BBBI - 2019.07.10 - PM - Depravity & Providence (Gen. 38)

Right. Did you find your place in Genesis chapter 38? I treasure your prayers for me tonight if you know anything about reading for your Bible Genesis 38 is another one of those chapters that To get forth the whole counsel of God renders the great challenge to the Expositor sometimes but I think we'll find they'll be great grace to be found in our passage in our study tonight in Genesis chapter number 38 there. I don't know how many of you grew up watching Popeye the sailor man. That's an old cartoon now, it seems like Popeye the Sailor Man

Cuz I eat sweets spinach and I eat spinach when my mom tells me he eats me spinach and Wendy. Have you remember Wendy and Lindsay was he was known for one thing. Wasn't he now you're having pictures of wimpy and your head already, aren't you? And it's crazy to hear it probably say it right now as before I could even remind you what he used to say. I'll gladly pay you.

Laura hamburger today gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger way to approach this here tonight, but perhaps if wimpy were to come to you or come to maybe we should put you two in the place of wimpy here and let's see you. All right. I just gave you a synopsis maybe of a scenario that could apply to what we see here happening. I believe in Genesis 38 now hamburgers are totally relate to its 4 and get up to the pump and it says, please Cashier and you can't pump your gas. So you go in and and maybe you say they say, all right, but you got to leave your ID with us got to leave your ID at the counter and then go fill your car up with gas come back and hopefully pay for your gas. Cuz that's why you leave your ID. That's another correlation Thomas Brooks that I think will be good.

The one is the seed race being the seed the other is the flower Glory militant. Glorious Grace triumphant. Think about that as we consider Judah and Tamar in this interesting. Summit called an interlude. I don't know if I would be comfortable even getting at the title of interlude. I think it belongs right here in Genesis 38:8 where by divine inspiration is placed. I believe chronological here in the middle of the life. We need to understand what happened with Judah in Genesis won't read the whole chapter. I'm going to spare you from that. You can read that your private time sometime. I encourage you to read it because all scripture is given by inspiration of God. So, we're not here, but we're getting to the end of the chapter and we come to her super 27 the Bible recording and it came to pass Genesis 38:27 and it came to pass in a time of fur travail. That is Kmart Prevail that holds Twins were in her womb.

Scarlet thread. How has sell broken fourth? Favorite name? It's called Sarah Lord. I pray that you'll help as we study your words tonight. I pray for divine enablement for the filling of the Holy Spirit guard my mouth set a watch over my tongue that I say nothing more than what you have said here tonight work. We need the holy spirit in this there are some adult Concepts that are included in Genesis 38 and we have a very mixed audience here agent support. I pray that you help us defeat flies in our approach that is and understand what the Holy Spirit would have it to learn and may there be your Providence pole in life of our depravity. Would I pray that you would accomplish your will and purpose tonight Jesus name? I pray amen.

I was talking with another pastor friend recently and we were discussing the State of Affairs submissions particularly in China. And those who can without Center. What's that mean? He's remember a few weeks ago. We had a letter from our missionary that's over their meddling question. He was sharing with us some of the Grievances that are happening by the Chinese government actually paying people to turn Christians in the gospel of there. Will there are some Pastors in the are some missionaries in the area and disband their church and to have small cell groups and Asia's travel groups, and that's how they're overcoming some of this government oppression for the time.

To be part of a government-sanctioned church in so they have a building and they have to do that. You have to put on paper that you're going to be one way for the Chinese government to allow you to get sanctioned church. And so this pastor is a Believer and he loves God and so on paper, this is what they're telling the Chinese government. They are as the rookie preaches solid Biblical messages. And so and One Way Ministries to the government as pray for him that he doesn't in a way that would cause damage to what he's able to do their wise as serpents and harmless as doves and please don't misunderstand this as any kind of have no Parallel today that I can do is pray for you. I have racked my mind and thought okay, what would be a situation today? Please understand that. You might talk about co-signing on a loan with someone or something has to be paid. Be under today Christian ethics women forced them into 38 because it's not in a Christian day and time in which Kmart is functioning and operating it. So don't read this through the lands of Christian ethics chapter was that because you'll come away doing some great disservice. Pink Kmarts and places maybe that would be unjustified and you have to stand before God and how you handled it. And so I'll give you the careful handling that I would think about those pastors having to do that thing looks and harmless as doves are there other lustration for sure, but none of them compare today with what we're going to read in this Old Testament scenario in a chain and went far away is Canaanites. And so the culture is permeating everything that you read. This is a very Pagan culture and Jacob and his family have moved out of what has happened. Please come back into Canaan.

I would make this statement to you. Maybe want to jot it down somewhere and think it through Genesis 38:8 understand how I came to this proposition Center stand in the way of God's plan Bernard depravity and dangers the very plan of God. You can mark it down his gracious Providence. Texas purpose I really appreciated the theme of Grace that's been woven 3 song we found in the prayers. If it takes Grace Grace in the sense of unmerited favor of God giving us that which we do not deserve remind ourselves where we're at in the Book of Genesis from there even house how many times did what was evil in the imaginate Noah and his sons and their wife and through those three because Adam how many sons did Adam have? Captain mentioned in the Bible. I should say three mentioned. We have Cain Abel and Seth had three sons Shem ham and japheth. And so the sons of Noah dispersion of the people in the Tower of Babel follow trace the line of known to man name who had a son who had his name was Abraham giving us all the details of all human history that's ever occurred. He's getting a specific accounts to the line of Jesus Christ the Redeemer of the world. So God knew through Providence in his divine inspiration gives us this lineage of Christ that will factor into what we're looking at here Genesis 38:8 In the cabinet is made between Jehovah and himself that he will bless Abraham and he will make him a mighty nation and his team will be at the shore in the Stars.

How many sons did Isaac have? He had.

2 and the older was subservient to the younger. All right, so we follow Isaac and we have Esau and Jacob from Jacob. How many sons did he have? Well, he's going to be cut the 12 tribes of Israel. But I think it's interesting as you think of Adam having three sons of Noah having three sons, then you can count hear of Judah make there but it is interesting because just as Jacob had twins. Judah is going to have twins.

Until Isaac was born at the promise being cut off.

Through his own son Conan. There's no one to carry on the lineage. I don't think about What are depravity dangers God's plan his gracious Providence protects? Its purpose of Jacob and Judah through Jesus Christ will come if we don't have Genesis 38r Bible the windage the genealogy of Jesus in here.

Judah stands on the precipice of saying the very promise that was given to Abraham cut off. So God is Providence make sure? That Judas line we remain untainted and that Messiah will come as the lion of the tribe of Judah as was prophesied in the scriptures. And so as we look at chapter 38, we're picking up the story in the middle of the account of Joseph Joseph.

This goes back to that motif of the Elder serving the younger remember Joseph dreams of the sheets. going down and giving a star son of the Moon instruments that actually trying to

Isn't that what to do with Esau? How'd that work out. Still had his way because that it would be through the younger. I think we could argue that we might see some of this year by Judah trying to do the same thing.

Don't make the same mistakes.

Don't make the same mistakes that kind of Pastor that helped me out to be because brother Roland had said before Hearing in our church. Well third son.

There's Something Happening Here In God's going to intervene via Providence through a woman named Tamar as we look at the account that's given of Tamar and Judah and what Tamar is driven to do out of desperation utter desperation. Sum of even called her the the hero the heroine of this whole story. This this is something you have to overcome. How can you call her a hero? If you're going to force the kind of Christian ethics today. Steve Garr heroic efforts publicly deal with in congregational setting but it must be that speak to us. If you trace the story Wonder in with dr. Morris in some areas here that perhaps Judah is tripping a little away from the family because of what all has happened surrounding Joseph being thrown in pit to try and intervene and say let's sell him at remember whose idea was it was Judith. I wonder if there's not some remorse some guilt as in his other brother.

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so just as Jacob recognizes some some token in chapter 37 Judah is also going to recognize some token in Chapter 30 Day roses to recognize some token. That was left 37383. Not there so many contract.

Jacob is contrasted with Judy contrasted with Joseph 37 38 39. It was Joseph's Coat of Many Colors that Jacob recognize it it was Judas Signet bracelets and said that he recognized and it's going to be Joseph. It's going to be recognized by potiphar that puts him in prison. So don't know what Moses is doing. This chapter The Lofts without it. We don't have the history of genealogy of Jesus Christ were missing key portion without it. We don't have practical instruction on how we draw close to God and not trip in Wonder without it. You don't have some of the theological things without it. We stand as much as you like to live in.

antenna chimney understand time. So Jacob his move down to Hebron. Joseph is presumed dead by hand at the deception of the president. Well if you're taking notes. In chapter 37 it was Jacob who was deceived by the coat if then blood in Chapter 30 and what she does in chapter 39, there's more deception through pod for swag deceiving her husband about what Joseph did so the themes of deception. Remember Jacob is the deceiver back. One of the city's that's named here where Judas sons are going to be born Logan throughout This chapter belongs in your Bible and you need to give it serious thought. When God's people drift first off tonight, I would share with you God's plan can be endangered. As we pick up the story in chapter 38, we see Judah he goes down from his Brethren and he turned into a certain Abdullah mine whose name was Ira so he and if we have the account for knowledge of chronologically here, we understand he's close enough.

And he goes down to a duel in the scriptures is that it's not far from Hebron. It's not it's about 12 and 1/2 13 miles from Bethlehem. distressed business in the Hill Country of Judah Judah and it's just north of Hebron maybe about 10 and 1/2 miles for the fever so I'm here and I want to tell you I think he's getting away from God's family I just want to make an application and as preacher I can do that right this is not interpretations application expired set it off to the side and get hotter and hotter really cools down and gets cooler and colder until it goes out if you want to stay on this was God's people and I'm not saying that and this will become the nation of Israel God's grace is on that they are to be a light to the world of what Jehovah can do and Israel will be when he leaves out of each fast is a picture of Our Savior Jesus Christ

That we can't cross apart from Jesus Christ was broken for us. And it's Jehovah Jewish people during battle how many times have we seen God face to face and said he's been a witness to God's grace and Glory got to get away from you know, sometimes churches place where you get hurt the most searched word of caution when it's God's people hurting because if that's the case then why are you coming to church to begin with either about you or about the other people and it's not about Jesus at that point because one thing you have to understand Purchased the church with his life's no longer be perfect. Right? So where there's people these problems problems. And yes, sometimes God's people can say hurtful things at Walmart. And this is just human nature. We're prone to this. So because this is where decisions are made from dangers of drifting Pastor that preached message you might remember that you were there, but I'm going to use a little bit of that.

Doesn't have intervention as we mention Jesus Christ is not going to be. She'll do something is drifting away from the application.

Drift away from church. You can expect to get more worldly as you go. Right. So let's followed you that he continues on and his decision to triplets and down into the duel for whatever reason he feels like he needs to be down there and he does exactly what Abraham had forbidden Isaac to do. He does exactly so much.

Go get wife up there.

You know, this is what I've got to deal with down here. So I'm just catches up with this man Huayra and him and he builds his friendship with Huayra. Judith saw there a daughter of a certain. What is Horsetooth a Canaanite? Enter marriage, there's going to be an unequal yoke all is going to be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers anytime you have God's people in the world. You're going to have trouble there's going to be problems and so in our relationship, we've got to guard those people God there's danger drifting in this they can influence us before, you know it we've lost our Moorings and we're beginning to to make decisions based off of Out of a faulty conclusions that will if you know about it, you show me proof somehow someway that she's not Jewish. Not descended from Abraham. Didn't if you have you know, the Clear Proof of that I'm not going to argue with him are is up for him. So I shaking when he went out and Rachel. Oh, that's another theme of deception by women. Can I take that she's such an imbalance in this culture?

Play that women are viewed and treated in Genesis 38:8 how there's almost this. It's like they don't apply to a different standard. It's like a double standard in here. You know, this is where Kmart maybe shines as the hero because she's fighting for her rights and she is doing everything she can.

To make sure that she stayed in the lineage. This was promised to her by law. When you follow and trace it was selected for her. first born son where was born of the Canaanite woman? Turn on the entire story. We don't know what and Sheila's mom's name was. We know what dad's name was cuz it's given. And the daughter of shua, that's who she is. So true to have threesomes or his first warning so wicked. That God just slicing him. I'm going to let that sit right where it is because I think that's all the explanation we need about how we could hear what some have given comment on he was involved in homosexual practices every things of that nature. That's the wickedness others, He's basically doing the same thing to do with the first one.

And he's refusing to go along with Dad's plan Rebellion. So now this day neither Stan marriage. It's a Latin term that simply means brother-in-law and sew in the law of this day. What would happen is if the husband died and he had a brother the brother housemate provide. It is for Nas. I know I did it because we're Americans and we have them.

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The greatest parallel you see this probably won the most familiar to It Go as Andrew. Can you have there in the nearest Kinsman? So what team are?

But own in here, I mean what character? Is not fulfilling the legal responsibility so lustful and selfish pain abused Kmart in the process has responsibilities. And so just like her his older brother. Guess what Onan? the Lord slew him to I think a lot of it around not wanting to be a responsibility but the ethics of this way. Children now Judah has one more son. That's still alive. And if you do some ancient near Eastern research that was recorded of a family that has it's like what it what do they call it in something about look it up again? The Black Widow something like that where the husband dies and so put yourself in her Stead. FC what is to do? I kind of think there's a little Superstition here in that Tamar's, you know this plant try to carry on it. So what is to do while she was not old enough yet? Go back and live with your dad. What did he make sure the lineage would carry on her so I don't know what

I got married. I waxed father came before The Altar with her and the preacher asks who gives this woman to be married to this man and her dad said, I'm sorry. I can't take care of your daughter and have her back. How do you get an idea of what we're dealing with?

So Tay Marsh she's she's willing to go along with that person's she's okay, I'll wait until she was old enough then we can fulfill the law we can do the legal obligation. Who is Sheila.

Was she Jewish or tendonitis? Jewish is Tina McBride figure that out. so he selects Tamar and Ronan. And she was not old enough so he sits weight.

Damar Is wise woman? She figures out what's going on. so Sheila

intuitive refuses He refuses. To how she looked to take that responsibility. So team are then

That's a long story short.

How how she went about it. I swear I'm telling you you can't just take this and selling be careful. Be careful because you will stand before God for the Judah himself made the comment in our passage. She's more righteous than I why is roll this account because Tay Mar. The Pledge and fulfill the legal responsibility when Judah failed leases if you read it I where's the verse that says baby clothes that I gave her. Sheila is Sheila my son. And Oregon no more. So as you see this unfold now, we got to plug in another piece of storage Judah. Sheila is waiting waiting to give to Sheila could say

Amber celebrity State at our father's house in the process

the daughter of shua remember back and verse that was the daughter of shua is Judas. Why choose why? She does so tragedy strikes the pain.

The dad and the two boys my phone and kill him they wind up dying down there and they always got to go back broken. Call me not Naomi call me Mara for the lord. It's still early with me. And so now tragedy strikes as he's endangering God's plan for the trip correction. Traits that story. Jude is grieving. He's dealing with the loss of his wife and a time of sharing is part of this would be like payday. Okay, right for those who have any military service, you know what payday means right way to wear red today. Also know you don't do that and I don't like that. Some of them have a hard life. And so it's payday song impulse and cure to

Timbers just north of the antenna is going to show up again in the Bible in the story of Book of Judges Judges chapter. Number 14. There's another man who's going to go to Tim now. He's going to see a woman.

That was Samson. So Samson, his woman also came from so that kind of tells me that she was tragic. It's Grievous. She was desperate position when shooter wouldn't deliver at law sheeple filled it. Now. Look what God did totally skip

Stone of the Canaanite woman So now the bloodline runs from Judah directly to Tamar know she'll in the mix.

Interest is she Jewish? And God spared bloodline from thrush. So I don't know how far you want to take that impulses and he takes what he wants so he has to leave it with her and as a pledge what place you're going to give me, you got to leave your ID at the counter if you can go by the gas. How many times does a goat show up in the storage? Remember the deception with Isaac and Esau and Jacob and there was a shown up though. He were us for us and through his stripes. We are healed. Okay, Huayra go find her and get my stuff back to my staff.

different wording underlies the translation here that describing Kmart Harlot the first time she shows up. The terminologies used the word Harlot which by the way, they have is called a harlot and who else is like 4-5 is used and yet these are ladies that show up in the genealogy of Jesus Christ need to put that together. So what unit is a different word when he sees Tamar and she's a harlot. That's a different word. Then we'll Huayra comes and asks about he's looking for the Priestess. Where did the word comes the word that hire use come from the Hebrew word Kadesh which means custom River where the Pagan land and so is he he's grieving. He's trying to find Comfort he wants to do.

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What a mess.

So then he says we'll just let her keep it. She's got my signature in other words. She's got my driver's license. She knows exactly who I shot my staff at. This is probably tribe of Judah. This is probably the staff that sets him apart and says, well, I hate to know God's Providence for Texas purpose from our depravity. Can I reassure you that through all of this the wickedness in the sent God's justice demands judgment for sin.

Time goes by. Three months pass to to find something out.

She's pregnant. She's supposed to be a widow or she's not supposed to have any relationship. She's bounced. culture comes to women and men and tell Judas ready to put her to the second and he said he's about to burn her cuz that was the consequence for what she did that day. He should have burned her.

She's going to pay for a judge and his Justice requires judgment for sin. Judith is in is in the legal ramifications of putting her to death This Way.

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Each of these because whoever these belong to the Signet the bracelets and staff. Whoever these belong to that's the problem. Judah

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In the story of Joseph Joseph Joseph and I figured this was turning point that you acknowledge to send. He says it was a moment. Maybe, you know a moment of weakness I gave into I should have never done it. She's been more right? Because she spilled the law and I have I was I had an obligation or responsibility and I let that down just as good as going to carry this with him. In fact through all eternity because it's reported forever.

wickedness not one of us a pointer finger at Judah and say I would have been better than him not one of us can say we're without sending brought that it was taken in adultery.

Singapore you think we're better than anybody less remember without God's grace. We all deserve punishment for his last. What about yours about the time your father and mother. What about the Time in the West? Boston cab short, we all deserve justice and judgment. Can I thinking about this great that provides Redemption through Jesus Christ as I did when we began because

De-rez is going to be mentioned in other places in scripture particularly and Matthew chapter 103 because it is his and his descendants. By the way, if you trace his genealogy will show up again in Joshua chapter number 7.

Jesus Christ Our Messiah so we don't have to understand that in as selfless as it was perhaps as heinous as a sacrifice and shows up yoga shadowing grace of God and that he kept the lineage of Jesus Christ so that we today and have raced through him and through his shed Blood by his stripes. We are healed.

But I'm thankful to tell you that his gracious Providence will protect his purpose and nothing can thwart in. The end. God God's will will be done in time. But let's do all we can to Carter Hart from the dangers of drifting. Let's stay with God's people. Let's stay in his word. Let's avoid world. Let's trust God and honor his word when we have responsibilities. Let's step up to the plate and let's do the right thing. So Bob Jones finger you to say just do right just Well, I'd like to close. with a story about Ernest Hemingway how many of you familiar with Ernest Hemingway? You've heard him before listen to this because this summarizes I think well everything we talked about tonight, he's Park, Illinois. Is Scott the grandparents a graduated from Wheaton College back in the day? It's grandfather Anson Hemingway. Sure to close friendship with none. Other than the Evangelist d l Moody.

Ernests position father at wanted him to be a missionary doctor but his mother was too much of a city girl in refused to go Ernest was raised in the church where he passed his allowance. He sang in the choir. Completely through his King James Bible exam on it after high school thing from his upbringing listed in World War the world has to offer.

The world move to Paris to further his writing career for drunkenness in his late years distant from everyone would not stand up straight. He stopped communicating verbally every hour.

Hemingway's home description was a quote.

That is as lonely as a radio to when the batteries are dead, and there's no current to plug into. vacuum

61 Ernest Hemingway shotgun to his head

That is a tragic ending. to life that begin in Salisbury

drifted away from God's people by unequal Yokes and the world corrupted him because he didn't hesitate to try all the world had to offer. And the vacuum left him with was so empty. There was no hope by the time you came for me, but I'm here to tell you. It doesn't happen in Jesus Christ and fill that vacuum and fill that void. Tell you maybe he got caught up in mechanical Christianity and just a religious sense of it and go head knowledge never in fact of his heart. He never let it sink in. He never let it make it here. We must allow Jesus into our life totally and completely made some bad choices red squirrel. He could have availed himself to God's grace. He could have been formed Christ. Is Godly children and grandchildren could have followed in the steps instead? It's beautiful famous granddaughter. Recently took her life is descendants those who came after him or from the Lord every one of us all we like sheep have gone astray and turned everyone to his own way lord has laid on him. The iniquity of us all to be conformed to corruption don't have to put on the little one is the seed the others flower Glory militant and glory is Grace Triumph. If we fail ourselves of God's grace through the descendant of Judah and Tamar the Lord Jesus Christ. He's the one that can keep us from the corruption of this world.