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By Terance Clark \u00a0 \u00a0 January 11, 2025 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a05 Minute Read<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Week 12<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This Weeks Passage: Genesis 47:28 – 50:26<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The name Judah means “to thank” or what we’ve commonly come to know as “praise”.\u00a0 The fourth brother that became the leader of the tribes through king David somehow broke away from his sinful choices and lifestyle to become the leader that the brothers could look up to.\u00a0 How does one become a leader?\u00a0 I think there is more detail in the final story of the book of Genesis.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The name Judah also has another meaning “to confess” which is the core of “to repent”.\u00a0 As I mentioned last week Judah is the first person in the bible to confess or repent.\u00a0 There is a Jewish principle that is often repeated and it goes like this, “Where penitents stand even the perfectly righteous cannot stand” and Isaiah 57:19 is the proof text which reads “Peace, peace, to those far and near”.\u00a0 The belief is that the one who repents is greater than the one who is righteous.\u00a0 We discover that although Joseph was righteous and had a double inheritance through his two sons Ephraim and Manasseh it was actually through Judah and his inheritance that Israel is known and flourished.\u00a0 Peace, Peace to those first to the one who is far away that is the one needing repentance before the one who is near which is considered the righteous person.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Saul made excuses for the things he did wrong <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

whereas David repented.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>“<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Both kings Saul and David sinned, and both were confronted, but Saul made excuses for the things he did wrong, whereas David repented once he was confronted.\u00a0 In the lives of Jacobs twelve sons, they were more than a handful, and in the conclusion of Jacobs life he takes time to confront each one of them and speak a word into their future destinies.\u00a0 The first three sons are all rebuked, but Judah the one that had repented is exalted.\u00a0 Interestingly, the tribe of Levi repents later and is made the priestly tribe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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God is Not Looking for Perfect People<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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So what is it that I’m trying to say this week?\u00a0 This story shows us that God is not looking for perfect people who do everything right and have done everything in life right.\u00a0 No, He is looking for people who recognize their wrong choices and decisions.\u00a0 Who can be honest about their own failures, but have chosen to learn from their mistakes and start afresh.\u00a0 These are the ones who have learned to confess, to say, others have been more righteous than I, but I humbly accept responsibility for my actions and choose to do life differently from this day forward.\u00a0 According to this weeks story, these people are exalted higher than those who have done righteously, for they have done something that even the righteous cannot do, and that is they have changed.\u00a0 They have allowed the spirit of God to take control of their lives and change who they once were.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As we finish the book of Genesis this week, I hope you are encouraged and inspired to know that God is interested in reconciling our failures and fixing our relational challenges.\u00a0 He cares about our families and healing our pain.\u00a0 As we begin this new year, there<\/span> will be challenges and pain, as well as victories and celebrations.\u00a0 Only God knows what the future holds, but we do know that we look up to people who are not afraid to confess when they are wrong, and it’s never too late to change.\u00a0 Many of us have chosen to confess and change.\u00a0 Don’t worry about what others think, just keep moving forward in progress, and never forget that God exalts the humble, and the humble are happy to be changed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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