WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.919 Good morning, well as my wife Sharon would say, good morning y'all. 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:10.419 I'm Sam and this is Sharon and we're going to do a little reading for you this morning and finish off with a prayer. 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:15.040 This is the second Sunday of Advent. 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:23.460 Each week of Advent we prepare to celebrate Jesus' birth by lighting a candle and focusing on different themes of Christ's coming. 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:26.560 Last week we lit the candle of hope. 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:30.019 This week we light the candle of peace. 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:36.439 Like each of us, Jesus was born into a world that knew of war, rebellion and discord. 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:44.119 Jesus came into this world proclaiming peace, blessing the peacemakers and exemplifying what it means to be a man of peace. 00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:06.900 Jesus also came to the world knowing that our greatest need was ultimately for peace with God. 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:17.060 Our sin made us his enemies and Jesus came to pay the price for our sins so we could live at peace both with God and with each other. 00:01:17.060 --> 00:01:25.060 Please join us in reading this passage from God's word found in Ephesians chapter 2 verses 13 to 17. 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:27.740 The scripture is on the screens behind us. 00:01:27.739 --> 00:01:29.239 His purpose. 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:37.979 But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 00:01:38.699 --> 00:01:48.319 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barium, the dividing wall of hostility, 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:54.179 by setting aside in his flesh the law with his commands and regulations. 00:01:54.859 --> 00:01:56.199 His purpose. 00:01:59.119 --> 00:02:12.780 His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.079 by which he put to death their hostility. 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:23.200 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:27.120 Let us pray. 00:02:28.720 --> 00:02:33.580 Thank you God for sending Jesus, the one who purchased our peace with you. 00:02:35.040 --> 00:02:42.340 Thank you that he came proclaiming peace and that one day he will return to rule all nations with justice and peace. 00:02:42.340 --> 00:02:48.800 Please let us live our lives reflecting the peace which we have been given through Christ. 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:51.379 And in Jesus name we pray. 00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:52.219 Amen. 00:02:52.219 --> 00:02:52.319 Amen. 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:55.659 All right. 00:02:55.740 --> 00:02:59.680 Before you guys sit down, could you turn to your neighbor and say hi and just greet one another? 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:00.759 Okay. 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:03.400 If you greeted at least one person, you can sit down. 00:03:05.419 --> 00:03:06.340 How are you guys doing? 00:03:08.699 --> 00:03:09.840 How are you doing today? 00:03:10.860 --> 00:03:11.259 Awesome. 00:03:11.579 --> 00:03:11.819 Wow. 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:12.240 Great. 00:03:12.340 --> 00:03:12.860 Good job, buddy. 00:03:13.379 --> 00:03:17.379 Hey, my name is Tobin and I'm one of the pastors here at Watermark Church. 00:03:17.379 --> 00:03:21.019 If you're here for the first time, we want to welcome you during this holiday season. 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:28.560 We realize we have a lot of visitors here and just realize that our church is kind of controlled chaos as kids are with us. 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:30.400 And that's what we think life is about. 00:03:30.519 --> 00:03:35.639 So we want to model that for you and try to learn what that means for us to go on a journey together. 00:03:37.180 --> 00:03:38.900 I love the holiday season. 00:03:38.979 --> 00:03:41.340 I love the songs that we just sang. 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:44.599 I love the tree, even though this is not a real one. 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:48.120 It looks great, the smell of the holiday seasons. 00:03:49.519 --> 00:03:54.400 Last weekend, I broke one of my cardinal rules, though, in the holiday season. 00:03:55.219 --> 00:04:02.579 And the cardinal rule is never go down to Causeway Bay on a Saturday during the holiday season. 00:04:03.539 --> 00:04:07.280 And so I took Caitlin down and we were shopping and it was just chaos. 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:15.300 So we tried to get from Ikea to Times Square and we just, it was just kind of like, and my, Caitlin's like this tall. 00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:22.839 And I kept turning around to her and I said, Caitlin, remember, never come down to Times Square on a Saturday during the holidays. 00:04:23.259 --> 00:04:25.040 Because I had broken the cardinal rule, right? 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:28.720 And so I felt like you were there with like 10 billion of your closest friends. 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:30.600 And it was out of control. 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:34.180 And so finally, we're sitting in line and no one in line looks at each other. 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:34.959 Do you notice that? 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:39.659 You're purchasing stuff and people, they're not looking at each other whatsoever. 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:41.560 Their heads are down and they're just kind of sitting there. 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:49.019 And so I finally said, well, I said, I tried to make eye contact with people just to talk and no one would make eye contact with me whatsoever. 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:50.759 I think they just felt like I was a weird foreigner, right? 00:04:51.479 --> 00:04:54.519 But then all of a sudden, this other lady made eye contact with me. 00:04:54.679 --> 00:04:56.560 And I said, hey, Merry Christmas. 00:04:56.659 --> 00:04:57.519 And she said, Merry Christmas. 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.419 And I just, I said, so how are you doing? 00:05:00.420 --> 00:05:05.900 And she looked at me and she said, lonely. 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:10.480 And I said, what? 00:05:11.500 --> 00:05:13.340 And she said, lonely. 00:05:14.280 --> 00:05:20.680 Isn't it amazing that we can be in such a crowd of people and be lonely? 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:24.220 And I've been thinking about that for two weeks now. 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:29.420 And I went home and I thought about this idea of crowded loneliness. 00:05:30.220 --> 00:05:34.639 I don't know if anybody's ever coined that phrase, but I'll just say it here because I like to make up words anyway. 00:05:34.780 --> 00:05:38.360 But I think that we had this sense of crowded loneliness. 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:49.199 Do a Google search when you go home today on your internet and you will find at least 50 studies on loneliness within the last month throughout the world. 00:05:49.780 --> 00:05:51.879 And it's amazing to see what people are saying. 00:05:52.780 --> 00:05:55.660 Chinese University put out one last month. 00:05:56.420 --> 00:06:00.879 And they said that 50% of the people they interviewed felt loneliness. 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:07.620 To a point where it was causing them mental anguish and physical anguish. 00:06:08.719 --> 00:06:18.839 The statistics said that 70% of people in Hong Kong don't even walk next door to knock on their neighbor's door to get to know them. 00:06:20.139 --> 00:06:29.180 And it was amazing as you read survey after survey this idea of loneliness and how it pervades our world, which is so connected in every other way. 00:06:29.180 --> 00:06:36.579 But people are walking around with a sense of crowded loneliness. 00:06:37.699 --> 00:06:38.819 No one knows them. 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:45.699 So when we come to the passage today in verse 23 and we read the words, 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:50.139 Emmanuel, God with us. 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:58.160 This is the first time in 2,000 years anybody would have heard those words put together. 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:01.460 Because before it was always God is for us. 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:02.700 God is for his children. 00:07:03.060 --> 00:07:04.260 God goes before us. 00:07:04.400 --> 00:07:07.040 God is there and he's going for us in battle. 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:11.320 But in the advent of Christ's coming, 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:14.840 God becoming human, 00:07:15.940 --> 00:07:19.400 coming down to be with us 00:07:19.400 --> 00:07:23.500 in the midst of our crowded loneliness. 00:07:23.500 --> 00:07:27.480 As we come to communion today, 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:32.899 we celebrate God with us. 00:07:33.699 --> 00:07:35.500 I don't know what that means to you. 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:38.240 I wonder what it would have meant to that lady 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:40.279 who I asked how she's doing 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:42.500 if I said God is with you 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:44.319 if you want him to be. 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.279 But as we come to communion, 00:07:48.219 --> 00:07:49.040 the symbolism, 00:07:49.779 --> 00:07:50.560 the truth, 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:52.139 Matthew 1, 00:07:52.579 --> 00:07:53.180 Emmanuel, 00:07:53.819 --> 00:07:54.639 God with us, 00:07:55.300 --> 00:07:56.439 Matthew 28, 00:07:56.719 --> 00:07:57.740 the end of that book, 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:00.779 go out and do not fear 00:08:00.779 --> 00:08:02.759 because I am always 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:04.519 with you. 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:07.279 I'm going to ask the communion stewards 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:08.399 to come forward right now 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:09.240 as we take communion. 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:11.819 Communion is not a watermark thing. 00:08:12.099 --> 00:08:13.639 It's a family of God thing. 00:08:13.719 --> 00:08:15.360 So if you're here today visiting us 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:17.319 and you have made a profession of faith, 00:08:17.379 --> 00:08:18.500 you've invited Jesus Christ 00:08:18.500 --> 00:08:19.740 into your life 00:08:19.740 --> 00:08:21.000 for the forgiveness of your sins, 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:22.300 we would invite you 00:08:22.300 --> 00:08:24.079 to come and take communion with us 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:25.159 and be a part of our family 00:08:25.159 --> 00:08:27.079 because that's what families do. 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:29.139 Now we have little kids here 00:08:29.139 --> 00:08:30.159 and little kids are going to come up 00:08:30.159 --> 00:08:31.259 and you know where your children are. 00:08:31.339 --> 00:08:31.860 You know where they're at 00:08:31.860 --> 00:08:32.759 in their spiritual journey. 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:34.779 If they haven't invited Christ 00:08:34.779 --> 00:08:35.559 into their life, 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:36.620 we would ask you 00:08:36.620 --> 00:08:38.319 not to let them take these elements 00:08:38.319 --> 00:08:39.500 but just to teach them. 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:41.460 So far I know 00:08:41.460 --> 00:08:42.519 in the history of this church 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:43.860 we've had three little kids 00:08:43.860 --> 00:08:44.860 come to faith 00:08:44.860 --> 00:08:46.659 because their parents 00:08:46.659 --> 00:08:47.700 have used this time 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:49.240 as a teaching moment 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:51.279 instead of allowing to eat it 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:52.080 like it was candy. 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:54.659 You know where your children are. 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:56.399 The Bible also says 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:56.879 that this time 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:57.580 is a time for us 00:08:57.580 --> 00:08:59.179 to examine our hearts 00:08:59.179 --> 00:08:59.820 and our lives 00:08:59.820 --> 00:09:00.960 and to ask that question, 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:02.580 what does it mean today 00:09:02.580 --> 00:09:03.159 for me 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:05.360 to have God 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:06.559 with me? 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:08.339 What does it mean 00:09:08.339 --> 00:09:09.479 when I walk through the university 00:09:09.479 --> 00:09:10.619 and I'm about to take my finals 00:09:10.619 --> 00:09:11.079 this week, 00:09:11.139 --> 00:09:11.639 next week, 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:13.359 and the following week 00:09:13.359 --> 00:09:14.659 even up to December 25th? 00:09:14.659 --> 00:09:15.059 What does it mean 00:09:15.059 --> 00:09:16.239 that God is with you? 00:09:17.359 --> 00:09:18.019 What does it mean 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:19.479 when you walk into your work 00:09:19.479 --> 00:09:20.139 on Monday 00:09:20.139 --> 00:09:22.459 and you hear 00:09:22.459 --> 00:09:23.259 and you think 00:09:23.259 --> 00:09:24.639 God 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:26.339 is with us? 00:09:27.579 --> 00:09:28.159 The communion students 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:29.259 are going to come up right now 00:09:29.259 --> 00:09:30.599 and we'll play 00:09:30.599 --> 00:09:31.779 a little background music 00:09:31.779 --> 00:09:34.019 and as you think about that 00:09:34.019 --> 00:09:34.779 when you're ready 00:09:34.779 --> 00:09:35.939 come up and get the elements 00:09:35.939 --> 00:09:37.539 take them back 00:09:37.539 --> 00:09:38.220 to your seat 00:09:38.220 --> 00:09:40.220 and we'll take them together 00:09:40.220 --> 00:09:40.839 as a family. 00:09:43.319 --> 00:09:44.299 Everybody get a chance 00:09:44.299 --> 00:09:45.779 to receive the elements? 00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:46.419 Okay. 00:09:47.539 --> 00:09:48.559 Crowded loneliness 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:50.819 in the middle of the darkness 00:09:50.819 --> 00:09:53.939 in a small backwoods town 00:09:53.939 --> 00:09:55.679 of about 130 people 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.939 God came 00:09:57.939 --> 00:10:00.039 to break the darkness 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:02.240 to shine light 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:04.659 and to free us 00:10:04.659 --> 00:10:05.840 from our loneliness. 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:09.779 No longer God for us 00:10:09.779 --> 00:10:11.419 but God 00:10:11.419 --> 00:10:12.500 with us. 00:10:14.139 --> 00:10:15.279 My prayer and hope 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:16.159 is that you would think 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:17.139 about what that means 00:10:17.139 --> 00:10:18.940 as we walk through this day. 00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:21.220 On this last night 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:21.759 on earth 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:23.399 Christ had one last meal 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:24.799 to teach his disciples 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:25.539 this lesson. 00:10:26.740 --> 00:10:27.700 And in this meal 00:10:27.700 --> 00:10:28.200 in scripture 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:28.620 we're told 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:29.899 that he takes a loaf of bread 00:10:29.899 --> 00:10:30.659 and he blesses it 00:10:30.659 --> 00:10:31.399 and he breaks it 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:32.959 and he gives it 00:10:32.959 --> 00:10:33.600 to his disciples 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:34.079 and he said 00:10:34.079 --> 00:10:35.220 this is my body 00:10:35.220 --> 00:10:36.759 which is broken for you 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:38.299 take and eat 00:10:38.299 --> 00:10:39.519 the body of Christ. 00:10:43.220 --> 00:10:44.039 And a while later 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:44.879 we're told in scripture 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:46.360 that he takes a cup of wine 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:48.019 and he does the same 00:10:48.019 --> 00:10:48.259 he said 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:49.819 this wine represents my blood 00:10:49.819 --> 00:10:51.220 which is poured out for you 00:10:51.220 --> 00:10:52.959 it's a new covenant 00:10:52.959 --> 00:10:54.000 that I give you 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.600 to bring you back 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:56.460 to the family 00:10:56.460 --> 00:10:58.399 the blood of Christ. 00:10:59.899 --> 00:11:02.500 Father we thank you 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:03.000 for this day 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:03.459 we thank you 00:11:03.459 --> 00:11:04.600 that we do not have 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:06.500 to be lonely 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:08.279 because of your son 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:09.519 who's come into this world 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:11.899 to bring us back to you 00:11:11.899 --> 00:11:13.939 that you are always with us 00:11:13.939 --> 00:11:15.319 your spirit is always with us 00:11:15.319 --> 00:11:15.939 as your children 00:11:15.939 --> 00:11:17.120 no matter where we go 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:18.279 in the joy 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:19.899 and in the happiness 00:11:19.899 --> 00:11:21.759 and in the trials 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:22.980 and in the temptations 00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:25.279 and then for most of us 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:26.799 just in the normal 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:28.179 slow 00:11:28.179 --> 00:11:31.379 boring day of life 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:33.199 the truth is 00:11:33.199 --> 00:11:34.039 that you are there 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:36.219 and that you're talking to us 00:11:36.219 --> 00:11:37.919 and that you're with us 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:39.599 and so we come before you 00:11:39.599 --> 00:11:40.179 as a family 00:11:40.179 --> 00:11:41.479 and we just worship you 00:11:41.479 --> 00:11:43.120 we praise you 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:43.919 we thank you 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:46.019 and we pray that we would not 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:46.919 forget this truth 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:48.639 as we walk amongst the crowds 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:49.479 of this day 00:11:49.479 --> 00:11:50.919 and realize 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:52.120 that most of them 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:52.639 walk 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:54.240 in loneliness 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:56.740 and they need to hear 00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.220 the message 00:11:57.220 --> 00:11:58.120 that we have 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:00.220 we love you 00:12:00.220 --> 00:12:00.799 we praise you 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:01.759 in your son Jesus name 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:02.580 amen 00:12:02.580 --> 00:12:04.060 okay 00:12:04.060 --> 00:12:05.840 so one of my favorite things 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:07.220 about being a pastor 00:12:07.220 --> 00:12:09.440 is to do baby dedications 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:11.820 and so we do baby dedications here 00:12:11.820 --> 00:12:14.039 we don't baptize children 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:14.940 at Watermark 00:12:14.940 --> 00:12:17.039 we basically dedicate children 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:18.519 we believe that baptism 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:20.139 is for people 00:12:20.139 --> 00:12:21.799 who have made a personal confession 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:23.099 and profession of their faith 00:12:23.099 --> 00:12:24.740 and so we get a chance 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:27.339 to dedicate two babies today 00:12:27.339 --> 00:12:28.459 a boy and a girl 00:12:28.459 --> 00:12:29.719 and so I'm going to ask them 00:12:29.719 --> 00:12:30.099 to come up 00:12:30.099 --> 00:12:30.719 the parents 00:12:30.719 --> 00:12:31.959 Aaron and Haley 00:12:31.959 --> 00:12:35.339 and Jason and Natalie 00:12:35.339 --> 00:12:36.759 so we're going to have 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:37.879 a crazy day here 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.000 so let them come on up 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:40.519 so we have 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:43.059 we have little Gracie 00:12:43.059 --> 00:12:45.579 and we have Jason Jr 00:12:45.580 --> 00:12:48.600 and I'm going to ask 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:49.580 all the kids 00:12:49.580 --> 00:12:51.160 will the kids come down 00:12:51.160 --> 00:12:51.960 front for me please 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:52.940 can you help me with this 00:12:52.940 --> 00:12:54.540 so all the kiddos 00:12:54.540 --> 00:12:55.240 come on down 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:57.560 and you guys can sit down 00:12:57.560 --> 00:12:59.720 because I need your help 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:00.080 okay 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:03.600 okay 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:04.879 good job guys 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:11.379 how you guys doing 00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:14.500 how you guys doing 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.620 good 00:13:15.620 --> 00:13:17.460 are you ready for Christmas 00:13:17.460 --> 00:13:18.960 yeah 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:20.120 so what are you going to 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:21.000 get me for Christmas 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:23.840 nothing 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:25.919 what's up with that 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:28.200 okay message 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:28.840 I need that 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:29.879 hey guys 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:31.340 we have a very special thing 00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:32.940 that we get to do today 00:13:32.940 --> 00:13:33.980 and maybe your mommy 00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:35.399 and daddy did it for you 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:36.940 and maybe you'll be able 00:13:36.940 --> 00:13:37.639 to do it personally 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:38.779 and so we're going to 00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:40.340 dedicate a baby to God 00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:41.620 and show the baby 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:42.940 to this new church family 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:45.260 and so who would 00:13:45.260 --> 00:13:46.140 Aaron and Haley 00:13:46.140 --> 00:13:46.980 you want to come first 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:47.520 come on up 00:13:47.520 --> 00:13:48.180 come on guys 00:13:48.180 --> 00:13:49.900 and so this is Aaron and Haley 00:13:49.900 --> 00:13:50.800 and they've been with us 00:13:50.800 --> 00:13:52.020 for almost two years now 00:13:52.020 --> 00:13:52.300 right 00:13:52.300 --> 00:13:53.520 so it's been great 00:13:53.520 --> 00:13:54.400 and little Gracie 00:13:54.400 --> 00:13:55.660 how are you doing 00:13:55.660 --> 00:13:57.060 yeah 00:13:57.060 --> 00:14:00.820 we have a bond going on here 00:14:00.820 --> 00:14:01.260 so this is 00:14:01.260 --> 00:14:02.960 I feed her diet coke 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:04.180 she had her first sip of diet coke 00:14:04.180 --> 00:14:04.780 last week 00:14:04.780 --> 00:14:05.500 and we just kind of 00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:06.420 connected after that 00:14:06.420 --> 00:14:09.300 so when we bring a couple 00:14:09.300 --> 00:14:10.420 with their child up 00:14:10.420 --> 00:14:11.460 that we ask a couple 00:14:11.460 --> 00:14:12.040 two questions 00:14:12.040 --> 00:14:13.160 and then we'll ask you guys 00:14:13.160 --> 00:14:13.580 a question 00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:15.720 so I'll ask you those questions 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:17.300 so in coming today 00:14:17.300 --> 00:14:18.800 do you confess your faith 00:14:18.800 --> 00:14:20.200 in Jesus Christ 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:21.379 as your Lord and Savior 00:14:21.379 --> 00:14:23.320 okay 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:25.580 and is it your desire 00:14:25.580 --> 00:14:27.139 to raise up little Gracie 00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:28.200 in a household 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:29.660 that always points her 00:14:29.660 --> 00:14:30.580 to Christ 00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:31.620 and that you too 00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:32.639 will walk with her 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:33.360 model her 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:34.639 in the good times 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:35.639 and in the hard times 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:36.720 what it means 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.420 and how the gospel 00:14:37.420 --> 00:14:38.259 has changed you 00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:39.700 okay 00:14:39.700 --> 00:14:40.620 can I 00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.259 can I take 00:14:41.259 --> 00:14:41.620 can you 00:14:41.620 --> 00:14:42.299 can you come to me 00:14:42.299 --> 00:14:43.559 wow 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:44.379 whoa 00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:46.240 okay 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:47.860 so I'm going to ask you guys 00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:48.259 a question 00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:49.080 as a church family 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:50.240 look at that 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:51.220 look at the babies over there 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:51.840 see the babies 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:53.200 okay 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:55.559 as a watermark church family 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:56.819 will you guys commit 00:14:56.819 --> 00:14:58.240 to come alongside 00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:59.139 little Gracie 00:14:59.139 --> 00:15:00.200 to pray for her 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:01.179 to encourage her 00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:02.139 to help her 00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:03.200 when she gets in trouble 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:03.659 which I know 00:15:03.659 --> 00:15:04.419 that will never happen 00:15:04.419 --> 00:15:04.840 will it 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:05.680 no 00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:07.139 and to point her 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:08.040 to Jesus 00:15:08.040 --> 00:15:09.440 for as long as you guys 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:10.300 are here as a community 00:15:10.300 --> 00:15:11.399 will you guys commit to that 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.040 say we will 00:15:12.040 --> 00:15:13.820 that's great 00:15:13.820 --> 00:15:14.720 okay 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:16.160 hey can you give me a kiss 00:15:16.160 --> 00:15:19.040 okay 00:15:19.040 --> 00:15:21.300 that's what Christina did 00:15:21.300 --> 00:15:21.740 the first time 00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:22.660 I tried to kiss her too 00:15:22.660 --> 00:15:25.840 hey let me 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:27.320 let me 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:28.200 let me pray 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:29.160 can I pray with you guys 00:15:29.160 --> 00:15:29.740 yeah 00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:30.960 Father we just thank you 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:31.840 for this dear family 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:33.280 we thank you for Gracie 00:15:33.280 --> 00:15:33.980 we thank you that 00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:34.700 what a miracle 00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:36.480 just life is 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:37.240 and how you brought them 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:38.100 together and brought them 00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:38.940 here to this church 00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:40.080 and we just pray 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:41.060 your blessing upon them 00:15:41.060 --> 00:15:42.460 we pray for your protection 00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:44.100 for your encouragement 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:45.440 as husband and wife 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:46.440 we pray that it would 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:47.120 always be a family 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:47.960 that would love you 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:49.460 that would do amazing 00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:50.420 things for your kingdom 00:15:50.420 --> 00:15:51.960 as they already have 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:53.680 and just feel your goodness 00:15:53.680 --> 00:15:54.340 every day 00:15:54.340 --> 00:15:54.879 as they look at this 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.340 little girl 00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:56.240 we pray for Gracie 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:57.340 that she would come 00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:58.640 to know you at an early age 00:15:58.640 --> 00:15:59.840 and that she would do 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:01.080 mighty things for your kingdom 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:02.360 we love you 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.000 amen 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:04.240 amen 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:04.639 amen 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.240 amen 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:06.740 and so then 00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:08.200 why don't we 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:08.560 can we 00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:09.799 can we clap for that 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.200 is that good 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:10.860 I just think that's 00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.120 yeah 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.639 okay 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:14.740 it's organic 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.060 right 00:16:15.060 --> 00:16:16.200 okay 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:18.019 so Natalie and Jason 00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:18.700 hey JR 00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:19.700 how are you guys doing 00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:21.720 he's feeling a little 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:22.340 under the weather 00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:23.100 he's under the weather 00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.480 okay 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:24.440 so guys 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:25.000 can you help me 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:25.460 is this 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:26.539 what is this right here 00:16:26.539 --> 00:16:28.180 wow 00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:28.479 wow 00:16:28.479 --> 00:16:30.019 I was just expecting 00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:30.519 the baby 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:31.099 that's 00:16:31.099 --> 00:16:32.239 you know everything 00:16:32.239 --> 00:16:32.639 okay 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:33.359 okay 00:16:33.359 --> 00:16:34.599 so Natalie 00:16:34.599 --> 00:16:35.259 and Jason 00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.719 I'm asking you 00:16:35.719 --> 00:16:36.219 the same question 00:16:36.219 --> 00:16:36.599 today 00:16:36.599 --> 00:16:37.199 in coming 00:16:37.199 --> 00:16:37.899 and bringing 00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:38.799 little junior 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:39.299 here 00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:40.179 do you confess 00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:40.639 your faith 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:41.479 in Jesus Christ 00:16:41.479 --> 00:16:42.079 as your Lord 00:16:42.079 --> 00:16:42.519 and Savior 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:44.379 and is it your desire 00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:45.299 to walk with him 00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:46.319 all the days of your life 00:16:46.319 --> 00:16:47.439 and raising up 00:16:47.439 --> 00:16:48.000 little junior 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:49.039 and all the other juniors 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:49.460 that come 00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:51.059 I heard you guys 00:16:51.059 --> 00:16:51.779 want like ten 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:54.319 in a house 00:16:54.319 --> 00:16:55.000 six 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.460 okay 00:16:55.460 --> 00:16:56.159 so six 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:57.159 only six 00:16:57.159 --> 00:17:01.079 and raising him up 00:17:01.079 --> 00:17:01.539 in a house 00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:02.419 that always knows 00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:03.000 the Lord 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:03.699 and loves him 00:17:03.699 --> 00:17:05.059 is that your commitment 00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:05.899 okay 00:17:05.899 --> 00:17:06.819 so should I try 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.579 to hold him or not 00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:08.359 you can try 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:08.799 okay 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.879 hey come here buddy 00:17:09.879 --> 00:17:10.899 I got some Diet Coke 00:17:10.899 --> 00:17:11.379 for you 00:17:11.379 --> 00:17:12.980 okay 00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.440 we'll try 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.019 oh 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:16.420 hey 00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:20.960 hey guys 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.839 as a church family 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.680 it's your commitment 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:24.319 to help 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:25.819 Natalie and Jason 00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:27.419 to be alongside 00:17:27.419 --> 00:17:28.119 little JR 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:29.299 to encourage him 00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:30.339 to point him to Christ 00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:31.700 to speak words of truth 00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:33.419 and affirmation to him 00:17:33.419 --> 00:17:35.619 to correct him 00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:36.460 as he's doing things 00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:37.720 maybe he shouldn't be doing 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:39.139 and to be his aunts 00:17:39.139 --> 00:17:39.659 and uncles 00:17:39.659 --> 00:17:41.059 wherever you see him 00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:42.319 will you commit to that 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:44.119 okay 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:45.139 wow 00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:45.980 sweet boy 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:47.339 Father 00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.939 we just thank you 00:17:47.939 --> 00:17:49.000 for this dear family 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:50.159 we thank you for little JR 00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:52.480 just how you made him 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:53.299 and grafted him 00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:53.939 we thank you for 00:17:53.939 --> 00:17:55.399 bringing Natalie 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:56.060 and Jason 00:17:56.060 --> 00:17:57.019 into our midst 00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.600 and just how 00:17:57.600 --> 00:17:58.680 they've already impacted 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:00.080 this church family 00:18:00.080 --> 00:18:00.720 after being here 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.780 for such a short time 00:18:01.780 --> 00:18:02.680 Lord we pray 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.680 that you'd watch over them 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:04.400 protect them 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:05.320 guard their house 00:18:05.320 --> 00:18:06.240 guard their homes 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:08.180 and let them be a family 00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.220 that always knows you 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:09.900 and points them 00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:11.140 pray for little JR 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:12.420 that he would come to know you 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.500 at an early age 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:15.040 and that he would do 00:18:15.040 --> 00:18:16.080 mighty things 00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:16.840 for your kingdom 00:18:16.840 --> 00:18:18.460 Lord we love you 00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:19.240 and your goodness 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:20.360 and we pray all these things 00:18:20.360 --> 00:18:21.180 in Jesus name 00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:21.880 Amen 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:22.720 Amen 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:23.620 Amen 00:18:23.620 --> 00:18:24.700 Amen 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:24.880 Amen 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:26.520 Wow 00:18:26.520 --> 00:18:30.740 We gave him a little NyQuil 00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.280 beforehand 00:18:31.280 --> 00:18:31.900 or something like that 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:33.400 okay guys 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:34.020 hey guys 00:18:34.020 --> 00:18:35.620 will you pray with me 00:18:35.620 --> 00:18:36.780 let's pray 00:18:36.780 --> 00:18:38.020 Dear Jesus 00:18:38.020 --> 00:18:39.340 Dear Jesus 00:18:39.340 --> 00:18:40.780 Thank you for these 00:18:40.780 --> 00:18:41.560 little friends 00:18:41.560 --> 00:18:42.780 Thank you for these 00:18:42.780 --> 00:18:43.660 little friends 00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.760 Help us to be 00:18:44.760 --> 00:18:45.960 good brothers and sisters 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.540 to them 00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:52.480 Help us to be nice to them 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:56.099 Help us to obey our teachers 00:18:56.099 --> 00:19:00.379 Help us to obey our parents 00:19:00.379 --> 00:19:03.879 Help us to love Jesus 00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:06.599 Amen 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:06.920 Amen 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:08.259 Okay 00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:09.180 Watermark kids 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.339 you are dismissed 00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:10.879 Kids 00:19:10.879 --> 00:19:11.819 go to class 00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:13.299 Thank you so much 00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:14.059 Thank you guys 00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:15.779 Today's scripture 00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:17.339 is found in Matthew 1 00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:18.500 18-25 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:20.119 Please follow along 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.799 in your bulletin 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:24.059 Now the birth of Jesus Christ 00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:26.039 took place in this way 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:28.359 When his mother Mary 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:29.839 had been betrothed to Joseph 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:31.659 before they came together 00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:33.460 she was found to be with child 00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:34.740 from the Holy Spirit 00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:36.779 And her husband Joseph 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:38.159 being a just man 00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:40.279 and unwilling to put her to shame 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:42.480 resolved to divorce her quietly 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:45.000 But as he considered 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.839 these things 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:46.500 behold 00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:48.000 an angel of the Lord 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.799 appeared to him 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.400 in a dream 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:50.539 saying 00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:52.599 Joseph son of David 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:54.059 do not fear 00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:55.039 to take Mary 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.819 as your wife 00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:57.680 for that which is conceived 00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.140 in her 00:19:58.140 --> 00:19:59.480 is from the Holy Spirit 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:01.559 She will bear a son 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.759 and you shall call 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.720 his name Jesus 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:05.720 for he will save 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.319 his people 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.579 from their sins 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:09.839 All this took place 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.640 to fulfill 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:11.259 what the Lord 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.539 had spoken by the prophet 00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:14.019 Behold 00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.700 the virgin 00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:16.019 shall conceive 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:17.420 and bear a son 00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:18.619 and they shall call 00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:19.660 his name Emmanuel 00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.779 which means 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.640 God with us 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:23.299 When Joseph woke 00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.839 from sleep 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:25.359 he did as the angel 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:25.839 of the Lord 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.619 commanded him 00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:28.039 He took his wife 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:29.500 but knew her not 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.700 until she had given birth 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.299 to a son 00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:32.579 and he called 00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:33.599 his name Jesus 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:35.039 This is God's word 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:36.299 You shall call 00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:37.119 his name Jesus 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:38.859 because he will 00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.719 save his people 00:20:39.719 --> 00:20:41.099 from their sins 00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:43.679 Every year around 00:20:43.679 --> 00:20:44.199 this time 00:20:44.199 --> 00:20:45.019 we have lots 00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.699 of celebrations 00:20:45.699 --> 00:20:46.779 lots of decorations 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.459 going up 00:20:47.459 --> 00:20:48.719 trees with bright lights 00:20:48.719 --> 00:20:49.339 and candles 00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:50.299 and you know 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.899 there's this 00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:52.219 strange genre 00:20:52.219 --> 00:20:52.699 of music 00:20:52.699 --> 00:20:53.500 that starts playing 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:53.959 everywhere 00:20:53.959 --> 00:20:54.539 where there's about 00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:55.259 20 songs 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.019 that have been redone 00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:57.579 about 2,000 times each 00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.819 and anywhere you go 00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.459 you hear some 00:20:59.459 --> 00:21:00.379 random combination 00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:01.639 of these covers 00:21:01.639 --> 00:21:02.459 of these songs 00:21:02.459 --> 00:21:03.359 just playing 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:04.079 and you're like 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:06.099 I've heard this song 00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.559 everywhere 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.079 for the past 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.579 three weeks 00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.220 What's Going On? 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.759 and people start 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:12.139 singing these songs 00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:13.220 and people start 00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:14.139 using words 00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:14.779 you never hear 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.659 any other time of year 00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:16.819 like festive 00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.539 and merry 00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:20.079 and I don't know 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:21.039 other words like that 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:24.019 and you know 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.839 if you come to church 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.919 you hear lots of messages 00:21:25.919 --> 00:21:27.539 about Mary 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.980 and about the virgin birth 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:30.039 and about Joseph 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.279 and his response to it 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.139 and the shepherds 00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:33.879 and it's this great time 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:34.560 of celebration 00:21:34.560 --> 00:21:36.180 and so today 00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.880 we're starting 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:38.600 our Christmas series 00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.400 here at Watermark 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:41.340 Advent series 00:21:41.340 --> 00:21:42.060 and today we'll be 00:21:42.060 --> 00:21:42.880 looking specifically 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:44.540 at the name of Jesus 00:21:44.540 --> 00:21:45.320 when the angel 00:21:45.320 --> 00:21:46.100 tells Joseph 00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:46.980 that you will call him 00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.300 Jesus 00:21:47.300 --> 00:21:48.840 because he will save 00:21:48.840 --> 00:21:49.680 his people 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.560 from their sins 00:21:50.560 --> 00:21:51.940 we'll be talking about 00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.820 the importance of the name 00:21:52.820 --> 00:21:53.920 the significance of the name 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.900 if you're wondering 00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.840 my name is Eric 00:21:55.840 --> 00:21:57.220 I'm the youth guy 00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.020 here at Watermark 00:21:58.020 --> 00:22:00.080 and my name 00:22:00.080 --> 00:22:01.120 actually means 00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:02.020 honorable ruler 00:22:02.020 --> 00:22:02.920 I looked that one up 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.580 to find out 00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:04.259 since we're talking 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.099 about name meetings 00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.439 today 00:22:05.439 --> 00:22:06.720 it comes from 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.819 a Scandinavian background 00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:09.079 I guess I was just 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:10.159 born to be a king 00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:10.579 or something 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:13.379 and interestingly 00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:14.059 I'm named after 00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.559 my grandmother 00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:16.559 her name is 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.299 Penny Knudsen 00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.939 and I know 00:22:18.939 --> 00:22:19.480 what you're thinking 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.980 I don't see 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.480 that connection 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.919 at all 00:22:21.919 --> 00:22:24.079 but actually 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.759 her maiden name 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.359 is Erickson 00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:26.240 and so when my parents 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.519 had me 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.240 they wanted to keep 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.039 that name in the family 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.699 so they named me 00:22:28.699 --> 00:22:29.859 Eric after my grandmother 00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:31.959 and as you think 00:22:31.959 --> 00:22:32.500 about names 00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.339 names can tell you 00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.899 a lot 00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:35.159 about a person 00:22:35.159 --> 00:22:36.279 you know 00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.899 if someone walks 00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.740 through that back door 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.199 right there 00:22:38.199 --> 00:22:39.179 and they come over 00:22:39.179 --> 00:22:39.639 and they start 00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:40.539 introducing themselves 00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.779 to us as Lucifer 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:43.959 we probably think 00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:45.099 oh don't want to have 00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.799 my three-year-old 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.719 hanging out with this guy 00:22:46.719 --> 00:22:49.799 if a three-year-old 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.559 kid walks through 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.019 that door 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.859 and walks up to you 00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.319 and he's like 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.079 hi my name is 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.639 Li Ka-shing 00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:55.539 you know that his parents 00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.899 have some very high 00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:58.199 expectations for him 00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.740 in life 00:22:58.740 --> 00:23:01.759 and in the same way 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.580 the name Jesus 00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:04.539 has a great significance 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:06.759 it's actually 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:08.240 it was a fairly common name 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.539 back in Jesus' day 00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:11.000 it comes from the same 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.700 root word 00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.860 as Joshua 00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:14.960 which is a fairly common name 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.500 even today 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.819 and it means 00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:18.700 Yahweh is salvation 00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:22.380 for any Israelite 00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.600 living back in the days 00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:23.960 of Jesus 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:25.460 this term 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.559 Yahweh is salvation 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:28.039 was a loaded term 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:30.720 it would bring back 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:32.039 images in their minds 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.440 that would point them back 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.980 to their founding 00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.799 as a nation 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:38.099 to the core central place 00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:39.299 where God had saved 00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.680 his people in the past 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.720 and that is 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:43.039 their slavery in Egypt 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:44.859 now if you don't know 00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.240 the story 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.099 the Israelites were 00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.519 they had moved to the land 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:47.879 of Egypt 00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.879 because there was a famine 00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.960 there was food in Egypt 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.899 so they went down there 00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:52.619 and they settled there 00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:54.000 they started to grow 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.500 and then eventually 00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.099 a pharaoh 00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.199 a king rose up 00:23:57.199 --> 00:23:58.500 who didn't know 00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.199 the back story 00:23:59.199 --> 00:24:00.099 of how the Israelites 00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:01.480 had actually saved Egypt 00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.359 during that famine 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:04.519 and he got scared 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.639 said they might 00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:07.019 try and take us over 00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:08.879 and he made them slaves 00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:10.019 to stop them 00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:11.199 from having that potential 00:24:11.199 --> 00:24:11.939 of rising up 00:24:11.939 --> 00:24:12.399 and rebelling 00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:14.099 this slavery 00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.699 lasted 00:24:14.699 --> 00:24:16.500 400 years 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:18.039 generation 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:19.359 after generation 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.439 after generation 00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:21.859 was born 00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.539 lived 00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.259 and died 00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.059 knowing nothing 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.679 but slavery 00:24:24.679 --> 00:24:25.379 for their lives 00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:28.000 and it didn't appear 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.960 that the situation 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.220 was getting any better 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.139 anytime soon 00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:32.139 actually things looked 00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:33.559 to be getting much worse 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:35.839 pharaoh 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.879 in his fear 00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.579 because the Israelites 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.319 kept growing 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.539 kept getting more numerous 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:41.279 decided that it was 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.859 a good idea 00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.419 to have the 00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:43.940 the baby boys 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.480 killed 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.720 whenever they were born 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.200 in Israel 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.480 he had laws made 00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.980 that when a baby boy 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.519 is born 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.440 they throw him 00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.819 in the river 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.960 and let the baby drown 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:54.039 so that there cannot be 00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.819 a rebellion 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.620 of the Israelites 00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:57.299 against the Egyptians 00:24:57.299 --> 00:25:00.120 it was a dark 00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:01.340 bleak situation 00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:02.720 with no sign 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.180 of hope 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.019 for the Israelites 00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:05.440 but in this dark 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.559 bleak situation 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.819 God appears 00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:09.019 to an Israelite 00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.500 who is living 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.019 in exile 00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.680 from Egypt 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.559 as a shepherd 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:13.660 and tells him 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.240 I want you to go 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.740 to Egypt 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:16.519 and tell Pharaoh 00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.000 the king 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:18.279 to let my people go 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:20.500 and so this 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.940 this exile returns 00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.779 his name is Moses 00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:24.299 he comes to the pharaoh 00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.160 and he says 00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.879 God says to let 00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.740 his people go 00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:30.480 and pharaoh 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.359 doesn't want any of that 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.099 he says 00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.779 no way 00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.680 we got free labor 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:35.039 I'm not giving this up 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:36.200 you guys are staying 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.680 actually 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.920 because you're complaining 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.579 about your work 00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.200 I'm going to make it 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.740 even harder 00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:42.379 and because pharaoh 00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.559 does not listen to God 00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:45.139 because he stands up 00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:46.059 for what he wants 00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:47.160 instead of what God wants 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.440 God sends a series 00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.440 of ten plagues 00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.700 that systematically 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.900 destroy the nation 00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:52.400 of Egypt 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:54.460 he turns their water 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.980 to blood 00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.980 he sends frogs 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.340 that just overrun the land 00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:58.160 he sends diseases 00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:59.860 he sends a huge hailstorm 00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:01.279 that destroys lots of stuff 00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:02.940 he sends darkness 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.600 on the land 00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.560 and finally 00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:05.820 to top it all off 00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:07.779 he kills the firstborn son 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:09.540 in every Egyptian household 00:26:09.540 --> 00:26:11.300 yet gives the Israelites 00:26:11.300 --> 00:26:12.900 a means of saving 00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.620 their sons 00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:15.600 by sacrificing a lamb 00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.680 in that son's place 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:19.860 and finally 00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.440 after 00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:22.279 the firstborn son 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.080 in every household 00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:24.080 in Egypt has died 00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:25.600 pharaoh says to Moses 00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.640 get out of here 00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.539 we don't want you 00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.220 your trouble 00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.820 leave 00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:30.960 and the Israelites 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:32.380 after 400 years 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.980 of slavery 00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.900 are free 00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:35.279 they leave the land 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.620 of Egypt 00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.160 they're walking 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.740 through the desert 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.259 towards their promised land 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:39.160 and they're excited 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:41.160 and they're walking along 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.140 they're coming up 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:43.100 God has them go 00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.500 around 00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.960 around 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:45.279 another country 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.099 so that they don't 00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:47.259 have to fight there 00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.200 they go on a 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.720 on a way that will be safer 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.900 where they can avoid fighting 00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:52.240 but this way brings them 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.500 along towards the sea 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:55.799 and right as the Israelites 00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:57.000 are getting close 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.579 to the sea 00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.400 the pharaoh 00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.799 changes his mind 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:01.259 it says 00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.000 it was a bad idea 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:03.220 to send those Israelites away 00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.539 we had a good thing 00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.019 going for us 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:06.200 we had free labor 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.319 for hundreds and hundreds 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.680 of years 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.720 and I have just given that up 00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.759 that's not okay 00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.940 we need to get them back 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:13.299 so he takes his army 00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.960 and goes out there 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:16.080 and chases down 00:27:16.080 --> 00:27:17.000 the Israelites 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.860 and right as he 00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.620 catches up 00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.519 to the Israelites 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.340 the Israelites 00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:24.120 are against the sea 00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.940 they are trapped 00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:28.299 the Israelites 00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.360 see the Egyptians 00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:29.759 coming 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.600 and they are afraid 00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:33.279 but God comes down 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.960 in a cloud 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:35.740 and sets himself 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.320 between 00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:37.039 the Israelites 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.779 and the Egyptians 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:39.299 and blocks the Egyptians 00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.940 from being able 00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.500 to come up 00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.960 and attack 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.559 the Israelites 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:43.759 God parts the sea 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.580 and lets his people 00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:45.380 walk across 00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.220 on dry land 00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:48.740 and right as they are 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.840 finishing getting across 00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:51.680 he moves the cloud 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.320 forward a little bit 00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:52.980 so that the Egyptians 00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.759 can come in 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.799 to the sea 00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.799 and follow the Israelites 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.240 across 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.860 and the Israelites 00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.400 are standing 00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.240 on the far shore 00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.600 watching the Egyptians 00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:00.340 come across 00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:01.559 the same dry strip 00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:01.960 of land 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.720 that they have just 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.299 walked across 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.799 themselves 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:06.460 only the Egyptians 00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.580 don't get to the other side 00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:08.620 God closes the water 00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.480 back in on them 00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:11.839 and the dead bodies 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.420 of the Egyptians 00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.319 that have been chasing 00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.839 the Israelites 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.980 wash up on the shore 00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:16.400 in front of the Israelites 00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.319 and they know 00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.259 that they are 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.660 free and saved 00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.620 once and for all 00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:23.319 that God has brought 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.940 a salvation 00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.960 to his people 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:26.480 that they could not 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.680 achieve on their own 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:30.720 this is the central 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.660 act of salvation 00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.700 in the mind 00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.460 of any Israel 00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.599 then or now 00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.599 when God took 00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.120 his people 00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:37.000 freed them 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:38.619 from 400 years 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.259 of slavery 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.720 and brought them 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.519 into 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.140 ultimately 00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:43.900 into the promised land 00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.619 that would be 00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.539 their new home 00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:49.279 and for any Israelite 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.019 in Jesus' day 00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.859 when they heard 00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.779 the name Jesus 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.420 when they heard 00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.279 the name Yahweh 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.079 is salvation 00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:55.440 this story 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.279 is the one 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.339 that would come 00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.940 to mind 00:28:57.940 --> 00:29:00.279 and throughout 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.039 the Old Testament 00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:02.039 God had made 00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.099 many promises 00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.759 to his people 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.680 that he would send 00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.440 someone who would 00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.160 be a savior 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:08.940 he made amazing 00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:10.100 promises about 00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:11.000 how this savior 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.799 would be a king 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:13.140 about how this savior 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:15.100 would rule justly 00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:16.480 how he would rule 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.220 over the nations 00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.200 how he would 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.000 he would take 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.700 the line 00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.420 the royal line 00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:20.840 of David 00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.640 the greatest king 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.080 of Israel 00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:23.140 and he would 00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:24.320 sit on that 00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:25.200 and reign on that 00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.220 throne forever 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.400 after the line 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.920 of David 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:30.720 and any Israelite 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.400 in Jesus' day 00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.039 would have known 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.980 about these promises 00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.500 they would have 00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.380 been waiting 00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.380 for this savior 00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:35.940 to come 00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:38.140 so they had 00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.819 an understanding 00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.819 of the way 00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.140 that God 00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.480 had saved 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.920 in the past 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.339 they had an 00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:41.740 understanding 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.819 of the promises 00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.299 that God 00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.640 had made 00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.299 about the savior 00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.200 that was to come 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.019 but then 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.920 there's a third 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.440 ingredient 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.180 that sort of 00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.859 blended together 00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.960 and gave the Israelites 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.200 a very clear 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.799 mental picture 00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.680 of what they thought 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.180 would come 00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.579 when this messiah 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.400 when this promised 00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.900 one came 00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:58.380 the third ingredient 00:29:58.380 --> 00:30:00.099 was their current 00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:01.180 political situation 00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:03.360 now for the Israelites 00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:04.600 in Jesus' day 00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:06.160 their situation 00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.880 actually 00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:08.140 very closely 00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.680 resembled 00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.220 what had been 00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.600 happening 00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.880 in Egypt 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:12.539 the Israelites 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.259 in Jesus' day 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.660 had been 00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.940 political captives 00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.960 to foreign nations 00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.539 for hundreds 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.019 and hundreds 00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.480 and hundreds 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.019 of years 00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:20.660 in the Old Testament 00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.320 the nation 00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:22.120 of Israel 00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.759 actually split 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.480 into two nations 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.380 the northern kingdom 00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.460 disobeyed God 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.080 and got dragged 00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:26.820 off to captivity 00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:28.460 and never came back 00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.880 but the southern kingdom 00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:32.360 in about 587 BC 00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.799 was dragged off 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:35.039 as captive 00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.779 by a country 00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.440 called Babylon 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:39.799 Babylon was the world's 00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.620 superpower at the time 00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:41.180 they came in 00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.880 they destroyed 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.460 Jerusalem 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.079 the capital 00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:44.740 they tore down 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.180 the temple 00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:46.000 where the Israelites 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.940 believed the presence 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.799 of God dwelt 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:49.220 the nation of Israel 00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:50.059 was destroyed 00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:52.039 the people were 00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.700 taken captive 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.579 and brought away 00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.740 as slaves 00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.539 in a foreign land 00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:58.099 a few years 00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.659 after that 00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.399 a country 00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:00.119 called Persia 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.599 came in 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.359 and took over 00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:01.899 Babylon 00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:03.619 the Persians 00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:05.379 were still 00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:06.319 rulers over Israel 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.079 although they were 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:09.099 nicer than the Babylonians 00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:10.279 the Persian kings 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.379 actually gave the Israelites 00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.720 money to go back 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.740 and rebuild their temple 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:15.019 and rebuild the city walls 00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:16.000 and the Israelites 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.920 had a little bit more 00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.619 freedom under them 00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.379 but they were still 00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:20.039 not free 00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.659 they were still 00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:22.379 under a foreign power 00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:24.519 this lasted 00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.500 for a couple hundred years 00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.420 until a country 00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.019 called Greece 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.460 came in 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.339 and took over Persia 00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:30.019 and the Greeks 00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.859 came in 00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.640 and they wanted 00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.460 to unify 00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.759 all the world 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.599 that they ruled 00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:36.299 so they 00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.279 one of the aspects 00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:38.579 of unifying the world 00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.039 was getting 00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.920 the whole world 00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.619 to follow 00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.660 the same religion 00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:44.259 and to do this 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.220 they had to destroy 00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.819 the religious practices 00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:48.180 of all of the places 00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.880 that they conquered 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:50.680 so the Greeks 00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.380 came into 00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.400 this newly rebuilt 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.819 temple 00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.500 that the Israelites 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.920 had 00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:55.000 and built 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.640 an altar 00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.420 to Zeus 00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.920 in the temple 00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.340 of God 00:31:58.340 --> 00:32:00.300 and to make matters worse 00:32:00.300 --> 00:32:01.039 they took pigs 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.740 into the temple 00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.820 and sacrificed them 00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:03.860 which for the Israelites 00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.820 was a big no-no 00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:06.400 it made the temple 00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.960 unclean 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.640 and unusable 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.539 for the worship 00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.080 of God 00:32:09.080 --> 00:32:11.160 the Israelites 00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:12.360 were so upset 00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:13.039 about this 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.940 that a family 00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.900 called the Maccabees 00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.100 actually raised 00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.720 a rebellion 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.700 against the Greeks 00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:19.620 and were successful 00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:20.380 in kicking them out 00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.100 for a few years 00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:22.740 and so the Israelites 00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:24.179 actually had a brief window 00:32:24.179 --> 00:32:25.259 where they had 00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.379 freedom 00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:28.919 but not long after that 00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.899 another world superpower 00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.519 arose 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.759 and Rome came in 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.719 and took over 00:32:32.719 --> 00:32:33.779 the nation of Israel 00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:36.379 and as Jesus was born 00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:38.299 Rome was ruling Israel 00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.319 which had been 00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.179 under captivity 00:32:40.179 --> 00:32:41.079 to foreign rulers 00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:42.199 for hundreds 00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:42.759 and hundreds 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.619 and hundreds of years 00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.859 with only a short break 00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:46.059 of their own independence 00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:48.819 and the presence 00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.319 of Rome 00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.059 was one 00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.759 that would have been 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.799 felt daily 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.980 by the people 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:54.799 the Romans had 00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.960 people stationed 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:57.019 around the world 00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:58.679 to enforce 00:32:58.679 --> 00:32:59.819 their rule 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.619 on the people 00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.859 that they conquered 00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:03.819 they had tax collectors 00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.259 who would be 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.940 in each city 00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:07.099 and these tax collectors 00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.700 would collect 00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:09.099 taxes from the people 00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.879 to send 00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.980 to the Roman government 00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.599 so that the Roman government 00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.759 could continue functioning 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:16.240 but the tax collectors 00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.480 also charged 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.079 a little extra 00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.799 so that they could 00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:20.140 put some in their pocket 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.980 and keep it also 00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:23.480 and 00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:25.079 in addition to tax collectors 00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.799 there were soldiers 00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.819 stationed all around 00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:28.819 one of the things 00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.720 that the soldiers did 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.740 is if you couldn't afford 00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.559 to pay your taxes 00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.680 the tax collectors 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.480 would have the soldiers 00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.059 come in 00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:35.720 and beat you up 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.200 a little bit 00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:37.400 to make you want 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:38.480 to pay more next time 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:40.279 the soldiers 00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.420 maintained peace 00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.940 which meant 00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.799 crushing any 00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.940 potential rebellions 00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.680 against Rome 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:47.440 they were able 00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.340 to enlist people 00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:48.940 to help them 00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.980 with carrying their equipment 00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.940 in general 00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.960 the presence of Rome 00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:54.240 was not a good thing 00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.820 in the eyes 00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:55.420 of the Israelites 00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.640 for their lives 00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:59.160 and the people 00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:00.140 in the days of Jesus 00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:01.100 would have been 00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:02.779 ever presently aware 00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.779 of the need 00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:05.019 for salvation 00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.759 from this Roman rule 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:10.980 and one night 00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.980 in a manger 00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.619 in a small town 00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.240 of Bethlehem 00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:16.500 there's a baby born 00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:18.740 this baby 00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:20.000 carries a name 00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.820 that means 00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:22.280 Yahweh is salvation 00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:23.260 and he is born 00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:24.039 into a nation 00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:25.699 that is waiting 00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.619 for salvation 00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:29.000 he is born 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.579 into a nation 00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.280 that knows 00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:30.820 of the ways 00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.539 that God has saved 00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.179 in the past 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:33.440 they know 00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.139 of the promises 00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:35.320 that he will do it again 00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.860 and they see 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.579 a situation 00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.619 that they are 00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.380 very aware 00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:40.480 that they need 00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.559 to be saved from 00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:44.819 and as this baby 00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.420 grows up 00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:48.019 he starts doing miracles 00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:49.619 he starts healing 00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.119 the sick 00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:51.039 raising the dead 00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:52.420 making the blind see 00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.219 and people 00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:54.500 start following him 00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.259 and realizing 00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:56.239 there's something 00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:57.340 special about this guy 00:34:57.340 --> 00:35:00.639 he starts teaching 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.619 about a kingdom 00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:03.319 that is not of this world 00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:04.279 a kingdom of heaven 00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:05.599 and people think 00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.940 this is it 00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:09.280 this is the savior king 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.420 that we have been waiting for 00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:11.860 he's coming to bring 00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:13.440 a new kingdom 00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:16.220 crowds of people 00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:17.340 start following him 00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.820 to remote places 00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.619 even when he tries 00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.579 to get away from the crowds 00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.300 they follow him 00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:22.159 at one point 00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:23.460 the crowds even decide 00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:24.940 they want to make him 00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.700 their king 00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:27.700 but he slips away 00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:28.139 and escapes 00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.800 before they're able 00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.340 to do that 00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:31.900 and as long 00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:33.099 as his message 00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:34.900 sounds to the crowd's ears 00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:36.059 like what they want 00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.440 to hear 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.659 they follow him 00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:40.679 but eventually 00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:42.679 they start to realize 00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.460 that the savior 00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.700 that they're expecting 00:35:44.700 --> 00:35:45.280 and the savior 00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.860 that they want 00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:48.159 is not necessarily 00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:49.780 what they're seeing 00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.500 in this man 00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:53.500 they realize that 00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.159 rather than 00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:55.460 affiliating himself 00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.380 with the politicians 00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:57.559 and the religious leaders 00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.960 he's hanging out 00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:00.760 with tax collectors 00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:01.300 and sinners 00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:02.059 and prostitutes 00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:03.159 the people that no one likes 00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.860 the people that no one 00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.960 wants to hang around with 00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:07.900 he's not raising up 00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.240 an army 00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:09.199 and starting rebellions 00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.480 he's 00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:11.800 he's traveling through 00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:13.179 from town to town 00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:14.300 just healing people 00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.720 and teaching 00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:16.880 and then 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:19.679 he starts talking about 00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:20.780 how he's going to suffer 00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.960 and die 00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:23.760 these are things 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.900 that are unthinkable 00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:26.720 for the Jewish mind 00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:27.420 for their Messiah 00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.940 to do 00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:30.220 for this promised one 00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:30.920 who was to come 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:33.760 and as he starts 00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:35.180 saying these things 00:36:35.180 --> 00:36:36.119 and doing these things 00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:37.099 the people realize 00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:39.180 that he's not 00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:40.539 the man 00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.019 they thought 00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.940 he was going to be 00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:45.200 and they reject him 00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:46.480 as their savior 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:49.139 and in one of 00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.519 the greatest ironies 00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.500 if not the greatest 00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.320 irony of history 00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:52.800 the people 00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.980 reject Jesus 00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.840 as their savior 00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:56.000 and kill him 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.900 yet through 00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:58.260 that rejection 00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:59.820 he is able to accomplish 00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:01.200 the ultimate salvation 00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:02.360 that he came to bring 00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.920 for them 00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:07.120 because as God 00:37:07.120 --> 00:37:07.680 looked down 00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.400 on his people 00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.500 he saw that they had 00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.800 a very real need 00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.900 for salvation 00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:13.160 from the Roman rule 00:37:13.160 --> 00:37:15.440 but he saw 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.980 that they had 00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:18.240 an even greater need 00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:20.100 for salvation 00:37:20.100 --> 00:37:20.800 from their sin 00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:23.600 the Bible teaches 00:37:23.600 --> 00:37:24.000 that sin 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.600 is our rebellion 00:37:24.600 --> 00:37:25.300 against God 00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:26.620 that each of us 00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:27.280 on our own 00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:28.700 says in effect 00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:29.260 to God 00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:30.539 you don't know 00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.360 what's best for me 00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:32.240 you don't want 00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:32.900 what's best for me 00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.880 I know better than you do 00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.620 I'm going to follow 00:37:34.620 --> 00:37:35.840 what I think is best 00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.800 instead of what you say 00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:37.280 is best 00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:38.960 I'm not going to trust 00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:40.039 you to rule 00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:41.300 I'm going to rule 00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.900 and be the God 00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.620 of my own life 00:37:42.620 --> 00:37:44.000 and we rebel 00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.880 and we disobey God 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:49.560 and God saw this 00:37:49.560 --> 00:37:50.400 and God knows 00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:51.660 that he created us 00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:53.019 to find our ultimate joy 00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:54.060 our ultimate fulfillment 00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:55.659 our ultimate purpose 00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.119 in life 00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:57.500 through a relationship 00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.059 with him 00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.679 and that because 00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.579 of this sin 00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.599 because of this rebellion 00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.799 that relationship 00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:02.440 is broken 00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:06.320 and the worst part 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:06.940 about it is 00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:08.980 that we are so blinded 00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.719 to this slavery 00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:10.460 that we have 00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:11.299 to sin 00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:12.400 that we don't even 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:13.579 realize that we're slaves 00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:15.619 with the Israelites 00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.659 they were constantly 00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:18.420 aware of the oppression 00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:19.440 of the Roman rule 00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.119 in their lives 00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.360 they had daily reminders 00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.860 of the fact 00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.960 that they were not free 00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.619 that they were 00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:26.539 under someone else's rule 00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:28.179 there were soldiers 00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:29.199 marching down the streets 00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:30.260 there were tax collectors 00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.420 knocking on their doors 00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:32.579 they knew 00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:34.480 that they were captives 00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.880 to another nation 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:39.260 and yet with sin 00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:42.099 far too often 00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:43.740 they and we 00:38:43.740 --> 00:38:45.019 are blind 00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:46.059 to the fact 00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:47.000 that we are captives 00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:50.539 yet God was not 00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.300 and so he sent 00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:51.820 a savior 00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.980 to save them 00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:54.599 from their greatest 00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.360 captor 00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.500 from their sin 00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.519 and to allow them 00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.000 to have 00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:59.159 a new relationship 00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.960 with him 00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:01.900 and because 00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:03.400 that did not fit 00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:04.380 their expectation 00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.079 of a savior 00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:06.840 they rejected him 00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:08.000 they killed him 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:10.199 and he accomplished 00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:10.880 their salvation 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.760 in that moment 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:12.500 of rejection 00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:16.219 and as I think 00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:17.039 about this story 00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.659 of the Israelites 00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.659 and how 00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.619 they rejected 00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.739 the savior 00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.360 who came 00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.079 to fulfill 00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:23.059 their needs 00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:24.159 yet didn't fulfill 00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.900 necessarily 00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:26.099 what they wanted 00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:27.019 him to do 00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:29.539 it made me start 00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.440 thinking about us 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:33.760 how in our world 00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:34.039 today 00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.980 in our lives 00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:36.840 are we like 00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.559 these Israelites 00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:39.980 obviously 00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.579 each of us 00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.719 has problems 00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.340 in our lives 00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:44.400 you know 00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:45.159 it's different 00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:45.799 for everyone 00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:47.179 but they're there 00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:48.759 for some people 00:39:48.759 --> 00:39:49.259 it may be 00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.799 that they're 00:39:49.799 --> 00:39:50.900 in broken 00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.480 relationships 00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.179 that they want 00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:52.659 healing 00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.420 they want 00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.900 God to be 00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.360 their savior 00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:55.019 who will bring 00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:55.420 healing 00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.860 in these 00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:56.099 broken 00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.639 relationships 00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:58.500 for some 00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.019 maybe work's 00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.360 not going 00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.739 too well 00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.139 and they want 00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.719 God to step 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:01.440 in and be 00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.920 their savior 00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.659 by changing 00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.679 their situation 00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:04.340 at work 00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:06.039 for some 00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.500 maybe they're 00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:06.920 sick 00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.740 they have 00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.220 a disease 00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:09.079 and they want 00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.700 God to heal 00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:09.920 them 00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.200 and be 00:40:10.200 --> 00:40:10.740 their savior 00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.440 from this 00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:11.880 disease 00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:13.920 and in each 00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.200 of these 00:40:14.200 --> 00:40:14.740 situations 00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:16.280 we have 00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:16.760 a picture 00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:17.460 in our minds 00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.059 of the type 00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.519 of savior 00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.220 that we want 00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:20.039 God to be 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.820 for us 00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:23.159 and we often 00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:24.380 pursue him 00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:25.420 as that 00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:25.900 savior 00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:27.380 rather than 00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:28.420 as the savior 00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:29.519 for our sins 00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:31.840 I was thinking 00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.440 through and I 00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:33.099 realized that this 00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.360 is something 00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.840 that I do 00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.240 often 00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:34.980 actually 00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:36.280 especially last 00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.480 year 00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:37.039 last Christmas 00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.360 time 00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:38.380 it was the 00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:38.880 first Christmas 00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:39.539 where I didn't 00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.079 get to go 00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.380 home 00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:41.860 now growing 00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.400 up Christmas 00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:44.280 was a huge 00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:44.740 fun 00:40:44.740 --> 00:40:45.800 important holiday 00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:46.500 in my family 00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:47.480 we would have 00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.320 you know mom's 00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:48.820 side of the family 00:40:48.820 --> 00:40:49.360 get together on 00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:49.840 Christmas Eve 00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.579 dad's side got 00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:51.400 together on 00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:52.019 Christmas Day 00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.639 we would have 00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.719 parties with 00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:54.920 huge amounts 00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.440 of food 00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.880 and we would 00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.599 have presents 00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.019 that we would 00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.420 exchange 00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.840 and we get to 00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.199 spend the day 00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.780 with family 00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:00.679 and it was a 00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:01.219 great time 00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:01.619 for making 00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.059 memories 00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.559 memories 00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.420 and last 00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.679 year I 00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:03.960 didn't get 00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.179 to go 00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:04.420 home 00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:06.360 and I 00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:06.900 looked back 00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.159 and I 00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:07.519 remembered 00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.139 all of these 00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:08.480 past 00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.059 Christmases 00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.900 and all of 00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.299 the wonderful 00:41:10.299 --> 00:41:10.980 times that I 00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.380 had had 00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:12.039 during these 00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.320 past 00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:12.799 Christmases 00:41:12.799 --> 00:41:13.679 and rather 00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.199 than being 00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:14.960 thankful for 00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.559 all of the 00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.719 great opportunities 00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:17.519 that I've had 00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.239 to spend this 00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:18.860 awesome time 00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.139 with my 00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:19.500 family 00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.119 it just 00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:20.420 made me 00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:20.799 sad 00:41:20.799 --> 00:41:23.559 because I 00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:23.840 was like I 00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:24.340 don't get to 00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:24.719 make those 00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.320 memories this 00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.519 year 00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:27.019 I have to 00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:27.519 miss out 00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.739 I don't 00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:28.940 know what 00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:29.239 I'm doing 00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:29.840 for Christmas 00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:31.420 all I know 00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.739 is that I 00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:32.119 won't be 00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.420 with my 00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:32.780 family 00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:34.300 and it 00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:34.820 was sad 00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:35.079 and it 00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.599 was tough 00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:37.119 and I 00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.860 looked to 00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:38.199 God 00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:39.340 to heal 00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:39.960 me from 00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.559 my sadness 00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.860 you know 00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:42.139 I'd read 00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:42.340 in the 00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.659 Bible 00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:43.199 and it 00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:43.360 talked 00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:43.880 about how 00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:44.739 in God's 00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:45.079 presence 00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:45.420 there's 00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:45.659 fullness 00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:46.219 of joy 00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:46.480 and I 00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:46.679 was like 00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:46.980 I am 00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.320 not 00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:47.659 feeling 00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.039 this 00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.639 right now 00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:50.860 I am 00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:51.239 sad 00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:52.900 I want 00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.280 God to 00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:53.719 make me 00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.159 happy 00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:55.659 and rather 00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:56.320 than pursuing 00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:56.800 God 00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:58.019 as a 00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.240 savior 00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:58.660 for my 00:41:58.660 --> 00:41:58.960 sin 00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:00.380 I 00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:00.860 pursued 00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.060 him 00:42:01.060 --> 00:42:01.600 as a 00:42:01.600 --> 00:42:01.820 savior 00:42:01.820 --> 00:42:02.260 from 00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.660 my 00:42:02.660 --> 00:42:03.039 sadness 00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:05.820 and here's 00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:06.080 the thing 00:42:06.080 --> 00:42:06.560 it's 00:42:06.560 --> 00:42:07.340 absolutely 00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:08.220 very 00:42:08.220 --> 00:42:08.980 100% 00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.300 true 00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:10.000 that in 00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.300 God's 00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:10.560 presence 00:42:10.560 --> 00:42:10.980 there is 00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.220 fullness 00:42:11.220 --> 00:42:11.700 of joy 00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:13.940 but 00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.400 that 00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:14.720 fullness 00:42:14.720 --> 00:42:15.220 of joy 00:42:15.220 --> 00:42:15.800 is found 00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:16.780 in a 00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:17.060 renewed 00:42:17.060 --> 00:42:17.580 relationship 00:42:17.580 --> 00:42:18.080 with God 00:42:18.080 --> 00:42:18.340 not 00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:18.900 necessarily 00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.960 in having 00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:20.680 the life 00:42:20.680 --> 00:42:21.280 circumstances 00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:21.880 that we 00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.300 prefer 00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:24.700 and because 00:42:24.700 --> 00:42:25.320 I was so 00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:25.920 blinded to 00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.400 this fact 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.860 I just 00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.260 wanted him 00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:27.880 to change 00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.119 my 00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:28.680 circumstances 00:42:28.680 --> 00:42:29.280 to make 00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:29.780 me have 00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:30.059 life 00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:30.639 the way 00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.079 that I 00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.340 wanted 00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:31.760 life 00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:34.000 and so 00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:34.280 I 00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:35.440 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