WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.660 Welcome to the Willow Ridge Sermons podcast. 00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:14.100 We're so glad you chose to listen today. 00:00:15.060 --> 00:00:18.720 Today, we reflect on Joseph's pivotal role in the Christmas story 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:22.840 and the lessons his life teaches us about faith, obedience, and compassion. 00:00:23.700 --> 00:00:26.100 Faced with the unimaginable news of Mary's pregnancy, 00:00:26.380 --> 00:00:30.520 Joseph chose patience, justice, and trust in God's plan. 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:33.960 Through his journey, we explore the person of Christ as Savior 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:36.240 and the promise of Emmanuel, God with us. 00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:41.280 Join us as we uncover how Joseph's faithfulness points us to the hope we have in Jesus. 00:00:41.900 --> 00:00:42.640 Thanks for listening. 00:00:53.980 --> 00:00:55.020 Well, good morning. 00:00:55.660 --> 00:00:57.960 It is good to be here with you guys today. 00:00:58.100 --> 00:00:59.580 If you have your Bible, and I hope you do, 00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:04.420 I want to invite you to join us in Matthew chapter 1 is where we will be. 00:01:04.860 --> 00:01:07.800 If you're our first-time guest, I want to echo what Pastor Dave said. 00:01:07.860 --> 00:01:10.080 We're so grateful and so glad that you were here. 00:01:10.380 --> 00:01:13.240 One small favor that I would ask of you is at the end of the service, 00:01:13.540 --> 00:01:15.480 my wife and I will be back here at this table. 00:01:15.580 --> 00:01:18.920 If you wouldn't mind stopping by, we would love to meet you 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.220 and to thank you for being here to worship with us. 00:01:22.220 --> 00:01:28.420 And if you have any questions about our church, it would be a wonderful opportunity for you to get those questions answered. 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:33.220 Also, as you guys know, on a lot of our Thursdays since Hurricane Helene came, 00:01:33.520 --> 00:01:35.340 we've been going out and doing some work. 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:43.180 And this Wednesday, we will have two different locations set up that we are going to work at here in West Columbia. 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:49.160 And so if you would be able to serve that morning, we would greatly appreciate it. 00:01:49.720 --> 00:01:54.280 Ideally, we got kind of a unique situation, the tree removal that we're doing, 00:01:54.620 --> 00:01:56.960 and we may need a couple of dump trailers. 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:01.180 So if you have access to that and you can volunteer that day, that would be great. 00:02:01.460 --> 00:02:04.300 If you could let me know if you'd like to volunteer that day, 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:06.920 we'll be back in the back and you can share that with me. 00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:11.720 Also, Pastor Dave will be sending out an email this week, and you can respond and let us know. 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.680 We will be doing some cutting, but we also will be doing just some hauling off 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:17.500 and picking things up and moving those. 00:02:17.640 --> 00:02:24.240 So if you're ready to get a good bicep and back workout that day, we would love to have you with us. 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:32.360 Also, we are in the final stages of our budgeting process that we've been working on since this past August, 00:02:32.440 --> 00:02:35.900 or even Joel's been working on it into the summer months, 00:02:35.940 --> 00:02:39.880 and there are copies of the budget that are back here as you walk through the doors. 00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:42.960 And we'll have our vote on that for membership in a couple weeks. 00:02:43.260 --> 00:02:47.980 The whole schedule is there to kind of walk you through the process of what we're doing with the budget. 00:02:48.300 --> 00:02:52.620 However, our budget looks a little different this year with a cover letter on the front of that. 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:56.440 And so I want to explain to you why we are doing what we're doing with that cover letter, 00:02:56.520 --> 00:02:59.480 but it shares all of this information as well. 00:02:59.720 --> 00:03:03.600 One of the largest increases that we have in our budget, percentage-wise, 00:03:03.920 --> 00:03:08.220 which is a little bit different than how we've done things here in the last several years, 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:09.780 is in our personnel. 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:16.140 And so kind of how we have our budget broken out is personnel, and that's the staff. 00:03:16.620 --> 00:03:22.540 Then our operations, which is the usage and the things that take place in our buildings, 00:03:22.920 --> 00:03:26.720 our ministries, what we do inside with you guys in our congregation, 00:03:26.720 --> 00:03:32.220 and then our missions, what we do outside of the walls, both locally and across the globe. 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:37.840 And so because that has not been a budget line item that has jumped like it has, 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:39.640 I want to kind of explain the reason why. 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:47.240 We're still operating in under what is recommended for church of our size to operate in personnel. 00:03:47.740 --> 00:03:53.240 But what we are doing is we are taking a position that has been part-time, 00:03:53.340 --> 00:03:56.180 and we are moving it to a full-time status. 00:03:56.280 --> 00:04:00.420 And that new position will be our director of facilities and young adult ministries, 00:04:00.700 --> 00:04:02.720 which is led by Josh Nix. 00:04:02.720 --> 00:04:05.340 And so Josh has been working for the church part-time, 00:04:05.640 --> 00:04:10.620 and so the increase in that budget is to move that to a full-time position. 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:15.140 And so we just wanted to give some clarity and explanation of why you would see that. 00:04:15.200 --> 00:04:18.580 But we will have a budget meeting that you guys can come and ask questions. 00:04:18.880 --> 00:04:23.640 If you have any questions between now and the time of vote, please feel free to ask. 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:27.400 We would love to answer all of those for you. 00:04:27.400 --> 00:04:33.260 Well, as we get into our message this morning, as we're looking at the different characters 00:04:33.260 --> 00:04:37.520 and individuals that we meet in this Christmas story, 00:04:37.520 --> 00:04:41.500 I want to read to you a verse from our passage this morning. 00:04:41.640 --> 00:04:45.140 Matthew 1.23 says this, 00:04:45.220 --> 00:04:53.040 Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel. 00:04:53.760 --> 00:04:54.580 Would you pray with me? 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:00.480 God, we thank you for the beauty of this time together. 00:05:01.820 --> 00:05:04.680 We thank you for our time of worship through song. 00:05:05.640 --> 00:05:10.920 Lord, and we eagerly anticipate to hear you through the teaching and preaching of your word. 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:16.760 God, may all that is said bring glory and honor to your name. 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:21.360 And Lord, may we respond as the Spirit leads us. 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:23.400 And it's in Jesus' name we pray. 00:05:24.220 --> 00:05:24.580 Amen. 00:05:24.960 --> 00:05:25.180 Amen. 00:05:25.580 --> 00:05:30.020 So we have been largely in Luke, but now we are moving to Matthew. 00:05:30.020 --> 00:05:38.600 We'll kind of go back and forth and the gospel writers and talking about the birth and the early days of the life of Jesus. 00:05:39.140 --> 00:05:45.300 Luke largely tells the narrative of the birth of Christ through the perspective of Mary. 00:05:45.300 --> 00:05:53.340 And Matthew will largely tell the birth of Jesus from the perspective of Joseph. 00:05:53.740 --> 00:05:57.360 You know, guys, you know, I love to tell a story at the beginning of a message. 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:01.740 And I particularly love to tell a story oftentimes about my family. 00:06:01.740 --> 00:06:09.560 And I promise that most of the time, some of the time, rarely do I get permission to tell these stories. 00:06:10.060 --> 00:06:14.380 This story, though, is one that I got permission to tell this weekend. 00:06:15.260 --> 00:06:17.740 You remember, so if you don't know, I've got two kids. 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:18.480 They're twins. 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:19.460 They're 16 years old. 00:06:19.520 --> 00:06:21.440 They'll be 17 in February. 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:22.540 I love them. 00:06:22.700 --> 00:06:29.720 God has blessed us with them and love to see them grow up and see all that God is doing in their life. 00:06:29.820 --> 00:06:40.360 But, you know, like when your kids are really little and they mispronounce words and you kind of embrace it because it's just adorable. 00:06:40.940 --> 00:06:44.340 Like if it were a 35-year-old, you'd be like, come on, man. 00:06:44.960 --> 00:06:46.600 But in a five-year-old, it's awesome. 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:52.320 So Emma was our child that mispronounced words all the time. 00:06:53.020 --> 00:06:59.080 We'd go to the Mexican restaurant and she would love to order broccamole. 00:06:59.820 --> 00:07:01.540 Instead of guacamole. 00:07:02.460 --> 00:07:07.740 When something frustrated her, she would say, that's being ridiculous. 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:17.380 And when speaking of the character in the Bible that we are going to read this morning, 00:07:18.580 --> 00:07:20.640 there was Mary and Joseph. 00:07:21.900 --> 00:07:25.760 But for Emma, and we don't know why, 00:07:25.760 --> 00:07:30.780 it was always Mary and Jovus. 00:07:31.980 --> 00:07:37.820 So this morning, the precursor is that if all of a sudden I'm in the midst of preaching and going through 00:07:37.820 --> 00:07:40.260 and you hear me talk about Jovus, 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:41.680 I haven't lost my mind. 00:07:41.760 --> 00:07:45.640 I'm just reverting back to what we commonly would refer to in our house 00:07:45.640 --> 00:07:50.680 as the parents of Jesus, Mary and Jovus. 00:07:51.700 --> 00:07:53.600 Before we look at our passage this morning, 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:56.160 I want to ask you this question. 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:02.140 How do you process new information? 00:08:03.420 --> 00:08:06.300 How do you process new information? 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:12.920 I was going through a box of things that I've had since my childhood a few weeks ago 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:15.880 and it was stored up in the top section of my closet. 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:19.960 And it's the part that had all of my sports memorabilia in it. 00:08:20.140 --> 00:08:23.480 And I was looking through and I had baseball cards and I had different things. 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:30.020 And then at the very bottom, I had a stack of newspapers that were saved. 00:08:31.060 --> 00:08:35.520 Some of the newspapers were newspapers about the football team that I played on at the time. 00:08:35.940 --> 00:08:43.620 But most of them were the front page picture when things in the sports world happened 00:08:43.620 --> 00:08:47.240 that I thought meant something that I wanted to cling to. 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:54.040 I don't know why, but I do remember this event being very specific in my life. 00:08:54.160 --> 00:08:56.540 But if you remember, I forget the year that it was, 00:08:56.700 --> 00:09:00.680 but the battle between Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa 00:09:00.680 --> 00:09:03.920 for who was going to have the most home runs in a season. 00:09:04.640 --> 00:09:07.520 And going through that box, on the bottom of that box 00:09:07.520 --> 00:09:12.680 were all of the newspapers that had that as the front picture. 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:18.580 And I remember there was a point in time where the news came on at 5.30, 00:09:18.660 --> 00:09:22.040 the news came on at 7, and if you missed either one of those, 00:09:22.160 --> 00:09:24.320 to find out what's happening in the world, 00:09:24.540 --> 00:09:29.020 you had to wait until the morning and you would walk by the newspaper stands 00:09:29.020 --> 00:09:33.200 and there would be the picture of the information of what's there. 00:09:33.760 --> 00:09:36.740 But you and I are constantly getting, 00:09:36.740 --> 00:09:39.060 we're constantly receiving, 00:09:39.500 --> 00:09:43.220 we're constantly being sent new information. 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:46.760 I put my phone on airplane mode 00:09:46.760 --> 00:09:50.720 before I walk up on to the stage to preach 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:53.660 so that it doesn't vibrate in my pocket. 00:09:54.540 --> 00:09:55.900 But I am a little anxious, 00:09:56.180 --> 00:09:57.980 and guys, do not go to your phones, 00:09:58.820 --> 00:10:01.220 but ESPN just released 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:04.680 their projected bowl schedule, all right? 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:06.680 We want to keep the focus on God, 00:10:06.740 --> 00:10:08.420 and all of us have good places in our hearts. 00:10:09.820 --> 00:10:13.580 But we're given new information constantly. 00:10:14.580 --> 00:10:16.420 24-hour news, 00:10:17.680 --> 00:10:19.920 text messages to give us the updates, 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:24.440 emails that can be sent out in a moment's notice 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:27.460 so that everything in the world that's going on 00:10:27.460 --> 00:10:28.600 can come to us. 00:10:29.640 --> 00:10:33.980 You and I cannot necessarily overly remove ourselves 00:10:33.980 --> 00:10:37.060 from the fact that we're going to be bombarded with new information. 00:10:38.020 --> 00:10:40.260 But the question that I have for you 00:10:40.260 --> 00:10:42.940 and I to contemplate this morning 00:10:42.940 --> 00:10:47.480 is how do we process new information? 00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:52.380 I think the question that you and I as followers of Jesus Christ 00:10:52.380 --> 00:10:56.080 should continually wrestle with in our lives is this, 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:01.760 is how do we process the new information that we have received, 00:11:02.300 --> 00:11:07.180 whether it's globally, politically, or personally, 00:11:09.040 --> 00:11:13.400 very specifically in light of the gospel? 00:11:15.100 --> 00:11:20.280 How does the impact of the gospel of Jesus Christ 00:11:20.280 --> 00:11:28.760 impact how you and I respond and process 00:11:28.760 --> 00:11:31.900 the new information that we receive? 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:34.580 Here's what I would plead with you 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:36.480 and with your heart this morning. 00:11:37.160 --> 00:11:39.300 That every piece of information 00:11:39.300 --> 00:11:41.500 that you and I receive 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:45.040 should always be filtered to the truth 00:11:45.040 --> 00:11:47.620 that Jesus knows 00:11:47.620 --> 00:11:49.680 and He knew before you did. 00:11:50.860 --> 00:11:53.300 That Jesus is in control 00:11:53.300 --> 00:11:55.920 of every moment 00:11:55.920 --> 00:11:58.240 and every situation. 00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:01.780 that Jesus loves you. 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:05.820 And as a follower of Jesus Christ, 00:12:06.780 --> 00:12:09.020 no matter what happens to you 00:12:09.020 --> 00:12:11.840 in the light of the information 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:13.020 that you just received, 00:12:14.040 --> 00:12:17.200 you are a child of God. 00:12:18.260 --> 00:12:19.960 And that's the hope that we have. 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:22.380 Our hope is not found 00:12:22.380 --> 00:12:24.340 in the means 00:12:24.340 --> 00:12:25.760 and in the leaders 00:12:25.760 --> 00:12:28.440 and in the stories of this world. 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:31.100 But our hope is found 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:32.320 in a God 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.420 who holds the world in His hands. 00:12:35.620 --> 00:12:37.780 In the narrative that He is writing, 00:12:38.640 --> 00:12:39.520 He is good 00:12:39.520 --> 00:12:40.900 and He is loving 00:12:40.900 --> 00:12:43.740 and we are children of God. 00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:46.280 The Christmas story so far 00:12:46.280 --> 00:12:48.080 has been filled 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:49.900 with individuals 00:12:49.900 --> 00:12:51.640 finding out information. 00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:53.760 Maybe a better word. 00:12:54.860 --> 00:12:56.360 Individuals finding out good news. 00:12:57.420 --> 00:12:58.220 In our first week, 00:12:58.280 --> 00:12:58.800 we looked 00:12:58.800 --> 00:12:59.800 and the angel 00:12:59.800 --> 00:13:01.840 communicated some news 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:02.660 to Zechariah 00:13:02.660 --> 00:13:04.740 and it was news 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:06.180 that he couldn't believe. 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:09.300 We saw an angel last week 00:13:09.300 --> 00:13:11.740 communicate to Mary 00:13:11.740 --> 00:13:13.680 and we saw that 00:13:13.680 --> 00:13:14.260 in the mind 00:13:14.260 --> 00:13:15.380 of this young girl, 00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:16.400 it was news 00:13:16.400 --> 00:13:18.020 that her mind 00:13:18.020 --> 00:13:20.540 could not fully comprehend. 00:13:23.180 --> 00:13:24.540 but it was news 00:13:24.540 --> 00:13:25.900 that she could obey. 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:28.420 Now this morning, 00:13:29.040 --> 00:13:30.380 we're going to see 00:13:30.380 --> 00:13:31.460 about the news 00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:33.660 that comes to Joseph. 00:13:34.640 --> 00:13:36.140 So let's read his account 00:13:36.140 --> 00:13:36.980 of Joseph 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:39.560 starting in Matthew 1 verse 18. 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:43.080 Now the birth of Jesus Christ 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:45.000 took place in this way. 00:13:46.060 --> 00:13:47.160 When His mother Mary 00:13:47.160 --> 00:13:48.880 had been betrothed to Joseph 00:13:48.880 --> 00:13:50.520 before they came together, 00:13:50.680 --> 00:13:51.820 she was found to be 00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:52.900 with child 00:13:52.900 --> 00:13:54.400 from the Holy Spirit. 00:13:55.540 --> 00:13:56.620 And her husband Joseph, 00:13:56.880 --> 00:13:57.980 being a just man 00:13:57.980 --> 00:13:59.120 and unwilling 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:00.400 to put her to shame, 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:01.840 resolved 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:03.640 to divorce her 00:14:03.640 --> 00:14:04.660 quietly. 00:14:05.800 --> 00:14:06.980 But as he considered 00:14:06.980 --> 00:14:08.320 these things, 00:14:08.760 --> 00:14:09.220 behold, 00:14:09.520 --> 00:14:11.060 an angel of the Lord 00:14:11.060 --> 00:14:12.020 appeared to him 00:14:12.020 --> 00:14:12.660 in a dream 00:14:12.660 --> 00:14:13.560 saying, 00:14:13.800 --> 00:14:14.160 Joseph, 00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:15.340 son of David, 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:16.480 do not fear 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:17.260 to take Mary 00:14:17.260 --> 00:14:18.340 as your wife, 00:14:18.900 --> 00:14:20.500 for that which is conceived 00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:21.440 in her 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:23.900 is from the Holy Spirit. 00:14:24.640 --> 00:14:25.900 She will bear a son 00:14:25.900 --> 00:14:27.240 and you shall call 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:28.540 his name Jesus, 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:30.280 for he will save 00:14:30.280 --> 00:14:31.280 his people 00:14:31.280 --> 00:14:33.280 from their sins. 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:35.860 All this took place 00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:37.120 to fulfill 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:37.960 what the Lord 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:38.960 had spoken 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:39.680 by the prophet. 00:14:40.700 --> 00:14:41.300 Behold, 00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:42.260 the virgin 00:14:42.260 --> 00:14:43.100 shall conceive 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:44.800 and bear a son 00:14:44.800 --> 00:14:46.300 and they shall call 00:14:46.300 --> 00:14:47.020 his name 00:14:47.020 --> 00:14:47.900 Emmanuel, 00:14:48.560 --> 00:14:49.400 which means 00:14:49.400 --> 00:14:51.920 God with us. 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:53.920 When Joseph 00:14:53.920 --> 00:14:54.940 woke from sleep, 00:14:55.560 --> 00:14:56.800 he did as the angel 00:14:56.800 --> 00:14:57.440 of the Lord 00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:58.180 commanded him. 00:14:58.820 --> 00:14:59.760 He took his wife 00:14:59.760 --> 00:15:01.720 but knew her not 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:03.040 until she had given 00:15:03.040 --> 00:15:03.980 birth to a son 00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:05.700 and he called 00:15:05.700 --> 00:15:06.880 his name 00:15:06.880 --> 00:15:07.800 Jesus. 00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:10.220 So there's some 00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:11.920 overlap 00:15:11.920 --> 00:15:13.860 of what we read 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:15.580 last week in Luke 00:15:15.580 --> 00:15:16.720 and what we're seeing 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:17.260 this week 00:15:17.260 --> 00:15:18.640 in Matthew. 00:15:19.680 --> 00:15:20.460 We see 00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:21.700 Mary 00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:22.460 hearing 00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:24.460 from the angel 00:15:24.460 --> 00:15:26.640 while she is 00:15:26.640 --> 00:15:27.840 betrothed 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:29.020 to Joseph 00:15:29.020 --> 00:15:31.580 and we're seeing 00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:32.580 Joseph 00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:35.000 processing 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:36.780 information 00:15:36.780 --> 00:15:38.540 before 00:15:38.540 --> 00:15:40.320 he hears 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:41.640 from an angel. 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:43.540 Now it's important 00:15:43.540 --> 00:15:44.620 for us to know 00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:45.460 and begin 00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:46.520 to wrap our minds 00:15:46.520 --> 00:15:47.060 around 00:15:47.060 --> 00:15:48.700 the state 00:15:48.700 --> 00:15:49.240 that Joseph 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:49.780 and Mary 00:15:49.780 --> 00:15:50.720 find themselves 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.120 in 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:52.440 in this setting 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:53.760 and it's 00:15:53.760 --> 00:15:55.180 their betrothal 00:15:55.180 --> 00:15:56.940 and for you 00:15:56.940 --> 00:15:57.620 and I 00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.880 in our culture 00:15:58.880 --> 00:15:59.720 and in our day 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.540 I'll be honest 00:16:00.540 --> 00:16:00.760 with you 00:16:00.760 --> 00:16:01.760 there's nothing 00:16:01.760 --> 00:16:03.400 that we do 00:16:03.400 --> 00:16:05.120 that compares 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.300 to what this 00:16:06.300 --> 00:16:06.640 is. 00:16:07.220 --> 00:16:07.960 There's nothing 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:10.220 because it's 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:10.880 more 00:16:10.880 --> 00:16:12.280 than engagement 00:16:12.280 --> 00:16:13.760 but it's 00:16:13.760 --> 00:16:14.300 less than 00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:14.640 marriage 00:16:14.640 --> 00:16:15.020 so let me 00:16:15.020 --> 00:16:16.000 kind of explain 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.420 because this will 00:16:16.420 --> 00:16:17.320 help us see 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:18.080 and understand 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:19.040 why Joseph 00:16:19.040 --> 00:16:19.680 is doing 00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:20.640 what Joseph 00:16:20.640 --> 00:16:21.380 is doing 00:16:21.380 --> 00:16:22.100 and how we 00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:22.680 can draw 00:16:22.680 --> 00:16:23.240 from this 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:23.900 how we 00:16:23.900 --> 00:16:24.640 process 00:16:24.640 --> 00:16:25.760 the things 00:16:25.760 --> 00:16:26.480 of God 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:27.280 even when 00:16:27.280 --> 00:16:27.800 we don't 00:16:27.800 --> 00:16:28.320 have 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:29.180 all of the 00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:29.860 information 00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.560 of the 00:16:30.560 --> 00:16:30.840 working 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.320 of God 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:33.320 so 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:34.300 they're 00:16:34.300 --> 00:16:35.160 betrothed 00:16:35.160 --> 00:16:36.640 so a 00:16:36.640 --> 00:16:37.100 Jewish 00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:38.020 couple 00:16:38.020 --> 00:16:38.980 in the 00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.380 time of 00:16:39.380 --> 00:16:39.900 Christ 00:16:39.900 --> 00:16:41.540 would become 00:16:41.540 --> 00:16:42.480 engaged 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:43.960 and after 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:44.520 a time 00:16:44.520 --> 00:16:45.380 of engagement 00:16:45.380 --> 00:16:46.260 they would 00:16:46.260 --> 00:16:47.580 be betrothed 00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:48.600 and then 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:49.660 after the 00:16:49.660 --> 00:16:50.340 time of 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:50.980 betrothing 00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:51.760 they would 00:16:51.760 --> 00:16:52.860 be married 00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.480 or the time 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.220 of betrothal 00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:54.660 they would 00:16:54.660 --> 00:16:55.320 be married 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:56.080 so that's 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:56.800 the timeline 00:16:56.800 --> 00:16:57.360 that they 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:58.320 would follow 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.620 engagement 00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:01.100 betrothal 00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:02.420 marriage 00:17:02.420 --> 00:17:04.800 and betrothal 00:17:04.800 --> 00:17:06.200 required 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:07.700 a ceremony 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:09.280 right now 00:17:09.280 --> 00:17:10.520 this wasn't 00:17:10.520 --> 00:17:11.460 and not 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.160 Aaron I talk 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:12.540 about this 00:17:12.540 --> 00:17:13.400 often like 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:14.260 man we were 00:17:14.260 --> 00:17:15.180 glad that we 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:15.900 got like 00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:17.640 engaged 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:18.860 before 00:17:18.860 --> 00:17:20.480 social media 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:22.400 because I 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:23.120 feel like 00:17:23.120 --> 00:17:24.340 man you've 00:17:24.340 --> 00:17:24.700 got to 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.540 coordinate that 00:17:25.540 --> 00:17:26.120 with like a 00:17:26.120 --> 00:17:26.600 Hollywood 00:17:26.600 --> 00:17:27.860 production team 00:17:27.860 --> 00:17:28.500 to make 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:28.960 everybody 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.280 aware 00:17:29.280 --> 00:17:29.580 right 00:17:29.580 --> 00:17:30.880 but for 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:32.440 in here 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.600 betrothal 00:17:33.600 --> 00:17:35.380 required a 00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:37.020 ceremony 00:17:37.020 --> 00:17:38.800 that was 00:17:38.800 --> 00:17:39.240 both 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:40.340 legally 00:17:40.340 --> 00:17:41.300 and 00:17:41.300 --> 00:17:42.440 spiritually 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:43.440 binding 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:45.580 during their 00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:45.880 day 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:47.540 so they 00:17:47.540 --> 00:17:47.760 would have 00:17:47.760 --> 00:17:48.420 gone through 00:17:48.420 --> 00:17:49.520 their engagement 00:17:49.520 --> 00:17:50.080 they would have 00:17:50.080 --> 00:17:50.680 gone through 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.620 a betrothal 00:17:51.620 --> 00:17:52.840 a ceremony 00:17:52.840 --> 00:17:53.760 would have 00:17:53.760 --> 00:17:54.420 happened 00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:55.460 it probably 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:55.840 would have 00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:56.680 looked a lot 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:57.460 there's 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.040 commitments 00:17:58.040 --> 00:17:58.880 it's before 00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.620 God 00:17:59.620 --> 00:18:00.340 there's 00:18:00.340 --> 00:18:01.020 vows 00:18:01.020 --> 00:18:01.640 there's 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.560 people who 00:18:02.560 --> 00:18:03.060 are there 00:18:03.060 --> 00:18:03.520 that are 00:18:03.520 --> 00:18:03.960 witnessing 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.600 this account 00:18:04.600 --> 00:18:05.160 that's there 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:05.860 it's before 00:18:05.860 --> 00:18:06.380 the Lord 00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:06.820 it's before 00:18:06.820 --> 00:18:07.380 your friends 00:18:07.380 --> 00:18:07.900 it's before 00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.480 the family 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.700 this is the 00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.140 process 00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:10.920 that they 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.440 would go 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.800 through 00:18:11.800 --> 00:18:12.460 and you're 00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:12.660 like well 00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.160 that sounds 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:13.440 a lot 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:13.720 like a 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:13.940 marriage 00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.520 so why 00:18:14.520 --> 00:18:14.960 was this 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.700 not 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.780 marriage 00:18:16.780 --> 00:18:18.100 well 00:18:18.100 --> 00:18:18.980 in the 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.900 betrothal 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:21.400 the couple 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:23.100 was pledged 00:18:23.100 --> 00:18:23.460 to one 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:23.840 another 00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:25.140 in every 00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:26.160 area 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:26.760 of their 00:18:26.760 --> 00:18:27.120 life 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:28.300 emotionally 00:18:28.300 --> 00:18:29.540 in 00:18:29.540 --> 00:18:30.660 responsibility 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:32.620 financially 00:18:32.620 --> 00:18:34.620 but 00:18:34.620 --> 00:18:36.020 they were 00:18:36.020 --> 00:18:37.060 not allowed 00:18:37.060 --> 00:18:37.840 to live 00:18:37.840 --> 00:18:38.440 together 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:40.380 and 00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:41.800 they were 00:18:41.800 --> 00:18:42.460 not 00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:44.120 to engage 00:18:44.120 --> 00:18:45.340 in sexual 00:18:45.340 --> 00:18:45.840 activity 00:18:45.840 --> 00:18:47.820 so it's 00:18:47.820 --> 00:18:48.040 the 00:18:48.040 --> 00:18:49.100 responsibilities 00:18:49.100 --> 00:18:50.640 it's 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.400 the 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:52.080 relational 00:18:52.080 --> 00:18:52.760 commitment 00:18:52.760 --> 00:18:54.280 it's the 00:18:54.280 --> 00:18:55.180 spiritual 00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.960 commitment 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.820 it's the 00:18:56.820 --> 00:18:57.700 financial 00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:58.460 commitment 00:18:58.460 --> 00:19:00.220 but you 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.560 don't live 00:19:00.560 --> 00:19:00.920 together 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:02.340 you don't 00:19:02.340 --> 00:19:02.560 sleep 00:19:02.560 --> 00:19:02.920 together 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:04.640 and 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:05.560 betrothal 00:19:05.560 --> 00:19:06.880 lasted 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.700 for one 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.720 year 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:12.000 and then 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:13.480 the marriage 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.460 would take 00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:14.860 place 00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:17.120 you see 00:19:17.120 --> 00:19:18.600 this level 00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:19.420 of commitment 00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:21.500 you see 00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.620 this level 00:19:22.620 --> 00:19:24.180 of investment 00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:29.040 so how 00:19:29.040 --> 00:19:29.220 do you 00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:29.720 process 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:31.380 new 00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:31.900 information 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:34.980 Zachariah 00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:36.600 and 00:19:36.600 --> 00:19:37.200 Mary 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:38.700 found out 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.020 their 00:19:39.020 --> 00:19:39.820 information 00:19:39.820 --> 00:19:41.340 through an 00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:41.600 angel 00:19:41.600 --> 00:19:43.300 the 00:19:43.300 --> 00:19:44.200 information 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.600 they 00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:45.660 received 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:47.180 and the 00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.860 spiritual 00:19:47.860 --> 00:19:48.720 validity 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.860 of the 00:19:49.860 --> 00:19:50.380 message 00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:52.040 happen at 00:19:52.040 --> 00:19:52.360 the same 00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.720 time 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:56.300 how does 00:19:56.300 --> 00:19:56.800 Joseph find 00:19:56.800 --> 00:19:57.040 out 00:19:57.040 --> 00:20:00.680 how does 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:01.160 Joseph find 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:01.420 out 00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:04.240 we don't 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.520 know 00:20:04.520 --> 00:20:07.060 where we 00:20:07.060 --> 00:20:07.580 see 00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:09.600 how he 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:09.920 will get 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.120 the 00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:10.480 fullness 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:15.860 but how 00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.120 does that 00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:16.540 initially 00:20:16.540 --> 00:20:18.500 take place 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:20.600 look back 00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:20.840 at verse 00:20:20.840 --> 00:20:21.240 18 and 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.600 19 00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:23.780 now the 00:20:23.780 --> 00:20:24.140 birth of 00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.700 Jesus Christ 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.160 took place 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.460 in this 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:25.760 way 00:20:25.760 --> 00:20:26.720 when his 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:26.920 mother 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.360 Mary 00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:27.980 had been 00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.480 betrothed 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:28.620 to 00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:28.960 Joseph 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.980 before they 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.600 came together 00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:30.960 she was 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.560 found to be 00:20:31.560 --> 00:20:32.340 with child 00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:32.640 from the 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.180 Holy Spirit 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:34.480 and her 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:34.740 husband 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.220 Joseph 00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:36.440 being a 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.080 just man 00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:38.100 and unwilling 00:20:38.100 --> 00:20:38.620 to put her 00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.180 to shame 00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:41.080 resolved to 00:20:41.080 --> 00:20:42.460 divorce her 00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:43.280 let's pause 00:20:43.280 --> 00:20:43.740 right there 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.820 in the 00:20:44.820 --> 00:20:45.580 timeline of 00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.200 his life 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.240 verse 18 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:48.180 and verse 19 00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:48.640 happens 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:50.760 there is no 00:20:50.760 --> 00:20:51.200 angel 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:53.160 there is no 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.860 special message 00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:54.560 from God 00:20:54.560 --> 00:20:58.320 you've got a 00:20:58.320 --> 00:20:58.760 man 00:20:58.760 --> 00:21:01.340 betrothed 00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:02.380 to a 00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:02.700 woman 00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:04.880 who's 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:05.300 pregnant 00:21:05.300 --> 00:21:07.840 and he 00:21:07.840 --> 00:21:09.120 knows 00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:11.980 that's not 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.320 mine 00:21:12.320 --> 00:21:14.960 that's 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.920 not 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.920 mine 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:18.820 I don't 00:21:18.820 --> 00:21:19.280 know 00:21:19.280 --> 00:21:21.720 and it 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.020 would do 00:21:22.020 --> 00:21:22.360 us no 00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:22.760 good 00:21:22.760 --> 00:21:24.760 to try 00:21:24.760 --> 00:21:25.060 to 00:21:25.060 --> 00:21:26.220 assume 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:28.420 how 00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:28.980 that 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.700 conversation 00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.860 took 00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.280 place 00:21:31.280 --> 00:21:33.740 but I 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.800 can only 00:21:34.800 --> 00:21:35.500 imagine 00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:37.560 and I 00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:38.000 will 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.880 assume 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:40.960 that in 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.320 the 00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:42.880 conversation 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:45.020 because of 00:21:45.020 --> 00:21:45.400 what we 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:46.140 see in 00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:46.420 these 00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:47.360 actions 00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:49.260 that there 00:21:49.260 --> 00:21:49.540 was a 00:21:49.540 --> 00:21:50.380 confrontation 00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:52.020 between 00:21:52.020 --> 00:21:52.420 Joseph 00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.160 and Mary 00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:54.420 I 00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.700 would 00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.080 find it 00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.580 hard to 00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:57.120 believe 00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:59.180 that this 00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.840 would be 00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:00.400 a 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:02.520 light 00:22:02.520 --> 00:22:03.200 hearted 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:05.420 conversation 00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:05.900 between the 00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.220 two of 00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.420 them 00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:08.000 like I 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.260 think we 00:22:08.260 --> 00:22:08.880 can feel 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:10.380 the weight 00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:10.860 of that 00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:12.280 here today 00:22:12.280 --> 00:22:14.860 I 00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.060 would 00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:16.160 imagine 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:19.360 that she 00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.580 maintained 00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.580 the fact 00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:22.240 that she 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.560 was a 00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:22.780 virgin 00:22:22.780 --> 00:22:23.000 why 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.280 wouldn't 00:22:23.280 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00:28:37.540 --> 00:28:38.140 but the 00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.700 compassion 00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.560 the mercy 00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:39.960 of God 00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.260 of what's 00:28:40.260 --> 00:28:40.460 there 00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:43.120 and 00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.300 while 00:28:43.300 --> 00:28:43.620 Joseph 00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:43.820 was 00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.000 in a 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.180 bad 00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.600 spot 00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:47.100 terrible 00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.600 spot 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:50.140 spot 00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.420 that I'm 00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:50.620 sure 00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.280 he woke 00:28:51.280 --> 00:28:51.580 up 00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:52.840 every 00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.340 day 00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:55.900 in 00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.100 these 00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.500 moments 00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.000 and thought 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.300 why me 00:28:58.300 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00:29:44.680 been 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.580 a physical 00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.860 punishment 00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:47.680 a beating 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:50.640 or jail 00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:50.960 time 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:54.500 the third 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.940 option 00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:56.620 you see 00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.860 in betrothal 00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:59.120 when you 00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.900 dissolved 00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.960 a betrothal 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.300 it was 00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:01.900 referred to 00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.700 as divorce 00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:05.220 and so 00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.700 in the day 00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.920 he could 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.140 have 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.800 divorced 00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:08.720 Mary 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.560 through 00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:10.460 the court 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.380 system 00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:13.480 he could 00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.060 have sought 00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:15.680 to expose 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.100 her 00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:17.940 the foolishness 00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.420 through his 00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:18.860 mind 00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.480 of her 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.080 story 00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:21.400 the crazy 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:21.880 that she 00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.660 was embracing 00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.420 and trying 00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.860 to commit 00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.340 him to 00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:27.980 he could 00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.080 have 00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.500 exposed 00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.760 her 00:30:28.760 --> 00:30:31.080 or 00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:33.540 there was 00:30:33.540 --> 00:30:33.960 one other 00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.280 way 00:30:34.280 --> 00:30:38.140 there was a 00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.480 way that 00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.440 they called 00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.300 a quiet 00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:40.860 divorce 00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:43.800 and Joseph 00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:44.240 could have 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.740 gone to 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.780 two 00:30:45.780 --> 00:30:47.380 individuals 00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:49.800 Joseph 00:30:49.800 --> 00:30:50.200 could have 00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.560 written 00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:52.440 a letter 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.800 of 00:30:52.800 --> 00:30:53.500 divorce 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:56.280 and in 00:30:56.280 --> 00:30:56.800 the privacy 00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:57.180 of his 00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.620 home 00:30:57.620 --> 00:31:02.100 the betrothal 00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.360 could have 00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.960 been dissolved 00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:08.880 and that's 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.480 what Joseph's 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.140 plans were 00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:13.580 he 00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:16.040 believed 00:31:16.040 --> 00:31:17.520 incorrectly 00:31:17.520 --> 00:31:17.960 all right 00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.980 incorrect 00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.500 belief 00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:21.000 but based 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.440 off of the 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.880 information 00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.240 of the 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.520 moment 00:31:22.520 --> 00:31:24.580 that Mary 00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:25.320 had sinned 00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:27.880 and this 00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.320 is what got 00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:28.700 them in the 00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.220 situation 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:32.420 and instead 00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.920 of allowing 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.620 vengeance 00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:37.420 instead of 00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:39.560 allowing him 00:31:39.560 --> 00:31:40.280 to expose 00:31:40.280 --> 00:31:40.840 her 00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:43.320 Joseph 00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:43.600 said you 00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:43.980 know what 00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:46.340 in the 00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:47.020 quiet of 00:31:47.020 --> 00:31:47.620 the moment 00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:51.280 I'm going 00:31:51.280 --> 00:31:51.420 to show 00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.940 compassion 00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:54.560 and I 00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.020 can't 00:31:55.020 --> 00:31:56.080 follow 00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:56.500 through 00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.700 with this 00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:59.740 so this 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.160 is what 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.540 I'm going 00:32:00.540 --> 00:32:01.800 to do 00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:05.580 but it's 00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:08.020 it's 00:32:08.020 --> 00:32:08.480 divorce 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:11.960 it was 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.380 allowed 00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:14.620 it would 00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:14.780 have been 00:32:14.780 --> 00:32:15.240 acceptable 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:18.300 even though 00:32:18.300 --> 00:32:18.580 he would 00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:18.800 have been 00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.440 wrong 00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:21.400 in the 00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.820 eyes of 00:32:21.820 --> 00:32:22.100 everyone 00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.660 around 00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:24.400 he would 00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.560 have been 00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:24.940 right 00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:27.580 sometimes I 00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:27.980 find that 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.240 when we 00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.440 show 00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.060 compassion 00:32:29.060 --> 00:32:31.240 to those 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.520 that have 00:32:31.520 --> 00:32:32.060 hurt us 00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:34.540 we find 00:32:34.540 --> 00:32:34.880 ourselves 00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.200 in that 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.600 situation 00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.000 as well 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:38.080 the world 00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:39.060 around us 00:32:39.060 --> 00:32:40.240 tells us 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.980 we're wrong 00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:42.440 but when we 00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.380 show compassion 00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.620 before God 00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:45.500 we are right 00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:48.560 but then 00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:48.960 there's this 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.580 third thing 00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:52.060 and I love 00:32:52.060 --> 00:32:52.560 this but 00:32:52.560 --> 00:32:53.460 we can miss 00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.800 this if we 00:32:54.800 --> 00:32:55.280 just read 00:32:55.280 --> 00:32:55.740 through this 00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.500 story quickly 00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:58.140 it's that 00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:59.500 Joseph was 00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.940 patient 00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:02.300 Joseph 00:33:02.300 --> 00:33:02.540 was 00:33:02.540 --> 00:33:03.240 patient 00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:05.340 so 00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:06.780 Joseph 00:33:06.780 --> 00:33:07.020 was 00:33:07.020 --> 00:33:07.520 just 00:33:07.520 --> 00:33:09.420 Joseph 00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.680 was 00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.360 compassionate 00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:12.500 Joseph 00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.760 had a 00:33:12.760 --> 00:33:13.180 plan 00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:16.320 but 00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:17.860 look at 00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.400 verse 20 00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:22.900 but as 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.080 he 00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:23.580 considered 00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:23.940 these 00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.380 things 00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:30.260 see he 00:33:30.260 --> 00:33:30.480 wasn't 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.700 in a 00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.020 rush 00:33:31.020 --> 00:33:33.420 he 00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.580 didn't 00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:33.780 want to 00:33:33.780 --> 00:33:34.040 act 00:33:34.040 --> 00:33:35.020 rashly 00:33:35.020 --> 00:33:37.200 but instead 00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.840 he waited 00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:39.620 and I 00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:40.060 believe 00:33:40.060 --> 00:33:41.480 he 00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.860 prayed 00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:43.680 why do I 00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.200 believe that 00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:45.280 because he 00:33:45.280 --> 00:33:45.480 was a 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.660 just 00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:45.940 man 00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:47.400 why do I 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.900 believe that 00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.460 because he 00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.660 was a 00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.060 compassionate 00:33:49.060 --> 00:33:49.400 man 00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.720 and I 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.160 believe 00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:52.700 what I've 00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.180 seen in my 00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.560 own life 00:33:53.560 --> 00:33:53.960 and seen in 00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.280 the lives 00:33:54.280 --> 00:33:54.700 of others 00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:56.080 that prayer 00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.520 is what a 00:33:56.520 --> 00:33:57.000 godly man 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.240 and a 00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.640 godly woman 00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:57.940 do 00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:59.500 when they 00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.000 are just 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.640 and they 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.300 are compassionate 00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:02.700 and they 00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.340 are patient 00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:04.380 and they'll 00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.820 turn to the 00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.040 Lord 00:34:05.040 --> 00:34:08.220 God why 00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:10.380 God help 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:12.500 God make 00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.040 sense 00:34:13.040 --> 00:34:14.300 of the 00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.740 mess 00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:15.840 of where 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.920 I find 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.740 myself 00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:19.580 what do 00:34:19.580 --> 00:34:19.780 you pray 00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.020 about 00:34:20.020 --> 00:34:21.820 what do 00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.040 you pray 00:34:22.040 --> 00:34:22.360 about 00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.700 I mean 00:34:23.700 --> 00:34:23.940 this week 00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.680 I examined 00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.340 my prayer 00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.960 life and 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.960 quite honestly 00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:28.240 in full 00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:29.100 transparency 00:34:29.100 --> 00:34:30.620 often times 00:34:30.620 --> 00:34:30.900 the 00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:33.160 selfishness 00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.480 of my 00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.640 prayer 00:34:33.640 --> 00:34:33.900 life 00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:36.440 I find 00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.740 that my 00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:36.940 prayer 00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.300 life can 00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:37.620 be centered 00:34:37.620 --> 00:34:38.160 around more 00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.480 of what I 00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.820 need God 00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.040 to do 00:34:39.040 --> 00:34:39.360 for me 00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.600 instead 00:34:39.600 --> 00:34:39.860 of my 00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.000 prayer 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.260 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