THERE COMES A STRANGE DREAM TO 00:00:01.63\00:00:03.40 PHARAOH; SEVEN SKINNY COWS 00:00:03.40\00:00:09.86 EAT UP SEVEN FAT ONES 00:00:09.86\00:00:11.86 AND DON'T GET FAT. 00:00:11.86\00:00:14.03 DON'T YOU WISH DIETS WORKED THAT WAY ? 00:00:14.03\00:00:17.66 ? PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ? 00:00:17.66\00:00:23.66 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:00:23.66\00:00:28.00 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:00:28.00\00:00:33.50 ? HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ? 00:00:33.50\00:00:41.23 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:00:41.23\00:00:45.80 ? HE'S WORTHY OF ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ? 00:00:45.80\00:00:51.66 TAKE A LITTLE JOB AND GO TO NIGHT SCHOOL. 00:00:51.66\00:00:58.36 YOU KNOW, TURN YOUR BRAIN ON. 00:00:58.36\00:01:01.20 ASK GOD TO MASSAGE YOUR GRAY MATTER. 00:01:01.20\00:01:04.86 GET ALL OF THOSE ELECTRIC MOVEMENTS GOING ON UP THERE. 00:01:04.86\00:01:08.13 PULL YOUR IQ UP AND GET SOMETHING HAPPENING AND WORK YOUR WAY OUT OF WHERE YOU ARE. 00:01:08.13\00:01:14.40 IT'S TRUE THAT SOME THAT HAVE WORKED HAVE NOT MADE IT, 00:01:14.40\00:01:17.53 BUT YOU OUGHT NOT STOP UNTIL YOU TRY. 00:01:17.53\00:01:22.56 THIS YOUNG MAN WAS IN A HOUSE WHERE, YOU KNOW, 00:01:22.56\00:01:25.20 HE COULD HAVE COME AS -- IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE 00:01:25.20\00:01:29.60 "I GOT TO DO WHAT ? 00:01:29.60\00:01:33.56 OK, YOU JUST GO ON AND I'LL DO THAT." 00:01:33.56\00:01:38.23 AND WHEN HE LEAVES HE SAYS, "YOU THINK I'M GOING TO WORK IN HERE 00:01:38.23\00:01:41.40 ? I'M A SLAVE. 00:01:41.40\00:01:43.63 I'M DOING NOTHING IN HERE." 00:01:43.63\00:01:45.23 BUT INSTEAD HE PUT HIS HAND TO IT. 00:01:45.23\00:01:48.23 AND WHEN THEY WOULD LOOK AT WHAT JOSEPH HAD DONE THEY WOULD SAY, 00:01:48.23\00:01:52.66 "HOW DID YOU DO THAT ?" 00:01:52.66\00:01:54.90 AND THE ANSWER, THOUGH HE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT VERBALLY, 00:01:54.90\00:02:00.53 WAS THAT WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND TO IT WITH EFFORT THAT WAS 00:02:00.53\00:02:05.90 PERSEVERING, GOD BLESSED THAT EFFORT. 00:02:05.90\00:02:09.40 AND MORE CAME OF IT THAN ORDINARILY WOULD. 00:02:09.40\00:02:14.03 GOD WILL DO THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEDICATED TO HIM 00:02:14.03\00:02:17.10 AND YOU'RE WILLING TO APPLY YOURSELF. 00:02:17.10\00:02:19.70 SO HE BECAME TRUSTED IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE. 00:02:19.70\00:02:24.63 AND IN FACT, LORD POTIPHAR ARRANGED IT SO THAT THERE WAS 00:02:24.63\00:02:28.73 NOTHING THAT HE KEPT BACK FROM JOSEPH, SAVE FOR HIS WIFE. 00:02:28.73\00:02:36.23 THE DEVIL LOVES TO HEAR THINGS LIKE THAT. 00:02:36.23\00:02:39.66 HE SAYS, "OH, O.K., SO HE CAN HAVE ANYTHING BUT WHAT ?" 00:02:39.66\00:02:44.26 "HIS WIFE." 00:02:44.26\00:02:45.70 "OH, O.K. SO THAT MEANS THAT I GOT ONLY ONE PLACE TO WORK HERE. 00:02:45.70\00:02:52.93 ONLY ONE HE CAN'T HAVE IS MRS. POTIPHAR." 00:02:52.93\00:02:56.20 SO HE GOES AND STARTS WORKING ON THIS POOR LITTLE LADY. 00:02:56.20\00:03:00.80 SOME SCHOLARS SAY THAT MAYBE BROTHER POTIPHAR SPENT TOO MUCH TIME IN THE OFFICE. 00:03:00.80\00:03:10.23 AND BROTHER, YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL, AMEN ? 00:03:10.23\00:03:14.63 YOUR WIFE MAY BE EVER SO FAITHFUL, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO COME 00:03:14.63\00:03:22.23 HOME ! YOU'VE GOT TO COME HOME. 00:03:22.23\00:03:24.46 YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME, YOU KNOW. 00:03:24.46\00:03:27.56 IT IS NOT -- YOU KNOW THERE WAS ONCE THE TIME WHEN THOSE 00:03:27.56\00:03:30.60 CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY ENVISIONED THEMSELVES HOLDING THE HELM OF 00:03:30.60\00:03:37.60 SOME GRAND SHIP. THEY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HOME, THAT WOULD TAKE 00:03:37.60\00:03:41.36 CARE OF ITSELF. BUT THE GREATEST REWARD IN LIFE IS THE JOY AND WARMTH OF A FAMILY. 00:03:41.36\00:03:47.86 TO COME HOME AND SPEND TIME WITH YOUR WIFE AND YOUR FAMILY. 00:03:47.86\00:03:52.26 WELL, SOME SUGGEST THAT MAYBE HIS TIME WAS NOT ALLOCATED WELL. 00:03:52.26\00:03:56.50 BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS SATAN'S PLAN TO TAKE THE ONE 00:03:56.50\00:04:02.06 THING THAT LORD POTIPHAR SAID HE COULDN'T HAVE 00:04:02.06\00:04:04.66 AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE. 00:04:04.66\00:04:06.53 THAT'S THE WAY THE DEVIL WORKS. 00:04:06.53\00:04:08.53 HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT YOU CAN HAVE, 00:04:08.53\00:04:10.76 HE MAKES YOU WANT WHAT YOU CAN'T HAVE. 00:04:10.76\00:04:14.00 THINK ABOUT IT, THIS IS GOOD PREACHING. 00:04:14.00\00:04:21.66 ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN HAVE, YOU CAN STOP WORRYING 00:04:21.66\00:04:25.30 ABOUT THAT; IT'S THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T HAVE. 00:04:25.30\00:04:27.86 AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE CENTERED AROUND WHAT 00:04:27.86\00:04:32.06 THEY CAN'T HAVE. THEY SIT UP AND WATCH TELEVISION AND THAT'S ALL 00:04:32.06\00:04:36.46 THEY WANT. GOT ALL KINDS OF STUFF IN YOUR HOUSE. 00:04:36.46\00:04:38.96 YOU'VE GOT THINGS YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE. 00:04:38.96\00:04:43.60 BUT YOU'VE STILL GOT YOUR EYE FOCUSED ON SOMETHING YOU DON'T 00:04:43.60\00:04:46.93 HAVE. SOME NEIGHBOR SHOWS UP WITH A BRAND NEW TOY, YOU KNOW, 00:04:46.93\00:04:51.30 A NEW CAR OR SOME NEW APPLIANCE. 00:04:51.30\00:04:54.56 YOU DON'T NEED IT. 00:04:54.56\00:04:56.46 BUT YOU SEE SOMEBODY ELSE WITH IT. 00:04:56.46\00:04:58.76 SO WHEN THE BOX IS OUT THERE WAITING FOR THE TRASH MAN 00:04:58.76\00:05:02.16 TO PICK IT UP AND YOU PASS BY AND LOOK AND SAY, 00:05:02.16\00:05:03.90 "AHA, THEY GOT A NEW ONE OF THOSE. 00:05:03.90\00:05:08.66 THINK I'LL GO DOWN AND SEE IF I CAN GET ONE OF THOSE." 00:05:08.66\00:05:12.03 WHY DON'T YOU LEARN HOW TO BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU GOT ? 00:05:12.03\00:05:15.16 YOU DON'T NEED A NEW ONE OF THOSE ANYHOW. 00:05:15.16\00:05:18.50 WHEN YOU GET IT, IT WILL JUST SIT THERE. 00:05:18.50\00:05:21.83 BUT SATAN LOVES TO PLAY GAMES 00:05:21.83\00:05:24.30 WITH YOUR MIND ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE. 00:05:24.30\00:05:26.83 SO NOW, THE MAN CAN HAVE ANYTHING IN THE HOUSE BUT THE 00:05:26.83\00:05:31.60 LADY. THE DEVIL KNOWS WHAT TO DO. 00:05:31.60\00:05:33.86 HE GOES IN THERE AND STARTS TALKING TO SISTER POTIPHAR: 00:05:33.86\00:05:37.23 "CHILD YOU SURE ARE -- YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE NOT TREATED WELL. 00:05:37.23\00:05:44.83 HOW COULD A MAN LEAVE A WOMAN LIKE YOU ? 00:05:44.83\00:05:48.26 LONELY, HOUR AFTER HOUR. 00:05:48.26\00:05:54.86 YOU'VE GOT THESE SERVANTS WALKING AROUND HERE -- LIKE THAT FOREIGN BOY, STRONG MAN. 00:05:54.86\00:06:05.56 HAVE YOU LOOKED AT HIS MUSCLES ? 00:06:05.56\00:06:09.06 GOOD LOOKING FELLOW. 00:06:09.06\00:06:11.23 AS FAR AS YOUR HUSBAND KNOWS, YOU MIGHT, YOU KNOW, 00:06:11.23\00:06:14.83 YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT IT." 00:06:14.83\00:06:17.73 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT LIGHT FLICKERS ON. 00:06:17.73\00:06:21.13 DO YOU KNOW THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH TEMPTATION 00:06:21.13\00:06:24.33 AS LONG AS YOU DON'T FALL FOR IT ? 00:06:24.33\00:06:26.63 EVERYBODY GETS TEMPTED. 00:06:26.63\00:06:28.53 IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A BIRD LIGHT ON YOUR HEAD. 00:06:28.53\00:06:31.73 IT'S QUITE ANOTHER TO LET HIM BUILD A NEST IN YOUR HAIR. 00:06:31.73\00:06:34.96 (laughter) 00:06:34.96\00:06:39.83 EVIDENTLY MRS. POTIPHAR -- AND I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL, 00:06:39.83\00:06:42.56 I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE COMMENTATOR HAS SUGGESTED 00:06:42.56\00:06:46.80 THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CASTIGATIONS OF THE FEMALE 00:06:46.80\00:06:52.30 GENDER. SOMEBODY WANTS TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS STORY IS 00:06:52.30\00:06:55.03 WRITTEN IT SAYS TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT WOMEN. 00:06:55.03\00:06:57.46 IT SAYS NOTHING MORE TERRIBLE ABOUT WOMEN THAN ALL OF THE BAD MEN IN THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT MEN. 00:06:57.46\00:07:03.73 THERE ARE SOME WOMEN WHO ARE GOOD; 00:07:03.73\00:07:05.40 THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE NOT. 00:07:05.40\00:07:06.73 THERE ARE SOME MEN WHO ARE GOOD, 00:07:06.73\00:07:07.90 SOME WHO ARE NOT. 00:07:07.90\00:07:09.76 IT HAPPENS THAT MRS. POTIPHAR IS ABOUT TO BE USED BY THE DEVIL TO 00:07:09.76\00:07:14.73 WORK A PLAN AND EVERY TIME THE DEVIL BRINGS A TEMPTATION, 00:07:14.73\00:07:17.60 YOU MUST NOT FLATTER YOURSELF TO THINK THAT YOU ARE THE OBJECT OF 00:07:17.60\00:07:22.40 HIS AFFECTION. YOU ARE A PAWN IN HIS GAME. 00:07:22.40\00:07:25.30 YOU ARE NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT; 00:07:25.30\00:07:27.23 IT'S THE GLORY OF GOD HE WANTS TO TEAR DOWN. 00:07:27.23\00:07:30.93 AND SO THE THING'S SET, 00:07:30.93\00:07:36.80 AND YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THEORIES. 00:07:36.80\00:07:39.43 ONE OF MY THEORIES IS THAT MRS. POTIPHAR MIGHT HAVE BEEN QUITE 00:07:39.43\00:07:44.53 ALLURING, AND THAT JOSEPH MIGHT HAVE FOUND HIMSELF UNABLE TO LOOK AWAY FOR A MOMENT. 00:07:44.53\00:07:50.26 BUT HE PRAYS, BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS. 00:07:50.26\00:07:52.73 IN FACT, ONE OF MY FAVORITE BIBLE COMMENTATORS SUGGESTS THAT 00:07:52.73\00:07:55.86 IN THAT HOUSE JOSEPH WORSHIPPED THE GOD JEHOVAH OPENLY. 00:07:55.86\00:08:01.30 BECAUSE HAD HE NOT BEEN OPEN, HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN MUCH SOONER. 00:08:01.30\00:08:05.26 IT WAS A TEN-YEAR PERIOD THAT HE SPENT IN THAT HOUSE. 00:08:05.26\00:08:08.90 AND HE STAYED ON GOD'S SIDE BECAUSE HE OPENLY DECLARED 00:08:08.90\00:08:14.33 HIMSELF. HE WAS GOD'S CHILD. 00:08:14.33\00:08:19.93 SO, IF SHE WAS ALLURING, THAT WAS ONE THING. 00:08:19.93\00:08:22.33 BUT I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING. 00:08:22.33\00:08:24.50 MEN, WE MUST ADMIT, AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO SOUND IN ANY WAY SLIGHTING TO WOMEN. 00:08:24.50\00:08:31.23 BUT WHEN YOU SEE THAT A WOMAN IS QUITE ATTRACTIVE, 00:08:31.23\00:08:35.36 WE KNOW TO BE CAREFUL. 00:08:35.36\00:08:36.50 YOU BRING THE SHIELDS UP. 00:08:36.50\00:08:45.00 "I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL OF THAT." 00:08:45.00\00:08:48.33 AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT BRETHREN, 00:08:48.33\00:08:52.96 YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO BE CAREFUL. 00:08:52.96\00:08:56.40 TURN TO THE WALL. 00:08:56.40\00:09:02.53 PRAY. 00:09:02.53\00:09:04.66 AMEN ? 00:09:04.66\00:09:06.23 IN FACT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW DIGNIFIED YOU LOOK, LEAVE ! 00:09:06.23\00:09:09.60 GO ! 00:09:09.60\00:09:11.93 THIS IS NOT A GAME ! 00:09:11.93\00:09:14.30 WHEN JOSEPH FINDS HIMSELF IN THE SITUATION HE WAS SAYING, 00:09:14.30\00:09:18.33 "I CANNOT DO THIS THING AND SIN AGAINST MY GOD. 00:09:18.33\00:09:24.26 IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU LADY. 00:09:24.26\00:09:27.43 THIS IS AGAINST MY GOD." 00:09:27.43\00:09:30.06 SO I SUGGEST THAT MAYBE SHE PERHAPS WAS NOT SO ALLURING. 00:09:30.06\00:09:36.13 YOU KNOW, WHEN A WOMAN IS NOT SO OBVIOUSLY ATTRACTIVE 00:09:36.13\00:09:41.13 MAYBE YOU -- "NICE LADY, BUT I WOULD NEVER FALL." 00:09:41.13\00:09:50.43 LET HIM THAT THINKS THAT, LET HIM STANDETH. 00:09:50.43\00:09:58.16 YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL. 00:09:58.16\00:09:59.83 LADIES, YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL THESE DAYS. 00:09:59.83\00:10:03.23 AMEN ? 00:10:03.23\00:10:04.66 BRETHREN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS. 00:10:04.66\00:10:07.10 THIS IS A NEW PHENOMENON. 00:10:07.10\00:10:09.06 WHEN YOU READ THIS IN THE BIBLE, YOU ARE SHOCKED ! 00:10:09.06\00:10:11.80 THIS IS A LONG TIME AGO; 00:10:11.80\00:10:13.23 IT'S AMAZING FOR A WOMAN TO BE SO ASSERTIVE. 00:10:13.23\00:10:18.03 THIS IS AMAZING, THIS IS AN AMAZING PIECE OF LITERATURE. 00:10:18.03\00:10:21.13 BUT THESE DAYS, IF WE WROTE THIS VERY SAME THING, IT WOULD NOT BE 00:10:21.13\00:10:27.63 NOTABLE. BECAUSE OUR MORALS ARE BEING SET, NOT BY THE WORD OF 00:10:27.63\00:10:34.73 GOD, BUT BY OUR TELEVISION SCREENS. 00:10:34.73\00:10:39.33 AND ANYTHING HAPPENS ON TELEVISION. 00:10:39.33\00:10:42.93 IF THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED TELEVISION PROGRAMS OWNED 00:10:42.93\00:10:50.26 HEAVEN, THEN YOU COULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE DOING WHAT THEY 00:10:50.26\00:10:54.16 SUGGEST AND KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A PLACE RESERVED FOR YOU IN 00:10:54.16\00:11:00.73 THE KINGDOM. BUT HEAVEN WILL NOT BE GOVERNED BY THE MORALS OF PEOPLE WHO PUT TELEVISION SHOWS 00:11:00.73\00:11:12.03 ON THE AIR. GOD IS A GOD OF PRINCIPLE. 00:11:12.03\00:11:16.63 SO MAYBE SHE WAS ATTRACTIVE, MAYBE SHE WAS NOT. 00:11:16.63\00:11:19.53 IT REALLY DOSEN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. 00:11:19.53\00:11:21.73 I HAVE BEEN TO EGYPT AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE MAN 00:11:21.73\00:11:24.90 CONTROLS THE OFFICE BUT THE WOMAN CONTROLS THE HOME. 00:11:24.90\00:11:28.60 THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT MRS. POTIPHAR WAS THE ONE 00:11:28.60\00:11:31.46 WHO MADE THE DETERMINATION TO SEND EVERYBODY ELSE AWAY 00:11:31.46\00:11:35.66 AND HAVE JOSEPH THERE ALONE. 00:11:35.66\00:11:40.00 AND IT WAS IN THAT TENSE SITUATION WHEN A SLAVE BOY 00:11:40.00\00:11:47.00 IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY WOULD HAVE DONE HIMSELF A FAVOR 00:11:47.00\00:11:51.33 APPARENTLY TO HAVE DONE WHAT THIS WOMAN SAID. 00:11:51.33\00:11:55.30 WHEN HE SAID, "I CANNOT." 00:11:55.30\00:11:59.13 "WELL, YOU MAY BE SORRY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I HAVE CERTAIN POWER, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. 00:11:59.13\00:12:08.10 NOT ONLY MIGHT IT ACCRUE TO YOUR GOOD TO DO THIS, 00:12:08.10\00:12:10.53 BUT IT MIGHT CAUSE YOU A PROBLEM IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU GET MY 00:12:10.53\00:12:16.83 DRIFT." "WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT YOU SEE, 00:12:16.83\00:12:22.36 I'VE BEEN TRUSTING IN MY GOD THIS FAR, 00:12:22.36\00:12:25.76 AND IF YOU DON'T MIND I'LL KEEP ON." 00:12:25.76\00:12:31.60 "OH, YOU WILL ? 00:12:31.60\00:12:35.50 OH, YOU WILL ? 00:12:35.50\00:12:38.36 YOU WILL ? 00:12:38.36\00:12:41.56 WHAT IS MY HUSBAND GOING TO THINK WHEN HE COMES HOME AND FINDS MY CLOTHES TORN 00:12:41.56\00:12:48.06 AND KNOWING THAT ONLY YOU WERE HERE ?" 00:12:48.06\00:12:51.16 WELL THAT'S THE TIMES FOLK WHERE YOU GOT TO DECIDE WHOSE SIDE YOU 00:12:51.16\00:12:58.36 ARE ON. "WELL LADY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, 00:12:58.36\00:12:59.86 BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STAY ON GOD'S SIDE." 00:12:59.86\00:13:04.46 LORD POTIPHAR COMES BACK AND YOU KNOW I WONDER WHAT THAT WAS LIKE 00:13:04.46\00:13:11.96 ? BECAUSE HUSBANDS AND WIVES KNOW THINGS. 00:13:11.96\00:13:19.10 YOU KNOW, LORD POTIPHAR LISTENS AND I'M SURE IT WAS AN ACADEMY 00:13:19.10\00:13:30.73 AWARD PERFORMANCE: "WAIT A MINUTE." 00:13:30.73\00:13:33.43 "WELL, DID ANYTHING HAPPEN ?" 00:13:33.43\00:13:39.40 "NO, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE." 00:13:39.40\00:13:44.70 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS SCENARIO IS CONJURED UP 00:13:44.70\00:13:51.03 AND JOSEPH GOES TO JAIL. 00:13:51.03\00:13:56.90 WHEN IS GOD GONNA STEP IN ? 00:13:56.90\00:14:03.93 WHEN IS HE GONNA STEP IN ? 00:14:03.93\00:14:06.30 SURELY IF YOU STAND UP FOR GOD IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, 00:14:06.30\00:14:09.93 SURELY HE WON'T LET YOU GO TO JAIL. 00:14:09.93\00:14:15.10 WHEN, IF EVER, WILL GOD STEP IN ? 00:14:15.10\00:14:20.70 AND IF GOD ALLOWS YOU TO GO TO PRISON FOR A CRIME THAT YOU DID 00:14:20.70\00:14:25.23 NOT COMMIT, MUST YOU STILL HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE ? 00:14:25.23\00:14:33.16 I BELIEVE THAT THE PIT WAS GOOD FOR JOSEPH 00:14:33.16\00:14:38.26 AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON GOD ALLOWED IT. 00:14:38.26\00:14:40.93 I BELIEVE THAT THE TRIP AWAY FROM HOME WAS GOOD FOR JOSEPH 00:14:40.93\00:14:44.56 AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY GOD ALWED IT 00:14:44.56\00:14:46.86 I BELIEVE THAT THE EXPERIENCE IN LORD POTIPHAR'S HOUSE WAS GOOD 00:14:46.86\00:14:50.96 FOR JOSEPH AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON GOD ALLOWED IT. 00:14:50.96\00:14:53.70 BUT I SOMEHOW BELIEVE THAT THE JAIL WAS FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. 00:14:53.70\00:15:03.23 THINK WITH ME FOR A MINUTE. 00:15:03.23\00:15:05.76 IF JOSEPH GOES FROM LORD POTIPHAR'S HOUSE TO THE PALACE, 00:15:05.76\00:15:11.70 DOWN AT THE GOLF COURSE, WON'T THEY SAY, 00:15:11.70\00:15:14.86 "HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT YOUNG MAN JOSEPH ?" 00:15:14.86\00:15:18.36 "NO, I DIDN'T." 00:15:18.36\00:15:21.43 "WHAT HAPPENED ?" 00:15:21.43\00:15:23.83 "WAIT A MINUTE, LET ME. . ." 00:15:23.83\00:15:26.46 "NO, LET ME TELL YOU. 00:15:26.46\00:15:28.33 I UNDERSTAND THAT HE WAS IN LORD POTIPHAR'S HOUSE 00:15:28.33\00:15:30.56 AND THAT EVERYTHING HE TOUCHED TURNED TO GOLD. 00:15:30.56\00:15:33.06 AND I THINK THAT IT JUST SHOWS HOW LIBERAL OUR SOCIETY IS 00:15:33.06\00:15:36.73 THAT A YOUNG MAN FROM A FOREIGN NATION 00:15:36.73\00:15:39.13 COULD GO FROM LORD POTIPHAR'S HOUSE TO THE PALACE. 00:15:39.13\00:15:41.13 ISN'T IT WONDERFUL. 00:15:41.13\00:15:42.53 I FEEL BETTER ABOUT US AS A SOCIETY, DON'T YOU ?" 00:15:42.53\00:15:49.40 NO ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT. 00:15:49.40\00:15:51.83 AND SO, IF HE HAD GONE FROM LORD POTIPHAR'S HOUSE, 00:15:51.83\00:15:54.80 GOD MIGHT NEVER HAVE GOTTEN THE GLORY. 00:15:54.80\00:15:58.96 SO GOD SAID, "LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I CAN REALLY DO ! 00:15:58.96\00:16:05.56 I'LL LET HIM GO TO JAIL. 00:16:05.56\00:16:07.83 FIRST I'LL SHOW YOU WHO HE IS. 00:16:07.83\00:16:11.20 GOD DOES NOT ALLOW TRIALS TO COME TO US TO SHOW HIM WHO WE ARE, HE ALREADY KNOWS. 00:16:11.20\00:16:18.93 GOD ALLOWS TRIALS TO COME TO US TO SHOW US WHO WE ARE. 00:16:18.93\00:16:25.80 SO, NOW IN JAIL IS HE GOING TO CHANGE HIS ATTITUDE NOW ? 00:16:25.80\00:16:30.00 NO ! 00:16:30.00\00:16:32.00 JOSEPH GOES INTO THE PRISON FOR A CRIME THAT HE DID NOT COMMIT 00:16:32.00\00:16:37.40 AND SAYS, "FELLOWS, LET'S LIGHTEN THIS THING UP A LITTLE 00:16:37.40\00:16:41.80 BIT IN HERE. MY LORD, CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING, WHAT DO YOU 00:16:41.80\00:16:46.63 BELIEVE IN HERE ?" "WE DON'T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING." 00:16:46.63\00:16:47.76 "WELL I BELIEVE IN GOD JEHOVAH!" 00:16:47.76\00:16:50.33 "WELL HE LET YOU COME TO PRISON." 00:16:50.33\00:16:51.46 "YEAH, BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 00:16:51.46\00:16:53.80 HE'S GOT IT UNDER CONTROL ! 00:16:53.80\00:16:56.33 WHEN HE GETS READY, HE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT." 00:16:56.33\00:16:59.16 "WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. . ." 00:16:59.16\00:17:01.46 "WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING. 00:17:01.46\00:17:02.70 WHY DON'T YOU TRY MY GOD ?" 00:17:02.70\00:17:04.86 NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN HE CHANGES THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE PRISON 00:17:04.86\00:17:07.96 SO THAT INSTEAD OF IT BEING A DARK, TERRIBLE PLACE, 00:17:07.96\00:17:11.26 THE LIGHT OF GOD BEGINS TO SHINE THROUGH THIS DEVOTED YOUNG MAN 00:17:11.26\00:17:15.66 SO THAT EVEN PRISONERS ARE BEGINNING, "YOU KNOW, THIS PLACE 00:17:15.66\00:17:22.86 AIN'T THAT BAD. KIND OF GLAD I MET HIM." 00:17:22.86\00:17:25.26 ONE DAY THEY SEE ANOTHER ELEMENT OF GOD'S POWER. 00:17:25.26\00:17:29.53 YOU REMEMBER THE BUTLER AND THE BAKER HAVE THESE DREAMS ? 00:17:29.53\00:17:34.73 THE BAKER'S GOT HIS DREAM WITH THE BASKETS AND THE BREAD, 00:17:34.73\00:17:38.23 YOU KNOW, AND HE'S GOT THE GRAPES AND THE STUFF AND THE 00:17:38.23\00:17:44.26 BIRDS AND HE SAYS, "I'VE BEEN WONDERING, I HAD A DREAM AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS." 00:17:44.26\00:17:46.63 "WELL, MY GOD SOMETIMES CAN TELL DREAMS." 00:17:46.63\00:17:51.50 AND NOW COMES THE OTHER DREAM AND IT'S ABOUT PRESSING THE GRAPES INTO THE CUP 00:17:51.50\00:17:57.76 AND THESE SYMBOLS DON'T SEEM TO MEAN ANYTHING. 00:17:57.76\00:18:00.80 YOU AND I DREAM THESE DREAMS ALL THE TIME WHEN WE EAT THE WRONG THING LATE AT NIGHT. 00:18:00.80\00:18:07.40 BUT GOD IS ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN SO THAT HE CAN SHOW TO 00:18:07.40\00:18:13.86 THIS BAKER, "YOU WON'T MAKE IT. 00:18:13.86\00:18:15.70 IN THREE DAYS YOUR LIFE WILL BE CUT OFF AND THE BIRDS WILL CONSUME YOUR FLESH." 00:18:15.70\00:18:21.50 BUT TO THE BUTLER HE SAYS, 00:18:21.50\00:18:22.86 "IN THREE DAYS YOU WILL SERVE PHARAOH. 00:18:22.86\00:18:25.56 AND IF IT BE SO, KINDLY REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU'RE THERE." 00:18:25.56\00:18:31.83 TWO YEARS PASS. 00:18:31.83\00:18:35.33 YOU WOULD THINK THAT JOSEPH WOULD CERTAINLY GET BITTER NOW. 00:18:35.33\00:18:39.70 BUT HE KEEPS HIS POSITIVE SPIRIT BECAUSE JOSEPH KNOWS 00:18:39.70\00:18:43.36 SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I ARE TRYING TO LEARN RIGHT NOW. 00:18:43.36\00:18:47.13 THAT IS THAT GOD DOESN'T COME ON YOUR TIME SCHEDULE, 00:18:47.13\00:18:50.70 BUT HE COMES AT A PERFECT TIME. 00:18:50.70\00:18:53.96 SO NOW WHAT WILL BE DONE ? 00:18:53.96\00:18:57.66 THERE COMES A STRANGE DREAM TO PHARAOH; 00:18:57.66\00:19:03.66 SEVEN SKINNY COWS EAT UP SEVEN FAT ONES AND DON'T GET FAT. 00:19:03.66\00:19:10.70 DON'T YOU WISH DIETS WORKED THAT WAY ? 00:19:10.70\00:19:13.20 (laughter) 00:19:13.20\00:19:19.50 SEVEN THIN EARS OF CORN EAT SEVEN FULL ONES AND DON'T GET 00:19:19.50\00:19:25.83 ANY BIGGER. AND PHARAOH CALLS ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE 00:19:25.83\00:19:28.60 ASSIGNED. "UH GO AND GET THE. . . BRING THE DIVINERS. 00:19:28.60\00:19:34.20 BRING THE REGULAR FOLK. 00:19:34.20\00:19:36.00 TELL YOU THE DREAM. 00:19:36.00\00:19:36.96 WHAT DO YOU THINK ?" 00:19:36.96\00:19:38.46 "WELL LORD PHARAOH, WE THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME TIME." 00:19:38.46\00:19:49.20 "WELL, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS." 00:19:49.20\00:19:50.93 "WELL, WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING." 00:19:50.93\00:19:53.53 WHILE THEY ARE ABOUT TO COME UP WITH IT THIS BUTLER REMEMBERS. 00:19:53.53\00:19:59.10 AH, PRAISE GOD FOR THE MEMORY. 00:19:59.10\00:20:02.90 "UH, LORD PHARAOH, I DON'T MEAN TO BE OUT OF THE WAY, 00:20:02.90\00:20:08.06 BUT THERE IS A GENTLEMEN, A SLAVE WHO IS ABLE TO TELL 00:20:08.06\00:20:15.03 DREAMS. HIS NAME IS JOSEPH." 00:20:15.03\00:20:17.23 "YOU WOULDN'T PER CHANCE MEAN THE ONE WHO GAVE THAT TROUBLE TO 00:20:17.23\00:20:20.53 LORD POTIPHAR ?" "WELL, THE VERY ONE, BUT I WOULD WANT YOU TO 00:20:20.53\00:20:24.13 UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WITH 00:20:24.13\00:20:27.93 THAT. IF YOUR HIGHNESS WOULD SIMPLY CALL HIM, THERE WOULD BE 00:20:27.93\00:20:35.10 NOTHING TO LOSE." NOW YOU BEGIN TO WATCH WHAT GOD CAN DO. 00:20:35.10\00:20:39.43 ALLOW ME IF YOU WILL TO PUT IT IN A DRAMATIC FASHION. 00:20:39.43\00:20:52.83 GOD KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING. 00:20:52.83\00:20:58.10 WITH GOD YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW ARE THE SAME. 00:20:58.10\00:21:05.50 GOD MOVES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO TIME, AS WE KNOW IT. 00:21:05.50\00:21:09.16 YOU AND I ARE LIMITED TO TIME, BUT GOD IS NOT. 00:21:09.16\00:21:13.10 SO GOD HOLDS THE FUTURE AND THE PAST IN HIS HAND. 00:21:13.10\00:21:18.23 GOD CAN MOVE INTO THE FUTURE AND ADJUST THINGS ACCORDING TO HIS 00:21:18.23\00:21:25.60 WILL. SO THAT GOD HAD THE POWER TO MOVE SEVEN YEARS AHEAD; 00:21:25.60\00:21:34.26 AND TURN THE RAIN ON. 00:21:34.26\00:21:38.60 THINK ABOUT IT, MOVE SEVEN YEARS AHEAD OF THAT AND TURN IT OFF. 00:21:38.60\00:21:46.03 SO YOU GOT SEVEN YEARS WITH NO RAIN, 00:21:46.03\00:21:50.36 SEVEN YEARS WITH RAIN AND HE PLAYS IT IN REVERSE FASHION. 00:21:50.36\00:21:56.93 SO THAT THERE WILL BE SEVEN YEARS OF PLENTY, 00:21:56.93\00:21:59.66 THEN THERE WILL BE SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE. 00:21:59.66\00:22:02.60 AND GOD SIMPLY REARRANGES IT SO THAT IN HIS HAND, 00:22:02.60\00:22:07.50 THERE IS A SCENARIO THAT HE CAN PUT IT JOSEPH'S HEART. 00:22:07.50\00:22:14.03 SO IN OTHER WORDS, HE GOES DOWN INTO THE FUTURE, 00:22:14.03\00:22:17.70 CHANGES THE PATTERN OF RAIN 00:22:17.70\00:22:21.33 AND THEN COMES BACK TO HIS SERVANT JOSEPH, 00:22:21.33\00:22:23.90 WHO NEEDS TO GET OUT OF PRISON AND SAYS, "HERE'S THE KEY." 00:22:23.90\00:22:29.30 (applause) 00:22:29.30\00:22:36.00 IN EGYPT BEFORE THE ASWAN DAM, 00:22:36.00\00:22:40.80 THE WATER WAS CONTROLLED BY A SYSTEM OF DIKES BUT IT WAS NOT ALL THAT WELL DONE. 00:22:40.80\00:22:49.93 SO WHEN THE RAINY SEASON CAME, IF THE RAINS CAME TOO HIGH, 00:22:49.93\00:22:53.10 THEY WOULD GO IN AND DESTROY THE HOUSES AND FLOOD THE CROPS. 00:22:53.10\00:22:57.26 IF THE RAIN CAME TOO LOW, IT WOULD NOT COME FAR ENOUGH TO 00:22:57.26\00:23:01.63 WATER THE CROPS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, THE WATER WOULD COME 00:23:01.63\00:23:05.86 JUST CLOSE ENOUGH TO WATER THE CROPS BUT NOT DESTROY THE 00:23:05.86\00:23:09.00 HOUSES. AND GOD SIMPLY ADJUSTED THE RAIN SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE 00:23:09.00\00:23:14.30 SEVEN YEARS OF RAIN AND THEN SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE. 00:23:14.30\00:23:19.06 NOW HE TELLS THE WHOLE STORY TO JOSEPH AND JOSEPH GETS THE CALL 00:23:19.06\00:23:23.73 NOW FROM PHARAOH FROM A BUTLER WHO FINALLY REMEMBERED. 00:23:23.73\00:23:28.20 CHANGED HIMSELF, GETTING READY TO GO AND SEE THE KING. 00:23:28.20\00:23:36.23 "DO I HAVE ANY CLOTHES LEFT THAT ARE PRESENTABLE ?" 00:23:36.23\00:23:39.46 "WHERE YOU GOING ?" 00:23:39.46\00:23:40.33 "I'M GOING TO SEE THE KING." 00:23:40.33\00:23:42.10 "WHAT ARE YOU GOING FOR JOSEPH ? 00:23:42.10\00:23:43.66 THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO LET YOU OUT OF HERE." 00:23:43.66\00:23:44.86 "WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW !" 00:23:44.86\00:23:46.80 NOW HE GOES. 00:23:46.80\00:23:50.00 "YES SIR, WHAT IS YOUR DREAM ?" 00:23:50.00\00:23:52.56 "WELL, THERE WERE THE SEVEN FAT COWS THAT ATE THE SEVEN 00:23:52.56\00:23:54.70 SKINNY COWS. . . AND THE SEVEN LARGE EARS. . . " 00:23:54.70\00:23:58.00 "IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME SIR, I KNOW A GOD." 00:23:58.00\00:24:03.73 DO YOU KNOW YOU OUGHT TO BE CAREFUL TO GIVE CREDIT TO GOD ? 00:24:03.73\00:24:07.80 I KNOW A GOD WHO CAN DIVINE THINGS IN THE FUTURE, 00:24:07.80\00:24:11.60 WHO KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING. 00:24:11.60\00:24:14.76 AND I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THE SEVEN THIN COWS 00:24:14.76\00:24:19.96 REPRESENT A DROUGHT THAT'S GOING TO BE DOWN IN YOUR FUTURE. 00:24:19.96\00:24:23.26 BUT THE SEVEN LARGE ONES WILL BE CONSUMED BY IT. 00:24:23.26\00:24:26.40 YOU WILL HAVE RAIN, SO MUCH THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. 00:24:26.40\00:24:30.03 AND THEN, YOU'LL HAVE SEVEN YEARS WHEN YOU'LL HAVE NOT 00:24:30.03\00:24:33.10 ENOUGH TO MAKE IT. THE CORN REPRESENTS THE SAME THING. 00:24:33.10\00:24:35.23 SO I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT IF YOU WOULD TAKE 20 PERCENT FROM THOSE GOOD YEARS 00:24:35.23\00:24:39.10 AND PUT IT ASIDE, YOU WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO GET YOU THROUGH THE 00:24:39.10\00:24:43.70 FAMINE. HE SAID, "SO, YOU'VE NOT ONLY TOLD ME WHAT THE DREAM MEANS, BUT WHAT I OUGHT TO DO ?" 00:24:43.70\00:24:47.93 SO WHEN THE YOUNG MAN GOES BACK TO HIS PRISON CELL, 00:24:47.93\00:24:50.93 THE KING SAYS, "WHAT WOULD WE DO NOW IN A SITUATION 00:24:50.93\00:24:54.80 WHEN WE NEED AN ADMINISTRATOR TO BE OVER A SITUATION LIKE THIS ?" 00:24:54.80\00:25:00.63 AND LIKE A LIGHT COMING ON IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, 00:25:00.63\00:25:03.46 GOD ARRANGES THAT A MAN FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY WHO'S BEEN 00:25:03.46\00:25:07.43 ACCUSED OF A HEINOUS CRIME, WHO'S BEEN IN JAIL, 00:25:07.43\00:25:12.50 AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET THAT ON YOUR RECORD YOU CAN'T MAKE 00:25:12.50\00:25:17.36 IT. BUT GOD HAD TO SHOW YOU THAT HE CAN ALLOW YOUR RECORD TO BE TARNISHED AND RUINED, 00:25:17.36\00:25:25.23 AND IF YOU TRUST IN HIM, HE CAN STILL BRING YOU OUT. 00:25:25.23\00:25:30.66 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD STEPS IN. 00:25:30.66\00:25:37.66 I CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 1, READ DOWN ABOUT THE END OF THAT 00:25:37.66\00:25:40.56 CHAPTER AROUND 26 IT SAYS THAT 00:25:40.56\00:25:42.90 "GOD HAS CHOSEN THE SIMPLE THINGS TO CONFOUND THE WISE; 00:25:42.90\00:25:47.70 GOD HAS CHOSEN THE BASE THINGS TO CONFOUND THE MIGHTY." 00:25:47.70\00:25:51.96 GOD HAS TO TAKE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS 00:25:51.96\00:25:55.86 TO PROVE TO US THAT HE IS GOD ! 00:25:55.86\00:25:59.56 IF HE HAD LET HIM GO FROM ONE HIGH PLACE TO ANOTHER 00:25:59.56\00:26:02.46 EVERYONE WOULD HAVE SAID, "IT'S A NATURAL." 00:26:02.46\00:26:05.00 AND SO GOD ALLOWED HIM TO SINK DOWN TO THE DREGS OF SOCIETY. 00:26:05.00\00:26:10.80 AND IF YOU'D BEEN THERE YOU WOULD HAVE SAID IT; 00:26:10.80\00:26:12.03 "HE'LL NEVER MAKE IT NOW, FOREIGNER, SLAVE, 00:26:12.03\00:26:15.53 ACCUSED OF RAPE, IN JAIL, FORGET HIM ! 00:26:15.53\00:26:21.76 HE'LL NEVER MAKE IT !" 00:26:21.76\00:26:23.63 THERE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WHO SOCIETY LOOKS AT AND SAYS, 00:26:23.63\00:26:29.36 "NEVER MAKE IT." 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