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 Hebrews chapter 2.

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 I want to spend the next two Sunday mornings

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 The writer to the Hebrews is quoting the Old Testament, Psalm 8,

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 and he asks the question, doesn't he,

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 what is man?

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 What is man?

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 What is woman?

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 And then in verse 9, he really gives us the answer to that in a very profound way,

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 where he tells us we see Jesus.

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 That's really the answer to the question in verse 5.

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 What is man?

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 See Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 If you hear this, isn't it?

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 I hid it in a supermarket not long ago.

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 I love the human race.

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 All of my family belong to it.

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 And some of my husband's family too.

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 And I don't know if you realize you're part of the human race.

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 There is only one race.

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 I think we've got to keep saying that.

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 There's one race.

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 And that's the human race.

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 The Apostle Paul, when he's speaking at the Areopagus in Athens,

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 he's debating there with the intelligentsia of the day.

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 And he told them and he tells us that from one man, God has created every nation to inhabit the whole earth.

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 So that means there is only one race.

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 It's the human race.

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 We're part of the same race.

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 This morning, it doesn't matter where you come from.

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 It doesn't matter what the color of your skin is.

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 It doesn't matter what language you speak.

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 There's one race, one human race, and we are human beings.

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 And so the question, I think that Psalm 8 is asking and verse 5 is asking,

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 what does it mean to belong to the human race?

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 What does it mean to be a human being?

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 There's a lovely story told about the 19th century philosopher Schopenhauer.

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 Schopenhauer, as you can tell, I've not done much reading of him.

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 But Schopenhauer was like many, many academics,

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 and he wasn't very interested in his personal appearance.

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 He wasn't too worried what he looked like.

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 He was sitting on a park bench in a park,

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 apparently looking more like a tramp than a professor.

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 He was very disheveled.

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 And he was approached by a policeman who said,

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 Jim, who do you think you are?

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 And he said, I wish to God I knew.

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 What does it mean for you?

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 What does it mean to be a human being?

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 To belong to the human race?

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 And the answer to that question is found in the incarnation of Jesus.

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 The God who became man.

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 And that is why it could be argued that Christianity is properly understood,

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 actually really is true humanism.

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 As opposed to the mysticism and other worldliness of other religions.

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 So someone has said, I would rather be found in Christ than lost in God.

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 I'd rather be found in Christ than lost in God.

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 And so don't think that Christianity is losing yourself in God.

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 That's mysticism.

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 Christianity is being found in Jesus Christ.

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 Christianity is, as you come and put yourself under the rule of King Jesus,

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 you discover who you really are.

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 Who you were created to be.

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 You find your true identity as a human being in Christ.

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 And so there's two huge ideas in this passage and I want to draw it out.

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 Let me put it like this.

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 There is the man who would be God.

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 That's you.

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 That's me.

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 That's Adam, the first man.

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 The man who would be God.

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 And then there is the God who became man.

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 So those two things.

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 The man who would be God, verses 6 to 8.

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 He's quoting from Psalm 8.

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 And the question that Psalm raises is, what is man?

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 There's many answers to that question.

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 What is a human being?

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 Some of them are profound.

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 Some of them are ridiculous, aren't they?

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 Plato once defined man as a featherless bipod.

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 One day one of his students brought a plucked chicken into the lecture hall.

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 Much to his embarrassment said, is this all we are?

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 Is that all a human being is?

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 A plucked chicken?

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 A naked ape?

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 Is that what we are?

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 Someone with far too much time on their hands has worked out that the average human being,

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 that's you, has got enough fat for seven bars of soap.

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 Iron enough for one medium-sized nail.

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 Phosphorous enough to tip 2,200 matches.

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 Potash enough to explode a toy crane.

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 Sulfur enough to rid one dog of fleas.

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 That's what you are, chemically.

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 Is that all you are as a human being?

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 It's interesting, isn't it?

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 Even the most convinced atheist faced with the choice of having to run over a child or a dog

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 would choose the child.

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 Even the most hardened atheist you know, if they were faced with that dilemma,

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 what's the difference between a dog and a child?

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 What is a human being?

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 Isn't it surely just a highly developed animal?

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 Is he an undeveloped child, as Darwin thought?

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 Freud taught.

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 Is a human being a cog in a machine?

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 An economic unit, like Marx believed?

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 There's loads of different answers, aren't there, to this question.

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 Mark Twain apologized for man by saying that God made man at the end of a very busy week.

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 Because he was tired.

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 What is man?

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 Well, the answer is, if you look at these verses in verses 6 to 8,

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 and he's quoting from the Old Testament,

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 and he's telling us the Bible's answer to this question.

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 What is man?

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 That you're mindful of him.

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 You are mindful of him.

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 Or the son of man that you care for him.

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 You made him a little lower,

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 a little while lower than the angels.

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 You've crowned him with glory and honor.

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 You see, God created human beings.

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 And he made us a little lower than the angels.

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 And when he created this world in which we live,

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 he gave us this world to cultivate and care for.

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 To nurture it.

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 And that means it's our responsibility to seek peace,

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 to work and act justly,

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 to care for the environment that God has put us in.

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 That's how God created us, to rule over his world.

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 But at present, look what it says.

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 You've made man a little lower than the angels.

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 You've crowned him with glory and with honor.

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 And then verse 8,

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 you've put everything in subjection under his feet.

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 That's problematic, isn't it?

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 Because not everything is under human beings' feet.

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 The world is not under our feet.

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 The world is not under our control.

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 Everybody wants to rule the world,

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 according to Tears for Fears.

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 Frank Sinatra's favorite song was,

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 If I Rule the World.

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 I'm really up to date, aren't I?

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 You'll have a George Formby illustration in a minute.

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 But we want to thank God.

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 We don't rule the world, don't we?

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 Thank God I don't rule the world.

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 I can't even organize my diary.

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 Imagine everything was under my control.

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 It would be a disaster.

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 And it's not just me, is it?

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 When you look around us at human beings,

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 what do we see?

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 We don't see everything in control, in its place.

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 That's not how the world is, is it?

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 Martin Luther King famously said,

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 we have guided missiles and unguided men.

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 So we've got the technology, haven't we,

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 in your pockets to do astonishing things.

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 Man can walk on the moon,

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 but we can't live together.

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 We've got the scientific know-how

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 to feed the world millions,

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 many times over,

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 but still a quarter of the world's population

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 are starving.

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 And the long history of the human race

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 shows that human beings,

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 men and women,

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 often behave more like slaves

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 than sovereigns.

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 What is man?

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 God made man a little lower

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 than the angels to rule,

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 to put everything under his feet,

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 and we're meant to be sovereigns,

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 ruling under the authority of God,

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 the world that he's given us.

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 A world that is perfectly suited

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 to our needs,

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 but we can't live like that.

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 So back in the Old Testament,

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 one of the great observers of life,

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 Solomon,

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 in Ecclesiastes chapter 10, verse 7,

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 he says this,

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 I've seen slaves on horseback

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 while princes go on foot like slaves.

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 If he was talking nowadays,

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 he'd talk about chauffeur-driven limousines

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 or something like that.

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 But who is in the driving seat?

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 He says,

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 as I look around the world,

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 I've seen slaves on horseback

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 while princes go on foot.

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 Paul talks in Philippians 3

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 about those who are the enemies

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 of the cross of Christ

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 and their God is their belly.

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 What does that mean?

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 It's exactly the same point he's making,

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 that the appetites and the desires

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 that God has created us for,

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 you know, things like

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 the enjoyment of food

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 and the ability to form relationships,

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 the gift of sex,

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 the context of marriage,

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 all those things which are good gifts

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 from God's hand.

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 They are good servants in this life

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 and yet they become masters

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 which dominate us.

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 Things that control us.

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 And so the servants are on horseback

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 and we are coming along behind

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 sort of cap in hand to our own lusts.

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 And instead of being in control,

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 we find ourselves out of control

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 in so many levels.

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 Do you see,

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 this is man,

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 man who would be God,

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 this is the man who would be

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 the captain of his own fate

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 and the master of his own destiny,

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 but we're not.

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 So what is the answer to that?

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 Here is man made by God

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 to be ruler over everything,

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 himself and this world

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 for the good and blessing of others,

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 but it's not the way things are.

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 And so here's where the great message

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 of Christmas is,

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 comes in.

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 He says,

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 what is man?

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 See Jesus.

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 Not the man who would be God,

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 but God who actually became a man.

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 We see him

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 who was made a little lower

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 than the angels.

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 That's what the incarnation is.

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 It is God become flesh,

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 the creator entering into his creation.

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 The king of the angels,

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 the one who was seated

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 below the cherubim,

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 the one whom the angels worshipped,

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 the king of the angels,

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 now made a little bit lower

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 than the angels.

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 He takes on frail flesh.

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 And there's three things here.

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 We see him as our brother

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 and as our captain

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 and as our king.

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 He's the king who is crowned.

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 He's the king who is crowned,

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 verse 7,

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 with glory and honor.

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 Can you see that in verse 9?

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 We see Jesus made a little lower

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 than the angels,

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 namely Jesus crowned

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 with glory and honor.

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 He's not the man who would be God,

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 but he is the God who became man.

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 It's not robbery,

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 Paul says,

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 for him in Philippians chapter 2.

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 It's not robbery for him

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 to claim to be equal with God.

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 He is equal with God

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 and yet he humbled himself

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 and made himself of no reputation

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 and took upon himself

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 the form of a servant,

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 a slave,

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 and he was obedient unto death,

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 even death on a cross.

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 He did not reach out

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 to grasp something

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 that belonged to him.

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 He didn't covet.

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 That's what Adam did,

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 isn't it?

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 Which is why we're in the mess.

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 We're in.

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 Adam coveted him.

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 He reached out for what was not his.

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 He humbled himself

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 and Jesus is not a

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 Greco-Roman God

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 who lives on Mount Olympus,

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 drinking wine

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 surrounded by festal virgins,

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 who occasionally

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 looks down

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 when he's bored.

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 He's the God

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 who actually came down.

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 Tim Caller,

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 in one of his books,

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 retells the gruesome story

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 of a murder

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 that took place

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 in 1964

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 in New York.

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 I was a 28-year-old

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 by the name of

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 Catherine Genovese.

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 She was brutally murdered

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 in a place called

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 Kew Gardens,

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 but in New York.

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 It was a grisly killing

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 and what particularly

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 hit the headlines

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 was not so much

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 the killing,

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 because that happens

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 in all big cities,

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 doesn't it,

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 all the time.

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 It was the response

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 of the neighbors

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 as she screamed for help.

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 38 witnesses

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 did nothing to help.

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 People opened their windows.

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 They looked out,

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 but nobody bothered

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 to call the police.

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 One witness later

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 explained himself

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 with a phrase

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 that passed in infamy,

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 I didn't want

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 to get involved.

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 According to the reports,

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 the people opened

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 their windows

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 and looked down.

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 Some called down

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 and the murderer

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 went away,

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 but came back

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 to finish her off.

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 Jesus,

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 Jesus didn't open

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 the window

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 and look down.

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 Jesus heard

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 our screams

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 and came down.

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 He's not some

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 Greek or Roman God

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 who lives in his own world

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 and is not really

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 interested in us.

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 Jesus,

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 here's the one

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 who appeared

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 to Moses

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 in the burning bush.

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 The angel of the Lord

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 who appeared

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 in the burning bush

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 and he says,

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 I've seen the misery

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 of my people,

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 I've heard their cries

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 and I'm concerned

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 about their suffering.

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 and I've come down

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 to deliver

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 and this is the one

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 who appeared

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 in that manger

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 in Bethlehem.

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 There's a great little

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 picture of a manger

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 and the caption

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 in the cartoon

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 above the manger

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 says,

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 king-sized bed.

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 It's great,

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 isn't it?

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 That's what happened

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 to the king,

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 the king of the angels,

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 the Lord of lords

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 didn't just look down,

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 he didn't just hear

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 our screams,

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 he's come down

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 to do something about it,

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 to deliver us

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 and we look around

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 the world

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 and we don't see

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 the world as it was

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 meant to be

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 and our lives are not

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 as they were meant to be

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 but we see Jesus

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 this Christmas

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 and we want our friends

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 and our neighbours

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 to see Jesus

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 because Jesus is

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 the hope of the world.

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 We see Jesus

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 in that manger

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 and it is a king-sized bed

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 because the king

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 has come down

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 to do something

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 about the mess

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 we've got ourselves into.

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 He's our king,

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 he's the captain

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 of our salvation.

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 Look at verse 10

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 with me.

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 It says,

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 for it was fitting

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 that he

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 for whom

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 and by whom

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 all things exist

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 in bringing

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 many sons

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 to glory

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 should make

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 the founder

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 of their salvation,

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 the captain

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 of their salvation

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 perfect through suffering.

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 And so verse 10

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 is saying

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 he's not the one

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 who's appeared

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 in the burning bush

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 as an angel

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 of the Lord.

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 He is that one

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 who appeared

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 in the burning bush.

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 He is the one

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 who appeared

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 to Joshua

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 at Jericho

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 as the captain

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 of the Lord's army.

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 He is the captain

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 of our salvation

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 and now he comes

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 to champion

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 our cause.

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 The burning bush

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 in Joshua

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 it's just an appearance,

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 it's fleeting,

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 it's temporary.

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 It's foreshadowing

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 something,

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 it's pointing you

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 to something,

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 it's a tantalizing

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 glimpse.

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 But now

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 here is the reality

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 the writer

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 of the Hebrews says.

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 Here is

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 the founder,

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 here is the captain,

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 here is the champion

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 of our salvation

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 who's actually come.

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 And you notice

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 in verse 10

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 do you see

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 what he brings?

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 He's bringing

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 many sons

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 to glory.

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 Many sons

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 to glory.

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 Literally

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 he's the arch leader.

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 Literally

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 he's the founder,

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 he's the trailblazer,

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 he's the pioneer.

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 And it was fitting

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 that

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 God should make him

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 perfect.

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 In other words,

00:18:02.699 --> 00:18:03.559
 Jesus is perfectly

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 suited to this job

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.099
 of saving.

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 Perfectly

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 suited

00:18:08.899 --> 00:18:09.859
 to this job

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 of saving

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 through suffering.

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 suffering.

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 So it's not

00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:14.460
 enough for him

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:15.079
 to come

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 and for him

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 to appear.

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 He has to

00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:20.200
 become one

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.779
 of us.

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 He has to

00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:22.319
 take frail

00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:23.779
 human flesh

00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.420
 in order to

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 bleed and die.

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 It was

00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.200
 fitting

00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:29.319
 that God

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:30.000
 should make

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.980
 the captain

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:32.099
 of our salvation

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 perfectly

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 suited

00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.339
 through suffering.

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 So imagine

00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.259
 someone is trapped

00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.779
 in a burning

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.200
 building.

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 you don't

00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.720
 send someone

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.799
 just in a pair

00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.539
 of Speedos

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.460
 into that burning

00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:45.799
 building,

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.120
 do you?

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 You don't do that

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 because that would

00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:49.779
 not be fitting.

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:53.480
 But if somebody

00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:53.920
 was drowning

00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.600
 in the sea,

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 you wouldn't

00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.180
 send someone

00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:57.100
 in full

00:18:57.100 --> 00:18:57.759
 fireman's gear,

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.059
 would you?

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 That wouldn't

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.500
 be fitting either

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:02.200
 because

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:04.500
 the type

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.460
 of rescue

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:08.220
 defines

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.819
 the kind

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.340
 of rescuer

00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:09.819
 you need.

00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:10.319
 Can you see that?

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:13.059
 And Jesus

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:14.160
 is exactly

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:14.660
 the kind

00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:15.259
 of rescuer

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:16.079
 that you need.

00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:19.100
 There's an

00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:19.799
 old acronym.

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.000
 Jesus,

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:22.779
 you take

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:24.019
 the letters,

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:24.720
 Jesus

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.440
 exactly

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.140
 suits

00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:26.519
 us

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:26.920
 sinners.

00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:28.960
 Jesus,

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:30.100
 Jesus

00:19:30.100 --> 00:19:31.440
 exactly

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.259
 suits

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:32.799
 us

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.240
 sinners.

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.400
 sinners.

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.279
 He's the

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.660
 God who

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.380
 became man

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:36.920
 in order to

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.359
 suffer and

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:37.779
 bleed and

00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:38.220
 die for

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:38.640
 our sins.

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.039
 He's put

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.400
 on the

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:40.960
 uniform of

00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.519
 our humanity,

00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:41.920
 if I can put

00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.279
 it like that.

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.240
 He's become

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:44.839
 an authentic

00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.500
 human being

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.240
 in every sense

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.559
 of the word,

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:47.120
 psychologically,

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:47.819
 emotionally,

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.259
 spiritually.

00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.059
 He's become

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.980
 one of us

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:51.799
 in order to

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:52.339
 rescue us.

00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:54.460
 Jesus

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:54.960
 exactly

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.559
 suits us

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.000
 as sinners.

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:56.480
 He's not only

00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:56.940
 the king

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.579
 and the

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:57.880
 captain,

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.420
 but notice

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.299
 also he's

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.880
 our brother.

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.039
 Verse 11

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.559
 and 12.

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:05.400
 For he

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:05.559
 who

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.120
 sanctifies

00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:06.359
 these,

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.059
 he who

00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:07.400
 sets us

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:07.680
 apart,

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.440
 and those

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.680
 who are

00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.079
 sanctified,

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.460
 all of

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:09.839
 one source,

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.299
 that is

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.779
 why he

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.799
 is not

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.259
 ashamed to

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.500
 call them

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:12.819
 brothers.

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.400
 Saying,

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:15.940
 I will

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.339
 tell of

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.079
 your name,

00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:17.599
 God,

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:17.920
 to my

00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.200
 brothers,

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.559
 and in

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:18.880
 the midst

00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.160
 of the

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:19.539
 congregation,

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:19.859
 I will

00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.120
 sing your

00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:20.480
 praise.

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.579
 And again,

00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:24.859
 I will

00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.160
 put my

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 trust in

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 him,

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 and again,

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 behold,

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 I,

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.640
 look,

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 I and

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.380
 the

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:29.779
 children

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.640
 God has

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:30.940
 given

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.279
 me.

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 That's

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 what

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.120
 Christmas

00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:34.559
 means.

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 It means

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 that the

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.160
 God who

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:38.279
 created us

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.720
 has now

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.180
 actually come

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.940
 amongst us

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 and has

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.839
 brought us

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.359
 into his

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 family.

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 And it

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.599
 says,

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.019
 doesn't it,

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.759
 Jesus is

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.620
 not ashamed

00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:51.460
 to call us

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:51.859
 brothers.

00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.019
 brothers.

00:20:55.139 --> 00:20:55.519
 Our

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 Western

00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:57.019
 individualistic

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:58.319
 society is

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.879
 quite different

00:20:58.879 --> 00:20:59.439
 to Jesus.

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.719
 In the

00:21:01.719 --> 00:21:02.199
 world of the

00:21:02.199 --> 00:21:02.619
 New Testament,

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.759
 family matters

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.759
 much more

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.240
 than it does

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.719
 even in our

00:21:05.719 --> 00:21:06.039
 culture.

00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:10.439
 And so if

00:21:10.439 --> 00:21:10.839
 you go for a

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.199
 job today,

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.779
 you come up

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.659
 with a CV

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.500
 and you come

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:13.740
 up with

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.199
 references,

00:21:14.439 --> 00:21:15.279
 you list

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.879
 your achievements

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.339
 and your

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.839
 accomplishments

00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:18.379
 and that is

00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:18.599
 what will

00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:18.939
 get you the

00:21:18.939 --> 00:21:19.179
 job.

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.379
 But in the

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.899
 ancient world,

00:21:20.959 --> 00:21:21.219
 in the New

00:21:21.219 --> 00:21:21.679
 Testament world,

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:21.920
 it wasn't

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.160
 like that

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.620
 at all.

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 And in

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.000
 lots of

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.519
 cultures today,

00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.000
 maybe some

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.400
 of the

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:26.820
 cultures you

00:21:26.820 --> 00:21:27.180
 come from,

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:27.539
 it's not

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:27.960
 like that.

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.039
 That you're

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.620
 not so much

00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.259
 a product of

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.740
 your own

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.759
 choices and

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.200
 your own

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.600
 decisions,

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.320
 you are

00:21:35.320 --> 00:21:36.120
 actually a

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:36.820
 product of

00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:37.480
 your family.

00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:41.320
 And so

00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:41.680
 what they

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.380
 want is,

00:21:42.560 --> 00:21:42.980
 if you are

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.240
 going to

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.539
 commend

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.080
 yourself to

00:21:44.080 --> 00:21:44.539
 an employer

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.240
 or someone

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.480
 in the

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.019
 ancient world,

00:21:46.060 --> 00:21:46.279
 what they

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.660
 want is not

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.060
 so much a

00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:47.720
 CV, a

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.779
 list of

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.160
 all your

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.680
 accomplishments

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.440
 and all your

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:50.880
 achievements,

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.880
 but what

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:52.140
 they want

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.380
 is your

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:53.160
 family tree.

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:53.880
 What family

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.320
 are you from?

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:54.680
 Can I

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.140
 trust you?

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:58.940
 And so

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.060
 it's

00:21:59.060 --> 00:21:59.360
 interesting,

00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.680
 isn't it,

00:21:59.760 --> 00:22:00.120
 that the

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.700
 Gospels,

00:22:00.780 --> 00:22:01.060
 what do they

00:22:01.060 --> 00:22:01.400
 begin with,

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.780
 Matthew and

00:22:01.780 --> 00:22:01.880
 Luke?

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.540
 They begin,

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:02.800
 don't they,

00:22:02.800 --> 00:22:03.040
 with a

00:22:03.040 --> 00:22:03.620
 genealogy.

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.259
 they begin

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.479
 with a

00:22:04.479 --> 00:22:05.099
 family tree.

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.679
 And Matthew

00:22:08.679 --> 00:22:09.079
 and Luke

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.619
 are writing

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.179
 the Gospels

00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:10.839
 to commend

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.479
 Jesus to

00:22:11.479 --> 00:22:12.099
 the world

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:13.079
 and he

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.559
 starts not

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:13.799
 with a

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.319
 CV and

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.659
 not with a

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:15.039
 record of

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.379
 achievement,

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:15.899
 but with a

00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:16.599
 family tree.

00:22:19.419 --> 00:22:19.679
 And who

00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.239
 do you find

00:22:20.239 --> 00:22:20.519
 in that

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.019
 family tree,

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.539
 Matthew chapter

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:21.899
 one?

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.219
 There's all

00:22:25.219 --> 00:22:25.919
 sorts of

00:22:25.919 --> 00:22:27.500
 different names,

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:27.959
 aren't there?

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:30.660
 it's not an

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.600
 exhaustive list

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:32.279
 of kind of

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.279
 every generation,

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.720
 but there's

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.319
 four or five

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.860
 women in there

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.259
 for a start,

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.539
 which is

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.240
 unheard of

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.600
 in Jesus'

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:36.900
 day.

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.559
 Because the

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.360
 status of

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:42.600
 women is

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.039
 something that

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.539
 the Gospel

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:43.900
 of Jesus

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.380
 Christ actually

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:45.039
 brought in.

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.299
 In the

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.700
 ancient world,

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.140
 women had

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.000
 no status,

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.720
 and you

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.160
 wouldn't put

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.500
 them in

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.120
 your CV,

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.539
 but in

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:52.819
 Jesus'

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.360
 CV,

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.140
 there are

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.480
 four or

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.880
 five women

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.100
 in the

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.500
 family tree.

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:55.740
 There's

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.360
 Tamar,

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:57.100
 sordid

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:57.620
 story of

00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.139
 incest.

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:00.779
 Bathsheba,

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.019
 and the

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.319
 story of

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.799
 her adultery

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.259
 with David,

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:02.899
 there's

00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.639
 Rahab,

00:23:03.719 --> 00:23:04.500
 the prostitute,

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.259
 in the

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.959
 genealogy of

00:23:05.959 --> 00:23:06.179
 Jesus,

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.759
 and there's

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.139
 Mary,

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.899
 a single

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:08.139
 mom,

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.319
 an unmarried

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.559
 mom.

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.079
 And by

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.479
 the moral

00:23:13.479 --> 00:23:14.139
 standards of

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.579
 the day,

00:23:14.719 --> 00:23:15.139
 they would

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.679
 be seen as

00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:16.179
 the black

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.559
 sheep.

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:17.239
 And if you

00:23:17.239 --> 00:23:17.579
 wanted to

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:17.919
 commend

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.500
 yourself and

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:18.959
 put yourself

00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:19.239
 forward,

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.819
 you wouldn't

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.179
 put those

00:23:20.179 --> 00:23:20.500
 people in

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.879
 your family

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.219
 tree.

00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.659
 You'd put

00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:24.939
 the high

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.539
 achievers

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:27.399
 in the

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.960
 family tree

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.519
 and all

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.019
 the famous

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.500
 people.

00:23:30.800 --> 00:23:31.280
 You wouldn't

00:23:31.280 --> 00:23:31.500
 put the

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.940
 black sheep

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.540
 in at all.

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.740
 The people

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.380
 you're ashamed

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:34.820
 of.

00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:38.519
 But Jesus

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.200
 is not ashamed

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.540
 of you.

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:43.180
 He's not ashamed

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.500
 of me.

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:49.799
 to call us

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.400
 his family.

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.440
 He's not

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.099
 ashamed to

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.420
 call us

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.779
 his brothers

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.440
 and sisters.

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:56.940
 So it

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.200
 doesn't matter

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.480
 what you've

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.700
 done.

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.039
 It doesn't

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.539
 matter how

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.240
 many skeletons

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.740
 are in your

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.059
 cupboard.

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.480
 In his

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.920
 incarnation,

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:05.660
 in his

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:07.019
 becoming a

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.400
 man,

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.339
 and by his

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.759
 sacrifice for

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.440
 our sins on

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:10.940
 the cross,

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.059
 Jesus is not

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.859
 ashamed to

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.379
 call his

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.639
 people his

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:14.979
 brothers and

00:24:14.979 --> 00:24:15.240
 sisters.

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.099
 So does it

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.539
 matter what

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.979
 they think of

00:24:20.979 --> 00:24:21.199
 you in

00:24:21.199 --> 00:24:21.539
 school?

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.719
 Does it?

00:24:26.679 --> 00:24:27.279
 Does it

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.819
 matter what

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.339
 they think of

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.579
 you in

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:28.959
 work?

00:24:31.199 --> 00:24:31.819
 Does it

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.359
 matter what

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.979
 people say

00:24:32.979 --> 00:24:33.679
 about you

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:36.299
 when Jesus

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.979
 is not ashamed

00:24:36.979 --> 00:24:37.459
 to call you

00:24:37.459 --> 00:24:38.000
 his brother?

00:24:40.479 --> 00:24:41.279
 He is our

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.639
 king.

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:41.680
 king.

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.140
 And he

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.420
 is our

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:43.820
 captain.

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.140
 And he

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.420
 is our

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.640
 brother.

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:49.800
 Let me

00:24:49.800 --> 00:24:50.000
 try and

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.360
 apply this

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:50.600
 to you.

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.960
 What are

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.720
 you afraid

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.259
 of this

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.540
 morning?

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.600
 What are

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:57.060
 you afraid

00:24:57.060 --> 00:24:57.240
 of?

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.720
 Are you afraid

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.000
 of the

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.320
 future?

00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:58.880
 Lots of

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.160
 people are

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.759
 very afraid,

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.040
 aren't they?

00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:01.200
 I was at a

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:02.520
 party last

00:25:02.520 --> 00:25:02.960
 night where

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:05.360
 people didn't

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.740
 know what to

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.020
 talk about,

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.360
 so everybody

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:06.700
 talked about

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.120
 the cost of

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.279
 living

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.619
 crisis?

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.879
 Are you

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.219
 afraid of

00:25:10.219 --> 00:25:10.619
 the future?

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.319
 Look what it

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.599
 says in

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.179
 verse 5,

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.519
 can you see

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.719
 that?

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.379
 For it was

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.659
 not to

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.259
 angels that

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.939
 God subjected

00:25:20.939 --> 00:25:21.599
 the world

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.279
 to come.

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.659
 That's the

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.539
 future way to

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:25.939
 talk about.

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.500
 That is the

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.139
 world as it

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.639
 will be,

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.279
 the world as

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.979
 it should be,

00:25:32.179 --> 00:25:32.859
 and Jesus

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.379
 has been

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.759
 there.

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:36.319
 And if

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.740
 you belong

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:36.980
 to the

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.319
 Lord Jesus,

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.740
 that is

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.640
 your future.

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.859
 You belong

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.539
 to Jesus

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:42.460
 in the

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.099
 world to

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.339
 come,

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:43.740
 where

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.180
 everything

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.519
 is going

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.680
 to be

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:44.920
 in its

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.299
 place,

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.779
 a world

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:45.980
 where

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.420
 everything

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.960
 sad has

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.240
 become

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.700
 untrue,

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.559
 a world

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:50.740
 where

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.099
 everything

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:51.460
 will be

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:51.700
 as it

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.059
 was meant

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.480
 to be.

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.259
 No

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.579
 sickness,

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.220
 no sadness,

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.879
 no sorrow,

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.480
 no death,

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.019
 no difficult

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.400
 Christmas.

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.019
 And so

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.700
 what hope

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.019
 is there

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.879
 of that

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.059
 in the

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.200
 world?

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.779
 Is Rishi

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.100
 Sunak

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.299
 going to

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.600
 bring that

00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:04.759
 in?

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:07.100
 We know

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:07.480
 he won't,

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:07.840
 don't we?

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.580
 But we

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:10.940
 do see

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.319
 Jesus.

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.039
 And that's

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.420
 why Christmas

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.019
 matters so,

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.500
 so much,

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.940
 doesn't it?

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.640
 The message

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:16.900
 of the

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.220
 incarnation

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.860
 is so

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.259
 relevant

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.840
 to our

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.340
 world.

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:20.920
 We do

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.440
 see Jesus,

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:21.860
 the one

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.120
 who will

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.620
 rule the

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.120
 world to

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.420
 come,

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.299
 and he

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.600
 is the

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.019
 man

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.720
 who

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.259
 Psalm 8

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.819
 is all

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.120
 about,

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.880
 and through

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.279
 him it

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.519
 will be

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.880
 true for

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.160
 us.

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.480
 So are

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.779
 you afraid

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.000
 of the

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.259
 future?

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:32.900
 your

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.579
 captain

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.319
 has secured

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.920
 your future.

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.960
 Everything

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.559
 will be

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:37.980
 under his

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.220
 feet.

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.059
 Are you afraid

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.259
 of the

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.619
 past?

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.220
 Are there

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.640
 things in

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.420
 your life

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:49.279
 that you

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.640
 wouldn't be

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:49.879
 able to

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.240
 live down

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.599
 if it all

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.000
 came out?

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:55.299
 skeletons.

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.059
 We've all

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.579
 got skeletons

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:56.859
 in the

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.019
 cupboard,

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.380
 haven't we?

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.539
 But some

00:26:59.539 --> 00:26:59.920
 are bigger

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.420
 than others.

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.000
 Some are

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.680
 more scary

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.359
 than others.

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.859
 All of us

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.039
 have got

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.559
 a history.

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.519
 We have

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.059
 all got

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.680
 things that

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.000
 we are

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.339
 terribly

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.779
 ashamed

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.160
 of,

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.819
 and we

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.000
 wouldn't

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.420
 want anyone

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.779
 else to

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.000
 know.

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.319
 We've all

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.619
 got that,

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:16.940
 haven't we?

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.900
 But Jesus

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.339
 does know

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.720
 about that.

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:23.339
 Jesus knows

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:23.740
 about those

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.160
 things,

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.500
 and he is

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.079
 not ashamed

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.599
 to call you

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.039
 his brothers.

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.140
 There's an

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:31.519
 old hymn,

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.339
 how willing

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.039
 was Jesus

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.640
 to die

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:35.539
 that we

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.140
 fellow sinners

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.759
 might live.

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.079
 The life

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.559
 they could

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.180
 not take

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.740
 away,

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.140
 how willing

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.779
 was Jesus

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.640
 to give.

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.519
 That we

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.339
 fellow sinners

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.940
 that Jesus

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.539
 should be

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.339
 made sin

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.259
 for us,

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.240
 that he

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.640
 should be

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.119
 made the

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.759
 representative

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.379
 sinner,

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.180
 that he

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.680
 should not

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.359
 be ashamed

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.279
 to identify

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.779
 with the

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.400
 likes of

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.400
 you and

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:58.640
 me.

00:27:58.640 --> 00:28:04.619
 With all the

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.319
 skeletons in my

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.559
 cupboard,

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:08.000
 how willing

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.660
 was Jesus

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.460
 to die

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:12.240
 that we

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.759
 fellow sinners

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.240
 might live?

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:19.180
 not just

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.700
 fellow sinners

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.039
 with one

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.259
 another,

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.859
 but fellow

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.279
 sinners with

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.420
 him.

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.980
 He was no

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.319
 sinner,

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:26.680
 but he who

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.480
 knew no

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.759
 sin,

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.700
 the Bible

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.200
 tells us,

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.000
 he who knew

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.440
 no sin

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.180
 was made

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.579
 sin,

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.599
 that we

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.000
 might be put

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.299
 right with

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.559
 God.

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:34.599
 God.

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.899
 So maybe

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.659
 this morning

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:40.200
 it's all

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.659
 the past

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:41.200
 and it's

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.519
 not the

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:41.819
 future,

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.679
 you are

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.200
 really

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.639
 struggling

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:43.960
 with

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.460
 temptation.

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.859
 You're

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.240
 really

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.619
 struggling

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.200
 with sin,

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.299
 and it

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.799
 kind of

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.500
 seems like

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.980
 it's trapped

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.319
 you.

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.259
 This morning

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.539
 the Bible

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:54.980
 tells you

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.419
 you have

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:55.919
 a captain

00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:56.700
 and you

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.019
 have a

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.419
 champion

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:59.079
 and you

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.379
 have a

00:28:59.379 --> 00:28:59.639
 brother.

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:02.480
 you have

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.800
 one who

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.520
 will put

00:29:03.520 --> 00:29:04.060
 his arms

00:29:04.060 --> 00:29:04.640
 around you

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:04.940
 and you

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.360
 have a

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:05.880
 king who

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:07.420
 will deal

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.780
 with that

00:29:07.780 --> 00:29:08.240
 problem in

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.700
 your life.

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.560
 Maybe you're

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:12.100
 just struggling

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.560
 with life

00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:13.220
 generally this

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.600
 Christmas.

00:29:15.280 --> 00:29:16.160
 It's often a

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.020
 time when life

00:29:17.020 --> 00:29:17.759
 unravels,

00:29:17.800 --> 00:29:18.320
 it's often a

00:29:18.320 --> 00:29:18.759
 time when

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.780
 real problems

00:29:19.780 --> 00:29:20.380
 and real

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.900
 difficulties

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.700
 that people

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.220
 have come

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.580
 to the

00:29:22.580 --> 00:29:23.080
 surface.

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.720
 Perhaps it's

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.100
 because you've

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.420
 got more time

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.960
 to think about

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.340
 it or perhaps

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:29.259
 you're thrust

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.680
 into the

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.220
 company of

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:32.859
 others and

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.079
 we're not

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.640
 distracted by

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.099
 work and

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.720
 other things

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.460
 and things

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.759
 that we're

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.160
 struggling with

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.420
 and we're

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:36.819
 afraid of

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.379
 our troubles.

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.579
 Advice is

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.039
 often given

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.579
 to young

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.359
 ministers and

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:46.859
 that is to

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.359
 be with your

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:47.740
 people in

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.160
 their troubles

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:50.279
 because they'll

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.779
 remember that

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.240
 long after

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.680
 they've forgotten

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.240
 your sermons.

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.420
 It's good

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.859
 advice, isn't

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:53.960
 it?

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.720
 To be with

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.140
 your people

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.500
 in their

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.759
 troubles.

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:01.480
 Jesus is

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.839
 here with

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.079
 us in

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.200
 our

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.460
 troubles.

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.779
 What's

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.119
 his name?

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.839
 His name

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.359
 is Emmanuel.

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:07.799
 What does

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.079
 that mean?

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.440
 It means

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.200
 God with

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.539
 us.

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:09.960
 It's not

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.420
 God up

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:10.799
 there looking

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.180
 down,

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:12.160
 not God

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.440
 on the

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.000
 sidelines

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.359
 giving you

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:13.940
 some advice

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.379
 like some

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.799
 coach,

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.759
 but he is

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.079
 the one

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.519
 with us.

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:16.819
 He is

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.400
 God with

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.740
 us.

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.660
 In our

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.299
 trials and

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.759
 difficulties

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.339
 and troubles,

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:21.680
 in our

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.460
 temptations,

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.599
 and our

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.720
 struggles with

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.180
 sin.

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.299
 Temptation is

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.740
 powerful,

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.100
 isn't it?

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.640
 And sin

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.720
 can ruin

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.720
 lives.

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.920
 Christianity

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.660
 is not

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.100
 simply a

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.500
 matter of

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.660
 believing in

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:42.039
 Jesus or

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:43.279
 believing Jesus.

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.339
 We need

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.680
 more than

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:44.839
 that.

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:46.000
 We need to

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.799
 have Jesus

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.819
 with us in

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.480
 our struggles.

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:51.480
 as we

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.599
 face those

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.220
 temptations,

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.940
 those monsters,

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.720
 and that is

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.380
 exactly what

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:56.000
 Jesus promises

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.539
 to do.

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.779
 He is

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.299
 with us.

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.240
 He says,

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.759
 I've seen

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.360
 the misery

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:01.640
 of my

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:01.920
 people.

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.539
 I've heard

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.360
 their screams.

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.519
 I know

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.019
 about their

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.400
 suffering,

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:05.900
 and I've

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.420
 come down

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.900
 to deliver

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.160
 them.

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.339
 Jesus,

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.880
 your brother,

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.620
 your captain,

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.259
 your king.

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.360
 Apparently,

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.819
 it was said

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:17.120
 of the Roman

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 emperor,

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 Trajan,

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 that he

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 was not

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 just a

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:20.920
 king,

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 but a

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 captain and

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 a brother.

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 That not

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 only did he

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 lead his

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 soldiers into

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 battle and

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 fight alongside

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 them and

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 for them,

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 but apparently

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 he tore his

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 royal robes to

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 bind their

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.920
 wounds.

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 Jesus has

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.259
 done that for

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.400
 us,

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.640
 hasn't he,

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.039
 and more.

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 Tonight,

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.700
 we will come

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.200
 to the Lord's

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.660
 table where

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 Jesus will

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.500
 say,

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 this is my

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.620
 body broken

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 for you.

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 This is my

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.500
 blood shed

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.940
 for you.

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:51.980
 Lord of the

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.099
 Rings.

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.460
 I hope you

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.740
 watched the

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.000
 Lord of the

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.299
 Rings at

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.559
 Christmas.

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.099
 I heard of a

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.559
 church last

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.839
 year in

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 America,

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 but on

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.360
 one day

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:58.920
 after Christmas,

00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:00.460
 they showed

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.880
 the three

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.740
 Hobbit films

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.299
 in church,

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.240
 morning,

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.480
 noon,

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:03.759
 and night,

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.120
 and then the

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.579
 following day,

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.079
 they showed

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.900
 the three

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.380
 Lord of the

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.940
 Rings films.

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.319
 Great,

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.519
 wouldn't

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:08.640
 it?

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.720
 We'll watch

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:11.980
 Lord of the

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.240
 Rings at

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.420
 Christmas.

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:12.860
 I love it.

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.099
 Anyway,

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:15.740
 you know

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.059
 the story

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.240
 of the

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.459
 Lord of

00:32:16.459 --> 00:32:16.719
 the Rings.

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.419
 Boromir.

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.980
 Boromir,

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.859
 he was

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.139
 destined,

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.859
 he thought

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.219
 that he

00:32:23.219 --> 00:32:23.539
 was going

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.159
 to lead

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:25.679
 the great

00:32:25.679 --> 00:32:26.199
 city of

00:32:26.199 --> 00:32:26.740
 Gondor,

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:29.199
 but then

00:32:29.199 --> 00:32:29.579
 he runs

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.279
 into Aragon.

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.359
 Aragon is

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.099
 the true heir

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.519
 to the city.

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:32.899
 He's the

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.459
 real king,

00:32:34.939 --> 00:32:35.959
 and Boromir

00:32:35.959 --> 00:32:36.779
 really struggles

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.319
 with that.

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:38.579
 He struggles

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.459
 because if

00:32:39.459 --> 00:32:40.259
 Aragon wasn't

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.799
 around,

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.359
 Boromir would

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:43.259
 be the

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.899
 true ruler

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.579
 of Gondor.

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.519
 But Aragon

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.039
 is there.

00:32:48.699 --> 00:32:49.299
 Boromir really

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.979
 struggles with

00:32:49.979 --> 00:32:50.179
 that,

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.619
 and towards

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:50.979
 the end

00:32:50.979 --> 00:32:51.179
 of the

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:51.419
 movie,

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:53.179
 he repents,

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.379
 and he

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:56.000
 looks up

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.519
 at Aragon,

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.240
 and he

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.479
 says,

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:58.740
 I would

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.240
 have followed

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.479
 you,

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.079
 my brother,

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.879
 my captain,

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.639
 my king.

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.259
 And then

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.659
 he dies.

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.319
 Is that

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:08.659
 the challenge

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.059
 of Christmas?

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.759
 The challenge

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.139
 of the

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.860
 incarnation is

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.940
 Jesus,

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:14.540
 he is the

00:33:14.540 --> 00:33:14.960
 man of

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.440
 Psalm 8.

00:33:15.800 --> 00:33:16.259
 Jesus is

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.680
 the proper

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:16.960
 man,

00:33:17.020 --> 00:33:17.700
 he is the

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.140
 true,

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.240
 authentic

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:20.320
 human being,

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.700
 he's the

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.080
 man who's

00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:21.440
 crowned with

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.860
 glory and

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.060
 honor,

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.020
 he is the

00:33:23.020 --> 00:33:23.360
 man to

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:23.480
 him in

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.020
 all belongs,

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.520
 he is the

00:33:24.520 --> 00:33:25.660
 true heir to

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.100
 the throne

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.400
 of your

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.880
 life and

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.180
 the throne

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.480
 of this

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.860
 world.

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.400
 And if

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.800
 that is

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:31.340
 true,

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.800
 that is

00:33:32.800 --> 00:33:33.120
 who he

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.500
 is,

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:36.540
 well that

00:33:36.540 --> 00:33:36.900
 means you

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.360
 cannot be

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:37.540
 king.

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:39.940
 And maybe

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.120
 you don't

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.420
 like that,

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.720
 maybe you

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.040
 struggle with

00:33:41.040 --> 00:33:41.180
 that.

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.660
 You can't

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:41.880
 rule,

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.660
 you can't

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.060
 run your

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.640
 own life.

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.180
 Because

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.820
 Jesus is

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:46.320
 Lord and

00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:46.799
 Jesus is

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.080
 king.

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:50.000
 And you

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.420
 have to

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.539
 renounce all

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.200
 claims to

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.460
 be the

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.019
 captain of

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.580
 your fate

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:53.920
 and the

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.340
 master of

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:54.660
 your own

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.080
 destiny.

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.700
 And will

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.220
 you say to

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.860
 Jesus this

00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.200
 morning,

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:02.600
 I will

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:03.100
 follow you,

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.680
 my brother,

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.980
 my captain,

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.680
 my king.

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:06.799
 me.

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.619
 Why wouldn't

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:09.940
 you follow

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.079
 it?

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:12.820
 How is

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.260
 it going

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.760
 with you

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:14.099
 as the

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.599
 master of

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.139
 your life?

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.920
 Are you

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.599
 making yourself

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.039
 happy?

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.659
 You're not.

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.119
 Certainly not

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.579
 making others

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.980
 happy around

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.159
 you.

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.460
 Why wouldn't

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.980
 you come under

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.059
 his lordship

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:29.840
 so that

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.199
 you can be

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.639
 the man

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:30.900
 or the

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.159
 woman,

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.279
 the boy

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:32.539
 or the

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.259
 girl that

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:34.039
 God created

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.519
 you to be?

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.639
 I will

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:38.940
 follow you

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.219
 anywhere,

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.340
 my brother,

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.940
 my captain,

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.940
 my king.

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.500
 Let's pray.

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.079
 Let's pray.

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