And now, whether they knew that he put

1016
00:47:42,810 --> 00:47:45,010
the money back there or whether they surmised

1017
00:47:45,010 --> 00:47:47,150
or not, but they must have thought, what

1018
00:47:47,150 --> 00:47:49,590
can we do to please this man, Joseph?

1019
00:47:51,870 --> 00:47:53,950
And some of you have come to Jesus

1020
00:47:53,950 --> 00:47:58,830
over and over again, trying every possible way

1021
00:47:58,830 --> 00:48:02,110
to get a victory, trying every possible way

1022
00:48:02,110 --> 00:48:03,010
to please him.

1023
00:48:03,970 --> 00:48:05,990
You tried every good work that you could

1024
00:48:05,990 --> 00:48:06,610
think of.

1025
00:48:07,570 --> 00:48:10,110
You went from meeting far and wide seeking

1026
00:48:10,110 --> 00:48:10,550
the Lord.

1027
00:48:10,730 --> 00:48:12,190
You tried every formula.

1028
00:48:12,550 --> 00:48:17,030
One said fast, another said praise, another said

1029
00:48:17,030 --> 00:48:19,050
this, another said that, and you did it

1030
00:48:19,050 --> 00:48:19,570
all.

1031
00:48:21,790 --> 00:48:23,570
But every time you got home and you

1032
00:48:23,570 --> 00:48:25,550
opened up your sack, God gave you back

1033
00:48:25,550 --> 00:48:25,910
your money.

1034
00:48:29,410 --> 00:48:31,890
In other words, the Lord didn't accept your

1035
00:48:31,890 --> 00:48:35,670
works and your devotion and your striving and

1036
00:48:35,670 --> 00:48:38,130
your service and your many ways to try

1037
00:48:38,130 --> 00:48:39,050
to please him.

1038
00:48:39,690 --> 00:48:41,030
It won't work that way.

1039
00:48:42,090 --> 00:48:44,110
And the way that you know the Lord

1040
00:48:44,110 --> 00:48:47,230
did not accept your personal efforts at righteousness

1041
00:48:47,230 --> 00:48:49,490
and how you can know that he gave

1042
00:48:49,490 --> 00:48:52,070
you your money back is that in spite

1043
00:48:52,070 --> 00:48:54,450
of all your good works, you never got

1044
00:48:54,450 --> 00:48:55,550
what you came for.

1045
00:48:56,790 --> 00:48:59,530
In spite of everything you tried, you still

1046
00:48:59,530 --> 00:49:00,610
didn't have peace.

1047
00:49:00,610 --> 00:49:03,390
You still didn't have victory over sin.

1048
00:49:03,530 --> 00:49:06,470
You still didn't have a consciousness of the

1049
00:49:06,470 --> 00:49:08,090
presence of the Lord in your life.

1050
00:49:09,670 --> 00:49:14,170
It's a terrible feeling to pay Joseph money

1051
00:49:14,170 --> 00:49:16,290
and to find that your money is not

1052
00:49:16,290 --> 00:49:16,910
good enough.

1053
00:49:18,270 --> 00:49:20,850
It's the Lord's way of saying, I don't

1054
00:49:20,850 --> 00:49:22,450
want your self-righteousness.

1055
00:49:22,850 --> 00:49:25,590
I don't want your superficial prayers.

1056
00:49:25,930 --> 00:49:28,410
I don't want your superficial devotion.

1057
00:49:28,410 --> 00:49:30,710
I want Benjamin.

1058
00:49:31,610 --> 00:49:33,770
I want it all.

1059
00:49:35,130 --> 00:49:37,530
And that's the only way to come to

1060
00:49:37,530 --> 00:49:37,830
me.

1061
00:49:40,260 --> 00:49:42,540
But look what happened on the second visit

1062
00:49:42,540 --> 00:49:46,540
after they had finally said we're guilty.

1063
00:49:47,540 --> 00:49:50,520
Chapter 42, verse 21, and they said to

1064
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,220
one another, truly we are guilty concerning our

1065
00:49:53,220 --> 00:49:53,520
brother.

1066
00:49:55,100 --> 00:49:56,260
Truly we're guilty.

1067
00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:04,310
And then chapter 43, verse 29, and he

1068
00:50:04,310 --> 00:50:06,090
lifted up his eyes and he saw his

1069
00:50:06,090 --> 00:50:09,230
brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and he said,

1070
00:50:09,390 --> 00:50:11,190
is this your younger brother of whom you

1071
00:50:11,190 --> 00:50:11,910
spoke of me?

1072
00:50:12,210 --> 00:50:15,270
And he said, may God be gracious to

1073
00:50:15,270 --> 00:50:16,030
you, my son.

1074
00:50:17,130 --> 00:50:19,510
And Joseph hurried out for he was deeply

1075
00:50:19,510 --> 00:50:21,510
stirred over his brother and they sought a

1076
00:50:21,510 --> 00:50:23,290
place to weep and he entered his chamber

1077
00:50:23,290 --> 00:50:23,910
and wept there.

1078
00:50:24,370 --> 00:50:26,310
Then he washed his face and came out

1079
00:50:26,310 --> 00:50:28,490
and he controlled himself and he said, serve

1080
00:50:28,490 --> 00:50:28,930
the meal.

1081
00:50:31,310 --> 00:50:34,170
Now, there was one more work of conviction

1082
00:50:34,170 --> 00:50:36,570
that had to take place in their hearts

1083
00:50:37,150 --> 00:50:38,890
and I'll not get into that, but again,

1084
00:50:38,970 --> 00:50:42,350
he put money in their sack.

1085
00:50:42,530 --> 00:50:45,170
Again, he tested them one more time and

1086
00:50:45,170 --> 00:50:48,070
then they came back and look at chapter

1087
00:50:48,070 --> 00:50:50,710
45, Joseph reveals himself.

1088
00:50:52,190 --> 00:50:55,010
Joseph could not control himself before all those

1089
00:50:55,010 --> 00:50:56,750
who stood by him and he cried, have

1090
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everyone go out for me.

1091
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So there was no man with him when

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Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

1093
00:51:05,310 --> 00:51:07,330
That, my friend, you see, that was the

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00:51:07,330 --> 00:51:10,650
second time and they, of course, they couldn't

1095
00:51:10,650 --> 00:51:11,170
believe it.

1096
00:51:11,970 --> 00:51:14,490
They could not believe that it was Joseph

1097
00:51:14,490 --> 00:51:17,430
and of course not and neither could some

1098
00:51:17,430 --> 00:51:19,590
of you believe it when you found out

1099
00:51:20,550 --> 00:51:22,370
that you didn't have to go through a

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00:51:22,370 --> 00:51:22,850
man.

1101
00:51:23,810 --> 00:51:25,810
You didn't have to go through everything that

1102
00:51:25,810 --> 00:51:27,630
you've been trying to go through to get

1103
00:51:27,630 --> 00:51:28,270
to God.

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00:51:29,550 --> 00:51:32,410
There was no man with them when Joseph

1105
00:51:32,410 --> 00:51:36,470
made himself known and oh, what joy it

1106
00:51:36,470 --> 00:51:39,070
is to know that you can come face

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00:51:39,070 --> 00:51:42,210
to face into the presence of Jesus, hallelujah.

1108
00:51:42,410 --> 00:51:45,650
When you've taken care of everything, he will

1109
00:51:45,650 --> 00:51:50,250
reveal himself to you and Joseph came closer

1110
00:51:50,250 --> 00:51:51,050
to his brothers.

1111
00:51:52,090 --> 00:51:56,270
Please come closer to me and they came

1112
00:51:56,270 --> 00:51:59,290
closer and they came closer.

1113
00:52:00,350 --> 00:52:03,170
Oh, are you coming to Jesus that way?

1114
00:52:04,070 --> 00:52:05,290
Do you know that?

1115
00:52:06,170 --> 00:52:09,510
Turn with me to James 4, verse 8

1116
00:52:10,870 --> 00:52:13,470
to an often quoted verse.

1117
00:52:13,550 --> 00:52:16,030
In fact, it's a little portion of verse

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00:52:16,030 --> 00:52:18,250
that we quote many, many times but we

1119
00:52:18,250 --> 00:52:20,810
don't quote it in its context.

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00:52:21,530 --> 00:52:23,910
It says, draw nigh unto God and he'll

1121
00:52:23,910 --> 00:52:25,050
draw nigh unto you.

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00:52:27,430 --> 00:52:29,710
It's James 4, verse 8.

1123
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:35,240
But note the conditions upon which we're to

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00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:36,260
draw nigh to him.

1125
00:52:36,900 --> 00:52:38,900
It says, draw nigh to God and he'll

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00:52:38,900 --> 00:52:39,880
draw nigh to you.

1127
00:52:40,700 --> 00:52:42,480
Then he lays it out.

1128
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:45,280
Here's the conditions and Joseph and his brothers

1129
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:47,720
had to meet these conditions and then he

1130
00:52:47,720 --> 00:52:48,580
revealed himself.

1131
00:52:49,060 --> 00:52:50,760
He said, cleanse your hands, you sinners.

1132
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:54,120
Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

1133
00:52:55,140 --> 00:52:55,960
Be miserable.

1134
00:52:57,540 --> 00:52:59,120
Mourn and weep.

1135
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:06,240
Tell me Joseph's brothers weren't miserable with confusion

1136
00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:10,080
and conviction but then they dealt with their

1137
00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:10,440
sin.

1138
00:53:10,900 --> 00:53:12,880
He said, let your laughter be turned into

1139
00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:14,600
mourning and your joy into gloom.

1140
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:16,820
Humble yourself in the presence of the Lord

1141
00:53:16,820 --> 00:53:19,760
and he will exalt you.

1142
00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:24,820
You see, these poor sons of Jacob did

1143
00:53:24,820 --> 00:53:26,920
not know that the man who was Lord

1144
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:28,780
over Egypt was their own brother.

1145
00:53:29,940 --> 00:53:32,280
And Jesus wants you to know that he's

1146
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:34,440
your brother and that he wants a relationship

1147
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:35,300
with you.

1148
00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:36,060
Hallelujah.

1149
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:40,060
If you'll come, if you'll come.

1150
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:45,740
Joseph, you see, restrained himself until the Holy

1151
00:53:45,740 --> 00:53:49,140
Spirit had prepared their hearts and the second

1152
00:53:49,140 --> 00:53:52,040
time Joseph revealed himself to his brothers.

1153
00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:54,200
Do you want to know Jesus like that?

1154
00:53:55,060 --> 00:53:57,080
Do you want to know Jesus that second

1155
00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:57,600
time?

1156
00:53:58,540 --> 00:54:01,140
The Jesus whom you can recognize and draw

1157
00:54:01,140 --> 00:54:04,540
near to because you've cleansed your hands, you

1158
00:54:04,540 --> 00:54:08,020
mourned over your sins and when that happens,

1159
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:12,140
a veil will be opened unto you and

1160
00:54:12,140 --> 00:54:14,620
Joseph will say, here I am, come closer.

1161
00:54:15,240 --> 00:54:16,520
Come closer to me.

1162
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:19,540
I don't know about you but that's what

1163
00:54:19,540 --> 00:54:21,540
the Lord's been, that's what the Lord's been

1164
00:54:21,540 --> 00:54:22,280
saying to me.

1165
00:54:22,900 --> 00:54:24,760
That's what he said to me Friday night

1166
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:26,380
when Gary ministered.

1167
00:54:26,380 --> 00:54:28,540
I felt the Lord saying it, draw closer

1168
00:54:28,540 --> 00:54:28,980
to me.

1169
00:54:30,140 --> 00:54:32,460
Sunday morning I felt it, Sunday night I

1170
00:54:32,460 --> 00:54:33,020
felt it.

1171
00:54:33,540 --> 00:54:35,680
He keeps saying, draw closer to me and

1172
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:38,540
they came closer and he said, I am

1173
00:54:38,540 --> 00:54:39,660
your brother Joseph.

1174
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:43,340
Remember the 10 lepers?

1175
00:54:44,660 --> 00:54:48,380
One, they came, the first visit they got

1176
00:54:48,380 --> 00:54:51,880
new skin but one came back and he

1177
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:54,900
got a relationship with Jesus and that's what

1178
00:54:54,900 --> 00:54:57,460
he wants to give you tonight, a relationship

1179
00:54:57,460 --> 00:54:58,120
with him.

1180
00:54:58,460 --> 00:55:01,500
There is a second time, there is a

1181
00:55:01,500 --> 00:55:03,220
true revelation of Jesus.

1182
00:55:03,740 --> 00:55:06,600
He wants to give you that revelation if

1183
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:08,500
you'll let him do it here tonight in

1184
00:55:08,500 --> 00:55:09,140
this service.

1185
00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:11,380
Let's pray, let's stand together.

1186
00:55:11,780 --> 00:55:12,760
Let's stand together.

1187
00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:30,600
To the house of the Lord, she's greatly,

1188
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:34,860
verse 10, and she greatly distressed, prayed to

1189
00:55:34,860 --> 00:55:36,560
the Lord and wept bitterly.

1190
00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:41,280
She was so consumed by her need.

1191
00:55:42,120 --> 00:55:43,640
She was so consumed.