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"I Tried to Warn You" - This Family is Powerful and is Recorded in this 4000-Year-Old Book · Off The Kirb Ministries

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  So why am I dressed like an absolute loser?
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  Well, the answer is simple. Today we are going to be
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  thinking about disguises in the Bible.
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  And you know there is one man whose life was marked by
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  disguises. His name is Jacob.
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  Now, you don't need me to tell you that Jacob in the Bible was
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  a terrible liar. You remember that day, don't
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  you, where Jacob positioned himself perfectly.
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  He'd made some beautiful lentil Stew.
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  And here his brother, the first born Esau, was out hunting.
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  And Esau had come back exhausted, so, so hungry.
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  And he said, please, Jacob, will you just give me a little bit of
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  that lentil Stew? But Jacob very craftily said,
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  OK, yes, I will give you the lentil Stew under one condition,
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  Esau, you are the first born. You give me your birthright.
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  And you can imagine what's going through Esau's mind at this
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  point. But that's so precious to me.
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  But at the same time, if I don't eat something, then something
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  bad could really happen to me. Or what does it matter?
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  Yes, you can have the birthright.
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  Just give me some of that lentil Stew.
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  And So what did Jacob do? He took the birthright for
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  himself. But then the story gets even
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  worse. And this is where our disguises
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  come in. Rebecca, Esau and Jacob's mother
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  actually had a favorite. Who'd you think it was?
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  It was Jacob. And she also was very deceitful,
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  very crafty, and she came up for plan.
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  She knew her husband Isaac was old in age and his eyesight
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  wasn't very good. And she wanted Jacob to receive
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  the blessing that Isaac was going to give to his first born
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  son, to Esau. So what she did is she cooked
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  his favorite meal, a meal that would be very similar to what
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  Esau would cook. And Esau was outgoing to hunt
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  for some food to bring it back to Isaac.
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  She got Jacob and she got some goat skins.
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  She got a disguise and because Esau was very hairy, but but
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  Jacob was smooth skinned, she laid the goat skins on Jacob's
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  arms and on his neck and then said, go into your father, take
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  his favorite meal before him. So here we have Isaac.
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  And he hears Jacob's voice and it doesn't sound like Esau's, it
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  sounds like Jacob's. And he says, Are you sure?
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  It's you, my son Esau is it? I want to make sure sure I'm
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  giving the blessing to the right person.
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  Yes, yes, Father, it's me. Just come closer to me.
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  So I can feel that it. It certainly is you, Esau.
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  And so he puts his hand on him, on his arms, on his neck, and he
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  feels the hair that feels just like his son, his strong son,
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  Esau. And he says, here, I give this
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  blessing to you. Then Esau comes back and
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  realizes not only has he lost his birthright, but he's also
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  lost his blessing. And he falls to the floor and he
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  cries. And he says, father, is there
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  any blessing left for me? And there was, fortunately, some
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  kind of blessing, but that isn't the point.
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  The point is this. Jacob used a disguise to fool
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  his father, and disguises would mark the rest of his life.
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  OK, now let's meet a Jacob who's a little bit older, A Jacob,
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  like most young men, who wants to get married.
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  So he goes a little further, a little further afield, and he
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  sets his eyes on a woman called Rachel.
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  His heart was so in love with Rachel.
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  She was beautiful to the eyes. Everything about her he liked.
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  So he approached her father Laban and said, can I marry your
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  daughter? Laban said, yes, you can marry
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  my daughter, but again, under one condition, you must work for
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  me for seven years. Jacob agreed quite heartily.
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  And it actually says in the Scripture that it felt like days
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  because he was so in love with Rachel.
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  He didn't, he didn't mind. It didn't bother him at all.
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  I'll do anything to marry this woman.
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  But here's the bit that's very interesting.
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  After the seven years were up, it was time now for Jacob to
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  marry his wife. And on the night before the
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  wedding, Laban took his daughter Rachel and substituted her for
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  Leah, the older sister. Now, this is where the disguises
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  come in. He took Leah and he put her in a
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  wedding garment, in a disguised Clover, in this garment.
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  And the next day Leah stood before Jacob and Jacob thought
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  he was marrying Rachel, but instead he married the wrong
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  sister. So now he is the one who was the
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  deceiver, and he himself had been deceived, and now he had to
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  work another seven years to then be able to marry Rachel, the
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  woman who he truly loved. Listen to me.
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  One of the problems with our sin is very sadly, it can often be
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  passed down to our loved ones, to our family members.
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  And that's exactly what happened with Jacob.
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  Here we find an older Jacob, but now he's being tricked by his
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  own children. Now you probably know the story
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  very well. Jacob, again, he had a favorite.
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  It was Joseph. Just like his mother preferred
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  him to Esau, he himself preferred Joseph to all of his
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  children. I think it was mainly because
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  he, alongside Benjamin, was the child of his beloved wife
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  Rachel. Now Joseph, because his father
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  loved him so much, received a coat of many colours.
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  And not only that, Joseph, I don't know whether it went to
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  his head, but he would say unwise things.
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  He would tell his brothers. Listen guys, I had a dream last
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  night. I'm just going to put it bluntly
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  to you. You guys all got down on your
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  knees and you bowed down to me because I was an authority.
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  I was the boss over you guys. So here the brothers, not only
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  could they see that their father preferred Joseph to them, but
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  here he was spouting all of these things about them.
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  And they got jealous, they got angry.
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  So when an opportunity arose one day when they were all alone in
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  the wilderness, they took Joseph, they laid hands on him,
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  and they threw him into a pit. Now there was a bit of a debate
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  on what should they do? Should they finish him or what
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  should they do? In the end they decided to send
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  him off to some Ishmaelites, off to be their servant.
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  So they sold him and away went Joseph into Egypt.
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  Now this is where it wasn't quite a disguise, but again, we
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  have a garment that is involved. They took Joseph's coat of many
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  different colors and they dipped it in blood.
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  And they went home to their father Jacob.
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  And they said, father, you're not going to believe this, but
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  our precious son Joseph today was taken out by a wild animal.
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  See, this is his coat of many colors.
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  This is all we have that is left of him.
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  And Jacob was grieved to his heart because he thought he'd
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  lost his son Joseph. So take all of that into your
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  mind. And now tell me, have you
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  guessed our next disguise here? We have Jacob's sons, and he
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  sends them to Egypt because there is a shortage of food in
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  the land, but Egypt is plentiful in food.
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  And they find themselves stood in front of the second most
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  powerful man in Egypt, an Egyptian man, it seems to them,
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  a man in disguise. Why is this man in disguise?
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  Because it is their very own brother.
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  And the Scripture says that he dealt with them harshly, this
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  Egyptian. Maybe it was because there was a
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  bit of anger that was there, but perhaps he just wanted to test
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  to see are they the same? Is there any loyalty inside of
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  them? So Joseph plays a few games with
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  them. He demands that they bring back
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  their son Benjamin. And then when they have
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  Benjamin, he treats Benjamin like a king at the table,
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  showing favouritism for him. And then when it's time to go
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  back, he hides some silver inside of Benjamin's luggage and
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  accuses Benjamin of stealing. And then Judah, Judah, the one
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  whose idea it was to sell Joseph.
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  Judah, who we're going to come back to in a moment's this time,
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  said, no, I will stand in his place.
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  Take me instead. And eventually Joseph removes
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  his identity. He removes his disguise and he
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  breaks down in tears and he weeps because there's nothing
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  but love in his heart for his brothers.
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  OK, let's continue. Let me now share with you
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  perhaps the most shocking out of all of these disguises, out of
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  all of this deception. So Judah, the man whose idea it
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  was to sell Joseph away, Judah the son of Jacob Judah, who
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  perhaps learnt his deceit from his father.
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  Jacob Judah had two sons and they were married to a woman
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  called Tamar. One son had perished and then
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  the other son had later then married Tamar and then he later
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  perished too. Now the tradition back then was
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  often that the father of the, the the daughter-in-law would
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  give his children to the daughter-in-law in marriage.
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  And so Judah promised Tamar that yes, you can have my my youngest
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  son, Shayla as your husband when he's a little bit older.
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  But what he decided to do instead, because he was perhaps
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  fearful, like, is this going to be the same fate that that I
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  will lose another son? Because it seems like every son
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  that marries this woman is his is dying.
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  Will I lose another one to this woman?
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  Tamar? He decides instead, just go to
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  your father's house, just go away.
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  And he decides not to keep the promise and just leaves Tamar in
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  a position of limbo, not telling her whether she is or is not
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  going to be able to marry one of his sons.
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  So Tamar takes matters into her own hands.
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  Tamar goes and stands by a roadside, knowing exactly that
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  Judah would pass by this roadside.
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  And she's dressed in disguise. She's dressed as a you can
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  probably use your imagination. And here she beckons Judah in.
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  And Judah says, yes, I will, I will.
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  But I don't have any payment with me right now.
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  So Tamar says, I'll tell you what.
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  And here is what the the payment can be.
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  If you promise to pay me, you just need to give me a pledge,
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  OK, Give me your seal, give me your cord, give me your staff as
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  a pledge that you will one day pay me.
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  And so Judah agrees. And as you can imagine, what
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  happens next. Now a few weeks, a few months go
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  by and take Tamar is found to be pregnant and Judah hears of
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  this. My daughter-in-law is pregnant
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  outside of marriage and he's furious and he's ready to punish
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  her and he brings her forward. You must be punished now, Tamar.
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  Then Tamar shows something to Judah.
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  She shows him his seal, she shows him his cord, she shows
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  him his staff and says you for the father, Judah.
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  And suddenly Judah is overcome with humility, with repentance,
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  realizing yes, he's been deceived.
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  Yes, there was a disguise, but he is the one who has done
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  wrong. The Bible says Judah recognized
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  them. And that's talking about his
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  seal and his staff and said she is more righteous than I since I
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  wouldn't give her to my son. Shella, guys, come on now, talk
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  to me. How do we untangle all of this?
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  Is there anything you and I can learn from this web of lies,
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  from all of this deceit? Well, actually there is
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  something. There's another verse I would
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  like to share with you. And if you've watched this
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  channel for any amount of time, you know that I share this verse
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  often. It's a verse I dwell on so very
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  much, and it's in Galatians 6 verse 7.
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  And it goes like this. Do not be deceived.
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  God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
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  Whoever sows to please their flesh from the flesh will reap
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  destruction. Whoever sows to please the
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  Spirit from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
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  I really do believe that many of the phrases that people use in
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  the world, really they're just taking biblical wisdom.
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  What about this phrase? What goes around comes around.
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  It's really just another play on this verse.
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  You reap what you sow. And often those who live their
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  lives with deceit, that deceit will one day come back and it
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  will haunt them. It will come back with a
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  vengeance on the person who has spread so many lies.
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  And it doesn't take a genius to figure out if you go around
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  spending your life lying to the people cheating them, don't be
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  surprised if one day you yourself don't get scammed if
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  you yourself don't find someone else lying to you.
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  If you are a man and you're watching this right now and you
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  spend your evenings unfaithful to your wife on the Internet,
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  don't be surprised if in the future, one day it comes out
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  that your wife has been unfaithful to you.
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  If you're a parent and your lips speak terrible words, horrible
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  words, do not be surprised if those children who have those
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  little ears, as that song goes, be careful little ears, what you
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  hear, do not be surprised if those little children one day
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  grow up and utter the same words.
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  You cannot blame them when you yourself have used those words
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  many, many times. If you are greedy, if you always
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  covet, if you take too much stuff, don't be surprised if one
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  day people take from you or if one day the things that you've
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  been so greedy for. In the end, you do have to pay a
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  price for all that you have taken, for all those times
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  you've overindulged. My dear friends, we just must be
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  so careful. Now.
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  I did once hear a preacher say this, a pastor, and I don't
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  agree with him at all, but he said sin is genetic.
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  I think that's going way too far and I don't think the scripture
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  that backs it up. But when we do look at the life
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  of Jacob, when we look at David, you remember what happened with
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  David and his family members. When we look at and how he
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  raised his sons, we do see that our children are watching us and
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  we will reap what we sow. So if you want your children, if
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  you want your family members, if you want your life to be blessed
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  and those around you to be blessed, you yourself must seek
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  a holy life. Seek to be close to the Father.
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  Yes, you will make mistakes. I make mistakes.
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  You know, I lost my temper the other day and I had to say to to
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  my little boy Samuel, Daddy should not have acted like that.
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  And sometimes, just like Judah humbled himself, we also, we
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  have to humble ourselves before our children.
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  We have to admit that we've done wrong.
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  But is there anything positive we can take from this story?
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  Well, I'm so glad you asked because actually, what is the
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  lesson here? God works through imperfect
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  people. Who was Jacob?
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  Well, he was Israel. He'd later be named Israel.
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  And who is Israel? Well, he was the father of the
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  12 tribes of Israel. And one of those tribes was
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  Judah, which is one of the most blessed tribes of the people of
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  Israel. And now we know, know as we've
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  been studying on this channel so much that one day there is so
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  many promises that are going to be fulfilled with the people of
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  Israel. So much has already been done
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  through the people of Israel. They are the apple of God's eye.
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  And yet from this, from this man who you could say was evil,
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  maybe who, who was a sinful man who messed up, made a mess at
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  times, yet God blessed him abundantly.
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  And that means that even though we make a mess at times, God
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  doesn't write us off. He doesn't just finish us and
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  throw us away. No, he still works to us.
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  And what is it said about Israel?
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  You see, the Bible says so often the same phrase is repeated, the
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  God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
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  So here God is saying, I am not afraid to say I am the God of
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  this deceitful man, this lying man.
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  I'm the God of him. And my dear friend is a
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  beautiful lesson. If you're a deceiver, if you're
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  a liar, if you've got on clean eyes like me, perhaps if you get
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  pride, prideful at times like me, if you're jealous at times
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  like me, if you're a Sinner like me, like this man staring at you
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  right now. If you're you're able to say
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  yes, I am all of these things, Joe, I am a sinful man.
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  God is still your God and he loves you to pieces.
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  And he's all you have to do is look at the cross.
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  Look at the great lengths that the Son of God went to, to die
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  for you so that you could be forgiven.
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  Though you have made a mess, though you failed God so many
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  times, though you may have done so many things, you're in of God
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  still loves you and he's still your God and he hasn't cast you
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  off. He's made a salvation plan
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  through his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  And all of your sins past, present and future were dealt
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  with on the cross at Calvary. The blood of Christ was shed so
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  you can be forgiven and washed whiter than snow.
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  And I want to know if you're watching this video right now,
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  have you received this forgiveness?
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  Have you realized that He is your God and He loves you?
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  He cares about you, so you've made a mess.
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  He still cares about you. It doesn't matter what the world
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  says about it doesn't matter what your neighbor says about
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  you, what your friends say about you, what your family says about
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  you. What does God say about you?
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  He says, I delight in you for you and my child come home to
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  me. There is a beautiful picture in
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  the prodigal son. You know the story.
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  Well, here is this young man and he's done all that he thought he
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  wanted to do. He went out and he said to his
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  father, just give me all of the inheritance now.
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  Let me spend my money now and have lots of fun.
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  And he went out and he partied, and he, he spent all of the
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  money. And then he found himself
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  surrounded by pigs working on a farm.
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  And he saw the food that the pigs were eating.
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  And because he was so hungry, he longed to eat some of this food
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  himself. And then a thought came into his
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  mind. My father's servants at home are
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  fed better than these. What if I just go home to my
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  father? And what if I just say sorry,
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  Father, please just forgive me. I've sinned against heaven and
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  earth. Just please will you forgive me,
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  Father? And what does he do?
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  Well, he plucks up the courage and he makes the journey home.
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  And he sees his father now as the prodigal, his son is seen in
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  the distance on the horizon. The father sees him.
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  And you see the the boy, he starts to walk towards his
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  father. Now what does the father do when
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  he sees him? Does he walk in the opposite
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  direction? Does he run in the opposite
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  direction, away from the sun? No, he runs towards the sun.
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  He runs towards that prodigal. And he wraps his arms around him
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  and says you're forgiven, let's throw a party, come in, let's
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  get the fatted carve. Let's do everything.
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  Let me put a ring on your hand. I love you to pieces and
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  friends. That is what God is waiting to
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  do for you. That is what God wants to do for
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  you right now. He doesn't run in the opposite
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  direction when you walk towards him, When you run to him, he
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  runs towards you and wraps his arms around you.
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  You probably know this video has been a little bit raw, a little
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  bit unedited. I wanted to come back to where I
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  used to film in the forest. I'm just playing around with
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  different things. Please forgive me if things
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  didn't didn't make sense, if I didn't have all of my facts
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  correct. I'm just doing my best.
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  I just want to share the gospel and just talk to you as a
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  friend. Not always have all of this, you
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  know, all of this drama and all of this sensation that we put
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  into the video. Sometimes I just want to talk to
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  you about the Bible. Let me know how you felt about
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  this. And if you are new to the
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  channel, please do subscribe. And if you would like to see
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  some older videos where I'm just outside talking to you about the
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  God bless you all and thank you for watching.