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 I would like you to turn in your Bibles this morning to Matthew chapter 1 and pick up with me

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! as we begin reading there in verse 18. Matthew chapter 1 beginning with verse 18.

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 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to

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 Joseph before they came together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

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 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her away to shame, resolved

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 to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him

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 in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife,

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 for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus,

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 for he will save his people from their sins.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our precious God and Father, this morning as we take this passage of Scripture in hand,

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 we recognize that it represents

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 your revelation to us.

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 It is the truth.

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 It is of eternal worth.

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 It's the words of life.

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 And as we hold it, as we read it, we recognize that

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 we are dependent this morning upon your

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 spirit to work in us

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 as your children

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 to allow the word to have free course

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 and make a difference in our thinking and our affections.

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 We recognize that as we come together

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 this morning, there are many things that would

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 distract us from the significance of our time in your word.

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 And so we ask, as Paul prayed,

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 that we would cast down every imagination

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 and every vain thing that exalts itself against our Savior,

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 and that this morning, by your enabling,

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 we would appreciate your word,

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 that we would find it to be a thrill to our souls,

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 an encouragement to us in our anticipation of seeing you face to face,

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 that it would be part of your process in shaping us

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 as your children to be more like Christ,

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 and stirring our hearts that we would be faithful in our

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 high and holy calling of being your representatives in this world

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 in the time that you give us.

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 And so we are going to say thank you in advance

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 for what we ask you to do in us

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 for the glory of our Savior.

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 We pray this in his name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, as you look at this passage here in Matthew,

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 I want to stop just for a moment and have you think with me

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 about what the Christmas season represents to all of us.

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 And as I think about Christmas,

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 I recognize that we are here together

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 in many, many different mindsets.

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 There are some of us here, actually,

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 when we think about Christmas,

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 as we come towards the last week,

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 our life becomes a little more anxious.

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 How many of you find that to be true?

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 Because you're thinking about the list you have

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 and the things you haven't done yet

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 that should be done by the 25th, right?

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 Yesterday, I was out on an errand

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 and I happened to stop in a store

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 and it was just packed.

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 And I have to confess that I thought to myself,

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 self, aren't you glad you shop on Amazon?

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 If I can't hit Amazon and get what I need,

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 the idea of going out and braving the traffic

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 is just beyond my imagination.

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 Others of you are thinking with anticipation.

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 You've given your little list to your parents

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 and you're hoping that at least some of the things

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 that you asked for, you get.

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 I mean, you didn't put socks or underwear

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 and you know those are coming,

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 but there are a couple things that you said, right?

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 You're thinking, well, Christmas morning

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 and that's going to be a wonderful thing

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 and I'm looking forward to it.

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 Let me ask you this.

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 How many of you that are older

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 kind of find your approach to Christmas

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 to be a little less enthusiastic

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 than when you were like five?

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 How many of you here used to wake up

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 and had your parents put that wet blanket

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 across your enthusiasm of saying,

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 don't be making noise until I get up?

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 How many of you are in that space?

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 Yes.

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 You know, it's like,

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 and so you were trying to think of ways

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 that you could kind of waken your parents

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 within a reasonable frame.

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 You know, before it was like 11, 30 or 12

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 and the presents had all kind of dissolved

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 under the tree.

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 But you spent your time doing what?

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 Shaking the boxes?

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 Double checking to see whether or not

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 it sounded and weighed about

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 what you thought you were going to get?

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 We all had a certain amount of enthusiasm

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 for Christmas earlier on.

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 And this morning, as we think about

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 the subject of Christmas,

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 here is the thing that I appeal to you in advance.

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 I want you to consciously and deliberately

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 ask the Spirit of God to give you,

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 through His enabling,

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 just a wonderful sense of appreciation

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 for what the Christmas story really is.

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 Because I know that every one of us here

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 have heard it many, many times.

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 And sometimes the things that we've heard

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 many, many times,

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 because they're not novel and they're not new,

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 can kind of fade away

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 to become things that are just kind of routine

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 and redundant.

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 And that is not the purpose

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 of opening the Word of God.

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 His mercies are new every morning,

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 and the sweetness of His Word

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 is new every morning.

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 In particular, when we ask the Spirit of God

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 to do something in our hearts.

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 So as we take this passage

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 and think about it carefully,

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 I want you to say at the outset,

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 I need God's help to think carefully

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 and with sweetness about the truth

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 that God's Word has here for us.

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 Now we look at the passage,

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 and it reminds us here,

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 in verse 20,

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 I do want you to know that this evening,

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 when we come together again

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 to study the Word of God,

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 the focus on this evening's message

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 is going to be particularly

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 on the matter of the incarnation.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 all man,

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 and all God.

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 A mystery

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 that we accept by faith,

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 and yet there is benefit

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 in thinking about it very carefully.

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 We'll do that tonight.

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 What we want to do this morning

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 is look more particularly

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 at the statement that is made

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 there in verse 21.

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 She will bear a son,

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 and you shall call His name Jesus,

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 for He will bear His,

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 He will save His people

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 from their sins.

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 Now here's what I want you

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 to think about

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 as we start into this passage.

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 Here is the Holy Spirit

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 saying to Joseph,

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 here's what you're going to do.

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 You are going to,

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 you're going,

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 and not the Holy Spirit,

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 but an angel, okay.

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 It says,

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 here's what you're going to do.

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 You're going to call your child

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 by a particular name.

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 So I want you to think with me

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 just for a moment

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 about the purpose

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 that names had

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 in the ancient world.

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 In most cases,

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 when people in the modern age

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 decide that they're going

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 to name their children,

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 they really don't go about it

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 the same way

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 the ancient world did.

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 I remember when Judith and I,

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 and we were in the pre-internet

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 phase of life

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 when we named our children,

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 and I remember when we started

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 thinking about naming children.

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 How many of you

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 have been through that process?

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 You're deciding on what

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 you're going to name your child.

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 In our case,

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 our first one,

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 I was fully convinced,

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 I was fully convinced

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 that it was going to be a boy.

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 Hi, Heather.

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 In fact,

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 I was so fully convinced,

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 I was rather full of myself

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 back then,

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 struggled with it still,

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 but I remember thinking,

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 I wouldn't even let my wife

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 talk about girls' names.

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 It wasn't going to happen.

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 It wasn't on the agenda.

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 It was all planned out,

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 boys' names,

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 and we worked through them.

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 You know,

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 never choose a girl's name

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 until the last day

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 we're in labor and delivery,

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 and Judith says,

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 well, just as a matter of chance,

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 why don't we think about

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 a girl's name?

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 I said, really?

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 Okay, Heather.

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 It wasn't that simple.

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 We had a friend who had a daughter

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 that was named Heather.

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 In those days,

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 when you decided

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 you were going to name a child,

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 what you did was

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 you went and bought

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 a little book,

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 you know,

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 in the grocery store,

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 you could,

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 Mary Ellen,

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 you remember that.

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 You're my age, kind of.

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 You go through the grocery store,

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 and there was a little book there,

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 100 top boys' names,

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 100 top girls' names.

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 Now what do you do?

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 I knew it.

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 I knew it.

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 I did actually do that

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 earlier this last week.

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 I just said,

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 okay, let me check

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 what is out there on Google,

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 and I figured out

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 here are the top 100 boys' names

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 in America.

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 By the way,

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 did you know that

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 they're the 100 top Jewish names

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 and the 100 top Muslim names

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 and the 100 top Hindu names,

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 and if you want to break it down

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 to the state of Ohio,

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 they'll tell you

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 what the best names are in Ohio.

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 It's very neat,

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 and people choose names

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 largely on the basis

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 of popularity

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 and what sounds good

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 at the moment.

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 It really is true,

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 and some of you

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 are teachers.

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 You walk into a classroom,

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 and you have six of them

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 that have the same name.

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 Are there any Jadens in here?

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 Raise your hand

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 if you're a Jaden.

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 Okay, you walk in,

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 and there are six Jadens.

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 What you know is that

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 about five or six years ago,

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 Jaden was a top-end name,

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 and everybody picked it.

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 Why?

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 Because it was on Google.

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 And so,

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 in the contemporary world,

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 we go about picking names

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 for a completely different reason

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 than they did

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 in the ancient world.

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 The ancient world

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 tended to choose names

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 for a completely different idea.

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 Names were chosen

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 to reflect a truth,

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 a particular feature,

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 or a purpose.

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 When Isaac and Rebecca

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 had their little twins,

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 they used very interesting features

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 of the two little boys

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 to give them names.

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 How would you like

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 to be called Harry?

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 Harry.

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 That's what Isaac means.

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 I'm not Isaac.

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 I'm sorry.

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 That's what Esau means.

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 And the reason is,

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 is when he came out,

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 he was,

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 how many of you look at a baby

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 and say,

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 whoa,

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 there was Esau.

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 I mean,

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 he was one hairy little dude.

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 And so,

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 pop,

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 there he is.

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 We'll call him Esau.

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 And guess what little Jacob was doing?

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 Jacob had clutched a hold

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 of the heel.

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 And as a result of that,

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 I mean,

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 here is the dad and mom

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 thinking,

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 well,

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 we don't have Google yet

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 and we don't even have books

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 that we can check.

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 So what are we going to do?

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 We're going to call him Jacob,

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 which means what?

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 Supplanter.

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 Or another thing that it means

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 is one who trips.

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 The idea is,

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 there's that little Jacob

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 still in the womb,

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 grabbing onto the heel

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 of his brother

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 and insisting on having

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 the preference.

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 And sure enough,

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 according to the choices

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 that these names

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 were given to the boys,

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 they ended up being a lot

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 like what was being said

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 about them.

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 And so,

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 you find this idea

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 that names were used

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 to communicate

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 particular features

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 or particular purposes.

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 As a result of that,

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 you will find a lot of people

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 that were named

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 with kind of some prefix

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 or suffix

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 according to God's name.

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 That's why you have names

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 like Jehoshaphat

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 or Joshua

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 or Joash.

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 Do you know where the J

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 comes from in Hebrew?

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 What's the idea behind J?

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 Jehovah.

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 Right?

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 So,

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 you don't want to say,

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 you don't want to call

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 your boy Jehovah.

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 Right?

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 I mean,

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 that's a little over the top.

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 But you just stick a J

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 on the front

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 and it's safe.

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 It's a good idea.

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 It communicates that

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 you've got some kind

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 of Bible interest.

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 How many of you

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 have bumped into people

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 and there you are,

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 you're shopping

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 or whatever else

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 and the lady

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 at the checkouts,

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 you ask her,

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 so what's your name?

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 She says,

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 Grace.

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 Well,

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 why did you get that name?

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 I don't know.

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 My mom,

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 you know.

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 What does that tell you?

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 It tells you something

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 about the person

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 when you pick up

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 on the name

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 and you find out

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 they don't have any idea

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 what it's about

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 or they communicate,

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 yeah,

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 I understand

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 what my name's all about

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 and here's what

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 it communicates.

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 In the old days,

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 they used names

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 to tell you truth

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 about the person

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 or something

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 you wanted to emphasize.

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 And so,

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 as a result of this idea

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 of using names

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 to communicate truth,

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 one of the very popular names

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 in the Old Testament

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 was Jesus.

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 Does anybody know

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 what the alternative name

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 for Jesus was?

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 Joshua.

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 Joshua.

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 And what does the name

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 Joshua or Jesus communicate?

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 How many of you know

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 up front

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 that the name Joshua

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 or Jesus

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 communicates the idea

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 Jehovah is salvation?

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 Who's the one?

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 And so,

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 when you named

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 your little boy

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 Joshua or Jesus,

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 you were in essence saying

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 God's the one who saves.

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 It was a theological statement.

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 It was a statement

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 about who you believed in

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 and who you were dependent upon.

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 So now here,

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 when we stop and realize

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 that in the ancient world,

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 names meant a lot,

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 you find God

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 saying something

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 about what he wanted

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 Joseph to name his son.

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 So what was God's purpose

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 in naming his son Jesus?

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 You look there,

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 and in verse 21,

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 we find that the angel says,

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 here's what you are to do.

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 You are to call

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 this little boy Jesus.

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 And then we find

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 an explanation why.

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 Going back to the verse,

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 it says,

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 you shall call his name Jesus

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 for,

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 for he will save his people

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 from their sins.

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 So when God chose

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 to name Jesus

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 with the name

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 that he gave him,

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 he was announcing

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 that salvation

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 would be through Jesus

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 from the very beginning.

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 Little boy comes,

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 born in a manger,

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 born in human form,

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 taking upon himself humanity.

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 And here we have

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 an angel telling Joseph,

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 when you name the son,

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 what we want you to do

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 is we want you

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 to make it clear

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 that this little boy

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 is going to be

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 the savior of the world.

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 And when God sent

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 his son into the world,

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 he did not make it

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 something that was unclear

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 and uncertain

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 as to what his purpose

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 was going to be.

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 He came to be our savior.

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 That's why he came.

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 And I want you to understand

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 that in his first coming,

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 he did not come

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 to be the judge of the world.

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 He came to be

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 the savior of the world.

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 Turn in your Bible.

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 You're there in Matthew

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 and we'll come back there later.

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 But I want you to turn over,

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 if you would,

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 to John chapter 3.

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 John chapter 3,

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 verse 16 and 17.

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 For God so loved the world

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 that he gave his only begotten son,

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 his only son,

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 that whosoever believes in him

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 should not perish

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 but have eternal life.

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 Explanation of Christ's purpose

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 and coming.

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 And then look at verse 17.

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 For God did not send his son

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 into the world

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 to condemn the world,

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 but in order that the world

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 might be saved through him.

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 And so when you look at this passage,

00:16:57.899 --> 00:16:58.980
 going back there to Matthew,

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 you recognize that

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:01.600
 at the very beginning,

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 when the announcement

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 of Christ's birth was made

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 and his name was attached

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.319
 to that little baby,

00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:11.119
 what God wanted everyone to know

00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:12.359
 is that from the very beginning,

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:14.259
 the purpose of Christ's coming

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 was for our salvation.

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 I want to stop just for a moment

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 and have you think,

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 how important is that to you really?

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 How important is the reality

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:26.299
 of your salvation to you?

00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:29.299
 How important is it?

00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:32.420
 The importance that you attach

00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:34.500
 to the significance of your salvation

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:36.299
 when you stop and think about it

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:40.860
 is reflected in, for one thing,

00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:43.079
 the emotional sensation

00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:44.779
 that comes with that thought.

00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:45.860
 How many of you understand

00:17:45.860 --> 00:17:46.539
 what I just said?

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 If your salvation does not mean much

00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:51.799
 and you stop and think

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.779
 about your salvation,

00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:54.659
 it's like, yeah, no big deal, right?

00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:56.299
 What does that say

00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.500
 about the value you attach

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:58.259
 to your salvation?

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 It indicates that there's something

00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:02.480
 missing in your thinking.

00:18:03.379 --> 00:18:04.159
 Not only that,

00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:05.339
 but when we stop and think

00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:06.279
 about our salvation

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:08.639
 and along with that thought

00:18:08.639 --> 00:18:10.859
 of salvation comes an interest

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 in living appropriate

00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:14.700
 to our salvation,

00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:16.360
 that's an indication also

00:18:16.360 --> 00:18:17.900
 of the value that we place in it.

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 Why do I behave the way I do?

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:22.799
 Why do you behave the way you do?

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 It should be because

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:26.819
 we regard the salvation

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.720
 that we receive

00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:29.980
 and our interest is in reflecting

00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:32.100
 the value that we have in Christ.

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 So let me have you follow along

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 with me here in the passage

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 and you think about this statement.

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 It says,

00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.799
 He will bear a son.

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 You shall call his name Jesus,

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:43.660
 for He will save His people.

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:45.019
 He is coming to be

00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:46.200
 the Savior of the world.

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 God sent His Son, Jesus,

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:49.080
 first of all,

00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:51.600
 to make the way of salvation

00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:52.440
 through His blood.

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 And even though at this moment

00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:56.140
 in the passage,

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 we do not find reference

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:59.580
 directly to Christ coming

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 to be our Savior

00:19:01.800 --> 00:19:03.500
 by dying on the cross,

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:05.140
 what you need to understand

00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:06.960
 is that behind the reality

00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:08.380
 of the incarnation,

00:19:08.800 --> 00:19:11.360
 why did Jesus come in the flesh?

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 It was for one,

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 to live a sinless life

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 and two,

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 to be a sacrifice

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 in my place

00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:20.459
 and your place

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 and satisfy the debt

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 that our sin had created.

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 So I want you to stop

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 and realize

00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:29.159
 that as you look at this passage,

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.539
 it says,

00:19:29.699 --> 00:19:30.259
 He is coming,

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 He came

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 to be our Savior,

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:34.019
 to save us from our sins.

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 So let's think together

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 of what does it mean

00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:38.500
 to be saved from our sins?

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:40.460
 Jesus came to save us

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 from our sins.

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.660
 Let me stop just for a moment

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 and ask you this question.

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 How many of you

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 in this last week

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 have found yourself

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 pretty irritated

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:52.019
 with sin

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 in somebody else's life?

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 How many of you

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 have been irritated

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.440
 with sin

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.359
 in somebody else's life?

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 Happened to you?

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.240
 Illustration.

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 I remember

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 yesterday driving

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 and I happen

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.480
 to have not been

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 as quick

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.700
 in responding

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:14.039
 to a light

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 as I should have been.

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 How many of you

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 have been in that moment?

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:18.700
 Right?

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 And someone about

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 one, two cars back

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 just, I mean,

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 laid on the horn

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 and just let me know

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 that I had been dozing

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 or whatever else

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 thinking about something else.

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 I was like,

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 and I just thought to myself,

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.640
 bless him, Lord.

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 No, that's not really

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 your thought.

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 How many of you

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:37.960
 this week

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.520
 got frustrated

00:20:38.520 --> 00:20:39.640
 with sin in your own life?

00:20:41.020 --> 00:20:41.800
 Got frustrated

00:20:41.800 --> 00:20:42.680
 with other people's sin,

00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:43.280
 but how many

00:20:43.280 --> 00:20:43.860
 got frustrated

00:20:43.860 --> 00:20:44.980
 with sin in your own life?

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 I want you to understand

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.220
 that when we stop

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:49.820
 and think about

00:20:49.820 --> 00:20:51.100
 why Jesus came,

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.360
 one of the incredible

00:20:52.360 --> 00:20:53.340
 blessings is this,

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:54.040
 is that he came

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 to free me from my sin.

00:20:56.300 --> 00:20:57.600
 He came to free you

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 from your sin.

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 And as you look

00:21:00.120 --> 00:21:00.820
 at this passage,

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 one of the things

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.620
 that really stands out

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 is that salvation

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 really is the exclusive

00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:06.000
 work of God

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.859
 in the lives

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 of broken and ruined

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 sinners.

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 Look at the passage.

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 Jesus will save

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 his people

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 from their sins.

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 The fact of the matter

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 is that we cannot

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:18.279
 save ourselves.

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 How many of you

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 have ever given a shot

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 at trying to do

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 a little bit

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 of self-improvement?

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 We've all done that,

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 right?

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 Oh, I need to work

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 at this,

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 I need to work

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 at that,

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 and there are

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 some things

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 that we can make

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 reasonable progress in,

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 but at the end

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 of the day,

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 when it really comes

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 down to changing

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 the heart attitudes

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 that we have

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 and really growing

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 to be the person

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 that we need to be,

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 is that something

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 that we can do

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:46.039
 on our own initiative?

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 What's the answer?

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 I want you to think

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 with me just for a moment

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 of something that we

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:51.919
 find over in Jeremiah.

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 I want you to turn

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 to Jeremiah chapter 13.

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 Go back,

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 if you will.

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.819
 Jeremiah chapter 13,

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.539
 verse 23.

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:05.319
 Jeremiah chapter 13,

00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:06.159
 verse 23.

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 Can the Ethiopian

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 change his skin

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 or the leopard

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.700
 his spots?

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 What's that saying?

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 How many of you

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 understand that

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:21.319
 your genetic code

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 is your genetic code

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 and you may wish

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 that it would be different,

00:22:24.439 --> 00:22:24.960
 but it's not going

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.439
 to change?

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 Furthermore,

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.639
 the reality of the matter

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 is that the sin

00:22:29.280 --> 00:22:30.420
 that is in your life

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.660
 is not something

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.920
 that you can arbitrarily

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:34.440
 choose to change.

00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:36.960
 You may make some

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:38.380
 improvements in your behavior,

00:22:38.820 --> 00:22:39.500
 but the attitudes

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.300
 of your heart

00:22:40.300 --> 00:22:41.340
 remain the same

00:22:41.340 --> 00:22:42.520
 apart from the grace

00:22:42.520 --> 00:22:43.120
 of God.

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.220
 And we need to recognize

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.540
 that this business

00:22:46.540 --> 00:22:47.660
 of self-improvement

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.660
 is beyond us,

00:22:48.800 --> 00:22:49.860
 and that is the reason

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.700
 God sent His Son

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.480
 to be our Savior.

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:53.599
 If the Ethiopian

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.240
 can't change

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.059
 His skin color

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:56.059
 and the leopard

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.960
 can't change

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.980
 His spots,

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.660
 nor can I,

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 nor can you,

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.720
 ultimately bring about

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.740
 change in our own

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.799
 behavior and attitudes,

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.819
 that is something

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:07.420
 that will not take place

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:08.700
 apart from Christ

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.620
 who came to be

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.200
 our Savior.

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.200
 And so I want you

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.759
 to look at this

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.880
 and recognize salvation

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.519
 is something God

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.120
 has to do,

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:17.120
 and that is what we find

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:18.039
 announced in the text.

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:19.019
 Yes, salvation

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:20.299
 is the work of God.

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:21.920
 Now I want you

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.379
 to think with me

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:23.039
 a little bit more

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.940
 of what it says here.

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:25.599
 He will save His people

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:27.980
 from their sins.

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.539
 Think with me

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:34.579
 about what salvation

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.899
 does in regards

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:37.039
 to the matter of sin.

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:38.460
 For one,

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:40.379
 salvation saves us

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:41.159
 from the penalty

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.720
 of sin.

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:45.099
 Salvation saves us

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:46.180
 from the penalty

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.819
 of sin.

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.639
 Now think with me

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:48.540
 of what it says

00:23:48.540 --> 00:23:50.100
 in Romans 6,

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.860
 verse 23.

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:52.200
 It says this,

00:23:52.280 --> 00:23:53.180
 For the wages of sin

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.940
 is death.

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.720
 The wages of sin

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.660
 is death.

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 Why is it that people die?

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:02.160
 They die because of sin.

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:04.380
 They eventually die,

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.900
 and it is an undeniable

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:07.340
 reality that death

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.100
 in every case

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:08.700
 is a reminder

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:10.060
 that sin came

00:24:10.060 --> 00:24:10.720
 into the world,

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:12.500
 and with sin

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.700
 came death.

00:24:14.280 --> 00:24:15.680
 And when God says

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:17.000
 the penalty of sin

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.599
 is death,

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:19.039
 He made it undeniably

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.400
 clear that that

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:22.900
 is the consequence

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:24.400
 of sin

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:25.799
 from Adam on.

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.559
 And yet,

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.259
 we find here

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.839
 in the passage

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:30.220
 that God sent His Son,

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.299
 the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.720
 to die in our place.

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.960
 And when He did that,

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.440
 He's paid our debt,

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.440
 He's satisfied

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:38.140
 the debt that you

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:38.859
 and I have

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.900
 because of our sin.

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:41.920
 You look first of all

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:43.320
 at Romans chapter 6,

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.480
 but I want you to turn now,

00:24:44.540 --> 00:24:44.980
 if you will,

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:47.340
 to 1 Corinthians chapter 15,

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.040
 verse 3.

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:51.140
 1 Corinthians chapter 15,

00:24:51.280 --> 00:24:52.019
 verse 3.

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:54.100
 Why did Jesus come?

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:55.800
 He came to be our Savior,

00:24:56.300 --> 00:24:57.540
 and that involved

00:24:57.540 --> 00:24:59.580
 His dying for our sins.

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.580
 You look at 1 Corinthians

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.480
 chapter 15,

00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:03.080
 verse 3,

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:04.040
 and let me read

00:25:04.040 --> 00:25:04.860
 the passage to you.

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.100
 It says,

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:18.419
 I love having

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:20.000
 conversation with individuals,

00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:20.699
 and in the course

00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:21.439
 of conversation,

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:23.240
 asking them the question,

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.599
 well, why did Jesus come?

00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.639
 People don't have

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:28.059
 a great deal of trouble

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.139
 yet, still,

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.480
 in admitting that,

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:30.859
 well, yeah,

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.619
 Jesus did come.

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:32.559
 He was a wonderful guy.

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.819
 He was here.

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:35.960
 My question then is,

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:37.179
 okay, so why did He come?

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:40.039
 Well, I suppose He came

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.000
 to show us

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.359
 how to live good lives.

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:44.779
 Well, do you believe

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:46.679
 that He died on the cross?

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.240
 I mean, you know,

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:49.200
 our culture celebrates Easter

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.339
 and all those kind of things

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.960
 about the resurrection.

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:51.639
 Do you believe

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.799
 that He died on the cross?

00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:54.240
 Well, yeah, I suppose.

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.519
 Why did He die?

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.980
 He did not die

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.000
 for His own sins.

00:25:59.419 --> 00:26:00.359
 He died for mine.

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:02.379
 He died for your sins.

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:04.660
 He died to satisfy

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:06.600
 the debt

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:08.380
 that sin creates.

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.100
 And so here it says

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:11.060
 in 15.3,

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.440
 Christ died

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.720
 for our sins

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.660
 in accordance

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.440
 with the Scripture

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:17.980
 because God had ordained

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.940
 His death

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.800
 for our sins.

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:22.160
 Christ came to do that.

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.780
 So come back again.

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.340
 Salvation saves us

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.560
 from the penalty of sin

00:26:26.560 --> 00:26:27.860
 and because Christ died

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.580
 for our sins,

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:30.100
 then we can say

00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:31.340
 with what Paul says

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.299
 in Romans 8.1,

00:26:32.699 --> 00:26:33.740
 there is now therefore

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.619
 no condemnation

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.299
 to them

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.240
 who are what?

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:39.119
 In Christ Jesus.

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:39.859
 How many of you

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.699
 ever had those moments

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:42.859
 when your memory

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:44.319
 brings back things

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.099
 from your past

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:46.500
 that you just prefer

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.159
 you forgot?

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.079
 Ever had that?

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.799
 Yeah?

00:26:53.199 --> 00:26:54.500
 When that happens,

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:56.159
 those of you

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:57.079
 who are here today

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.759
 and know Christ

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.500
 as your Savior

00:26:58.500 --> 00:27:00.099
 have the undeniable

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:01.059
 privilege of being

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.819
 able to say,

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.579
 Christ died

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.640
 for my sins.

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.480
 He died for all

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.000
 of my sins.

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.980
 He died for the sins

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.619
 that I committed

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.240
 in the past.

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.579
 He died for the sins

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.180
 of the moment

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.640
 and He died for my sins

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.240
 in the future.

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.039
 Therefore,

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:16.099
 I can say with Paul

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:17.539
 in Romans 8.1,

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.980
 there is now therefore

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.839
 no condemnation

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.500
 to them

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:23.079
 who are in Christ Jesus.

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.519
 Salvation saves me

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.740
 from the penalty

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.319
 of sin.

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:29.039
 Salvation also saves me

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.299
 from the power of sin.

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.920
 Prior to salvation,

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:35.380
 we were absolute slaves

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.940
 to sin.

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.740
 Now, it doesn't mean

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:39.279
 that we did everything

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:41.039
 always invariably.

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.519
 In every case,

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.740
 we immediately sinned.

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.960
 But lingering in our heart

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:48.420
 was that desire for sin

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:50.039
 and the readiness to sin

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:51.000
 and ultimately,

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:52.180
 we were slaves to it.

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.140
 Now, what is a slave?

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.740
 A slave is a person

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.940
 who is under obligation

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:57.519
 to do what his master

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.680
 says to do.

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:01.380
 And prior to our salvation,

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.259
 you and I

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.220
 were absolutely

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:05.740
 in bondage to sin.

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.480
 There are many of you

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.160
 here this morning

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:09.480
 that actually grew up

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:11.880
 in Christian homes.

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.440
 And one of the things

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.539
 that's hard for you

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.400
 to understand

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.420
 to a certain degree

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.420
 is growing up

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.339
 in a Christian home,

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.960
 a lot of the major,

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.079
 the big-time sins,

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.559
 you know what I mean

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.519
 by big-time sins?

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.019
 The filthy five,

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.819
 the nasty nine.

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.940
 Oh, we didn't do

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.579
 all those things.

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.419
 You know, our parents

00:28:28.419 --> 00:28:29.119
 kind of coached us

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.779
 against those.

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.419
 And we,

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.639
 what does it mean

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:34.240
 to be a slave to sin?

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.379
 Others of you here

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:39.099
 did not grow up

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.940
 in a Christian home

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:41.980
 and your youth

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:43.440
 and your adulthood

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.879
 in many cases

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:46.399
 just absolutely clouded

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:47.619
 with the wickedness

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.339
 of your heart

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:50.459
 and you have no trouble

00:28:50.459 --> 00:28:51.159
 remembering

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:52.399
 what it was

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:53.259
 to be an absolute

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.259
 slave to sin.

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.980
 The truth of the matter

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.379
 is, is that all people

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:59.139
 apart from the grace of God

00:28:59.139 --> 00:29:01.159
 equally enslaved to sin,

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.399
 obligated to do

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.019
 what it says

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:04.599
 and as a result of that,

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:07.039
 salvation delivers us

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.879
 from that slavery

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:09.379
 and leaves us

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:09.939
 in a state

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:11.019
 where we're no longer

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:12.439
 obligated to sin.

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.559
 Now, is that a blessing?

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.459
 Undeniably so.

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:18.200
 It is something that

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.079
 you and I

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.039
 who know Christ

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.220
 no longer

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.500
 have to behave

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:24.079
 the way we used

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.539
 to behave.

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:25.340
 Does that make sense?

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:27.100
 We don't have to be that way.

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.860
 I want you to think with me

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.559
 just for a moment

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.220
 to what it says

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.740
 in Romans.

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:32.840
 You're there in Matthew

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:34.059
 but turn over to Romans

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:35.200
 chapter 6.

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.680
 Romans chapter 6

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.380
 verse 20

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.960
 and 21.

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:41.799
 For when you were

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.819
 slaves of sin

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:44.559
 you were free

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:46.200
 in regards to righteousness.

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.759
 You could hear

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:49.259
 the expectations

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.259
 rattling around there

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.819
 but ultimately

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.860
 I mean you were a slave.

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.640
 You know what I find

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.279
 kind of curious

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.079
 is that sometimes

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:57.000
 we as believers

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:59.279
 we get quite frustrated

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.920
 when sinners

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.779
 act like sinners.

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:03.340
 It's like

00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:04.259
 so?

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.940
 What do you expect?

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.960
 Sinners act like sinners.

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:11.079
 But when a believer

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:13.460
 who is no longer

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.860
 a slave to sin

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:16.880
 misbehaves

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.819
 sins

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:19.220
 he is going

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.539
 against the freedom

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.640
 that he has received

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.720
 he's falling back

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.680
 into the old patterns

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.819
 and not only that

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:26.160
 but the word of God

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.180
 the spirit of God

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.759
 the prompting

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.420
 of his conscience

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:30.019
 works to draw him

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.880
 away from that

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.880
 and convicts

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.400
 and brings him

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.000
 out of it.

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.559
 Salvation frees

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:37.279
 the believer

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.360
 from being a slave

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:38.840
 to sin

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.460
 and makes him

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.440
 a servant of God.

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:42.400
 Finally I want you

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.440
 to recognize this morning

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.080
 when you think about

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:45.059
 what we receive

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.880
 in our salvation

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:47.600
 in relationship to sin

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:49.620
 we're freed from the penalty

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:52.160
 we're freed from the power of it

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.880
 but we're also

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:54.080
 eventually promised

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:55.180
 that we will be freed

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:57.080
 from the presence of sin.

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.820
 Salvation does much

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:01.500
 more for the believer

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:03.600
 than just free him

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.400
 in this life

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.279
 it frees us

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.180
 in eternity.

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.759
 In the resurrection

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:10.299
 those who are believers

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:11.539
 and who have died

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.119
 in Christ

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:13.359
 and will rise again

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:15.180
 rise incorruptible.

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.359
 Now when it says

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.079
 incorruptible

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.400
 it's talking in part

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.779
 one is the flesh

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.740
 we are not going

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.519
 to see corruption

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.799
 but why does

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.740
 corruption come?

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.779
 What's the cause

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.740
 of corruption

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.500
 in life?

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.099
 It is

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:28.640
 sin.

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.700
 And so what it tells us

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.579
 in 1 Corinthians

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.599
 15 52

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.180
 it says

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.339
 we will rise

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:36.220
 incorruptible

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.759
 we will no longer

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:39.240
 be under the influence

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.860
 of sin.

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.339
 Furthermore

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.620
 I want you to understand

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:44.059
 that in eternity

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.460
 we are going to be

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.140
 in the presence

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.980
 of Christ

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.779
 and his presence

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:50.100
 assures us

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:51.720
 that we will not

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:53.799
 ever be influenced

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.660
 affected

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:56.200
 choose to sin.

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.299
 I want you to turn

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.980
 if you would

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:59.120
 to a passage

00:31:59.120 --> 00:32:00.380
 in 1 John

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:03.279
 1 John chapter 3

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:07.299
 how many of you

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.960
 look forward

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.700
 to the fact

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.279
 that there is

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.139
 coming a day

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:11.519
 when you will

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.819
 no longer

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.539
 sin

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.420
 period

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.279
 complete

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.059
 end

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:18.099
 you look forward

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.480
 to that?

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.220
 How many of you

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.019
 on periodic

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.460
 moments

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.000
 find yourself

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.160
 man I am so

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.899
 disgusted

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:25.859
 I remember

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.819
 a couple days ago

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.980
 just thinking

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.519
 to myself

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.359
 man I'm 67

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:31.500
 what is the deal

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.140
 with this?

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.400
 And I thought

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:35.799
 to myself

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.039
 you know

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.460
 when I get

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.880
 to heaven

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:38.559
 I will not

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.200
 have to mess

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.880
 with that anymore

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.319
 why?

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.539
 Look at 1 John

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.319
 chapter 3

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:45.059
 there in verse 1

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.759
 see what kind

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.099
 of love

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.480
 the Father

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.859
 has given

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.259
 to us

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.039
 that we

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.440
 should be

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.960
 called

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:50.759
 children

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.299
 of God

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:53.440
 and so

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.940
 we are

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:55.220
 the reason

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.839
 why the world

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.339
 does not

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.839
 know us

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.140
 is that

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.440
 it did

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:57.839
 not know

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.180
 him

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:59.799
 beloved

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:01.579
 we are

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.220
 God's

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.599
 children

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.299
 now

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.659
 that's pretty

00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:05.159
 good isn't

00:33:05.159 --> 00:33:05.659
 it?

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.319
 We're God's

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.539
 children

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:06.960
 now

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.379
 it doesn't

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.639
 get any

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.039
 better than

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.379
 that

00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:10.339
 but then

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.599
 he goes

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:10.879
 on and

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.139
 he says

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.539
 this

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.339
 we're

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.700
 God's

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.019
 children

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.619
 now

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:15.779
 yet

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.700
 what we

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.180
 will be

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.720
 has not

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:17.919
 yet

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:18.279
 appeared

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.659
 for we

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:18.899
 know

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.180
 that

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.460
 when

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.720
 he

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.359
 appears

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:22.059
 we

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.859
 shall

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.359
 be

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:24.139
 like

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.519
 him

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.200
 because

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.559
 we

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.819
 shall

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.119
 see

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.500
 him

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.159
 as

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:27.339
 he

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:27.539
 is

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.700
 now

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.000
 what is

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.259
 Jesus

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.720
 like?

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.960
 look forward

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.579
 just for a

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:30.779
 moment

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.140
 if you

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.400
 will

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.120
 into

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.559
 verse

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.259
 3

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.839
 and

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.160
 everyone

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.480
 who

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.940
 thus

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.339
 hopes

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.680
 in

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:35.960
 him

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.779
 purifies

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.160
 himself

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.640
 because

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:37.960
 he

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.460
 is

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.799
 what?

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.559
 What is

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:39.819
 Jesus

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.140
 like

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.360
 right

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.600
 now?

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:41.940
 He

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.140
 is

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.980
 absolutely

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:44.000
 sinless

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:45.259
 and

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.640
 the day

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.140
 is coming

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.860
 when I

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:48.019
 and you

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.640
 as believers

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.480
 in the

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:49.880
 presence

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.500
 of Christ

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.519
 are no

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.180
 longer

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.819
 going to

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.160
 have

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.680
 that

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.360
 ongoing

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:55.079
 battle

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.400
 with

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:55.799
 sin

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:57.400
 come

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.860
 back

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.659
 to

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.319
 understand

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.759
 the

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.099
 Christmas

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.819
 story

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:02.839
 the

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.179
 angel

00:34:03.179 --> 00:34:03.519
 said

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.719
 to

00:34:03.719 --> 00:34:04.059
 Joseph

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.639
 here's

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:04.779
 what

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:04.879
 I

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.039
 want

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.139
 you

00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:05.259
 to

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.419
 do

00:34:05.419 --> 00:34:05.599
 I

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:05.859
 want

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:05.979
 you

00:34:05.979 --> 00:34:06.139
 to

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:06.459
 call

00:34:06.459 --> 00:34:06.759
 your

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.299
 son

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.219
 Jesus

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:09.400
 why?

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.279
 because

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.659
 he

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:13.079
 not

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.380
 you

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.460
 he

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.339
 is

00:34:15.339 --> 00:34:15.559
 going

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:15.799
 to

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:16.079
 save

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.259
 his

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:16.579
 people

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:16.880
 from

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.119
 their

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.420
 sin

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:19.059
 from

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.259
 the

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.679
 penalty

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.559
 there's

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:20.759
 no

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:21.460
 condemnation

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.259
 from

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.440
 the

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.880
 power

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.440
 I

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.599
 am

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:23.839
 not

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.000
 a

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.440
 slave

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.199
 from

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.400
 the

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:26.000
 presence

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.380
 and

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.519
 the

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.039
 reality

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:28.380
 the

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.579
 day

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:28.759
 is

00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:29.019
 coming

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.259
 when

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.440
 you

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.619
 and

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.840
 I

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.039
 who

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.259
 know

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.679
 Christ

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.199
 are

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.400
 going

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:31.500
 to

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.639
 be

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:31.739
 in

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:31.860
 his

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.300
 presence

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.820
 and

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:32.960
 the

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.199
 truth

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.340
 of

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.340


00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.559
 matter

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.900
 is

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.039
 is

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.259
 that

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:34.599
 you

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.039
 will

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.539
 have

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.019
 no

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.559
 more

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.119
 battle

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.699
 with

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:37.920
 that

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.320
 struggle

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.599
 that

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:38.719
 you

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:38.960
 know

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.380
 today

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:41.880
 so

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.059
 when

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.199
 you

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.519
 read

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.900
 the

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:44.179
 Christmas

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.739
 story

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:46.219
 whether

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.420
 you

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.619
 read

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:46.719
 it

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:46.860
 in

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.139
 Luke

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.420
 whether

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:48.579
 you

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:48.779
 read

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:48.900
 it

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.059
 in

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.480
 Matthew

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.699
 I

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.019
 trust

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.279
 one

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.360
 of

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.480
 the

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.779
 things

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.019
 that

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.460
 happens

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.679
 is

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:52.900
 this

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.420
 is

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.619
 that

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.860
 you

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.219
 stop

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:54.320
 and

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.039


00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.039
 am

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:57.159
 incredibly

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.619
 blessed

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:57.860
 that

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.159
 God

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.420
 sent

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.639
 his

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:58.880
 son

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.539
 Jesus

00:34:59.539 --> 00:34:59.779
 to

00:34:59.779 --> 00:34:59.900
 be

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.179
 my

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.519
 savior

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.259
 and

00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:01.679
 I

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.420
 am

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.039
 thankful

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.679
 in

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:03.840
 the

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.199
 power

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.340
 of

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.420
 the

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.619
 Holy

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:04.960
 Spirit

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.199
 I

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.360
 am

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.960
 incredibly

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.420
 thankful

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.900
 and

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.099
 I'm

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.460
 joyful

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.800
 because

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:07.960
 of

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.119
 who

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.400
 Jesus

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.699
 is

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:08.800
 and

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:08.920
 what

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.019
 he's

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.179
 done

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.599
 for me

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:11.179
 let

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.179


00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.279
 me

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:11.619
 encourage

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:11.839
 you

00:35:11.839 --> 00:35:12.139
 if

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.279
 you

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:12.420
 are

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.619
 here

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:12.880
 this

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.199
 morning

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.799
 and

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:13.960
 the

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.440
 thought

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.679
 of

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.119
 Christ

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.579
 coming

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:15.779
 and

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:15.920
 the

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.319
 blessing

00:35:16.319 --> 00:35:16.880
 that

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.079
 you

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.279
 have

00:35:17.279 --> 00:35:17.639
 received

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:17.819
 in

00:35:17.819 --> 00:35:18.019
 your

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.579
 salvation

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.219
 does

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.519
 not

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.960
 resonate

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.279
 with

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:20.460
 your

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:21.019
 soul

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:25.480
 there

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.539
 are

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:25.739
 probably

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:26.019
 a couple

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.400
 reasons

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.739
 that you

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.019
 need to

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.199
 think

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.599
 carefully

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:27.940
 about

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:30.039
 for

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.299
 one

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:30.460
 it

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.679
 may

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:30.819
 be

00:35:30.819 --> 00:35:31.039
 that

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.219
 you

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.400
 are

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:31.679
 here

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:31.920
 and

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.179
 you

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:32.440
 do

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.739
 not

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:32.960
 know

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.279
 Christ

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.539
 it's

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:33.779
 not

00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.319
 impossible

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:34.659
 that

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:34.819
 you

00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.119
 grow

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.360
 up

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.719
 in

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:35.839
 a

00:35:35.839 --> 00:35:35.860
!

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.440
 home

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:36.579
 you

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:36.779
 hear

00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:36.960
 all

00:35:36.960 --> 00:36:06.940
 the

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.039
 you

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.280
 do

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:09.240
 I

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.420
 am

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.700
 fully

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.179
 persuaded

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:10.599
 that

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:10.960
 in

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.099
 the

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.340
 day

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.539
 to

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.780
 come

00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:12.039
 when

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.240
 we

00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:12.720
 all

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:14.400
 stand

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.539
 to

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.659
 give

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:14.760
 an

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:15.119
 account

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:17.780
 there

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:17.920
 are

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.079
 going

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.179
 to

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.340
 be

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.599
 some

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:18.780
 who

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:18.900
 are

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.360
 ultimately

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:20.079
 surprised

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.300
 by

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.460
 the

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.920
 reality

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.179
 of

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.380
 their

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:21.920
 salvation

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.260
 not

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:22.460
 being

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.619
 what

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:22.760
 they

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:22.960
 thought

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.079
 it

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.500
 was

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.760
 remember

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:24.980
 when

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.260
 Jesus

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:25.579
 said

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.760
 not

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.039
 everybody

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.260
 that

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:26.480
 saith

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.619
 to

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:26.720
 me

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:26.980
 what

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:28.119
 Lord

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.400
 Lord

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.619
 shall

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:28.800
 enter

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:28.980
 the

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.220
 kingdom

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:30.320
 I

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.480
 don't

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:30.659
 want

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:30.760
 you

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:30.820
 to

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:30.960
 be

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.480
 surprised

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:31.700
 and

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:31.820
 so

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:31.960
 I

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.119
 want

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.200
 you

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:32.340
 to

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:32.640
 stop

00:36:32.640 --> 00:36:32.820
 and

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.240
 consciously

00:36:33.240 --> 00:36:33.600
 think

00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:33.820
 this

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.079
 morning

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.680
 is

00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:34.900
 the

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.460
 coldness

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:35.620
 of

00:36:35.620 --> 00:36:35.820
 my

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.160
 heart

00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:36.640
 towards

00:36:36.640 --> 00:36:36.840
 the

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.160
 sweetness

00:36:37.160 --> 00:36:37.460
 of

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.720
 my

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.360
 salvation

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.940
 a

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.700
 reflection

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:41.440
 of

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.600
 the

00:36:41.600 --> 00:36:41.840
 fact

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.019
 that

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.140
 I

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.519
 really

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.079
 don't

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.380
 know

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:43.820
 Christ

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.059
 as

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.300
 my

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.660
 Savior

00:36:44.660 --> 00:36:46.720
 and

00:36:46.720 --> 00:36:46.840
 if

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.120
 that's

00:36:47.120 --> 00:36:47.240
 the

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.579
 concern

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:47.740
 of

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:47.860
 your

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.079
 heart

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.320
 this

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.579
 morning

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:48.780
 I

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:48.940
 would

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.200
 plead

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.360
 with

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.460
 you

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.660
 right

00:36:49.660 --> 00:36:49.820
 where

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.000
 you

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.200
 sit

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.740
 call

00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:50.940
 out

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.100
 on

00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:51.300
 God

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:51.460
 and

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.579
 say

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.920
 listen

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.760
 I

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:53.039
 can't

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.260
 save

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.680
 myself

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:54.140
 but

00:36:54.140 --> 00:36:54.320
 your

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:54.720
 spirit

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:54.960
 is

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.500
 prompting

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.640
 me

00:36:55.640 --> 00:36:55.760
 to

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:55.920
 be

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.400
 concerned

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.780
 for

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:56.960
 the

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.180
 well

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.440
 being

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:57.640
 of

00:36:57.640 --> 00:36:57.800
 my

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.220
 soul

00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:58.660
 and

00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:58.880
 I

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.180
 ask

00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.320
 that

00:36:59.320 --> 00:36:59.440
 you

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.000
 drive

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.320
 me

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.840
 towards

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.920
 reality

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:03.540
 convicting

00:37:03.540 --> 00:37:03.940
 me

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.460
 and

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.780
 bringing

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:04.960
 me

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.100
 to

00:37:05.100 --> 00:37:05.400
 faith

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.480
 there

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:06.580
 are

00:37:06.580 --> 00:37:06.740
 some

00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:06.860
 of

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:06.960
 you

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.120
 here

00:37:07.120 --> 00:37:07.460
 today

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.680
 that

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:07.880
 know

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.240
 Christ

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.480
 you

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:08.660
 can

00:37:08.660 --> 00:37:08.880
 think

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.100
 about

00:37:09.100 --> 00:37:09.440
 times

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.920
 where

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.200
 there's

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.340
 been

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:10.840
 sweetness

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.180
 and

00:37:11.180 --> 00:37:11.519
 joy

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.720
 and

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.460
 satisfaction

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:12.680
 in

00:37:12.680 --> 00:37:12.760
 the

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:12.920
 Holy

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.280
 Spirit

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.780
 and

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:13.960
 your

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.260
 heart

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:14.500
 has

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.780
 grown

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.360
 cold

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:17.240
 I

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:17.460
 think

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.660
 about

00:37:17.660 --> 00:37:17.820
 the

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:18.040
 church

00:37:18.040 --> 00:37:18.180
 at

00:37:18.180 --> 00:37:18.860
 Laodicea

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.100
 remember

00:37:19.100 --> 00:37:19.400
 that

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:21.460
 you

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:21.760
 have

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.260
 lost

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.280
!

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.540
 your

00:37:22.540 --> 00:37:22.840
 what?

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:24.180
 your

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.600
 first

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:28.360
 love

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:30.460
 well

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.760
 you

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.080
 can't

00:37:31.080 --> 00:37:31.260
 gin

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.380
 it

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.540
 up

00:37:31.540 --> 00:37:31.660
 on

00:37:31.660 --> 00:37:31.800
 your

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.080
 own

00:37:32.080 --> 00:37:33.460
 can't

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.580
 do

00:37:33.580 --> 00:37:33.820
 that

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:35.040
 but

00:37:35.040 --> 00:37:35.200
 you

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:35.500
 can

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.820
 come

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:36.000
 with

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.140
 a

00:37:36.140 --> 00:37:36.560
 humility

00:37:36.560 --> 00:37:36.760
 and

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:36.880
 a

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.360
 brokenness

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.500
 and

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.680
 say

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:37.920
 Lord

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.440
 I

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:38.680
 have

00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:39.180
 lost

00:37:39.180 --> 00:37:39.460
 my

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.880
 sweet

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.460
 affection

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.980
 for

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.200
 what

00:37:41.200 --> 00:37:41.440
 you've

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.620
 done

00:37:41.620 --> 00:37:41.820
 in

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.140
 saving

00:37:42.140 --> 00:37:42.400
 me

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.820
 and

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.019
 I

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.380
 ask

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.580
 that

00:37:43.580 --> 00:37:43.860
 you

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.100
 by

00:37:44.100 --> 00:37:44.340
 your

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.760
 grace

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.019
 would

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.680
 rekindle

00:37:45.680 --> 00:37:45.940
 that

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.060
 in

00:37:46.060 --> 00:37:46.240
 my

00:37:46.240 --> 00:37:46.540
 heart

00:37:46.540 --> 00:37:47.019
 that

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.260
 my

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:48.060
 satisfaction

00:37:48.060 --> 00:37:48.320
 and

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:48.500
 my

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.019
 delight

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.500
 would

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:49.760
 be

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.000
 with

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.320
 you

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:52.540
 do

00:37:52.540 --> 00:37:52.580
 you

00:37:52.580 --> 00:37:52.680
 know

00:37:52.680 --> 00:37:52.940
 what

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:54.340
 it

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.680
 says

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:54.820
 in

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:54.940
 the

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.240
 scriptures

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:56.940
 prayer

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.200
 of

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:57.380
 the

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:58.160
 contrite

00:37:58.160 --> 00:37:58.460
 and

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.620
 the

00:37:58.620 --> 00:37:58.900
 humble

00:37:58.900 --> 00:38:00.620
 he

00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:01.380
 hears

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:02.200
 when

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.340
 the

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.620
 broken

00:38:02.620 --> 00:38:03.100
 hearted

00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:03.380
 cry

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.800
 out

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:05.120
 and

00:38:05.120 --> 00:38:05.260
 if

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.420
 you

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.600
 are

00:38:05.600 --> 00:38:05.860
 here

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.160
 this

00:38:06.160 --> 00:38:06.480
 morning

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.000
 and

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.220
 you

00:38:07.220 --> 00:38:07.560
 know

00:38:07.560 --> 00:38:07.940
 Christ

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.160
 but

00:38:08.160 --> 00:38:08.460
 man

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:08.960
 that

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.560
 joy

00:38:09.560 --> 00:38:09.780
 is

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.340
 gone

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:12.460
 don't

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:12.640
 let

00:38:12.640 --> 00:38:12.820
 this

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.100
 Christmas

00:38:13.100 --> 00:38:13.480
 season

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:14.000
 pass

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:15.820
 and

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.220
 allow

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:16.620
 that

00:38:16.620 --> 00:38:17.560
 spiritual

00:38:17.560 --> 00:38:18.680
 mediocrity

00:38:18.680 --> 00:38:19.019
 to

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.280
 just

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.940
 continue

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.780
 creeping

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.200
 on

00:38:21.200 --> 00:38:21.460
 down

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:21.660
 the

00:38:21.660 --> 00:38:21.900
 road

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.320
 you

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.620
 cry

00:38:22.620 --> 00:38:22.840
 out

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:22.960
 and

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.080
 say

00:38:23.080 --> 00:38:23.280
 do

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:23.560
 whatever

00:38:23.560 --> 00:38:23.740
 is

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:24.240
 necessary

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:25.240
 rekindle

00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:25.400
 in

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.640
 my

00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:25.980
 heart

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.400
 and

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:27.000
 affection

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.539
 for

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.679
 the

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:27.880
 Lord

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.199
 Jesus

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:28.760
 Christ

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:30.000
 a

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.679
 thankfulness

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:30.820
 for

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.059
 my

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.639
 salvation

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:33.940
 and

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.280
 that

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:35.300
 the

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.679
 spirit

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.539
 will

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.800
 do

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:38.599
 let's

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:38.840
 close

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:39.000
 in

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.260
 prayer

00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:45.320
 our

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.539
 father

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:45.800
 God

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.019
 this

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.280
 morning

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.460
 as

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:46.599
 we

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:46.820
 think

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.119
 about

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:48.039
 what

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.240
 the

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.500
 scriptures

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.139
 tell us

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.380
 about

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:49.639
 you

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:49.940
 sending

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.199
 your

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.440
 son

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.599
 the

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:50.780
 Lord

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:51.179
 Jesus

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:53.119
 we

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.619
 recognize

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.179
 that

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:55.139
 the

00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:55.619
 announcement

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.899
 that

00:38:55.899 --> 00:38:56.099
 was

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.399
 made

00:38:56.399 --> 00:38:56.579
 by

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:56.799
 the

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.259
 angels

00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:58.980
 to

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.159
 the

00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.759
 shepherds

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.379
 and the

00:39:00.379 --> 00:39:00.599
 word

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:00.719
 that

00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:00.859
 was

00:39:00.859 --> 00:39:01.079
 given

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.319
 to

00:39:01.319 --> 00:39:01.919
 Joseph

00:39:01.919 --> 00:39:04.440
 about

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:04.859
 Jesus

00:39:04.859 --> 00:39:05.299
 being

00:39:05.299 --> 00:39:05.539
 the

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:05.819
 savior

00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:06.199
 of the

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:06.500
 world

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.759
 are

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.659
 undeniably

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.099
 true

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.460
 and

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:09.480
 supremely

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.119
 valuable

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.419
 and

00:39:10.419 --> 00:39:10.960
 prized

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:12.840
 we

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.320
 recognize

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:13.679
 the

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.019
 frailty

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.199
 of

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.360
 our

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:14.740
 flesh

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:14.900
 and

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.059
 our

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:15.679
 affections

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:15.860
 and

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.059
 so

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.599
 we

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:16.900
 ask

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.059
 that

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.300
 this

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:17.599
 morning

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:17.840
 your

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:18.220
 spirit

00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:18.380
 would

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:18.500
 be

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.659
 the

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:18.840
 one

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.000
 that

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.159
 would

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:19.539
 kindle

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:19.699
 in

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:19.940
 us

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.500
 a

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:20.860
 true

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.559
 thanksgiving

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:21.840
 for

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.099
 our

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.679
 salvation

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.300
 and

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:23.559
 a

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:23.860
 readiness

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.179
 to

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.340
 live

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.480
 a

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.780
 life

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.179
 that

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.699
 displays

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:26.320
 the

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:26.679
 glory

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:26.860
 of

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.000
 the

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.440
 cross

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:29.000
 help

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.159
 us

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.320
 this

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.599
 Christmas

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.039
 season

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.300
 to

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:30.820
 reflect

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:32.500
 our

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.280
 thankfulness

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:34.099
 in

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:34.280
 an

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:34.960
 unbelieving

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.179
 and

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:35.460
 broken

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.960
 world

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.599
 that

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:36.920
 Christ

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.099
 be

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:37.679
 glorified

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.860
 we

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:39.139
 ask

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:39.300
 in

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:39.559
 Jesus

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.099
 name

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:41.139
 amen