The update, I am going to, you know how when somebody says to you, I have some good news and I have

some bad news. Which one do you want first? Why don't you hate that? Well, I have some good

news and I have some bad news and I'm not going to give you the choice of telling me which one

you want to hear first because I'm going to give you the bad news

first. And believe you me, there is a lot of bad news out there. Is there not? I do so for a reason.

And the reason is that it's in order to share the good news that is the result of the bad news.

I've said it this way, I know this is not proper English, so don't email me or post comments,

but the bad or the bad news is, the good or the good news will be.

The bad or the bad news is, the good or the good news will be.

And certainly this is true when it comes to sharing the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ.

When you appropriately and sufficiently communicate the bad news that we're all dead in our sins and

trespasses, it readies you for the good news that there's salvation in Jesus Christ. And certainly

that principle is true when it comes to the gospel, but I want to

take it a step further and suggest this, that as only God can and does, he's taking that which is meant for evil today, and he's working it for good

for the salvation of many people. One of my favorite men of God in the scripture is Joseph.

And for those of you who were with us on Thursday night many years ago, he went through

Genesis chapter by chapter and book by book and verse by verse and when we got to the life of Joseph,

it was perhaps amongst the most fascinating, if not the most

fascinating studies in all of the Bible.

I mean, here's a guy. Let me just briefly set the stage and then we'll get into our

prophecy update. Think about this. For 17 long years, this guy went through everything you could possibly

imagine. It seemed as if, for 17 years, it's from a young teenager, for 17 years, for 17 years, it seemed as some suggest he was 13. Add 17 makes him 30. By the way,

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