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Why The World Hates Jesus - 1/18/26 - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  If you have a Bible, turn with me the
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  book of Genesis. Genesis chapter 37. And
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  let's stand. Let's stand on reference to
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  the reading of God's word. Genesis
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  chapter 37.
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  I appreciate each one of you being here
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  today. Thank the Lord for you. And I
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  love each and every one of you. God sure
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  is good to us. And he's been so good.
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  Blessed us more than we deserve. I tell
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  you what, I ought to be in hell this
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  morning. And but I'm here and in my
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  right mind, saved and on my way to
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  heaven. Amen. And my wife might would
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  argue about the right mind part. Amen.
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  But I think I am. Let's put it that way.
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  Amen. But I appreciate you being here.
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  Genesis chapter 37. I want to read just
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  a few verses this morning. Give you a
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  thought and then we'll go home uh this
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  morning. Genesis 37 verse number one.
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  The Bible says, "And Jacob dwelt in the
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  land wherein his father was a stranger
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  in the land of Canaan." These are the
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  generations of Jo of Jacob. Joseph being
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  17 years old was feeding the flock with
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  his brethren. And the lad was with the
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  sons of Bilha, and with the sons of
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  Zilpa, and his father's wives. And
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  Joseph brought unto his father their
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  evil report. Now Israel loved Joseph
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  more than all his children, because he
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  was the son of his old age. And he made
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  him a coat of many colors. When his
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  brethren saw that their father loved him
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  more than all his brethren, they hated
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  him, and could not speak peaceibly unto
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  them. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he
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  told it his brethren, and they hated him
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  yet the more. And he said unto them,
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  "Hear I pray you this dream which I had
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  dreamed. For behold, we were binding
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  sheav in the field, and lo, my sheath
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  arose, and also stood upright, and
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  behold, your sheep stood round about,
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  and made obedience to my sheath." And
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  his brethren said to him, "Shalt thou
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  indeed reign over us, or shalt thou
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  indeed have dominion over us?" And they
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  hated him yet the more for his dreams
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  and for his words. And he dreamed yet
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  another dream, and told his brethren,
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  and said, "Behold, I've dreamed a dream
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  more. Behold, the sun and the moon, and
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  the 11 stars made obedience to me." And
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  he told it to his father, and to his
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  brethren. And his father rebuked him,
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  and said unto him, "What is this dream
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  that thou hast dreamed? shall I and thy
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  mother and thy brethren indeed come to
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  bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
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  And his brethren envied him, but his
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  father observed the saying. Now, I want
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  you to notice the end of this chapter.
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  And then we're going to turn to the
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  Gospel of John for just a minute. But in
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  35 verses, the tune really changes in
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  this chapter. The Bible says in verse
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  number 32 or verse 31 that they took
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  Joseph's coat and killed a kid of the
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  goats and dipped the coat in the blood.
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  They sent the coat of many colors and
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  they brought it to their father and
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  said, "This have we found. Know now
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  whether it be thy son's code or no." Let
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  me say this to you. They knew whose code
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  it was. Amen.
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  >> They would have knew whose code it was
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  if they had found it and they hadn't
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  been the one that done it.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> That's the way your sin is, by the way.
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  Let me just put that out there. Notice
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  verse 33. And he knew it and said, "It
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  is my son's coat, an evil beast hath
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  devoured him." Joseph is with without
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  doubt ren in pieces. And Jacob ran his
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  clothes and put sackcloth upon his loins
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  and mourned for his son many days. And
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  all his sons and all his daughters rose
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  up to comfort him. But he refused to be
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  comforted and comforted. and he said,
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  "For I will go down into the grave unto
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  my son mourning." Thus his father wept
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  for him. Now I want you to notice with
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  me John's gospel.
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  John's gospel chapter number 15.
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  John's gospel chapter number 15 and
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  verse number 17.
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  Chapter 15:E1 17 the Bible says Jesus
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  speaking these things I command you that
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  you love one another. Verse number 18 if
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  the world hates you
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  know that it hated me before it hated
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  you.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And with the help of the Lord I want to
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  preach on the thought out of verse
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  number 18 on why the world hates Jesus.
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  why the world hates Jesus. Father, I ask
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  you this morning that you would help us
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  as we've come, Lord, of this hour, this
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  time of worship, Lord, this time of
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  preaching. God, I pray that you'd give
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  us strength. Give us liberty. Give us
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  uncction. Fill us with the spirit of
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  God. Remove every hindrance. Lord, I
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  know I am completely incapable of
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  preaching this sermon this morning
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  without your help. And God, I pray that
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  you would move in our midst, work in
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  every heart and every life, have free
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  liberty and cores in every heart. God, I
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  ask you, Father, for that one that's
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  here lost today. I pray today would be
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  the day of salvation for them. And we
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  give you thanks for what you do because
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  we ask it in Jesus name. And God's
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  children said,
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  >> "Amen." Thank you for standing. You can
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  be seated this morning. Genesis chapter
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  37 begins the story of the man Joseph.
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  Now, Joseph comes on the scene. several
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  chapters earlier his birth. Of course,
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  he and Benjamin are the two sons of
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  Rachel. Now, we know that Jacob here has
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  four wives, Leah and Rachel, and then
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  their two handmmaids, Bilha and Zilpa in
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  this text. And Joseph is a son of
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  Rachel. And I want to say this this
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  morning when I come to this text, I
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  think about Joseph. I think about Jacob.
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  And I think about what comes to my mind
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  always when we think about Jacob is the
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  dysfunction of his family. Jacob's
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  family is a mess. And I'll tell you the
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  reason why his family is a mess. Because
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  Jacob was full of lust. And everyone in
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  his life was led around by his
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  deception. Jacob was a man full of
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  deceit. He was a man full of strategery
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  and scheming. He was constantly trying
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  to undermine somebody else and so he
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  could exalt himself. And I'll say this,
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  that is your natural state as a sinner
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  this morning. You realize, no, it does
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  not matter how hard you try to be
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  righteous that you are you are
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  exceedingly sinful. Somebody say amen.
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  And because of that, you are ultimately
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  going to be a schemer and a deceiver.
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  Your flesh is deceitful. And so because
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  of that, that's what your nature is.
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  That's the way you're going to be. And
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  so if you operate as a saved person in
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  the power of the flesh, you will be
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  deceitful and be a schemer. If you are
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  lost, you can't help but operate that
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  way this morning because you have no
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  capacity to operate in holiness and in
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  righteousness. But I'm thankful all of
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  that can change this morning. Amen. God
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  can do an eternal work in your heart.
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  And I pray that he'll help us as we look
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  at this text. But Jacob's life is a
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  mess. And Jacob's children, there's many
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  things that go on in this chapter. You
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  can look just a couple of chapters
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  prior. And Jacob's one of Jacob's older
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  sons, Judah, the son of Leah. He he
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  takes a woman unto himself of the
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  Canaanite people. And then there's a
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  bunch of murder that takes place. And
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  there's just so much that goes on.
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  Reuben sleeps with one of Jacob's wives,
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  his oldest son. And Dina is is she is
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  taken and her purity is taken from her.
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  It's just a mess. There's just constant
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  mess in Jacob's life. But Joseph is the
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  one with whom righteousness dwells. When
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  we get to chapter 37, it's almost like
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  the pages turn. It begins with talking
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  about this man Joseph and who he was.
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  And I want to give you some things out
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  of this text this morning. Note by way
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  of introduction the timing here in verse
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  number one of chapter 37. The Bible
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  says, "And Jacob dwelt in the land
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  wherein his father was a stranger in the
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  land of Canaan." Now Jacob here, he has
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  come out. They've been dwelling in
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  different places in this land. He's been
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  to Bethl. He's been to Padana Ram. He's
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  been over there by the brook Jabbok. We
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  preached about that there on last week.
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  And Jacob has been many different
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  places. And here in this text, of
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  course, it's a summarizing thought that
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  he is dwelling here in the land of Cain.
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  We know that was the promise that
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  Abraham had give unto him. But I'll say
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  this, you can be dwelling in the place
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  where God wants you to be and still not
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  living the way that God wants you to
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  live. Somebody say amen. Jacob now is
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  right. And I preached this there really
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  along the same lines talking about Lot.
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  Just because Lot was righteous, he found
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  himself in the wrong place, living the
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  wrong way. And Jacob here, he is doing
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  right now for the most part. He's had
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  another experience there at Bethl in
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  chapter 35. But I'll tell you this,
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  Jacob's sins have been passed on to his
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  children and they, it seems, are falling
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  by the wayside. And that's what we're
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  going to find in this very same chapter.
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  But there's one of his children that's
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  not this way. And so I note the timing,
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  but I note the type in our text. In
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  verse number two, the Bible says, "These
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  are the generations of Jacob. Joseph
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  being 17 years old was feeding the flock
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  with his brethren." Now, what we have
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  come across here this morning in this
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  text is the most pure picture and type
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  of Jesus and all the word of God. Joseph
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  pictures and types Jesus Christ better
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  than any other person in all the Bible.
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  And I I there's a lot I could say about
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  that this morning. For just sake of
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  time, I'll say this. You never find a
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  sin of Joseph recorded in the Bible.
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  >> You never see a place where he missed
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  the mark. You never see a mistake that
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  Joseph made. Now, there's some
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  inferences, maybe implications that you
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  might could make about different places,
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  but I'll say this. As far as pure types
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  go in the word of God, Joseph is the
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  most pure type of the Lord Jesus Christ
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  just for his life. And we'll say more
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  about that as the message comes about
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  this morning. But I I note not only the
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  timing the and the and the type in the
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  text, but I note the truth in this text.
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  In verse number two, the Bible says that
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  he was 17 years old feeding the flock
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  with his brethren. Notice this. And the
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  lad was with the sons of Bilha and with
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  the sons of Zilpa, his father's wives.
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  and Joseph brought unto his father their
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  evil report. Now, what's happened in
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  this text is life is being lived. Now,
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  let me just stop right here and let's
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  just take a reality check for a minute.
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  Breathe in and breathe out.
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  You know what that means?
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  >> You're living.
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  >> Just thought we'd stop and take a
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  reality check for a minute. Amen.
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  >> So, you know what that means? If you're
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  living this morning, you have a life.
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  >> Amen. and your life is influenced and
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  it's influxed by many things and many
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  people
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  >> Joseph is in a dysfunctional family.
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  His brethren really are defiled people
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  and Joseph is trying to be different.
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  And let me say this to you young people
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  this morning. Just because your life's
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  dysfunctional and things are defiled
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  around you does not mean that you can't
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  be different.
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  >> Right? Amen.
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  >> You can live for God.
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  >> You can be different.
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  >> You can be a person a a a a person that
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  stands out for the glory of God. But
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  I'll tell you this, it comes with a
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  cost.
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  >> Right?
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  >> You see in this text, you find it three
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  times in our text. The Bible uses the
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  word hate. The Bible says in verse
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  number four that his brethren saw that
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  their father loved him more than all his
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  brethren. They hated him. Verse five,
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  Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told his
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  brethren, and they hated him yet the
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  more. Verse eight, they said, "Shalt,
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  thou indeed have dominion over us." And
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  they hated him yet the more for his
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  dreams and for his words. And I'll tell
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  you, just like Jesus told his disciples,
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  he said, "Marvel not if the world hates
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  you. Know that it hated me before it
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  hated you."
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  >> I want to tell you this, church, this
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  morning. Don't expect the world to love
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  you. Why do we have this mentality in
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  this day and time that the church is
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  supposed to be loved by society? We
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  should not expect the government to bow
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  down to us.
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  >> Right?
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  >> Amen. We should not expect society to
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  grant our every wish as the church. Now,
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  I know in American history, there was a
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  day when the world did revolve around
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  the church, but we're not living there
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  anymore.
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  >> Amen. I know America has been blessed in
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  days gone by and there was a time period
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  when government answered to the church
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  when they took advice from preachers.
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  Much of the government was preachers at
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  one time. What I'm saying is is that day
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  is gone.
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  >> Right?
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  >> And the influence of the church in
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  America is just a shadow
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  >> of what it used to be. But I'll tell you
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  this, Christ has not changed.
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  >> And the true church has not changed.
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  Somebody say amen right there. Hey,
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  those that really believe and those that
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  really want to follow Christ, they're
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  living the same way. They're doing the
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  same things, praying the same prayers,
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  and reading the same Bible. Somebody
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  say, "Amen." We have not changed. And
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  I'm thankful there's some things that
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  don't change. Amen. But in this text, I
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  consider that Joseph is in a dire place.
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  He's in a place that's very destructive
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  to his mental capacity. And we note his
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  age in verse number seven. He's 17 years
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  old. He's just a young man at this time.
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  Jacob is probably from what I've
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  studied, he is over a hundred years old
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  at this time. Maybe they're getting
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  close to a hundred. And so Jacob here,
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  he's really raising Joseph as what we
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  would call a great great grandchild.
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  It's precious to him. It's the son of
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  his old age, the Bible says. And I want
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  to give you three reasons this morning
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  why the world hates Jesus. And it's
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  pictured to us perfectly in this man,
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  Joseph. It's seen in these verses just
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  perfectly. And I want to say this to you
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  this morning. Do not marvel that these
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  things bring bring about hatred in our
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  life. You're
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  >> right
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  >> when I'm going to give you this list of
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  three things. Do not be amazed that this
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  is going to be a part of your life.
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  Because the truth is if they hated
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  Jesus, they will hate us.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. I want you to know first of all in
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  this message this morning, this just a
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  simple thought and I'll get out of the
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  way and be done. Number one, the reason
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  the world, one of the reasons why the
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  world hates Jesus, number one, is
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  because his distinction,
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  his distinction. You say, "What do you
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  mean?" Well, notice that the Bible
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  literally marks Joseph in verse number
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  two. You can read about Judah. You can
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  read about Simeon and Levi, their
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  wickedness, and killing off a bunch of
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  men. Judah's wickedness and defiling
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  himself, Reuben's wickedness and
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  defiling himself with one of his
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  father's handmaidadens, Dina's
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  wickedness, and literally almost every
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  other son of Jacob as described as
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  wicked.
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  But this person, Joseph's different.
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  He doesn't look the same. You see, the
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  pages of scripture paint him
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  differently. I'll say this, first of
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  all, number one, he's distinct because
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  of his birth. Look at the text. Verse
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  two, Joseph being 17 years old was
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  feeding the flock with his brethren. The
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  lad was with the sons of Bilha, with the
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  sons of Zilpa, his father's wives. And
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  Joseph brought unto his father their
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  evil report. Now, who's whose mother was
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  whose whose son was Joseph?
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  Rachel.
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  Who was Rachel?
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  Rachel was the one that Jacob loved
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  most. Rachel was the one that he served
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  seven years and then Laban tricked him.
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  Remember that? And in and then seven
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  more years he served for Rachel. And the
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  Bible says they seemed as but a few days
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  for Jacob because he loved her and he
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  loved Rachel. And Joseph was the
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  firstborn son of Rachel. We know the
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  scripture teaches that she was barren.
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  And the competition between the women
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  there was there he they gave their
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  handmaidadens unto Joseph so Rachel
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  could have children by them. And I want
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  to say this this morning. In a in a
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  world that's increasingly uh you know
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  making this okay and and saying it's all
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  right. Polygamy is still wrong. Okay.
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  >> Amen. It never works out. It's always
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  wicked. Every time you see it in the
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  Bible, there's a destruction that
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  follows it. Just like David when he sent
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  out Uriah said there followed him a mess
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  of meat with from the king. Every place
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  where there's adultery, every place
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  where there's polygamy, every place
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  where there's sexual immorality, there's
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  nothing but a mess that follows. Right.
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  >> Amen. One man and one woman for life.
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  Hallelujah. Somebody say amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> It's what the Bible teaches.
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  >> But in this text, he was distinct
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  because of his birth. See, Joseph was
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  the one. He was number one born in his
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  father's old age. Amen. But he was born
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  by Rachel, the one that Jacob loved the
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  most. And so Jacob's got a target on his
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  back. And you say, "Preacher, what do
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  you mean by that?" Well, number one, I'd
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  say Jesus was distinct because of his
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  birth.
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  >> Amen. He's the only one that's ever been
• 17:19
  born of a virgin.
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  >> Amen. And you say, "Preacher, what does
• 17:22
  that have to do with me?" Well, if
• 17:23
  you're saved, you're distinct because of
• 17:25
  your birth. Somebody say, "Amen." Hey,
• 17:27
  you've been set apart. You've been born
• 17:29
  from heaven, born again by the grace of
• 17:31
  God. What I'm saying is you are distinct
• 17:34
  because of the new birth. We know Jesus
• 17:36
  was distinct because he was the virgin
• 17:39
  born son of God. And Joseph was distinct
• 17:41
  because he was the son born of Jacob in
• 17:44
  his old age. And so he was distinct
• 17:47
  because of his birth. He was also
• 17:49
  distinct because of his behavior. Notice
• 17:51
  that in verse two and Joseph brought
• 17:53
  unto his father. What's your Bible say?
• 17:56
  Their evil report. You know what that
• 17:59
  means? Joseph come back and said, "Hey,
• 18:02
  Daddy,
• 18:04
  my brothers ain't doing right."
• 18:07
  You know what that implies? Joseph
• 18:09
  didn't live like they did.
• 18:10
  >> You're right.
• 18:12
  The world hates Jesus because his birth
• 18:15
  is distinct. But I'll say this, his
• 18:17
  behavior was distinct.
• 18:18
  >> Amen.
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  >> Not a single time did they ever find any
• 18:21
  wickedness in Jesus. Not a single time
• 18:24
  do you ever see any wickedness in
• 18:25
  Joseph. And you say, "Preacher, well, he
• 18:27
  was a prideful young man." No, he cared
• 18:29
  about his daddy and he wanted his daddy
• 18:31
  to know what his brothers were doing.
• 18:32
  >> Amen.
• 18:33
  >> You say, "Preacher, well that's a
• 18:34
  tattletail. I don't want to train train
• 18:36
  my children to be a tattletail." Well,
• 18:38
  if you don't teach them when they're
• 18:39
  young, Amen. that they need to tell on
• 18:41
  themselves when they mess up.
• 18:43
  >> Amen.
• 18:44
  >> I'm not telling Hey, listen to me this
• 18:46
  morning. When your child, Amen, gets in
• 18:48
  a mess and makes a mistake and they sin,
• 18:50
  do something against God, the first
• 18:52
  person they run to ought not be a friend
• 18:54
  down at the schoolhouse.
• 18:55
  >> Amen.
• 18:56
  >> You better train your children that they
• 18:57
  come to you.
• 18:59
  >> Amen. And you say, "Well, Joseph didn't
• 19:01
  hadn't sin." Well, you're exactly right
• 19:02
  about that. But Joseph was watching
• 19:05
  after his brethren.
• 19:06
  >> Amen.
• 19:06
  >> You think about this. Jesus when he come
• 19:08
  to this earth, what did he come to do?
• 19:10
  Come to look after his brethren, didn't
• 19:12
  he?
• 19:13
  >> What the Bible say in John chapter one?
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  He came unto his own and his own
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  received him not.
• 19:18
  >> You say, you say, "What do you mean,
• 19:20
  preacher?" I'm saying that Joseph was
• 19:22
  looking out for his brethren. Jesus, the
• 19:24
  world hated him because he was just
• 19:26
  looking out for
• 19:27
  >> right.
• 19:28
  >> Amen. He They hate him. He's distinct in
• 19:31
  his birth. He's distinct in his
• 19:33
  behavior. I'll say this thirdly, and let
• 19:35
  me just put this out there before I move
• 19:36
  on. A Christian ought to be distinct in
• 19:38
  our behavior. Amen. We ought to act
• 19:40
  different than the world. We ought to
• 19:42
  look different than the world. Amen. And
• 19:44
  just because of that, know that the
• 19:46
  world will hate you.
• 19:47
  >> Amen. You're different. You've got you
• 19:50
  just wearing that yoke of bondage. Let
• 19:51
  me tell you, it's freedom, friend.
• 19:53
  Hallelujah. Bless his name. I'll take it
• 19:55
  every day of the week. Jesus said, "Come
• 19:57
  unto me all ye that labor and are heavy
• 19:59
  laden." How is it that we labor and are
• 20:01
  heavy laden under the bondage and the
• 20:03
  yoke of sin? SOMEBODY SAY, "AMEN. COME
• 20:05
  UNTO me all ye that labor and are heavy
• 20:08
  laden?" He said, "I'LL GIVE YOU REST.
• 20:10
  TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU. LEARN OF ME for
• 20:12
  I'm meek and lowly IN HEART." HE SAID,
• 20:14
  "YOU SHALL FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS."
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  >> I don't know. I'll take it every day.
• 20:19
  Amen.
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  >> He was distinct in his birth. He was
• 20:22
  distinct in his behavior. But I'll say
• 20:24
  this, he was distinct in his beauty.
• 20:26
  Notice the text. The Bible says in verse
• 20:29
  number three, "Now Israel loved Joseph
• 20:31
  more than all his children." I'll say
• 20:33
  more about that in a minute. Because he
• 20:35
  was the son of his old age. Notice this.
• 20:38
  And he made him a coat of many colors.
• 20:43
  You say, "What do you mean Joseph was
• 20:45
  distinct in his beauty?" Well, some of
• 20:47
  y'all hook up with what I'm fixing to
• 20:49
  say, but I'm going to explain it for the
• 20:50
  rest of you. Amen. Joseph, that coat of
• 20:53
  many colors, you see, he was arrayed
• 20:55
  with beauty that wasn't his own. You're
• 20:57
  right.
• 20:59
  >> Come on.
• 20:59
  >> That coat of many colors was put on
• 21:01
  Joseph. Amen. To make him distinct from
• 21:03
  all his brothers.
• 21:05
  >> So that everybody knew when they saw
• 21:06
  that coat that that's Joseph.
• 21:08
  >> You know what that coat represented? Not
• 21:10
  only that it was Joseph, but that he was
• 21:12
  the father's favorite son.
• 21:13
  >> Amen.
• 21:14
  >> Amen. You say, "What do you mean by
• 21:16
  that?" Well, I'm saying Jesus.
• 21:18
  >> Amen.
• 21:19
  >> Jesus was endued with flesh. Hey, God
• 21:22
  conceived him in the womb of Mary. God
• 21:25
  wrapped him in flesh. And you know what?
• 21:27
  He had more beauty.
• 21:28
  >> Yeah.
• 21:29
  >> Amen. God placed the beauty upon him. He
• 21:33
  was more beautiful than his brethren.
• 21:35
  How is that? Well, his behavior made him
• 21:37
  sto out. But I'll say this, his his his
• 21:40
  beauty made him stick out.
• 21:41
  >> Amen.
• 21:42
  >> The Bible talks about how beautiful are
• 21:43
  the feet of them that preach the gospel
• 21:45
  that bring glad tidings of good things.
• 21:47
  I'm saying to you that the beauty makes
• 21:49
  you distinct.
• 21:50
  >> Right?
• 21:51
  >> Why is why was he distinct in his
• 21:53
  behavior? Why was he distinct in his
• 21:54
  birth? Why was he distinct in his
• 21:56
  beauty? It's because his father's love.
• 21:59
  >> Right?
• 22:00
  >> You think about this. His birth was
• 22:02
  distinct because his father loved him
• 22:04
  more than the rest. His behavior was
• 22:06
  distinct because his father loved him
• 22:08
  more than the rest. His beauty was
• 22:09
  distinct because his father loved him
• 22:11
  more than the rest. Let me say this to
• 22:13
  you this this morning, young people. I
• 22:14
  know this ain't normally how I preach,
• 22:16
  okay? But y'all hang with me. All right?
• 22:19
  You just remember God loves you
• 22:21
  >> more than anybody else. Right.
• 22:23
  >> You say, "Preacher, if he loves
• 22:24
  everybody the same, but he loves me like
• 22:26
  I was his only child." That's that's the
• 22:28
  thing. See, he loves us all maximum.
• 22:30
  >> You're right.
• 22:31
  >> He couldn't love us more. He couldn't
• 22:32
  love us less. God loves us all to the
• 22:36
  maximum. And if it had been just for me,
• 22:38
  you know what? He just sent Christ to
• 22:39
  die at Calvary.
• 22:40
  >> Amen. And so, he loves me. You know why?
• 22:43
  My my behavior ought to be distinct. My
• 22:45
  birth is distinct. My behavior ought to
• 22:47
  be distinct. And my beauty ought to be
• 22:49
  distinct. I'm not talking about
• 22:51
  physically. Amen. I'm talking about I've
• 22:53
  been arrayed. I've been robed IN THE
• 22:55
  RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST and the
• 22:58
  coat of MANY COLORS IS UPON MY LIFE
• 23:00
  BECAUSE IT'S BEEN GIVEN TO ME. HEY,
• 23:02
  JOSEPH DIDN'T HAVE ANY BEAUTY TO MAKE
• 23:04
  HIM DISTINCT IN HIMSELF. BUT IT WAS THAT
• 23:06
  COAT THAT HIS FATHER PUT ON HIM.
• 23:08
  SOMEBODY HELP ME PREACH THIS MORNING.
• 23:10
  I'M SAYING HE WAS DISTINCT. AND BECAUSE
• 23:12
  OF THAT, HIS brethren hated him. The
• 23:15
  world will hate you
• 23:17
  >> for your distinction,
• 23:19
  >> but bear to be different.
• 23:24
  >> Be that kid that brings their Bible to
• 23:26
  the lunchroom.
• 23:27
  >> Amen.
• 23:28
  >> Be that kid that has a New Testament in
• 23:30
  their pocket. Be that kid that MORE THAN
• 23:32
  APPS AND GOOGLE AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON
• 23:34
  YOUR PHONE, HAVE BIBLE ON THERE AND HAVE
• 23:37
  BOOKS ON THERE TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD.
• 23:40
  SET YOURSELF APART FROM THE WORLD IN
• 23:42
  YOUR TIME. LET YOUR TIME BE GIVEN TO GOD
• 23:45
  AND HIS WORD AND PRAYER AND TO CHURCH
• 23:47
  AND MEETINGS AND MINISTRIES. FIGURE OUT
• 23:50
  HOW YOU CAN SERVE. FIGURE OUT HOW YOU
• 23:52
  CAN STAND FOR GOD. BE DIFFERENT THAN THE
• 23:55
  WORLD.
• 23:57
  >> You say, "Preacher, I don't like that as
• 23:58
  a parent." Well, let me tell you, THIS
• 24:00
  WORLD'S GOING TO DIE AND GO TO HELL IF
• 24:02
  SOME kids don't get different. You're
• 24:03
  >> right.
• 24:04
  >> You know why? Because you're not trying
• 24:05
  to be different.
• 24:07
  >> I can't reach you. Preachers been
• 24:09
  preaching to you 30 years before I come.
• 24:11
  But I can reach them. They're listening.
• 24:13
  >> Yes.
• 24:14
  >> Why is that? People are hard-hearted.
• 24:19
  >> Come on.
• 24:20
  >> I hit a stump right there. But it's the
• 24:22
  truth.
• 24:23
  >> I want to reach them because I want them
• 24:25
  to know they don't have to live through
• 24:26
  what their parents live through. THEY
• 24:28
  DON'T HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH THE MESS THAT
• 24:30
  THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR FAMILY GO
• 24:32
  THROUGH. THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER LIFE.
• 24:34
  THEY CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT BEHAVIOR. THEY
• 24:36
  CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT BEAUTY. HEY,
• 24:38
  THERE'S A PURITY THAT THEY CAN KEEP AND
• 24:40
  REMAIN. WOULD SOMEBODY SAY AMEN IN THE
• 24:42
  BUILDING? DON'T YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN
• 24:44
  TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE MARRIAGE ALTAR
• 24:46
  PURE? WOULD SOME DADDY SAY AMEN THIS
• 24:48
  MORNING? I'M SAYING THERE OUGHT TO BE A
• 24:50
  DISTINCTION. WE OUGHT TO BE DIFFERENT
• 24:52
  THAN THIS WORLD. AMEN.
• 24:54
  >> YOU'RE RIGHT.
• 24:55
  >> We ought to be different. We ought to be
• 24:57
  distinct. The world will hate you for
• 24:58
  it.
• 25:00
  >> But I'll tell you what, there's a
• 25:01
  blessing from it.
• 25:02
  >> Amen.
• 25:03
  >> His distinction his distinction was his
• 25:06
  was his father's love. They hated him.
• 25:09
  You just know when the world picks on
• 25:11
  you and mocks you for the way you live
• 25:13
  and how you act, you just know that your
• 25:14
  God loves you.
• 25:16
  >> Amen.
• 25:16
  >> Your father loves you.
• 25:18
  >> And if everybody else walks out on you,
• 25:20
  just remember that he's going to be
• 25:21
  there.
• 25:24
  >> They hated him because of his
• 25:26
  distinction. They hated him not only
• 25:28
  because of his distinction, but they
• 25:30
  also hated him because of his
• 25:31
  declaration. Look what the Bible says in
• 25:33
  verse number four. And when his brethren
• 25:35
  saw that their father loved him more
• 25:37
  than all his brethren, they they hated
• 25:39
  him and could not speak peacefully unto
• 25:40
  them. Now here here's what's
• 25:42
  interesting. The world has always got so
• 25:45
  much to say,
• 25:46
  >> right?
• 25:46
  >> But every bit of it nasty,
• 25:48
  >> notice that it says they hated him more
• 25:50
  and they could not. It was physically
• 25:52
  impossible for them to speak peacefully
• 25:55
  unto them. Here's a good measure. When
• 25:57
  you know that the world is completely
• 25:59
  against you, just know you're probably
• 26:00
  going in the right direction.
• 26:02
  >> Amen. When society says you're a fool
• 26:05
  and you're crazy, you've lost your mind,
• 26:06
  just know you probably hit it in the
• 26:08
  right way. Amen. If you're walking by
• 26:10
  that book and everybody, the devil, your
• 26:12
  family, your friends, everybody else
• 26:13
  looks at you and says you're crazy.
• 26:16
  >> Just know you probably right.
• 26:17
  >> Amen.
• 26:18
  >> Amen. If you're following this book,
• 26:20
  you're not probably right. You are
• 26:21
  right. Somebody say amen. Verse number
• 26:23
  five, look what he says. And Joseph
• 26:25
  dreamed a dream, and he told it his
• 26:27
  brethren, and they hated him yet the
• 26:30
  more. The world hates Jesus because of
• 26:32
  his distinction. The world's going to
• 26:34
  hate the church because of its
• 26:36
  distinction. But I'll say this, the
• 26:37
  world hate hates Jesus because of his
• 26:39
  declaration.
• 26:40
  >> Yeah.
• 26:41
  >> Look what the Bible says in verse six.
• 26:43
  And he said unto them, "Hear I pray you
• 26:45
  this dream which I dreamed. For behold,
• 26:47
  we were binding sheav in the field. And
• 26:49
  lo, my sheep arose and also stood
• 26:51
  upright. And behold, your sheep stood
• 26:52
  round about and made obedience to my
• 26:55
  sheath. You see, he was distinct because
• 26:58
  of his father's love. But I'll say this,
• 27:00
  he had a declaration because he was
• 27:02
  faithful to listen.
• 27:04
  >> Say, what do you mean? Well, notice the
• 27:06
  text again. Look what he says. Verse
• 27:08
  number five. And Joseph dreamed a dream.
• 27:13
  Now, I want you to know this morning.
• 27:14
  You're not going to have a dream. Okay?
• 27:16
  You might have a dream, but I wouldn't
• 27:17
  trust him. Okay? Let me just say this to
• 27:20
  you. God dealt with dreams. this way cuz
• 27:21
  they didn't have a whole Bible.
• 27:22
  >> You're right.
• 27:23
  >> We got a Bible here.
• 27:24
  >> Amen.
• 27:25
  >> Amen. And so, you know what them dreams
• 27:27
  represent?
• 27:30
  >> Represent that book right there.
• 27:32
  >> Right.
• 27:32
  >> And the Bible says, "And Joseph dreamed
• 27:35
  a dream." You see this dream that Joseph
• 27:38
  had, he would have he could have chose
• 27:40
  to keep that to himself. Now, remember,
• 27:43
  he's distinct. Ain't that right?
• 27:45
  >> He's distinct. He's distinct in his
• 27:47
  birth. He's distinct in his behavior.
• 27:48
  He's distinct in his beauty. And so
• 27:49
  because of that, Amen. He had a dream.
• 27:52
  >> Right?
• 27:52
  >> You don't read none of these other boys
• 27:54
  having a dream, do you?
• 27:55
  >> Right.
• 27:55
  >> Think about this. All right. If we're
• 27:58
  born again, you're saved by the grace of
• 27:59
  God. You're distinct. You've been set
• 28:01
  apart by Jesus Christ.
• 28:02
  >> You know what you have
• 28:06
  >> on the inside.
• 28:07
  >> Amen.
• 28:08
  >> Man, I tell you, I love this. When when
• 28:10
  a young gets saved and they have no clue
• 28:13
  about the word of God, they've never
• 28:14
  heard nothing. They don't know anything.
• 28:16
  And you know what? You see them a day or
• 28:17
  two later and you talk to them, they
• 28:19
  say, "Well, I just there's just some
• 28:20
  things I was doing. It just didn't feel
• 28:22
  right anymore."
• 28:23
  >> That's right.
• 28:23
  >> Nobody's told them anything.
• 28:25
  >> Come on.
• 28:26
  >> Nobody said anything to them. It's
• 28:27
  because the Holy Ghost on the inside
• 28:29
  said
• 28:31
  >> that's right.
• 28:32
  >> But something on the inside says, "Nope.
• 28:35
  That ain't right no more.
• 28:36
  >> Come on.
• 28:37
  >> Don't feel right. That ain't right.
• 28:38
  Don't do that." No. Nobody's heard any
• 28:41
  They ain't heard no word of God about
• 28:42
  nothing. I tell you what, ain't it good
• 28:44
  when the word reinforces that?
• 28:45
  >> Amen. Joseph has this dream. I'll tell
• 28:47
  you this. If you're saved by the grace
• 28:49
  of God, you will have the spirit of God
• 28:51
  speak to you. You're right.
• 28:52
  >> Amen. And you better be faithful to
• 28:54
  listen.
• 28:55
  >> Amen.
• 28:55
  >> Amen. What was his dream? What was his
• 28:57
  declaration? Number one, his declaration
• 28:59
  of is of what he would become. Oh, I
• 29:02
  love this. For behold, we were binding
• 29:05
  sheav in the field. And lo, notice this.
• 29:07
  My sheath arose. Now, I'm going to take
• 29:09
  time out right there for just a minute.
• 29:11
  Why the world hates Jesus? They hate him
• 29:14
  because of his distinction, but they
• 29:15
  hate him because of his declaration.
• 29:17
  >> You know what the Jews choked on every
• 29:19
  time Jesus preached.
• 29:21
  >> Come on.
• 29:22
  >> Was that when he come to this earth, he
• 29:24
  said he said you, he said, you tear this
• 29:25
  temper down three days, I'll raise it up
• 29:27
  again.
• 29:28
  >> Amen. And what did Joseph say? He said,
• 29:30
  he said, I had a dream. He said, my
• 29:31
  sheath arose.
• 29:32
  >> Yeah.
• 29:34
  >> You know what the world hated about
• 29:35
  Jesus declaration? He told him said,
• 29:37
  "Hey, I'm going to get up again."
• 29:38
  >> You're right.
• 29:40
  >> You don't have to get in on that. Amen.
• 29:42
  If you don't want to. Amen. But I'm just
• 29:43
  going to tell you, I about shouted the
• 29:45
  roof off my house when I read that. Say,
• 29:48
  "Preacher, that ain't literal." But it
• 29:49
  fits. Somebody say, "Amen." What did
• 29:51
  Jesus say to Nicodemus? He said, or he
• 29:54
  said to the disciples in chapter 12, he
• 29:55
  said, "Except a corn of wheat fall into
• 29:57
  the ground and die, it abideth alone.
• 29:59
  But if it die, it bringeth forth much
• 30:01
  much fruit." What does it be doing? IT
• 30:03
  BE THAT SHE AMEN. That corn OF WHEAT BE
• 30:05
  SPRINGING UP. AMEN. OH FRIEND, what I'm
• 30:08
  saying, Jesus told Nicodemus, HE SAID,
• 30:10
  "NOW, IF I BE LIFTED UP, I'll draw all
• 30:13
  men unto me." I'M SAYING HE WAS LIFTED
• 30:16
  UP. HE AROSE. WHY? BECAUSE HE SAID HE
• 30:19
  WOULD. AMEN. GOD SAID HE WOULD GET UP
• 30:21
  AND HE DID. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY
• 30:23
  HATED HIM FOR THAT.
• 30:24
  >> YES.
• 30:27
  >> I tell you this, church, youngans, the
• 30:29
  world hates you because of what you're
• 30:31
  going to become.
• 30:32
  >> Yes. That's good.
• 30:34
  >> You see, if you're faithful to listen,
• 30:36
  the sky is the limit.
• 30:37
  >> Amen.
• 30:39
  >> That's that's what I love about this
• 30:40
  thing. You don't have to be a great
• 30:42
  ortor.
• 30:42
  >> Yeah.
• 30:43
  >> You don't have to be great at anything.
• 30:45
  All you have to do is be good listener.
• 30:47
  >> Amen.
• 30:47
  >> Amen. And let the Holy Ghost of God.
• 30:51
  Take that book speak to your heart. And
• 30:53
  you know what'll happen? Them dreams in
• 30:54
  your life will become reality.
• 30:56
  >> Amen.
• 30:56
  >> Amen. What I'm saying is in our terms,
• 30:59
  faith will become sight. Hallelujah.
• 31:01
  Bless his name. They hated him because
• 31:04
  his declaration was of what he would
• 31:05
  become. But I'll tell you this, they
• 31:07
  hated him because his declaration was
• 31:09
  not only of what he would become, but
• 31:10
  it's how they would bow to him. Notice
• 31:12
  what the Bible said in verse 7. And lo,
• 31:15
  my she arose. I can't get past that.
• 31:17
  Amen. Hallelujah. He's alive. He got up.
• 31:19
  Somebody say amen.
• 31:21
  >> And also stood upright. He's still
• 31:23
  standing at the right hand of God.
• 31:25
  Hallelujah. Verse number seven. And
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  behold, your she stood round about and
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  made obedience unto my sheath.
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  They hated him because of what he what
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  he said he would become. But they also
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  hated him because he told them how they
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  were going to bow. You know why the
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  world hates Jesus? Because everything
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  that he said about himself was true and
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  is going to happen.
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  >> Yes, sir.
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  >> But the world hates Jesus because
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  everything he said about the world is
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  true
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  >> and is going to happen. Yeah.
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  >> The world doesn't want to hear the fact
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  that every knee shall bow.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And every tongue that shall confess that
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  Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God
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  the Father. I'm saying the truth is this
• 32:03
  morning they don't want to receive that
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  message.
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  >> Amen.
• 32:06
  >> You know what? When you were lost, you
• 32:07
  didn't want to receive it either.
• 32:08
  >> Right.
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  >> Amen. Cuz that means you are wrong.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You know what I see a problem with in
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  this damn time? People are unwilling to
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  separate from things they have done for
• 32:16
  their entire life just because they've
• 32:18
  done it for that long.
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  >> Doesn't matter whether it's right or
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  not.
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  >> Come on.
• 32:21
  >> Amen. They're unwilling to follow THE
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  BIBLE. WELL, WE'VE ALWAYS DONE it that
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  way. Well, WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
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  >> AMEN.
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  >> WELL, SUCH AND SUCH TAUGHT ME THIS. WHAT
• 32:31
  DOES THE BIBLE SAY? Where is the final
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  authority? Listen to me this morning.
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  When it comes to our life, your and
• 32:38
  mine, faith and practice, EVERY PART OF
• 32:40
  WHAT WE DO AND WHO WE ARE F RISES AND
• 32:43
  FALLS on this Bible. And the truth is
• 32:46
  your life, everything rises and falls on
• 32:49
  leadership. And so what's your
• 32:50
  leadership?
• 32:52
  >> Come on.
• 32:52
  >> Who's leading you?
• 32:54
  >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WHAT'S leading you?
• 32:56
  >> Is tradition leading you or is truth
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  leading you?
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You see these boys here in this text,
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  you know what they were doing? They were
• 33:03
  following tradition. They were acting
• 33:05
  just like their daddy.
• 33:06
  >> Come on.
• 33:07
  >> That's right.
• 33:08
  >> Amen.
• 33:09
  >> ALL THEM BROTHERS. AMEN. WHAT WAS THEIR
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  PROBLEM? THEY ACTED JUST LIKE JACOB AND
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  ESAU. FULL OF HATRED AND FULL OF MALICE.
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  FULL OF BITTERNESS and and scheming and
• 33:18
  conniving ALL THE TIME. THEY WERE
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  FOLLOWING in tradition. Tradition is
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  nothing but a dead end ditch.
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  >> Truth is where you'll find life.
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  >> Amen.
• 33:27
  >> And Joseph here has given them truth.
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  You know why they didn't like it?
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  Because it was new.
• 33:32
  >> You're right.
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  >> Well, daddy didn't tell us that.
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  >> Daddy didn't tell us that you were going
• 33:38
  to reign over us.
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  Isaac, grandpa didn't say that you were
• 33:43
  going to reign over us. Jacob's had a
• 33:46
  dream for himself.
• 33:48
  >> You know what, young people? Listen to
• 33:49
  me. There's going to be truth that God
• 33:50
  shows you in your life that your mom and
• 33:52
  daddy haven't even seen.
• 33:53
  >> You're right.
• 33:55
  >> Boy, I wish somebody hook up with this
• 33:57
  brother Rick. I'm telling you this
• 34:00
  morning. Here's what I'm telling you.
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  Okay.
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  They hated him because of his
• 34:04
  declaration. If you're saved, you going
• 34:05
  to have to tell somebody.
• 34:06
  >> You're right.
• 34:08
  >> And if you're saved, you going to have
• 34:09
  to show somebody you're living right.
• 34:10
  You going to have to tell them why you
• 34:12
  don't do some things. You're right. When
• 34:13
  they invite you to go to the party and
• 34:14
  get drunk and do all the other things
• 34:16
  that go along with that, you're going to
• 34:17
  have to tell them why. Because they're
• 34:18
  not going to let you go without asking
• 34:20
  you why.
• 34:21
  >> Yeah.
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  >> Why? I'm distinct. And so, I'm going to
• 34:24
  declare to you, I have no part in that.
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  >> I had a dream,
• 34:30
  God told me, can't do that.
• 34:35
  >> You know what happens when you tell
• 34:36
  people that? You know what you're doing?
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  You're condemning them.
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  You say, "Preacher, but I don't want to
• 34:41
  condemn them." You don't have to. But
• 34:44
  when you tell them that you're going a
• 34:45
  different way, you know what? In their
• 34:46
  heart, they just
• 34:49
  >> cuz they hate that.
• 34:50
  >> You're right.
• 34:50
  >> Flesh hates that.
• 34:52
  >> The world's going to hate you for that.
• 34:54
  >> The world hated Jesus. For his
• 34:56
  declaration of what he would become and
• 34:59
  how they would bow to him. You see, this
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  first dream that he has in verse number
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  seven represents the famine. He mentions
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  these sheavs.
• 35:07
  Lo, my sheath arose. You know the story
• 35:09
  of Joseph goes down the road. Of course
• 35:10
  he goes gets sold into slavery at
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  Potter's house in Potterer's house ends
• 35:14
  up in the prison out of the prison into
• 35:15
  Pharaoh's palace. And then in Pharaoh's
• 35:18
  palace, famine strikes, seven years of
• 35:20
  good, seven years of bad. That last
• 35:22
  seven years, those those men come, his
• 35:24
  family comes down there. You know the
• 35:26
  story. And the only place that's got
• 35:28
  bread and wheats, Egypt.
• 35:29
  >> You're right.
• 35:30
  >> And who's over all of it?
• 35:32
  >> Joseph.
• 35:33
  >> He's telling them that there's a famine
• 35:35
  going to come. Joseph doesn't even know
• 35:38
  that. Listen to me, young people. Well,
• 35:40
  you might you don't even know what
• 35:41
  you're doing right now. What God could
• 35:42
  be doing in your future. God may be
• 35:44
  telling you something right now to
• 35:45
  prepare you for what's down the road. I
• 35:47
  wish I could tell you some personal
• 35:49
  examples, but I ain't got time to deal
• 35:50
  with that this morning. I'm telling you,
• 35:52
  he'll lead you years down the road.
• 35:54
  >> Amen.
• 35:54
  >> You're right.
• 35:55
  >> He will. His declaration, but it'll only
• 35:57
  be if you're faithful. If you're a
• 35:58
  faithful listener. Amen. They're They
• 36:00
  hate him because of his distinction.
• 36:02
  They hate him because of his
• 36:03
  declaration. This world hates the
• 36:04
  gospel.
• 36:06
  >> It's good news to us. It's the power of
• 36:08
  God under salvation to them that
• 36:09
  believe. But I'll tell you this, it's a
• 36:11
  stumbling block
• 36:12
  >> to this world. They hate it.
• 36:14
  >> But I'll say this and I'm done. They
• 36:17
  hate him because of his distinction.
• 36:19
  They hate him because of his
• 36:20
  declaration. But they hate him the most
• 36:23
  because of his dominion.
• 36:25
  >> Amen.
• 36:26
  >> Because of his dominion. Now he's he's
• 36:28
  told them here of the famine. He's
• 36:30
  mentioned his family. Notice that in
• 36:32
  verse n he dreamed he had another dream
• 36:34
  and told it his brethren said, "Behold,
• 36:36
  I dreamed a dream more. Behold the son,
• 36:37
  the moon, the 11 stars made obedience to
• 36:39
  me. The son of course being Jacob, the
• 36:41
  moon being his mother, and then the 11
• 36:43
  stars are his brethren.
• 36:45
  >> And look what Jacob says to him. And
• 36:47
  verse number, and he told it, verse 10,
• 36:49
  he told to his father, to his brethren,
• 36:50
  and his father rebuked him and said unto
• 36:53
  him, what is this dream that thou has
• 36:54
  dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy
• 36:56
  brethren indeed come to bow down
• 36:58
  ourselves to thee to the earth? And his
• 37:00
  brethren envied him, but his father
• 37:02
  observed the same. You see, Joseph here
• 37:05
  in the text, he tells him, "Hey boys,
• 37:06
  I'm going to be over all of you." He
• 37:09
  doesn't say it like that, but Joseph in
• 37:11
  humility, he's just a young man. I don't
• 37:13
  believe there was an ounce of pride in
• 37:15
  Joseph. But he was just telling them,
• 37:17
  "Hey, God told me this." Let me say
• 37:20
  this, young people. When you tell
• 37:22
  somebody something God dealt with your
• 37:23
  heart, make sure there's no pride. Yeah.
• 37:26
  >> Make sure that just because you're right
• 37:28
  doesn't mean you have a right to be uh
• 37:30
  just
• 37:32
  disrespectful.
• 37:33
  >> Amen.
• 37:34
  >> We know we're right about what this
• 37:36
  Bible says. I'm sure there's things we
• 37:38
  miss. Amen. Ain't that right? We're not
• 37:40
  perfect,
• 37:41
  >> right?
• 37:41
  >> But I know that we're close and the
• 37:43
  world's going to disagree. But we don't
• 37:45
  have to be disrespectful. Let me put
• 37:46
  that out there. But I'll say this, the
• 37:49
  reason we don't have to be disrespectful
• 37:50
  is because here in this text, Joseph his
• 37:54
  he was he was he was distinct because of
• 37:56
  his father's love. He had a declaration
• 37:57
  because of his faithful listening. But
• 37:59
  I'll say his dominion represent
• 38:01
  represented his future lordship.
• 38:04
  You see, Joseph had a future. You know
• 38:07
  why the world has a problem with what we
• 38:09
  do and who we are? It's because we have
• 38:10
  a future,
• 38:11
  >> right?
• 38:12
  >> They don't have a future.
• 38:14
  >> They're living for here and that's it.
• 38:16
  They're living for this life and that's
• 38:18
  all there is. They have nothing else to
• 38:19
  gain. They're no different.
• 38:21
  >> They've got nothing to look forward to.
• 38:24
  >> And when Joseph's in this in this text,
• 38:26
  his dream reveals that they're going to
• 38:29
  bow unto him, he's revealing to them
• 38:31
  number one, the deity of his position.
• 38:32
  And I I want to get I want you to get
• 38:34
  this. All right. The world hates Jesus
• 38:36
  because he's God.
• 38:37
  >> You're right.
• 38:38
  >> Amen.
• 38:38
  >> They hate that he's going to dominate,
• 38:40
  that he's going to have dominion over
• 38:42
  all. God has already put all things
• 38:44
  under his feet. The Bible says HE IS GOD
• 38:47
  IN FLESH AND HE IS DEITY.
• 38:49
  >> HIS POSITION IS THE RIGHT HAND OF THE
• 38:51
  FATHER AND ALL AUTHORITY IS GIVEN INTO
• 38:54
  HIS HANDS. IN REVELATION IN CHAPTER
• 38:56
  NUMBER 19 WHEN THE WORLD stands before
• 38:59
  him. He said I saw him that SAT ON THE
• 39:01
  WHITE THAT WHITE THRONE. HE SAID FROM
• 39:03
  WHOSE FACE THE EARTH AND HEAVEN FLED
• 39:05
  AWAY AND THERE WAS FOUND NO PLACE FOR
• 39:07
  THEM. YOU KNOW WHO THAT WAS? THAT'S
• 39:09
  JESUS.
• 39:09
  >> AMEN.
• 39:11
  >> He is deity is God. HIS POSITION IS ALL
• 39:14
  AUTHORITY. AND THEY HATED him for that.
• 39:16
  >> RIGHT?
• 39:16
  >> THEY HATED JOSEPH BECAUSE OF HIS
• 39:18
  AUTHORITY. YOUNG PEOPLE, listen to me.
• 39:20
  You are not God. BUT LET ME TELL YOU,
• 39:22
  YOU ARE JOINT AIR WITH JESUS CHRIST.
• 39:25
  >> RIGHT?
• 39:25
  >> You have authority.
• 39:27
  >> Amen.
• 39:27
  >> Oh my. Could we get a hold to that?
• 39:29
  >> Yes.
• 39:30
  >> That we have authority
• 39:32
  >> in heaven.
• 39:33
  >> Amen.
• 39:34
  >> You say, "Preacher, can I make decisions
• 39:36
  for God?" No, YOU CAN MAKE DECISIONS
• 39:38
  WITH GOD.
• 39:39
  >> AMEN.
• 39:40
  >> OH, did anybody hear that? Amen.
• 39:42
  >> We have a divine guidance.
• 39:47
  >> The deity of his position thing about
• 39:49
  this, not only the duty of his position,
• 39:51
  but the divinity of his power. Joseph
• 39:53
  was going to have power and be second in
• 39:56
  command over all the land.
• 39:58
  >> Right?
• 39:59
  >> It was God-given power.
• 40:01
  >> Yes.
• 40:02
  >> God endued him with that power. What do
• 40:04
  we have?
• 40:05
  >> Come on.
• 40:06
  >> What was the GREAT COMMISSION? SOMEBODY
• 40:08
  TELL ME. ACTS CHAPTER 1 and verse NUMBER
• 40:10
  EIGHT. YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER
• 40:13
  >> AFTER THAT THE HOLY GHOST HAS COME UPON
• 40:16
  YOU. YOU THINK ABOUT JESUS. JESUS HAD
• 40:18
  ALL POWER on this earth.
• 40:20
  >> Right?
• 40:20
  >> God had invested him with all the power
• 40:23
  and order that HE MIGHT BRING REDEMPTION
• 40:25
  AND SALVATION TO THE HUMAN RACE. AND
• 40:28
  BECAUSE OF THAT, THE WORLD HATED HIM.
• 40:30
  THE WORLD HATED HIM BECAUSE OF HIS
• 40:31
  DOMINION. THE WORLD HATED HIM BECAUSE OF
• 40:33
  HIS DEATH.
• 40:34
  >> RIGHT. They hated the fact that he would
• 40:37
  die sacrificially. When they when they
• 40:40
  put him on the cross, they couldn't kill
• 40:41
  him. But as they thought they were
• 40:43
  killing him, they're thinking, "Well,
• 40:44
  this man thinks he's dying for the sins
• 40:46
  of all."
• 40:47
  >> Come on.
• 40:48
  >> And what they didn't know that he was.
• 40:50
  >> Amen.
• 40:50
  >> They hated him the more for that. You're
• 40:52
  >> right.
• 40:53
  >> When you give your life a sacrifice
• 40:55
  under Jesus Christ to live for him, the
• 40:57
  world's going to look at you and say,
• 40:58
  "Oh, they think they're just better than
• 41:00
  us just because they're living for God."
• 41:02
  >> No. You know what the truth is? We know
• 41:03
  we're not.
• 41:04
  >> Amen.
• 41:05
  We know at the end of the DAY THAT
• 41:07
  THERE'S NOTHING GOOD IN US. WE KNOW THAT
• 41:09
  THERE'S NOTHING WORTHY, THAT THERE'S
• 41:11
  NOTHING BLESSED OTHER THAN WHAT GOD HAS
• 41:14
  GIVEN US.
• 41:16
  >> We have divine power.
• 41:19
  We have position with God. But I'll say
• 41:22
  this, I promise I'm done right here.
• 41:25
  They hated his dominion because of his
• 41:27
  deity, because of his divinity. They
• 41:29
  hated his his dominion because of the
• 41:31
  deliverance
• 41:33
  >> of his people.
• 41:35
  You see, Joseph would have to reign in
• 41:38
  order that they might be spared. You
• 41:40
  see, his entire family would have
• 41:42
  starved, would have had nothing and been
• 41:44
  left for dead,
• 41:46
  >> right?
• 41:46
  >> If it had not been for Joseph having
• 41:49
  dominion.
• 41:51
  And you say, "Preacher, well, in my
• 41:53
  life, I don't see all of it right now. I
• 41:55
  don't see everything that you're telling
• 41:56
  me." Well, let me just give you this.
• 41:59
  Joseph's still at home.
• 42:00
  >> You're right.
• 42:01
  >> None of this has happened. Joseph is
• 42:04
  just being told this. Matter of fact,
• 42:06
  he's just been told this in a dream, but
• 42:08
  he believes it. He believes it enough
• 42:10
  that he's willing to tell his brethren.
• 42:12
  Oh, somebody hear the preacher this
• 42:13
  morning. What's happened to us, WHAT
• 42:15
  WE'VE HEARD, WE OUGHT TO BELIEVE IT
• 42:16
  ENOUGH TO TELL IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
• 42:20
  >> And he WAS GOING TO BE THE one that
• 42:22
  would bring deliverance. But you see IN
• 42:24
  THIS TEXT THOUGH, HE WOULD BE THE ONE
• 42:26
  THAT would bring deliverance. this same
• 42:28
  chapter, his brethren deliver him to be
• 42:30
  stripped, to be scorned, and to be
• 42:33
  slain. You're
• 42:34
  >> right.
• 42:35
  >> You say, "Preacher, they didn't kill
• 42:36
  him, but they wanted to."
• 42:37
  >> You're right.
• 42:38
  >> They would have if Reuben hadn't talked
• 42:40
  him out of it. Let me give you this. All
• 42:42
  right. When Jesus came to this earth,
• 42:44
  you know what? People thought his mother
• 42:46
  thought he was going to reign.
• 42:48
  >> You're right.
• 42:49
  >> But you know what? He was spitting upon.
• 42:53
  He was stripped.
• 42:54
  >> Yeah. Joseph was stripped of his
• 42:56
  garment. He was thrown in the pit. Jesus
• 42:58
  went to the cal went to Calvary. He
• 43:00
  didn't have he didn't go to hell. Amen.
• 43:02
  But he suffered death. The pit of death.
• 43:04
  That sting for us. But you know what?
• 43:07
  Joseph went through all of that so he
• 43:09
  could save his brethren.
• 43:10
  >> Amen.
• 43:10
  >> Jesus went through all of that so he
• 43:12
  could save the church.
• 43:13
  >> Amen.
• 43:14
  >> Let me say this to you, child of God.
• 43:20
  There may be people in your life that'll
• 43:23
  never hear the gospel if you don't give
• 43:26
  it.
• 43:26
  >> You're right.
• 43:29
  >> I'm saying the suffering that you go
• 43:31
  through,
• 43:32
  >> come on,
• 43:32
  >> in this life, the problems that you
• 43:35
  face, the situations, the agony, all the
• 43:38
  dysfunction, all of the defilement, all
• 43:40
  of that stuff that we deal with, God
• 43:43
  might be using that just so you can
• 43:45
  deliver somebody.
• 43:46
  >> Amen.
• 43:48
  I'm going to tell you why the world
• 43:49
  hates Jesus.
• 43:51
  Because he brought deliverance.
• 43:54
  >> You say, "Preacher, why is it that they
• 43:56
  hate him?" Because of his deliverance.
• 43:57
  I'll be honest with you. I really don't
• 43:59
  understand it on this side. But I know
• 44:00
  in my flesh, here's what I know. In
• 44:03
  order to receive deliverance, you've got
• 44:04
  to recognize that you need it.
• 44:06
  >> All right?
• 44:07
  >> And the reason the world hates his
• 44:08
  deliverance is because they say this,
• 44:11
  "Jesus, I don't need that." Yeah.
• 44:14
  >> The Bible says, "The fool hath said in
• 44:16
  his heart, there is no God."
• 44:18
  >> Amen.
• 44:18
  >> But if you read the original manuscript,
• 44:21
  it says this, "The foolath said in his
• 44:24
  heart, no God.
• 44:29
  No,
• 44:31
  I don't want what you have." And you
• 44:33
  know what? That's what every atheist
• 44:34
  says.
• 44:34
  >> Amen.
• 44:35
  >> They can't say there's no God.
• 44:38
  You know what they say? No,
• 44:42
  God.
• 44:44
  You know what I watch people do week in
• 44:46
  and week out in this church?
• 44:47
  >> Come on.
• 44:48
  >> No.
• 44:50
  No.
• 44:53
  The world hates Jesus because he's
• 44:55
  distinct. Because he's got a
• 44:56
  declaration. I'm thankful it's still
• 44:58
  sounding.
• 44:59
  >> Amen.
• 45:00
  >> Paul said, "I delivered unto you first
• 45:01
  of all that which I also received." That
• 45:03
  declaration is still being given.
• 45:05
  >> I'll tell you this, one of these days,
• 45:08
  his dominion's going to be finalized.
• 45:10
  Amen.
• 45:10
  >> Amen.
• 45:11
  >> Every sinner that will be saved will be
• 45:13
  saved. And everyone that says no,
• 45:17
  >> will die and go to hell.
• 45:18
  >> Amen.
• 45:18
  >> Every head bowed and every eye closed.
• 45:21
  Christians are praying. I want to ask
• 45:23
  you this morning.
• 45:27
  The world hates Jesus
• 45:29
  because he calls on them and says, "You
• 45:31
  need what I have to offer."
• 45:36
  Joseph's brethren hated Jesus or hated
• 45:39
  Joseph because
• 45:42
  Joseph was telling him, "You're going to
• 45:43
  need me."
• 45:46
  Listen to me this morning, sinner. If
• 45:48
  you turn God away again and say, "I
• 45:50
  don't need what you have to offer,"
• 45:52
  you're going to realize that you should
• 45:53
  have took it one of these days.
• 45:56
  If this is the last chance and you walk
• 45:57
  out of here lost, here's what you're
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  going to find out. You're going to find
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  out that at the very end of this thing,
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  you really did need that gospel.
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  >> You really did need that salvation that
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  preacher preached about. You really did
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  need that forgiveness. You really did
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  need that mercy and that grace. You
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  needed that spirit on the inside. You're
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  going to realize you needed every bit of
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  that.
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  But I tell you what's more sad than that
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  is somebody to say, "No, I don't need
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  it." Here's what's more sad than that.
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  You say, "Preacher, how could anything
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  be more sad than that?" And here I'll
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  tell you is for you to sit here this
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  morning and know you need it.
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  >> Yes.
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  >> And know that you need salvation and
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  know that you need the grace of God, but
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  yet TURN AND WALK OUT OF HERE BEING
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  WILLFULLY ignorant
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  of his grace.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And saying, "Preacher, I know that I I
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  need that, but I don't want it."
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  I pray to God in heaven that there's
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  nobody here that's like that this
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  morning.
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  You say, "Preacher,
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  I need to be saved."
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  Would you pray for me? Ain't nobody
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  looking around but me. I want to ask
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  you, do you need to be saved this
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  morning? Would you be honest when you
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  and God? Preacher, I need to be saved.
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  Slip your hand up and back down. I want
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  to pray for you. Preacher, I'm not
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  saved.
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  Say, "Preacher, why you do this every
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  week?" cuz I don't want to miss a
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  service without giving somebody a
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  chance.
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  >> You see, God wouldn't lead me to preach
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  these messages if somebody wasn't here
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  lost.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And furthermore, your life tails on you.
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  You're either lost or you're out of the
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  will of God. Far, far out of the will of
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  God.
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  Preacher, would you pray for me? I'm
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  just I'm not sure.
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  God will appreciate your honesty.
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  I appreciate your honesty, preacher. I'm
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  not sure. Would you pray for me? Anybody
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  be honest? Slip your hand up. Hold it
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  up. Preacher. I'm not sure.
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  Let me say this to you this morning,
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  child of God.
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  We've been called to be distinct.
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  And here's the thing about it. The world
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  may not see what you have as beautiful.
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  The world not may not notice your
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  behavior being different.
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  And the world may not recognize your
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  birth. But I'll tell you this, you got a
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  declaration that you can give.
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  Not about a dream that you've had, but
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  about an experience you had with God.
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  That's what Joseph's experience was. He
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  had a place in his life where God spoke
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  to him.
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  You know what you can tell others for
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  the rest of your life? God saved me and
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  he's given me his word and he speaks to
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  me each and every day. You say,
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  "Preacher, I want to be that one to tell
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  others
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  what he's done for me, how he spoke to
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  me." Preacher, I want to be that one.
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  Anybody
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  preacher? I want to be that one.
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  God sees that hand, buddy.
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  Let me tell you, you ought to slip your
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  hand up if you want to be that way.
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  One person
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  One young man bold enough say,
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  "Preacher, you know I want to do that."
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  Well, how can I expect you to do it out
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  there if you won't even slip your hand
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  up in here?
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  >> Yes.
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  >> Let's try that again, preacher.
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  I want to be the one.
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  Now, make take that resolve.
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  Take it with you out those doors. Cuz
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  you know what you going to have to do?
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  You going to have to fight the flesh.
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  >> Amen. just like you just did.
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  And I'm going to be real honest with
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  you. It's a lot easier in here than it
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  is out there.
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  Father, I pray Lord, you give us all
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  holy boldness,
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  Lord. Cuz I know that the world
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  hates you.
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  But Lord, you told us to not be marveled
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  by that.
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  But Lord, to know that it hated you
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  before it hated us.
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  God, I'm so thankful that though the
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  world spurn us, scorn us, and reject us,
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  we have entrance into your throne, we
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  have a future,
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  >> Lord, I don't have a
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  concern about where my soul will be when
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  I take my last breath. God, I'll finally
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  be where I belong. In a place of perfect
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  perfection and holiness.
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  Where there won't have to be any more
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  preaching for people to get right.
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  Where there won't have to be any more
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  constraining for people to serve.
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  Nor where every heart will be willing to
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  sing and to serve and to stand and sing
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  your praise for eternity. God, I pray
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  that you'd salvage the church in these
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  days. God, seems so few are interested.
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  Lord, I pray you'd bring revival.
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  Grant it, Jesus, I pray. We ask it in
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  your son's name.
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  Amen.
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  Thank you for joining our service today.
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  We'd love it if you'd join us in person
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  the next time you are able at Meadows
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  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
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  2988 Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
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  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
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  worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday
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  evening Bible study at 700 p.m. For more
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  information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.