WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:15.380 December 25th, 8.30am. It would be a clear night, a cold frost on the ground and then sunrise 00:00:15.380 --> 00:00:25.600 ! It's 1914 and it's World War I. Imagine war in the trenches. 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:29.920 ! But it is December 25th and Christmas trees decorate the parapets and across no man's 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:35.440 land comes the sound of carols. You might have seen the very sanitised version on the Sins 00:00:35.440 --> 00:00:43.040 Bizarre. But here's the diary of Captain Sir Edward Holtz. A scout named Merker went out 00:00:43.040 --> 00:00:49.600 and met a German patrol and was given a glass of whisky and some cigars. Soon you had troops 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:55.520 standing around on no man's land swapping cigarettes for haircuts and taking photos. There's a 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:01.680 German lieutenant who wrote a diary to, I practice the translation, Kurt Zamich. He kept a diary 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:07.680 as well. The English brought a soccer ball from the trenches and pretty soon a lively game ensued. 00:01:08.240 --> 00:01:14.719 The score was 3-2. Well you can guess who won. There's no record of penalties at all. 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:25.039 And it's a great story since my sense of use of peace on earth, goodwill to man. His diary goes on, 00:01:25.039 --> 00:01:31.439 it says how marvellous, how wonderful, yet how strange it was. The English officers felt the same 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:38.159 way. They wrote, Christmas, the celebration of love, managed to bring mortal enemies together as friends 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:48.319 for a time. But that is it, isn't it? Is that enough? The last man alive to remember that Christmas 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:56.560 truce said this in 2005, we shouted Merry Christmas even though no one felt merry. The silence ended 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:03.519 early in the afternoon and the killing started again. It was a short peace, wasn't it, in a terrible war. 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:13.280 And Captain Sir Edward Holtz, who was killed three months later, is 25. Mortal enemies became friends. I don't think so. 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:20.719 Five in every nine people died in that war that we remembered this year. Kurt Zamich, amazingly, he survived 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:26.400 the war. He lived on to rejoin the German army in World War II and he died in Russia in November 1945. 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:36.800 Even on that day, peace wasn't everywhere. The sort of nice Christmas picture that we have in the adverts. 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:42.560 Here's another English captain and hear what he writes. The Germans tried a truce, they came over 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:47.200 towards us singing, so we opened rapid fire on them, which is the only truce they deserved. 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:58.000 Don't you wish for peace? Don't you wish that the darkness of death and war which hangs over us all was dealt with? 00:02:59.119 --> 00:03:06.239 100 million people died violently in the last century, to a minute. Bad news comes in, doesn't it? 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:15.439 On the internet, on the TV, every day. Nigeria, Iraq, Afghanistan. And don't you wish for just more than a moment, 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:21.920 a Christmas moment, for the start of a truce that might last longer than a Christmas football match? 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:29.600 Longer than a day where Isaiah, 700 years before Jesus was born, if you'll look at this, it describes a day like that. 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:35.639 Do pick it up and look at it. And Isaiah begins, really, like Christmas Day in the trenches. 00:03:36.859 --> 00:03:44.900 We start in gloom, don't we? And there is darkness. And there is anguish. 00:03:45.939 --> 00:03:52.359 But that is about to change, dawn is about to break. In the disgrace land of Zebulun, can you see that? 00:03:52.360 --> 00:04:02.660 The land of Naphtali and Galilee of the nations. Those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, verse 2. 00:04:03.420 --> 00:04:08.820 On them, light has dawned. And it's much more than whiskey and football matches. 00:04:09.920 --> 00:04:12.540 This is a nationwide party. Look at verse 3. 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:16.800 You've enlarged the nation and increased their joy. 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:20.220 They rejoice before you. They're full of joy. 00:04:20.900 --> 00:04:25.379 As people rejoice at the harvest three times, it talks about joy and rejoicing. 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:28.860 Joy and victory. And why are they so happy? 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:31.080 Well, we get the answer in verse 4. Can you see that? 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:34.100 And verse 5, verse 6. 00:04:34.740 --> 00:04:36.400 They all begin in the same way. 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:38.240 Why are they so happy? 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:42.620 Well, in verse 4, it's because the yoke of burden has been broken. 00:04:42.960 --> 00:04:45.120 You've shattered the yoke that burdens them. 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:47.480 And then this lovely last line, isn't it? 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:51.959 The rod, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor. 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:54.560 That's something to be happy about, isn't it? 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:58.300 When slaves are freed, when oppression is ended. 00:04:58.399 --> 00:04:59.819 We know what it is to rejoice about that. 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:03.060 And so how did it happen? Look at verse 5. 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:07.199 Every warrior's boot used in battle, 00:05:07.500 --> 00:05:10.000 and every garment rolled in blood will be destructed for burning, 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:11.620 and will be filled for the fire. 00:05:12.060 --> 00:05:13.100 It's the end of war. 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:17.379 It's one enormous bonfire. 00:05:18.259 --> 00:05:19.840 It would be quite a bonfire, wouldn't it? 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:22.720 If every piece of military equipment in the world 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:25.100 was gathered in one place and was torched. 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:32.860 In World War I, the British Army issued 46,973,000 pairs of boots. 00:05:33.819 --> 00:05:35.139 Imagine them on fire. 00:05:35.139 --> 00:05:40.019 For Isaiah, do you see, a day of peace is not enough. 00:05:41.259 --> 00:05:43.759 He wants oppression to be snapped forever. 00:05:45.099 --> 00:05:46.740 Isaiah wants peace forever. 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:49.899 He wants every soldier stood down and disbanded. 00:05:49.899 --> 00:05:55.019 But it will need, won't it, much more than a nice feeling and a few candles 00:05:55.019 --> 00:05:57.060 and a happy moment for this to happen. 00:05:58.719 --> 00:05:59.879 So Isaiah, how will it happen? 00:05:59.959 --> 00:06:00.659 Well, look at verse 6. 00:06:00.699 --> 00:06:01.279 Here's the secret. 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:02.239 Here's the climax. 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:06.519 It's the famous words we read at the Star Wars. 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:07.959 It says, for us a child is born. 00:06:09.180 --> 00:06:10.500 To us a son is given. 00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:14.579 There's this bright daylight of dawn. 00:06:15.139 --> 00:06:16.479 A new day of peace. 00:06:16.719 --> 00:06:18.639 Because slavery is both broken. 00:06:19.099 --> 00:06:20.479 Armies are disbanded. 00:06:20.779 --> 00:06:23.199 Because, when a baby's been born. 00:06:24.979 --> 00:06:26.759 Now some children arrive, when they're in the world, 00:06:26.819 --> 00:06:29.479 with big expectations on their shoulders. 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:31.419 Poor old Prince George. 00:06:31.420 --> 00:06:33.520 I don't know if you've seen these photos of him. 00:06:33.540 --> 00:06:36.300 In a kind of funny tack job with socks pulled up for his knees. 00:06:37.080 --> 00:06:39.540 This little two-year-old boy, or one-year-old boy. 00:06:39.620 --> 00:06:41.160 They have great expectations there. 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:44.400 Around Brooklyn, Beckham, when he was born. 00:06:45.280 --> 00:06:47.580 Some children, celebrity children, they're born, aren't they? 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:50.060 With unrealistic expectations. 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:51.720 Well, look at this father. 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:53.439 Look at verse 7. 00:06:53.540 --> 00:06:55.560 This son, this baby that is born, 00:06:56.080 --> 00:06:57.139 where he's going to rule the world. 00:06:58.259 --> 00:06:59.740 A government that increases, 00:06:59.980 --> 00:07:01.280 and a throne that increases, 00:07:01.780 --> 00:07:04.100 and a kingdom that will be from this time forth and forevermore. 00:07:05.340 --> 00:07:07.199 And we've been using his name all night. 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:10.379 Jesus, our Emmanuel, we sang. 00:07:11.080 --> 00:07:12.699 You shall call his name Jesus. 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:16.100 He will be given the throne of his father David. 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:18.759 And of his kingdom there will be no end. 00:07:18.900 --> 00:07:19.600 It'll go on forever. 00:07:21.379 --> 00:07:22.379 There are Gospels. 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:24.600 If you ask me for one reason, we'll give you one. 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:26.220 We'd love you to give you one. 00:07:26.259 --> 00:07:27.200 We'd love you to read them. 00:07:27.900 --> 00:07:29.139 Where they are, what is a Gospel? 00:07:29.139 --> 00:07:30.960 It is an eyewitness account. 00:07:32.080 --> 00:07:33.600 Of the Lord Jesus, of this son. 00:07:34.699 --> 00:07:39.100 The man who was written about by Isaiah 700 years before he was born. 00:07:39.780 --> 00:07:43.180 With the expectation of the nations on his shoulders. 00:07:43.180 --> 00:07:46.519 And if you read through Matthew's Gospel, 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:49.620 you would come to this bit of Isaiah chapter 4. 00:07:50.900 --> 00:07:52.759 So when does dawn break? 00:07:53.400 --> 00:07:55.740 It breaks when Jesus moves to live by the sea, 00:07:55.860 --> 00:07:58.120 in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali. 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:00.759 And the Gospel writers want to ask you, 00:08:00.840 --> 00:08:01.500 is this the one? 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:03.399 Is this the guy? 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:05.459 Does he live up to his prayers? 00:08:05.840 --> 00:08:10.340 Does he do enough to give us more than an afternoon of peace in the middle of war? 00:08:10.939 --> 00:08:12.040 And a fuzzy feeling. 00:08:12.180 --> 00:08:12.840 Is he different? 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:18.120 And to see the difference, I just want us to look at the four names that are there in verse 6. 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:18.720 Can you see them? 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:22.760 Four prophetic names. 00:08:23.700 --> 00:08:26.300 Four names given to you 700 years before he was born. 00:08:26.400 --> 00:08:29.820 Which tell you what kind of man Jesus and Nazareth three is. 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:32.600 And we're expecting a baby next month. 00:08:32.820 --> 00:08:34.759 And we're at the stage of trying to decide on names. 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:36.700 We think we're at one with a girl, 00:08:36.819 --> 00:08:38.360 but we don't know what to do with a boy. 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:40.600 And so we're looking at these books, isn't it? 00:08:40.939 --> 00:08:42.939 And the dictionary of first names. 00:08:43.899 --> 00:08:48.899 A comprehensive list in easy to use A to Z order of 5,000 names for boys and girls. 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:51.740 Your name can say a lot about you, whether you like it or not. 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:54.819 So it is vital, absolutely vital, 00:08:54.980 --> 00:08:56.899 to choose an appropriate name for a new baby 00:08:56.899 --> 00:08:58.139 to give him or her, you know, 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:00.840 the best possible start in life. 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:04.940 This book promises a comprehensive list of names from around the world 00:09:04.940 --> 00:09:07.899 with their derivations and meanings to help you make the right choice. 00:09:08.300 --> 00:09:09.060 Do you know who it's written by? 00:09:09.700 --> 00:09:10.940 Geddes and Grosset. 00:09:14.460 --> 00:09:17.820 And isn't it ironic that they don't put their first names on that? 00:09:20.580 --> 00:09:23.180 And so the four inverse things, they're not in here actually. 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:25.160 I checked this afternoon. 00:09:25.960 --> 00:09:27.639 Princes, but all the rest are not. 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:29.639 Wonderful counsellor, mighty God, 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:31.500 everlasting father, 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:33.659 prince of peace. 00:09:34.659 --> 00:09:37.480 You never find those names on a human child. 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:39.600 Look at them, the first thing it says about 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:41.000 what the Lord Jesus will be like is 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:42.659 he will be the wonderful counsellor. 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:45.319 That means to have 00:09:45.319 --> 00:09:48.120 the supernatural wisdom of God. 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:50.340 This baby is different. 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:53.720 Don't we need rulers like that? 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:57.680 Should we spend however many millions of pounds 00:09:57.680 --> 00:09:58.940 it's going to be to build 00:09:58.940 --> 00:10:01.500 high speed train link number 00:10:01.500 --> 00:10:03.240 15 or whatever it will be? 00:10:04.160 --> 00:10:05.240 Don't we need wisdom 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:06.660 for our country to know 00:10:06.660 --> 00:10:07.980 how to get the economy going? 00:10:09.259 --> 00:10:10.920 Or Barack Obama and David Cameron 00:10:10.920 --> 00:10:11.700 when they meet to decide 00:10:11.700 --> 00:10:13.660 how should they respond to the Middle East? 00:10:13.899 --> 00:10:16.480 How should they respond to what is going on in Iraq? 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:19.040 Do you know what they should do? 00:10:19.220 --> 00:10:19.500 Do you? 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:22.679 Are you wise enough to rule? 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:24.639 Is anybody? 00:10:26.259 --> 00:10:27.980 Well we've read from Luke's Gospel tonight 00:10:27.980 --> 00:10:29.779 and if you were to read on in Luke 00:10:29.779 --> 00:10:30.960 or in Matthew's Gospel 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:32.460 you would see Jesus 00:10:32.460 --> 00:10:34.980 amazed with his wisdom. 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:37.600 He starts doing it at 12. 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:40.460 They are amazed at his answers 00:10:40.460 --> 00:10:41.379 and how wise he is. 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:43.899 People throw hostile questions at him 00:10:43.899 --> 00:10:45.720 and he can turn them back at them. 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:49.240 As he faces sensitive personal questions 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:51.779 or as he gives a way to live 00:10:51.779 --> 00:10:54.460 that millions still live by today 00:10:54.460 --> 00:10:55.580 2,000 years later. 00:10:55.920 --> 00:10:57.360 He is the wonderful counsellor. 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:00.460 But he's also mighty God. 00:11:01.940 --> 00:11:04.840 You see the only way to end war forever 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:08.240 is to face the armies of the world 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:09.820 the way a teacher 00:11:09.820 --> 00:11:11.860 or the way a parent 00:11:11.860 --> 00:11:14.100 faces a fighting child. 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:14.800 Do you know how you do that? 00:11:14.860 --> 00:11:15.560 You see them sometimes. 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:15.860 Do you? 00:11:16.379 --> 00:11:17.680 You simply put 00:11:17.680 --> 00:11:19.659 your hand on their forehead 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:21.680 and you hold them 00:11:21.680 --> 00:11:22.560 like that. 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:25.040 They're that small aren't they? 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:26.379 They might 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:28.720 fly their arms around 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:29.300 or try and kick 00:11:29.300 --> 00:11:30.519 but if you put your hand on their head 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:31.139 you stop them. 00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:34.220 Don't we need rulers like that? 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:37.159 Can anybody guarantee 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:38.360 security? 00:11:38.700 --> 00:11:38.940 Can they? 00:11:38.940 --> 00:11:42.220 Can anybody secure a border 00:11:42.220 --> 00:11:43.520 or a single life 00:11:43.520 --> 00:11:45.000 or read on in Matthew 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:47.860 and you find this Jesus of Nazareth 00:11:47.860 --> 00:11:49.360 he tells the tall stone 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:50.280 to be still 00:11:50.280 --> 00:11:52.700 as easily as I turn off the tap. 00:11:53.700 --> 00:11:55.640 He raises the dead 00:11:55.640 --> 00:11:56.660 with a word 00:11:56.660 --> 00:11:58.680 in public view 00:11:58.680 --> 00:12:00.760 all the power 00:12:00.760 --> 00:12:02.340 of mighty God. 00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:03.660 The ministry of Jesus 00:12:03.660 --> 00:12:05.860 is like a three year window. 00:12:05.860 --> 00:12:08.300 It's like a three year window 00:12:08.300 --> 00:12:09.360 into the future. 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:10.860 The world that Isaiah 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:11.919 longs for 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:13.180 and I guess the world 00:12:13.180 --> 00:12:14.379 that you long for as well. 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:17.320 Jesus and his life 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:18.399 works as a kind of 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:19.220 three year 00:12:19.220 --> 00:12:21.039 try before you buy 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:22.700 for 00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:24.120 human rights. 00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:27.200 Read the eyewitness accounts 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:27.879 of the Lord Jesus. 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:29.320 Hear his disciples. 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:30.860 Let them persuade you 00:12:30.860 --> 00:12:33.139 that this is the one. 00:12:33.139 --> 00:12:34.939 We run a course here 00:12:34.939 --> 00:12:36.159 called Christianity Explores 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:37.460 and if you want to do that 00:12:37.460 --> 00:12:38.460 in the company of others 00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:40.340 asking the same kind of questions 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:41.939 it's a great thing to do. 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:42.980 Speak to me 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:44.000 or the person who brought you 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:45.000 or the person who invited you 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:46.500 and we'd love you to do it. 00:12:46.539 --> 00:12:47.059 We'll be running one 00:12:47.059 --> 00:12:47.740 in the new year. 00:12:48.019 --> 00:12:49.159 That is a great way. 00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:50.580 Read the evidence 00:12:50.580 --> 00:12:52.939 and see Jesus 00:12:52.939 --> 00:12:54.620 live up to his press. 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:55.860 He is different. 00:12:57.379 --> 00:12:58.659 He's the everlasting father. 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:01.360 The everlasting father. 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.360 See only God lasts forever. 00:13:04.460 --> 00:13:05.580 It's a puzzle isn't it? 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:08.259 It must have puzzled Isaiah. 00:13:08.560 --> 00:13:10.620 How could a newborn baby 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:11.779 do you get that? 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:13.220 Be an everlasting father. 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:16.779 Because in Jesus 00:13:16.779 --> 00:13:18.680 God 00:13:18.680 --> 00:13:21.419 became a human being. 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:24.240 The everlasting 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:27.060 became flesh. 00:13:27.059 --> 00:13:29.899 with all the strength 00:13:29.899 --> 00:13:30.659 of God 00:13:30.659 --> 00:13:32.219 but all the care 00:13:32.219 --> 00:13:32.819 of a father. 00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:35.379 And don't we need that 00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:36.919 as well? 00:13:38.299 --> 00:13:38.919 Someone to care 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:39.379 for the hungry. 00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:41.479 Someone to protect 00:13:41.479 --> 00:13:42.000 the weak. 00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:43.759 Again 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:44.459 read on 00:13:44.459 --> 00:13:45.219 in those gospels 00:13:45.219 --> 00:13:45.919 you see Jesus 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:47.039 cure every sickness. 00:13:47.479 --> 00:13:48.000 You see Jesus 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:49.159 restore families 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:50.099 and minds 00:13:50.099 --> 00:13:51.519 and seek out 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:52.019 the sinner 00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:53.459 and rescue them. 00:13:54.659 --> 00:13:55.159 And he is 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:55.979 the prince of peace. 00:13:55.980 --> 00:13:57.080 And here the gospels 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:58.580 give us two great pictures. 00:13:59.220 --> 00:14:00.340 They give us a future 00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:01.480 Jesus 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:03.320 who will bring peace 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:04.080 by destroying 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:05.139 every army 00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:07.200 and every enemy. 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.680 The Jesus of Isaiah 9 00:14:09.680 --> 00:14:10.860 who will return 00:14:10.860 --> 00:14:12.039 as God 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:12.899 and King 00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:14.240 and Mighty God. 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:16.620 But before Jesus 00:14:16.620 --> 00:14:17.279 returns 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:18.620 as Mighty God 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:19.340 to wipe out 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:20.580 every single enemy 00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:22.060 we get a Jesus 00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:22.639 don't we? 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:24.300 That lives out 00:14:24.300 --> 00:14:25.360 perfect peace. 00:14:25.980 --> 00:14:26.940 who says 00:14:26.940 --> 00:14:27.800 turn the other cheek 00:14:27.800 --> 00:14:29.519 who they come 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:30.639 to arrest him 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:31.820 and he will not 00:14:31.820 --> 00:14:32.600 allow a fight. 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:34.039 He accepts 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:34.620 a beating. 00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:36.180 He keeps silent 00:14:36.180 --> 00:14:36.940 at his trial 00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:37.639 and he walks 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:39.080 willingly to his death. 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:41.220 And that is where 00:14:41.220 --> 00:14:42.060 we see that there are 00:14:42.060 --> 00:14:43.159 no pat answers 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:43.840 to the problems 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:44.480 of this world 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:45.539 and your problems. 00:14:46.920 --> 00:14:47.320 Jesus 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:48.379 the promised 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:49.740 son of God 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:51.320 is crucified. 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:53.920 world peace 00:14:53.920 --> 00:14:55.280 is not as simple 00:14:55.280 --> 00:14:56.540 as changing 00:14:56.540 --> 00:14:57.040 prime minister 00:14:57.040 --> 00:14:57.420 or changing 00:14:57.420 --> 00:14:57.800 government. 00:14:58.860 --> 00:14:59.500 And Jesus' 00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:00.160 life 00:15:00.160 --> 00:15:01.100 and his teaching 00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:02.379 are not enough 00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:03.520 alone. 00:15:04.180 --> 00:15:04.980 More is needed. 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:06.640 Jesus' 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:07.100 life 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:08.120 is a window 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:09.340 on the world 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:10.000 that will come 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.480 when Jesus 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.080 comes back 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.640 one day. 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:13.220 It's a window 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:13.840 of peace 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:16.080 but necessarily 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:17.000 it is a short 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:17.519 one because 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:18.840 Jesus must 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:19.740 die. 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:21.960 Jesus must 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:22.540 die. 00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:25.019 This baby 00:15:25.019 --> 00:15:25.940 must die. 00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.660 This son 00:15:27.660 --> 00:15:29.300 must die. 00:15:30.300 --> 00:15:30.620 You see 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:31.519 because the war 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.460 between human 00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:33.360 and human 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:35.460 is not really 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:36.340 the big deal. 00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:37.700 not for Isaiah 00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:39.560 and not for 00:15:39.560 --> 00:15:39.899 Jesus. 00:15:41.540 --> 00:15:42.500 We fight 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:43.000 each other 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:43.519 actually 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:45.360 only because 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:45.800 we're really 00:15:45.800 --> 00:15:46.680 fighting God. 00:15:48.040 --> 00:15:48.620 And that is 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:49.320 the real 00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:50.320 deep darkness. 00:15:51.160 --> 00:15:52.019 We all 00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:53.180 sit in our 00:15:53.180 --> 00:15:53.600 trenches 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:54.500 giving God 00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:55.519 the rapid fire. 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.280 And the 00:15:57.280 --> 00:15:57.960 darkness of 00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.280 death 00:15:58.280 --> 00:15:58.920 is this 00:15:58.920 --> 00:16:00.060 just response 00:16:00.060 --> 00:16:02.400 to what 00:16:02.400 --> 00:16:02.960 Jesus must 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.560 deal with. 00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:04.980 It's easy 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.660 to see tonight 00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.539 if you are 00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:07.000 in the 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.480 trench 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:08.259 firing 00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:09.299 at God 00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:10.759 by checking 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.360 your attitude 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:12.139 to Jesus. 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:13.799 You see 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:14.279 Christmas is 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.740 not really 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.240 the story 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.799 of a nice 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:16.399 little baby. 00:16:17.459 --> 00:16:18.019 It's the 00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:18.659 story of 00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:19.500 your recently 00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:20.459 arrived 00:16:20.459 --> 00:16:21.719 new boss. 00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:24.299 It's the 00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:24.620 government 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.039 on his 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:25.439 shoulders. 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:26.759 The king 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.199 forever. 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:29.139 You should 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.539 think about 00:16:29.539 --> 00:16:30.059 Jesus the 00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:30.439 way that 00:16:30.439 --> 00:16:31.279 those of you 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:31.579 who were in 00:16:31.579 --> 00:16:31.899 work. 00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:32.959 A new 00:16:32.959 --> 00:16:33.659 boss arrives 00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:33.899 in the 00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.360 office. 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:35.879 He's a 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.240 new boss. 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:36.600 Maybe 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.139 you're 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.560 pleased to 00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:37.960 have him. 00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:39.399 Maybe 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:39.620 you're 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.379 scared of 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:40.659 what he 00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:41.340 might do. 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:42.600 Maybe 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:43.060 you just 00:16:43.060 --> 00:16:43.740 plain don't 00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.259 like him. 00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:44.960 But he's 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:45.539 in charge 00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:45.840 now. 00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.600 And like 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.100 it or not 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.779 he calls 00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:48.480 the shots. 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:50.940 But most 00:16:50.940 --> 00:16:51.259 of us 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.960 react to 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:52.460 King Jesus 00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.139 the way 00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:53.899 that the 00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.379 Welsh rugby 00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.019 team would 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:55.680 react if I 00:16:55.680 --> 00:16:56.159 was announced 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:56.480 as the 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:56.879 new head 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:57.360 coach. 00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:58.279 Can you 00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:58.740 just imagine 00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.019 it? 00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:00.360 There's a 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:00.940 press conference 00:17:00.940 --> 00:17:01.399 and then I 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.000 roll up to 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.340 the training 00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:02.580 ground. 00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:02.820 Can you 00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:03.120 imagine 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:03.460 Jamie 00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:04.000 Roberts or 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.420 Alan Wynne 00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:04.759 Jones, 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.480 this 6 foot 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:06.240 6 giant, 00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.799 looking down 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.259 at me, 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.400 this kind 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:10.480 of 12 stone 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:11.259 weakling who's 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.940 very out of 00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.299 shape. 00:17:13.340 --> 00:17:13.860 You can 00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:14.400 imagine the 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:14.900 team kind 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.380 of falling 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:16.100 apart. 00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:17.940 They would 00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:18.180 do it 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:18.559 differently, 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:18.779 wouldn't 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:18.940 they? 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:20.200 Depending on 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:20.519 what they're 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:20.759 like. 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.539 Some of 00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:21.720 them, 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:22.039 some of 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.460 the players, 00:17:22.579 --> 00:17:22.880 they would 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.340 ignore me 00:17:23.340 --> 00:17:23.799 completely. 00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:24.180 They would 00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:24.360 say, 00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:24.680 what do 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:25.019 you know? 00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:25.279 And they'd 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:25.740 be right to 00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.200 say it. 00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.579 Some would 00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:28.200 probably try 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:28.579 and do their 00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:29.220 own training. 00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:29.940 Some of 00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.160 them would 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.519 be more 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.019 direct, 00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:31.559 possibly 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.339 even more 00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:32.819 physical, 00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:33.440 and they 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:33.879 would try 00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:34.200 and get 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:34.539 rid of 00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:35.000 me as 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.619 fast as 00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:36.259 they can. 00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:39.220 And so 00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:39.500 tonight, 00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:40.039 can you look 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.420 at Jesus 00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:41.159 in the eye 00:17:41.159 --> 00:17:43.180 and tell 00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:44.000 him that 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.359 you live 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:44.700 with him 00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:45.180 as king? 00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:48.159 Maybe, 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:48.720 probably 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.240 tonight, 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:51.099 you politely 00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:51.920 ignore him. 00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.220 Or you 00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:55.119 urgently maybe 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:55.680 want Jesus 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:56.240 out of your 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.940 life, but 00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.779 either way, 00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:59.059 we don't 00:17:59.059 --> 00:17:59.759 submit to 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:00.099 him as 00:18:00.099 --> 00:18:00.960 God and 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:01.299 king. 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.200 And if 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:03.779 he returns 00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.619 to destroy 00:18:04.619 --> 00:18:05.500 his enemies 00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.019 tonight, 00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:07.139 and bring 00:18:07.139 --> 00:18:07.720 peace, 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:09.460 human beings 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:09.839 like us 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.200 would actually 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:10.480 be his 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.759 enemies. 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.339 So if 00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:13.880 Jesus wants 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:14.400 to end 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:15.500 all war, 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.299 he has to 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:16.880 bring peace 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:17.740 between man 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.180 and God 00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:18.500 first, 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:18.960 which means 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.680 he has to 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:19.960 die. 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:20.360 You see, 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:20.680 there are 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.860 no easy 00:18:21.860 --> 00:18:22.539 answers. 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:25.059 Death stands 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.539 over us, 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:25.880 doesn't it? 00:18:26.100 --> 00:18:26.799 And Jesus 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:28.079 swallows it 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:28.660 up on our 00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:29.120 behalf. 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:31.380 Which means 00:18:31.380 --> 00:18:31.900 tonight, 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:34.019 Jesus can 00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.900 speak like 00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:35.660 those singing 00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.700 and voices 00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:37.279 over the 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.640 trenches. 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:40.240 Marvelously 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.000 wonderful, 00:18:42.300 --> 00:18:43.019 yet how 00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:44.740 strange to 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.800 bring mortal 00:18:45.800 --> 00:18:46.720 enemies 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.580 together as 00:18:47.580 --> 00:18:48.000 friends. 00:18:50.360 --> 00:18:50.759 And he 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:52.100 will bring 00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:53.220 peace between 00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:54.640 human beings 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:54.940 one day. 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.500 He will wipe 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.019 out all his 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.560 enemies one 00:18:56.560 --> 00:18:56.960 day. 00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.740 But the 00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.300 amazing thing 00:18:59.300 --> 00:18:59.640 is this, 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:00.540 he offers 00:19:00.540 --> 00:19:02.120 you today 00:19:02.120 --> 00:19:03.220 in West 00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:03.460 England 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:03.940 tonight, 00:19:04.840 --> 00:19:06.180 between you 00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.980 and God 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.799 that peace. 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.840 And it is 00:19:09.840 --> 00:19:10.340 much better 00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:10.840 than voices 00:19:10.840 --> 00:19:11.440 calling over 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:11.900 the trenches. 00:19:12.420 --> 00:19:13.019 Christmas is 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.559 saying to you 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.279 that God 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.420 has crossed 00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:16.220 the lines 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:17.059 and God 00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.620 has become 00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:18.180 a human 00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:18.759 being. 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.100 He set 00:19:20.100 --> 00:19:21.380 out unarmed 00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:23.500 to be 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.000 killed. 00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:27.220 It's better 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.720 than whiskey. 00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.440 It's better 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:30.079 than cigarettes. 00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:32.059 It's better 00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:32.380 than a game 00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:32.840 of football. 00:19:34.360 --> 00:19:34.759 And that 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.019 is the 00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.519 difference. 00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.400 He died 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:37.880 so that 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.480 God could 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.120 end the 00:19:39.120 --> 00:19:39.680 war with 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.019 us. 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:41.920 And it 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.240 could end 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.759 today for 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:42.980 you. 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:44.920 Jesus 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.460 began his 00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.299 preaching in 00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:46.840 Galilee 00:19:46.840 --> 00:19:48.160 as the 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:48.579 dawn of 00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:49.160 that light. 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.259 And he 00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.640 said this, 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.000 he said 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.420 repent 00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:52.960 for the 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.440 kingdom of 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:53.860 heaven is 00:19:53.860 --> 00:19:54.400 at hand. 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.500 And Christmas 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.120 is a call 00:19:57.120 --> 00:19:57.640 to take up 00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:58.059 his offer. 00:19:59.340 --> 00:20:00.140 To stop 00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:01.579 fighting God. 00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:03.619 to repent, 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.359 to turn 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:04.879 from that 00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:05.500 way of 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.819 life and 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.240 to join 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.639 the kingdom 00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:07.939 of the 00:20:07.939 --> 00:20:08.139 king, 00:20:08.199 --> 00:20:08.419 the king 00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:08.899 of peace. 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:11.179 And anyone 00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:11.599 who will 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.619 crawl out 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:12.879 of their 00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:14.720 trench and 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.279 ask for 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:15.619 peace, 00:20:15.679 --> 00:20:16.019 hold their 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.539 hands up 00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:18.199 and say 00:20:18.199 --> 00:20:18.779 I'm sorry. 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:21.460 you can be 00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:21.799 sure of 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.259 the answer. 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:23.940 The prince 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.359 of peace, 00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:24.700 the king 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.299 of all, 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.799 will happily 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.359 accept you 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:27.559 in his 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:27.839 kingdom. 00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.579 No matter 00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:29.940 what you've 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.220 done, 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.259 no matter 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.779 how much 00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.279 darkness 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.859 you're in 00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.180 that you 00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.759 walk in, 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.119 there is 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.420 Christian 00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:36.839 forgiveness. 00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.500 He 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.000 swallows 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.700 death for 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:40.779 you and 00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.500 asks for 00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.259 peace and 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.720 nothing 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.339 stands 00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:43.700 between 00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.099 you and 00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:44.500 God. 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:45.799 Call 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.119 Jesus 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:46.359 your 00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:46.759 king. 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:48.680 Repent 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:50.500 and change 00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.299 him and 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.720 want to 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.200 join his 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.940 kingdom and 00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.740 thank him 00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.259 for his 00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:54.819 death which 00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.359 made peace 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.079 between God 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.559 and us. 00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.559 And so 00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.440 following him 00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:58.900 will mean 00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.920 recognising 00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:01.079 him as 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.420 king. 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.420 And we 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.839 repent of 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.440 living our 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.240 own way 00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:06.599 and we 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:06.900 say I 00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.220 want to 00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.819 join your 00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.339 kingdom and 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.759 I thank 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:08.980 you for 00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.160 your 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.619 death. 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:11.680 I thank 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:11.900 you for 00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.259 forgiveness. 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.160 Jesus 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.960 made peace 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.559 between me 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:15.920 and God 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.519 and to 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.019 do that 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:18.379 is more 00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:19.180 amazing than 00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.720 two sides 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.139 kicking a 00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:20.319 football 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.779 around in 00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.000 the middle 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.240 of a 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.539 war. 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.319 To do 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.639 that is 00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:22.920 to move 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.079 from 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.740 darkness 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:25.079 to light. 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.379 To join 00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:28.079 the increasing 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:29.019 celebration of 00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.740 verse 3. 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.339 To be 00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:34.039 part of 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.579 why his 00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.079 kingdom has 00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:35.660 been increasing 00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.480 for 2,000 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.960 years. 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.500 Increasing 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.259 one by one 00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.900 as people 00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.319 put their 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.839 trust in 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:40.980 him. 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.500 It is a 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.339 great hope 00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:43.319 that we 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.819 look forward 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.119 to the 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.779 return of 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:44.980 King 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.299 Jesus 00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.059 when he 00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.240 will 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.759 stop 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.299 all 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.079 wars. 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.519 And you 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.019 and I 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:52.420 can be 00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.039 his people 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:54.779 free and 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.299 at peace. 00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.059 And that 00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.420 can begin 00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:57.819 tonight. 00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.660 Let's pray.