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[3002.80 --> 3005.16] because we all experience it so differently |
[3005.16 --> 3006.80] and in unique ways, |
[3006.92 --> 3007.88] but in some ways, |
[3007.92 --> 3009.22] it isn't hard to define it all |
[3009.22 --> 3010.90] because we've all gone through it. |
[3012.00 --> 3013.26] Perhaps some of us |
[3013.26 --> 3014.32] are going through it right now. |
[3016.24 --> 3017.32] But as we suffer, |
[3017.72 --> 3019.34] we can be certain of our future |
[3019.34 --> 3022.12] because it is victorious in Jesus Christ, |
[3022.72 --> 3024.24] and we can know that God |
[3024.24 --> 3025.82] is working in our circumstances, |
[3025.82 --> 3028.48] even if we can't or we'll never see it. |
[3029.72 --> 3031.40] That's how so far we've held up |
[3031.40 --> 3033.10] God's sovereignty and our suffering. |
[3033.10 --> 3036.10] And so now, today, |
[3036.24 --> 3037.28] we get to this story. |
[3038.40 --> 3039.30] Chapter 39. |
[3040.66 --> 3041.92] It's a rough story, |
[3042.60 --> 3043.20] isn't it? |
[3044.00 --> 3046.30] It can even make the blood boil a little bit. |
[3046.74 --> 3048.66] This Joseph just can't catch a break. |
[3048.82 --> 3050.30] He's hated by his brothers, |
[3050.70 --> 3052.24] he's thrown into a well, |
[3052.52 --> 3053.64] he's sold to traitors, |
[3053.88 --> 3055.76] he's then sold into slavery in Egypt, |
[3056.00 --> 3056.80] and then today, |
[3056.98 --> 3058.72] he is falsely accused of a crime |
[3058.72 --> 3060.18] that he did everything in his power |
[3060.18 --> 3060.92] to not commit, |
[3060.92 --> 3063.18] and he gets chucked into prison anyways. |
[3065.02 --> 3066.48] This guy does everything right |
[3066.48 --> 3068.54] and then gets all the blame. |
[3070.02 --> 3071.42] I remember in elementary school, |
[3072.00 --> 3073.70] there was this bully in our school |
[3073.70 --> 3074.96] who was a year younger than me, |
[3075.28 --> 3076.06] and he wasn't big, |
[3076.10 --> 3077.44] I was actually quite a bit bigger than him, |
[3077.54 --> 3079.18] so he was pretty easy to ignore, |
[3079.46 --> 3080.64] and he was younger already, |
[3081.22 --> 3082.72] so I could ignore him most of the time. |
[3083.74 --> 3084.60] But then one day, |
[3084.68 --> 3086.44] I saw him shove this |
[3086.44 --> 3089.44] pretty small, timid little kid over |
[3089.44 --> 3090.66] who was even younger than him. |
[3090.92 --> 3093.82] And I knew this kid was timid, |
[3093.88 --> 3094.94] I knew he was soft-spoken, |
[3095.60 --> 3098.02] and I was kind of a conflict avoider back then, |
[3098.06 --> 3099.44] I still am today to some degree, |
[3099.78 --> 3100.94] but that set me off. |
[3101.90 --> 3103.10] And I went after him, |
[3103.32 --> 3104.66] and I grabbed him by the shoulders, |
[3104.88 --> 3105.86] and I pulled him down, |
[3105.98 --> 3107.02] and I pinned him to the ground, |
[3107.02 --> 3108.96] and I don't really remember much else, |
[3109.48 --> 3110.96] except that a crowd gathered, |
[3111.20 --> 3112.30] and then a teacher came, |
[3112.38 --> 3113.38] and then the crowd dispersed, |
[3113.74 --> 3115.22] and I was the only one who got in trouble. |
[3115.22 --> 3119.82] I was the only one who got sent to the office that day, |
[3119.90 --> 3120.64] and I was frustrated, |
[3120.72 --> 3122.62] because I thought my vigilante justice |
[3122.62 --> 3123.66] was well-deserved. |
[3124.18 --> 3125.48] It was well-warranted, |
[3125.82 --> 3128.54] but I was the only one who got in trouble for it. |
[3129.62 --> 3131.86] See, the concept of being falsely accused |
[3131.86 --> 3133.92] is why movies like Double Jeopardy, |
[3134.04 --> 3134.80] or The Fugitive, |
[3135.04 --> 3136.52] or Shawshank Redemption |
[3136.52 --> 3138.26] are so popular. |
[3138.26 --> 3142.12] When someone's falsely accused, |
[3142.40 --> 3144.52] our sense of justice just spikes, |
[3144.94 --> 3146.36] and it becomes dramatic, |
[3146.46 --> 3147.68] and it lights a fire in us |
[3147.68 --> 3149.08] to see the good ones win. |
[3150.38 --> 3152.48] And this story about Joseph does just that. |
[3152.56 --> 3153.82] We read about how Joseph |
[3153.82 --> 3155.54] was nothing but faithful to God, |
[3155.78 --> 3157.76] was nothing but faithful to his master, |
[3158.12 --> 3158.90] Potiphar even. |
[3160.18 --> 3161.72] But just because Joseph |
[3161.72 --> 3164.34] was well-built and handsome, |
[3165.06 --> 3166.14] which, by the way, |
[3166.66 --> 3167.90] is going to be the title of my autobiography, |
[3168.26 --> 3169.52] when I start to write it. |
[3170.32 --> 3171.40] Well-built and handsome, |
[3171.52 --> 3172.56] the Kevin Lobert story. |
[3173.64 --> 3174.96] It's my book, it's my title, |
[3175.02 --> 3176.34] and you shouldn't be laughing so hard. |
[3177.68 --> 3178.94] No, because he was a good man, |
[3178.98 --> 3180.22] and he was easy on the eyes, |
[3180.38 --> 3182.22] Potiphar's wife starts to hit on him. |
[3183.22 --> 3184.02] But he refuses. |
[3185.36 --> 3187.00] Eventually, she gets a little bit more physical, |
[3187.16 --> 3188.16] and so Joseph runs away, |
[3188.24 --> 3189.40] but leaves evidence behind. |
[3189.48 --> 3190.20] So she gets mad, |
[3190.26 --> 3191.18] she lies to her husband, |
[3191.54 --> 3192.66] and Joseph's thrown in jail. |
[3194.70 --> 3196.34] See, the story should irk us. |
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