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So why am I dressed like an 
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Well, the answer is simple. 
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thinking about disguises in the 
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And you know there is one man 
whose life was marked by 

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disguises. 
His name is Jacob. 

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Now, you don't need me to tell 
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a terrible liar. 
You remember that day, don't 

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you, where Jacob positioned 
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He'd made some beautiful lentil 
Stew. 

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And here his brother, the first 
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And Esau had come back 
exhausted, so, so hungry. 

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And he said, please, Jacob, will
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that lentil Stew? 
But Jacob very craftily said, 

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OK, yes, I will give you the 
lentil Stew under one condition,

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Esau, you are the first born. 
You give me your birthright. 

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And you can imagine what's going
through Esau's mind at this 

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point. 
But that's so precious to me. 

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But at the same time, if I don't
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bad could really happen to me. 
Or what does it matter? 

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Yes, you can have the 
birthright. 

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Just give me some of that lentil
Stew. 

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And So what did Jacob do? 
He took the birthright for 

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himself. 
But then the story gets even 

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worse. 
And this is where our disguises 

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come in. 
Rebecca, Esau and Jacob's mother

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actually had a favorite. 
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It was Jacob. 
And she also was very deceitful,

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very crafty, and she came up for
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She knew her husband Isaac was 
old in age and his eyesight 

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wasn't very good. 
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the blessing that Isaac was 
going to give to his first born 

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son, to Esau. 
So what she did is she cooked 

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his favorite meal, a meal that 
would be very similar to what 

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Esau would cook. 
And Esau was outgoing to hunt 

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for some food to bring it back 
to Isaac. 

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She got Jacob and she got some 
goat skins. 

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She got a disguise and because 
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Jacob was smooth skinned, she 
laid the goat skins on Jacob's 

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arms and on his neck and then 
said, go into your father, take 

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his favorite meal before him. 
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And he hears Jacob's voice and 
it doesn't sound like Esau's, it

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sounds like Jacob's. 
And he says, Are you sure? 

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It's you, my son Esau is it? 
I want to make sure sure I'm 

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giving the blessing to the right
person. 

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Yes, yes, Father, it's me. 
Just come closer to me. 

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So I can feel that it. 
It certainly is you, Esau. 

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And so he puts his hand on him, 
on his arms, on his neck, and he

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feels the hair that feels just 
like his son, his strong son, 

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Esau. 
And he says, here, I give this 

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blessing to you. 
Then Esau comes back and 

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realizes not only has he lost 
his birthright, but he's also 

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lost his blessing. 
And he falls to the floor and he

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cries. 
And he says, father, is there 

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any blessing left for me? 
And there was, fortunately, some

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kind of blessing, but that isn't
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The point is this. 
Jacob used a disguise to fool 

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his father, and disguises would 
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OK, now let's meet a Jacob who's
a little bit older, A Jacob, 

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like most young men, who wants 
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So he goes a little further, a 
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sets his eyes on a woman called 
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His heart was so in love with 
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She was beautiful to the eyes. 
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So he approached her father 
Laban and said, can I marry your

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daughter? 
Laban said, yes, you can marry 

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my daughter, but again, under 
one condition, you must work for

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me for seven years. 
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And it actually says in the 
Scripture that it felt like days

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because he was so in love with 
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He didn't, he didn't mind. 
It didn't bother him at all. 

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I'll do anything to marry this 
woman. 

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But here's the bit that's very 
interesting. 

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After the seven years were up, 
it was time now for Jacob to 

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marry his wife. 
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wedding, Laban took his daughter
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Leah, the older sister. 
Now, this is where the disguises

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come in. 
He took Leah and he put her in a

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wedding garment, in a disguised 
Clover, in this garment. 

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And the next day Leah stood 
before Jacob and Jacob thought 

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he was marrying Rachel, but 
instead he married the wrong 

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sister. 
So now he is the one who was the

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deceiver, and he himself had 
been deceived, and now he had to

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work another seven years to then
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woman who he truly loved. 
Listen to me. 

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One of the problems with our sin
is very sadly, it can often be 

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passed down to our loved ones, 
to our family members. 

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And that's exactly what happened
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Here we find an older Jacob, but
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own children. 
Now you probably know the story 

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very well. 
Jacob, again, he had a favorite.

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It was Joseph. 
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him to Esau, he himself 
preferred Joseph to all of his 

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children. 
I think it was mainly because 

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he, alongside Benjamin, was the 
child of his beloved wife 

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Rachel. 
Now Joseph, because his father 

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loved him so much, received a 
coat of many colours. 

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And not only that, Joseph, I 
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his head, but he would say 
unwise things. 

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He would tell his brothers. 
Listen guys, I had a dream last 

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night. 
I'm just going to put it bluntly

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to you. 
You guys all got down on your 

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knees and you bowed down to me 
because I was an authority. 

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I was the boss over you guys. 
So here the brothers, not only 

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could they see that their father
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here he was spouting all of 
these things about them. 

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And they got jealous, they got 
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So when an opportunity arose one
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the wilderness, they took 
Joseph, they laid hands on him, 

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and they threw him into a pit. 
Now there was a bit of a debate 

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on what should they do? 
Should they finish him or what 

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should they do? 
In the end they decided to send 

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him off to some Ishmaelites, off
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So they sold him and away went 
Joseph into Egypt. 

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Now this is where it wasn't 
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have a garment that is involved.
They took Joseph's coat of many 

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different colors and they dipped
it in blood. 

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And they went home to their 
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And they said, father, you're 
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our precious son Joseph today 
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See, this is his coat of many 
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This is all we have that is left
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And Jacob was grieved to his 
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lost his son Joseph. 
So take all of that into your 

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mind. 
And now tell me, have you 

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guessed our next disguise here? 
We have Jacob's sons, and he 

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sends them to Egypt because 
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the land, but Egypt is plentiful
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And they find themselves stood 
in front of the second most 

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powerful man in Egypt, an 
Egyptian man, it seems to them, 

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a man in disguise. 
Why is this man in disguise? 

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Because it is their very own 
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And the Scripture says that he 
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Egyptian. 
Maybe it was because there was a

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bit of anger that was there, but
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to see are they the same? 
Is there any loyalty inside of 

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them? 
So Joseph plays a few games with

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them. 
He demands that they bring back 

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their son Benjamin. 
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Benjamin, he treats Benjamin 
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showing favouritism for him. 
And then when it's time to go 

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back, he hides some silver 
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accuses Benjamin of stealing. 
And then Judah, Judah, the one 

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whose idea it was to sell 
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Judah, who we're going to come 
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said, no, I will stand in his 
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Take me instead. 
And eventually Joseph removes 

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his identity. 
He removes his disguise and he 

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breaks down in tears and he 
weeps because there's nothing 

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but love in his heart for his 
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OK, let's continue. 
Let me now share with you 

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perhaps the most shocking out of
all of these disguises, out of 

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all of this deception. 
So Judah, the man whose idea it 

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was to sell Joseph away, Judah 
the son of Jacob Judah, who 

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perhaps learnt his deceit from 
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Jacob Judah had two sons and 
they were married to a woman 

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called Tamar. 
One son had perished and then 

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the other son had later then 
married Tamar and then he later 

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perished too. 
Now the tradition back then was 

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often that the father of the, 
the the daughter-in-law would 

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give his children to the 
daughter-in-law in marriage. 

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And so Judah promised Tamar that
yes, you can have my my youngest

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son, Shayla as your husband when
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But what he decided to do 
instead, because he was perhaps 

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fearful, like, is this going to 
be the same fate that that I 

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will lose another son? 
Because it seems like every son 

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that marries this woman is his 
is dying. 

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Will I lose another one to this 
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Tamar? 
He decides instead, just go to 

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your father's house, just go 
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And he decides not to keep the 
promise and just leaves Tamar in

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a position of limbo, not telling
her whether she is or is not 

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going to be able to marry one of
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So Tamar takes matters into her 
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Tamar goes and stands by a 
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Judah would pass by this 
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And she's dressed in disguise. 
She's dressed as a you can 

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probably use your imagination. 
And here she beckons Judah in. 

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And Judah says, yes, I will, I 
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But I don't have any payment 
with me right now. 

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So Tamar says, I'll tell you 
what. 

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And here is what the the payment
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If you promise to pay me, you 
just need to give me a pledge, 

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OK, Give me your seal, give me 
your cord, give me your staff as

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a pledge that you will one day 
pay me. 

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And so Judah agrees. 
And as you can imagine, what 

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happens next. 
Now a few weeks, a few months go

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by and take Tamar is found to be
pregnant and Judah hears of 

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this. 
My daughter-in-law is pregnant 

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outside of marriage and he's 
furious and he's ready to punish

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her and he brings her forward. 
You must be punished now, Tamar.

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Then Tamar shows something to 
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She shows him his seal, she 
shows him his cord, she shows 

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him his staff and says you for 
the father, Judah. 

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And suddenly Judah is overcome 
with humility, with repentance, 

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realizing yes, he's been 
deceived. 

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Yes, there was a disguise, but 
he is the one who has done 

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wrong. 
The Bible says Judah recognized 

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them. 
And that's talking about his 

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seal and his staff and said she 
is more righteous than I since I

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wouldn't give her to my son. 
Shella, guys, come on now, talk 

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to me. 
How do we untangle all of this? 

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Is there anything you and I can 
learn from this web of lies, 

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from all of this deceit? 
Well, actually there is 

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something. 
There's another verse I would 

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like to share with you. 
And if you've watched this 

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channel for any amount of time, 
you know that I share this verse

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often. 
It's a verse I dwell on so very 

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much, and it's in Galatians 6 
verse 7. 

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And it goes like this. 
Do not be deceived. 

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God cannot be mocked. 
A man reaps what he sows. 

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Whoever sows to please their 
flesh from the flesh will reap 

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destruction. 
Whoever sows to please the 

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Spirit from the Spirit will reap
eternal life. 

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I really do believe that many of
the phrases that people use in 

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the world, really they're just 
taking biblical wisdom. 

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What about this phrase? 
What goes around comes around. 

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It's really just another play on
this verse. 

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You reap what you sow. 
And often those who live their 

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lives with deceit, that deceit 
will one day come back and it 

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will haunt them. 
It will come back with a 

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vengeance on the person who has 
spread so many lies. 

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And it doesn't take a genius to 
figure out if you go around 

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spending your life lying to the 
people cheating them, don't be 

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surprised if one day you 
yourself don't get scammed if 

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you yourself don't find someone 
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If you are a man and you're 
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spend your evenings unfaithful 
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don't be surprised if in the 
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that your wife has been 
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If you're a parent and your lips
speak terrible words, horrible 

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words, do not be surprised if 
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little ears, as that song goes, 
be careful little ears, what you

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hear, do not be surprised if 
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grow up and utter the same 
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You cannot blame them when you 
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many, many times. 
If you are greedy, if you always

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covet, if you take too much 
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day people take from you or if 
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been so greedy for. 
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price for all that you have 
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you've overindulged. 
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so careful. 
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I did once hear a preacher say 
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agree with him at all, but he 
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I think that's going way too far
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that backs it up. 
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of Jacob, when we look at David,
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David and his family members. 
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raised his sons, we do see that 
our children are watching us and

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we will reap what we sow. 
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you want your family members, if
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and those around you to be 
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a holy life. 
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Yes, you will make mistakes. 
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You know, I lost my temper the 
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my little boy Samuel, Daddy 
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have to humble ourselves before 
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We have to admit that we've done
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Well, I'm so glad you asked 
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lesson here? 
God works through imperfect 

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people. 
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12 tribes of Israel. 
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Judah, which is one of the most 
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Israel. 
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been studying on this channel so
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many promises that are going to 
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Israel. 
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through the people of Israel. 
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And yet from this, from this man
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maybe who, who was a sinful man 
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doesn't write us off. 
He doesn't just finish us and 

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throw us away. 
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You see, the Bible says so often
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God of Abraham, the God of 
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So here God is saying, I am not 
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this deceitful man, this lying 
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I'm the God of him. 
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beautiful lesson. 
If you're a deceiver, if you're 

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a liar, if you've got on clean 
eyes like me, perhaps if you get

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pride, prideful at times like 
me, if you're jealous at times 

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like me, if you're a Sinner like
me, like this man staring at you

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right now. 
If you're you're able to say 

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yes, I am all of these things, 
Joe, I am a sinful man. 

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God is still your God and he 
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And he's all you have to do is 
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Look at the great lengths that 
the Son of God went to, to die 

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for you so that you could be 
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Though you have made a mess, 
though you failed God so many 

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times, though you may have done 
so many things, you're in of God

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still loves you and he's still 
your God and he hasn't cast you 

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off. 
He's made a salvation plan 

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through his Son, the Lord Jesus 
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And all of your sins past, 
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with on the cross at Calvary. 
The blood of Christ was shed so 

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you can be forgiven and washed 
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And I want to know if you're 
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have you received this 
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Have you realized that He is 
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He cares about you, so you've 
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He still cares about you. 
It doesn't matter what the world

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says about it doesn't matter 
what your neighbor says about 

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you, what your friends say about
you, what your family says about

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you. 
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He says, I delight in you for 
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me. 
There is a beautiful picture in 

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the prodigal son. 
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Well, here is this young man and
he's done all that he thought he

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wanted to do. 
He went out and he said to his 

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father, just give me all of the 
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Let me spend my money now and 
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And he went out and he partied, 
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money. 
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surrounded by pigs working on a 
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And because he was so hungry, he
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himself. 
And then a thought came into his

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mind. 
My father's servants at home are

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fed better than these. 
What if I just go home to my 

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father? 
And what if I just say sorry, 

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Father, please just forgive me. 
I've sinned against heaven and 

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earth. 
Just please will you forgive me,

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Father? 
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Well, he plucks up the courage 
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And he sees his father now as 
the prodigal, his son is seen in

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the distance on the horizon. 
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And you see the the boy, he 
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father. 
Now what does the father do when

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he sees him? 
Does he walk in the opposite 

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direction? 
Does he run in the opposite 

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direction, away from the sun? 
No, he runs towards the sun. 

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He runs towards that prodigal. 
And he wraps his arms around him

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and says you're forgiven, let's 
throw a party, come in, let's 

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get the fatted carve. 
Let's do everything. 

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Let me put a ring on your hand. 
I love you to pieces and 

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friends. 
That is what God is waiting to 

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do for you. 
That is what God wants to do for

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you right now. 
He doesn't run in the opposite 

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direction when you walk towards 
him, When you run to him, he 

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runs towards you and wraps his 
arms around you. 

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You probably know this video has
been a little bit raw, a little 

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bit unedited. 
I wanted to come back to where I

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used to film in the forest. 
I'm just playing around with 

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different things. 
Please forgive me if things 

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didn't didn't make sense, if I 
didn't have all of my facts 

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correct. 
I'm just doing my best. 

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I just want to share the gospel 
and just talk to you as a 

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friend. 
Not always have all of this, you

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know, all of this drama and all 
of this sensation that we put 

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into the video. 
Sometimes I just want to talk to

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you about the Bible. 
Let me know how you felt about 

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this. 
And if you are new to the 

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And if you would like to see 

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God bless you all and thank you 
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