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 And open your Bibles up to Matthew chapter 1.

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!

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 What if God was one of us?

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 Just a slob.

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 Like one of us.

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 Like a stranger on the bus.

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 What if God was one of us?

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 It's actually a really important question.

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 What if God was one of us?

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 Let's think about that.

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 Do you know just what the angel

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 says to Joseph?

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 And she says to me,

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 Do not fear.

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 Do not fear.

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 To take Mary as your wife.

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 For what is conceived in her

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 is from the Holy Spirit.

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 What if God

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 was one of us?

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 It's inconceivable, isn't it?

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 But the angel says,

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 no,

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 what is conceived in her

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 is by the Holy Spirit.

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 And you will call him

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 Emmanuel,

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 which means God with us.

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 What if God was one of us?

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 Matthew's account is different.

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 What we've got here in these verses

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 this morning is Matthew's take on things.

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 And Matthew tells the story

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 from Joseph's perspective.

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 Luke tells the story

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 from Mary's perspective.

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 And what I want to try and do

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 this morning

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 is for us to put ourselves

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 in Joseph's shoes.

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 I noticed three things

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 about Joseph.

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 First of all,

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 predicament that he faced.

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 And then secondly,

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 the privilege of his given.

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 And then thirdly,

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 the price of his paid.

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 So first of all,

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 the predicament

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 that he faced.

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 Matthew's account is different.

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 There's no contradiction.

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 But there's no stable.

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 There's no shepherds.

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 There's no angel choirs.

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 There are wise men

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 in Matthew's account,

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 but they don't turn up

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 to chapter two.

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 When Jesus is a toddler

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 and he's no longer

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 a newborn.

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 Sorry to spoil the manger scene

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 that you've got

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 in your house,

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 but the reality is

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 he was probably a toddler.

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 There may not have been three.

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 There may have been three

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 up with four,

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 we know.

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 However,

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 they didn't turn up

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 until Jesus was a toddler.

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 But what we've got

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 in Matthew's account

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 is this announcement

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 of Jesus' birth.

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 And right in the starting

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 here it says

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 from a scandal.

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 It's the scandal

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 of a teenage pregnancy.

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 David,

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 verse 18.

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 The birth of Jesus Christ

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 took place in this way

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 when his mother,

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 Mary,

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 had been betrothed

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 Joseph

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 before they came together,

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 that's before

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 they sexual relations,

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 and it's a new child.

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 And that probably

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 doesn't shock us.

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 But back in the day,

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 that was a real scandal.

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 I don't know how Mary

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 wrote the news to Joseph.

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 She didn't have the technology

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 to text him.

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 That would be

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 the coward's way out,

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 wouldn't it?

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 She didn't sit him down.

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 Well,

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 she might have sat him down

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 and given him a stiff drink

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 and said,

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 Joseph,

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 I've got some news for you.

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 Guess what?

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 I'm pregnant.

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 We don't exactly know

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 how it happened.

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 But we can imagine

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 the shock

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 and the scandal

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 of this.

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 For Joseph,

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 what is he going to do?

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 Under Sharia law,

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 she'd be stung

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 as an adulterous.

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 Even,

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 remember,

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 in the Gospels

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 in John chapter 8,

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 that woman

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 that is dragged

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 before Jesus

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 at the religious police

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 state,

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 she's being caught

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 in the act of adultery.

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 They want to stone her,

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 but Jesus intervenes.

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 In our culture

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 at the time,

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 it was a scandalous thing.

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 Joseph and Mary,

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 they're promised

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 to each other

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 probably as children.

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 That's the way

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 marriage happens.

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 It was arranged.

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 And in teenage years

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 later on,

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 they would be betrothed.

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 It's a more serious

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 thing than engagement.

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 But they wouldn't

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 have lived together.

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 They would have lived

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 in their respective

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 family homes

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 until the actual wedding.

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 The wedding would have

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 taken a week or so.

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 And once the ceremony

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 had happened,

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 then the marriage

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 would have been

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 consolidated.

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 And so here are

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 this teenage couple,

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 Joseph and Mary.

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 Age-o,

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 and pregnant.

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 And the bottom

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 must have fallen

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 out of his words.

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 Look at verse 19.

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 We're told there,

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 aren't we,

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 that her husband,

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 Joseph,

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 being a just man,

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 and unwilling

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 to put her sheep,

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 resolved to divorce

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 it quietly.

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 He is the original

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 holy Jew,

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 isn't he?

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 He is the holy man

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 who wants to do

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 the right thing.

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 Joseph being a

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 righteous man.

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 I don't mean that

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 in a disparaging

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 way.

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 We should admire

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 him.

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 He's a holy man.

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 He's a righteous man.

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 He doesn't want to

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 disgrace her publicly.

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 But not only is he

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 a righteous man

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 who wants to do

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 his right,

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 he's a compassionate

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 man.

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 and so he

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 doesn't want her

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 to put her

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 to public sheep.

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 You and I

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 can imagine

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 how confused

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 the hurting

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 life's possibly

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 being.

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 But there's

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 nothing cruel,

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 there's nothing

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 vindictive about him.

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 He's got no

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 intention of making

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 her a public

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 example.

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 See,

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 if Joseph

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 wasn't that kind

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 of man,

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 what would he have

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 done?

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 He'd have

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 demanded a DNA

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 test,

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 if that was

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 the way.

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 He was on the

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 tally.

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 He'd have made

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 Mary sit a lie

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 detector test

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 for the

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 entertainment

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 to the audience.

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 But look what

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 happens in

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 his 20s.

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 But as he

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 considered this,

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 I'd love to

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 know how long

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 he considered it.

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 Who knows

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 how long

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 Joseph sat

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 there,

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 trying to

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 figure it out,

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 trying to

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 process

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 the news.

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 But then

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 you see what

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 happens.

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 A messenger

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 from God

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 shows up,

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 an angel

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 from the

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 Lord,

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 reveals to him

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 in a dream.

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 Hey,

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 Joseph,

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 guess what

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 Mary's actually

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 telling the

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 truth?

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 And the

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 angel of the

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 Lord appears

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 and says,

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 Joseph,

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 son of

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 David,

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 don't fear

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 to take

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 Mary

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 as your

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 wife,

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 for what

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 is conceived

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 in her

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 is from

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 the Holy

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 Spirit.

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 And the

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 cynics look

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 at this

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 passage and

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 they say

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 some young

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 guy gets

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 his girlfriend

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 into trouble

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 and they

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 accidentally

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 invent

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 Christianity

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 with the

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 story of

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 a virgin

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 birth.

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 And that's

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 what many

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 people may

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 think today

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 if they

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 think about

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 it at

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 all.

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 Whoever

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 heard of

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 a virgin

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 birth?

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 Where did

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 that idea

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 come from?

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 Well,

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 that idea

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 comes from

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 the Old

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 Testament,

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 doesn't it?

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 From the

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 book of

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 Isaiah,

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 there's a

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 promise

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 tucked away

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 there.

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 I remember

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 reading about

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 a guy who

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 came from

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 a wealthy

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 family and

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 his father

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 had promised

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 him a new

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 car.

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 If he did

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 one of

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 his

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 exams.

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 The other

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 man spent

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 weeks and

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 weeks looking

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 at cars,

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 going around

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 to different

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 dealerships and

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 eventually he

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 found the

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 car that was

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 perfect for

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 him.

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 The exams

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 took place and

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 then the big

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 day came and

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 the results

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 came out.

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 He did

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 very well

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 and his

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 father gave

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 him a

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 gift-wrapped

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 Bible.

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 Much to

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 his disappointment.

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 No shaggy

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 car on the

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 drive.

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 The other

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 man was so

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 angry about

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 this that

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 he felt his

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 father had

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 deceived him.

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 He felt his

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 father had

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 lied to him.

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 He threw

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 away the

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 Bible and

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 stormed on

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 the house.

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 Apparently

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 he and his

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 father never

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 spoke again.

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 Years later

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 after his

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 father died

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 the son

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 was going

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 for his

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 father's

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 stuff and

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 emptying the

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 house and

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 he came

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 across that

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 Bible that

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 his father

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 had given him.

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 And there

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 inside the

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 Bible was

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 the check

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 folded up,

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 dated on

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 the very

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 day his

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 results had

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 come out,

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 to the

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 exact amount

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 of the car

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 that he

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 promised to

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 give him.

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 Tucked away

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 inside the

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 Bible,

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 if only he

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 trusted his

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 father,

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 if only he

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 believed

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 the promise

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 and his

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 father,

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 he would

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 have got

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 that.

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 And whatever

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 Christmas is

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 about, it

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 is about

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 God keeping

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 a promise.

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 It is about

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 God keeping

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 a promise that

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 he made

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 750 years

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 before the

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 event.

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 It's tucked

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 away,

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 folded away,

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 in the

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 prophet Isaiah.

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 I will

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 tell you,

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 I've got the

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 patience for

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 me to go

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 into the

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 original

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 context of

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 that prophecy,

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 but it's

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 there in

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 Isaiah 7,

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 14.

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 behold,

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 a virgin

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 shall

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 conceive

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 and bear

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 a son,

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 and you

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 shall call

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 him

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 Emmanuel,

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 which means

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 God with

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 us.

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 It's such

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 an unlikely

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 story.

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 But God

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 promised that

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 that was

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 the way

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 that he

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 was going

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 to come

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 to the

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 world.

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 Not in

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 clouds,

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 not with a

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 great show

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 of power,

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 but through

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 the womb

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 of the

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 virgin.

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 he came

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 in the

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 same way

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 that you

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 and I

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 came into

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 this world.

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 There's

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 nothing in

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 the usual

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 mother birth.

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 He was

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 born in

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 the same

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 way that

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 you and

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 I were.

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 It was

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 his conception

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 that was

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 the miraculous

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 thing.

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 Behold,

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 a virgin

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 shall

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 conceive.

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 One

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 skeptic

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 challenged

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 Christian,

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 and the

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 skeptic

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 said,

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 if I

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 told you

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 that a

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 child

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 would

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 be

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 born

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 without

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 a

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 human

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 father,

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 would

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 you

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 believe

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 me?

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 Yes,

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 that

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 Christian.

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 If he

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 grew up

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 to live

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 as

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 Jesus

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 lived.

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 There's

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 no

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 human

00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:00.659
 being,

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 is there,

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 who's

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 ever

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 walked

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 this

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 earth

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 and

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 lived

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 as

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 Jesus

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 lived.

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 There's

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 no

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 human

00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:06.639
 being

00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:06.960
 who's

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 lived

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 on

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 this

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 earth

00:10:08.059 --> 00:10:08.199
 who

00:10:08.199 --> 00:10:08.539
 said

00:10:08.539 --> 00:10:08.699
 the

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 things

00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:09.059
 that

00:10:09.059 --> 00:10:09.279
 Jesus

00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:09.519
 said.

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 You

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 accomplished

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 what

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 he

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 accomplished.

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 That

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's very

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 a

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 thought

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 this

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 Christmas

00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:13.939
 to

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 Joseph.

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 That

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 message

00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:16.699
 from

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 Mary

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 almost

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 wrecked

00:10:17.700 --> 00:10:17.819
 his

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 life.

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 He

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 could

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 have

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 walked

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 away

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 heartbroken

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 and in

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 turmoil.

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 In

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 Matthew 1

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 he's

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 disappointed,

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 he's

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 scared,

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 all

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 at once.

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 But

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 God is

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 going to

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 do

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 something

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 massive

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 in his

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 life.

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 The

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 predicament

00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:34.039
 he

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 faced,

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 put

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 yourself

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 in

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 his

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 shoes

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 or

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 his

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 self

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 was.

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 Secondly,

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 the

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 great

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 privilege

00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:38.580
 he

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 was

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 given

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 what

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 the

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 angels

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 say

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 in

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 verse

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 20.

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 They

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 said,

00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:44.120
 Joseph,

00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:44.559
 son

00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:44.700
 of

00:10:44.700 --> 00:10:45.019
 David,

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 do

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 not

00:10:46.259 --> 00:10:46.580
 fear,

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 to

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 take

00:10:48.139 --> 00:10:48.419
 Mary

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 as

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 your

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 wife.

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 For

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 that

00:10:50.700 --> 00:10:50.899
 which

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 is

00:10:51.019 --> 00:10:51.419
 conceived

00:10:51.419 --> 00:10:51.600
 in

00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:51.720
 her

00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:51.840
 is

00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:51.980
 from

00:10:51.980 --> 00:10:52.080
 the

00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:52.279
 Holy

00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:52.500
 Spirit.

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 She

00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:52.939
 will

00:10:52.939 --> 00:10:53.139
 bear

00:10:53.139 --> 00:10:53.360
 a

00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:53.639
 son

00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:54.000
 and

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 you

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 shall

00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:54.819
 call

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 his

00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:55.399
 name

00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:56.019
 Jesus.

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 I

00:10:59.240 --> 00:10:59.439
 went

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 by so

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 used

00:11:00.139 --> 00:11:00.279
 to

00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:00.439
 this

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 story,

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 aren't

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 we?

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 There

00:11:03.460 --> 00:11:03.700
 aren't

00:11:03.700 --> 00:11:03.919
 too

00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:04.159
 many

00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:04.720
 Jesuses

00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:05.039
 around

00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:07.219
 in

00:11:07.219 --> 00:11:05.319
 our

00:11:05.319 --> 00:11:05.559
 culture

00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:05.980
 today.

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 But it

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 is a

00:11:08.439 --> 00:11:08.620
 bit of

00:11:08.620 --> 00:11:08.719
 a

00:11:08.719 --> 00:11:09.099
 letdown

00:11:09.099 --> 00:11:09.279
 when you

00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:09.559
 look at it.

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 It's not

00:11:09.779 --> 00:11:09.980
 a very

00:11:09.980 --> 00:11:10.279
 trendy

00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:10.719
 name.

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 The

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 name

00:11:12.719 --> 00:11:13.039
 Jesus

00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:13.279
 is

00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:13.419
 just

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 the

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 Greek

00:11:13.839 --> 00:11:14.259
 version

00:11:14.259 --> 00:11:14.779
 of

00:11:14.779 --> 00:11:15.019
 the

00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:15.399
 Hebrew

00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:15.679
 name

00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:16.039
 Joshua.

00:11:17.439 --> 00:11:17.679
 That

00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:17.980
 was as

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 common

00:11:18.319 --> 00:11:19.039
 in

00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:19.559
 Israel

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 as

00:11:20.579 --> 00:11:21.919
 John

00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:22.179
 is

00:11:22.179 --> 00:11:22.439
 here.

00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:23.639
 Or

00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:24.039
 David

00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:24.379
 is

00:11:24.379 --> 00:11:25.019
 in

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 Wales.

00:11:26.860 --> 00:11:27.379
 Or

00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:27.860
 Bruce

00:11:27.860 --> 00:11:28.279
 is

00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:28.399
 in

00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:28.860
 Australia.

00:11:30.139 --> 00:11:30.659
 You

00:11:30.659 --> 00:11:30.899
 shall

00:11:30.899 --> 00:11:31.199
 call

00:11:31.199 --> 00:11:31.379
 him

00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:31.939
 Bruce.

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 It's

00:11:32.740 --> 00:11:32.919
 got

00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:33.099
 that

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 kind

00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:33.439
 of

00:11:33.439 --> 00:11:33.439


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 ring.

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 And

00:11:34.800 --> 00:11:34.900
 there

00:11:34.900 --> 00:11:35.040
 were

00:11:35.040 --> 00:11:35.460
 thousands

00:11:35.460 --> 00:11:35.980
 of

00:11:35.980 --> 00:11:36.100
 them

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 around.

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 It's

00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:38.100
 nothing

00:11:38.100 --> 00:11:38.560
 unusual

00:11:38.560 --> 00:11:39.020
 on the

00:11:39.020 --> 00:11:39.240
 name.

00:11:39.940 --> 00:11:40.080
 You

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 see,

00:11:40.259 --> 00:11:40.420
 if you

00:11:40.420 --> 00:11:40.680
 really

00:11:40.680 --> 00:11:40.920
 want

00:11:40.920 --> 00:11:41.140
 your

00:11:41.140 --> 00:11:41.420
 child

00:11:41.420 --> 00:11:41.580
 to

00:11:41.580 --> 00:11:41.940
 stand

00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:42.160
 out

00:11:42.160 --> 00:11:42.280
 from

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 the

00:11:42.420 --> 00:11:42.860
 pack,

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 you

00:11:44.140 --> 00:11:44.300
 don't

00:11:44.300 --> 00:11:44.460
 give

00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:44.580
 him

00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:44.720
 a

00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:44.920
 name

00:11:44.920 --> 00:11:45.180
 like

00:11:45.180 --> 00:11:45.820
 Jesus.

00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:47.840
 You

00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:49.940
 need

00:11:49.940 --> 00:11:50.080
 to

00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:50.520
 consult

00:11:50.520 --> 00:11:50.940
 the

00:11:50.940 --> 00:11:52.759
 hipster

00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:53.300
 baby

00:11:53.300 --> 00:11:54.120
 generator.

00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:55.240
 Look at

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 it.

00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:56.160
 It's

00:11:56.160 --> 00:11:56.520
 online.

00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:57.440
 I

00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:57.780
 did it

00:11:57.780 --> 00:11:58.080
 last

00:11:58.080 --> 00:11:58.320
 night.

00:11:59.480 --> 00:11:59.660
 And

00:11:59.660 --> 00:12:00.040
 so I

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 got

00:12:00.140 --> 00:12:00.300
 my

00:12:00.300 --> 00:12:00.480
 name

00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:00.759
 in

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 and

00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:02.259
 this

00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:02.399
 is

00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:02.659
 what it

00:12:02.659 --> 00:12:02.819
 came

00:12:02.819 --> 00:12:02.980
 up

00:12:02.980 --> 00:12:03.279
 with.

00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:04.259
 It

00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:04.460
 came

00:12:04.460 --> 00:12:04.620
 up

00:12:04.620 --> 00:12:04.840
 with

00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:05.519
 Scout

00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:06.419
 Benson

00:12:06.419 --> 00:12:06.980
 B.

00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:07.659
 Lee.

00:12:09.100 --> 00:12:09.500
 Or

00:12:09.500 --> 00:12:10.299
 if I

00:12:10.299 --> 00:12:10.480
 remember

00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:10.679
 where's

00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:10.799
 the other

00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:10.899
 one?

00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:11.000
 I

00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:11.120
 did

00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:11.360
 another

00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:11.539
 one.

00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:12.059
 The

00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:12.139
 other

00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:12.379
 one's

00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:12.639
 better.

00:12:13.419 --> 00:12:13.700
 But you

00:12:13.700 --> 00:12:14.039
 can go

00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:14.419
 on that

00:12:14.419 --> 00:12:15.639
 and if you

00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:16.019
 slip your

00:12:16.019 --> 00:12:16.600
 name in

00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:17.799
 it'll

00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:18.139
 give you

00:12:18.139 --> 00:12:18.639
 a baby

00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:19.080
 hipster

00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:19.419
 name.

00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:20.379
 Walter

00:12:20.379 --> 00:12:21.120
 Fennel

00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:21.759
 Cedar

00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:22.120
 Lee.

00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:24.039
 It's

00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:25.539
 got a ring

00:12:25.539 --> 00:12:25.899
 to it.

00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:27.360
 But

00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:27.460
 you

00:12:27.460 --> 00:12:27.819
 didn't

00:12:27.820 --> 00:12:28.000
 do

00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:28.260
 that.

00:12:29.740 --> 00:12:30.120
 He

00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:30.260
 didn't

00:12:30.260 --> 00:12:30.780
 have a

00:12:30.780 --> 00:12:31.080
 choice

00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:31.420
 of what

00:12:31.420 --> 00:12:31.740
 name

00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:32.100
 to give

00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:32.260
 his

00:12:32.260 --> 00:12:32.680
 child.

00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:33.320
 The

00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:33.520
 name

00:12:33.520 --> 00:12:33.740
 of the

00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:33.920
 baby

00:12:33.920 --> 00:12:34.080
 was

00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:34.500
 already

00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:34.960
 chosen.

00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:35.520
 Give

00:12:35.520 --> 00:12:35.740
 him the

00:12:35.740 --> 00:12:35.960
 name

00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:36.600
 Jesus

00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:37.980
 because

00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:38.140
 he

00:12:38.140 --> 00:12:38.220
 will

00:12:38.220 --> 00:12:38.460
 save

00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:38.600
 his

00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:38.780
 people

00:12:38.780 --> 00:12:38.980
 from

00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:39.440
 their

00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:39.960
 sins.

00:12:42.660 --> 00:12:43.080
 He

00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:43.260
 will

00:12:43.260 --> 00:12:43.780
 do

00:12:43.780 --> 00:12:44.440
 what

00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:44.580
 it

00:12:44.580 --> 00:12:44.800
 says

00:12:44.800 --> 00:12:44.960
 on

00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:45.080
 the

00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:45.360
 table.

00:12:46.980 --> 00:12:47.379
 What

00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:47.480
 does

00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:47.560
 the

00:12:47.560 --> 00:12:47.700
 name

00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:47.900
 Jesus

00:12:47.900 --> 00:12:48.180
 actually

00:12:48.180 --> 00:12:48.379
 mean?

00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:48.500
 It

00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:48.720
 means

00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:49.520
 God

00:12:49.520 --> 00:12:49.720
 to

00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:49.840
 the

00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:50.160
 rescue.

00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:52.180
 And

00:12:52.180 --> 00:12:52.320
 he's

00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:52.420
 going

00:12:52.420 --> 00:12:52.520
 to

00:12:52.520 --> 00:12:52.680
 do

00:12:52.680 --> 00:12:52.940
 that.

00:12:53.300 --> 00:12:53.520
 Call

00:12:53.520 --> 00:12:53.680
 him

00:12:53.680 --> 00:12:53.960
 Jesus

00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:54.280
 because

00:12:54.280 --> 00:12:54.400
 he

00:12:54.400 --> 00:12:54.520
 will

00:12:54.520 --> 00:12:54.820
 save

00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:54.980
 his

00:12:54.980 --> 00:12:55.220
 people

00:12:55.220 --> 00:12:55.420
 from

00:12:57.820 --> 00:12:58.180
 their

00:12:58.180 --> 00:12:58.500
 sins

00:12:58.500 --> 00:12:59.420
 because

00:12:59.420 --> 00:12:59.720
 God

00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:00.140
 himself

00:13:00.140 --> 00:13:00.320
 is

00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:00.460
 going

00:13:00.460 --> 00:13:00.560
 to

00:13:00.560 --> 00:13:00.740
 come

00:13:00.740 --> 00:13:00.940
 with

00:13:00.940 --> 00:13:01.260
 you.

00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:03.640
 How

00:13:03.640 --> 00:13:03.840
 can

00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:04.240
 God

00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:04.520
 be

00:13:04.520 --> 00:13:05.020
 with

00:13:05.020 --> 00:13:05.640
 you

00:13:05.640 --> 00:13:05.760
 and

00:13:05.760 --> 00:13:06.040
 I

00:13:06.040 --> 00:13:06.300
 if

00:13:06.300 --> 00:13:06.440
 we're

00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:06.640
 still

00:13:06.640 --> 00:13:06.760
 in

00:13:06.760 --> 00:13:06.920
 our

00:13:06.920 --> 00:13:07.320
 sins?

00:13:09.500 --> 00:13:10.020
 You

00:13:10.020 --> 00:13:10.100
 see

00:13:10.100 --> 00:13:10.400
 whenever

00:13:10.400 --> 00:13:11.420
 God

00:13:11.420 --> 00:13:12.020
 shows up

00:13:12.020 --> 00:13:12.240
 in the

00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:12.440
 Old

00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:12.800
 Testament

00:13:12.800 --> 00:13:13.100
 it's

00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:13.420
 always

00:13:13.420 --> 00:13:13.620
 a

00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:13.860
 very

00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:14.300
 scary

00:13:14.300 --> 00:13:14.680
 thing.

00:13:16.160 --> 00:13:16.680
 When

00:13:16.680 --> 00:13:17.000
 God

00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:17.460
 draws

00:13:17.460 --> 00:13:17.840
 near

00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:18.260
 people

00:13:18.260 --> 00:13:18.580
 are

00:13:18.580 --> 00:13:19.240
 terrified.

00:13:20.580 --> 00:13:20.940
 Even

00:13:20.940 --> 00:13:21.160
 when

00:13:21.160 --> 00:13:21.300
 an

00:13:21.300 --> 00:13:21.560
 angel

00:13:21.560 --> 00:13:22.060
 comes,

00:13:22.140 --> 00:13:22.260
 a

00:13:22.260 --> 00:13:22.680
 messenger

00:13:22.680 --> 00:13:23.120
 from

00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:23.580
 God,

00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:24.020
 a

00:13:24.020 --> 00:13:24.280
 servant

00:13:24.280 --> 00:13:24.460
 of

00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:24.620
 God,

00:13:24.680 --> 00:13:24.800
 they

00:13:24.800 --> 00:13:25.000
 fall

00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:25.140
 to

00:13:25.140 --> 00:13:25.260
 the

00:13:25.260 --> 00:13:25.560
 ground.

00:13:25.780 --> 00:13:25.920
 The

00:13:25.920 --> 00:13:26.160
 angel

00:13:26.160 --> 00:13:26.340
 has

00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:26.440
 to

00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:26.560
 say,

00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:28.759
 do

00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:26.879
 not

00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:27.079
 fear,

00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:27.239
 do

00:13:27.239 --> 00:13:27.379
 not

00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:27.599
 fear.

00:13:30.719 --> 00:13:31.239
 So if

00:13:31.239 --> 00:13:31.299
 you

00:13:31.299 --> 00:13:31.419
 read

00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:31.519
 the

00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:31.739
 Bible,

00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:32.219
 when

00:13:32.219 --> 00:13:32.419
 God

00:13:32.419 --> 00:13:32.699
 appeared

00:13:32.699 --> 00:13:32.979
 to

00:13:32.979 --> 00:13:33.459
 Job

00:13:33.459 --> 00:13:33.699
 in

00:13:33.699 --> 00:13:33.799
 the

00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:33.939
 Old

00:13:33.939 --> 00:13:34.359
 Testament,

00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.199
 and

00:13:36.199 --> 00:13:36.459
 God

00:13:36.459 --> 00:13:36.839
 spoke

00:13:36.839 --> 00:13:37.079
 with

00:13:37.079 --> 00:13:37.379
 Job

00:13:37.379 --> 00:13:37.519
 in

00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:37.599
 the

00:13:37.599 --> 00:13:37.719
 Old

00:13:37.719 --> 00:13:38.139
 Testament,

00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:39.479
 he

00:13:39.479 --> 00:13:39.959
 came

00:13:39.959 --> 00:13:40.059
 in

00:13:40.059 --> 00:13:40.179
 a

00:13:40.179 --> 00:13:40.619
 tornado,

00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:41.659
 a

00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:42.339
 cyclone.

00:13:44.099 --> 00:13:44.199
 That's

00:13:44.199 --> 00:13:44.379
 one of

00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:44.399
 the

00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:44.759
 scary

00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:45.039
 things

00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:46.059
 imaginable.

00:13:46.239 --> 00:13:46.399
 Or

00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:47.559
 a

00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:48.659
 raging

00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:49.039
 fire.

00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:49.399
 So when

00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:49.599
 God

00:13:49.599 --> 00:13:49.859
 appeared

00:13:49.859 --> 00:13:50.059
 to

00:13:50.059 --> 00:13:50.539
 Abraham,

00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:51.599
 he

00:13:51.599 --> 00:13:52.019
 appeared

00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:52.479
 like a

00:13:52.479 --> 00:13:53.119
 smoking

00:13:53.119 --> 00:13:54.119
 furnace

00:13:54.119 --> 00:13:55.139
 through

00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:55.339
 the

00:13:55.339 --> 00:13:55.539
 air.

00:13:55.539 --> 00:13:55.839
 That's

00:13:55.839 --> 00:13:55.980
 a

00:13:55.980 --> 00:13:56.279
 scary

00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:56.639
 thing.

00:13:58.879 --> 00:13:59.259
 When

00:13:59.259 --> 00:13:59.439
 God

00:13:59.439 --> 00:13:59.599
 led

00:13:59.599 --> 00:13:59.740
 his

00:13:59.740 --> 00:14:00.079
 people

00:14:00.079 --> 00:14:01.199
 through

00:14:01.199 --> 00:14:01.379
 the

00:14:01.379 --> 00:14:01.679
 wilderness

00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:02.179
 in the

00:14:02.179 --> 00:14:02.659
 days of

00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:03.099
 Moses,

00:14:03.219 --> 00:14:03.339
 he

00:14:03.339 --> 00:14:03.679
 appeared

00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:03.839
 to

00:14:03.839 --> 00:14:04.000
 them

00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.319
 as a

00:14:04.319 --> 00:14:04.559
 pillar

00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:04.860
 of

00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:05.299
 fire.

00:14:07.179 --> 00:14:07.519
 When

00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:07.639
 they

00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:08.120
 camped

00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:08.799
 for the

00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:09.019
 night,

00:14:09.079 --> 00:14:09.240
 they

00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:09.679
 set up

00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:09.819
 a

00:14:09.819 --> 00:14:10.299
 tabernacle,

00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:11.259
 the glory

00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:11.799
 of God,

00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:11.980
 the

00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:13.179
 glory of

00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:13.759
 God rested

00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:14.099
 in that

00:14:14.099 --> 00:14:14.339
 place,

00:14:14.419 --> 00:14:14.719
 and no

00:14:14.719 --> 00:14:15.120
 one dared

00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:15.919
 to enter

00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:16.120
 it,

00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:16.339
 because

00:14:16.339 --> 00:14:16.539
 they were

00:14:16.539 --> 00:14:16.879
 afraid.

00:14:18.779 --> 00:14:19.120
 And so

00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:19.519
 here is

00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:19.839
 God

00:14:19.839 --> 00:14:20.360
 now

00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:20.759
 coming,

00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:21.959
 and you

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 will call

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 his name

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 Jesus,

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 yes,

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 why Jesus,

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 because you

00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:24.920
 need a

00:14:24.920 --> 00:14:25.460
 saviour when

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 God

00:14:25.700 --> 00:14:26.160
 comes.

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 And when

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 God comes

00:14:30.300 --> 00:14:30.980
 in Jesus,

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 he doesn't

00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:31.720
 come as a

00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:32.080
 pillar of

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 fire,

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 he doesn't

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 come as a

00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:33.720
 raging

00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:34.320
 tornado,

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 he comes

00:14:35.260 --> 00:14:35.520
 as a

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 little tiny

00:14:36.100 --> 00:14:36.520
 baby.

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 And he

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 lives the

00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:39.700
 life of

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 the

00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.000
 mission of

00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:40.200
 it.

00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:42.160
 He dies

00:14:42.160 --> 00:14:42.560
 a death

00:14:42.560 --> 00:14:42.840
 that we

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 deserve to

00:14:43.280 --> 00:14:43.500
 die.

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 And he

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 takes our

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 guilt,

00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.100
 our sins,

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 so that

00:14:47.660 --> 00:14:48.700
 us and

00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:49.420
 God can

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 become

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 friends.

00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:52.299
 God

00:14:52.299 --> 00:14:55.719
 with us,

00:14:57.159 --> 00:14:57.599
 God

00:14:57.599 --> 00:14:57.919
 who made

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 us,

00:14:58.419 --> 00:14:58.740
 made the

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 universe,

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 who keeps

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 it going,

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 with us

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 in Christ.

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 Why?

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 Because

00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:04.319
 Jesus came

00:15:04.319 --> 00:15:04.719
 to rescue

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 us from

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 our sins.

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 If you're

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 familiar with

00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:09.620
 the plays

00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:09.819
 in the

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 ancient

00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:10.379
 world,

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 and there's

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 a reason

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 you should

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 be,

00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:13.679
 often at

00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:14.000
 the end

00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:14.419
 of a

00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:14.819
 play in

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 the ancient

00:15:15.079 --> 00:15:15.399
 world,

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 that kind

00:15:15.779 --> 00:15:16.179
 of stage

00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:16.399
 would be

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 littered

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 with

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 bodies.

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 And

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 then one

00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:19.839
 of the

00:15:19.839 --> 00:15:20.139
 ancient

00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:20.559
 gods

00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:20.739
 would

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 make

00:15:20.939 --> 00:15:21.059
 an

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 appearance

00:15:21.839 --> 00:15:22.339
 to bring

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 some

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 kind

00:15:22.699 --> 00:15:22.819
 of

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 resolution

00:15:23.199 --> 00:15:23.559
 to

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 the

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 tragedy.

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 Kind of

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 fairly

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 spanned

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 and

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 ending.

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 Whether it

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 was a

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 Greek

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 tragedy or

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 Roman

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 day.

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 But one

00:15:31.239 --> 00:15:31.399
 of the

00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:31.559
 Roman

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 writers,

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 Horace,

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 gives

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 some

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.739
 interesting

00:15:33.739 --> 00:15:34.939
 advice to

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 any

00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:35.659
 would-be

00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.519
 dramatists

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:36.739
 in the

00:15:36.739 --> 00:15:36.919
 ancient

00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:37.239
 world.

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 This

00:15:38.859 --> 00:15:39.059
 morning

00:15:39.059 --> 00:15:39.379
 says,

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 Horace

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 says,

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 do not

00:15:41.059 --> 00:15:41.759
 bring a

00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.039
 god

00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:42.939
 on stage

00:15:42.939 --> 00:15:44.539
 unless

00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:44.959
 the

00:15:44.959 --> 00:15:45.299
 problem

00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:45.639
 is

00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:45.939
 one

00:15:45.939 --> 00:15:46.159
 that

00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:46.599
 deserves

00:15:46.599 --> 00:15:47.019
 a god

00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:47.559
 to solve

00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:47.799
 it.

00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:50.279
 Of course,

00:15:50.319 --> 00:15:50.500
 we're a

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.839
 million miles

00:15:51.839 --> 00:15:52.079
 away,

00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.319
 aren't we?

00:15:53.359 --> 00:15:53.919
 The god

00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:54.139
 is the

00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:54.299
 Greek

00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:54.899
 pantheon or

00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.199
 the Roman

00:15:55.199 --> 00:15:55.639
 pantheon.

00:15:55.719 --> 00:15:56.159
 We're not

00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:56.519
 talking about

00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:57.299
 some superstitious

00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:57.759
 nonsense.

00:15:57.979 --> 00:15:58.299
 We're talking

00:15:58.299 --> 00:15:58.579
 about the

00:15:58.579 --> 00:15:59.059
 real god,

00:15:59.139 --> 00:15:59.519
 the only

00:15:59.519 --> 00:15:59.939
 god,

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 the only

00:16:00.979 --> 00:16:01.620
 true and

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.019
 living god.

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 So why

00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:02.779
 did the

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:03.139
 real,

00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:03.959
 only true

00:16:03.959 --> 00:16:04.259
 and living

00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:04.479
 god

00:16:04.479 --> 00:16:05.019
 come on

00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:05.539
 stage?

00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:07.719
 Why did

00:16:07.719 --> 00:16:08.259
 god feel

00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:08.959
 it necessary

00:16:08.959 --> 00:16:09.379
 to come

00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:09.819
 into this

00:16:09.819 --> 00:16:10.059
 world?

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:10.399
 It must

00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:10.699
 be that

00:16:10.699 --> 00:16:10.979
 there's a

00:16:10.979 --> 00:16:11.259
 serious

00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:11.559
 problem

00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:13.219
 that

00:16:13.219 --> 00:16:13.419
 needs

00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:13.519
 to

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:13.839
 accept

00:16:13.839 --> 00:16:14.179
 everything.

00:16:16.339 --> 00:16:16.899
 And we

00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.199
 know what

00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:17.500
 it is.

00:16:19.459 --> 00:16:20.119
 The problem

00:16:20.119 --> 00:16:20.419
 is we

00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:20.739
 hear it

00:16:20.739 --> 00:16:21.219
 so often

00:16:21.219 --> 00:16:22.159
 it seems

00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:22.519
 just like

00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:23.019
 a cliche

00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:23.559
 when he

00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:23.779
 says

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.059
 in verse

00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:24.399
 21

00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:24.799
 that

00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:26.599
 you

00:16:26.599 --> 00:16:26.739
 shall

00:16:26.739 --> 00:16:27.059
 call

00:16:27.059 --> 00:16:27.279
 his

00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:27.619
 name

00:16:27.619 --> 00:16:28.500
 Jesus

00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:30.959
 but he

00:16:30.959 --> 00:16:31.119
 will

00:16:31.119 --> 00:16:31.359
 save

00:16:31.359 --> 00:16:31.519
 his

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:31.739
 people

00:16:31.739 --> 00:16:31.939
 from

00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:32.119
 their

00:16:32.119 --> 00:16:32.479
 sins.

00:16:34.359 --> 00:16:34.939
 And you

00:16:34.939 --> 00:16:35.239
 and I

00:16:35.239 --> 00:16:35.699
 need

00:16:35.699 --> 00:16:36.000
 our

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.259
 sin

00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.659
 down

00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:36.939
 with

00:16:36.939 --> 00:16:37.319
 this

00:16:37.319 --> 00:16:37.699
 morning.

00:16:38.939 --> 00:16:39.379
 Sin

00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:39.799
 is the

00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:40.239
 root

00:16:40.239 --> 00:16:40.779
 cause

00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:41.399
 of all

00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:41.639
 our

00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.279
 problems.

00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:45.079
 It's the

00:16:45.079 --> 00:16:45.360
 cause of

00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.579
 all the

00:16:45.579 --> 00:16:46.000
 pain and

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.100
 the

00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:46.659
 brokenness

00:16:46.659 --> 00:16:46.939
 and the

00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:47.179
 hurt

00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:47.419
 that we

00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:47.860
 experience

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.199
 in our

00:16:48.199 --> 00:16:48.459
 world

00:16:48.459 --> 00:16:48.899
 today.

00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:50.939
 You've

00:16:50.939 --> 00:16:51.199
 got lots

00:16:51.199 --> 00:16:51.559
 of different

00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:51.939
 names

00:16:51.939 --> 00:16:52.899
 to describe

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.699
 bad behaviour

00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:54.179
 in our

00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.480
 culture.

00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:56.439
 There's the

00:16:56.439 --> 00:16:57.079
 word vice

00:16:57.079 --> 00:16:57.579
 that's

00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:58.319
 acceptable

00:16:58.319 --> 00:16:59.019
 one of my

00:16:59.019 --> 00:16:59.459
 vices.

00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.379
 I'm probably

00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.100
 all willing

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:03.480
 to admit

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.779
 some personal

00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.339
 vices.

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.119
 But what

00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:07.619
 is a vice?

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.200
 A vice is

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.839
 something personal

00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:09.420
 to you.

00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:10.840
 It's

00:17:10.840 --> 00:17:11.180
 something that

00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:11.519
 hurts

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:11.880
 you.

00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:13.740
 We're

00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.060
 talking about

00:17:14.060 --> 00:17:14.759
 crimes.

00:17:15.840 --> 00:17:16.560
 It's an

00:17:16.560 --> 00:17:16.900
 enormous

00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:17.180
 thing.

00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.360
 We'll

00:17:17.360 --> 00:17:17.600
 think of

00:17:17.600 --> 00:17:18.180
 a crime

00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:18.580
 against

00:17:18.580 --> 00:17:19.660
 humanity.

00:17:20.560 --> 00:17:21.440
 When one

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:21.660
 of those

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.279
 monsters is

00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:22.700
 brought to

00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:24.580
 trial and

00:17:24.580 --> 00:17:24.880
 there's a

00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:25.500
 crime against

00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:26.060
 society.

00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.720
 So vice is

00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.240
 a personal

00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:29.019
 thing and

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.340
 it hurts

00:17:29.340 --> 00:17:29.880
 you.

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:32.440
 And crime

00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.340
 is something

00:17:33.340 --> 00:17:34.300
 against society

00:17:34.300 --> 00:17:34.680
 and it hurts

00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:35.300
 society.

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.259
 But sin,

00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:37.240
 sin is against

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.840
 God.

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:37.959
 God.

00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:40.799
 That's why

00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.099
 it's so

00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:41.339
 serious.

00:17:41.439 --> 00:17:41.659
 There's nothing

00:17:41.659 --> 00:17:42.099
 more to

00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:42.519
 you're nice

00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.019
 about it.

00:17:45.179 --> 00:17:45.879
 It is a

00:17:45.879 --> 00:17:46.500
 sin against

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:46.980
 the God

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:47.379
 who made

00:17:47.379 --> 00:17:47.619
 us and

00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:48.240
 his rebellion.

00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:50.039
 It shows

00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:50.759
 a broken

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.439
 relationship.

00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:54.679
 And that's

00:17:54.679 --> 00:17:55.019
 what's called

00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:55.439
 wrong in

00:17:55.439 --> 00:17:56.019
 our world.

00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:56.879
 That we're

00:17:56.879 --> 00:17:57.819
 estranged

00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.259
 from the

00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:58.659
 God who

00:17:58.659 --> 00:17:59.279
 made us.

00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:01.980
 The God

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.259
 who's put

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.699
 your best

00:18:02.699 --> 00:18:03.299
 interests

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.539
 apart and

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:05.220
 yet he

00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:06.139
 himself has

00:18:06.139 --> 00:18:06.579
 come into

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:06.980
 this world

00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.740
 fix that.

00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.299
 Think about

00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:12.519
 it.

00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:15.099
 If a man

00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:15.640
 kicks a

00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:16.099
 cat.

00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:19.059
 If a man

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.539
 kicks a

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:19.980
 cat.

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.519
 Is that

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:21.779
 a good

00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:22.019
 thing?

00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:23.559
 No,

00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.059
 that's a

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.460
 plan for

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:24.620
 it's a

00:18:24.620 --> 00:18:24.680
 thing.

00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.180
 And if he

00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:26.680
 keeps on

00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:27.160
 kicking a

00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:27.500
 cat,

00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:28.620
 that's

00:18:28.620 --> 00:18:28.779
 something

00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.220
 you want

00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:29.579
 to report

00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:29.880
 into the

00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:30.519
 RSPTA.

00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:32.819
 Because

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.220
 cruelty

00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:33.660
 levels

00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:33.980
 is not

00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:34.240
 on.

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:37.519
 a man

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:37.960
 kicks his

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.539
 wife down

00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.240
 the stairs

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:41.420
 or he

00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:41.779
 kicks his

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 own

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 mum out

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 in the

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 street.

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 We take

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 that very

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 seriously,

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 don't we?

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.140
 A man

00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:49.539
 abuses

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.259
 his child

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 or his

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 grandchild.

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 That is

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 beyond the

00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:53.900
 pain.

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 Because

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 he's

00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:57.660
 crossed the

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:57.900
 line,

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 he's

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 betrayed

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 the trust.

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 He's

00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:01.319
 broken a

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:01.799
 relationship

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.539
 that really

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 matters.

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 And when

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.359
 we sin,

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:06.759
 that is

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.019
 what we

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.240
 do

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.599
 against

00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.259
 God.

00:19:09.159 --> 00:19:09.759
 Sin is

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.059
 against

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 God,

00:19:10.399 --> 00:19:10.659
 and that

00:19:10.659 --> 00:19:11.059
 is why

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 God

00:19:11.379 --> 00:19:11.839
 himself

00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.180
 had to

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 come and

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.639
 put that

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 right and

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 fix that.

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 That is

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.659
 why Jesus

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 was conceived

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 by the

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 Holy Spirit

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 and all

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 of the

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 Virgin Mary,

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 because every

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 other human

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 being is

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 born in

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 sin.

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 But he,

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.519
 Jesus,

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:28.940
 that is

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.480
 descended

00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:30.720
 upon sin

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 to set

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 us free

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 for its

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 power.

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.640
 In the

00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:38.079
 Middle Ages,

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.839
 Anselm,

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.500
 wrote a

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 very famous

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 book called

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 Why Did

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 God Became

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 That?

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 And he

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 argues that

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 salvation had

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 to be achieved

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 by God

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.980
 because no

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 one else

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:49.960
 could do

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 it.

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 Yet the

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.100
 debt was

00:19:52.100 --> 00:19:52.440
 owed by

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.779
 man.

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 So only

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.600
 man could

00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:56.059
 pay it.

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.319
 And that

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:59.059
 is what he

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.380
 says.

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 He uses the

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.660
 explanation of

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.000
 the virgin

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.500
 birth.

00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:01.940
 Here's the

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.320
 meaning of

00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:02.660
 Christmas.

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.440
 The debt

00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:03.940
 was so

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:05.140
 great that

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:05.880
 while man

00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.820
 alone owed

00:20:06.820 --> 00:20:07.700
 it, only

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.400
 God could

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:08.840
 pay it.

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 So that

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.100
 the same

00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:12.759
 person must

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 be both

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:14.000
 man and

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.480
 God.

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.240
 Thus it

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.120
 was necessary

00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:17.420
 for God

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:17.779
 to take

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.779
 manhood into

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.259
 the unity

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:19.580
 of this

00:20:19.580 --> 00:20:19.920
 person.

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:21.500
 So that

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:22.220
 he who

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.560
 in his

00:20:22.560 --> 00:20:23.360
 own nature

00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:24.180
 ought to

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 pay and

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:26.180
 could not

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:27.519
 should be

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.039
 the person

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.620
 who could.

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.560
 Jesus

00:20:30.560 --> 00:20:31.519
 God

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:31.880
 was.

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.039
 Jesus

00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:34.800
 is God

00:20:34.800 --> 00:20:35.120
 to the

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.460
 rescue.

00:20:38.300 --> 00:20:39.039
 And that's

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.480
 why what

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.279
 happened so

00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:40.720
 long ago,

00:20:40.800 --> 00:20:41.500
 2,000 years

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.259
 ago, really

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.660
 is the

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.400
 defining moment

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:43.640
 of the

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 human race.

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 Because you

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.140
 might think,

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.820
 how can any

00:20:47.820 --> 00:20:48.300
 of this have

00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:48.860
 anything to

00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.560
 do with me

00:20:49.560 --> 00:20:50.340
 because it

00:20:50.340 --> 00:20:50.840
 happened so

00:20:50.840 --> 00:20:51.500
 long ago

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.060
 and it

00:20:52.060 --> 00:20:52.480
 happened so

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.300
 far away?

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:55.259
 it is

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.740
 because of

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.180
 who Jesus

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.659
 is.

00:20:58.419 --> 00:20:59.000
 That it

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.619
 is God

00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:00.259
 himself with

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.559
 us.

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.599
 It's God

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:03.159
 himself to

00:21:03.159 --> 00:21:03.579
 the rescue.

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.559
 And so

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.119
 Joseph is

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:06.559
 given the

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.259
 privilege of

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.019
 being right

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.619
 there when

00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.359
 that happens.

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.159
 It's

00:21:12.159 --> 00:21:12.419
 interesting,

00:21:12.579 --> 00:21:12.980
 you don't

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.359
 hear very

00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:13.779
 much about

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.279
 him to

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.500
 you.

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.319
 I remember,

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:17.919
 I think I

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.200
 told you this,

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.960
 I was asked

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.259
 to do a

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.659
 series of

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.159
 videos for

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:21.000
 Bible Mesh,

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.160
 which is

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:23.019
 a website.

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.599
 And it's

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:24.980
 anything I

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.240
 hope you

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.380
 can do

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:25.859
 well for

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.079
 you.

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.400
 You would

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:27.720
 put up in

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.059
 this five

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:28.559
 star hotel

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.299
 and one

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.539
 of my

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.000
 videos was

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.640
 to give

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.019
 a seven

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.539
 minute video

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.200
 on Joseph,

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:32.819
 the father

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.319
 of Jesus.

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:34.799
 It's very

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.140
 difficult to

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.579
 find seven

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:35.980
 minutes with

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.579
 the material.

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:38.940
 Commentators

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.380
 say Jesus

00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:40.059
 may well have

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:41.019
 died quite

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:42.579
 soon after.

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.920
 Jesus was

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.279
 born,

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:45.680
 that's why

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.019
 he was still

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.460
 a child.

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.119
 But he

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.559
 doesn't say

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.039
 anything in

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.200
 the New

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.400
 Testament.

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.079
 Joseph is

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.559
 the ultimate

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:49.980
 strong

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.480
 sign of

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:50.740
 time.

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.359
 He just

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:52.640
 does what

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.019
 he's told.

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:54.819
 He just

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.099
 does what

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.440
 he's told.

00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:57.519
 My third

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:57.779
 point is

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.059
 the price

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.279
 that he

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.579
 picked up.

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.039
 Verse 24

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.579
 and 25.

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.900
 But Joseph

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.220
 won't

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.799
 from sleep.

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:04.599
 He did

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:04.839
 as the

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.200
 angel of

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.480
 the Lord

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.900
 commanded

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.079
 him.

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.279
 He took

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.799
 his wife.

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.059
 But he

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.400
 knew it

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:10.359
 not until

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:10.539
 she had

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.940
 given birth

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.220
 to a

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.420
 son.

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.839
 He called

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.119
 his name

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.420
 Jesus.

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.380
 There's no

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.920
 frills to

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.039
 it,

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.420
 is there?

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.099
 Verses

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:19.680
 24 and 25.

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.480
 There's no

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.099
 nativity

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.620
 cuteness.

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.220
 There's no

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.819
 Christmas

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.599
 color gloss.

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.120
 There's no

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:25.059
 warm fuzzies.

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.579
 There's no

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.000
 feel-good

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.380
 filter.

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.000
 So I

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.200
 joined

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:30.000
 Instagram this

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.200
 year.

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.680
 And Instagram

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.259
 is full of

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.539
 the last

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.880
 few days

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.220
 of people

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.539
 putting

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.740
 lovely

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.440
 photographs

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:34.740
 of their

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.059
 family.

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:36.059
 people

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.279
 on.

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.480
 You can

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:36.720
 see a

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.000
 beautiful

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.500
 shot of

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:37.579
 the

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:37.740
 world

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.000
 crosses

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.259
 on

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.519
 there.

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.599
 Perfect

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.559
 focus.

00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:42.079
 Fuzzy

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.559
 around the

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.000
 edge.

00:22:43.679 --> 00:22:43.879
 It's

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.259
 lovely.

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.559
 People

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:45.879
 love to

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.099
 do that

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.359
 Christmas.

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:48.159
 But there's

00:22:48.159 --> 00:22:48.839
 no filter

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.519
 in Matthew's

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.740
 gospel.

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.779
 This is the

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.240
 real deal.

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.519
 Matthew's

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.319
 brutally honest

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.779
 with us.

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.220
 And he's

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.799
 brutally honest

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.259
 with you about

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.720
 what it means

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.019
 to be a

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.419
 follower of

00:22:59.419 --> 00:22:59.659
 Jesus.

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:02.080
 And he's

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:02.620
 telling you

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.040
 and I

00:23:03.040 --> 00:23:03.580
 in his

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.060
 little verses

00:23:04.060 --> 00:23:04.500
 that it's

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.779
 going to

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.240
 cost me.

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:06.900
 It's

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.120
 going to

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.580
 cost me.

00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:09.420
 And you

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.640
 better

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.000
 count the

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.259
 cost.

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.460
 You can

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.740
 imagine

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.040
 what's

00:23:14.040 --> 00:23:14.180
 going to

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.700
 happen next

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:14.940
 time.

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.480
 There is

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:15.880
 always a

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.240
 price to

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.500
 pay.

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.060
 Joseph

00:23:19.060 --> 00:23:19.680
 in verses

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.360
 24 and

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:20.900
 24 is

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.519
 surrendering

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:21.660
 his

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.080
 repetition.

00:23:24.060 --> 00:23:24.500
 Joseph

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.800
 will be

00:23:24.800 --> 00:23:25.180
 misunderstood

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.640
 for the

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:25.920
 rest of

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 his

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 life.

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 He will

00:23:26.800 --> 00:23:27.060
 become

00:23:27.060 --> 00:23:27.240
 the

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.620
 grunt

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:27.840
 of

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.160
 village

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.519
 gossip.

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.580
 The

00:23:30.580 --> 00:23:30.920
 temples

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.160
 will

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.480
 start

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.040
 wagging.

00:23:34.040 --> 00:23:34.480
 People

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.800
 are going

00:23:34.800 --> 00:23:35.400
 to talk.

00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:37.340
 People

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:37.700
 will say

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:37.940
 well he

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.400
 must be

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:38.560
 the

00:23:38.560 --> 00:23:38.820
 father

00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:39.160
 otherwise

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.500
 why

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:39.640
 would

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:39.840
 go

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.040
 ahead

00:23:40.040 --> 00:23:40.180
 with

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.240
 the

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.440
 wedding?

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.360
 Or

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:42.680
 perhaps

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:42.880
 they

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.000
 will

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.160
 say

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.320
 well

00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:43.920
 Jesus

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:45.120
 isn't

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.320
 the

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:45.640
 father.

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.120
 It's

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.380
 what the

00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:47.759
 Talmud

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.040
 said.

00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:48.160
 The

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.360
 Talmud

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:48.820
 was written

00:23:48.820 --> 00:23:49.279
 after the

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.380
 New

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:49.680
 Testament

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.440
 and it

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:51.140
 articulates

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:52.000
 what was

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.300
 being

00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:52.940
 said

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.500
 around

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.320
 the

00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:54.800
 traps.

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.040
 That

00:23:57.040 --> 00:23:57.400
 Jesus

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.000
 was the

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.740
 illegitimate

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.240
 son of

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.759
 a Roman

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.140
 soldier.

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 That's

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.759
 the kind

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:00.839
 of

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:00.960
 thing

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.160
 people

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.299
 were

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.519
 saying

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.740
 about.

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.259
 You get

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.680
 hints of

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:03.839
 that.

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.319
 Echoes

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.500
 in the

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:04.599
 New

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:04.839
 Testament

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.059
 say

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.539
 John 8

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:05.940
 the

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.420
 religious

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.819
 leaders

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.319
 say

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.480
 to

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.720
 Jesus

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.460
 we're

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.640
 not

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.259
 illegitimate.

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.220
 God

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.539
 is our

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:11.700
 father.

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:11.880
 Who

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.259
 is your

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.720
 father

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.359
 Jesus?

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.339
 John 8

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.579
 1.

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.259
 There's

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.579
 lots of

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:16.960
 echoes

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.500
 of that

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.700
 in the

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:17.819
 New

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.180
 Testament.

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.259
 Things

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.660
 that people

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.079
 were saying

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.319
 about

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.759
 Joseph

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.500
 and Mary

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.019
 and baby

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.359
 Jesus

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:23.740
 and that

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.220
 is hard

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.579
 to live

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:24.900
 with.

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:28.080
 One

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:28.380
 Puritan

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:28.720
 preacher

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.080
 used to

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.300
 say to

00:24:29.300 --> 00:24:29.420
 his

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.759
 congregation

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.120
 what is

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.400
 worse

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.680
 to be

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.060
 felled

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:31.440
 by a

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.720
 lion

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.740
 or to

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:32.900
 be

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.160
 stung

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.320
 to

00:24:33.320 --> 00:24:33.519
 death

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:33.740
 by

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.180
 bees.

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.040
 What do you think?

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.680
 I'd rather

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.360
 know you

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.500
 don't.

00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:40.780
 But at least

00:24:40.780 --> 00:24:41.100
 if you're

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:41.800
 felled by a

00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:42.259
 lion it's

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.800
 pretty swift

00:24:42.800 --> 00:24:43.120
 isn't it?

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.660
 Pretty insane.

00:24:45.580 --> 00:24:46.200
 But to live

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.640
 the whole of

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.000
 your life

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.160
 with the

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.340
 people

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.840
 gossiping

00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.080
 behind

00:24:48.080 --> 00:24:48.259
 your

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.600
 back

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.800
 to

00:24:49.800 --> 00:24:50.280
 sacrifice

00:24:50.280 --> 00:24:50.660
 your

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.040
 repetition

00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:51.440
 and that

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.000
 is the

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.240
 reason

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.860
 why maybe

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.080
 some

00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:53.280
 of you

00:24:53.280 --> 00:24:53.560
 are more

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:53.880
 Christians

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.380
 yet.

00:24:56.260 --> 00:24:56.740
 You've

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.080
 not yet

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.620
 decided

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.260
 to follow

00:24:58.260 --> 00:24:58.780
 Jesus

00:24:58.780 --> 00:24:59.160
 because

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.460
 your

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.140
 reputation

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.640
 is so

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.000
 precious

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.480
 for you.

00:25:03.760 --> 00:25:04.200
 And you

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.760
 care far

00:25:04.760 --> 00:25:05.100
 too much

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.440
 what people

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.000
 think of

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.420
 you.

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:08.720
 And to

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.480
 identify as

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.860
 a Christian

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.340
 in your

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:10.940
 office

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:14.160
 or amongst

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.780
 your friends

00:25:14.780 --> 00:25:15.420
 or in your

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.020
 school

00:25:16.020 --> 00:25:17.980
 you're far

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.600
 too embarrassed

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.480
 to come out

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.020
 as a Christian.

00:25:21.760 --> 00:25:22.320
 I want to

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:22.640
 say to you

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.240
 to get over

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.460
 it.

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:25.600
 count the

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:25.960
 cost.

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.900
 Joseph did

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.540
 as the

00:25:29.540 --> 00:25:29.820
 Lord's

00:25:29.820 --> 00:25:30.100
 angel

00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:30.540
 commanded

00:25:30.540 --> 00:25:30.760
 him.

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.160
 He believed

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.500
 God's

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.700
 word.

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:34.120
 He trusted

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:34.680
 that ancient

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.120
 promise

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.820
 folded away

00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:36.360
 inside the

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.520
 Bible and

00:25:37.520 --> 00:25:38.080
 he received

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.580
 Mary's

00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:39.540
 child as

00:25:39.540 --> 00:25:39.820
 his own

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.240
 Lord and

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.460
 Savior.

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:40.800
 I don't

00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:40.920
 know if

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.080
 he'd

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.460
 done that.

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:44.280
 He had

00:25:44.280 --> 00:25:44.580
 to change

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.040
 his mind

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.420
 about

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.060
 Jesus.

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:46.440
 He'd

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.840
 done that.

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:47.960
 It's

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.140
 all

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.480
 repentance.

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.340
 It's

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:50.620
 only a

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:50.920
 change of

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.120
 mind.

00:25:51.260 --> 00:25:51.580
 I want

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:51.880
 a change

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.160
 of mind

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.360
 that will

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:52.720
 transform

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.220
 your life.

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.960
 if you

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.420
 recognize

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:55.600
 what

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.160
 Jesus is

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:58.100
 that in

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.820
 this baby

00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.600
 in the

00:25:59.600 --> 00:25:59.980
 manger

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:01.680
 God

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.160
 himself

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.560
 has come

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:02.920
 to visit

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:04.700
 us with

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.300
 his salvation.

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.200
 There's a

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.840
 lovely story

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.480
 of a Persian

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.000
 king as I

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.360
 told you

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:11.000
 before.

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.440
 of Shah

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.960
 Abbas.

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:13.960
 Shah

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.240
 Abbas

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.599
 is a

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:14.960
 walk

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:16.700
 unrecognized

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.200
 around the

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.619
 city.

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:19.819
 He died

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.400
 unrecognized

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:20.680
 by his

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:20.980
 people.

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.559
 He used

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:21.799
 to love

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.079
 to do

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.299
 that.

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.599
 He'd

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.259
 get rid

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.460
 of all

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.579
 the

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.099
 trappings

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.759
 of royalty

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.000
 and the

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.319
 splendid

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.680
 robes

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.400
 of entourage

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.920
 of

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.359
 redeems

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:29.359
 of servants, just so that he could

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.899
 mix with his subjects.

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.199
 One cold night

00:26:33.199 --> 00:26:35.359
 was going around, and as he went on the city,

00:26:35.979 --> 00:26:37.479
 which is cold, actually went into the city,

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:39.299
 walls to retreat from the chill. That's where

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:41.379
 the city's heating system was.

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.479
 He started a conversation

00:26:43.479 --> 00:26:44.979
 with the city's stoker,

00:26:45.219 --> 00:26:47.339
 who stoked the fire, who was working away

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.959
 in a sweaty, grimy place.

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:51.240
 And it never occurred

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:53.059
 to the stoker

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:54.740
 that this was actually the shah.

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:57.579
 But he just went back

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:59.099
 and again and again, and they became

00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:01.339
 friends. The stoker used to invite him back to his

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:03.220
 family home, of simple meals

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:05.299
 together. And then one day

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:07.420
 the shah reveals

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:09.160
 his true identity to the amazement

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:09.700
 of his friend.

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:13.339
 And he said to his friend, look, I will

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:15.079
 give you anything you want.

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.240
 What do you have said?

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.680
 Here's the shah

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:21.240
 of Persia, one of the richest men

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:23.180
 on the planet. I'll give you anything you want.

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:24.039
 What do you want?

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:26.120
 This is what the stoker said.

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.859
 Shah, may you give to others

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.680
 fake and fortune.

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:31.019
 I don't want that for you.

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.299
 All I ask

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.680
 is that you never take away

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.640
 your greatest gift,

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:38.120
 which is the friendship

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.940
 that you've given me.

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:44.380
 That is the greatest gift of all, isn't it,

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:46.220
 this Christmas, that God is with us.

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.840
 And God doesn't speak to you this morning

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.480
 through an angel.

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:54.460
 I don't think even my mother would say

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.940
 I'm an angel.

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:58.460
 And God isn't speaking to you

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.220
 through a dream.

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.720
 I hope that

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.720
 for you.

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:03.940
 But he does speak to you

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.660
 through his word

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:06.279
 that is more certain than any dream.

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.059
 And he promises

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.960
 in his word

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.680
 to be your friend,

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.180
 to never leave you,

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.579
 to never forsake you,

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.319
 and to be with you

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.839
 every moment

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.620
 to the end of time

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:18.620
 and beyond.

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:20.019
 Because that is what Emmanuel means,

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.720
 is that God

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.380
 with us.

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.440
 And when you believe that,

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.640
 when you take God

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.120
 and his word,

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.600
 you trust him

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.140
 with your life,

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.460
 will you accept

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.940
 what Jesus has done for you

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.800
 to put you right

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.259
 with God?

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:35.040
 Will you accept

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 the offer of forgiveness

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 that he knows

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 that to you

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 in his name,

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 Jesus Christ?

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 Amen.