Taffi Dollar - The God Of The Comeback

May 2, 2025 | 27:29

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Creflo Dollar | Taffi Dollar - The God Of The Comeback | May 2, 2025
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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.
  • 00:19:20.394 --> 00:19:29.036
  • 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?
  • 00:20:27.461 --> 00:20:35.069
  • 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
  • 00:20:59.894 --> 00:21:03.664
  • 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,
  • 00:21:48.642 --> 00:21:55.116
  • 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
  • 00:22:04.058 --> 00:22:11.098
  • 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
  • 00:22:23.444 --> 00:22:28.082
  • 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.
  • 00:22:34.121 --> 00:22:37.992
  • Tell my father all about the high position that i hold in
  • 00:22:37.992 --> 00:22:43.798
  • Egypt, tell him everything that you've seen here,
  • 00:22:43.798 --> 00:22:53.274
  • But don't take all day--
  • 00:22:53.274 --> 00:22:56.944
  • Hurry up and get my father down here.'
  • 00:22:56.944 --> 00:23:04.985
  • Then joseph threw himself on his brother, benjamin's neck and
  • 00:23:04.985 --> 00:23:10.791
  • 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
  • 00:23:23.471 --> 00:23:31.812
  • Occurred, probably the trauma, seeing them.
  • 00:23:31.812 --> 00:23:38.319
  • He says that he threw himself on his brother's neck, and they
  • 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:41.889
  • Wept; he wept; he kissed them.
  • 00:23:41.889 --> 00:23:44.658
  • "only then were his brothers able to talk with him.
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  • The story was reported to pharaoh's palace: 'joseph's
  • 00:23:51.232 --> 00:23:56.170
  • Brothers have come.'
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  • And it was good news to pharaoh and all who worked with him."
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