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Creflo Dollar | Taffi Dollar - The God Of The Comeback | May 2, 2025
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- 'cause, how many of you know, when the blessing is on your
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- That any devil in hell can do to stop god's favor and his power
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- From working on your behalf, amen?
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- Taffi: i want to spend a few minutes-- well, just want to
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- Make the most of the time that we have really going
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- Over scriptures.
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- You know, there are so many scriptures that i want you to
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- See and read tonight and get a hold of-- and not so much me
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- Quoting them, but you to actually get concept and context
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- Of where we want to go.
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- And so it is pivotal and it is pertinent for us just to kind of
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- Dive right into it and go from a to z, amen?
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- And, so, tonight, i guess if we wanna give it a title, i'm gonna
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- Call it, "god of the comeback," god of the comeback.
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- And we're gonna look in john chapter 16, and we're gonna look
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- At some things concerning this subject of him being the god of
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- The comeback.
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- When you've-- when we have an expectation that something good
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- Is going to happen, and an unanticipated or sudden event
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- Occurs, which reverses our anticipation, this is what i
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- Describe tonight as a setback.
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- So, if you're facing a setback, know that god isn't done with
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- You yet.
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- He is not done with us yet, and we know, and we will look at
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- Some scriptures on tonight.
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- So let's look at job chapter 1-- well, let's look at this one
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- Here, john 16, first, and we wanna look at verse 33, and
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- We'll look at it in the kjv and then we'll look at it in the
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- Message translation, the god of the comeback, "these things i
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- Have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace.
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- In the world you shall have--" what-- "tribulations--" tests,
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- Trials, circumstances, situations.
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- He says, "that's what we're going to experience in
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- This world.
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- We're gonna have tribulation, but be of good cheer."
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- Why?
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- He says, "i have--" what-- "overcome the world."
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- Now look at this in the message translation; he says, "i've told
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- You all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakeable and
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- Assured, deeply at peace.
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- In this godless world you will continue to
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- Experience difficulties."
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- He says, "but take heart!"
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- This is the good news: "i have overcome the world-- or i have
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- Conquered the world."
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- And so we wanna look at this because we realize that, in this
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- World, which is where we reside, we're gonna have some tests;
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- We're gonna have some challenges, situations--
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- Difficulties, as one of the translations says-- and he says,
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- "but be of good cheer" because he gives us the ability to
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- Overcome and to conquer.
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- And, so, when we recognize that there are going to be setbacks
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- In this world in which we live, things that happen unexpectedly,
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- Things that occur-- because that's what the scripture says,
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- And that's what the word of god says is that we're gonna have
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- These things that are going to happen, but we can be of
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- Good cheer.
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- We don't have to allow it to just pull us all the way back,
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- To take us, you know, backwards.
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- But we can realize that god has promised it, and, with it, we
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- Can find comfort in his word and move forward.
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- And so let's look at job chapter 1; if there were any person who
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- Had setbacks, it would be this man called job.
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- There were things that were just very treacherous that occurred
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- In his life, so many things that he lost.
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- There are many things that have been lost in the pandemic, and
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- People are still recovering from that.
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- And so, as a result of job's life, we can look at how he
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- Dealt with loss and how he dealt with setbacks in his life-- time
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- After time after time after time.
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- And so these are things that the enemy is trying to do with
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- Our lives.
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- He comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy.
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- He wants our focus; he wants our attention.
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- He's come to try to prevent god's blessing on our life.
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- He comes to do everything to get us distracted, off focus.
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- And, when we recognize what the enemy is trying to do, we can
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- Realize that jesus came to undo the authority that the enemy
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- Took in the garden of eden.
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- And so it says here concerning job that, "there was a man in
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- The land of uz, whose name was job."
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- I was about to say job-- not job, but job; not uz-- not oz,
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- But uz.
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- "there was a man in the land of uz, whose name was job; and that
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- Man was perfect and upright, and one that feared god, and
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- Eschewed evil."
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- And so, you know, according to the scripture, because he did
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- Everything right, because he was upright, he feared god, did
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- Right by god, you wouldn't think that he would experience a
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- Setback in the things that would take place in his life.
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- You would think that, because he was right-standing and doing
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- Everything right, that there wouldn't be anything that would
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- Be wrong that would take place in his life.
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- But, how many of you know, there's a devil loose?
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- And, because the enemy is loose, he wants to wreak havoc.
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- And so look down in verse 19 of this same chapter; look at what
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- Happened to job and the things that gave him the potential to
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- Be set back.
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- "and, so behold," it says, "there came a great wind from
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- The wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and
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- It fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and i only am
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- Escaped alone to tell thee."
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- So we see that there were people that lost their lives.
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- "then job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and
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- Fell down upon the ground, and--" what-- "worshipped, and
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- Said, 'naked came i out of my mother's womb, and naked shall i
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- Return thither; the lord gave, the lord hath taken away;
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- Blessed be the name of the lord.'"
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- So joel was a shining example-- wouldn't you agree-- of god in
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- The earth, and we see how he responded when the attack came.
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- It didn't just come one time, but, if you were to read that
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- Entire chapter, it happened two, three times, over and over and
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- Over again.
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- It repeatedly happened, to the point where it was something
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- That the enemy was really trying to take his life.
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- And, so, in the midst of a setback, a couple things you
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- Have to remind yourself of.
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- Number 1, that god will never stop loving me.
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- Number 2, he has a plan for my life.
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- Number 3, i'll trust him when i don't understand.
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- And there are some things that we can learn from job's life,
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- From job's example when this setback came, when he lost the
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- Lives of those who were close to him.
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- And it gives us a example that we can begin to study out and
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- Recognize that setbacks have occurred in the lives of
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- Godly people.
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- Turn over to james chapter 5, verse 11, and this refers to job
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- As well because, regardless of how perfect or flawless of a
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- Person you try to be, you're in this world; we're not of it, but
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- We're gonna have some challenges.
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- So it says, "behold, we count them happy which endure.
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- You have heard of the patience of job, and have seen the end of
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- The lord; that the lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy."
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- So i'd like to, kind of, have you refer to what was the end of
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- Job, in job 42, verse 10.
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- Let's look at what his life ended up being because, even
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- Though he had a setback, god manifested himself and gave him
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- A comeback.
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- And that's what we see time and time and time again is that, not
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- Only is there a setback, but god will set you up to do things
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- Greater and higher, far better than what you can ever imagine.
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- So it says, talking about job here and the things that
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- Happened in his life, time and time again, "the lord turned the
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- Captivity of job, when he prayed for his friends."
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- Think of that: prayer, captivity was turned.
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- "also--" listen to this-- "the lord gave job twice twice as
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- Much as he had before."
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- The god of the comeback.
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- A setback is a loss of progress; it's a defeat of a plan; it's
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- Anything that sets you back.
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- Now, look at habakkuk chapter 3, verse 17; i think this will help
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- To shed some light on how god turns setbacks into comebacks.
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- Habakkuk chapter 3, verse 17, love what it says here,
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- "although the fig tree shall not blossom--" this is a setback--
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- "neither shall the fruit be in the vines; the labour of the
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- Olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock
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- Shall be cut off from the fold."
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- So we see several things.
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- I mean, you're talking about the fig tree not blooming, the fruit
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- Not being on the vines, the labor failing, the fields not
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- Yielding meat, the flock being cut off.
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- So you're talking about five different things that ordinarily
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- Would occur, but, during this time, they did not.
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- Let's look at verse 18, "and there shall be no herd in the
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- Stalls; yet i will rejoice in the lord god."
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- So, even though there were all these things that were trying to
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- Set them back, what did they say?
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- "yet, i will joy in the god of my salvation."
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- When everything is going wrong, four, five things that were
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- Unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, that came out of
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- Nowhere unbeknownst to me, he says, "yet i will rejoice in the
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- Lord, and i will joy in the god of my salvation."
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- Because the enemy doesn't want you to rejoice when bad things
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- Happen, when you have a setback or report or something that
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- Occurs, or someone does something that kind of pulls the
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- Rug out from up under you.
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- He doesn't want you to rejoice in the god of your salvation.
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- He wants you to complain, to curse, to throw in the towel,
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- Probably go beat somebody up, kick the dog.
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- But, with everything that occurred, they found joy in the
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- God of their salvation.
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- I'm telling you, that's powerful; that's
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- Supernatural, amen?
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- Now, let's look at joseph's life; turn over to genesis
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- Chapter 37.
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- Much of joseph's life included a series of painful setbacks, from
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- The dream that he had of who god showed him that he would be and
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- How it was interpreted to do things unlike his siblings-- and
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- His siblings, "like, who do you think you are?
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- Why do you get all the special treatment?"
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- You know, the scripture talks about how, you know, he was
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- Loved more than the other ones, and-- look at 37 of genesis,
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- Chapter 37, verse 3; skip down to verse 3--it says, "now israel
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- Loved joseph more than all his children."
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- Not gonna ask any parents here tonight [speaking in tongues];
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- We're just gonna keep on reading, praise the lord.
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- "now israel loved joseph more than all his children, because
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- He was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of
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- Many colours."
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- Verse 4, "and when his brethren saw that their father loved him
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- More than all his brethren, they--" what?
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- Oh, how many of you know, it was not a good life.
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- They hated joseph, despised him, because he was loved more, "and
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- Could not speak peaceably unto him."
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- Verse 5, "and joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his
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- Brethren: and they hated him yet the more."
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- Now, look at what happened; skip down to verse 36 of the
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- Same chapter.
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- Of course, we know it, but just for the sake of context, "and
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- The midianites sold him--" referring to joseph-- "into
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- Egypt unto potiphar, an officer of pharaoh's, and a captain of
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- The guard."
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- So they sold him to potiphar.
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- He had a hard time as a slave, but eventually the scripture
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- Talks about how joseph had a revelation of the fact that god
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- Was with him, and he wasn't alone, and the blessing that got
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- On joseph, and all the things that happened where he was
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- Promoted, he was elevated, he was placed in charge, he was
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- Given authority to run things and manage things because of the
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- Blessing that was on his life.
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- And there was nothing that the enemy could do, where there were
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- Temptations and tests that were arranged to frame him, but he
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- Was able to manage and get away from it.
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- And so there were many things that were designed to set joseph
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- Back because, how any of you know, sometimes people will try
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- To set you back-- not to mention your own family.
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- In joseph's case, his own family was trying to set him back and
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- Do him harm and did not like him.
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- In fact, they not just didn't like him, but they hated him.
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- But look at what happened with joseph because we're talking
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- About the god of the comeback; joseph was the comeback kid.
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- And, i'm telling you, if we trust god, he'll call us to
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- Bounce back from situations that were designed for our harm.
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- 'cause, how many of you know, when the blessing is on your
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- Life, the anointing is on your life.
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- The favor of god is on your life, and you know who you are
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- In christ, there's nothing that any devil in hell can do to stop
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- God's favor and his power from working on your behalf, amen?
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- So look at this in genesis 45; i love how joseph responded in
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- Spite of the setback, and all the things that he could have
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- Done when he came in contact with those who sold him into
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- Slavery and who meant to do him harm.
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- Let's look at this from the message translation; let's
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- Switch over to a different translation; i love how it's
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- Says it here in verse 11.
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- So, the short-- or the-- make a long story short, this is joseph
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- When he comes in contact with his brothers when they're
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- In need.
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- He says, "hurry back to my father.
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- Tell him, 'your son joseph says: i'm master of all egypt.
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- Come as fast as you can and join me here."'
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- He recognized who they were.
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- He says, "'i'll give you a place to live in goshen where you'll
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- Be close to me-- you, your children, your grandchildren,
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- Your flocks, your herds, and anything else you can think of.
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- I'll take care of you there completely.
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- There are still five more years of famine ahead; i'll make sure
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- All of your needs are met, taken care of, you and everyone
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- Connected with you-- you won't want for a thing.'
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- Look at me.
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- You can see for yourselves, and my brother benjamin can see for
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- Himself, that it's me."
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- Joseph was introducing himself.
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- He says, "'my own mouth, telling you all this.
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- Tell my father all about the high position that i hold in
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- Egypt, tell him everything that you've seen here,
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- But don't take all day--
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- Hurry up and get my father down here.'
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- Then joseph threw himself on his brother, benjamin's neck and
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- Wept, and benjamin wept.
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- He then kissed all his brothers and wept over them."
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- You're talking about decades of separation, decades of what had
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- Occurred, probably the trauma, seeing them.
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- He says that he threw himself on his brother's neck, and they
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- Wept; he wept; he kissed them.
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- "only then were his brothers able to talk with him.
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- The story was reported to pharaoh's palace: 'joseph's
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- Brothers have come.'
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- And it was good news to pharaoh and all who worked with him."
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