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𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟰𝟭:𝟭–𝟰𝟰:𝟭𝟳

𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳?

This week's portion picks up with the story of Joseph and his rise to 2nd in command of Egypt. Pharoah has two dreams which cause him to seek out someone for an interpretation, of which none can be found. 𝙎𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮, we see the Pharoah's cup bearer say, " “I would make mention today of my own offenses {sin}", as he begins to tell Pharoah of a man who had interpreted correctly the dreams he and the baker had, while in prison. Pharoah has Joesph brought to him at once, though interestingly enough they still take time to shave him and change his clothes, and Joseph declares that not he, but the LORD is the one to interpret. He explains the Pharoah's dreams meanings to him that they are in fact the same dream, yet he goes further in vs 32 saying, "𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵." Joseph then precedes to give direction to Pharoah into how he should navigate the coming 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 years of plenty in preparation of the 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 years of famine that will follow. Pharoah, as he announces Joseph will be second in the kingdom only to himself says, "“Can we find a man like this, 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩?" And just like that, Joseph, who once was the most beloved in his fathers house, sold into slavery, and later thrown into prison finds himself as elevated to a place of honor, wearing the signet ring of Pharoah (meaning authority), fine linen and a gold necklace. Pharoah even gives Joseph the daughter of On, Asenath, as a wife. From that marriage, Joseph has 𝘁𝘄𝗼 sons of his own, Manasseh and Ephraim. (Take note: Jew/Gentile together!!!)

We begin to see the famine come upon the land, just as GOD had confirmed through Joseph. Gen 41:57 ends with, "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘨𝘺𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩." All the earth. Just as the flood covered the earth a few Chapters earlier, now famine. Yet the LORD had given direction and provision to ensure there was grain enough to sustain all who sought it. Isn't it interesting that grain is used in making 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥, and we know that Yeshua is the true 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 according to John 6:35: 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, “𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦; 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵. " So beautiful! As our story continues, we see Joseph's father, Jacob/Israel, send 𝘁𝗲𝗻 of his remaining sons to Egypt to buy grain. All but Benjamin the youngest, last born of Rachel, for fear something terrible would happen to him. Throughout the last few Chapters of this weeks reading, we find the brothers, who do not recognize Joseph as the brother they sold, bowing before him. Joseph speaks harshly to them calling them spies in the land, to which they refute, yet Joseph decides to hold them in prison for 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 days. He then releases all but one of them with food (and their money back in their bags) but holds Simeon. He tells the brothers that he will believe their story, that they aren't spies, only if they bring the youngest brother, Benjamin, back with them, at which time he will release Simeon and them all to move freely in the land.

The brothers return to their Father and share all that has happened and then we see the eldest brother, Reuben, try to put his father at ease.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯: 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯; 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦.” 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶; 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.” 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘔𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶; 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵. 𝘐𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸.” - Gen 42:36-38

𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡?! Reuben, remember, was the brother who said to throw Joseph into the well previously, thinking he would save him later. And after hearing the fear of his father over the two sons he has already lost, finds it fitting to offer up two of Jacob's grandchildren (his own sons) to die, should he not return Benjamin. Jacob has seen enough loss, he certainly isn't interested in taking the lives of his grandchildren! But soon the famine becomes so severe in the land he asks his sons to go back to Egypt and get more grain. Judah reminds his father of what Joseph had told them in Egypt. If they don't bring Benjamin there is no hope. Judah then, 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛, as the sole guarantee of returning Benjamin to his father, safely.

𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭, “𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮; 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. - Gen 43:8-9

Judah, too, has seen enough death. Remember he has already lost two sons of his own. He also was the brother who suggested selling Joseph into slavery. It seems that Judah has done a lot of maturing of his own through the trials and no doubt the guilt of his own past decisions. He seems here to have finally grasped what it means to be a leader among his brothers, and the responsibility it carries. It means 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚. No doubt, Judah has watched his father grieve over the believed death of Joseph and he wants to put his mind and heart at ease where Benjamin is concerned. Judah it seems will do whatever it takes to preserve this life entrusted to him. So the brothers leave for Egypt and are welcomed to a feast prepared by Joseph, whom they still haven't recognized and are reunited with Simeon. I found it very interesting that in this feast Joseph prepared for them, the text points out in verse 32, "𝑆𝘰 𝘵ℎ𝘦𝑦 𝑠𝘦𝑟𝘷𝑒𝘥 𝘩𝑖𝘮 𝘣𝑦 ℎ𝘪𝑚𝘴𝑒𝘭𝑓, 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘵ℎ𝘦𝑚 𝑏𝘺 𝘵ℎ𝘦𝑚𝘴𝑒𝘭𝑣𝘦𝑠, 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘌𝑔𝘺𝑝𝘵𝑖𝘢𝑛𝘴 𝘸ℎ𝘰 𝘢𝑡𝘦 𝘸𝑖𝘵ℎ ℎ𝘪𝑚 𝑏𝘺 𝘵ℎ𝘦𝑚𝘴𝑒𝘭𝑣𝘦𝑠, 𝘣𝑒𝘤𝑎𝘶𝑠𝘦 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘌𝑔𝘺𝑝𝘵𝑖𝘢𝑛𝘴 𝘤𝑜𝘶𝑙𝘥 𝘯𝑜𝘵 𝘦𝑎𝘵 𝘣𝑟𝘦𝑎𝘥 𝘸𝑖𝘵ℎ 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐻𝘦𝑏𝘳𝑒𝘸𝑠, 𝘧𝑜𝘳 𝘵ℎ𝘢𝑡 𝑖𝘴 𝘭𝑜𝘢𝑡𝘩𝑠𝘰𝑚𝘦 𝘵𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐸𝘨𝑦𝘱𝑡𝘪𝑎𝘯𝑠." We see much later with Peter's vision in Acts 10, that apparently Jews had come to believe eating with Gentiles was unclean. The LORD used that vision to show Peter that gentiles should not be treated as 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯. The gospel, the 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁, are for all who will believe by faith in Yeshua!

As this weeks reading ends we find Joseph had a servant slip his silver cup into the bag of Benjamin. He then has men go after them on their journey to bring Benjamin back, as a slave for the theft. We must wait for the ending to this story in next weeks Portion, but I want to wrap up today's story with a thought (paraphrased) shared by one commentator.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘩 (𝘎𝘖𝘋) 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 '𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'. In other words, how we treat those around us says a whole lot about our belief in GOD, His sovereignty, His all-knowingness, and ultimately what will be His judgement of us. Do we live as though the things we do upon this earth have no real or lasting impact/value? Do we overlook those who have nothing to offer us in return or worse yet, cause them harm? I dare say that when we take a good, hard, long look at the horrors that take place around the world each and every day, it isn't hard to see that proximity to GOD and belief in Him is waning. As I shared in the story of Cain and Abel, when Cain responded to the LORDs question of 'Where is your brother?', he simply responded, "Am I my brother's keeper?". The point was he wasn't supposed to be his keeper, but he was supposed to be his brother. His love waned and thus sin abounded. Yeshua teaches us how to remain in His love, by following His commands. As we prepare to enter the Sabbath at sundown I leave with just one question more, "are you abiding, friends? Truly abiding"? To Him belongs to the glory, forever!

“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵, 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵, 𝘏𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴; 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘔𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘔𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘦, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶; 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝑰𝙛 𝙮𝒐𝙪 𝙠𝒆𝙚𝒑 𝑴𝙮 𝙘𝒐𝙢𝒎𝙖𝒏𝙙𝒎𝙚𝒏𝙩𝒔, 𝙮𝒐𝙪 𝙬𝒊𝙡𝒍 𝒂𝙗𝒊𝙙𝒆 𝒊𝙣 𝙈𝒚 𝒍𝙤𝒗𝙚; 𝒋𝙪𝒔𝙩 𝙖𝒔 𝑰 𝒉𝙖𝒗𝙚 𝙠𝒆𝙥𝒕 𝑴𝙮 𝙁𝒂𝙩𝒉𝙚𝒓’𝒔 𝒄𝙤𝒎𝙢𝒂𝙣𝒅𝙢𝒆𝙣𝒕𝙨 𝙖𝒏𝙙 𝙖𝒃𝙞𝒅𝙚 𝙞𝒏 𝑯𝙞𝒔 𝒍𝙤𝒗𝙚. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭. - John 15:1-11