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Thank you so much for letting me sit down and share with you from the Word of
God today
It's a little different background because I'm actually taking this in
front of my S.P.S. class because
GoPro [camera] broke this morning
then the camera guy's, when we did it here at the church, his camera broke and then
his microphone receiver broke.
So we're trying again...
All right, we want to get this up to you right away.
We finished a milestone in our devotional reading today as we finished the Book of
Genesis.
Now, I will tell you it's been very difficult to try to decide what to teach,
this morning for our little thought because the New Testament passages so
full. It talks about getting out of relationships that will cause you to sin,
it talks about the angels that watch over the children, it talks about
whose greatest in the kingdom of God, it talks about
dealing when you're...
you're brother has fought against you. There's all kinds of things that we could teach you
that, that passage in Psalms [16:6] that “has fallen to us [me] in pleasant places” and that God...
has assigned us our portions.
Everything we read today was incredibly encouraging and wonderful.
But let me take you back to an obscure passage, back in the Book of Genesis
Chapter Fifty
to talk about what do you do
when people who are in relationship with you allowed guilt
to affect their relationship with you.
Sometimes, we think that when we forgive people everything is all different now,
everything is all better now.
But it's amazing how triggers can allow guilt to
pull into high gear in somebody's life again. At the death of Jacob,
Joseph's brothers
felt guilty again and we're concerned that now that their father was dead
Joseph would now begin to destroy them because of what they have done to him
a lifetime ago.
Now please, Joseph had moved on
Joseph was happy
Joseph was blessed,
but when their father died guilt
triggered in the lives of his brothers again
and they came to him. At first,
in [Genesis] verse 15 and 16 they lied to him. They said their father said something
the father had not said.
Guilt, will often rise up in people's lives again
and will destroy their relationship with us all over again,
if we don't understand what's happening.
Well, let me say that again--
Guilt will rise up in their heart not because of have anything you have done,
but because of the trigger that has gone off in their life.
Guilt rises up in their life, they'll lie to you again, the'll deceive you
again.
and if you're not careful the relationship will be destroyed all over
again
but noticed the wisdom of Joseph
[Gen. 50:19] “Joseph said to them, 'Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God?...'
'...you intended to harm me but God intended it for good'” Hey, that had told you this
the last time
“God intended for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” [Gen 50:20]
So, then don't be afraid,
“I will provide for you and your children and he reassured them...
....and spoke kindly to them [Gen 50:21]
He reassured them
and spoke kindly to them.
Now, oftentimes in our lives, people sinned against us and we forgiven them and the
relationship has gotten back to normal and everything is wonderful
and then a trigger hits
and all of a sudden guilt comes into their hearts
and they lie to you, and they deceive you again. If you're not careful,
You'll end the relationship right then
You need to understand
this is the effect of guilt in their heart
the way to deal with this, is not drive them away because that's what they're
expecting
the way to deal with this is to reassure them.
Speak kindly to them,
let this guilt get healed in their heart
In Jesus name.