Thank you.
Welcome to Steadfast Baptist Church. If you could please find your seats and grab a song book.
Actually, if you'll grab your white handouts, we're gonna do Psalm 148 in your white handouts or in your King James Bible.
Psalm 148.
Crazy.
Excellent.
All right. Let's have a word of prayer.
Lord, we thank you so much this evening and thank you for all those that came here safely.
We pray for those that will be traveling in this weather, that you would just give them travel safety, Lord, and pray that you bless this evening.
Help us all to just sing praises to you in our hearts and just to learn more about your word this evening.
In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
All right. For our second song, we'll go to Psalm 120 in the hymnals.
120, Jesus, Savior, pilot me.
Very good singing. Thank you for coming.
Very good singing. Thank you so much for coming to Steadfast Baptist Church.
If you didn't already get a bulletin, just lift up your hand real quick
and we can have one of our ushers come by and get you a bulletin.
We have our Bible memory passage.
John chapter 1 verse 11.
He came unto his own and his own received him not.
That was a pretty easy one.
Hopefully we'll get you some ice cream to cool down with all this hot weather.
No, I'm just kidding.
We have on the inside our service and soul winning times
as well as I'm going to get a couple,
I'm going to get the count for the last few days from soul winning.
Is there anything to report from Monday by chance for soul winning?
What about Tuesday? Anything for Tuesday?
All right. What about today by chance? Anything from today?
All right. Keep the good work on soul winning.
If you have any other numbers, you can always email them in to us.
On the right, we have the list of our expecting ladies.
Please add Miss Sierra Illy to our list.
Congratulations to them.
And then also down below, we have our prayer list.
We'll continue to pray for the Negara family for their health.
Miss Lucy, her mother's tumors.
Brother Cameron Hall is lag.
Verity Baptist Manila and Pastor Kevin Sepulveda.
Continue to pray for them.
Jeremy Gore, January 30th surgery, but that had changed.
But continue to pray for him for his surgery and recovery.
I think that's all I had for announcements or for the prayer request.
Is there anything? Okay.
We'll go ahead and say a quick word of prayer for those that were mentioned.
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for our church family
for giving us this opportunity to come together and to worship you.
I just pray that you would just bless all the ladies that are expecting.
That you would continue to bless their babies to develop
and that they would have an easy delivery.
I pray that you would just help our church family that has various health concerns.
That you would just be there to comfort them.
That you would give them healing.
That you could bless them.
That you would help them make the right decisions.
That you would give them favor.
I pray that you would also help our church friends from afar.
That they would be strengthened.
They would be encouraged as they go through difficult struggles.
That you would help them realize that you're there with them
and that you care about all of their needs.
I pray that you would just continue to bless all of our church family
and all of our efforts.
That all of our soul winning would be done in honor and glory of you.
And in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
On the back we have our upcoming events.
The Waco, or depending on which bulletin you have.
I think it kind of is a little bit different.
But we have the upcoming events.
Waco Soul Winning Marathon.
The cabinet over here.
We have our Soul Winning Seminar March 24th, 25th, 26th.
It's a great event to encourage, to invite people.
You know, like say, hey, if you haven't gone soul winning,
you'd like to learn soul winning, or you have family members or friends,
you'd like to invite them to a church event.
That would be a great weekend to come down.
Also we have a, there's a Soul Winning Marathon
going to be happening in College Station.
It's not in our bulletin, this one, but it is a pure words Soul Winning event.
And so we've been to College Station before, and it was really great.
It's a good area to be down and preach in the gospel.
And so that's April 2nd.
So that's the weekend after the Soul Winning Seminar.
But obviously we try to invite everyone to everything.
So everybody's always invited and welcome.
Hopefully we'll have a good group come down from here as well.
And we'll have a sign up sheet for that too.
Austin, we're going to do a Soul Winning Marathon there May 21st.
So that'll be a great opportunity to go there and make Austin normal.
That's what we should call it, the Make Austin Normal Marathon.
And then we have our Fire Breathing Baptist Fellowship there October 5th.
There is a homeschool field trip.
April 29th is planned.
And we'll be going to the Fort Worth Zoo, God willing.
And so that's pretty much all I had for announcements at this time.
We'll go to our third song.
I think we're doing 100, song number 100 in a hymnal.
Song 100, day by day.
100, day by day.
On the first.
Day by day, and with each passing moment
Strength I find to be my trials here
Trusting in my Father's wise resettlement
I've no cost for worry or for fear
In whose heart is not even a measure
Is unto each chamber leading fast
Plumbingly it's part of pain and pleasure
It would toil with peace and rest
Every day the Lord himself is near me
With a special mercy for each hour
All my cares he'd fain would bear and cheer me
In whose name is counselor and power
The protection of this child and treasure
Is a charge that our names have be paid
As I gaze, I swear to be in measure
Is the pledge to be made
They'll be then in every tribulation
So join trust thy promises, O Lord
That I whose love makes sweet consolation
Law for me within thy holy birth
They'll be born with joys of old being
They're to take us from the Father's hand
One by one the days the moment's fleeting
Till I reach the prophet's hand
The Bible reads in Genesis 45
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him
And he cried, Cause every man to go out from me
And there stood no man with him
While Joseph made himself known unto his brethren
And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph, doth my father yet live?
And his brethren could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you
And they came near, and he said, I am Joseph your brother whom ye sold into Egypt
Now therefore be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me hither
For God did send me before you to preserve life
For these two years hath the famine been in the land
And yet there are five years into which there shall neither be earing nor harvest
And God sent me before you to preserve your prosperity in the earth
And to save your lives by a great deliverance
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God
And he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house
And a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him
Thus saith my son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt
Come down unto me, tarry not, and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen
And thou shalt be near unto me, thou and thy children, and thy children's children
And thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast
And there will I nourish thee, for yet there are five years of famine
Lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast come to poverty
And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin
That it is my mouth that speaketh unto you
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt
And of all that ye have seen
And ye shall haste and bring down my father hither
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept
And Benjamin wept upon his neck
Moreover he kissed all his brethren and wept upon them
And after that his brethren talked with him
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying,
Joseph's brethren are come, and it pleased Pharaoh well and his servants
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren,
This do ye, laid your beasts and go, get you unto the land of Canaan
And take your father and your household and come unto me
And I will give you the good of the land of Egypt
And ye shall eat the fat of the land
Now thou art commanded, this do ye, take you wagons out of the land of Egypt
For your little ones and for your wives and for your father and come
Also regard not your stuff, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours
And the children of Israel did so
And Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh
And gave them provision for the way
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment
But to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver
And five changes of raiment
And to his father he sent after this manner
Ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt
And ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way
So he sent his brethren away and they departed
And he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way
And they went up out of Egypt and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive
And he is governor over all the land of Egypt
And Jacob's heart fainted for he believed them not
And they told him all the words of Joseph which he had said unto them
And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him
The spirit of Jacob their father revived
And Israel said, It is enough
Joseph my son is yet alive I will go and see him before I die
Let's bow our heads for a word of prayer
Father we thank you for Genesis chapter 45 Lord
And for the opportunity that we have to learn more about it this evening
I pray that you fill Pastor Shelley with your spirit
And enable him to explain this chapter to us
And also help us to pay close attention to his sermon tonight
And we thank you for this church Lord and pray that you protect it
And be with those who couldn't make it this evening
In Jesus name I pray, Amen
Amen, so we've been going through Genesis
And we've been in the middle of Joseph's story
And to kind of bring you back up to speed in chapter 44
Joseph's brethren had returned back into Egypt after having left
And essentially Joseph had planted the silver cup into Benjamin's sack
They had said that we would be their servants
And you know kill the guy that has the cup
But not realizing Benjamin had it
So therefore they returned
And Joseph simply said
Why don't you just go ahead and go and I'll just keep Benjamin
And Judah ends up making an offer saying
Why don't you take me instead of Benjamin
I made myself surety
And it causes Joseph to become very emotional
To the point where he no longer is going to keep up the charade
He can't contain himself
And that's kind of where we pick up here in verse number 1
It says
Then Joseph could not refrain himself
Before all them that stood by him
And he cried
Cause every man to go out from me
There stood no man with him
While Joseph made himself known
Unto his brethren
Now one thing that's very clear in chapter 45
Is that Joseph is very emotional
And we see the personality of Joseph
You know Joseph was a real person
That had real feelings
And you have to realize this had been a very extreme situation for him
A very emotional situation
Having seen his brethren
The brethren had betrayed him
But you know Joseph really has a good attitude
In this chapter in regards to his brethren
And specifically you know he really is glad to see Benjamin
He's kind of nervous about finding out about his father
Potentially seeing his father again
Or the fact that his father is still alive
And we see that going through this situation
And Judah being willing to lay down his life
Or his brother causes him to become too emotional
To continue the charade
And it's probably a lot of mixed feelings
Essentially you know I would think
One emotion or one thought that might come in his head is
Why didn't you do that when I was on the chopping block
You know why now
But at the same time he's probably a little bit relieved
That his brethren have kind of changed who they are
And he's kind of starting to realize at this point
That God really wanted all that to happen
And it's not
While it is his brethren's fault
He kind of excuses it all away
Because he just believes you know what
That's what God really wanted to happen
And he just allows evil to have happened in the past
And to kind of basically forget it
And just basically forgive it
And basically not dwell on the evil
Because he realizes he wouldn't be in the good situation
If it weren't for the evil
And I think sometimes it's easy to not realize
That some of the good that happens in our life
Is a direct result of the evil that's actually taken place
And so in order to have that good thing
You have to go through the evil
And so sometimes we might look at the evil
And still harbor bitterness
Or bad feelings
Or resentment
Or we can't get over it
But when it's attached to something good
You need to learn how to just let it go
Because Joseph would not be in the position he's in
If his brethren had never sold him into slavery
He would have never found himself in this place
He wouldn't have been able to preserve life
And so you kind of have to take the good and the bad
Isn't that the same with the gospel of Jesus Christ?
I mean we kind of have to take the good and the bad
The good, we go to heaven
The bad was the fact that Jesus was literally crucified
I mean he literally had to go through all that evil
But yet Jesus is glorified
But why is he glorified?
Because of the evil that befell him
And when it comes to us
If we truly want to be glorified
If we truly want to have a lot of recognition with the Lord
Or for him to elevate us
It's going to come with a cost
It's going to come with suffering, evil, persecution
You know if you want to serve the Lord
There's going to be a cost associated with it
There's going to be an evil
There's going to be a sacrifice that comes with it
And you kind of have to take the good with the bad
You know you want to enjoy lots of grandchildren
Well you have to kind of go through the evil of lots of little children, right?
And all the diapers and all the complaining
And all just the frustration of it all
You can't necessarily just have all good
Sometimes you have to realize that some evil is going to come to play
You know you want to have a big salary
Well you're probably going to have to work really hard
You know you're going to have to labor
And you're going to have to do a lot of overnight
And working late
And going in on the weekend
And doing stuff when nobody's paying attention
You know to get to a place where you do make a good salary
Or you do bring in a lot of income
You know people want the big income but they don't want to work hard
And it's like you can't have both
You know you can't have it all
You kind of have to accept the good with the bad
And what I like about Joseph is he pretty much just is like
Hey this is all so good
Why would I dwell on the negative stuff that's happened to me in the past
You know and sometimes we find ourselves in a position
Where we're in a good spot
But we just still harbor bitterness
Or essentially bad feelings towards our past
And we really need to say like if I'm in a good spot
I need to just let all that go
You know get past that and realize the Lord used that to get me to where I am now
What I like about this verse too though is it kind of gives me a little bit of an inkling of
Some of the picture of Christ here
Because if you think about it
Joseph is not really known to the Egyptians exactly
Who he is or what's going on
But in this scenario he commands everyone to go out from him
Accept his brethren
And then notice how it's worded
It says in the end of this verse
It says Joseph made himself known unto his brethren
So who are the only people that are privileged to know Joseph are his brethren right
And this is similar to the Lord Jesus Christ
If you think about it keep your finger here
Go to Mark chapter number 4
Go to Mark chapter number 4 for a moment
One of the interesting things about the Lord Jesus Christ about God
Is having a relationship with him is different based on who you are
If you've been saved and then specifically how you live your life
Is going to impact how well you know Jesus
And how well you know God
You know it's not just everybody has the exact same relationship with God
Or with the Lord Jesus Christ
And the same is with Joseph
Not everybody gets to know Joseph intimately like his brethren do
And when it came to Jesus and his ministry
Not everybody got to know everything the same
There were some people that had a closer relationship and knew who Jesus was specifically
Yet multitudes would come out and want to know
Thousands would come out and they would say like who art thou
And you know where did you get this authority
Pharisees are asking like where are you getting this authority
And where did you come from
And they're all arguing about where he was born
And where he came from
And what's going on
They're all wanting to know who he is
But here's the thing
The disciples know who he is
His brethren know who he is
Look at Mark chapter 4 and look at verse 34
But without a parable spake he not unto them
And this is talking about everyone
It says and when they were alone he expounded all things to his disciples
So notice whenever Jesus is preaching to everyone
They get the parable
But then when he's alone with his disciples
They get everything don't they
They get to see it all
They get that intimate relationship with Christ
They get to be known of him
Go if you went to Mark chapter 9
Go to Mark chapter 9
Even beyond that
Even within the disciples themselves
There's kind of an inner circle of Peter, James, and John
And you could also think about the resurrection
I'm not going to go to verse here
But when it came to the resurrection
Who got to see the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ
Only the brethren
Only those that were the saved
Did he appear unto and have fellowship with
He didn't manifest himself unto the world
He manifested himself unto his brethren
And then it was his brethren's job to go and manifest him unto the world
When Christ comes in the world in its manifest
It's too late
That's when his wrath is going to be poured out on the entire earth
And everyone's going to weep and wail and mourn at his return
That's not a believer
And it says in Mark chapter 9 verse 1
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you
That there be some of them that stand here which shall not taste of death
Till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power
And after six days Jesus taketh with them Peter and James and John
And leadeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves
And he was transfigured before them
This is them getting to see who the real Jesus is
Think about this
He's kind of making known himself unto Peter, James and John
He's revealing himself in a very unique way unto Peter, James and John
It just makes me think of how Joseph is kind of making himself known unto his brethren
It's kind of a unique experience
It's only given to his brethren
Only given to those that are the closest to him
Not all the Egyptians get to know everything about Joseph
Just like the Gentiles or the Romans or the Jews get to know everything about Jesus
It was his disciples and specifically even his inner circle that get to see some of the greatest things about the Lord Jesus Christ
Go back if you went to Genesis chapter number 45
Go back to Genesis chapter number 45
So something kind of unique about that that kind of reminds me
Verse number 2 we'll read here
And he wept aloud
And the Egyptians in the house of Pharaoh heard
So this guy can cry pretty loud, okay?
Verse number 3
Here's another thing that's kind of interesting
He's so terrifying at his presence they can't even speak
And you know that's a pretty common thing when you read the Bible
Anytime someone has an encounter with the Lord or with even one of the angels
They usually can't even speak
They fall down, they basically are just terrified
It's a terrifying sight
And again it kind of reminds me of Jesus a little bit
But obviously that would strike a lot of fear in their heart
Because the last person they want to be in charge of everything is the brother that they sold in slavery
And especially if you think about the circumstance
They're already on the hook for having done evil
They in his eyes have stolen the cup
And they said that they'd be slaves
And they're in a bad spot
And then he's like, oh by the way I'm Joseph
That would really strike a lot of fear into their hearts wouldn't it
I mean it'd be a pretty terrifying thing
You wouldn't even know what to say
Because you don't know if it's good or bad yet
But you're kind of thinking it's probably bad
I mean you know if I was Izzacar or Dan or whatever
I'd be thinking like crap
You know like, oh man what's about to happen
You know, this is Joseph? What did we do?
But it says in verse number four
And Joseph said to his brethren, come near to me I pray you
And they came near and he said, I am Joseph your brother whom he sold into Egypt
Now therefore be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that you sold me hither
For God did send me before you to preserve life
For these two years at the famine been in the land
And yet there are five years
In the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest
God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth
And to save your lives by great deliverance
Now it was not you that sent me hither, but God
And he hath made me a father to Pharaoh
And lord of all his house and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt
Notice Joseph not only did he forgive essentially the sin of his brethren
He goes beyond that to say you guys didn't even do anything
It was all God
God sent me
God is the one that wanted me to come here
Don't even be mad at yourself
Don't be upset
You know, and this has got to be a giant relief to them
In the sense that they're thinking like wow
He's not even mad at us?
Like he's not even, you know, frustrated?
And not only that, like, he wants to save our lives and he wants to do good unto us
It's kind of like really just a complete twist
You know, it's kind of like that plot twist
If you've never read the Bible
I mean, think about it
We've read this story a lot of times
We've probably heard this story a lot of times
But imagine, you know, being in this conflict
In this interesting moment in time
You know, most people would just like slay their brethren at this point
Or do something bad to them
Or get back a revenge or something like that
They don't know what's going on
And yet Joseph, notice, he doesn't want to hurt his brethren
He wants to do good unto his brethren
He wasn't trying to plot their destruction
But rather was just trying to see what was in their hearts
And after realizing they're not the same brethren that sold him into slavery
Obviously God allowed them to just have evil thoughts temporarily
To sell him into slavery
He has a really great attitude about this
Again, I feel like you can't help but realize that all these verses here
Just seem to just talk about Jesus when you think about it
Right?
Because notice when he says in verse number 5
He says, for God did send me before you to preserve life
What happened with Jesus?
He was sent by God the Father
And what was the point of him coming?
He didn't come to condemn the world
But he came to save
And think about it
Couldn't Jesus have come down to earth and just started striking people dead?
I mean, doesn't he have all the right to do so?
I mean, the Jews are super wicked
Everything's evil
It's an adulterous generation
It's an evil generation
They're not even believing the Bible whatsoever
I mean, couldn't Jesus have just come down and just started zapping people
And being like, what's going on?
Why aren't you believing me? Worship me now, or whatever
He could have done whatever he wanted
But rather he came in meekness
He came in humbleness
He came to save, to love, to do good
It makes me think of Joseph here
Where Joseph's not condemning his brethren
Joseph's not avenging himself
Or doing anything like that
But rather he's just simply preserving life
And he's realizing that God sent him
Not only that, he said
God sent me before you to preserve you of posterity in the earth
And to save your lives by a great deliverance
That's a good way to describe the gospel
Great deliverance
And think about this
This is what's really cool
Not only did Jesus Christ
Save us from going to hell
But then on top of that
He allows us to become partakers with him in his inheritance
And he's reserving unto us a posterity in the earth
So it's like not only do we not get what we deserve
We get then on top of that a whole bunch of stuff we don't
We didn't even earn
It's not even ours to really have
He's just sharing with us all that's his
Think about it
Isn't this all Joseph's?
Who's making Joseph share any of his wealth with his brethren?
He doesn't have to
It's all Joseph's
It's all Joseph's to do whatever he wants with it
And what does Joseph do?
I want to share it with you guys
And think about this
He wants to share it with his brethren who have only done him evil his entire life
What good thing did his brethren ever do to him?
They only disliked him
Mocked him
Didn't believe in him
Sold him into slavery
You know what? It makes me think of you and me with Jesus
Where we basically just sinned every single day
Constant rebellion
Constant disappointment
Constant just, you know, doing bad
We sent Jesus to the cross
Just like Joseph's brethren sent him into Egypt and sold him into slavery
We sent Jesus to the cross
Our sins is what he had to take
And had to bear
It's not this abstract thing
Of like, oh he died for us
No, the lies that you told yesterday
Jesus took those
And the lies you'll tell in the future
Jesus took those
And the bad things that we've done in our lives
The horrible things that we've done
That Jesus took for us
We only did him evil
We only did him bad
And he just decided to go ahead and take all of that evil
And then reward us good for evil
Say hey, I'm gonna give you a posterity on top of that
I'm not only gonna save you guys
I'm gonna give you all of my wealth on top of that
I mean, this is incredible
And really, you know, what possessed Joseph to do such a thing
Because he's a picture of Christ
That's why, he's one of the greatest pictures of the Lord Jesus Christ
And one of the greatest loves that a person could have
Where he repays good for all the evil that his brethren did unto him
Now it also says
That he's a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt
This is another type of Christ
In the sense that Jesus
Is not only the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings
He's not only God Almighty
He's not only Jehovah
He's not only ruling in heaven
There's gonna be a literal
Period of time where Jesus rules on earth
In a physical reality
It's not like spiritualized
Or some kind of analogy
Or some kind of a metaphor
Or whatever
No, it's gonna be a physical reality of Jesus ruling on this earth, okay
Now the Bible brings this up in a lot of places
Skip down to verse 26 for a moment
In this chapter
It says, and told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive
And he is governor over all the land
So he's called ruler and governor
Okay
Now, go if you would to Isaiah
Actually, before you go there
Stop for one second
Go to Genesis 42
This is the second time the word governor is found in the Bible
Or govern, or government, or anything
Kind of any form of govern
The first time is Genesis 42
And look at verse 6
And Joseph was the governor over the land
So the first two mentions
Of any variation of govern, government, whatever
It's Joseph both times
And that's, you know, I believe in the principle of first mention
Maybe there's an exception to that
But generally speaking, the first time a word is introduced
Or brought up in the Bible has some level of significance
And I don't believe it's a coincidence that the first governor is Joseph
And twice
Which is really ultimately symbolizing
Lord Jesus Christ who's going to be a governor
Of the entire earth
Okay
Now, go if you would to Isaiah chapter number 9
I'm sorry, I kind of wanted to go to that verse as well
And, you know, when we think about a governor
It's one who governs
Now, their realm of authority
Is going to vary based on
The circumstances, you know, in America
Governors are typically the leader of a state
That's what we think of
We think of the Texas governor
And that's Greg Abbott
And, you know, he doesn't seem to take a stand on very many issues
So, hopefully they might end up changing
But I don't know, I mean, I looked it up
I think there's a lot of people running
I think the primary race is pretty soon
I think I looked it up
There's a decent number of contenders
So who knows, you know, who's going to end up being the governor
As long as it's not Beto O'Rourke, okay
Man, why would anybody vote for the guy that says he's going to take all your guns away
What a horrible governor
You know, he's definitely, you know, having evil intent
A malicious intent to want to take people's rifles
And take people's guns
In the state of Texas?
I mean, come on
Obviously, if he won, it's really rigged, you know
I mean, there's no way anybody would vote for that fraud
That skateboard punk, or whatever
But, you know, when it comes to the governor
It's an important role
It's an important job
And it impacts daily life
You know, and so it's important to have good governors
Governors, though, could be in a bigger sense or a smaller sense
You know, it's not like it's
The Bible's not based on the US Constitution or something like that
You know, it's not based on American politics
You know, in fact, everything's based on the Bible, actually
If you understand it
That's where we get terms like governor is from the word of God
But governor is mentioned in the Bible
And it's specifically about Jesus
But here's a passage that's pretty interesting
Talking about government
It says in verse number six
For unto us a child is born
Undo us a son is given
And the government shall be upon his shoulder
Now, if I said, hey, this guy's at the top of the government
What would be his title?
The governor, okay
One who's governing, okay
So, it would be easy to understand here
In this context that we're talking about
The child that's being born is going to be a governor, okay
And when you have that in your mind
You understand the context
The next part of this verse is going to make a lot of sense
It says, and his name shall be called
Wonderful, counselor, the mighty God
The everlasting father, the prince of peace
Now, when we talk about names
You know, sometimes this can just be generally
In the reference of what you're going to call someone
And what do you call someone?
You know, when Jesus is giving people names in the Bible
Like, you're no longer going to be, you know, shaking with the wind, Peter
You know, thou art Peter, right
He's kind of changed his name to Cephas
Or he's changed his name to Peter
That's just what he's calling him
He's just coming up with a name that he's going to then call them
So, if you have someone that's in charge of your entire government
What would be a name you could give him?
Governor
What would be other names you could give him?
Wonderful, counselor, the mighty God
Now, some of these adjectives, though
Are going to be specific to one person, the Lord Jesus Christ
We're not going to call Greg Abbott the mighty God, okay
We're going to call him the mighty God of Texas, right
That would be a bad title for him
Because, number one, he's not mighty, okay
Now, some context
I believe the word God can just simply mean ruler
So, we're not obviously using this title to reference
The fact that he would be a deity
He would be a deity
We know that, you know, no man is deity
But the word God can just simply mean ruler
So, if we're looking at this context
It's actually making a lot of sense here
What we're talking about
What about the everlasting father?
Well, how long is Jesus going to be the ruler and the governor once he's established?
Forever
And the word father is synonymous in your Bible with the word ruler in certain contexts
Not every context, in some contexts
The next phrase, Prince of Peace
The word prince is synonymous with ruler just virtually every single time
I don't know if there's an exception, I don't think that there is
Anytime I see the word prince
I just automatically think the word ruler
That kind of helps you understand what that word means
So, a prince is the ruler
And, of course, when Jesus is in charge
What's the world going to be like?
Peace
It's going to have a lot of peace, right?
Look at the next verse
Of the increase of his government and peace
There shall be no end
Now, doesn't that fit exactly what we're talking about, the context?
It brings up the government's going to be upon his shoulder
Gives him a few names
And then it talks about his government being how long?
Forever
And being what?
Having peace
Doesn't that match with the previous adjectives
That were there to describe his name
Of being an everlasting father or the Prince of Peace, specifically?
Upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom
To order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice
From henceforth, even forever
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this
So, Jesus is known as the governor
He is going to be the everlasting father
He is going to be the mighty God in the land
On earth, okay?
He's going to be that person in charge
The ruler, the one that we're going to all look to
And say it is truly wonderful, okay?
Now, go over to Isaiah 22 for just a second
I want to compare some verses here
To help you with that everlasting father
Because a lot of people make up weird doctrines based on that particular passage
But you have to take it in context
What's the context?
Hey, there's going to be a future child coming
Who's going to end up ruling on the earth
That's the clear context, okay?
So, what does everlasting father mean?
It means everlasting governor or ruler
That's what that means
It's exactly in the context
It fits exactly what we're talking about
And I can even prove to you that that's what that means in other places in the Bible
Look at Isaiah 22, verse 21
So, when you commit the government into someone's hand
What's a title or a name you give that person?
Father!
Now look, this is not even a foreign concept
Whatsoever
Every single person in America uses this title
It's called our forefathers
Have you ever heard of the forefathers of America?
What are we talking about?
We're talking about the previous leaders
The previous rulers
Those who helped found our nation
Those who were in charge of our nation
When we think of our founding fathers, who do we think of?
People like George Washington
Who is what?
The first president of the United States
Who's the first, essentially, governor
As it were
The government was upon his shoulder
I mean, this guy's in charge
It's not a strange title for people to be called father
Now again, we may not use that very often in our modern vernacular
And I get that
But the everlasting father in Isaiah 9-6
Cannot be anything other than just meaning the ruler or the governor
It's certainly not teaching a modalist Jesus, okay?
Anybody that believes that is basically just not saved, okay?
And let's go, if you would, to a few more places, though
Go, if you would, to Psalms 22
Psalms 22
I want to show you another few verses here
Psalm 22, look at verse 21
The Bible says
Save me from the lions
I'm sorry, yeah
Psalms 22, verse 28
I started reading a different verse here
For the kingdom is the Lord's
And He is the governor among the nations
Now, is there any question
That the Bible clearly says that Jesus Christ is going to be the governor?
I mean, the Bible is, and look
You say, well, what's the context of Psalms 22?
Well, look at verse 1
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Sound familiar?
Look, this is a passage all about Jesus
And as you read Psalm 22, it's incredible
Because it basically just hammers
Just all the prophecies of the Lord Jesus Christ
Being on the cross
They basically cast lots for His garment
And we go down the list as they revile them
And then just over and over
And then it kind of gets down to the end
It's talking about the kingdom is the Lord's
And He is the governor among the nations
So, there's going to be a literal point in time
When Jesus is the governor
Go to Psalm 67
This is one that we sing
It has a really good tune to it
And it's also going to make the same point here
Psalm 67
Look at verse number 4
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy
For thou shalt judge the people righteously
And what?
Govern the nations upon earth
So, when we sit there and sing that
What are we talking about?
We're talking about Jesus is going to govern
And obviously we understand He's governing from heaven as well
Go to Matthew chapter number 2
Matthew chapter number 2
Let me prove this even further
That Jesus Christ is known as the governor in your Bible
Matthew chapter number 2
And look at verse number 6
Now this fits perfectly when we think about Isaiah 9
We think about the prophecy in Isaiah 22
About a child and then him being the governor
Well, in Matthew chapter number 2
We're still kind of in context of Jesus' birth, ok?
And look what it says in verse number 6
And thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah
Art not the least among the princes of Judah
For out of thee shall come a what?
A governor that shall rule my people Israel
Notice the Bible says that there's going to be a governor that's going to rule Israel
Now think about this
It's saying a child
Had Jesus Christ been born before the New Testament?
No
So there's a child coming that's going to be a governor
When Jesus Christ lived on this earth
Did he govern Israel?
No
He did not
So that means there has to be a literal physical point in time
When Jesus is going to govern the children of Israel
Which we know as the millennial reign of Christ
Yet a lot of people try to spiritualize this
Or hyperbolize this
Or try to create some kind of a weird interpretation of the end times
But we have to realize it must be interpreted literally
And that Christ will literally return and be a governor
Just like Joseph was a literal governor of all of Egypt
Jesus is going to be a literal governor and it's going to be the whole world
Of all the nations
And it kind of is symbolized and pictured through
Jesus Christ
So if you go back to our story Genesis chapter number 45
Go back to Genesis chapter number 45
So Joseph pictures a lot of things about Jesus
I mean really Joseph is one of the most interesting characters in your Bible
Because he pictures so many aspects of Jesus
The death, burn, and resurrection multiple times
He pictures the trinity and illustrates all kinds of truths from the trinity
He illustrates the millennial reign of Christ
He illustrates his love for his brethren
The sacrifice for his brethren
The fact that he's going to share his inheritance with his brethren
I mean it's hard to think of anything about Jesus that Joseph doesn't symbolize
Look at what it says in verse number 9
And there will I nourish thee
For yet there are five years of famine
Blessed thou and thy household
And all that thou hast come to poverty
Behold, your eyes see in the eyes of my brother Benjamin
That it is my mouth that speaketh unto you
And ye shall tell my Father of all my glory in Egypt
And of all that ye have seen
And ye shall haste and bring down my father hither
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept
And Benjamin wept upon his neck
Moreover he kissed all his brethren and wept upon them
And after that his brethren talked with him
So he kind of is singling out Benjamin throughout this
In the sense, you know, he's like, you guys see me?
Even Benjamin sees me
And then on top of that he kind of first goes to Benjamin
He weeps on Benjamin
He wants to, you know, hold Benjamin
Yet the Bible even says that he kissed all of his brethren
Showing that he really has no ill will towards his brethren at this point
Think about that
I mean, you're not going to go and embrace your brethren
And give them these kind of physical forms of intimacy and affection
If you still hate them in your heart
And you're basically holding animosity towards them
So we see it's a true forgiveness of Joseph
And, you know, that's a great attribute of Joseph
Is that he's able to forgive his brethren
That he's able to let things go
And, you know, we need to learn from Joseph and say
I need to forgive my brother
And you say, well, you don't know what he did to me
Here's the thing, did he sell you into slavery?
Because if he did less than that
You need to learn from Joseph and say I'm going to let it go
Because I'm pretty, I'm guessing that most everybody in this room
If you have bitterness towards someone
It's probably not as bad as what, you know, they did to Joseph
And, again, it's not like they had a good relationship
They had a good relationship before that
If you realize the story, you know, he's even brought up an evil report on his brethren
There was a lot of tension there beforehand, wasn't there?
I mean, it doesn't seem like anybody's really loving each other
It's a lot of clanking and a lot of clashing
And his brother's home in slavery
Yet notice he does good on them
And I think this is symbolizing the power of the gospel
The fact that God really separates our sins from as far as the east is from the west
That he truly forgives, he truly forgets
He really has love towards us
And he's let these things go
And he's willing to embrace his brethren
And when he commands them, notice he's telling them to do something
He's telling them in verse 13
You should tell my father of all my glory
Now that's an interesting statement
I kind of interpret this as it's got to be because it's prophetic
Because I don't think that Joseph is really just like being kind of prideful in this moment
Like, hey, tell them all about how great I am or anything like that
You know, he's definitely wanting to encourage his father to come
So he's saying, look, I'm in charge of everything, so go tell
But you know what, that's what we're really supposed to do when we go out and preach the gospel
Is we're telling all the glory of Jesus
You know, when we come to church, we're not here to glory in ourselves
We're here to glory in the Lord
And we're here to glory in Jesus Christ
And you know, we sing praises to the father
And when we sing to the father, you know we're supposed to glorify to the father?
Jesus, not ourselves
So I think that this is really more in essence of like a symbolism
Of the fact that, you know, we come to church, we're not here to glorify anybody but the Lord Jesus Christ
And that's what's pleasing to the father
Is that we're glorifying his son
And that we're giving honor and basically praise to him
And you know, Ephesians chapter number 2 makes it very clear that all of our glory is supposed to be going to him, not ourselves
You know, if it was by works that we got to heaven, then we could glory about ourselves, right?
But the only reason these guys are delivered and saved is because of the glory of Joseph
Not their glory, not by works of righteousness which they have done
They did none
I mean, what goodness did they do? Nothing!
But by the sheer grace and just complete mercy of Joseph that he's going to allow his brethren to end up being rescued and saved here
When they don't deserve it whatsoever
Let's keep reading, it says in verse 16
He shall eat the fat of the land
Again, this is just, this is crazy
Because if you think about the symbolism again
You know, I deserve hell
But not only am I not going to go to hell
I will literally inherit all of the riches of the earth
And you know who's also going to do that?
Every person in this room that's saved
Every person that's saved
I mean, if you think about it
We deserve hell
I mean, his brethren deserve to go to prison
Or to be sold into slavery
Or to be beaten
They don't get any of that
What do they get? They get the fat of the land
They get just blessings and goodness to come upon them
They get an inheritance
Keep your finger and go to 1 Peter chapter number 1
1 Peter chapter number 1
Now, this kind of
I don't know, it just kind of
Motivated me today
I was thinking about this
Because I was thinking about
I literally deserve hell
And because I deserve hell
No matter what happens to me on this earth
I can just think that it's great anyways
Because it's still not hell
Like, no matter what happens to me
I mean, no matter what evil befalls me
It's not what I deserve
I'm still getting better than I deserve
And I think that's really hard for us to think about
Because when you actually go through something tough
You know, it's easier to kind of think of a state
In which you are kind of feeling better or doing better
You know, as we age
I'm getting there, alright
You start realizing how it was better to be young
You know, you work out and you don't recover as fast, right?
You can't jump as high and run as fast
You don't recover as well
You know, things just hurt
You know, it's like you go to bed and you wake up
And just things hurt and you're just like, what happened?
I don't know, it's being old
I can't even
I remember talking to my grandpa
And he would get up at like 4.30 or 5 o'clock every morning
And it was just bizarre to me
Because, you know, when I was a teenager and I was in college
I would sleep till like noon, you know
I would stay up late and just sleep forever
And I asked my grandpa, I said
Grandpa, why do you wake up so early every day?
And he's like, it just hurts too much to keep laying in bed
I was just like, I never want to get old
But I mean, that's just how it is
You talk to old people and they say, look, it just hurts too much to lay here
Or to go lay in his chair and fall asleep watching TV, you know
But even then, no matter what pain it is
It's still better than hell
No matter, if you got fired
It's still better than hell
If you were out on the street, I mean if you were homeless
It's still better than hell
I mean, if you lost all of your family
It's still better than hell
I mean, there's literally nothing that can even kind of comprehend
In your mind, how bad hell is
So it's like the worst day that you have, you're still not in hell
And that just kind of motivated me to just think like
I guess I can't complain about anything that happens to me in this life
Because I'm not getting what I deserve, which is hell
I mean, because what I truly deserve
You know, it's easy to get kind of, I guess
I don't know, arrogant or prideful
About the fact that you're not going to hell
And you start forgetting the fact that you really deserve it though
Because if you think about it, like did Joseph's brethren
They kind of deserve something bad here, didn't they
And they just got off hook scot-free
And really we get off scot-free
And not only do we get off scot-free
We get to inherit on top of that
Now look at 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
Which according to his abundant mercy
Hath begotten us again unto a lively hope
By the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled
And that faith is not a way reserved in heaven for you
Who are kept by the power of God through faith
Unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time
Think about this
We're going to have an inheritance incorruptible
It's reserved for us
And I like this wording, it's reserved for us
Kind of like he's saying hey, your hotel's booked here in Egypt
Go get dad and come back
We've already got all the inheritance reserved and laid up for you
And look, it's like Jesus is up in heaven and he's got it all booked
He's got it all taken care of
It's already reserved
We already get all this great inheritance
It's just ready for us
And we don't have to do anything
We just get to have it
We just get to, you know, share in that blessing
We get to just reap those rewards that Jesus did for us
And it'll be revealed in the last time
That's also interesting
Because his brethren took a while to get to this position
It's not the beginning of the story
We've gone through a lot of Joseph, right?
It's at the end that they finally get the inheritance
They finally get that reward
They finally get to see the fruition of this hope
And with our lives
You know, it's gonna be a while in our minds
You know, it's a vapor, our life's a vapor
But to us, it's ticking by kind of slow, right?
Obviously, as you age, it seems like it's going a little bit faster
But at the end of the day, it's going to take time
We have to be patient, but it will come
There will be a day in which we get to inherit this, you know, great blessing
And at that point, it's all done
It's just rest
It's just joy
It's just all just good
And there's no evil
God's gonna wipe away all our tears eventually
And there's gonna be no more suffering
There's gonna be no more, you know, faggots
I mean, there's just gonna be none of this stuff
You won't even remember them
You'll forget them
Dude, it seems like when I go to the store now, everybody has blue hair
What is that?
I will never see blue hair again
I won't see the green hair
Now, there might be some red hair, okay?
But I'm not gonna see blue, right?
I mean, I'm not gonna see all these weird things that are going on
All these freaks
I'm gonna be able to tell the difference between men and women, praise God
You know, it's gonna be a great day
And beyond all that, we're gonna get to see Jesus
Beyond that, we're gonna get to see God
And, you know, these stupid Trinity-denying losers
How do they even read verse 3?
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
Oh, Jesus is the Father
How are you own Father?
It's obviously a different person
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
Because we're talking about God the Father, my friend
And, you know what? Blessed be God the Father who is willing to sacrifice His Son
So that we could inherit all these blessings
And the love that a Father has for us
And He's our Father
So we go back to Genesis
Go back to Genesis
Be reminded every time you have something bad happen to you this week
This is what you need to think
I'm not in hell
And that just, I can just bring a smile to your face
I'm still not in hell
And I never will be
Look at verse number 21
And the children of Israel did so
And Joseph gave them wagons
And commandment of Pharaoh and gave them provision for the way
All of them, he gave each man changes of raiment
But to Benjamin he gave 300 pieces of silver and 5 changes of raiment
Now I've been harping on this fact that you're not going to hell
Not only that, you're getting to inherit
But that does not mean that your life is meaningless
There is still a blessing to serving God
There is still a reward for not being wicked
And notice, one of the brethren gets a lot more than the other
Why? Because he didn't sell his brethren to slavery
Because he wasn't wicked
Okay, so I'm not saying like, oh sweet, do whatever you want
No, I'm saying, why don't you go ahead and get some rewards on top of that
We already know where you're going
Why wouldn't you want to go ahead and get the blessing of the silver
And the extra changes of raiment
And we see that Benjamin's being elevated above his brethren
He's loved more than his brethren
And you know, again, God loves all the children of the world that are saved
He loves every single one of us, children of God
But you know what, he loves some people more
Sorry to burst your bubble
My wife's already told me many times that she's God's favorite
So we're all fighting for second best here
But at the end of the day, Jesus, whenever he's with his disciples
He would talk about the one whom he loved
He's leaning on John the Baptist
I'm sorry, John, the disciple John
He loves that guy more than the other disciples
He tells us, it's in the Bible
It's hard to get that out
Jesus loves John
And he favors John
And you say, why?
It's based on how you live your life, my friend
And of all God's children on the earth, let me tell you something
God loves the new IFB more than other denominations
Why? Because they keep his commandments
Better
Now I'm not saying perfectly, no one's perfect
It's not a competition at the end of the day
And I'm not saying that people of other denominations can't be greatly loved by God
What I am saying is those that are doing the most for God
Those that are serving him, God loves more
He has more favor, more blessing to them
He wants to do more good unto them
There is a reward to serving God, to loving God
And he loves them, okay?
You don't see Jesus standing up for everybody, he stands up for Stephen, though
You don't see Jesus going into the fiery furnace with everybody
But he does with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
You don't see, you know, the lion's mouth being stopped for everyone, but it was for Daniel
When God talks about not wanting to spare, I don't know if I'm like hitting something
I don't know if God, he doesn't always talk about everybody in the Bible
But when he's talking about destroying Jerusalem
He's saying like, even if these three guys, you know, Job and Daniel
Even if these guys were here, I still would nuke it
You know, meaning that those guys are better than other guys
He picked Abraham for a specific reason
Abraham has a special title, the friend of God
Okay, so there is a reward to serving God
We see favoritism with Benjamin
You know, you don't want to be Simeon
Nobody even remembered him, nobody even cared that he was in prison
It's like, you know, there's going to be that one guy that you go to heaven and you're like, you made it, okay cool
It's like, I'm just kidding, maybe you'll like him a little bit more than that, okay
But there are some people that just barely make it to heaven, a lot, right
There's probably even people we know that are going to barely make it into heaven, aren't they
I don't want to barely make it into heaven
You know, I want to be like Benjamin where he says, hey, not only did you get inherited
I'm going to give you a little extra, I'm going to give you five times the mess, right
I like to eat
I want the five times the heavenly food
Okay, give me the extra portion here
Well, go to Matthew chapter five, Matthew chapter five
Oh, I don't know why you would say that the new IFB has more favors, more blessed, more worship
Well, let's see what the Bible has to say
Matthew chapter five, look at verse number eleven
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you
and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake
Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven
for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you
Let me tell you something
The group that is the most persecuted, hated and reviled is the most blessed and loved of God
But, you know, it does not stop with us or start with us, it was all people
Brother Illy had said he ran into somebody who is a member of First Baptist Dallas
and he was talking to some guy there
and this gentleman basically told him, he said their church is being sued for hate speech
So it's like, I guess we're joining the club, you know
It's like, hey, I mean it's not just us that they hate
They hate every child of God
They hate all the children of God because he reminds them of the fact that they're wicked
You know, even the most liberal Christian is superiorly godly compared to the world today
I'm infinitely more godly and more righteous than the world today
And you know what, even they are going to be spoken evil and they're going to hate them as well
You know, we're just one of the many people that are hated of this world
And it's not us that's special, it's Christ that's in us that that hatred is being drawn out
You know, the world can't hate us, it hates Jesus
It hates the fact that we're saved
It hates the fact that we represent the Bible
Because you know what, there's lots of people that on the surface they seem to represent God
I mean, there's people that, you know, even would say the gospel like we would say
Say harsh statements like we say
Yet they're somehow loved to the world or they're celebrated or they go unfettered
I mean, how about the stupid Ray Comfort
I mean, the guy almost has a million subs on YouTube
How did his channel not get news?
And I mean, he says all kinds of weird stuff
And weird junk and is on there
Like, why is it that he's not getting attacked?
Because the devil's not going to attack himself, my friend
You know, and look, picking a fight with somebody on purpose or being stupid is not persecution
Okay, when Ray Comfort says something stupid and people laugh at him, that's not persecution
He's just being stupid
Okay, so he has fake persecution
Where he's going out on the sidewalk screaming at people and then they scream back at him
Anybody can do that, right?
How about you go quietly serve God and then have people come scream at you
That you didn't ask for
You say, I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war
Let me go to 1 Corinthians 3, but let me tell you something
There's people that are getting rewards every single day
Not just the inheritance, not just not going to hell
They're getting rewards, why?
Because people are speaking evil of them
Because people hate them
Because people revile them
Because people lie about them and slander them
You know, the normal reaction when you get slandered is to be angry and upset
And to want to lash out
And to want to defend yourself
And maybe you could even go on a more negative approach
You could become depressed
You could be sad about it
You could think, you know what, poor me
But you know, the right reaction according to the Bible is just to rejoice
When you're serving God, when you're doing that which is right
When you love the Lord
The right reaction is to be excited
You know, why would I want to go my whole life and say, you know
No one ever lied about me
No one ever reviled me
No one ever separated from me
Because then you're basically just saying, I didn't get any blessings
No one thought that you were really a threat
Look at 1 Corinthians 3, look at verse 8
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one
And every man shall receive his own reward
According to his own labor
Look at verse 14
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereon
He shall receive a reward
Go to Colossians chapter 3
We're just going to skip through the Bible real quick
Colossians chapter number 3
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians
Chapter number 3
Look at verse number 24
Knowing that of the Lord you shall receive the reward
Of the inheritance
For you serve the Lord Christ
So even though we're saved, we're still serving Christ
Go to Hebrews
Keep going to the right in your Bible
Go past all the Ts
Straight into Hebrews chapter number 11
Look at verse number 6
Hebrews chapter number 11
Look at verse number 6
The Bible says
But without faith it is impossible to please him
For he that cometh to God must believe that he is
And that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him
So notice, God wants to reward you
But you have to seek after him
It's not automatic
So if you went to 2 John chapter number 1
Go to 2 John chapter number 1
Almost all the way to the end of your Bible
There's the three little books
First, second, third John
2 John look at chapter 1 verse 8
Look to yourselves that we lose
Not those things which we have wrought
But that we receive a full reward
You know, you want to keep serving God
So you get a full reward not a half reward
Go to Revelation 22
Go all the way to the end
Straight to the end Revelation chapter 22
The Bible just hammers this fact
Of there being rewards
But look at Revelation 22 look at verse 12
And behold I come quickly
And my reward is with me
To give every man
According as his work shall be
But notice there is going to be a rewards day
You will be recompensed
According to your labor
Don't think that you labor in vain
God is not unrighteous
To forget your work and labor of love
Would you do show towards his name
Clearly articulated in Hebrews chapter number 6
That we're supposed to go on into perfection
That we're supposed to keep
Serving the Lord
Keep doing right
So that we can get a full reward
Not a half reward
Let's go back, kind of finish our chapter
There's only one more verse I kind of want to look at
With this
When I think about this chapter
You know what I really just think about is just rewards
And it's kind of nice because it starts out
And they're not really sure what's going to happen
But then all of a sudden
It's reward fest
It's just blessing fest
It's just goodness being out poured on them
You know what it makes me think of? It makes me think of the end times
It's in their greatest moment of despair
Just all of a sudden it just flips a switch
And it's just all blessings
Right? I mean right before the coming of Christ
I mean this is the worst moment
This is the greatest fear that they could have
Being on this earth
And then it just flips a switch
Christ is here
We're getting rewards
We're having the wrath poured out
I mean it's just going to be great, great, great, great
And look
I'm looking forward to the wrath show
I don't know about you
I am
I'm real excited about it
The Bible says that we're going to rejoice
The Bible says that we're going to be excited
You know and praising the Lord
And we're going to be thankful that he finally poured out judgement
All that justice that didn't happen here
Is going to happen there
He's going to finally pour it out
And it's just going to be like
That's how I'm going to do it
Okay
So I don't know how you're going to do it
Mine's going to be in English too
Because you're going to hear all nations at all times
And it says in verse number 23
And to his father he sent after this manner
Ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt
And ten sheasses laden with corn and bread
And meat for his father by the way
So he sent his brethren away and they departed
And he said unto them
See that ye fall not out by the way
They went up out of Egypt and came into the land of Canaan
unto Jacob their father and told him saying
Joseph is yet alive
And he is governor over all the land of Egypt
Jacob's heart fainted for he believed them not
And they told him all the words of Joseph which he had said unto them
And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent
to carry him the spirit of Jacob their father revived
And Israel said
It is enough
Joseph my son is yet alive
I will go and see him before I die
But you know hey
He got his spirit revived
Maybe you know I could kind of get on board
You know I didn't think about this phrase here
You know it is enough right
But hey his life is revived
By knowing his son's alive
And think about this
We should revive knowing that our loved ones are in heaven
Think about 1st Thessalonians chapter 4
It is kind of a motivator
To help encourage those that have lost
Loved ones to say hey we are going to see them again
You know it kind of gives them that reviving
So just like his spirit is revived
That he gets to see his brother again
We should have that kind of same feeling
Go to Psalms 27 one more verse I want to look at
But you know
Whenever they first found out that
Joseph was there
You got to think of the range of emotions
They probably had that you know
Cat got your tongue
The pit of their stomach was just hurting
They were so terrified
And so scared and so nervous
But then just all of a sudden
It is just like the greatest thing that ever happened
And again it just makes me think of how God
Constantly drags Christians
Through these moments where they are in their greatest moment of despair
And then just
All blessing and reward
I mean you just see this over and over again
Joseph stuck in prison
In a horrible situation
Pulled out
Great riches and honor right
Daniel in the lion's den
Probably a pretty intimidating situation
Great riches and honor
You know the Jews about to be destroyed by Haman
In the hands of all these wicked men
Yep what they destroy them
And they get all the riches and the honor
We just see this over and over and over again
Constantly themed throughout the Bible
Of people being drug out
To this moment of despair
But then just right
Right at the last moment God just rescues
And gives them this great deliverance
Look at what it says in Psalms 27 verse number 11
Teach me thy way O Lord
And lead me in a plain path because of mine enemies
Deliver me not
Over unto the will of mine enemies
For false witnesses are risen up against me
And such as breathe out cruelty
I had fainted
Unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of living
Wait on the Lord
Give good courage and he shall strengthen mine heart
Wait I say
On the Lord
You know I think that
When you go through adversity
The feeling or the thought
Is just to quit
Give up
Stop
What does the Bible say? Wait
Just let the Lord encourage you
Just keep holding on
Just keep being steadfast
You know you just think about Paul
When he's on that boat
And they've got all those men
And it's just like storm after you know night after night
They haven't even eaten for days and days
And it's just like
You know how long
And it's just kind of a picture
Of just the fact that sometimes in our lives
We just have to wait and just hold on and hold on
And eventually the storm will clear
Eventually the Lord will deliver
Eventually the Lord will come
Eventually you'll have that deliverance
Eventually the Lord will destroy your enemies
But you know we still want to do our part
We should pray that we would not be delivered
Under the will of our enemies
We should serve the Lord
There is a reward to those who serve him
We need to diligently seek him
Every single day of our lives
Let's close in prayer thank you Heavenly Father for this chapter
Thank you for delivering us from hell
I pray that when we go through hard times
Or difficult times that we would constantly
Be reminded of what you've done for us
And that we're not going to suffer the great
Evils and the wraths of hell that we all deserve
Very much deserve
But not only do we not have to go to hell
We've escaped such evil
But you've given us a great inheritance
To inherit with you
Thank you for being willing to share the glory
Of the Lord Jesus Christ on this earth
And not only do we get all of these blessings
We have an opportunity to earn rewards
For our labor
For our work
I pray that we be motivated to keep serving God
Till the bitter end
And if we fill in moments of time
And if we had a point of no hope
Of all despair
That we would be reminded of Psalm 27
That we would wait
That we have our hearts strengthened
That we would be of good courage
And that we would wait on the Lord for his deliverance
In Jesus name we pray amen
Alright for our final song this evening
We'll go to song 472
This is my Father's World
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