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 Luke chapter 2, page 1027.

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 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire

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 Roman world.

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 This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria, and

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 everyone went to his own town to register.

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 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem, the town

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 of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

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 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting

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 a child.

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 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her

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 first son, a son.

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 She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger because there was no room for them

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 in the inn.

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 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks

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 at night.

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 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and

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 they were terrified.

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 But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid.

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 I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

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 Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you.

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 He is Christ the Lord.

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 This will be a sign to you.

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 You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.

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 Suddenly, a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God

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 and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favour rests.

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 When the angels had left them and had gone into heaven, the shepherds said to them, one

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 another, Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has told

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 us about.

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 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the baby who was lying in the manger.

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 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told to them about

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 this child.

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 And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

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 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

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 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had seen and heard,

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 which were just as they had been told.

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 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel

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 had given him before he had been conceived.

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 When the time of their purification, according to the law of Moses, had been completed, Joseph

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 and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.

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 As it is written in the law of the Lord, every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the

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 Lord and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the law of the Lord.

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 A pair of doves or two young pigeons.

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 Now, there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon who was righteous and devout.

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 He was waiting for the consolation of Israel and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the

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 Lord's Christ.

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 Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts.

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 When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the law required,

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 Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,

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 you now dismiss your servant in peace.

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 For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people,

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 a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.

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 The child's father and mother marveled at what was said about him.

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 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, This child is destined to cause the

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 falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that

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 the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed and a sword will pierce your own souls too.

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 There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher.

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 She was very old. She had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage and then was a

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 widow until she was 84. She never left the temple but worshipped night and day, fasting and praying.

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 Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke of a child to all who

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 were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem. When Joseph and Mary had done everything required

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 by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, their own town of Nazareth, and the child grew and

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 became strong. He was filled with wisdom and the grace of God was upon him.

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 Thanks very much, Trevor. Long reading, big passage, but we're going to work through it together

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 with God's help. So keep your Bibles open. We'll pray and ask for God's help.

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 Father, just as your Holy Spirit taught and revealed to old man Simeon, all that you are going to do,

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 we pray that your same Holy Spirit would reveal your truth to us so that we grasp afresh who Jesus is

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 and what his coming means for us today. So we ask for your help as we look at your word together. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, it's considered to be one of the best underground cave systems in Europe.

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 The entrance, about 25 metres below the surface, takes you on this long, winding path.

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 And at the end of it, you come to one of the world's largest underground lakes.

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 The brochure said it all. Immerse yourself in the subterranean world.

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 Enjoy the rock formations formed over hundreds and thousands of years.

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 See the turquoise baths of Diana and take a trip over the underground lake.

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 So while on holidays, we went to visit Caves del Drac.

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 And what a surprise.

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 Apart from getting lost on the way, never trust the sat-nav,

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 we decided to stay at the back of the tour and take our time.

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 But as soon as the group who were at the front of the tour went through that section of the cave,

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 they turned off the lights.

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 So us at the back spent our time just looking at shadows.

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 And to make matters worse, we had to queue up for about 45 minutes

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 to get on this little rowing boat that would take you across the world's largest underwater lake,

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 which took no more than two minutes.

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 It was a surprise, all right.

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 It was not as we expected.

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 Well, as we enter into Luke chapter 2,

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 it is full of surprises.

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 But it's not as we expect.

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 In fact, it could leave us really disappointed.

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 First, there is a surprising king.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 In those days, Caesar Augustus,

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 you may have heard of him from history,

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 he was a very powerful man,

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 ruler over the entire empire of Europe,

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 of the Roman Empire, for 44 years.

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 An empire that stretched across North Africa,

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 right into most of Europe,

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 and covering modern Turkey and beyond.

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 He was a ruthless leader.

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 If you like, the power of Trump,

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 the might of Putin,

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 and the craziness of Kim Jong-un

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 all rolled into one.

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 And of course, as his empire expanded,

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 he needed more finances.

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 So, again, verse 1,

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 he issued a decree

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 that a census should be taken

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 of the entire Roman world.

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 A census was much more than just counting

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 the population of the empire.

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 It was a means of collecting taxes

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 and making money.

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 The lands and people that he had conquered

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 had now become the means

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 for funding his wars.

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 He was a powerful tyrant

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 who took no pity.

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 And everyone who lived in the empire

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 was forced to travel

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 to their place of birth

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 and register

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 so he could squeeze

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 as much money as possible.

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 So, verse 4,

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 Joseph also went up

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 from the town of Nazareth

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 in Galilee to Judea

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 to Bethlehem,

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 the town of David,

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 because he belonged

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 to the house and line of David.

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 He went there to register

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 with Mary,

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 who was pledged

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 to be married to him

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 and was expecting a child.

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 Even young pregnant women

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 like Mary,

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 who were on the verge

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 of giving birth,

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 were not exempt.

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 Everyone had to travel.

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 So there was no doubt

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 if you lived within

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 the Roman Empire,

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 who was ruler?

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 Who was boss?

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 But let's remember

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 what the angel had said

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 about the coming of Jesus.

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 Look back to chapter 1,

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 verse 32.

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 Here's what it says

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 about Jesus,

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 God's promised king.

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 He will be great

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 and will be called

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 the Son of the Most High,

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 a title reserved

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 for God alone,

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 but now applied to Jesus.

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 The Lord God

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 will give him

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 the throne

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 of his father David

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 and he will reign

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 over the house

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 of Jacob forever.

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 His kingdom

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 will never end.

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 So as we read

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 through Luke,

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 we see at least

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 at last a challenger

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 to the ruthless might

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 and power of Caesar.

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 God is raising up a king.

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 But what a surprise.

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 it's not what we expect.

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 Look back at chapter 2,

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 verse 6.

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 While they were there

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 registering,

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 the time came

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 for the baby to be born

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 and she gave birth

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 to her firstborn,

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 a son.

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 She wrapped him in cloths

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 and placed him in a manger

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 because there was no room

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 for them in the inn.

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 Now it makes us stop

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 and ask,

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 what is going on?

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 God's promise,

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 this great,

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 the Son of the Most High,

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 the King of an eternal kingdom,

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 God who has come

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 in human form,

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 ends up,

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 verse 6

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 or verse 7,

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 in a manger,

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 a feeding trough

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 for animals

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 in a backward town

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 called Bethlehem.

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 This so-called

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 promised king

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 can't even find

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 anywhere to stay.

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 Hardly a threat

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 to the power

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 and might

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 of Caesar.

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 Mike McKinley,

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 who's wrote

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 a little helpful book

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 covering big themes

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 of Luke,

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 shows us

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 how these opening

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 verses

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 take us

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 on a downward

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 spiral

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 of power

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 and influence.

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 So again,

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 look at verse 1,

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 we've got

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 Caesar Augustus,

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 ruler

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 of the Roman Empire.

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 Verse 2,

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 Quinerius,

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 a local governor

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 with some power.

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 Verse 4,

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 we're introduced

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 to Joseph,

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 a poor

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 commoner.

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 Verse 5,

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 Mary,

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 a young,

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 unknown,

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 teenage,

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 pregnant girl.

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 And then

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 verse 7,

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 a baby,

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 seconds old

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 and gasping

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 for air.

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 From the great

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 and the mighty

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 to the weak

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 and the powerless.

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 From the most

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 powerful man

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 in the world

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 to the most

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 fragile and

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 insignificant.

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 The conquering king

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 to a crying

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 newborn.

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 This struggling

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 scrap

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 still bloodied

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 from the womb

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 is God's king.

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 Hardly inspiring

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 or hopeful.

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 What's going on?

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 Well,

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 God's king

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 does come,

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 but he comes

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 in weakness,

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 not power.

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 In fact,

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 the whole of

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 Jesus' life

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 would be marked

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 by weakness.

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 a servant

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 who would come

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 to give

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 his life.

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 Who would end

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 up,

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 as we get

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 to the end

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 of Luke,

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 slaughtered

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 on a cross.

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 Who on

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 this earth

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 would want

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 to follow

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 and trust

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 a king

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 like that?

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 But that's

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 the point.

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 God is

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 calling

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 for

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 faith.

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 Will you

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 trust in

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 the power

00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:01.019
 of men

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 or will

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 you trust

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 in the

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 weakness

00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:05.539
 of my

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 son?

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 Will you

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 follow the

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 kings and

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 rulers of

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 this world,

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 the might

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 of all

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 the powerful

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 corporations

00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:15.879
 who flex

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 their muscles

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 or will you

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 follow my

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 king

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 who died

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 for you

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 on the

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 cross?

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 Maybe

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 you're

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 disappointed

00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:29.340
 that Jesus

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 is not

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 something

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 more.

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 Well,

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 listen to

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 the

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 apostle

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 Paul.

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 He

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 explains it

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 for us

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 like this.

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 He says

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 the message

00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:41.639
 of the

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 cross

00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:43.559
 is

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 foolishness.

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 It's

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 weak.

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 It's

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 nothing

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 to those

00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:49.840
 who are

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 perishing.

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 But to

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 us who

00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:53.100
 are being

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 saved,

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 it is

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 the power

00:14:55.179 --> 00:14:56.240
 of God.

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 For the

00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:58.000
 foolishness

00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:58.460
 of God

00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:59.180
 is wiser

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 than man's

00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:00.420
 wisdom.

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 And the

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 weakness of

00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:03.560
 God is

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 stronger

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 than man's

00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:06.800
 strength.

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 Who do

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 you trust?

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 Who would

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 you put your

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 life into

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 the hands

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 of?

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 Well, we've

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 got a second

00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:21.540
 surprise,

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 a surprising

00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:24.460
 invitation.

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 for some

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 reason,

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 when

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 celebrities

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 get pregnant

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 or give

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 birth,

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 they see

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 it their

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 duty to

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 inform the

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 whole world.

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 I'm not

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 quite sure

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 why, but

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 that's a

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 celebrity for

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 you, I

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 guess.

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 Whether you're

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 Serena Williams

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 or William

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 and Kate,

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 well, people

00:15:43.340 --> 00:15:44.160
 must know

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 that we're

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 having a

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 baby.

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 Well, Luke

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 has another

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 surprise for

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 us.

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 Look at

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 verse 8.

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 And there

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 were shepherds

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 living out in

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 the fields

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 nearby, keeping

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 watch over

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 their flocks at

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 night.

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 Now, we've

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 all heard that,

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 we've sung the

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 carols, but I

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 want us to

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 forget the

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:07.099
 image in your

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 minds of

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 those nice,

00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:08.719
 fluffy,

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 cuddly

00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:10.359
 shepherds that

00:16:10.359 --> 00:16:10.799
 might be

00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:11.379
 pictured on

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 your Christmas

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 cards.

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 Shepherds are

00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:14.639
 the lowest of

00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:15.019
 the low.

00:16:15.979 --> 00:16:16.500
 It was a

00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:17.039
 thankless,

00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:17.659
 dirty,

00:16:17.959 --> 00:16:18.639
 filthy job,

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 as verse 1

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 tells us.

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 They lived

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 out in

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 the fields.

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 And for

00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:25.919
 good reason

00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:26.299
 too.

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 They were

00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:28.279
 considered to

00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:28.899
 be thieves

00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:29.659
 and robbers

00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.639
 attacking

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 unsuspecting

00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.379
 travellers at

00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:32.679
 night.

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 If there was

00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:33.919
 a robbery

00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:34.439
 in town,

00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.600
 well, it

00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:35.939
 was the

00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:36.500
 shepherds.

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:37.960
 They were

00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:39.480
 so despised

00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.319
 that their

00:16:40.319 --> 00:16:41.600
 testimony was

00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:42.100
 not even

00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:42.879
 trusted in

00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:43.480
 a court of

00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:43.740
 law.

00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:45.000
 You couldn't

00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:45.600
 believe them.

00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:47.460
 But yet,

00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:47.879
 it's to

00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.819
 these low

00:16:48.819 --> 00:16:50.559
 life that

00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.199
 God first

00:16:51.199 --> 00:16:51.979
 announces the

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 coming of

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:52.899
 his king.

00:16:53.199 --> 00:16:53.539
 Look at

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 verse 9.

00:16:54.439 --> 00:16:54.879
 An angel

00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.259
 of the

00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:56.000
 Lord appeared

00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.439
 to them,

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.599
 and the

00:16:57.599 --> 00:16:58.259
 glory of

00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:58.639
 the Lord

00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.419
 shone around

00:16:59.419 --> 00:16:59.739
 them, and

00:16:59.739 --> 00:17:00.059
 they were

00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:00.659
 terrified.

00:17:01.099 --> 00:17:01.519
 Well, who

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.139
 wouldn't be

00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:02.519
 if an

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.279
 angel appeared

00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:03.639
 in the

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:03.979
 sky?

00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.460
 But the

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.099
 angel said

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.440
 to them,

00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:08.159
 do not

00:17:08.159 --> 00:17:08.879
 be afraid.

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.819
 I bring

00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:12.179
 you good

00:17:12.179 --> 00:17:12.720
 news of

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.379
 great joy

00:17:13.379 --> 00:17:13.759
 that will

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:14.179
 be for

00:17:14.179 --> 00:17:14.599
 all the

00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:14.919
 people.

00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:15.659
 Today,

00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.000
 in the

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.399
 town of

00:17:16.399 --> 00:17:16.679
 David,

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.299
 a saviour

00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:17.759
 has been

00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:18.399
 born to

00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:19.259
 you.

00:17:20.320 --> 00:17:20.860
 He is

00:17:20.860 --> 00:17:21.600
 Christ

00:17:21.600 --> 00:17:22.560
 the

00:17:22.560 --> 00:17:22.920
 Lord.

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.820
 This

00:17:27.820 --> 00:17:28.360
 announcement

00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:29.620
 is deeply

00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:30.660
 personal.

00:17:31.540 --> 00:17:31.800
 Did you

00:17:31.800 --> 00:17:32.259
 get that

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.720
 in verse

00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.120
 11?

00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:34.440
 Today,

00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:34.840
 in the

00:17:34.840 --> 00:17:35.360
 town of

00:17:35.360 --> 00:17:35.720
 David,

00:17:35.820 --> 00:17:36.400
 a saviour

00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:36.920
 has been

00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.660
 born to

00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:39.140
 you,

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:40.140
 to you

00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:41.380
 shepherds.

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.340
 Yes,

00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:42.900
 the world

00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:43.540
 will hear

00:17:43.540 --> 00:17:44.060
 about it

00:17:44.060 --> 00:17:44.600
 in time,

00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:45.300
 but it

00:17:45.300 --> 00:17:45.740
 starts

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.320
 personally

00:17:46.320 --> 00:17:47.140
 with you.

00:17:47.140 --> 00:17:48.300
 God

00:17:48.300 --> 00:17:48.680
 doesn't

00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.259
 send out

00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:49.720
 a tweet

00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:50.100
 with the

00:17:50.100 --> 00:17:50.580
 hashtag

00:17:50.580 --> 00:17:51.960
 kingisborn,

00:17:52.520 --> 00:17:53.220
 or there's

00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:54.000
 no announcement

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.880
 in Jerusalem

00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:55.660
 news on

00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:56.240
 the papers,

00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:57.180
 there's no

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:58.060
 press briefing

00:17:58.060 --> 00:17:58.900
 inviting all

00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.520
 the political

00:17:59.520 --> 00:18:00.220
 and religious

00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:00.759
 elite.

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.240
 Instead,

00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:02.840
 it's a

00:18:02.840 --> 00:18:03.500
 personal

00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.860
 visit on

00:18:04.860 --> 00:18:05.720
 a secluded

00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:07.259
 hillside to

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:07.980
 a bunch of

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:09.140
 dirty low-life

00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:10.120
 shepherds who

00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:10.900
 no one would

00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:11.680
 ever believe.

00:18:15.320 --> 00:18:15.960
 In

00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:16.960
 modern terms,

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.480
 dare I

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.079
 say it,

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:20.299
 it's like

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.079
 God going

00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:21.460
 to the

00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:21.880
 traveller

00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:22.360
 site,

00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:24.319
 inviting the

00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:25.000
 so-called

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.240
 despised of

00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:27.120
 our society.

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:28.819
 Well,

00:18:28.860 --> 00:18:29.480
 surely God

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:29.920
 can do

00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:30.539
 better than

00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:30.799
 that,

00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.279
 couldn't he?

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.579
 What's

00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.240
 going on?

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.600
 Well,

00:18:36.860 --> 00:18:38.620
 it's telling

00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.319
 us that

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.920
 God is a

00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:40.340
 God of

00:18:40.340 --> 00:18:40.880
 grace.

00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:48.400
 God

00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:49.120
 is a

00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:49.400
 God's

00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:49.800
 favour.

00:18:49.800 --> 00:18:50.940
 Verse 13,

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:52.080
 suddenly a

00:18:52.080 --> 00:18:53.340
 great company

00:18:53.340 --> 00:18:53.900
 of the

00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.340
 heavenly

00:18:54.340 --> 00:18:54.780
 hosts

00:18:54.780 --> 00:18:55.180
 appeared

00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.540
 with the

00:18:55.540 --> 00:18:55.880
 angel,

00:18:56.280 --> 00:18:57.220
 praising God

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.760
 and saying,

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.920
 glory to

00:18:58.920 --> 00:18:59.540
 God in the

00:18:59.540 --> 00:18:59.920
 highest,

00:19:00.040 --> 00:19:00.280
 on an

00:19:00.280 --> 00:19:00.460
 earth,

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.280
 peace to

00:19:01.280 --> 00:19:01.600
 men,

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.520
 on whom

00:19:02.520 --> 00:19:03.500
 his favour,

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.280
 literally

00:19:04.280 --> 00:19:05.960
 upon whom

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.900
 his grace

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:08.079
 has fallen.

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.400
 God

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.180
 invites

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.799
 these

00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.480
 low-life

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.140
 shepherds

00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.900
 to come

00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.480
 and see

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.819
 this

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.340
 newborn

00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:15.819
 king

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.720
 because,

00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:17.740
 well,

00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.319
 it's because

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.180
 it's God's

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:20.019
 good pleasure

00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:20.980
 to do so,

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:22.100
 because God

00:19:22.100 --> 00:19:23.360
 delights in

00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:24.100
 showing his

00:19:24.100 --> 00:19:25.319
 grace to

00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:26.579
 unsuspecting

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.019
 people.

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.279
 This is the

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.840
 way God

00:19:29.840 --> 00:19:30.480
 works.

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 It was the

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 same for

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 Elizabeth,

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 remember,

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 back in

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 chapter 1

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 verse 25,

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 old

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 barren

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:38.960
 Elizabeth,

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.140
 verse 25,

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 the Lord

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.680
 has done

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 this for

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.480
 me,

00:19:43.580 --> 00:19:44.100
 she said,

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 in these

00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:45.720
 days he

00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:46.279
 has shown

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.259
 his favour

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.960
 or he

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.500
 has shown

00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.360
 his grace

00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:49.980
 upon me

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 and taken

00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:51.779
 away my

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.360
 disgrace.

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 Or look

00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.240
 at verse

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.820
 30,

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.200
 as the

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:58.000
 angel announced

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.380
 the good

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:58.860
 news to

00:19:58.860 --> 00:19:59.160
 Mary,

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.580
 but the

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:01.400
 angel said

00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:01.720
 to her,

00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.300
 do not

00:20:02.300 --> 00:20:02.960
 be afraid

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.360
 Mary,

00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:04.179
 you have

00:20:04.179 --> 00:20:05.299
 found favour

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:05.899
 with God.

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.339
 Literally,

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.219
 God's

00:20:07.219 --> 00:20:07.839
 grace has

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.939
 come upon

00:20:08.939 --> 00:20:09.299
 you.

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.799
 These two

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:14.419
 unsuspecting

00:20:14.419 --> 00:20:15.359
 women,

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:16.819
 these

00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:18.299
 unsuspecting

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.339
 shepherds,

00:20:20.159 --> 00:20:21.039
 God's grace

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.599
 is not

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.279
 earned or

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.839
 deserved,

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 it's dispensed

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 at God's

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.740
 good pleasure

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.299
 and will

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 because,

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.379
 well,

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 God just

00:20:28.199 --> 00:20:29.199
 delights

00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:31.000
 in giving

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 his grace.

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 look again

00:20:34.639 --> 00:20:34.959
 at what

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 the angels

00:20:35.459 --> 00:20:36.119
 say to

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 the

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 shepherds,

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 verse 10,

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 chapter 2,

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 the angel

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 said,

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 don't be

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.139
 afraid,

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.619
 I bring

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:43.299
 you good

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:43.939
 news of

00:20:43.939 --> 00:20:44.779
 great joy.

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:45.839
 That will

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.439
 be for all

00:20:46.439 --> 00:20:46.819
 the people

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.419
 today in

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 the town

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.279
 of David,

00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:49.379
 a saviour

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:50.199
 has been

00:20:50.199 --> 00:20:50.740
 born to

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:50.919
 you,

00:20:51.199 --> 00:20:51.639
 he is

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.399
 Christ

00:20:52.399 --> 00:20:53.339
 the

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.819
 Lord.

00:20:54.919 --> 00:20:55.399
 Christ

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:56.339
 is a

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.839
 title.

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:58.339
 Sometimes

00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:59.599
 we read

00:20:59.599 --> 00:20:59.959
 the word

00:20:59.959 --> 00:21:00.799
 Messiah.

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 It means

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 God's

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.099
 chosen

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.879
 anointed

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.639
 king,

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:05.879
 ruler,

00:21:06.199 --> 00:21:06.720
 supreme

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.299
 power.

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 And God

00:21:09.199 --> 00:21:09.639
 is saying

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.019
 to these

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.419
 shepherds,

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 come,

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.819
 here is an

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.659
 invitation for

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.079
 you to

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.519
 go and

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.539
 see my

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.319
 saving

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.799
 king,

00:21:16.179 --> 00:21:16.859
 my ruler,

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.619
 and it's

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.439
 a personal

00:21:18.439 --> 00:21:19.480
 invitation to

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.879
 you.

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.399
 Who would

00:21:23.399 --> 00:21:23.819
 choose

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.759
 shepherds

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:26.180
 to be

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.720
 the first

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.619
 hearers of

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:27.940
 such

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:29.039
 momentous,

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:29.960
 life

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.839
 transforming,

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:31.980
 world

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.879
 changing

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.720
 news?

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.920
 Well,

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.259
 God

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.559
 would,

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.079
 because

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.559
 God is

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.879
 a God

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.519
 of grace.

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.819
 Why would

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.140
 he do

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.460
 it?

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.779
 What's

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.460
 going on?

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.700
 Well,

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.180
 as we

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.879
 read through

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.339
 Luke's

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.759
 gospel,

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.339
 we will

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.160
 discover that

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.559
 there are

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.579
 two kinds

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.179
 of people.

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.500
 Of all

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:56.939
 the people

00:21:56.939 --> 00:21:57.460
 we meet,

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.460
 they will

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:58.779
 be in

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.000
 two

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.559
 categories.

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.339
 There are

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.839
 those who

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.319
 are the

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.299
 outsiders,

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:05.019
 those who

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.679
 are morally

00:22:05.679 --> 00:22:06.240
 broken,

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.179
 spiritually

00:22:07.179 --> 00:22:07.859
 unclean,

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.819
 people who

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.179
 are on

00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:09.839
 the edges,

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.079
 people like

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.799
 the

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.619
 shepherds.

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.980
 And then

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.379
 we'll meet

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:15.960
 the others,

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:17.500
 the insiders,

00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:18.899
 those who

00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.699
 see themselves

00:22:19.699 --> 00:22:20.460
 as morally

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.460
 good and

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.220
 spiritually

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.859
 pure,

00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:24.259
 people who

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.479
 have

00:22:24.479 --> 00:22:25.079
 influence

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.319
 and

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.679
 power,

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.639
 people like

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:26.839
 the

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.339
 political

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:27.679
 and

00:22:27.679 --> 00:22:28.419
 religious

00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:28.919
 elite,

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.639
 like the

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.279
 Pharisees

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.599
 that we'll

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.319
 come across.

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.579
 But Luke's

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.379
 big surprise

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:35.199
 as we read

00:22:35.199 --> 00:22:35.599
 through it

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.000
 is that,

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.439
 well,

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.240
 from God's

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.779
 perspective,

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:39.219
 the outsiders

00:22:39.219 --> 00:22:40.259
 are invited

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.859
 in,

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:41.740
 while the

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.519
 insiders

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:44.000
 are left

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.459
 out.

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:46.699
 You see,

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.219
 God has

00:22:47.219 --> 00:22:47.740
 sent his

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.179
 chosen

00:22:48.179 --> 00:22:48.799
 saving

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.179
 king,

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.640
 Jesus

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.000
 to

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.860
 invite

00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:51.460
 sinners,

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.299
 the morally

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.039
 broken.

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:53.860
 He came

00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.360
 to seek

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.799
 and save

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.299
 the lost,

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:56.200
 the spiritually

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.279
 unclean,

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.220
 those who

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.960
 know that

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.560
 they can't

00:22:59.560 --> 00:23:00.340
 save themselves,

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.640
 the despised

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:01.980
 and the

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.500
 rejected.

00:23:03.060 --> 00:23:03.779
 God goes

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.160
 to

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:05.519
 shepherds

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.860
 and he

00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.759
 shows them

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.880
 grace.

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.560
 Disappointed

00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:14.480
 that God

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.240
 doesn't treat

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.160
 you differently?

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:19.440
 that you

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.840
 look at

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.460
 your good

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.080
 life and

00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:21.380
 think,

00:23:21.540 --> 00:23:21.660
 well,

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.060
 what a

00:23:22.060 --> 00:23:22.259
 good

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.740
 person

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.240
 I am

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.420
 and,

00:23:24.040 --> 00:23:24.240
 well,

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.300
 God is

00:23:25.300 --> 00:23:25.860
 in some

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:27.120
 ways bound

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:28.660
 to treat

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.460
 me differently.

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:32.220
 Not the

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.640
 case.

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.560
 You see,

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.880
 until we

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.300
 too,

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:36.880
 each one

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.279
 of us,

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.340
 become like

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:39.600
 the shepherds,

00:23:41.040 --> 00:23:41.660
 until we

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.340
 stoop to

00:23:42.340 --> 00:23:43.420
 such humility

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:45.519
 and see

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.620
 ourselves as

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.500
 being morally

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.080
 broken,

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.259
 with nothing

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.980
 to offer.

00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:52.980
 We will

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.480
 never,

00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.240
 ever come

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.720
 to know

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.720
 and experience

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.560
 God's grace.

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.600
 If I see

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.539
 myself as an

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.019
 insider,

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.620
 one of the

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.420
 good people,

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.519
 I ain't

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:02.800
 going to

00:24:02.800 --> 00:24:03.420
 know God's

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.800
 grace.

00:24:05.060 --> 00:24:05.660
 I must

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.259
 become like

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.779
 a shepherd

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:09.220
 to experience

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.900
 his grace

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.660
 in my life

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.200
 each and

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.779
 every day.

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:16.000
 surprised by

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.740
 the saviour

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.099
 that we

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.460
 meet?

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:18.940
 Well,

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.379
 here's a

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:20.319
 third surprise.

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.339
 A

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.879
 surprising

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.599
 salvation.

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.460
 Remember

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.119
 how Luke

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.960
 started out

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.559
 in chapter

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:28.940
 two?

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.279
 In the

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.019
 days of

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.779
 Caesar

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.720
 Augustus,

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.680
 the great

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.500
 ruler over

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.839
 the entire

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.420
 empire,

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:41.400
 Israel,

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.240
 this small

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.860
 little land,

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.519
 this small

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.200
 little nation,

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.220
 are under

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.880
 the might

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.519
 and power

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:46.880
 of a

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.440
 foreign

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.180
 oppressor.

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.140
 But let's

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:54.060
 also remember

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:55.220
 what the

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.800
 prophets

00:24:55.800 --> 00:24:57.019
 had promised

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.440
 all these

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.080
 hundreds of

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.680
 years ago.

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.880
 Keep your

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.519
 finger in Luke

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.100
 and go back

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.880
 to Isaiah

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:04.259
 52.

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.860
 Isaiah

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:07.580
 52.

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:07.740
 52.

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.000
 So we've

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.199
 got to

00:25:19.199 --> 00:25:19.399
 keep

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:20.099
 context

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.779
 in mind

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.139
 here.

00:25:21.699 --> 00:25:21.919
 Luke

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.399
 wants us

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.779
 to know

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.240
 Caesar

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.879
 Augustus,

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.599
 the empire,

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.319
 the ruler,

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.799
 he's the

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.699
 suppressor,

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.259
 he's in

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.779
 charge.

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.579
 But with

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:30.980
 that in

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.339
 mind,

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.899
 we've got

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.419
 to remember

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:33.359
 the promise

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.159
 of the

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.639
 prophets.

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.659
 And the

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:36.399
 context in

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.440
 Isaiah 52,

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.620
 if you

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:38.980
 look at

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.780
 verse 4,

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:41.700
 God's

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.880
 people have

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.820
 been oppressed

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:45.420
 by other

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.900
 nations.

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.080
 So verse 4,

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.100
 for this is

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.580
 what the

00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:49.360
 sovereign Lord

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.860
 says,

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:51.100
 at first my

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.720
 people went

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.180
 down to

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.900
 Egypt to

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.040
 live.

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.240
 Do you

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.660
 remember how

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:53.960
 they were

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.500
 oppressed

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.060
 by the

00:25:55.060 --> 00:25:55.519
 Egyptians

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.400
 in slavery?

00:25:57.800 --> 00:25:58.300
 And then he

00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:58.519
 says,

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:58.980
 lately,

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.680
 Assyria,

00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:00.200
 this other

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.920
 great nation,

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.920
 has come

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.240
 in and

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.880
 has oppressed

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.180
 them.

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.180
 And we

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.740
 know too

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.300
 that the

00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:07.160
 Babylonian

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.580
 nation,

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.480
 they oppressed

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.500
 also.

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.220
 But there

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.560
 is a

00:26:14.560 --> 00:26:15.360
 promise of

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:17.340
 comfort and

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:18.400
 redemption to

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.680
 come.

00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.300
 So look at

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:19.900
 verse 9.

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.480
 Burst into

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.160
 songs of

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:24.019
 joy together,

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.300
 you ruins of

00:26:25.300 --> 00:26:25.860
 Jerusalem,

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:27.000
 for the Lord

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:28.180
 has comforted

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.779
 his people,

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.779
 he has

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.619
 redeemed

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.420
 Jerusalem.

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.579
 The Lord

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.160
 will lay

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.859
 bare his

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.819
 holy arm

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.480
 in the

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.019
 sight of

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.619
 all the

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.059
 nations,

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.259
 and all

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.779
 the ends

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.099
 of the

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.639
 earth will

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.240
 see the

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.779
 salvation

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.440
 of our

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.859
 God.

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.899
 There's a

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.759
 promise that

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.500
 well,

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.619
 a redeemer

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.139
 is going

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:47.599
 to come

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.039
 who's going

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.440
 to bring

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.440
 comfort to

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.839
 God's

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.220
 people.

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.700
 When is

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.019
 it going

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.579
 to happen?

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.379
 Well,

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.839
 let's go

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.319
 back to

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.180
 Luke chapter

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.579
 2.

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:59.259
 and verse

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.099
 25.

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.399
 Because at

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:06.259
 this stage,

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:07.779
 while yes,

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.299
 they're living

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.740
 in their

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.480
 own land,

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:10.179
 they're still

00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:10.619
 under the

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.379
 oppression of

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:12.059
 now another

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.579
 nation,

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.519
 the Roman

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.740
 Empire.

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.819
 And here

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.379
 we're introduced

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:18.139
 to an old

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:18.759
 man called

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.240
 Simeon,

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.099
 verse 25.

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.659
 Now there

00:27:21.659 --> 00:27:22.159
 was a man

00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.759
 in Jerusalem

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.699
 called Simeon

00:27:23.699 --> 00:27:24.059
 who was

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.599
 righteous

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:26.559
 and devout.

00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:28.259
 He was

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.919
 waiting,

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.679
 literally his

00:27:30.679 --> 00:27:31.500
 whole life,

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:33.839
 longing for

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:35.059
 the consolation

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.439
 or the

00:27:35.439 --> 00:27:37.519
 comfort of

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.019
 Israel.

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.259
 And the

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.959
 Holy Spirit

00:27:39.959 --> 00:27:40.599
 was upon

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:40.919
 him.

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.679
 And when

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.500
 he sees

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.799
 this promised

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.919
 Saviour,

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.379
 because,

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.579
 verse 26,

00:27:48.699 --> 00:27:49.079
 it had been

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.859
 revealed to

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.379
 him by the

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.980
 Holy Spirit

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.279
 that he

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.659
 would not

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:52.819
 die before

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.379
 he had seen

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:54.000
 the Lord's

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.539
 Christ,

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:54.679
 Christ.

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.899
 Look what

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.259
 happens,

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.079
 verse 28.

00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:59.359
 Simeon took

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.199
 this child

00:28:00.199 --> 00:28:00.919
 in his arms

00:28:00.919 --> 00:28:01.579
 and praised

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:01.859
 God,

00:28:01.959 --> 00:28:02.199
 saying,

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.240
 Sovereign

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.559
 Lord,

00:28:03.919 --> 00:28:04.619
 as you

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.519
 have promised,

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.119
 promised all

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.639
 the way back

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:07.980
 as we'd

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.319
 read in

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.699
 Isaiah,

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.639
 you now

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.539
 dismiss your

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.219
 servant in

00:28:11.219 --> 00:28:11.519
 peace,

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.480
 for my

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.179
 eyes have

00:28:13.179 --> 00:28:13.879
 seen your

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.559
 salvation.

00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:16.980
 At last,

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.899
 after all

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.319
 of these

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.759
 years,

00:28:19.219 --> 00:28:19.740
 God's

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.299
 salvation

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.000
 has come

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.339
 in the

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.939
 person of

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.339
 Jesus.

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.539
 Jesus,

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:25.279
 but Simeon

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.679
 was not

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.139
 the only

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.799
 one waiting.

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.799
 Look down

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.859
 at verse 36.

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.240
 There was

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.799
 also the

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.480
 prophetess,

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:32.959
 Anna,

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.279
 the daughter

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.000
 of Phanuel

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.359
 of the

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:35.859
 tribe of

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.220
 Asher.

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.319
 And she

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.139
 meets this

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:40.159
 baby Jesus

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:40.599
 in the

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:40.959
 temple,

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:42.339
 verse 38,

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.439
 coming up

00:28:43.439 --> 00:28:43.859
 to them,

00:28:43.959 --> 00:28:44.359
 coming up

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.639
 to the

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.119
 parents at

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:45.579
 that very

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.000
 moment,

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.839
 she gave

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.679
 thanks to

00:28:47.679 --> 00:28:48.220
 God and

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.039
 spoke about

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.879
 the child

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:51.019
 Jesus to

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.700
 all who

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.259
 are looking

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.039
 forward,

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.059
 or literally

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.759
 all who

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.460
 are waiting

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.299
 and longing

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.220
 for the

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.700
 redemption

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.680
 of Jerusalem.

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.859
 At last,

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.559
 it seems

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.339
 that God's

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.159
 promises of

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.839
 the past

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.680
 have now

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.779
 been fulfilled.

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.259
 God has

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.859
 come in

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.420
 the person

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.980
 of Jesus

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.019
 Christ to

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:11.039
 redeem his

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.720
 people from

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.319
 the might

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.700
 and the

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.259
 oppression

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.180
 of the

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.139
 Roman Empire.

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.740
 A mighty

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.379
 king who

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:18.000
 would rule

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.759
 forever and

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.819
 make everything

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.379
 right.

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.079
 But

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.619
 surprise,

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.680
 it's not

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.180
 as we

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.180
 expect.

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.720
 Listen to

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.599
 what Simeon

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.579
 says about

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.140
 this

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.400
 Redeemer.

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:37.379
 Verse 34,

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.879
 Then

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.500
 Simeon

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.099
 blessed

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.539
 them,

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.059
 that's the

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.480
 parents,

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:42.920
 and said

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.460
 to Mary

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.079
 his mother,

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.819
 This

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.799
 child is

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.680
 destined to

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.400
 cause the

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:50.280
 falling and

00:29:50.280 --> 00:29:51.540
 rising of

00:29:51.540 --> 00:29:52.420
 many and

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.980
 Israel,

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.280
 and to

00:29:54.280 --> 00:29:55.080
 be a sign

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.460
 that will

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.420
 be spoken

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:56.880
 against.

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.259
 In other

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.480
 words,

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.680
 people are

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.340
 going to

00:29:59.340 --> 00:30:00.500
 oppose him

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:04.000
 so that

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.740
 the thoughts

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.360
 of many

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.920
 hearts

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:07.120
 will be

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.560
 revealed.

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.559
 will

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.559
 be

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:09.919
 filled.

00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:09.940
 It's not

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.399
 what we

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.299
 expect.

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.579
 Surely

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.700
 messiahs,

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.399
 these kings

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:14.879
 are meant

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:16.000
 to unite

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.500
 people

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.940
 together

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:18.139
 and build

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.799
 an army

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.259
 and be

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.000
 powerful

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.720
 and mighty,

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:22.240
 but God's

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.639
 king, it

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.139
 seems, is

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:23.519
 going to

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.940
 do the

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.399
 exact

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.919
 opposite.

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.779
 When he

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.319
 arrives,

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.019
 well, he's

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.379
 going to

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:27.639
 cause

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.159
 division

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:28.599
 amongst

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:28.839
 the

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.179
 people.

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.720
 Depending

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.220
 on how

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.039
 people relate

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.619
 to Jesus,

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.500
 some will

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:33.879
 fall,

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.480
 some will

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.960
 rise.

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.880
 it seems

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.400
 more like

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.640
 there's

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:36.980
 going to

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.539
 be civil

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.019
 war.

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:40.279
 And if

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.819
 that's not

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.480
 bad enough,

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.000
 listen to

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.299
 what he

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.740
 says to

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.019
 Mary.

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.340
 Look at

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.640
 the very

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.059
 end of

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.900
 verse 35.

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.340
 And a

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:48.140
 sword will

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.900
 pierce

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.920
 your own

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:51.039
 soul too.

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.680
 The end

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.360
 of all of

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.819
 this is

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.220
 going to

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.920
 be very,

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:57.019
 very painful.

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.160
 Whatever

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.799
 the sword

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.220
 is,

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.799
 and I

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.299
 think it's

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.980
 referring to

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.559
 the crucifixion

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.120
 of Jesus,

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:06.279
 there's

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.539
 going to

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:06.960
 be a

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.400
 lot of

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.920
 suffering

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.600
 for Jesus

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.660
 come the

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.140
 end of

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.640
 his life

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.180
 on earth.

00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:12.559
 And for

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.039
 Mary,

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.039
 his mother,

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.600
 as she

00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:16.079
 stands at

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.720
 the cross

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.500
 and sees

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.140
 her own

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:20.180
 son crucified,

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.120
 a bloody

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.779
 mess on

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.380
 the cross,

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.039
 well,

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.279
 a sword

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.940
 will pierce

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.460
 your own

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.059
 soul too.

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.779
 Your heart,

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.200
 you are

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.440
 going to

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.000
 be broken.

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.819
 So

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.299
 Jesus,

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.120
 rather than

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.440
 being

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.059
 remembered

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.680
 as the

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.059
 great

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:37.059
 liberator,

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.580
 is going

00:31:38.580 --> 00:31:38.920
 to be

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.400
 remembered

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:39.880
 as the

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.240
 great

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.140
 divider.

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:44.019
 What's

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.700
 going on?

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.420
 Where's

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.140
 the salvation

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.759
 in that?

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.320
 You see,

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.059
 so often

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.820
 we think

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.380
 of Jesus

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.320
 in terms

00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:54.700
 of our

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.120
 own

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.460
 little

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.000
 immediate

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.660
 lives

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.080
 and the

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.779
 situations

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.660
 around us.

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.880
 We think

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.279
 Jesus,

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.960
 the saviour,

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.180
 yeah,

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.559
 I like

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.759
 that,

00:32:02.100 --> 00:32:02.400
 he's

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.779
 come to

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.460
 fix my

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.960
 life,

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.620
 change my

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.559
 circumstances,

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.720
 make my

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.340
 life more

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:09.400
 prosperous and

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.019
 successful.

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.960
 It's all

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.840
 about Jesus

00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:12.640
 dealing with

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.380
 my particular

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.519
 social needs.

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.220
 I've got a

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.559
 problem,

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.720
 call on Jesus

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.240
 and he'll

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.779
 fix it.

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.559
 He's the

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.019
 saviour,

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.299
 a saviour to

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.880
 make my

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.740
 life better.

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.900
 But that's

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.440
 not what's

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.140
 happening here.

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:29.980
 look at

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.520
 these two

00:32:30.520 --> 00:32:31.060
 characters

00:32:31.060 --> 00:32:31.600
 again that

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:31.920
 we have

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.380
 in chapter

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:32.720
 two,

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.560
 Simeon

00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:33.960
 and Anna.

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.900
 Simeon,

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.280
 we know,

00:32:36.340 --> 00:32:36.480
 well,

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.120
 he's an

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.680
 old guy

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.080
 at this

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:38.380
 stage,

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.840
 he's on

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.280
 his way

00:32:39.280 --> 00:32:39.680
 out.

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.460
 Verse 26,

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.100
 it had been

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.759
 revealed to

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.220
 him by the

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.759
 Holy Spirit

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.060
 that he

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.440
 would not

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.660
 die before

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.000
 he had

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.360
 seen the

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:46.740
 Lord's

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.120
 Christ.

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.340
 He was

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:48.880
 old and

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.600
 ready to

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:49.980
 die and

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.220
 he was

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.420
 just

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.940
 waiting.

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:52.560
 Anna,

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.040
 we know,

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.500
 is very

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.820
 old.

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.840
 Verse 36,

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:56.220
 it tells

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:58.459
 us that

00:32:58.459 --> 00:32:58.839
 she was

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.619
 very old

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.279
 and she

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.659
 had lived

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:00.980
 with her

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.699
 husband seven

00:33:01.699 --> 00:33:02.339
 years after

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.980
 her marriage

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.740
 and was a

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.259
 widow until

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.659
 she was

00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:05.159
 84.

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.579
 But as

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:12.899
 she was

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.319
 waiting,

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.799
 look at the

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.179
 rest of

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:15.059
 verse 37,

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.519
 she never

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.199
 left the

00:33:17.199 --> 00:33:18.599
 temple but

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.179
 worshipped

00:33:19.179 --> 00:33:20.259
 night and

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.659
 day,

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:22.599
 fasting and

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.099
 praying.

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.639
 For Simeon

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.199
 and Anna,

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.599
 their whole

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:28.259
 life has

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:29.039
 been waiting,

00:33:29.199 --> 00:33:29.480
 has been

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:31.419
 focused on

00:33:31.419 --> 00:33:31.899
 Jesus,

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:33.039
 longing and

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.519
 waiting.

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:34.980
 You see,

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.500
 for them,

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.439
 salvation was

00:33:36.439 --> 00:33:37.299
 not material

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.179
 and social,

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.639
 it was

00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:41.059
 personal and

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.619
 relational.

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:42.819
 They longed

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:44.000
 for Jesus.

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.259
 They wanted

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.379
 Jesus to

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:47.699
 come.

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.059
 Jesus was

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.559
 sufficient.

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:51.019
 Jesus was

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.399
 enough.

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.399
 Again,

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.980
 look at how

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.500
 these two

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.059
 characters

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:56.099
 respond to

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.700
 Jesus.

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.900
 Verse 29,

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.500
 this is

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.940
 Simeon,

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.660
 sovereign

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.019
 Lord,

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.400
 as you

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.559
 have

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:01.920
 promised,

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.700
 you now

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.839
 dismiss your

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.559
 servant in

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:04.859
 peace,

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.599
 for my

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.180
 eyes have

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.680
 seen your

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.160
 salvation.

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:07.940
 He doesn't

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.699
 need anything

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:08.900
 else.

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.340
 He's quite

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.900
 happy to

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.420
 die now

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.980
 because he

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.800
 has Jesus.

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.059
 And verse

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.699
 38,

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.380
 look at how

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.400
 Anna responds.

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.539
 Coming up at

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.000
 that very

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.400
 moment,

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.940
 she gave

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.679
 thanks to

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.179
 God and

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.659
 spoke about

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.480
 the child.

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.899
 It was

00:34:26.899 --> 00:34:27.460
 all about

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.139
 Jesus

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:29.899
 because he

00:34:29.899 --> 00:34:30.319
 was the

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:30.659
 one who

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.000
 had come

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.440
 to bring

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.039
 redemption.

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.119
 So you

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.339
 see,

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.199
 salvation is

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:37.059
 not primarily

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.919
 a change in

00:34:37.919 --> 00:34:39.139
 my circumstances,

00:34:39.859 --> 00:34:41.079
 but a

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.739
 change in

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.099
 my

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:43.199
 relationship.

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.659
 Salvation

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.219
 is all

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:47.659
 about ordering

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.579
 your life

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.199
 around the

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:50.079
 person of

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.779
 Jesus and

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:52.119
 longing for

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.460
 him.

00:34:54.299 --> 00:34:55.199
 So let me

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.860
 ask us all

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.460
 the question,

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:59.360
 are you at

00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:00.219
 the centre of

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:00.739
 your own

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:02.860
 life and

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.480
 is Jesus

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.199
 just simply

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.699
 there to

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.360
 kind of come

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.920
 into your

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.420
 life to

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.980
 meet your

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.799
 own desires

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:08.199
 and your

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.679
 wants?

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.400
 Or is

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.319
 Jesus the

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:12.900
 centre of

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.480
 your life

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:15.259
 and you

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.880
 are there to

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.579
 serve his

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.139
 desires?

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.440
 Maybe

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:23.699
 you're

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.279
 disappointed

00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:24.980
 that Jesus

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.719
 doesn't do

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.480
 all that you

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.880
 want him

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.259
 to do.

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.940
 Well,

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.259
 let me

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:31.199
 suggest this.

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.440
 Jesus has

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.059
 come to do

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.599
 more than

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:34.960
 you could

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.880
 ever expect

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.699
 or imagine.

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.440
 He is

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.340
 this promised

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.739
 king,

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.239
 God's

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:41.900
 chosen

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.679
 saviour

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:44.079
 who's

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.699
 come to

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.239
 invite

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:46.380
 outside

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:47.640
 like you

00:35:47.640 --> 00:35:48.360
 and me,

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.360
 welcoming

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.400
 us in,

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:53.860
 coming to

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.660
 live in

00:35:54.660 --> 00:35:55.760
 weakness

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.760
 and dying

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:57.559
 on a cross

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.619
 for my

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.000
 sin and

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.539
 for your

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.680
 sin so

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:01.260
 that we

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.780
 might have

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.519
 our lives

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:04.519
 reorientated,

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:06.000
 refocused

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:07.800
 and living

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.640
 for him.

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:12.199
 remember,

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.859
 salvation

00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:13.759
 starts

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:15.759
 by relating

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:16.659
 to Jesus

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:18.119
 correctly.

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.940
 How do

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.279
 you

00:36:22.279 --> 00:36:23.259
 relate

00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:23.759
 to him?

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.099
 Let's just

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.879
 take a moment

00:36:26.879 --> 00:36:28.619
 to reflect

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.099
 and think

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.639
 about that

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:30.039
 and we'll

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.460
 pray

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.199
 together.

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:34.019
 there.

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.539
 Whoa.

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:49.179
 There we

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.559
 are.

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:58.059
 There we

00:36:58.059 --> 00:37:07.099
 how do you

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:10.860
 how do I relate to Jesus

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:15.940
 Father we are sorry for

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:17.799
 treating Jesus as simply

00:37:17.799 --> 00:37:20.159
 one who comes to

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 meet our own needs

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 and fix up our life

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 as we demand

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 help us to reorientate

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 our life around him and

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 put him at the very center

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 to look to him

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 to long for more of him

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 in our lives

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 to trust him completely

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 even when we do not understand

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 we thank you Jesus that you came

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 and did die for us

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 foolish to the world

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 powerless to all who look

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 but for all who are trusting

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 it is the wisdom and power of God

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 to change our lives today

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 so Father help us

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 to keep following the Savior

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 in all the ways that he calls us to live

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 and that you would help us to

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 orientate our lives around him

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 we ask all these things in Jesus name

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 Amen

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