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This Congregation meets at Sunday Bible Class
at 1000 am. Sunday Worship Service at 1100
am. Sunday Night Worship service at 600
pm. Wednesday Night Bible Class at 700 pm.
Please be so kind to turn off your cell phone.
Lets be reverent we are worshipping God.
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The Reading
Genesis 44
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1 Corinthians 1124
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Getting to know the
Of the
October 15 /2006 Lesson 12.
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We already studied

• Adam 7. Isaac.
• 2. Cain 8. Jacob.
• 3. Abel 9. Esau.
• 4. Enoch 10. Reuben.
• 5. Noah 11. Simeon.
• 6. Abraham 12.

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Lets Talk about Judah Praise of God
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Do we have something to say about Jacobs
descendants? Ignoring the sons of Jacob means to
ignore the story of the nation of Israel.
Jacob. Leah------------Rachel--------Bilhah-------
---Zilpah. Reuben Joseph
Dan Gad
Simeon Benjamin
Naphtali Asher
Levi

Judah
Issachar

Zebulun

Dinah
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This evening its Judahs turn. I have decided to
not leave out the sons of Jacob out of the line
of men of the Bible. I was saying sometime ago
that to ignore the sons of Jacob is to ignore the
history of Israel. From Birth, we read in the
Bible that Judah was Jacobs fourth born son.
Genesis 2935 35And she conceived again and
bore a son, and said, Now I will praise the
Lord. Therefore she called his name Judah. Then
she stopped bearing.
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What really happened in that family?
Jacob. Leah---------------Rachel--------Bilhah----
-----------Zilpah. Reuben Joseph
Dan Gad
Simeon Benjamin
Naphtali Asher
Levi

Judah

Issachar
Zebulun

Dinah
Genesis 2935 35And she conceived again and bore
a son, and said, Now I will praise the Lord.
Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she
stopped bearing.
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1. Who was Judah? a. The fourth born son of
Jacob and Leah. 2. What is the meaning of his
name? a. Praise of the Lord" 3. Where was
he born? a. Maybe Padam-Adam, the desert
for sure. 4. Key word in his life.
a. Humble and Eloquent.
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What is it that we are not to copy this evening
from Judah? The Bible says that this man was
envious with the rest of his brothers and that
they would all pay the price for this.
Proverbs1430
Proverbs 2317
Proverbs 274
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The Eloquence of Judah in front of the Pharaoh!
Even though they did not like the idea that
Joseph would reign among them one day, that day
came sooner than they expected.
Genesis 421, 2 1When Jacob saw that there was
grain in Egypt Jacob said to his sons, Why do
you look at one another? 2And he said, Indeed I
have heard that there is grain in Egypt go down
to that place and buy for us there, that we may
live and not die. 3So Josephs ten brothers went
down to buy grain in Egypt. 4But Jacob did not
send Josephs brother Benjamin with his brothers,
for he said, Lest some calamity befall him.
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This is the first time when they decide to go and
buy food. How was the trip? Well this time, it
wasnt too bad.
Simeon is in jail, Joseph is waiting for Benjamin
and in the meantime, in Canaan, they are all
worried about the famine and the sons of Jacob
are worried about the man who spoke roughly unto
them. Simeon is in jail, the days are going by
and they are afraid to go back to Egypt for more
food.
A decision has to be made and again, Jacob spoke
to the remaining brothers and said
Genesis 431-4 1Now the famine was severe in
the land. 2And it came to pass, when they had
eaten up the grain which they had brought from
Egypt, that their father said to them, Go back,
buy us a little food. 3But Judah spoke to him,
saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You
shall not see my face unless your brother is with
you. 4If you send our brother with us, we
will go down and buy you food. 5But if you will
not send him, we will not go down for the man
said to us, You shall not see my face unless
your brother is with you.
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Judah is ready and willing to fix his many
mistakes. We can see the beginning of his
repentance when he spoke to his father and said
Genesis 438-9 8Then Judah said to Israel his
father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise
and go, that we may live and not die, both we and
you and also our little ones. 9 I myself will be
surety for him from my hand you shall require
him. If I do not bring him back to you and set
him before you, then let me bear the blame
forever.
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So far, the guiltiness for what they did to
Joseph is killing many of them. They feel guilty
and they know that all that is happening is so
that the Word of the Lord may be fulfilled.
The Eloquence of Judah in front of the Pharaoh!

• Joseph is the second in command in Egypt, lets
  not forget that. There is nobody greater than
  Joseph except for the Pharaoh.
• Humbleness is the best remedy when we know we
  have done evil. Arguing and denying our wrong
  doing will not take us any where. Confessing is
  better than hiding our sin. This time the
  brothers will not hide what they have done. They
  will confess it all to a stranger (according to
  them).
• The money was found in the sack of Benjamin
  remember what Judah told his father?

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Genesis 438-9 8Then Judah said to Israel his
father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise
and go, that we may live and not die, both we and
you and also our little ones. 9 I myself will be
surety for him from my hand you shall require
him. If I do not bring him back to you and set
him before you, then let me bear the blame
forever.
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Genesis 4414-34 14So Judah and his brothers
came to Josephs house, and he was still there
and they fell before him on the ground. 15And
Joseph said to them, What deed is this you have
done? Did you not know that such a man as I can
certainly practice divination? 16Then Judah
said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall
we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God
has found out the iniquity of your servants here
we are, my lords slaves, both we and he also
with whom the cup was found. 17But he said, Far
be it from me that I should do so the man in
whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my
slave. And as for you, go up in peace to your
father. 18Then Judah came near to him and said
O my lord, please let your servant speak a word
in my lords hearing, and do not let your anger
burn against your servant for you are even like
Pharaoh. 19My lord asked his servants, saying,
Have you a father or a brother? 20And we said
to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a
child of his old age, who is young his brother
is dead, and he alone is left of his mothers
children, and his father loves him. 21Then you
said to your servants, Bring him down to me,
that I may set my eyes on him. 22And we said to
my lord, The lad cannot leave his father, for if
he should leave his father, his father would
die. 23But you said to your servants, Unless
your youngest brother comes down with you, you
shall see my face no more.
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24So it was, when we went up to your servant my
father, that we told him the words of my lord.
25And our father said, Go back and buy us a
little food. 26But we said, We cannot go down
if our youngest brother is with us, then we will
go down for we may not see the mans face unless
our youngest brother is with us. 27Then your
servant my father said to us, You know that my
wife bore me two sons 28and the one went out
from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to
pieces and I have not seen him since. 29But if
you take this one also from me, and calamity
befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hair
with sorrow to the grave. 30Now therefore, when
I come to your servant my father, and the lad is
not with us, since his life is bound up in the
lads life, 31it will happen, when he sees that
the lad is not with us, that he will die. So your
servants will bring down the gray hair of your
servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
32For your servant became surety for the lad to
my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to
you, then I shall bear the blame before my father
forever. 33Now therefore, please let your
servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to
my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.
34For how shall I go up to my father if the lad
is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that
would come upon my father?
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This appeal made by Judah has been described as
one of the noblest pieces of natural eloquence
in any literature, sacred or profane. The appeal
made by Judah has the power to break the heart of
even the hardest man on earth. His appeal is made
with humbleness and also with eloquence. His
appeal is not for him but for his father, his
little brother and also for the rest of his
family. Can you see Jesus in those actions?
Remember Jesus praying for others and not for
himself?
No wonder Lord Jesus came from the tribe of
Judah!
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During Jacobs last words, much is said of Judah.
Genesis 498 Judah, you are he whom your
brothers shall praise Your hand shall be on the
neck of your enemies Your fathers children
shall bow down before you. 9Judah is a lions
whelp From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He bows down, he lies down as a lion And as a
lion, who shall rouse him? 10The scepter shall
not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, Until Shiloh comes And to Him
shall be the obedience of the people.
Lord Jesus is SHILOH.
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• What did Judah receive in this blessing? Lets
  see
• HIS PRAISE.
• a. Judah, you are he whom your brothers
  shall praise
• 1) The meaning of his name is praise of
  the Lord. Remember that another distinguished
  mother praised the Lord for the greatest Son, who
  came from the tribe of Judah.
• 2) Luke 146, 47 46And Mary said My
  soul magnifies the Lord, 47And my spirit has
  rejoiced in God my Savior.

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What did Judah receive in this blessing? Lets
see 2. HIS CONQUEST. a. You shall be on
the neck of your enemies 1) Here we
have a prophecy of a conqueror. The anticipation
of the figure of the Lion. This symbol of the
lion was emblazoned in the flag of Judah.
2) Judges 11-4
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What did Judah receive in this blessing? Lets
see 3. HIS PREEMENECE. a. Your
fathers children shall bow down before you
1) The superiority of the tribe of Judah
continued almost to the end of the Old Testament
and passed on to Him who has the Preeminence of
all things. 2) Colossians 118 18And He
is the head of the body, the church, who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in
all things He may have the preeminence.
3) Judah was the first in number, first in
territory, first in marching order, first in
skills, and first in war.
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What did Judah receive in this blessing? Lets
see 4 HIS REGAL DIGNITY. a. Your
fathers children shall bow down before you
1) The lion- king of the forest became the
symbol of Judah, as the King of the tribes.
2) Numbers 22-,4.. Everyone of the children
of Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside
the emblems of his fathers house they shall
camp some distance from the tabernacle of
meeting. 3On the east side, toward the rising of
the sun, those of the standard of the forces with
Judah shall camp according to their armies and
Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be the leader
of the children of Judah. 4And his army was
numbered at seventy-four thousand six hundred.

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What did Judah receive in this blessing? Lets
see 5 HIS DESCENDANT. a. In Judah, we
have the most Powerful descendant that any tribe
could have left. Matthew 11-2 1The book of
the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David,
the Son of Abraham 2Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac
begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his
brothers. Matthew 26 But you, Bethlehem, in
the land of Judah, Are not the least among the
rulers of Judah For out of you shall come a
Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.
Revelations 55 5But one of the elders said
to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the
tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed
to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.
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For us this evening This story is beautiful,
but what is even more beautiful is if we learn to
be sincere with God, our neighbors and also with
our own selves, the way Judah was.
The Lord listens to our prayers when we humble
ourselves in the same ways that Judah did. He
pleaded for his family and God and Joseph
listened to his plea.
In the exact same manner, God can listen to us
and He will be willing to answer whatever thing
that we might ask from Him.
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Isaiah 117-20 17Learn to do good Seek
justice, Rebuke the oppressor Defend the
fatherless, Plead for the widow.18Come now, and
let us reason together, Says the Lord, Though
your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as
white as snow Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool. 19If you are willing and
obedient, You shall eat the good of the land
20But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be
devoured by the sword For the mouth of the Lord
has spoken.
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1 John 15-9 5This is the message which we
have heard from Him and declare to you, that God
is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6If we
say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in
darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
7But if we walk in the light as He is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and
the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us
from all sin. 8If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just
to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. 10If we say that we have not
sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not
in us.
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What a blessing it was for Judah, to be a part of
the tribe from which the Lord Jesus came from.
But I would say this evening that the blessing is
even greater for each and everyone this evening
to know that we are children of God and that we
can learn from His Word and know how to do
good. We have learned from Judah that the Lord
can give us a second chance to redeem ourselves
if we really want to do things right. MAY THE
LORD BLESS US ALL THIS EVENING!