WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.740 Okay, we're in Genesis chapter 41. 00:03.080 --> 00:04.000 Thank you. 00:06.140 --> 00:07.140 Genesis 41. 00:07.440 --> 00:09.600 We're continuing with our Bible study in the book of Genesis here. 00:10.720 --> 00:13.600 And just let me just do a little bit of review from chapter 40. 00:14.180 --> 00:18.340 Of course, we know at this particular point, you have Joseph. 00:18.540 --> 00:19.220 He's been imprisoned. 00:19.860 --> 00:24.960 And of course, he runs into the two officers that belonged 00:24.960 --> 00:26.720 unto Pharaoh that were imprisoned as well. 00:26.720 --> 00:31.720 And God gave these men certain visions and not necessary for their benefit, 00:32.020 --> 00:36.860 but so that Pharaoh can recognize the ability that Joseph had to interpret dreams. 00:37.100 --> 00:40.720 Obviously, we know that one would end up being killed and hang. 00:40.880 --> 00:42.120 The other one would be liberated. 00:42.600 --> 00:44.940 But at the end of the day, we know overall the narrative. 00:45.420 --> 00:49.220 The reason this is taking place was so that God can show himself strong 00:49.220 --> 00:52.000 on the behalf of those who are in Egypt through Joseph. 00:52.000 --> 00:55.480 They wanted Joseph to understand or wanted Pharaoh to understand 00:55.480 --> 00:57.960 that Joseph was capable of interpreting these dreams. 00:58.040 --> 01:02.240 But of course, we know that the officer forgot Joseph. 01:02.680 --> 01:06.700 He ended up leaving him there in the prison for two entire years. 01:07.120 --> 01:11.980 And when you look at the story of Joseph, you see a lot of defrauding taking place. 01:12.280 --> 01:14.000 He's been wrong multiple times. 01:14.340 --> 01:15.440 He's going through a tough time. 01:15.820 --> 01:18.440 And on top of all that, we know that the Lord is with them. 01:18.440 --> 01:23.800 However, people still continue to wrong him, whether intentionally or unintentionally. 01:24.220 --> 01:26.740 We see people wronging him intentionally regarding his brothers. 01:27.240 --> 01:28.100 You have Potiphar's wife. 01:28.520 --> 01:31.420 But then you have the officer of Pharaoh, the cup bearer, 01:31.420 --> 01:36.220 who's wronging him unintentionally by literally forgetting him in the prison. 01:36.720 --> 01:38.180 He interprets the dream for him. 01:38.540 --> 01:41.320 And Joseph says, hey, I'm glad I helped you out. 01:41.400 --> 01:45.720 But just make sure that when you go to Pharaoh, you let him know what I'm able to do. 01:45.720 --> 01:48.120 Because in turn he wants to be liberated. 01:48.320 --> 01:50.840 He wants to be freed from the prison because he's there wrongfully. 01:50.920 --> 01:56.960 And of course, you have the chief butler there forgetting him for two entire years. 01:57.200 --> 02:01.140 And I think one thing that we can learn overall with the story of Joseph 02:01.140 --> 02:06.500 that all of us can apply is don't become bitter when things get bad, right? 02:07.060 --> 02:11.220 When people wrong you and they forget about you. 02:11.580 --> 02:14.580 They intentionally or unintentionally do you wrong. 02:14.580 --> 02:18.040 We've got to make sure that we keep a Christian disposition, 02:18.740 --> 02:22.860 a Christian attitude, a biblical understanding of how things work 02:22.860 --> 02:27.520 so that we don't come resentful or bitter towards God or even towards others. 02:27.980 --> 02:31.800 And there's nothing within the story of Joseph that indicates that he did become bitter. 02:32.340 --> 02:35.600 It sounds like he just understood the providence of God. 02:35.940 --> 02:37.360 He kept serving the Lord. 02:37.700 --> 02:39.020 The Lord was with Joseph. 02:39.180 --> 02:40.240 He kept blessing him. 02:40.600 --> 02:43.660 And it's because of that that all things ended up working together for good. 02:43.660 --> 02:46.620 And in fact, not just good in Joseph's case, it was great. 02:47.160 --> 02:51.620 He was used in a great way later on, of course, to save Egypt 02:51.620 --> 02:54.640 and even in turn by proxy his family as well. 02:55.160 --> 02:57.460 So here in chapter 41, look at verse number one, it says, 02:57.560 --> 03:01.140 it came to pass at the end of two full years that Pharaoh dreamed 03:01.140 --> 03:05.420 and behold he stood by the river and behold there came up out of the river 03:05.420 --> 03:10.200 seven well-favored kind and fat flesh and they fed on the metal. 03:10.320 --> 03:12.240 So let me just give you a synopsis of this story. 03:12.800 --> 03:14.640 God gave the dreams to the officers. 03:14.920 --> 03:17.500 Obviously one of the officers did not steward that dream well 03:17.500 --> 03:21.520 by letting Pharaoh know that Joseph existed and his ability to interpret the dream. 03:21.960 --> 03:24.380 So then he provides a dream for Pharaoh 03:24.380 --> 03:28.740 and it has to do with a major famine that's going to come upon the land 03:28.740 --> 03:30.900 that's really going to affect everyone, okay? 03:31.780 --> 03:32.960 He gives them that dream. 03:33.480 --> 03:37.800 And of course we know that these dreams, basically the interpretation of it 03:37.800 --> 03:40.760 is that there's going to be seven years of plenty. 03:40.760 --> 03:42.880 There's going to be seven years of famine. 03:43.480 --> 03:49.000 The seven years of plenty comes first where the nation of Egypt 03:49.000 --> 03:51.980 is going to just receive a lot of prosperous grain. 03:52.340 --> 03:54.380 They're just going to prosper in their resources. 03:54.680 --> 03:58.420 But then thereafter they're going to experience major famine 03:58.420 --> 03:59.500 that's going to come upon the land. 04:00.100 --> 04:01.640 But of course Pharaoh doesn't know this. 04:01.820 --> 04:03.280 He's getting this dream. 04:03.620 --> 04:04.720 He doesn't know what it means. 04:05.020 --> 04:08.340 And then he asks for the magicians and all the wise men 04:08.340 --> 04:09.780 but they're not able to interpret the dream. 04:09.780 --> 04:12.000 And obviously we know that one of the reasons for that 04:12.000 --> 04:16.020 is because God intended to interpret the dream through Joseph, right? 04:16.680 --> 04:20.200 And there's a couple of things that I want to apply to this particular story 04:21.100 --> 04:25.440 before we stuff our faces for our Thanksgiving banquet here, okay? 04:25.820 --> 04:27.840 I'm going to give you just a couple of principles from this story 04:27.840 --> 04:30.020 and we know that Joseph ends up interpreting the dreams. 04:30.160 --> 04:32.240 He ends up becoming the vice pharaoh of Egypt 04:32.680 --> 04:34.280 and then we know the story thereafter. 04:34.680 --> 04:37.120 Point number one that I want to go over tonight 04:37.120 --> 04:39.040 regarding the application of this chapter 04:39.040 --> 04:42.100 that we can learn from is that the unsaved world 04:42.780 --> 04:45.360 can't understand spiritual matters, okay? 04:45.820 --> 04:47.200 Just one thing we can learn from this story 04:47.200 --> 04:49.000 is that the unsaved world, 04:49.300 --> 04:52.380 whether they are wise men, they are the scholars, 04:52.940 --> 04:54.260 they are the ones who are knowledgeable 04:54.260 --> 04:55.720 about the things of this world, 04:56.060 --> 04:57.400 they're people of reputation. 04:57.960 --> 05:00.420 At the end of the day it doesn't matter how much they know, 05:00.840 --> 05:02.360 they can interpret spiritual matters. 05:03.180 --> 05:05.500 Look at verse number eight if you would of Genesis 41. 05:06.600 --> 05:09.440 Genesis 41 verse eight says that it came to pass in the morning 05:09.440 --> 05:12.980 that his spirit referring to pharaoh was trouble 05:13.370 --> 05:16.280 and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt 05:16.280 --> 05:18.280 and all the wise men thereof 05:18.280 --> 05:20.200 and pharaoh told them his dream 05:20.200 --> 05:24.140 but there was none that could interpret them unto pharaoh. 05:24.500 --> 05:27.300 So of course we know that pharaoh is the most important man in the land. 05:27.760 --> 05:30.360 This guy has everyone at his disposal, 05:30.900 --> 05:33.940 every wise person, every magician, 05:33.940 --> 05:39.800 every sorcerer, anybody who claims to be a diviner of dreams, 05:40.300 --> 05:43.700 they're there but they're incapable of interpreting the dream. 05:43.960 --> 05:46.160 Why? Because at the end of the day it's a spiritual matter. 05:46.680 --> 05:47.560 It's a spiritual matter. 05:48.360 --> 05:48.860 And you know what? 05:49.140 --> 05:52.300 The way we can apply this today is that we don't go to the therapist 05:52.300 --> 05:55.560 of this world to interpret spiritual problems. 05:55.920 --> 05:58.480 We don't need to go to the unsaved of this world 05:58.480 --> 06:00.280 to interpret what the Bible says. 06:00.600 --> 06:02.120 You know, it really reminds me 06:02.120 --> 06:05.020 and it's really applicable to this particular point here 06:05.020 --> 06:08.880 that we don't need to go to a commentary written by unsaved people 06:08.880 --> 06:11.260 a thousand years ago to understand what the Bible says. 06:11.860 --> 06:15.620 Right? We don't need to go to church fathers to know what the Bible says. 06:16.260 --> 06:18.980 We don't need to go to people who are dead, 06:19.440 --> 06:21.740 they've been dead for 1500 years, 06:22.100 --> 06:24.300 a thousand years, 500 years 06:24.300 --> 06:26.560 to get the proper interpretation for doctrine. 06:26.680 --> 06:28.840 Why? Because the spirit of God dwells within us 06:28.840 --> 06:30.840 and he's searched with all things the Bible says. 06:30.920 --> 06:31.940 He had the deep things of God. 06:32.620 --> 06:35.040 And according to 1 John chapter 2, 06:35.100 --> 06:37.520 the Bible tells us that we have the anointing 06:37.520 --> 06:39.720 referring to the Holy Spirit, that unction 06:39.720 --> 06:41.440 that teaches us all things 06:41.440 --> 06:43.240 and that we need not that any man teaches. 06:43.800 --> 06:46.420 So in other words, the Bible explicitly says 06:46.420 --> 06:48.960 that we as believers are able to interpret the Bible for ourselves. 06:49.180 --> 06:50.740 Right? We don't need to go to the wise men. 06:51.240 --> 06:52.640 Oh, are you trying to tell me 06:53.300 --> 06:56.060 that you know more than St. So and so? 06:56.060 --> 06:58.040 Well, if St. So and so was a Catholic, for sure. 06:59.400 --> 07:01.780 If St. So and so was baptizing babies, 07:03.040 --> 07:05.320 then yeah, I do know more than that person, for sure. 07:06.340 --> 07:07.800 Yeah, but when did your church start? 07:08.160 --> 07:10.100 My church started in 2017 07:10.860 --> 07:12.560 and we've been around for 10 years 07:12.560 --> 07:14.880 and in those 10 years we've done more 07:14.880 --> 07:16.020 than most of these guys have done. 07:16.420 --> 07:18.300 Because if you're unsaved, you've done nothing for God 07:18.300 --> 07:20.740 because the Bible says that the plowing of the wicked is sin. 07:21.900 --> 07:23.220 So whatever it is that they do, 07:23.220 --> 07:25.020 it means nothing in the eyes of God 07:25.020 --> 07:27.140 and no, we can't learn anything from them 07:27.140 --> 07:28.200 and let me explain to you why, 07:28.520 --> 07:30.060 because the Bible says that the natural man 07:30.060 --> 07:31.960 received it not the things of the Spirit of God 07:31.960 --> 07:33.360 for their foolishness to them, 07:33.540 --> 07:35.280 neither can he know them for their spiritually discern. 07:35.920 --> 07:38.500 Keep in mind, folks, that in order to even understand 07:38.500 --> 07:39.140 the Word of God, 07:39.280 --> 07:41.040 you have to have the Holy Spirit dwelling within you. 07:41.220 --> 07:41.480 Right? 07:42.500 --> 07:44.660 And that's not to say that every saved person 07:45.220 --> 07:46.820 that has the Holy Spirit of God 07:46.820 --> 07:48.540 understands spiritual matters. 07:48.940 --> 07:50.560 We obviously understand that babes in Christ 07:50.560 --> 07:51.660 can be tossed to and fro, 07:51.660 --> 07:53.920 carried about with every wind of doctrine 07:53.920 --> 07:55.600 by the slight of man and cunning craftiness 07:55.600 --> 07:57.260 whereby they lie and wait to deceive. 07:57.640 --> 07:59.060 We obviously understand that heresy 07:59.560 --> 08:01.120 is a work of the flesh, 08:01.360 --> 08:04.400 but in general, what the Bible actually teaches 08:04.400 --> 08:06.620 is that you and I can understand 08:06.620 --> 08:07.800 the Word of God when we read it. 08:08.160 --> 08:09.160 This is what the Bible constantly says, 08:09.540 --> 08:12.140 study to show thyself approved unto God 08:12.600 --> 08:14.440 and work men that need not to be ashamed, 08:14.740 --> 08:16.380 rightly dividing the Word of truth. 08:16.560 --> 08:17.700 Just kidding, address, you know, 08:17.920 --> 08:19.240 reference the church fathers instead. 08:19.240 --> 08:22.140 That was the study to show thyself approved unto God, 08:22.300 --> 08:24.540 to give attendance to reading to excitation to the doctrine. 08:24.800 --> 08:25.620 Why does it keep saying this? 08:25.780 --> 08:26.360 I'll tell you why, 08:26.560 --> 08:28.440 because the wise men of this world, 08:28.540 --> 08:30.580 the scholars of this world don't know Jack Squaw. 08:31.180 --> 08:34.280 They may sound very flowery when they're speaking, 08:34.700 --> 08:35.780 very knowledgeable, 08:36.500 --> 08:38.700 they sound extremely smart, 08:39.040 --> 08:40.640 and they have all these degrees, 08:41.140 --> 08:42.200 and they're, you know, 08:42.460 --> 08:44.460 they're admired by the people of this world, 08:44.660 --> 08:45.600 but at the end of the day, 08:45.600 --> 08:47.820 when you actually compare it to the standard of the Bible, 08:47.820 --> 08:48.760 they don't know anything. 08:49.740 --> 08:50.260 And look, folks, 08:51.160 --> 08:51.880 you think about, you know, 08:51.920 --> 08:52.640 a lot of these scholars, 08:52.820 --> 08:54.160 they remind me of Nicodemus, really. 08:55.300 --> 08:55.660 Right? 08:56.420 --> 08:56.880 Think about it. 08:57.320 --> 08:59.480 Look at the most popular scholars out there 08:59.480 --> 09:01.280 that just believe some of the most dandable heresy. 09:02.000 --> 09:03.660 It's basically like Nicodemus, 09:04.800 --> 09:06.260 because Nicodemus couldn't understand 09:07.860 --> 09:09.720 the foundational doctrine of salvation, 09:10.380 --> 09:11.560 what it means to be born again. 09:12.560 --> 09:13.220 And he's like, 09:13.260 --> 09:14.200 well, how does that work, though? 09:15.100 --> 09:17.080 He's like, can I enter into my mother's room? 09:17.080 --> 09:17.840 He's just like, what? 09:18.280 --> 09:19.000 What are you talking about? 09:19.420 --> 09:20.400 And this is why Jesus said, 09:20.500 --> 09:21.720 are thou a master of Israel? 09:21.860 --> 09:23.200 And no, it's not these things. 09:23.780 --> 09:25.960 He's like, you're supposed to be like a scholar of Israel, 09:26.360 --> 09:27.540 a master of Israel, 09:27.820 --> 09:29.120 and you don't even understand 09:29.120 --> 09:30.320 what it means to be saved? 09:31.100 --> 09:33.200 Look, I don't care how many degrees you have. 09:33.760 --> 09:35.280 I don't care if people think you're wise. 09:35.380 --> 09:37.140 I don't care how many subscribers you have, 09:37.400 --> 09:39.180 how much you can racial someone 09:39.180 --> 09:40.120 in the comment section 09:40.640 --> 09:41.760 against a Baptist, 09:42.220 --> 09:43.240 against a Christian, 09:43.400 --> 09:45.400 against the Bible-believing pastor 09:45.400 --> 09:46.640 at the end of the day, 09:46.940 --> 09:48.460 if you think you can lose your salvation, 09:48.660 --> 09:49.840 you suck at interpreting the Bible. 09:51.040 --> 09:52.440 You don't know anything about the Bible. 09:53.460 --> 09:55.380 Okay, go to 1 Corinthians 1, if you would. 09:55.820 --> 09:56.840 1 Corinthians 1. 10:00.060 --> 10:03.040 The unsaved world cannot understand spiritual matters. 10:03.700 --> 10:05.100 So this is why we don't go to therapists 10:05.100 --> 10:08.260 to understand what's our problem, right? 10:08.920 --> 10:10.260 You know, we don't need to go to therapists, 10:10.540 --> 10:12.200 we don't need to go to psychiatrists, 10:12.440 --> 10:14.140 and you definitely don't need to go to your 10:14.140 --> 10:15.220 unsaved family members 10:15.220 --> 10:16.920 to get advice regarding spiritual matters. 10:17.780 --> 10:18.620 Oh, let me say this. 10:18.720 --> 10:19.600 This is a good point 10:19.600 --> 10:21.640 since we're dealing with this this week. 10:21.920 --> 10:24.840 Hey, you don't need to go to politicians, right? 10:25.740 --> 10:27.740 For the problems of our nation. 10:28.400 --> 10:30.120 Why? Because the problems are of our nation. 10:30.560 --> 10:32.300 It's not about who's in the office, 10:32.420 --> 10:33.620 whether it's the left or the right. 10:33.680 --> 10:34.760 I'll tell you what the problem is. 10:34.880 --> 10:35.360 It's sin. 10:36.480 --> 10:37.640 Sin is the problem, 10:37.940 --> 10:40.780 and the solution to sin is salvation. 10:41.240 --> 10:43.840 The solution to sin is salvation. 10:44.800 --> 10:45.620 It's the Word of God. 10:45.840 --> 10:46.920 It's the Lord Jesus Christ. 10:47.300 --> 10:48.440 It's not Donald Trump. 10:48.780 --> 10:49.900 It's not the left. 10:50.280 --> 10:52.040 It's like, oh man, all these states turn blue. 10:52.140 --> 10:52.880 They're always blue. 10:54.800 --> 10:56.620 It's like, oh man, I can't believe these, 10:56.620 --> 10:58.820 these red states are red for so long 10:58.820 --> 11:00.200 for decades and now they're blue. 11:00.460 --> 11:01.320 They've always been blue. 11:01.940 --> 11:03.160 Spiritually, they've always been blue. 11:04.560 --> 11:06.460 You know, if you're blind into this whole 11:06.460 --> 11:08.740 red, blue, left, right, 11:08.740 --> 11:11.100 you got your head in the sand 11:11.100 --> 11:13.220 and you're too busy listening to 11:13.220 --> 11:16.600 the tutelage of the wise men of this world. 11:17.320 --> 11:18.920 Trying to make you think that there's like, 11:19.000 --> 11:20.580 oh, like they're, bro, they're friends. 11:21.880 --> 11:25.360 You know, Obama and George Bush are buddies. 11:26.740 --> 11:27.660 They're all friends. 11:27.940 --> 11:29.620 They all drink a beer afterwards 11:29.620 --> 11:32.020 and discuss their sinfulness 11:32.020 --> 11:33.260 and they're all working for the same, 11:33.580 --> 11:35.100 for the same guy, the same leader, 11:35.200 --> 11:35.560 which is Satan. 11:36.400 --> 11:38.880 The point that I'm making here 11:38.880 --> 11:41.280 is that Pharaoh has this problem. 11:41.560 --> 11:43.020 He's not able to interpret the dream. 11:43.420 --> 11:44.840 So he gets, and let me just say this, 11:44.900 --> 11:47.020 I'm sure these wise men are being paid like good. 11:47.700 --> 11:50.100 These guys are like getting paid well. 11:50.600 --> 11:51.700 They're men of renown. 11:52.160 --> 11:53.300 They're well respected. 11:54.080 --> 11:55.460 Oh, but when it comes to spiritual matters, 11:55.580 --> 11:56.720 they're just like, I don't know what that dream meant. 11:57.200 --> 11:57.660 What, cows? 11:58.560 --> 11:59.780 You know, an ear of corn? 11:59.980 --> 12:00.400 I don't know. 12:00.620 --> 12:02.420 Seven, what, what, that's a freaky dream. 12:02.660 --> 12:03.140 What is that? 12:03.940 --> 12:05.100 And he's got a bunch of them 12:05.100 --> 12:06.360 and they can't interpret it. 12:06.820 --> 12:07.120 Why? 12:07.340 --> 12:08.420 Because it's a spiritual matter 12:08.420 --> 12:10.920 and unsafe people can interpret those things. 12:10.980 --> 12:12.540 Look at 1 Corinthians 1 verse 18. 12:13.220 --> 12:14.820 It says, for the preaching of the cross 12:15.620 --> 12:17.280 is to them that perish foolishness. 12:17.400 --> 12:18.380 And let me just say this, 12:18.620 --> 12:19.920 is that when unsafe people 12:19.920 --> 12:20.960 listen to someone like me, 12:21.360 --> 12:23.060 pastors like me say what I just said, 12:23.340 --> 12:24.020 you know what it is to them? 12:24.120 --> 12:24.580 It's stupid. 12:25.600 --> 12:27.160 They're like, look at this idiot. 12:28.100 --> 12:29.700 So stupid and foolish. 12:30.300 --> 12:31.960 Oh, you know, you're trying to tell me 12:31.960 --> 12:32.980 you just want me to disregard 12:32.980 --> 12:34.680 1500 years of church history. 12:35.340 --> 12:36.640 You don't have to disregard it. 12:36.640 --> 12:37.740 I'm disregarding it. 12:38.440 --> 12:38.840 Okay? 12:39.220 --> 12:40.560 I don't esteem it at all. 12:41.060 --> 12:41.460 Okay? 12:41.840 --> 12:42.600 And they look at that, 12:42.660 --> 12:43.920 they hear that and say, oh, that's foolish. 12:44.160 --> 12:45.780 Yeah, because the preaching of the cross 12:45.780 --> 12:47.700 is to them that perish foolishness. 12:48.040 --> 12:49.220 When it says to them that perish 12:49.220 --> 12:50.260 is referring to the unsaved. 12:51.980 --> 12:54.220 Salvation, the simplicity of salvation 12:54.220 --> 12:55.940 is foolish to the unsafe person 12:55.940 --> 12:57.400 who preaches a false gospel. 12:58.820 --> 13:00.020 It's just for the preaching of the cross 13:00.020 --> 13:01.540 is to them that perish foolishness, 13:01.540 --> 13:03.400 but unto us which are saved, 13:03.560 --> 13:04.800 it is the power of God. 13:05.580 --> 13:06.520 For it is written, 13:06.760 --> 13:08.780 I will destroy the wisdom of the wise 13:08.780 --> 13:10.300 and will bring to nothing 13:10.300 --> 13:12.040 the understanding of the prudent. 13:12.600 --> 13:13.480 Where is the wise? 13:13.900 --> 13:15.100 Where is the scribe? 13:15.400 --> 13:16.860 Where is the disputer of this world? 13:17.080 --> 13:19.220 Has not God made foolish the wisdom 13:19.220 --> 13:20.100 of this world? 13:20.620 --> 13:21.840 And look, this is what you have to understand. 13:23.220 --> 13:25.040 We shouldn't esteem the knowledge 13:25.040 --> 13:26.120 and the wisdom of this world 13:26.120 --> 13:26.980 because in God's eyes, 13:27.080 --> 13:28.060 God's like this is stupid. 13:28.560 --> 13:29.360 This is nonsense. 13:29.360 --> 13:31.240 These people believe in evolution. 13:32.420 --> 13:34.840 These people reject the Lord Jesus Christ. 13:35.520 --> 13:37.540 These people don't believe in God. 13:37.960 --> 13:41.220 They're masquerading as scholars of the Bible 13:41.220 --> 13:42.940 as though they actually believe the word of God, 13:43.000 --> 13:44.540 but they're wrong. 13:45.100 --> 13:46.000 They're liars. 13:46.880 --> 13:47.620 He says in verse 21, 13:47.920 --> 13:49.940 for after that in the wisdom of God, 13:50.480 --> 13:52.140 listen to this, the world by wisdom 13:52.140 --> 13:53.020 knew not God. 13:53.960 --> 13:56.180 Oh, I just think if you, you know, 13:56.280 --> 13:57.800 if you become a scholar 13:57.800 --> 14:00.200 and you learn church history, 14:00.580 --> 14:02.580 it'll draw you closer to God. 14:02.920 --> 14:03.160 Wrong. 14:03.360 --> 14:06.240 Actually, the world by wisdom knew not God. 14:07.420 --> 14:08.840 And in fact, the world by wisdom, 14:08.940 --> 14:10.560 let me tell you what the wisdom of this world does 14:10.560 --> 14:12.280 to the people who study it out 14:12.280 --> 14:13.660 and go down that road. 14:14.120 --> 14:16.240 It makes them wise in their own eyes. 14:16.760 --> 14:18.240 Professing themselves to be wise, 14:18.360 --> 14:19.100 they become fools. 14:20.260 --> 14:22.240 Their foolish heart becomes darkened 14:22.240 --> 14:23.780 and at the end of the day, 14:23.800 --> 14:25.540 they become people who are ever learning 14:25.540 --> 14:27.980 and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 14:29.240 --> 14:30.940 That's the truth, okay? 14:32.200 --> 14:33.040 He says there 14:34.280 --> 14:36.500 that the world by wisdom knew not God. 14:37.220 --> 14:38.560 And look, I've talked to people online 14:39.320 --> 14:40.740 that seem to have a lot of wisdom. 14:41.700 --> 14:43.180 They can quote church fathers. 14:43.660 --> 14:44.740 They can quote history. 14:45.160 --> 14:46.720 They're very knowledgeable 14:47.370 --> 14:48.640 about the things of this world, 14:48.640 --> 14:50.560 but yet they're not saved. 14:51.400 --> 14:52.920 You know why? Because the wisdom of this world 14:52.920 --> 14:54.520 can't get someone to know God. 14:55.460 --> 14:56.620 It says it please God 14:56.620 --> 14:58.140 by the foolishness of preaching 14:58.140 --> 15:00.060 to save them that belief. 15:00.320 --> 15:02.260 Well, I think that people who do that 15:02.260 --> 15:03.960 like the scholars of this world, 15:04.140 --> 15:06.160 they're reaching a lot of people. No, they're not. 15:07.080 --> 15:08.140 If anything, they're making people 15:08.140 --> 15:10.560 twofold more of a child of health than themselves. 15:11.620 --> 15:13.640 If anything, they're just proselytizing individuals 15:13.640 --> 15:15.460 to be just as wicked as they are. 15:16.260 --> 15:16.700 Whereas, 15:17.580 --> 15:18.760 those of us who are actually 15:18.760 --> 15:20.000 preaching the gospel, 15:20.000 --> 15:21.860 the Bible says that 15:21.860 --> 15:23.420 the foolishness of preaching 15:24.000 --> 15:24.920 saves them that belief. 15:25.340 --> 15:27.700 So while they're spinning the wheels 15:27.700 --> 15:29.900 thinking that they're actually making an impact in this world, 15:30.140 --> 15:31.540 we're actually making a difference 15:31.540 --> 15:33.080 every single week going on and preaching 15:33.080 --> 15:34.080 the cross. 15:35.220 --> 15:36.420 He says in verse 22, 15:36.580 --> 15:37.980 for the Jews require a sign 15:37.980 --> 15:39.980 and the Greeks seek after wisdom, 15:40.420 --> 15:42.260 but we preach Christ crucified 15:42.260 --> 15:43.840 unto the Jews' stumbling block, 15:44.140 --> 15:45.460 unto the Greeks' foolishness, 15:45.460 --> 15:47.560 but unto them which are called both Jews 15:47.560 --> 15:49.340 and Greeks Christ the power of God 15:49.340 --> 15:51.940 and the wisdom of God. I like what it says in verse 23. 15:52.580 --> 15:54.240 He says we preach Christ crucified 15:54.860 --> 15:56.220 and he says there unto the Jews 15:56.220 --> 15:57.280 the stumbling block. In other words, 15:57.380 --> 15:59.480 when we preach, Jews just like, 15:59.580 --> 16:01.540 hey, it's like a stumbling block to it. 16:01.900 --> 16:03.300 They just don't like it, right? 16:04.720 --> 16:05.000 Oh, 16:06.040 --> 16:07.400 these stupid goyim, 16:07.720 --> 16:08.060 you know? 16:10.160 --> 16:11.800 And then it says unto the Greeks' foolishness. 16:11.960 --> 16:13.820 So Greeks, the implication here 16:13.820 --> 16:15.320 is referring to these philosophers, 16:15.880 --> 16:17.900 these wise people, they listen to our preaching 16:17.900 --> 16:20.000 and they're like this is stupid. This is dumb. 16:20.860 --> 16:21.120 But 16:22.020 --> 16:23.700 nowhere in the text is it says so we should, 16:23.780 --> 16:25.860 you know, be careful how we preach 16:25.860 --> 16:28.200 or something like that. No, we preach Christ crucified, 16:28.620 --> 16:29.940 let them stumble, let them 16:29.940 --> 16:32.020 think it's foolish because I'm telling you something right now. 16:32.580 --> 16:33.160 In eternity, 16:33.680 --> 16:35.480 in hell, no one's thinking that. 16:36.640 --> 16:37.500 No one's thinking that. 16:38.300 --> 16:39.100 Verse 24, 16:39.300 --> 16:41.660 but unto them which are called both Jew and Greek Christ the power of God 16:41.660 --> 16:43.420 and the wisdom of God. 16:44.320 --> 16:45.420 Go back to Genesis 16:45.420 --> 16:47.260 41 if you would. Genesis 41. 16:48.140 --> 16:49.680 Actually, no, no, no, stay right there in 1 Corinthians. 16:49.820 --> 16:51.180 Go to chapter 2. Let's go to chapter 2. 16:52.280 --> 16:53.140 Point number 1 16:53.560 --> 16:54.320 is that 16:55.580 --> 16:57.940 the unsaved world can't understand spiritual matters. 16:58.340 --> 16:59.200 That's just the bottom line. 16:59.980 --> 17:02.040 You know, and this is very similar to what we see with Daniel. 17:02.640 --> 17:04.040 And in fact, when you do a Bible study 17:04.040 --> 17:06.480 with these two characters, they're very similar, right? 17:06.900 --> 17:08.580 Joseph is very similar to Daniel. 17:09.000 --> 17:10.400 They're interpreters of dreams. 17:10.400 --> 17:12.080 It was through their interpretation 17:12.080 --> 17:14.600 that the ruler, you know, Nebuchadnezzar 17:14.600 --> 17:16.480 and of course, here, Pharaoh favors 17:16.480 --> 17:19.000 you know, Daniel, they favor Joseph 17:19.000 --> 17:20.640 and it gives them credibility 17:20.640 --> 17:22.040 in their eyes. 17:22.360 --> 17:24.420 And in Daniel chapter 1 verse 17 17:24.420 --> 17:26.520 it talks about the children 17:26.520 --> 17:28.100 Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego 17:28.660 --> 17:29.920 of course, Daniel 17:30.600 --> 17:32.420 you know, that they had knowledge 17:32.420 --> 17:34.400 and skill in all learning 17:34.400 --> 17:36.320 and all wisdom and they were able to 17:36.320 --> 17:37.600 interpret visions and dreams. 17:37.600 --> 17:39.640 And it was because of that 17:39.640 --> 17:41.520 that they gained that credibility 17:41.520 --> 17:42.720 before the rulers 17:42.720 --> 17:44.780 because they were able to interpret things 17:44.780 --> 17:46.420 because they were actually saved people. 17:46.680 --> 17:47.960 God was with them, right? 17:49.380 --> 17:50.880 Colossians chapter 2 verse 8 says 17:50.880 --> 17:52.480 beware lest any men spoil you 17:52.480 --> 17:54.340 their philosophy and vain deceit 17:54.340 --> 17:56.420 after the tradition of men 17:56.420 --> 17:58.260 after the rudiments of the world 17:58.260 --> 18:00.380 and not after Christ. 18:00.840 --> 18:02.480 Look at 1 Corinthians chapter 2 18:03.520 --> 18:05.040 in verse 14 it says 18:05.040 --> 18:07.600 but the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God 18:07.600 --> 18:09.180 for they are foolishness unto him 18:09.180 --> 18:12.100 neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned 18:12.100 --> 18:13.440 but he that is spiritual 18:13.440 --> 18:14.740 judgeeth all things 18:15.280 --> 18:17.360 yet he himself is judged of no man 18:17.360 --> 18:19.300 for who hath known the mind 18:19.300 --> 18:21.180 of the Lord that he may instruct them 18:21.180 --> 18:23.240 but we have the mind 18:23.240 --> 18:25.360 of Christ. Notice that verse 15 doesn't say 18:25.360 --> 18:27.160 but he that is a church father 18:27.160 --> 18:28.200 judgeeth all things 18:28.860 --> 18:30.840 but he that is a scholar of the Bible 18:30.840 --> 18:33.060 judgeeth all things, no it says that he that is spiritual 18:33.060 --> 18:33.960 judgeeth all things. 18:34.380 --> 18:37.440 Referring to a person who possesses the Spirit of God 18:37.440 --> 18:38.640 because they are saved, right? 18:39.460 --> 18:40.440 Point being here 18:40.880 --> 18:42.980 is that you and I have been 18:42.980 --> 18:45.040 deputized by God to judge 18:45.040 --> 18:47.560 all things because of the fact that we have the Spirit of God 18:47.560 --> 18:49.280 dwelling within us 18:49.280 --> 18:50.980 and you know this is not to say 18:50.980 --> 18:53.200 obviously because people are like oh are you saying you can't learn from people 18:53.200 --> 18:54.960 well obviously we learn from people 18:54.960 --> 18:56.640 the Bible specifically says 18:56.640 --> 18:57.760 that he gave some apostles 18:57.760 --> 19:01.040 and some prophets and some evangelists 19:01.040 --> 19:03.420 and some pastors and teachers for the perfecting of the saints 19:03.420 --> 19:04.640 for the work of the ministry 19:04.640 --> 19:06.480 for the edifying of the body of Christ 19:06.480 --> 19:08.400 for sure he has sanctioned 19:08.400 --> 19:10.920 local New Testament churches to mature people 19:10.920 --> 19:12.000 in their knowledge of the Bible 19:12.000 --> 19:15.240 but not at the exclusion of you learning the Bible though 19:15.840 --> 19:16.300 right? 19:16.780 --> 19:18.580 It's not at the exclusion of you being able 19:18.580 --> 19:20.140 to open the Bible 19:20.830 --> 19:22.400 and study the Word of God for yourself 19:22.400 --> 19:23.760 and know what the Bible says there 19:23.760 --> 19:24.400 okay 19:25.780 --> 19:28.160 and so go back to Genesis 41 19:28.160 --> 19:28.600 if you would 19:28.600 --> 19:31.820 look at verse 14 19:31.820 --> 19:32.900 of Genesis 41 it says 19:32.900 --> 19:34.980 then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph 19:34.980 --> 19:36.820 and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon 19:36.820 --> 19:39.040 and he shaved himself and changed his raiment 19:39.040 --> 19:39.940 and came into Pharaoh 19:41.580 --> 19:43.020 and Pharaoh said unto Joseph 19:43.020 --> 19:44.200 I have dreamed a dream 19:44.200 --> 19:46.380 and there is none that can interpret it 19:46.960 --> 19:48.880 and I have heard say of thee 19:48.880 --> 19:51.140 that thou can't understand a dream 19:51.140 --> 19:51.940 to interpret it 19:51.940 --> 19:53.820 and Joseph answered Pharaoh saying 19:53.820 --> 19:54.820 it is not me 19:54.820 --> 19:56.900 God shall give Pharaoh 19:56.900 --> 19:59.280 an answer of peace 19:59.640 --> 20:00.900 so Joseph understands 20:01.620 --> 20:03.380 I'm basically the vessel 20:03.380 --> 20:05.320 to conduit but at the end of the day 20:05.320 --> 20:08.120 the interpretation God's going to be the one who gives it to you 20:08.120 --> 20:08.960 and 20:08.960 --> 20:12.360 what 1 Corinthians 2 tells us 20:12.360 --> 20:14.400 is that the spiritual judge is all things 20:14.400 --> 20:15.500 and look folks 20:15.500 --> 20:17.100 this is why it's important for us to realize 20:17.640 --> 20:18.820 how valuable 20:18.820 --> 20:21.760 just being a saved person 20:21.760 --> 20:22.280 is right? 20:22.960 --> 20:25.240 because if you think about it in 1 Corinthians 6 20:26.020 --> 20:27.140 when it talks about 20:27.140 --> 20:28.740 brother going to law against brother 20:29.240 --> 20:30.380 he's like why don't you just 20:30.380 --> 20:32.560 instead of going to some godless court 20:33.240 --> 20:34.420 to judge the matter 20:34.420 --> 20:37.120 why don't you just ask a brother in church to just do it 20:37.730 --> 20:39.500 because even the least esteemed 20:39.500 --> 20:41.620 brother in the church can judge these matters 20:41.620 --> 20:44.440 better than some godless judge out there 20:45.020 --> 20:45.640 you know 20:45.640 --> 20:47.580 a babe in Christ probably has more 20:47.580 --> 20:49.300 biblical knowledge more 20:49.300 --> 20:51.080 disturbing than what to do in a situation like that 20:51.080 --> 20:52.640 than some wicked judge 20:53.380 --> 20:55.080 who favors homos 20:55.080 --> 20:56.160 and you know 20:56.160 --> 20:57.860 just as a godless person 20:58.680 --> 21:01.340 the point being here is the Bible is constantly pushing 21:01.340 --> 21:03.400 for even the common people 21:03.400 --> 21:04.500 the common believer 21:04.500 --> 21:06.320 to interpret things better 21:06.320 --> 21:08.520 than the wise men of this world 21:08.520 --> 21:11.100 sounds to me like God despises the wisdom of this world 21:11.100 --> 21:13.400 and it sounds to me like God wants us 21:13.400 --> 21:14.900 to have this attitude towards the world 21:14.900 --> 21:16.600 you have nothing to offer me 21:16.600 --> 21:19.480 you have no knowledge outside of the Bible 21:19.480 --> 21:21.180 and you're like why not say people that have 21:21.180 --> 21:21.920 good knowledge 21:21.920 --> 21:23.180 but I'm going to tell you right now 21:23.180 --> 21:26.680 there's obviously just basic knowledge that this world has to offer 21:26.680 --> 21:28.300 that doesn't contradict the Bible 21:28.300 --> 21:29.540 obviously we agree with that 21:29.540 --> 21:32.060 but knowledge that they believe is 21:32.060 --> 21:34.520 outside of the Bible, outside of God 21:34.520 --> 21:36.240 things that are contrary to the word of God 21:36.240 --> 21:38.120 that they claim to be superior to the Bible 21:38.120 --> 21:39.500 that's foolishness and nonsense 21:40.180 --> 21:41.440 the traditions of men 21:42.200 --> 21:44.480 point number two is that seasons of prosperity 21:44.480 --> 21:46.380 should be used to prepare for seasons 21:46.380 --> 21:47.760 of adversity 21:48.430 --> 21:50.040 and obviously 21:50.040 --> 21:52.780 the dream, the interpretation is given to Joseph 21:52.780 --> 21:54.400 and he ends up 21:54.400 --> 21:55.860 explaining to them what they should do 21:55.860 --> 21:57.720 during this time of plenty 21:57.720 --> 22:00.100 you need to make sure you are saving up 22:00.100 --> 22:02.500 storing up because the seven years are going to come 22:02.500 --> 22:03.560 and so forth 22:03.560 --> 22:06.040 not only did Joseph 22:06.040 --> 22:08.300 not only was he able to interpret 22:08.300 --> 22:10.280 the dream in a spiritual manner 22:10.280 --> 22:12.060 explain what's going to happen 22:12.060 --> 22:14.120 but he also provided practicality 22:15.000 --> 22:15.460 thereafter 22:16.340 --> 22:17.640 I really like that 22:17.640 --> 22:18.820 think about that 22:18.820 --> 22:21.160 in other words it was 22:21.160 --> 22:22.420 the man of God 22:22.420 --> 22:25.500 who is not only able to interpret the Bible 22:26.060 --> 22:28.000 but also on a practical level 22:28.000 --> 22:29.460 teach you how to 22:29.460 --> 22:30.380 live it out 22:30.380 --> 22:32.440 in a practical way 22:32.440 --> 22:34.120 and that's how the Bible should be viewed 22:34.120 --> 22:36.320 when we're studying the Bible, when we're here preaching 22:36.320 --> 22:38.860 we want to interpret the deep things of God 22:38.860 --> 22:41.100 but then we also want to apply it 22:41.100 --> 22:43.380 like how can I apply this to my personal life 22:43.380 --> 22:45.300 so Joseph not only offered 22:45.300 --> 22:46.720 the spiritual interpretation 22:46.720 --> 22:49.100 he gave a practical solution 22:49.100 --> 22:51.380 thereafter of what Egypt was supposed to do 22:51.380 --> 22:53.280 in order to not be affected by the famine 22:54.820 --> 22:56.600 point number three here is that 22:56.600 --> 22:58.440 circumstances can change 22:58.440 --> 22:59.440 in an instant 23:00.320 --> 23:02.480 this is what this chapter is teaching us here 23:02.480 --> 23:03.660 because keep in mind 23:03.660 --> 23:05.900 just a few hours before he was in prison 23:05.900 --> 23:07.500 a few hours before 23:07.500 --> 23:08.840 he's just in this dungeon 23:10.680 --> 23:12.460 and when you think about 23:12.460 --> 23:13.760 Joseph's life 23:13.760 --> 23:15.380 especially this particular part 23:15.900 --> 23:17.640 it's literally 13 years 23:17.640 --> 23:20.760 this is taking place over a span of 13 years 23:20.760 --> 23:22.780 that's a long time 23:24.780 --> 23:26.380 obviously compared to 23:26.380 --> 23:26.640 like 23:27.600 --> 23:30.440 eternity it's not long but it is a long time though 23:30.440 --> 23:31.100 13 years 23:31.100 --> 23:33.040 so from the time that he was 23:33.040 --> 23:34.900 you know that he had the dream 23:34.900 --> 23:37.140 that he was sold into slavery 23:37.560 --> 23:39.060 you know went into Potiphar's house 23:39.060 --> 23:40.480 went to prison, was forgotten about 23:40.960 --> 23:41.980 it's 13 years 23:43.340 --> 23:45.040 I don't know about you but I feel like I would have quit 23:45.500 --> 23:46.500 already I would have been like 23:46.900 --> 23:48.300 this is my life now I'm just 23:48.300 --> 23:49.920 a prisoner in a foreign land 23:49.920 --> 23:51.760 never going to see my family ever again 23:51.760 --> 23:54.580 God abandoned me you kind of end up feeling like that right 23:55.160 --> 23:57.120 but I don't know Joseph's just built different 23:57.680 --> 23:58.480 just different 23:59.020 --> 24:00.320 and obviously he had faith 24:00.320 --> 24:01.200 the man 24:02.160 --> 24:03.200 feared God 24:03.200 --> 24:06.240 and we see here that through his life 24:06.240 --> 24:07.440 it demonstrates 24:08.280 --> 24:09.920 it's not over until 24:09.920 --> 24:11.660 the fat lady sings 24:13.720 --> 24:14.740 it's not over 24:14.740 --> 24:16.280 because you know he's there 24:16.280 --> 24:18.880 but he's still just serving the Lord 24:18.880 --> 24:20.500 he's just doing what 24:20.500 --> 24:22.480 his boss is telling him to do in the prison 24:22.480 --> 24:24.120 and then in just an instant 24:24.840 --> 24:25.840 everything changes 24:27.520 --> 24:28.620 now that's important 24:28.620 --> 24:31.100 you say why because sometimes you and I think 24:31.100 --> 24:32.180 oh it's over 24:32.780 --> 24:33.460 it's over 24:34.220 --> 24:36.640 like oh my circumstance is not going to change 24:36.640 --> 24:37.920 it's completely over 24:38.680 --> 24:40.420 things can change in an instant though 24:41.080 --> 24:42.460 things can change overnight 24:42.460 --> 24:44.700 and obviously we know that things can change 24:44.700 --> 24:46.420 overnight for the bad 24:46.420 --> 24:48.440 but it can also change overnight for the good as well 24:48.440 --> 24:49.120 right 24:50.300 --> 24:52.340 and so that's exactly what happened and this is why 24:52.340 --> 24:54.680 it's important folks that you boast not yourself 24:54.680 --> 24:55.360 of tomorrow 24:56.060 --> 24:58.040 for now know it's not what a day may bring forth 24:58.960 --> 24:59.500 you know 24:59.500 --> 25:00.760 don't be presumptuous 25:01.160 --> 25:03.360 and say well the worst possible 25:03.360 --> 25:04.480 thing is just going to happen tomorrow 25:04.480 --> 25:05.320 you don't even know that 25:05.800 --> 25:07.620 but we also on the flip side don't want to say 25:07.620 --> 25:10.540 this great thing is going to happen tomorrow 25:10.540 --> 25:11.660 but you don't really know that either 25:12.280 --> 25:14.740 so really we should just say if the Lord wills 25:14.740 --> 25:14.920 right 25:16.360 --> 25:17.340 life is but a vapor 25:17.340 --> 25:20.360 and what we should say is if the Lord wills 25:20.360 --> 25:21.780 we shall do this or do that 25:21.780 --> 25:24.260 but never become a presumptuous Christian 25:24.260 --> 25:26.020 you know it's good to plan 25:26.020 --> 25:27.660 it's good to have 25:27.660 --> 25:29.160 an objective and to plan 25:29.560 --> 25:31.840 but always put at the end of that plan 25:31.840 --> 25:33.620 if the Lord 25:34.260 --> 25:34.820 wills 25:35.960 --> 25:36.900 it's not over 25:36.900 --> 25:38.480 and it wasn't over for Joseph 25:38.480 --> 25:41.000 13 years in listen to this 25:41.000 --> 25:42.240 and it wasn't over 25:42.240 --> 25:45.080 so you think of your trial your difficulty 25:45.080 --> 25:46.480 what you're going to experience 25:46.480 --> 25:49.760 and you're like yeah but for me it's been 10 years 25:49.760 --> 25:51.400 well it was 13 for Joseph though 25:52.220 --> 25:53.340 just keep that in mind 25:53.340 --> 25:55.940 and it kind of it operates as an example 25:55.940 --> 25:57.820 unto all of us that we need to learn 25:57.820 --> 25:58.520 to endure 25:59.080 --> 26:01.280 and what does it mean to endure as a Christian 26:01.280 --> 26:03.640 it means that you don't quit and you keep 26:03.640 --> 26:04.400 serving God 26:05.060 --> 26:06.540 it's not just about not quitting 26:07.040 --> 26:09.260 it's about not quitting and you're still 26:09.260 --> 26:11.340 serving God in whatever circumstance 26:11.340 --> 26:13.240 you find yourself in that's what it means to endure 26:13.760 --> 26:14.200 okay 26:15.640 --> 26:17.460 and so you know the Bible tells us 26:17.460 --> 26:17.700 that 26:19.260 --> 26:21.300 being confident of this very thing 26:21.300 --> 26:23.020 that he which has begun a good work in you 26:23.020 --> 26:25.420 will perform it until the day of Jesus 26:25.420 --> 26:25.760 Christ 26:26.280 --> 26:28.360 so you think to yourself yeah you know 26:28.360 --> 26:30.260 I've been in this situation for so long 26:30.260 --> 26:32.320 well you know for a fact that it's going to end well 26:32.320 --> 26:34.000 because it ends well for all of us who are saved 26:34.000 --> 26:36.560 because Jesus Christ will perform it 26:36.560 --> 26:38.000 until that day 26:38.700 --> 26:39.980 but even then 26:39.980 --> 26:43.240 the things concerning you the things concerning me 26:43.240 --> 26:43.980 have an end 26:44.500 --> 26:46.100 you're not always going to remain in that 26:46.100 --> 26:47.300 trial forever okay 26:47.860 --> 26:49.740 so those are a few applications 26:49.740 --> 26:51.340 that we can learn from the story of Joseph 26:51.780 --> 26:53.920 let me in these last couple of moments here 26:55.580 --> 26:56.520 give you 26:57.380 --> 27:00.000 how Joseph is a typology 27:00.000 --> 27:01.440 of Jesus Christ okay 27:01.980 --> 27:03.560 we've seen this in previous chapters 27:03.560 --> 27:06.240 how he just represents the Lord in so many different ways 27:06.240 --> 27:07.580 I'm going to give you a couple 27:07.580 --> 27:09.180 and from this particular chapter 27:09.180 --> 27:11.380 first and foremost is that Joseph 27:11.380 --> 27:13.520 we see that he's exalted 27:13.520 --> 27:15.240 after being humiliated right 27:15.840 --> 27:17.320 look at verse 37 it says 27:17.320 --> 27:18.940 and the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh 27:18.940 --> 27:20.720 and in the eyes of all his servants 27:21.360 --> 27:22.700 and Pharaoh said unto his servants 27:22.700 --> 27:25.600 can we find such a one as this 27:25.600 --> 27:27.380 is a man in whom the 27:27.380 --> 27:28.460 spirit of God is 27:28.960 --> 27:30.380 and Pharaoh said unto Joseph 27:30.380 --> 27:32.480 for as much as God had 27:32.480 --> 27:33.800 showed thee all this 27:34.360 --> 27:37.160 there is none so discreet and wise as thou are 27:37.160 --> 27:38.800 thou shall be over 27:38.800 --> 27:41.080 my house and according 27:41.080 --> 27:42.580 unto thy word shall 27:42.580 --> 27:43.840 all my people be ruled 27:43.840 --> 27:46.740 only in the throne will I be greater 27:46.740 --> 27:48.800 than thou and Joseph said unto Joseph 27:48.800 --> 27:50.460 excuse me Pharaoh said unto Joseph see 27:50.460 --> 27:52.920 I have set thee over all the land 27:52.920 --> 27:54.300 of Egypt amazing 27:54.300 --> 27:56.740 so he is in 27:56.740 --> 27:58.900 prison and then the very next 27:58.900 --> 27:59.280 day 28:00.360 --> 28:02.740 he's exalted to be the vice pharaoh of 28:02.740 --> 28:04.340 Egypt which is incredible 28:05.160 --> 28:06.700 just taken from one 28:06.700 --> 28:08.940 situate from the prison to the palace 28:08.940 --> 28:10.480 right from prison 28:10.480 --> 28:11.840 to vice pharaoh 28:12.540 --> 28:14.120 and what can we learn from this that 28:14.120 --> 28:16.680 really applies to being a representation 28:16.680 --> 28:18.460 of Jesus Christ well Jesus 28:18.460 --> 28:20.580 was also humiliated he was betrayed 28:20.580 --> 28:22.680 but then ultimately he was 28:22.680 --> 28:23.480 exalted 28:24.380 --> 28:26.380 Philippians chapter 2 you don't have to turn 28:26.380 --> 28:28.360 there verse number 5 says this 28:28.360 --> 28:30.060 let this mind be in you which is also in 28:30.060 --> 28:32.440 Christ Jesus who being in the form 28:32.440 --> 28:34.140 of God thought about robbery to be equal 28:34.140 --> 28:36.060 with God but made himself of no 28:36.060 --> 28:37.820 reputation and took upon 28:37.820 --> 28:39.860 him took upon him the form of a servant 28:39.860 --> 28:41.960 was made in the likeness of men and 28:41.960 --> 28:43.880 being found in fashion as a man 28:43.880 --> 28:45.760 he humbled himself and became 28:45.760 --> 28:47.980 obedient unto death even the death of the cross 28:48.640 --> 28:50.160 wherefore God also 28:50.160 --> 28:51.800 hath highly exalted 28:51.800 --> 28:54.000 him and given him a name 28:54.000 --> 28:55.780 which is above every 28:55.780 --> 28:57.380 name Joseph 28:58.040 --> 28:59.920 you know was rejected by his own 28:59.920 --> 29:01.900 brethren just as Jesus 29:01.900 --> 29:03.680 came into his own his own received him not right 29:03.680 --> 29:06.200 Joseph was sold into slavery 29:06.200 --> 29:07.760 just as Jesus was 29:07.760 --> 29:09.540 betrayed for 30 pieces of silver 29:09.540 --> 29:11.940 Joseph was lied about in Potiphar's 29:11.940 --> 29:13.440 house just as Jesus was 29:13.440 --> 29:15.240 lied about by the Pharisees 29:15.660 --> 29:17.720 Joseph was imprisoned just as 29:17.720 --> 29:19.780 Jesus was wrongfully punished 29:19.780 --> 29:21.660 Joseph was exalted 29:21.660 --> 29:22.840 to a position of authority 29:23.720 --> 29:25.000 as the vice pharaoh 29:25.000 --> 29:27.200 the person who is under pharaoh 29:27.200 --> 29:29.880 the main ruler just as 29:29.880 --> 29:31.900 Jesus was exalted at the right hand 29:31.900 --> 29:32.360 of God 29:33.400 --> 29:35.780 the Bible tells us in Matthew chapter 20 verse 29:35.780 --> 29:37.900 26 but it shall not be so among you 29:37.900 --> 29:39.780 but whose service shall be great among you 29:39.780 --> 29:40.880 let him be your minister 29:40.880 --> 29:43.660 whose service will be chief among you let him be your 29:43.660 --> 29:45.780 servant even as the son of man came not 29:45.780 --> 29:47.100 to be ministered unto but to minister 29:47.100 --> 29:49.600 and to give his life a ransom for many 29:49.600 --> 29:51.120 so typology number one 29:51.780 --> 29:53.700 Joseph was exalted just as 29:53.700 --> 29:54.420 Jesus was 29:55.500 --> 29:57.140 after his humiliation 29:57.140 --> 29:59.360 number two is that Joseph was 29:59.360 --> 30:00.240 30 years old 30:00.240 --> 30:02.060 when he began to rule 30:02.060 --> 30:04.380 when he began his public rule 30:04.380 --> 30:06.460 in Egypt verse 46 says 30:06.930 --> 30:08.880 Joseph was 30 years old when he stood before 30:08.880 --> 30:10.920 pharaoh king of Egypt and Joseph went 30:10.920 --> 30:12.100 out from the presence of pharaoh 30:12.100 --> 30:14.840 and went throughout all the land of Egypt 30:14.840 --> 30:16.140 and of course Jesus Christ 30:16.140 --> 30:18.400 when he began his ministry proclaiming 30:18.400 --> 30:20.600 the kingdom of God he was also 30:21.050 --> 30:22.980 30 years of age 30:22.980 --> 30:24.860 number three is that Joseph 30:24.860 --> 30:26.500 was given authority listen to this 30:26.500 --> 30:28.980 over the entire kingdom 30:28.980 --> 30:30.700 look at verse number 40 if you would 30:30.700 --> 30:32.640 it says that shall be over my house 30:32.640 --> 30:34.660 according to the word shall all my people 30:34.660 --> 30:36.580 be ruled only in the throne will I be greater 30:36.580 --> 30:38.620 than now and pharaoh said unto Joseph 30:38.620 --> 30:40.580 see I have set thee over all the land of 30:40.580 --> 30:42.560 Egypt and pharaoh took off his ring 30:42.560 --> 30:44.820 from his hand put it upon 30:44.820 --> 30:46.800 Joseph's hand and arrayed 30:46.800 --> 30:48.440 him investors of fine linen 30:48.440 --> 30:50.240 and put a gold chain about his neck 30:50.240 --> 30:52.360 and he made him to ride in the second 30:52.360 --> 30:54.100 chariot which he had and they 30:54.100 --> 30:56.460 cried before him bow the knee 30:56.460 --> 30:58.180 and he made him ruler 30:58.180 --> 31:00.400 over all the land of 31:00.400 --> 31:00.940 Egypt 31:00.940 --> 31:03.580 of course we see in 31:04.320 --> 31:05.540 philippians the bible talks about 31:05.540 --> 31:07.800 every knee shall bow before 31:08.140 --> 31:10.280 the Lord ok and we know that 31:10.280 --> 31:12.200 Jesus said in Matthew 20 verse 18 31:12.200 --> 31:14.560 all power is given unto me 31:14.560 --> 31:16.340 in heaven and 31:16.340 --> 31:18.080 in earth we also see in 31:18.080 --> 31:19.960 Revelation chapter 11 that the kingdoms 31:19.960 --> 31:21.900 of this world have become the kingdoms of our 31:21.900 --> 31:23.840 Lord and of his 31:23.840 --> 31:25.860 Christ I mentioned this already but 31:25.860 --> 31:27.580 every knee was commanded to bow before 31:27.580 --> 31:29.800 Joseph just as we see in Philippians chapter 31:29.800 --> 31:31.480 2 and verse number 11 31:31.480 --> 31:33.540 with the Lord Jesus Christ look at verse 31:33.540 --> 31:35.660 55 if you would of Genesis 31:35.660 --> 31:36.260 41 31:37.760 --> 31:39.360 we see here that Joseph 31:40.180 --> 31:40.920 saved Egypt 31:41.580 --> 31:43.760 he saved Egypt right now what is 31:43.760 --> 31:45.880 Egypt a picture of Egypt is a picture of the 31:45.880 --> 31:47.220 world ok 31:47.220 --> 31:49.060 look at verse 55 it says 31:49.060 --> 31:50.380 when all the land of Egypt was famished 31:50.380 --> 31:52.120 people cried to Pharaoh for bread 31:52.120 --> 31:54.060 and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians 31:54.060 --> 31:56.700 go into Joseph what he saved 31:56.700 --> 31:58.120 to you do 31:58.120 --> 32:00.500 John 635 says this 32:00.500 --> 32:02.760 and Jesus said unto them I am 32:02.760 --> 32:04.800 the bread of life he that cometh 32:04.800 --> 32:06.920 to me shall never hunger and 32:06.920 --> 32:08.620 he that believeth on me shall never thirst 32:08.620 --> 32:10.620 so when the Egyptians were hungry 32:10.620 --> 32:12.520 they were famished they went to 32:12.520 --> 32:14.820 Joseph to receive bread and sustenance 32:14.820 --> 32:16.420 so that they would no longer hunger 32:16.420 --> 32:18.640 just as we go to the Lord Jesus Christ 32:18.640 --> 32:20.660 who is the bread of life and he will 32:20.660 --> 32:22.140 satiate our 32:22.700 --> 32:24.300 our hunger for everlasting 32:24.820 --> 32:26.880 life John 637 says 32:26.880 --> 32:28.720 all that the Father giveth me shall come to me 32:28.720 --> 32:30.640 and him that cometh to me I will in 32:30.640 --> 32:32.700 no wise cast out first 32:32.700 --> 32:34.600 John chapter 4 verse 14 32:34.600 --> 32:36.280 says that we have seen and do testify 32:36.820 --> 32:38.700 that the Father sent the son to be the 32:38.700 --> 32:40.620 savior of the 32:40.620 --> 32:42.420 world look at verse 45 if you would 32:42.420 --> 32:44.200 look at the son of Genesis 41 32:45.760 --> 32:46.540 2 more 32:46.540 --> 32:48.540 and we're almost done verse 45 32:48.540 --> 32:50.020 says and Pharaoh called 32:50.020 --> 32:52.060 Joseph's name Zafnath 32:52.060 --> 32:53.840 Panea now I would have like been like 32:54.420 --> 32:56.140 can we shorten that a little bit you know 32:57.140 --> 32:58.260 Zafnath Panea 32:58.260 --> 33:00.400 and Joseph just sound just rolls 33:00.400 --> 33:02.020 off the tongue he gave him 33:02.020 --> 33:04.220 to wife Asenath the daughter 33:04.220 --> 33:05.740 of Potipharah priest of on 33:05.740 --> 33:08.260 and Joseph went over all the land 33:08.260 --> 33:10.120 of Egypt here's the next typology 33:10.120 --> 33:12.060 is that Joseph received listen to this 33:12.060 --> 33:13.220 a Gentile bride 33:14.120 --> 33:16.200 of Egypt just as the Lord Jesus 33:16.200 --> 33:18.240 Christ the churches 33:18.240 --> 33:19.980 right believers in the New Testament 33:19.980 --> 33:22.020 are essentially the Gentile 33:22.020 --> 33:24.060 bride as well second Corinthians 11 33:24.060 --> 33:25.640 2 says for I am jealous over you 33:25.640 --> 33:27.780 with a godly jealousy for I have a 33:27.780 --> 33:29.660 spouse you to one husband that I may 33:29.660 --> 33:31.240 present you a chaste virgin 33:31.240 --> 33:33.480 to Christ and here's the last 33:34.120 --> 33:35.420 typology of Joseph 33:36.120 --> 33:37.840 that represents the Lord Jesus Christ 33:37.840 --> 33:39.540 and that is that Joseph's sons 33:39.540 --> 33:41.480 illustrates both 33:41.480 --> 33:43.440 testaments. Okay he 33:43.440 --> 33:45.980 illustrate both testaments verse 51 33:45.980 --> 33:47.500 says in Joseph called the name of the 33:47.500 --> 33:49.980 first born Manasseh for God said he 33:49.980 --> 33:51.760 have made me forget all my 33:51.760 --> 33:53.820 toil and all my father's house 33:53.820 --> 33:55.700 and the name of the second called he 33:55.700 --> 33:57.720 Ephraim for God have caused 33:57.720 --> 34:00.000 me to be fruitful in the land 34:00.000 --> 34:01.800 of my affliction we see 34:01.800 --> 34:03.320 in Genesis 48 we'll see this later 34:03.840 --> 34:05.360 Genesis 48 Jacob 34:06.320 --> 34:07.360 deliberately gave 34:07.360 --> 34:09.200 Ephraim who is the younger 34:09.200 --> 34:11.420 son the greater blessing 34:11.420 --> 34:13.520 right just as the New Testament 34:13.520 --> 34:15.080 is the better testament established 34:15.080 --> 34:17.600 upon better promises and so forth 34:17.600 --> 34:19.460 okay and Genesis 34:19.460 --> 34:21.220 48 verse 19 let me read it to you says in 34:21.220 --> 34:23.280 his father refused and said I know it my son 34:23.280 --> 34:25.220 I know it he also shall become 34:25.220 --> 34:27.340 a people and he also shall 34:27.340 --> 34:29.380 be great but truly his younger brother 34:29.380 --> 34:31.420 shall be greater than he 34:31.420 --> 34:33.100 and his seed shall become a 34:33.100 --> 34:35.300 multitude of nations 34:35.300 --> 34:36.780 what are we learning from 34:36.780 --> 34:38.440 Genesis chapter 41 34:38.440 --> 34:40.720 well we see that just one chapter 34:40.720 --> 34:42.780 thereafter everything changes 34:42.780 --> 34:44.640 Genesis 40 34:44.640 --> 34:46.700 he's in prison people forgotten about him 34:46.700 --> 34:48.760 seems to be over but it literally 34:48.760 --> 34:50.520 changes one chapter 34:51.050 --> 34:52.800 after that and if 34:52.800 --> 34:54.840 we can apply anything from 34:54.840 --> 34:56.860 this sermon from this chapter 34:56.860 --> 34:59.020 is that you know we need 34:59.020 --> 35:00.020 not to be presumptuous 35:00.020 --> 35:02.140 okay and we don't need 35:02.140 --> 35:03.260 to jump the gun either 35:03.980 --> 35:05.720 you know I'm thankful that Joseph didn't quit 35:05.720 --> 35:08.180 I'm thankful that Joseph didn't blaspheme 35:08.180 --> 35:10.040 that he got involved in sin 35:10.580 --> 35:12.120 that he just allowed himself 35:12.120 --> 35:13.560 to become a faithless person 35:13.560 --> 35:15.860 it seems as though he was just faithful 35:15.860 --> 35:17.840 all the way through throughout those 35:17.840 --> 35:19.820 13 years he just held strong 35:19.820 --> 35:21.780 he's followed the Lord 35:21.780 --> 35:23.700 served God and God 35:23.700 --> 35:25.700 ended up not only blessing him 35:25.700 --> 35:28.140 but even the nation 35:28.140 --> 35:30.420 that he was in and ultimately his family 35:30.420 --> 35:31.780 so keep this in mind 35:32.980 --> 35:34.180 obviously we're always 35:34.180 --> 35:36.240 I'm always telling people to just don't quit 35:36.240 --> 35:37.560 just stick it out 35:38.260 --> 35:40.380 God will bless you in the long run and it's true 35:40.380 --> 35:42.040 but if you really think about it 35:43.100 --> 35:44.580 we're not the main character here 35:44.580 --> 35:46.060 Joseph is not the main character 35:46.860 --> 35:47.960 because he's going to die 35:48.820 --> 35:50.320 the main character is the Lord 35:50.980 --> 35:52.240 and at the end of the day 35:53.000 --> 35:54.300 God used Joseph 35:54.300 --> 35:55.880 to preserve this nation for sure 35:56.420 --> 35:57.660 but here's the thing folks 35:57.660 --> 35:59.400 is that God used Joseph 35:59.400 --> 36:00.760 to be a blessing to others 36:01.440 --> 36:03.800 so it's important for you not to quit 36:03.800 --> 36:05.160 for your sake 36:06.020 --> 36:07.720 right but it's also important for you 36:07.720 --> 36:09.560 not to quit for the sake of others as well 36:10.360 --> 36:10.760 okay 36:10.760 --> 36:13.460 it's important for you not to quit for the sake of the nation 36:14.400 --> 36:16.080 because our nation needs more believers 36:16.080 --> 36:17.220 that are serving God 36:17.760 --> 36:18.640 well let me say this 36:18.640 --> 36:21.460 it's important for you not to quit for your family as well 36:21.460 --> 36:22.840 for your church family 36:22.840 --> 36:25.220 and so we need to stop viewing the Christian life 36:25.220 --> 36:26.440 in such a selfish manner 36:26.440 --> 36:28.820 what am I going to get out of this 36:28.820 --> 36:30.400 am I going to come out winning 36:30.400 --> 36:31.860 well at the end of the day 36:31.860 --> 36:33.900 we're always on the winning side 36:33.900 --> 36:36.820 but let me say this if you choose not to quit 36:36.820 --> 36:38.700 not only will God bless you 36:38.700 --> 36:39.620 in the long run 36:39.620 --> 36:42.260 but the residual blessings 36:42.260 --> 36:44.060 will affect everyone around you as well 36:44.060 --> 36:46.660 and so be a Joseph 36:46.660 --> 36:49.300 just handle the trial 36:49.300 --> 36:51.040 handle the prison time 36:51.040 --> 36:53.080 you know don't forsake the Lord 36:53.080 --> 36:55.280 you just keep sticking it out 36:55.280 --> 36:56.560 be with God 36:56.560 --> 36:57.660 walk with God 36:57.660 --> 37:00.160 read the Bible 37:00.160 --> 37:01.260 stay faithful to church 37:01.260 --> 37:04.460 even when people are wronging you over and over again 37:04.460 --> 37:05.560 because I'm just telling you right now 37:05.560 --> 37:08.340 it can literally change within a chapter span 37:08.340 --> 37:09.360 alright let's pray 37:09.360 --> 37:11.700 Father we thank you so much for Genesis 41 37:11.700 --> 37:13.080 and the example of Joseph 37:13.080 --> 37:15.580 I pray that you would help us as your people 37:15.580 --> 37:18.740 to exemplify that same endurance 37:19.640 --> 37:20.760 that he didn't 37:20.760 --> 37:22.360 that persistence and that endurance 37:22.360 --> 37:24.380 that faith that hope that he had Lord 37:24.380 --> 37:26.340 and with very minimal 37:26.340 --> 37:27.820 to go off of Lord he 37:27.820 --> 37:29.420 didn't have the written word 37:30.120 --> 37:32.700 and so I pray that Lord you'd help us 37:32.700 --> 37:34.880 to endure that much the more because we do have 37:34.880 --> 37:36.180 the written word of God 37:36.180 --> 37:38.380 we have so much more in the New Testament 37:38.880 --> 37:40.600 and Lord I pray that you would 37:40.600 --> 37:42.220 bless our time together as we fellowship 37:42.220 --> 37:44.460 and we give you thanks for everything 37:44.460 --> 37:45.320 that you've done for us 37:45.320 --> 37:47.520 of course starting with our Lord Jesus Christ 37:47.520 --> 37:49.400 salvation for our church 37:49.400 --> 37:50.720 for believers for family 37:51.260 --> 37:52.980 and every single thing that you've given to us 37:52.980 --> 37:54.780 every good thing and every perfect thing 37:54.780 --> 37:56.960 coming from above from the Father of Light 37:56.960 --> 37:58.020 in whom there is no turning 37:58.020 --> 37:59.860 and I just pray you bless our evening 37:59.860 --> 38:00.680 we love you we thank you 38:00.680 --> 38:02.160 pray this in Jesus' name amen 38:11.810 --> 38:14.090 alright we have one last song this evening 38:14.090 --> 38:16.590 song 161