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 Well, thank you, Brother Greg.

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 Have you enjoyed church so far this morning?

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 Amen. I have as well.

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 If you would take your Bibles with me

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 and turn to Luke chapter 2.

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 I want to get you.

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 Luke chapter 2 this morning.

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 We're going to talk about a subject,

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 a phrase that you have probably heard already several times this Christmas.

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 The little Lord Jesus.

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 The little Lord Jesus.

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 What comes next, church?

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 A sleep in the hay, right?

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 Luke chapter 2.

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 Let's talk about the little Lord Jesus.

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 Excuse me for a few moments.

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 Boy, for some reason this isn't connecting.

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 Can you advance us to the next slide?

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 There we go.

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 All right.

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 Luke chapter 2 beginning in verse 1.

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 Church, if you wouldn't mind joining me and standing if you're able to,

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 let's do that out of honor of the Word of God this morning.

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 Beginning in verse 1.

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 It came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar to Augustus

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 that all the world should be registered.

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 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.

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 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.

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 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea,

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 to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem.

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 Because he was of the house and lineage of David,

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 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.

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 So it was that while they were there,

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 the days were completed for her to be delivered.

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 And she brought forth her firstborn son,

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 and wrapped him in swaddling clothes,

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 and laid him in the manger,

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 because there was no room for them in the inn.

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 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields,

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 keeping watch over their flock by night.

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 Behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them,

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 and the glory of the Lord shone around them,

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 and they were greatly afraid.

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 Then the angel said to them,

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 Do not be afraid,

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 for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,

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 which will be to all people.

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 For there is born to you this day in the city of David

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 a Savior,

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 who is Christ, would you say it with me,

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 the Lord.

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 Let's pray together.

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 God, I pray that we would see you for who you are.

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 That our eyes would be directed heavenward,

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 and we would get an accurate picture

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 of the little Lord Jesus,

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 emphasis being on Lord.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Thank you for standing.

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 I would like to challenge you

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 to reframe your Christmas view of God

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 just a little bit.

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 I love, and all of us can probably agree,

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 that we love,

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 around Christmas time,

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 we hear all these Christmas carols sung,

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 and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is fun,

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 and Jingle Bells is fun,

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 and, you know,

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 my favorite is the Christmas song,

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 Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.

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 I don't think I've ever eaten a chestnut,

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 but it sounds really fun and festive,

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 and I love singing about them.

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 I probably wouldn't even like them,

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 but there you go.

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 Those songs are all fun,

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 but the ones with the most power,

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 the ones that really speak to us the most,

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 are Hark to Herald Angels Sing,

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 Joy to the World,

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 Angels We Have Heard on High,

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 the songs that tell the story

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 of Christ's birth.

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 And we love that.

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 But I do believe

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 that oftentimes,

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 that is where

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 the world around us

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 ends their view of Jesus.

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 It ends right there with His birth.

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 It ends right there with Him lying in the manger.

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 It ends with baby Jesus.

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 There's an old comedy movie

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 with an actor named Will Ferrell

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 who has a little line in there

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 where he talks about

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 eight pound,

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 eight pound, four ounce

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 little baby Jesus or something.

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 He said,

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 that's my favorite way

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 to think of Jesus

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 is that little eight pound,

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 four ounce baby Jesus.

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 Thinking,

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 well,

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 He did a whole lot after that.

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 That's not really my,

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 now I am so glad He came.

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 If He had never come,

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 you and I would never have hope.

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 But that's not where the story is.

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 That was the beginning

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 of our story with Jesus.

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 When God Himself

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 humbled Himself,

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 left Heaven's throne

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 and came down

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 and was born as a baby.

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 But He didn't stay a baby, did He?

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 Thank God He didn't stay a baby.

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 So my challenge to you,

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 number one,

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 don't keep Christ in the cradle.

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 Don't keep Christ in the cradle.

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 Let's celebrate that Jesus came

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 and away in that manger

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 He was born.

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 Let's celebrate that day,

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 that starry night.

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 We don't know if the stars

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 were shining especially bright

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 that night

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 except the one star

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 that guided the shepherds

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 and guided the wise men, etc.

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 But, you know,

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 we can enjoy the trappings

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 and the beauty

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 and the celebration

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 of that night.

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 But then, let's move on.

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 And let's continue

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 pointing ourselves,

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 our families,

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 and the world around us

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 to the Jesus

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 who then grew up.

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 The Jesus who did mighty miracles.

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 The Jesus who healed people.

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 The Jesus who loved people.

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 The Jesus who did not show

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 the religious partiality,

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 the religious dividing lines

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 that were so common back then

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 and guess what?

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 Are still common today.

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 Jesus wouldn't fit

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 in many of our churches, would He?

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 Jesus would probably not be welcome

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 on committee sometimes.

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 Maybe He wouldn't be invited

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 to come sit in our homes

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 because He would go

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 with publicans and sinners,

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 the Bible says.

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 Jesus showed

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 the real, genuine love

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 and grace of God.

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 We talked about this last week.

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 He was balanced,

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 square in the middle,

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 between grace and truth.

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 He didn't go too far one way

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 or too far the other way.

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 Jesus walked that perfect balance

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 of showing the love of God

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 and speaking the truth

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 of the reality,

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 the dangers of our own sin.

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 But He didn't just condemn us.

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 He said,

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 I didn't come

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 to condemn the world.

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 He said,

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 I came

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 so that the world

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 could be saved.

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 I came to offer

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 a way of hope.

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 I came to offer

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 a way of salvation.

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 salvation.

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 And so that is what Jesus

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 came to do.

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 It all started in the cradle,

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 but it didn't stay there.

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 So don't keep Christ

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 in the cradle.

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 Would you turn with me quickly

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 to the book of John,

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 the Gospel of John.

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 Jesus walked closely with John.

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 He was called the apostle

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 who Jesus loved.

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 Jesus maybe,

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 out of His 12 disciples,

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 had a closer personal relationship

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 with John

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 than anyone else.

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 And so in John chapter 18,

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 chapter 18,

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 Jesus is standing

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 before Pilate.

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 We've jumped all the way

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 33 years later

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 toward the end

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 of Jesus' time on earth.

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 And He's standing

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 before the ruler Pilate.

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 And He is facing charges

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 of blasphemy.

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 Facing charges

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 that would lead Him

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 to punishment

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 of death on a cross.

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 And what happens?

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 In verse 35,

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 Pilate says,

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 Your own nation

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 and the chief priests,

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 your chief priests,

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 the Jewish religious leaders

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 handed you over to Me.

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 What have you done?

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 Verse 36,

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 Jesus said,

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 My kingdom

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 is not of this world,

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 said Jesus.

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 If My kingdom

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 were of this world,

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 My servants would fight

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 so that I wouldn't

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 be handed over

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 to the Jews.

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 But as it is,

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 My kingdom

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 is not from here.

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 Verse 37,

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 So you're a king then?

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 Pilate asked.

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 You say that I'm a king,

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 Jesus replied.

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 I was born for this.

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 And I have come

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 into the world

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 for this,

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 to testify

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 to the truth.

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 He said,

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 I was born

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 for this.

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 I wasn't born

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 just to stay a baby.

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 I wasn't born

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 just as a miracle

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 of the virgin birth.

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 I wasn't born

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 just to have

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 the wise men come

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 and the kings

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 and give me gifts.

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 I wasn't born

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 just to have the shepherds

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 see the angels appear

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 and sing praises to God

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 and be so overwhelmed

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 and overcome

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 that they follow the star

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 to the manger

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 and they bow

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 and worship me.

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 I wasn't born

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 just for that moment.

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 He said,

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 I was born

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 to be a king.

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 I was born

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 to advance

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 the kingdom of God

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 on this earth.

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 I was born

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 to testify

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 to the truth.

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 So Jesus himself

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 gave us

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 the picture

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 of the reason,

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 the purpose

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 of his birth

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 right here

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 before Pilate

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 testifying to everyone

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 gathered there

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 watching.

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 He knew

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 his crucifixion

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 was right around

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 the corner.

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 He knew

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 he was about

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 to die.

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 That sacrifice

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 was about to happen

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 and so he said,

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 this is why

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 I was born.

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 This was it.

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 So don't keep

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 Christ

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 in the cradle.

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 Let him go on

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 in your heart,

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 in your mind,

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 and in your testimony

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 to those around you.

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 Let him go on

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 and live that purpose

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 for why he came.

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 Secondly,

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 don't keep Christ

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 on the cross.

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 Don't keep him

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 on the cradle,

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 but don't keep him

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 on the cross.

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 Oftentimes,

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 some of our

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 more tradition-based

00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:11.319
 religious practices

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 around this world

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 and churches

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 will be guilty

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 of this.

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 And I'm not saying

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 having a cross

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 in your home

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 is wrong.

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 I've got some

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 crosses

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 probably around

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 in decoration

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 celebrating

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 that Jesus

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 did come

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 and lay down

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 his life for us.

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 But don't leave him there.

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 Don't leave him there.

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 The story didn't end

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 in the cradle

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 and the story,

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 thank God,

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 did not end

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 on the cross.

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 So here's the point

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 to ponder.

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 Do I still see Jesus

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 as the baby

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 in the cradle

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 or the dying man

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 on the cross?

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 Pause right there,

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 would you?

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 And go over to Romans.

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 Romans chapter 6.

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 We're getting a little exercise

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 turning the pages

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 of the Word of God today

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 and that's fine.

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 If you didn't have one

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 with you,

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 a Bible with you,

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 grab one from the pew

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 or we have the Bible app

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 on the phone,

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 YouVersion.

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 Great resource

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 and tool for people.

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 Romans chapter 6

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 if you'd like to look on.

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 Romans chapter 6

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 and verse 8.

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 Here we go.

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 Romans 6

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 and verse 8.

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 Now if we died

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 with Christ,

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 we believe

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 that we will also

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 live with him.

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 Well that's good news.

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 First of all,

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 it's talking about us dying.

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 So that's a little scary.

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 Why are we talking about that

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 on Christmas Eve?

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 Right?

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 If we died with Christ,

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 we believe

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 that we will also

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 live with him.

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 Verse 9.

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 Because we know

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 that Christ,

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 Jesus,

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 having been raised

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 from the dead,

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 will not die again.

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 Y'all,

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 this is so important.

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 Jesus can't die

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 for your sins again.

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 Jesus' death,

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 his one time death,

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 that moment in history

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 that has eclipsed

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 every other moment

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 in history.

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 So much so

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 that our time,

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 our year,

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 our annual dividers,

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 B.C.A.D.,

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 are centered around

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 Christ Jesus himself.

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 Before Christ

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 and Anno Domini

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 in the year of our Lord.

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 He is the central point

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 of all human history.

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 And that death,

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 that culmination

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 of his life

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 on this earth,

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 according to God's plan,

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 the sacrifice

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 of his one

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 and only son

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 on that cross,

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 his blood pouring out

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 to cleanse your sins away

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 and cleanse my sins away,

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 we will accept

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 his offer

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 of the free gift

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 of eternal life.

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 That moment,

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 that death,

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 changed the game.

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 That moment

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 changed everything.

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 And that moment

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 was sufficient.

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 It was enough

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 for all of your

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 bad things.

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 It was sufficient

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 for all of your

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 weaknesses.

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 All of your

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 shortcomings.

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 All the ways

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 that you don't measure up.

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 All the issues

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 your spouse

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 has with you.

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 All the issues

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 your kids

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 have with you.

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 All the issues

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 you have with yourself.

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 Jesus'

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 death,

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 his blood

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 was enough

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 to pay for it.

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 To cover it.

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 To cleanse it

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 and forgive it.

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 that is why

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 we celebrate

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 him.

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 That's why

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 we sing

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 these songs.

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 That's why

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 we gather

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 on Sundays

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 and worship

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 him.

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 That's why

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 we read

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 his book.

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 And that's why

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 we listen

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 to his advice.

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 And we try

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 to follow

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 his leading

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 in our lives

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 because

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 he paid

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 everything.

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 He paid

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 all of our

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 debts.

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 Jesus

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 paid it

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 all.

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 But don't

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 leave him

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 on that cross.

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 If he was

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 dead

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 then what

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 good would

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 he be

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 to us

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 now?

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 Why would

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 we pray

00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:37.419
 to a dead

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 man?

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 Why would

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 we sing

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 songs of

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 praise

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 to a dead

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 man

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 except to

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 honor his

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 memory?

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 Folks,

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 we're not

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 honoring his

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 memory.

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 We're singing

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 to him

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 now

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 because

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 he is

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 alive.

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 Don't

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 keep

00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:51.480
 Jesus

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 on the

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 cross.

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 So do

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 we still

00:15:53.819 --> 00:15:54.279
 see him

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 as the

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 dying

00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.139
 man on

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 the cross?

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 Or do

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 I

00:15:56.439 --> 00:15:56.919
 recognize

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 now

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is my

00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:59.679
 resurrected

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 king

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 whose

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 spirit

00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:01.740
 lives

00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.220
 inside

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 me?

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 Remember

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 what

00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:03.519
 Pilate

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 said?

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 He said,

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 oh,

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 so you're

00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:05.179
 a king?

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 And Jesus

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 said,

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:06.620
 this was

00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.100
 the purpose

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:07.580
 while I was

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:07.879
 born.

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 To be

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 the king.

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 He was

00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:11.019
 already

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 king of

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 kings.

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 He was

00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:12.919
 already

00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:13.399
 lord of

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 lords.

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 The

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 Bible

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 says that

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 one day

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 every knee

00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:16.939
 will bow

00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:17.679
 and every

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 tongue

00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:18.860
 will confess

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 yours

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 and mine

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 and everyone

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 else's.

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 All those

00:16:21.939 --> 00:16:22.279
 who say,

00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:22.439
 oh,

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 I'm an

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 atheist.

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 I'm

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 agnostic.

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 I don't

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 really

00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:25.100
 believe.

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 That's

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 okay.

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 One day

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 you will.

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 One day

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 you'll see

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 him face

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 to face

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 and one

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 day your

00:16:30.579 --> 00:16:30.939
 knee will

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 bow and

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 your tongue

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:32.600
 will join

00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:33.100
 ours in

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 confessing

00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:34.139
 that Jesus

00:16:34.139 --> 00:16:34.620
 Christ

00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:35.500
 is Lord.

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 God.

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 So he's

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:38.960
 now our

00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:39.379
 resurrected

00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:39.759
 king.

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 And his

00:16:40.940 --> 00:16:41.360
 spirit,

00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:41.960
 if you

00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.139
 have

00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:42.580
 accepted

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.039
 him by

00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:43.539
 faith in

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:43.840
 Jesus,

00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:44.799
 turn from

00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:45.320
 your sin

00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:45.759
 and turn

00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.240
 to Jesus,

00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:47.179
 then his

00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:47.799
 spirit lives

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.539
 inside you

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 and he

00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:49.620
 has now

00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.100
 made all

00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:50.419
 of his

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 power,

00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:51.740
 his peace,

00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:52.639
 his love,

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.419
 his joy,

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:53.960
 wisdom,

00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.759
 and grace

00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:55.639
 freely

00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:57.480
 available to

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 you and

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 to me.

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 That's the

00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:00.840
 good news of

00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:01.220
 Christmas.

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 Man,

00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:03.019
 if he was

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:03.419
 still a

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 baby,

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 I don't

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 know about

00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.120
 y'all,

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 I've had

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 two go

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 through the

00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:09.519
 baby stage

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 and not

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 a whole lot

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 they can do

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 at that

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 moment.

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 Jesus

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 was 100%

00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:16.680
 God,

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 he never

00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:17.759
 gave that

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 up,

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 but he

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 was also

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 100%

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 man.

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 Both

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 combined

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 at the

00:17:24.360 --> 00:17:25.039
 same time,

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 the theology

00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:26.480
 world,

00:17:26.620 --> 00:17:26.880
 they call it

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 the hypostatic

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 union.

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 Don't ask

00:17:29.120 --> 00:17:29.339
 me to

00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:29.900
 describe that,

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 define that.

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 I don't know

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 why they call

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 it that,

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 but that's

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 what it

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 means,

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 100%

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.279
 man and

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:35.840
 100%

00:17:35.840 --> 00:17:36.140
 God.

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:36.519
 I've got

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 my master's

00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:37.400
 degree now

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 so I can

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.740
 use that

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.000
 kind of

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 stuff.

00:17:41.080 --> 00:17:41.860
 We have

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 to believe

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 that he's

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 right because

00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:43.539
 he has

00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:43.940
 a master's

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 degree.

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 Anyway,

00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:47.559
 he was

00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:48.240
 100%

00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.580
 man and

00:17:48.580 --> 00:17:49.100
 100%

00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:49.500
 God.

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 And so

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 as 100%

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.539
 man,

00:17:51.600 --> 00:17:51.920
 he was

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 a baby.

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 You know

00:17:53.900 --> 00:17:54.320
 that song

00:17:54.320 --> 00:17:54.759
 says,

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 no crying

00:17:55.860 --> 00:17:56.500
 he makes?

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 The Bible

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 doesn't say

00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:58.779
 that.

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 I'm guessing

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 he probably

00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.420
 cried a

00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:00.680
 time or

00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:00.860
 two.

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 I don't

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 think he

00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:03.079
 was talking

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.519
 when he

00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:03.759
 was a

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:03.979
 baby.

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 So don't

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.359
 leave him

00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:08.759
 as a

00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.019
 baby.

00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:09.779
 He grew

00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.099
 up.

00:18:11.639 --> 00:18:12.259
 He did

00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:12.639
 lay down

00:18:12.639 --> 00:18:13.039
 his life

00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.359
 for you

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:13.599
 and for

00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:13.740
 me,

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 but don't

00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:14.379
 leave him

00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:14.679
 on that

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 cross.

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 Three days

00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:18.079
 later,

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 what did

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.359
 he do?

00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:21.279
 He rose.

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 In just a few

00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:23.119
 months,

00:18:23.179 --> 00:18:23.759
 we'll celebrate

00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.459
 that too.

00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.059
 Man,

00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.579
 we celebrate

00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:26.099
 that every

00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:26.359
 day.

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 But we'll

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 set a

00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:27.619
 time,

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 a special

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 time around

00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:32.279
 Easter to

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 put our

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 focus solely

00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:33.980
 on the

00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:34.440
 resurrection

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.559
 of our

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.759
 living Lord.

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 The little

00:18:39.159 --> 00:18:40.179
 Lord Jesus

00:18:40.179 --> 00:18:41.960
 was right

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.579
 to be called

00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:42.899
 Lord.

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.559
 While he

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.039
 was walking

00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:46.460
 on this

00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:46.779
 earth,

00:18:47.179 --> 00:18:47.859
 they called

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.399
 him Lord.

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.220
 When he

00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.839
 died on the

00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.279
 cross,

00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:52.659
 he was

00:18:52.659 --> 00:18:53.299
 still Lord.

00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:55.279
 during those

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:55.879
 three days

00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.180
 in the

00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:56.639
 grave,

00:18:57.399 --> 00:18:57.799
 he was

00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.419
 still Lord.

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.460
 And when

00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:01.339
 he rose

00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:02.059
 from the

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:03.200
 dead,

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:04.279
 showing all

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.619
 of his

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:04.980
 power,

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:07.599
 he proved

00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.399
 that he

00:19:08.399 --> 00:19:08.740
 can be

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:10.180
 Lord over

00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.619
 everything.

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 And so

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.240
 you recognize,

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:13.599
 right,

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.000
 church?

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.099
 You recognize

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.639
 that Jesus

00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.180
 is Lord?

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.099
 How many

00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.259
 of you

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.460
 would be

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:17.720
 able to

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.059
 lift your

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 hand and

00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:18.960
 say,

00:19:19.099 --> 00:19:19.480
 testify

00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.720
 together that

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.720
 Jesus is

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.059
 Lord?

00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:22.480
 Can we do

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:22.759
 that?

00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.339
 Can we

00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:23.519
 join?

00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:23.839
 Yes.

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 Amen.

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.000
 Amen.

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 That God

00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:27.119
 receives glory

00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:27.579
 from that.

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 Now don't

00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:29.700
 raise your

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.039
 hand on

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.440
 this one.

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:31.819
 But how

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.160
 many of you

00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:32.640
 would say,

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:33.879
 he is

00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:34.640
 indeed Lord

00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:35.720
 of my

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.079
 life?

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:37.920
 He's

00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:38.440
 Lord of

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.000
 my life.

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.200
 His

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.839
 spirit lives

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.220
 in me.

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:44.099
 I recognize

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:45.680
 that he's

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.240
 given me all

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.799
 his power,

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.339
 all his

00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:47.740
 peace,

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.200
 all his

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.619
 love,

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.440
 his joy,

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.299
 his wisdom,

00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:51.220
 and his

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.680
 grace.

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.580
 freely

00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:52.980
 without

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:53.539
 charge.

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:54.960
 He's

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.299
 Lord

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.220
 of my

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:56.580
 life.

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:57.600
 So that's

00:19:57.600 --> 00:19:57.980
 the takeaway

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.560
 this morning.

00:19:59.340 --> 00:19:59.920
 Let Jesus

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:01.320
 be Lord

00:20:01.320 --> 00:20:02.340
 of my

00:20:02.340 --> 00:20:02.700
 life.

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.660
 That little

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.220
 Lord Jesus.

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.200
 What does that

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.799
 look like for

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.019
 you?

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:07.180
 Maybe for you,

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.120
 letting Jesus

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:08.820
 be Lord of

00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:09.400
 your life

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.480
 means taking

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.080
 that first

00:20:11.080 --> 00:20:12.400
 step and

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:12.759
 saying,

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.400
 I know

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:14.519
 that I

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:14.960
 am a

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.160
 sinner,

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:16.120
 and I know

00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:16.680
 that Jesus

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.500
 wants to be

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.039
 my Savior.

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.119
 Savior.

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.339
 Maybe I've

00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:19.680
 heard that

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.019
 story,

00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.379
 or maybe

00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:20.819
 I'm hearing

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.259
 it for the

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.859
 first time,

00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:22.440
 but I

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.440
 recognize that

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.599
 Jesus laid

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:26.099
 down his

00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.639
 throne in

00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:26.899
 heaven,

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.839
 and came

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.220
 down,

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:28.759
 and was

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.159
 born of

00:20:29.159 --> 00:20:29.559
 the Virgin

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:29.980
 Mary.

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.779
 And he

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:32.819
 grew up,

00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:33.299
 and he did

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:34.359
 many miracles,

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.559
 and he proved

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.379
 himself as

00:20:36.379 --> 00:20:37.159
 God to those

00:20:37.159 --> 00:20:37.960
 who saw him

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.500
 here on earth,

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.039
 and he

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.879
 gained this

00:20:39.879 --> 00:20:40.559
 big following,

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:40.839
 right?

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.079
 But then

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.740
 Jesus laid

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.099
 down his

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.599
 life on the

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:43.879
 cross,

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.180
 and he

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.700
 allowed the

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.399
 religious leaders

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:46.059
 of that day

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:47.200
 to crucify him.

00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:48.819
 And then

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.539
 Jesus'

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.460
 following began

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:51.200
 to grow like

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.720
 nothing this

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.279
 world has ever

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.599
 seen.

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.099
 And churches

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:54.879
 began popping

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.220
 up,

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.359
 worshiping this

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:57.139
 man called

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:57.579
 Jesus.

00:20:59.159 --> 00:20:59.759
 Why?

00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:00.799
 Because he

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.240
 didn't stay

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.960
 on that cross.

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.859
 Because he

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.599
 rose from the

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:04.899
 dead.

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.099
 And so now

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:07.259
 Jesus is alive

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.399
 today, and he

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:09.619
 matters for this

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.480
 church, and he

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.519
 matters for you,

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.480
 and he matters

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.159
 for the broken

00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:14.039
 relationship that

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.519
 you have.

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.599
 He can help

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:15.839
 that.

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:17.019
 Jesus can be

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.940
 Lord over that.

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.819
 He can make

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.519
 a difference if

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.079
 you give it to

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.339
 him.

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.940
 Jesus can make

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.599
 a difference for

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.220
 that need that

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.899
 you can't seem

00:21:23.899 --> 00:21:24.339
 to meet.

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.899
 Jesus can make

00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:27.700
 a difference for

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.259
 the thing in

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.539
 your life that

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.220
 seems hopeless,

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.359
 that you can't

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:31.920
 wrap your head

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.220
 around.

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.779
 Jesus is the

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.159
 answer.

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:34.720
 Why?

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.319
 Because he's

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.599
 king.

00:21:35.899 --> 00:21:36.539
 Because he's

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:36.879
 Lord.

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.139
 He's got power

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.859
 over it all.

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:39.639
 He said all

00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:40.440
 power is given

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.579
 to me in heaven

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.500
 and in earth,

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:44.159
 so you can go

00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:44.899
 in that power.

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.639
 It's accessible

00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:47.119
 to you.

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:48.039
 It's free

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.439
 to you.

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.319
 But you've

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.819
 got to make

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.539
 Jesus Lord

00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.539
 of your life.

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.079
 We're not

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.759
 puppets on a

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.059
 string.

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:54.799
 He's not

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.379
 pulling us

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:57.339
 and forcing

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.019
 us to do

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.679
 exactly what

00:21:58.679 --> 00:21:59.199
 he wants us

00:21:59.199 --> 00:21:59.500
 to do.

00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.139
 He gives

00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:00.579
 us this

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.119
 little thing

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 called free

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 will.

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 And when we

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 go our own

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 way, we

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 receive the

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 results of

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 that.

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 when we

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 subject our

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 will to

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 his and

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 make him

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 Lord, then

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 we receive

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 the results

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 of his

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 lordship in

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 our life.

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 Let Jesus

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 be Lord of

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 your life.

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 Maybe you

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 need to turn

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 to him for

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 the forgiveness

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 of your sins

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 and become

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 his child.

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 Or maybe,

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 maybe you've

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 already done

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 that and

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 maybe you

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 need to make

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 him Lord

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 over a

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 specific thing

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 in your life.

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 Maybe there's

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 an addiction

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 that you need

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 to make him

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 Lord over.

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 Maybe there's

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 a pride

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 problem.

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 Maybe there's

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 an arrogance

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 problem.

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 Maybe there's

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 a fear

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 problem that

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 you need to

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 recognize that

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 God is in

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 control and

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 make him

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 Lord over

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 that fear,

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 over that

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 worry.

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 Whatever it

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 is, he

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 said, my

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 peace I

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 leave with

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 you.

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 But you've

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 got to make

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 him Lord.

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 The little

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 Lord Jesus

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.259
 can be Lord

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 of your life

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 this morning.

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 Would you

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 bow your

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:11.819
 heads with

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 me?

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 God, I

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 thank you so

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 much for

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 your offer,

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.779
 your gift of

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 lordship to

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 us.

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 You didn't

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 just create

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 us, you

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 didn't just

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 save us and

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 forgive us and

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 then abandon

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 us.

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 You offered

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 to walk with

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 us, to

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 give us that

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 wisdom, to

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 help us to

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 walk under

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 your authority,

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 recognizing

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 you as

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 our father,

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 as our

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 friend, and

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:40.420
 as Lord over

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 our decisions,

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 as Lord over

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 our emotions,

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 as Lord over

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 our bank

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.720
 accounts, as

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 Lord over our

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 families, our

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 relationships.

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 We can speak

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 the power of

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 Jesus into

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 those things.

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 God, I know

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 that there are

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.879
 families here

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.539
 this morning

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:02.359
 who are just

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.059
 trying to make

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.379
 it through

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 Christmas because

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 it's a difficult

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.240
 time.

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 I know that

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:08.980
 there are people

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 here in town

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 that there's

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.319
 strained

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.899
 relationships.

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 I know that

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 there's financial

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 hardships.

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 I know that

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 there are all

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 kinds of

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 problems that

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 this world

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.680
 gives to us.

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 But God, I

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.500
 know that you're

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 bigger than all

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.399
 of us.

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 I know that

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 you can hold

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 our hand as

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 we walk through

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 those things.

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 And you can

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.380
 make them

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 easier to

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.120
 endure.

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 You can get

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 us through.

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 And then

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 someday, we

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 can look back

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 and see why.

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 Knowing that

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 you brought us

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.740
 through for our

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 good and for

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 your glory.

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 God, I pray

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.580
 that there's

00:24:52.580 --> 00:24:53.019
 somebody here

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:54.440
 this morning that

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 would make you

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.560
 Lord of their

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 life.

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 And it's in

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.000
 Jesus' name I

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 pray it.

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.539
 Amen.