WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.580 Good morning, everyone. 00:00:01.340 --> 00:00:04.320 My name's Steve from the ministry team here at St. Paul's. 00:00:04.839 --> 00:00:09.720 And I just want to add my welcome to Christmas here on this Christmas Day 2013. 00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:11.099 Who's excited? 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:18.660 Maybe you were unprepared. 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:19.280 Who's excited? 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:25.280 Who's got presents that they were really hoping for today? 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:28.440 There's not a lot of hands going up. 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.060 Okay, so who got ties and socks and one of those dodgy sweaters and stuff like that? 00:00:33.179 --> 00:00:35.340 Any few of those floating around as well? 00:00:35.500 --> 00:00:36.200 No, not really? 00:00:36.340 --> 00:00:37.880 Who hasn't even opened a present yet? 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:39.740 Oh, wow, there's a few of them. 00:00:39.859 --> 00:00:44.079 So you're pretty much happy for this to be a really short service, as Chris said. 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.439 Okay, well, I'm unfortunately going to go on a little bit longer. 00:00:50.100 --> 00:00:54.159 Who would love to celebrate Christmas every day? 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:59.159 As kids, I see. 00:00:59.219 --> 00:01:00.059 A few kids' hands up. 00:01:00.219 --> 00:01:02.140 I mean, seriously, anyone here really want to celebrate? 00:01:02.599 --> 00:01:04.280 Who's glad it comes once a year? 00:01:07.659 --> 00:01:10.699 There's a whole lot of people just unsure about even... 00:01:10.699 --> 00:01:12.039 Am I even in the right building? 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:16.199 I was on my way to someone's lunch. 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:21.240 For me, I'm pretty glad it comes once a year. 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:24.680 And it's not just because I've got to do this sort of thing on a Christmas day. 00:01:24.740 --> 00:01:26.040 It's a delight to be able to do this. 00:01:26.379 --> 00:01:30.100 But, you know, after three services and less than five hours sleep, 00:01:30.379 --> 00:01:31.859 you kind of get a little bit weary. 00:01:32.300 --> 00:01:35.359 Kids waking you up all excited first thing in the morning. 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:36.740 Merry Christmas! 00:01:36.739 --> 00:01:38.280 And it's like, oh, really? 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:40.479 It's that hour? 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:44.119 Presents aren't even under the... 00:01:44.119 --> 00:01:44.839 Go back to bed. 00:01:45.199 --> 00:01:46.099 You know, it's tomorrow. 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:52.840 Celebrating Christmas every day would be hard work. 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:58.259 And yet Andy Park, he's an electrician who lives in England, does just that. 00:01:58.379 --> 00:02:00.259 His other name is Mr. Christmas. 00:02:00.260 --> 00:02:06.859 He claims to have celebrated Christmas every day since July 1993. 00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:13.879 That's, you know, 20 years of celebrating Christmas every day. 00:02:14.140 --> 00:02:19.740 In 2001, it was estimated that since he started celebrating every day, 00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:22.400 he had gotten through 30 artificial Christmas trees, 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:24.759 10 kilometers of tinsel, 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:30.120 and 10,000 balloons at an estimated cost of 100,000 pounds. 00:02:30.259 --> 00:02:34.159 That's commitment. 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:42.120 Each day, he claims that he eats a turkey sandwich and mince pies for breakfast. 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:48.599 He then goes off to work until he returns home for lunch to eat a full roast turkey dinner 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:56.019 before watching a recording of the Queen's speech with a glass of sherry in his hand. 00:02:56.020 --> 00:03:00.300 In an interview which was published in 2006, 00:03:00.640 --> 00:03:05.060 Mr. Park was quoted as saying that in the previous 13 years, 00:03:05.460 --> 00:03:08.879 he had consumed 4,380 turkeys, 00:03:09.760 --> 00:03:12.260 87,600 mince pies, 00:03:13.480 --> 00:03:16.560 1,200 liters of gravy, 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:20.819 26,280 roast potatoes, 00:03:21.460 --> 00:03:24.580 30,660 stuffing balls, 00:03:25.939 --> 00:03:31.140 219,000, give or take a little here or there, 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:32.300 of peas, 00:03:33.740 --> 00:03:36.340 4,300 bottles of champagne, 00:03:36.500 --> 00:03:39.400 4,300 bottles of sherry, 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:42.300 and 5,000 bottles of wine. 00:03:42.300 --> 00:03:47.320 He's on the record as recently as Christmas Day last year, 00:03:47.620 --> 00:03:51.840 saying that he still celebrates Christmas every day. 00:03:53.480 --> 00:03:58.260 And so I'm working on the assumption that he's a few mince pies short of a Christmas lunch. 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.980 Mind you, there is a possible other explanation. 00:04:03.979 --> 00:04:10.699 There have been suggestions in the media that much of the information that he has shared is in fact false. 00:04:11.399 --> 00:04:14.500 It's a publicity stunt to gain some sort of fame, 00:04:14.620 --> 00:04:16.599 which he's been obviously working on for 20 years. 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:20.939 Especially, they reckon, it's a publicity stunt 00:04:20.939 --> 00:04:27.180 because in 2005, he released a Christmas single entitled, 00:04:27.459 --> 00:04:29.039 It's Christmas Every Day. 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:36.560 Reviewers said it was as bad as one of those really bad Christmas sweaters. 00:04:37.660 --> 00:04:44.439 Local media have in fact given up sending photographers around his house day by day, 00:04:44.820 --> 00:04:48.759 unannounced, hoping to catch him in the middle of his celebration. 00:04:49.060 --> 00:04:50.800 He won't even let them in the door. 00:04:51.379 --> 00:04:53.100 So maybe it is all a hoax. 00:04:55.200 --> 00:04:57.040 Now, although celebrating Christmas every day, 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:00.760 with turkeys and mince pies and tinsels and queen speeches and sherry, 00:05:00.960 --> 00:05:03.640 and strikes me as slightly odd, 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:05.560 or probably even a bit more than slightly odd, 00:05:07.200 --> 00:05:08.960 he actually has got a point, 00:05:09.780 --> 00:05:11.620 although I think he's missed the point entirely. 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:14.759 Christmas is worth celebrating daily, 00:05:14.820 --> 00:05:16.340 and I don't mean all the trappings of Christmas, 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:18.540 I don't mean all the tinsels and the presents and all that sort of stuff. 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:23.900 I mean the meaning of Christmas is something that ought to be celebrated every day. 00:05:23.899 --> 00:05:27.399 The impact of Christmas, as we have even sung about this morning, 00:05:27.699 --> 00:05:32.039 is something that is more than just a once a year event to get excited about. 00:05:32.899 --> 00:05:37.560 I say that because of verse 15 of that Bible passage that Wendy read out to us, 00:05:37.919 --> 00:05:40.179 and hopefully we'll get it up on the screen real soon. 00:05:40.620 --> 00:05:41.459 It says this, 00:05:41.459 --> 00:05:43.500 Here is a trustworthy saying, 00:05:43.719 --> 00:05:45.620 and worthy of full acceptance, 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:48.319 Christ Jesus came into the world. 00:05:48.779 --> 00:05:51.139 That's the Christmas event there. 00:05:51.539 --> 00:05:53.819 Christ Jesus came into the world, 00:05:54.699 --> 00:05:57.639 and the coming of the eternal Son into the world, 00:05:58.000 --> 00:05:59.959 Jesus Christ, is a fact of history. 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:03.419 And that's what we're here to gather to remember today. 00:06:04.099 --> 00:06:05.199 It's a fact of history. 00:06:05.379 --> 00:06:06.419 Jesus came into the world. 00:06:06.500 --> 00:06:07.479 We're celebrating it now. 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:08.399 We're remembering it. 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:13.199 But the coming of the Son of God into the world is so much more than a fact of history, 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:18.299 which is why it should not just be sort of pushed to one side and pulled out once a year. 00:06:18.819 --> 00:06:22.519 The historical event we're remembering is a message of hope. 00:06:22.819 --> 00:06:25.579 And when you keep reading the rest of verse 15, you see it. 00:06:25.859 --> 00:06:30.060 Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 00:06:30.060 --> 00:06:38.420 The message of Christmas for you from Jesus Christ this Christmas is hope. 00:06:39.660 --> 00:06:48.860 It's a message that says that whatever is failed, undesirable, wrong, sinful in your life can be changed. 00:06:49.060 --> 00:06:53.899 And what is precious, most precious, doesn't ever need to be lost. 00:06:53.899 --> 00:07:02.859 It's a message of hope sent by the God of this universe to confuse children into cynical teenagers, 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:09.799 into single parents, into cranky husbands, and tired mums, and weird neighbours, 00:07:10.099 --> 00:07:18.659 and aged, and the lonely, and preachers, and lovers, and haters, and you, and me, and all of Chatswood, and the world. 00:07:18.660 --> 00:07:25.780 Since the Son of God lived and died and rose and reigns and is coming again, 00:07:25.860 --> 00:07:31.260 God's message through him is more than just mere historical fact. 00:07:32.740 --> 00:07:34.380 It is day by day impact. 00:07:34.500 --> 00:07:41.360 It's about lives and destinies being changed by a historical event that happened 2,000 years ago. 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:47.120 And so what we are talking about here today is so much more than remembering history 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:53.040 and a retelling of cute stories about babies and mangers. 00:07:55.840 --> 00:08:02.720 Now while there might be some question over the authenticity of Andy Park's daily celebration of Christmas, 00:08:03.100 --> 00:08:10.379 there is no mistake about the impact of Jesus coming into the world in the life of the Apostle Paul. 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:14.240 Paul was one of the leaders of the Christian church in the first century, 00:08:14.580 --> 00:08:20.000 and his testimony of what Jesus did in his life is what was just read out to us. 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:21.240 And it's up there on the screen. 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:23.220 I'm going to kick us off in verse 12. 00:08:23.340 --> 00:08:23.580 It says, 00:08:23.840 --> 00:08:28.699 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has given me strength that he considered me faithful, 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:30.620 appointing me to his service. 00:08:31.080 --> 00:08:35.320 Even though I was once a blasphemer and persecutor and a violent man, 00:08:35.659 --> 00:08:39.440 I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:43.320 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, 00:08:43.860 --> 00:08:46.600 along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 00:08:47.580 --> 00:08:55.540 And so Paul describes himself here as a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man before he met Jesus. 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:02.140 This guy used to go around and hunt down Christians in an attempt to devastate the church. 00:09:02.139 --> 00:09:12.259 His biographer, a guy named Luke, described him as a religious predator who breathed out murderous threats against Christians. 00:09:12.659 --> 00:09:13.539 He was callous. 00:09:13.819 --> 00:09:14.740 He was pious. 00:09:15.019 --> 00:09:16.240 He was self-righteous. 00:09:16.340 --> 00:09:17.120 He was bigoted. 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:18.299 He was a murderer. 00:09:18.740 --> 00:09:23.259 And he was hell-bent on full-scale extermination of the Christian church. 00:09:23.259 --> 00:09:30.460 He was one of the main enemies of Jesus and the early church in the first century. 00:09:31.179 --> 00:09:35.399 He lived day by day with God to his back. 00:09:37.439 --> 00:09:40.100 And yet that, in fact, was a surprise to him. 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:44.980 He says he acted in ignorance and unbelief. 00:09:44.980 --> 00:09:52.000 He was totally oblivious to that fact that God was to his back in his day-by-day existence. 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:58.960 The weird thing is that he was actually under the assumption that he and God were okay. 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:07.879 He had a religious pedigree and a piety that set him apart from most people. 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:12.920 He was zealous to do what was right and to obey God's law. 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:19.039 When he persecuted Jesus and the people who followed Jesus, he thought he was actually doing God a favor. 00:10:21.019 --> 00:10:28.479 He was ignorant of the fact that when he stood opposed to Jesus, he stood opposed to the God of the universe. 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:35.179 And all his religious zeal actually made him an enemy of God. 00:10:36.579 --> 00:10:38.039 And then something happened. 00:10:38.579 --> 00:10:41.519 Halfway down there through verse 15, it says, 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:43.279 I was shown mercy. 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:45.159 And then in verse 14, it says, 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:48.159 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly. 00:10:48.980 --> 00:10:51.860 Another part of the New Testament talks about it. 00:10:52.939 --> 00:10:54.939 Paul was on his way to Damascus. 00:10:55.059 --> 00:10:57.220 He got some orders from the hierarchy to say, 00:10:57.340 --> 00:11:00.460 Go down to Damascus and devastate the church down there. 00:11:00.460 --> 00:11:05.580 So he's got his cronies with him heading on down to Damascus. 00:11:06.220 --> 00:11:07.519 And God met him on the way. 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:14.960 God met him in his sinful, miserable, self-righteous ignorance. 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:17.480 And God mercied him. 00:11:18.920 --> 00:11:21.740 Paul calls the great power that brought change in his life, 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:25.100 The mercy and the grace of our Lord. 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:26.280 Undeserved favor. 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:30.399 God did not give Paul what he deserved or what was coming to him. 00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:33.339 He was shown mercy instead. 00:11:35.079 --> 00:11:43.639 That is Paul's first-hand account of the message of Christmas and the impact of Christmas, 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:47.860 of Jesus coming into this world to save sinners. 00:11:47.860 --> 00:11:57.460 And so why does he tell us his first-hand account of the radical change that Jesus brought in his life? 00:11:58.460 --> 00:12:02.480 The answer to that question is given clearly to us in verse 16, 00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:03.379 which says, 00:12:03.379 --> 00:12:05.480 For that very reason I was shown mercy, 00:12:05.860 --> 00:12:10.759 so that in me the worst of sinners Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:16.480 as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life. 00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:18.899 What Paul's saying there is, 00:12:19.419 --> 00:12:23.279 Jesus changed me, the chief of sinners, 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.819 and I'm telling you about it, 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:30.379 so that today, this Christmas day, 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:32.779 in Chatswood 2013, 00:12:33.460 --> 00:12:36.480 that you and I would be able to grasp the significance of Christmas. 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:43.920 Jesus Christ picked the chief of sinners to demonstrate to us today, 00:12:44.060 --> 00:12:45.220 sitting in this building, 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:48.600 what his mercy and power can do in your life. 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:57.240 There is no sinner that the grace of God in Christ cannot overflow to and deal with. 00:12:58.060 --> 00:13:01.220 And so we ought not belittle the mercy of God just by saying, 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:03.399 Well, I just can't change. 00:13:03.460 --> 00:13:04.580 This is just the way I am. 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:10.420 What happened to Paul can happen to anyone. 00:13:11.580 --> 00:13:13.680 Notice it there in verse 15 again. 00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:16.340 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance. 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:20.440 Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:26.320 Paul's personal reason to give thanks to God 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:31.879 is now widened to praise for the universal significance of Christmas. 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:37.279 Jesus came into the world for the world. 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:38.399 For everyone. 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:44.539 The purpose of Jesus coming into this world to save sinners 00:13:44.539 --> 00:13:49.980 has been welcomed by 2,000 years of human beings 00:13:49.980 --> 00:13:53.320 who, conscious of their guilt before God, 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:58.940 have gratefully accepted what the saving death of the Lord Jesus accomplished for them 00:13:58.940 --> 00:14:02.640 in bringing them back to their creator God. 00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:06.680 The message in these verses for us now 00:14:06.680 --> 00:14:09.200 is that if God can show mercy, 00:14:09.640 --> 00:14:12.180 who in his ignorance put Christians to prison 00:14:12.180 --> 00:14:14.840 and cast his vote against them so they'd be put to death, 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:18.180 a master of religious thuggery, 00:14:19.180 --> 00:14:20.440 he can forgive anyone. 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:25.700 And so Paul calls to us across the centuries 00:14:25.700 --> 00:14:29.760 as we celebrate Christmas in 2013 00:14:29.760 --> 00:14:30.460 and he says, 00:14:30.780 --> 00:14:33.900 don't despair you people sitting here at St. Paul's Jatswood. 00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:37.240 He saved me, the worst of sinners, 00:14:37.760 --> 00:14:39.140 and he can save you. 00:14:40.020 --> 00:14:42.160 There is hope in Jesus. 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:47.879 Did you notice how massive this hope is? 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:51.139 The hope of Christmas is that 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:53.480 because Jesus came into the world to save sinners, 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:55.259 what is most precious 00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:57.219 doesn't ever have to be lost. 00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:59.039 Do you see there in verse 16 right at the end? 00:14:59.100 --> 00:14:59.939 I will show mercy 00:14:59.939 --> 00:15:01.779 so that in me, the worst of sinners, 00:15:01.899 --> 00:15:03.339 Christ Jesus might display 00:15:03.339 --> 00:15:04.879 his unlimited patience 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:06.360 as an example for those 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:08.299 who would believe on him 00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:11.159 and receive eternal life. 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:14.500 That is the hope of Christmas 00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:17.259 because life is good. 00:15:18.779 --> 00:15:20.799 Life is good and it is precious 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:23.019 and you don't want to ever lose it. 00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:24.779 We can talk all we like 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:26.039 about the good things in life, 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:27.339 but if you don't have life, 00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:28.740 you don't have the good things. 00:15:28.740 --> 00:15:33.740 How precious is our life 00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:35.680 and if you don't feel it right now, 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:37.879 wait till you are really sick. 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:41.580 There are today those who, 00:15:41.740 --> 00:15:44.180 because of age or because of sickness, 00:15:44.659 --> 00:15:46.419 will inevitably be thinking 00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:48.180 or asking themselves the question, 00:15:48.580 --> 00:15:50.879 is this my last Christmas? 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:55.879 And the message of Christmas to you 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:57.159 from verse 16 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:00.100 is that you don't ever have to lose your life. 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.179 It is good to live. 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:06.559 Your life is precious 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:08.899 and Jesus came to save it. 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.360 Jesus came into this world 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:12.480 to save us 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:15.019 and to change us forever. 00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:20.120 The hope of Christmas 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:21.980 is that Jesus came into this world 00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:24.460 to change our eternal status 00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:27.079 and so that's one of the biggest motives 00:16:27.079 --> 00:16:29.000 to allow him to change us right now. 00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:31.299 And that is why I think Christmas 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:32.720 should be celebrated every day. 00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:35.139 Not with the turkeys and mince pies, 00:16:36.179 --> 00:16:38.879 but truly celebrated each day 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:41.600 as we look in gratitude to Jesus. 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:46.100 What God did on the first Christmas 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:47.560 and what he did in forgiving 00:16:47.560 --> 00:16:48.940 and changing Paul's life 00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:50.440 and what he does in forgiving 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:51.740 and changing people today 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:54.720 is utterly free mercy. 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:57.040 It is a gift from God 00:16:57.040 --> 00:16:59.700 that impacts everything in your life. 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:03.879 And so it's not surprising 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:06.779 that at this point in the text, 00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:08.980 in recalling God's mercy 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.400 and his grace to him, 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.180 that Paul just breaks out 00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:13.519 in thanksgiving and worship 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:15.320 in verse 17. 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.700 When he considers 00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:18.940 what God has done for him 00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:20.220 in saving him through Jesus 00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:22.040 and giving him an eternal life, 00:17:22.280 --> 00:17:24.000 he can only speak of God 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:25.860 in the most stupendous of terms. 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:28.780 He could find no other words 00:17:28.780 --> 00:17:30.780 to express his thanksgiving to God 00:17:30.780 --> 00:17:31.500 and his gratitude 00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:32.920 except to say, 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.900 now to the King Eternal, 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:36.380 immortal, invisible, 00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:38.120 the only God, 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:40.139 be honour and glory 00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:41.219 for ever and ever. 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.419 Amen. 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.719 Jesus Christ 00:17:44.719 --> 00:17:46.659 came into the world 00:17:46.659 --> 00:17:47.739 to save sinners. 00:17:48.139 --> 00:17:50.299 That is God's gift to the world. 00:17:50.719 --> 00:17:53.079 It is his gift to you 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:54.179 this morning, 00:17:54.439 --> 00:17:55.299 this Christmas, 00:17:55.959 --> 00:17:58.119 and it is worthy 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.179 of full acceptance. 00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:00.400 acceptance. 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:04.100 Accept it 00:18:04.100 --> 00:18:06.660 as we sang earlier 00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:07.840 and live 00:18:07.840 --> 00:18:09.240 forevermore 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:10.980 because of Christmas Day. 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.920 Fall on your knees 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:13.779 and worship 00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:15.480 the King Eternal, 00:18:16.060 --> 00:18:17.240 immortal, invisible, 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.960 the only God 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:20.380 to whom be honour 00:18:20.380 --> 00:18:21.220 and glory 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:22.220 for ever and ever. 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.180 Amen. 00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:23.320 Amen. 00:18:23.320 --> 00:18:23.380 Amen. 00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:23.400 Amen. 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:23.440 Amen. 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.460 Amen. 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:23.480 Amen. 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:23.500 Amen. 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:23.519 Amen. 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:23.539 Amen. 00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:23.640 Amen. 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:24.039 Amen. 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:24.060 Amen. 00:18:24.060 --> 00:18:24.120 Amen. 00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:24.140 Amen. 00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.200 Amen. 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:25.279 Amen.