God's Faithfulness in Our Brokenness: The Judah and Tamar Story
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"It's that time of year again, and we're excited to celebrate Christmas Eve with you. Now, this year, our Christmas Eve services will be at 2, 3 .30, and 5 p .m. And I want to remind you that our Christmas Eve services are a family event. Therefore, child care will not be provided. Now, whether you attend in person, online, or on the lawn, we hope that you will join us for this very special time. Also, the Sunday that follows Christmas, our services will be online only. And we have prayerfully planned content for this service and are excited to share it with you. Now, this is a small way for us as a church to give our volunteers and our serve teams a break. And so we pray that you will join us online for this service. We'll see you this holiday season." [00:17:53] (51 seconds)
"You see that even when Judah and Tamar are faithless, as Paul would write to young Timothy, even when they are faithless, you see that even when that happens, God is faithful. You see, even when they are suffering, that God is working to redeem their situation. You see that even when they are running away from God or Tamar is sent away, that God is working in the background to bring her back home. And so my prayer is that through today's message, that we would be encouraged that we serve the God of even when." [00:40:24] (33 seconds)
"We serve a God that even when we are living in a situation of faithlessness, we are faithful. We are faithful. We are faithful. living in sin. He is still chasing us, pursuing us, trying to reconcile us back to himself. That is the story of today. That is the story of Judah and Tamar. And I pray that we would leave here understanding, and maybe for some of us being reminded of God's consistency, even when we are inconsistent." [00:40:57] (25 seconds)
"And so we see in Judah's story that faith has exited the family. Judah marrying outside of God's people. And so we see this decline in faith throughout the family. And what we're told is that grace is not present if faith is not present. Grace is a free gift that you and I don't deserve. Grace from God is what he says. And so the Bible says, for it is by grace that you have been saved through faith. And so Judah's faith exited the picture the moment he left home to marry a woman that did not love God. And so I would ask us this morning, where have we lost faith? Do we still have faith that God will connect our kids to the life -changing power of Jesus Christ? Do we still have faith that God will provide for our needs, that he will do the miraculous in our families, that he will provide us with the right job or the right life?" [00:46:25] (53 seconds)
"He thought here, remember the scene of the crime is your mind. He thought, meaning that he began to act based upon his fear and anxiety. It was actions that followed, starting with a thought. They controlled his thoughts. And as a result, he dishonored Tamar. Here's what ultimately Judah is doing. Tamar is supposed to be under Judah's household, even if his sons die culturally, anciently, like she is supposed to be over his or under his protection from now on. And he decides that she is going to go back to her father's house. And ultimately what he's saying is he's like, I no longer want to be responsible for taking care of you. I'm going to send you back home. I no longer want you as my responsibility. Go home." [00:48:43] (50 seconds)
"And we'll see you in the next episode. We see that even though this was shameful for Tamar culturally, we see that even when Judah would send Tamar away, God was going to work to bring her home. And that's what we, that's what God did. Even when we go astray, God is working to bring us home. And Tamar would go, would go home. She would go home. She would sit under her father's house. She would sit in shame. She would sit in just cultural, just, I'm not good enough. I'm not significant. I have no value. And she would sit at home under her father's headship. And Judah, Judah, after a long time would forget about Tamar. The text of scripture tells us Judah after a long time, well, his wife would die." [00:49:32] (47 seconds)
"She was desperate ultimately to restore her value. Why? Because in, in this culture, in this ancient context, if she could not have an heir, nobody else cared about her. She had not fulfilled her duty as a wife or a mom in her, her father -in -law sent her away and wanted nothing to do with her. And so she is shamefully under the disguise of a widow in her father's house because nobody wants responsibility for her. Nobody wants to take care of her. Nobody wants to provide an heir for her family. And she was desperate to restore her value. Her purpose in culture was to provide an heir for Judah's family line and Judah had robbed her of this opportunity." [00:51:11] (44 seconds)
"And what we need to know and understand is that Jesus went to great lengths to give us an identity. sons and daughters. And Tamar went to great lengths to restore this value. But I can hear Jesus shouting from his throne, child, you don't have to do this to restore your significance, to restore your value. I will." [00:52:50] (21 seconds)
"Judah recognized them and said, she is more righteous than I, since I wouldn't give her my own son, Sheila, and he did not sleep with her again. The word nekar is the word recognize, see if you recognize. In Genesis chapter 37, just the chapter before, as Judah is standing with his wife. He's standing with his other brothers around his dad. Judah is at the center of it with his brother's robe." [00:57:49] (30 seconds)
"His past had finally caught up with him. And whether Tamar knew the story of Judah and what he did to his brother Joseph or not, this moment would have impacted Judah in a significant way. And it tells us and reminds us that even when we are living in sin, even when we are faithless, God is still pursuing us." [00:59:55] (25 seconds)
"If you've run away from dysfunction and you've lost faith and grace seems far away, I want to pray for you this morning. If you're sitting in a place and you, like Judah, have run away from home and you're like, God wants nothing to do with me. I can promise you this morning that God is still pursuing you. And if he can redeem Judah's situation, he can redeem yours. He can reconcile you and bring you back home." [01:02:32] (32 seconds)
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"You see that even when Judah and Tamar are faithless, as Paul would write to young Timothy, even when they are faithless, you see that even when that happens, God is faithful. You see, even when they are suffering, that God is working to redeem their situation. You see that even when they are running away from God or Tamar is sent away, that God is working in the background to bring her back home. And so my prayer is that through today's message, that we would be encouraged that we serve the God of even when." [00:40:24] (33 seconds)
"We serve a God that even when we are living in a situation of faithlessness, we are faithful. We are faithful. We are faithful. living in sin. He is still chasing us, pursuing us, trying to reconcile us back to himself. That is the story of today. That is the story of Judah and Tamar. And I pray that we would leave here understanding, and maybe for some of us being reminded of God's consistency, even when we are inconsistent." [00:40:57] (25 seconds)
"And so we see in Judah's story that faith has exited the family. Judah marrying outside of God's people. And so we see this decline in faith throughout the family. And what we're told is that grace is not present if faith is not present. Grace is a free gift that you and I don't deserve. Grace from God is what he says. And so the Bible says, for it is by grace that you have been saved through faith. And so Judah's faith exited the picture the moment he left home to marry a woman that did not love God. And so I would ask us this morning, where have we lost faith? Do we still have faith that God will connect our kids to the life -changing power of Jesus Christ? Do we still have faith that God will provide for our needs, that he will do the miraculous in our families, that he will provide us with the right job or the right life?" [00:46:25] (53 seconds)
"He thought here, remember the scene of the crime is your mind. He thought, meaning that he began to act based upon his fear and anxiety. It was actions that followed, starting with a thought. They controlled his thoughts. And as a result, he dishonored Tamar. Here's what ultimately Judah is doing. Tamar is supposed to be under Judah's household, even if his sons die culturally, anciently, like she is supposed to be over his or under his protection from now on. And he decides that she is going to go back to her father's house. And ultimately what he's saying is he's like, I no longer want to be responsible for taking care of you. I'm going to send you back home. I no longer want you as my responsibility. Go home." [00:48:43] (50 seconds)
"And we'll see you in the next episode. We see that even though this was shameful for Tamar culturally, we see that even when Judah would send Tamar away, God was going to work to bring her home. And that's what we, that's what God did. Even when we go astray, God is working to bring us home. And Tamar would go, would go home. She would go home. She would sit under her father's house. She would sit in shame. She would sit in just cultural, just, I'm not good enough. I'm not significant. I have no value. And she would sit at home under her father's headship. And Judah, Judah, after a long time would forget about Tamar. The text of scripture tells us Judah after a long time, well, his wife would die." [00:49:32] (47 seconds)
"She was desperate ultimately to restore her value. Why? Because in, in this culture, in this ancient context, if she could not have an heir, nobody else cared about her. She had not fulfilled her duty as a wife or a mom in her, her father -in -law sent her away and wanted nothing to do with her. And so she is shamefully under the disguise of a widow in her father's house because nobody wants responsibility for her. Nobody wants to take care of her. Nobody wants to provide an heir for her family. And she was desperate to restore her value. Her purpose in culture was to provide an heir for Judah's family line and Judah had robbed her of this opportunity." [00:51:11] (44 seconds)
"And what we need to know and understand is that Jesus went to great lengths to give us an identity. sons and daughters. And Tamar went to great lengths to restore this value. But I can hear Jesus shouting from his throne, child, you don't have to do this to restore your significance, to restore your value. I will." [00:52:50] (21 seconds)
"Judah recognized them and said, she is more righteous than I, since I wouldn't give her my own son, Sheila, and he did not sleep with her again. The word nekar is the word recognize, see if you recognize. In Genesis chapter 37, just the chapter before, as Judah is standing with his wife. He's standing with his other brothers around his dad. Judah is at the center of it with his brother's robe." [00:57:49] (30 seconds)
"His past had finally caught up with him. And whether Tamar knew the story of Judah and what he did to his brother Joseph or not, this moment would have impacted Judah in a significant way. And it tells us and reminds us that even when we are living in sin, even when we are faithless, God is still pursuing us." [00:59:55] (25 seconds)
"If you've run away from dysfunction and you've lost faith and grace seems far away, I want to pray for you this morning. If you're sitting in a place and you, like Judah, have run away from home and you're like, God wants nothing to do with me. I can promise you this morning that God is still pursuing you. And if he can redeem Judah's situation, he can redeem yours. He can reconcile you and bring you back home." [01:02:32] (32 seconds)
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