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 going to be looking at that wonderful and familiar passage, which we heard read on Friday

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 evening, that tells us about the birth of Jesus.

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 And up until now, we've heard about the wonderful and miraculous signs that God began to do

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 to show that he was at work.

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 We heard about the two angelic visits.

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 We heard about two miraculous conceptions.

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 We heard about the birth of John to his elderly parents, Zachariah and Elizabeth.

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 And today we're going to hear about what happened with Mary, the one promised to bear the greatest

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 of sons.

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 We're in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2.

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 And I'm going to read the first few verses here for us.

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 Luke, chapter 2, verse 1.

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 In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire

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 Roman world.

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 This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

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 And everyone went to their own town to register.

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 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem, the town

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 of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

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 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting

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 a child.

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 So the story of Jesus' birth, Luke says, begins with the decree from the Roman emperor, Caesar

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 Augustus.

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 This time in Israel, the Romans were in charge.

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 They had the empire all around the Mediterranean Sea.

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 And we might wonder, why does Luke mention this?

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 What does it have to do with the birth of Jesus?

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 Well, as we reflect on Luke's words here, we realize that it was this decree from the

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 Roman emperor which moved Mary and Joseph from the northern town of Nazareth in Galilee

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 all the way down to Bethlehem in Judea.

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 Why did they go there?

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 Because the census required them to go there.

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 Everybody had to go to the town of their forefathers and register.

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 And here it is, according to Luke.

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 It says,

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 This is his emphasis.

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 We could talk about the fulfillment of the prophecy through Micah, but Luke wants us to

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 see the connection here.

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 He wants us to see the ancestry, the lineage.

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 God used the decree of a ruler across the sea to publicly confirm that, yes, this child

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 of Mary's is, in fact, a descendant of the great king David.

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 And as every Jew would have known, to be the Messiah, he must be descended from David.

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 It was to King David a thousand years earlier that the promise of a son who would reign was made.

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 And so that's the significance of this decree, this census.

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 It made it obvious.

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 It made it undeniable.

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 It put it in the record books that Jesus really is the son of David.

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 Think about this.

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 Why else would you make that journey in the third trimester?

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 They didn't have cars back then.

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 They were compelled to make the journey by the decree to register.

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 This is Luke's way of saying this, this too is a sign that God gave that Jesus, the son of Mary,

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 is that one, the Messiah.

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 While they were there, Mary and Joseph, the time came for the baby to be born.

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 And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son.

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 She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger because there was no guest room available for them.

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 Evidently, the little town of Bethlehem had become a bustling place with the influx of travelers who had come to register for this census.

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 And in the bustle, Mary and Joseph had been unable to get a guest room of their own,

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 whether at the local inn or with family.

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 And so they ended up in a stable or a barn or something like that.

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 That's the place for a manger.

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 This is surprising, isn't it?

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 The bed of the newly born king.

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 God's chosen king was a feeding trough for animals.

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 A dirty and despicable thing.

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 A thing gnawed on and drooled on by animals.

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 Can you imagine laying your child in a dirty feeding trough?

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 Because that's the best there is.

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 That's all you have.

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 Can you imagine thinking the thought,

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 at least he's off the ground.

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 God chose the humblest and lowliest of circumstances for the birth of his son.

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 The one who was to become the greatest of kings.

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 And we wonder, why?

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 Luke doesn't really tell us why here,

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 beyond because there was no guest room available for them.

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 He just sort of carries on with the story.

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 But there are some other thoughts that we could think,

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 places we could look in the scriptures for an answer.

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 One thing we may notice is that

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 God seems to have deliberately arranged the story of his son

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 to pattern the life of his forefather,

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 King David.

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 Could it be that this is done intentionally

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 to confirm that he is the Messiah?

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 The parallels between David and Jesus are striking.

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 Both from Bethlehem.

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 Both start in poverty.

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 Neither born to nobility.

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 Both are raised up to the throne by God.

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 And for both, the path to that throne

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 goes through tremendous suffering and affliction from enemies.

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 And yet, God delivers both from their enemies.

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 And he uses both to give deliverance to his people

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 from their enemies

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 and to give them peace.

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 And of course, in all these parallels,

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 David is the lesser

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 and Jesus, the son of David,

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 is the greater and the ultimate.

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 And so if this is God's intention and plan,

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 if he's doing this on purpose

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 to show something about his son,

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 the manger in Bethlehem

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 makes a little more sense, maybe.

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 That's where David

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 was from, too.

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 That's the kind of humble and lowly beginnings

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 that he had, too.

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 This reminds me of what Mary

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 said in her Psalm of Praise,

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 which we looked at a couple weeks ago,

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 back in chapter 1.

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 She praised God,

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 the Mighty One,

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 because

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 he is a God who has brought down rulers

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 from their thrones,

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 but has lifted up

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 the humble.

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 We talked a couple weeks ago

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 about how this was one of God's signature moves.

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 He loves to exalt

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 and raise up

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 and lift up

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 the humble

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 and lowly.

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 And as we ponder

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 that signature move of God,

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 the thing that he has done

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 all through history

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 with so many people,

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 is it a surprise

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 that he will do it this way

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 again

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 for his son,

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 the ultimate king,

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 from a manger

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 in a small town

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 to the throne

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 of heaven and earth.

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 We'll talk more about this later.

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 Let's continue to listen

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 to Luke's telling

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 of how things went.

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 Verse 7,

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 And she gave birth

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 to her firstborn son,

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 her firstborn,

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 a son.

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 She wrapped him in cloths

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 and placed him in a manger

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 because there was no guest room

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 available for them.

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 And there were shepherds

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 living out in the fields nearby,

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 keeping watch over their flocks

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 at night.

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 An angel of the Lord

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 appeared to them

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 and the glory of the Lord

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 shone around them

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 and they were terrified.

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 But the angel said to them,

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 Do not be afraid.

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 I bring you good news

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 that will cause great joy

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 for all the people.

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 Today in the town of David

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 a Savior has been born to you.

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 He is the Messiah,

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 the Lord.

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 This will be a sign to you.

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 You will find a baby

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 wrapped in cloths

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 and lying in a manger.

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 Suddenly,

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 a great company

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 of the heavenly host

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 appeared with the angel,

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 praising God

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 and saying,

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 Glory to God

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 in the highest heaven

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 and on earth

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 peace

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 to those

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 on whom

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 his favor rests.

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 While the circumstances

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 of Jesus' birth

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 are lowly,

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 his birthday

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 did not go unmarked

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 or unannounced.

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 And this announcement

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 is quite spectacular.

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 It starts with

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 one angel,

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 a single angel,

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 suddenly appearing

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 to some shepherds

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 who are out in the fields

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 near Bethlehem

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 at night.

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 And Luke describes

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 in detail

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 the spectacle.

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 This angel of the Lord

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 is suddenly there

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 before them

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 and the glory

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 of the Lord

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 shone around them.

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 this angel,

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 it would seem,

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 was radiant.

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 He was lighting up

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 the night

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 and the area

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 around

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 all these shepherds

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 with the brilliant light

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 of God's glory.

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 And the response

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 of the shepherds

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 in that moment

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 was terror.

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 In the literal

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 phrasing of Luke

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 long ago,

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 they feared

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 a great fear.

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 Can you imagine this?

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 You're out there

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 in the dark

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 with nothing

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 but the light

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 of the stars,

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 perhaps the moon.

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 And then in an instant,

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 you're blinded

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 by this

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 brilliant light

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 shining at you

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 and all around you.

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 And your heart

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 begins to pound

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 and your knees

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 grow weak.

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 You're frozen

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 with fear

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 trying to figure out

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 what's happening.

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 and then out

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 of the brightness,

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 this being

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 speaks to you.

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 Do not be afraid

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 for behold,

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 I bring you

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 good news.

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 And this good news

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 is going to bring

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 great joy

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 for all people.

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 people.

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 And what is the news?

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 Today in the town

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 of David,

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 a Savior

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 has been born

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 to you.

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 He is

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 the Messiah,

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 the Lord.

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 What does the angel

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 want them to know

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 about this child?

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 We notice a few

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 things here.

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 First of all,

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 notice the emphasis,

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 today in the town

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 of David.

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 There it is again.

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 But aside from that,

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 three things

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 the angel wants

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 them to know.

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 First of all,

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 a Savior

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 has been born.

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 What does that word mean?

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 Means he is your

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 deliverer.

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 A deliverer

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 has been born

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 born for you.

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 And we talked

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 about this title

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 of Savior

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 a little bit

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 in the past few

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 weeks

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 and about salvation.

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 The shepherds

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 don't know this yet,

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 what kind of a Savior

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 he's going to be.

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 But the rest of the

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 story as we keep

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 going through Luke

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 and on into the rest

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 of the New Testament

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 reveals it.

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 He will be the

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 ultimate Savior.

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 He will be the

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 one who delivers

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 us from all

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 of our troubles

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 and from all

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 of our enemies.

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 He will be the

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 one who saves

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 and delivers us

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 from our guilt,

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 from the punishment

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 that we deserve

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 because of our sins.

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 He will even be

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 the one who saves

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 and delivers us

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 from death itself.

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 A Savior

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 has been born

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 to you.

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 And who is

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 this Savior?

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 Let there be

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 no doubt.

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 He is

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 Christ.

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 We talked about

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 this a little bit

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 on Friday evening.

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 That's the Greek

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 word for the

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 Hebrew word

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 Messiah.

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 It means

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 anointed one.

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 He is

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 that one.

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 Let there be

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 no doubt.

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 This child

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 born to you

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 today is

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 the king

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 of God's

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 choosing

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 for his

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 people.

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 The one

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 promised,

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 the one

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 prophesied,

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 the one that

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 you've been

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 waiting for.

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 And third,

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 he is

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 Christ

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 the Lord.

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 What does it

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 mean that

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 he is

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 Christ

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 the Lord?

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 Up until

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 now,

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 that title,

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 the Lord,

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 has been

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 only used

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 once in

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 reference to

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 Jesus in

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 Luke's

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 gospel.

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 Maybe you

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 remember,

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 several months

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 back,

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 Elizabeth

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 called

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 Mary

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 the mother

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 of her

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 Lord.

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 And we

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 don't really

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 have lords

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 in our

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 culture today

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 like they

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 did in

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 days long

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 ago,

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 but the

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 inherent

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 idea is

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 master

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 or ruler.

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 One who

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 has

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 authority

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 over

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 his

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 servants

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 or his

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 subjects

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 or his

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 household

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 or his

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 city.

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 Interestingly

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.799
 enough,

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 the Hebrew

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 equivalent,

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 Adonai,

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 was used

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 in place

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 of the

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 name of

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 God by

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 Jews for

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 centuries

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 before this.

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 And they

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 did this out

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 of reverence

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 for God's

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 name.

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 In the

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 scriptures,

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 as they

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 would copy

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 them,

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 they would

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 actually have

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 the letters

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 of God's

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 name,

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 Yahweh,

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 the consonants,

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 but then they

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 would put the

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 vowel points

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 of the word

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 Adonai to

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 remind anyone

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 reading the

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 scriptures not

00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:19.779
 to say his

00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:20.379
 name out of

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 reverence for

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 his name.

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 So instead

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 they would

00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.120
 say Lord.

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 And so

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 Lord was

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 very much

00:16:25.459 --> 00:16:25.939
 a name

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 and title

00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:26.860
 of God

00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:27.319
 as well.

00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.199
 It's

00:16:30.199 --> 00:16:30.779
 unclear here

00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:31.220
 whether the

00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:31.860
 angel means

00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.319
 to say

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 that much.

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 This is

00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.079
 Christ,

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.740
 Yahweh.

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 It's going

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 to come out

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 later though.

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 Or does he

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.919
 want to put

00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:43.439
 the emphasis

00:16:43.439 --> 00:16:44.179
 on the fact

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 that he is

00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.399
 going to be

00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:46.059
 the master,

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 the ruler,

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 the one in

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 authority

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 over all.

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 These are

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 the three

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 things the

00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.860
 angel wants

00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.460
 the shepherds

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:54.340
 to understand

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:55.379
 about this

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 child born

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 to them in

00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:58.060
 the nearby

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 town.

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 He is a

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 savior for

00:17:00.540 --> 00:17:00.800
 you.

00:17:01.640 --> 00:17:02.440
 He is

00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:03.240
 Christ,

00:17:03.760 --> 00:17:04.380
 the Messiah.

00:17:05.320 --> 00:17:06.059
 He is

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:07.299
 your Lord.

00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.640
 And with

00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:10.019
 that the

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.660
 angel gives

00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.380
 them the

00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:11.720
 sign,

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.720
 the key

00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.140
 thing by

00:17:14.140 --> 00:17:14.519
 which they

00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:15.120
 might find

00:17:15.120 --> 00:17:15.940
 him and

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.920
 identify him

00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.840
 in Bethlehem.

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 And the

00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:18.900
 sign is

00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.580
 two things.

00:17:20.320 --> 00:17:21.120
 A baby

00:17:21.120 --> 00:17:22.160
 wrapped in

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.800
 cloths.

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 This language

00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.259
 was used to

00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:25.980
 describe the

00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:26.900
 swaddling of

00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:27.700
 an infant in

00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.460
 strips of

00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:28.860
 cloth.

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:31.500
 And that

00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:32.100
 was a fairly

00:17:32.100 --> 00:17:32.940
 common thing.

00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:34.060
 And so this

00:17:34.060 --> 00:17:34.539
 part of the

00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:34.920
 sign is

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.720
 probably only

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.320
 signaling to

00:17:36.320 --> 00:17:36.860
 the shepherds

00:17:36.860 --> 00:17:37.180
 that you're

00:17:37.180 --> 00:17:37.779
 looking for a

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.300
 baby that's

00:17:38.300 --> 00:17:38.860
 brand new.

00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:41.580
 How many

00:17:41.580 --> 00:17:42.680
 babies had

00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.420
 just been

00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:44.920
 born in

00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:45.279
 the small

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:45.720
 town of

00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:46.279
 Bethlehem?

00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:48.220
 That would

00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.740
 narrow things

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.400
 down a lot.

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.860
 But then the

00:17:51.860 --> 00:17:52.380
 second thing

00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:53.039
 to look for,

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:54.980
 you will find

00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.620
 this swaddled

00:17:55.620 --> 00:17:57.039
 baby lying

00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.360
 in the

00:17:57.360 --> 00:17:57.720
 manger.

00:17:59.560 --> 00:18:00.300
 The feeding

00:18:00.300 --> 00:18:00.740
 trough.

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.420
 That's the

00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:02.779
 thing Luke

00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:03.560
 mentioned earlier.

00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.360
 It shows the

00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:05.060
 lowliness of

00:18:05.060 --> 00:18:06.519
 his birth and

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:07.220
 it becomes the

00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:07.920
 sign for the

00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:08.440
 shepherds.

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.480
 How many

00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.000
 newly born

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.600
 babies in

00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:13.060
 the town

00:18:13.060 --> 00:18:14.940
 are lying

00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:15.440
 in a cattle

00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:15.860
 trough?

00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:18.920
 only one.

00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:24.660
 Then it

00:18:24.660 --> 00:18:25.160
 gets even

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.440
 more

00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:26.140
 spectacular.

00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.279
 A great

00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:29.960
 company of

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.440
 the heavenly

00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:31.279
 host appeared

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.880
 with the

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.240
 angel,

00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.259
 praising God

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.759
 and saying,

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.740
 glory to

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.220
 God in

00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:35.759
 the highest

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.660
 heaven and

00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:37.240
 on earth

00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:38.300
 peace to

00:18:38.300 --> 00:18:38.779
 those on

00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.259
 whom his

00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:40.100
 favor rests.

00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:51.419
 glory to

00:18:51.419 --> 00:18:52.619
 God in the

00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:53.519
 highest heaven

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:55.240
 and on earth.

00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:57.240
 glory to

00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:58.240
 glory to

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:59.240
 glory to

00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:00.240
 glory to

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.240
 glory to

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:04.240
 glory to

00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:05.380
 glory to

00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:06.579
 God in

00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:07.180
 the highest

00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:08.259
 heaven and

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:09.099
 on earth.

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:11.660
 Peace to

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.220
 those on

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.759
 whom his

00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.720
 favor rests.

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:15.720
 glory to

00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:16.720
 man.

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:18.200
 This declaration

00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:19.240
 speaks of the

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:20.079
 worthiness of

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.400
 God.

00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:20.799
 May he be

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.400
 worshipped,

00:19:21.860 --> 00:19:22.500
 acknowledged,

00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.339
 praised,

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.799
 given glory in

00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.519
 the highest

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.660
 heaven, the

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.519
 highest place

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.259
 where he is.

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.960
 And it also

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.920
 speaks of God's

00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:32.200
 peace and

00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:33.559
 favor to

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.120
 humanity.

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:35.940
 Through this

00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:36.579
 child now

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:37.279
 born, God is

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:38.460
 offering peace

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:40.440
 to man.

00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:42.539
 God is

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.480
 showing grace,

00:19:44.340 --> 00:19:45.519
 his favor to

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.059
 mankind.

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:47.059
 Can you

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.920
 imagine hearing

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:49.039
 thousands of

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:50.500
 angels chanting

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.000
 this?

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.940
 What an

00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:54.580
 awesome and

00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:55.600
 spectacular moment

00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:56.180
 that must have

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.420
 been.

00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:58.840
 The greatest

00:19:58.840 --> 00:19:59.740
 birth announcement

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.940
 ever made for

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.400
 anyone.

00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.620
 God declares it

00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:03.519
 into the silent

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.000
 night.

00:20:06.100 --> 00:20:07.200
 And yet here

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.900
 again we're left

00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.400
 to wonder.

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.320
 The most

00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:10.000
 spectacular

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.140
 birth announcement.

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.400
 The greatest

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.619
 news given

00:20:13.619 --> 00:20:14.160
 to who?

00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:18.039
 Some sheep

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:21.079
 herders in

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.559
 the hills.

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.299
 Again we see

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:27.000
 God choosing

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:29.180
 the lowly and

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.559
 even the

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.279
 despised.

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 Shepherds in

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 that day were

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.660
 considered to be

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.440
 of very little

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.400
 social standing.

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 They were often

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 looked down on

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 with contempt.

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 Why break

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 this news

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.480
 to them

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:45.319
 and only

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.759
 them?

00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:53.339
 When the

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.839
 angels had

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.359
 left them

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.740
 and gone

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.220
 into heaven

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 the shepherds

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 said to one

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 another

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.700
 let's go to

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.220
 Bethlehem

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.660
 and see

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.140
 this thing

00:20:59.140 --> 00:20:59.460
 that has

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 happened

00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:00.859
 which the

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.259
 Lord has

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.700
 told us

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:01.980
 about.

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 So they

00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:04.039
 hurried off

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.539
 and found

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.299
 Mary and

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:05.619
 Joseph

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:07.119
 and the

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.460
 baby

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.539
 who was

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.240
 lying in

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.680
 the manger.

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 When they

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:12.779
 had seen

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.759
 him they

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.299
 spread the

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.039
 word concerning

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.640
 what had

00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:17.859
 been told

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 them about

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 this child

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.539
 and all

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:20.980
 who heard

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.259
 it were

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.099
 amazed at

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:22.420
 what the

00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:22.759
 shepherds

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.140
 said to

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 them.

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 But Mary

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:26.079
 treasured up

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.559
 all these

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.960
 things and

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.700
 pondered them

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.819
 in her

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.180
 heart.

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 The shepherds

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.960
 returned glorifying

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 and praising

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 God for all

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 the things

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 they had

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 heard and

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.620
 seen which

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 were just

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 as they

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.380
 had been

00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:39.779
 told.

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.720
 So the

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.120
 shepherds

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:44.500
 it seems

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.059
 waste no

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.940
 time in

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.360
 going to

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 find the

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.500
 newly born

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 Messiah.

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 I would

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:48.960
 have loved

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 to have

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 been in

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 their company

00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.660
 in that

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.920
 moment and

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:53.819
 just hear

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.319
 some of the

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.720
 things that

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:54.960
 they were

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.519
 saying as

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 they thought

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.600
 this through.

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.519
 The angel

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.279
 told us you

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.960
 will find

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.640
 the baby

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.640
 wrapped in

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.120
 claws and

00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:01.500
 lying in

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:01.900
 a manger.

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 I think

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:04.799
 we should

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:06.240
 go and

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.680
 find the

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:06.960
 baby.

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.400
 I think

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:07.600
 we're

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.120
 supposed to

00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:08.660
 do that

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:10.480
 right now.

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.740
 Why not?

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.680
 Let's go.

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.519
 And they

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.960
 head into

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.360
 town.

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:18.980
 Luke tells

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.259
 us they

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.759
 found him

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.539
 exactly as

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:20.980
 the angel

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.620
 had spoken

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:23.819
 lying in

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.220
 a manger.

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.400
 Verse 17

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 is in my

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.500
 opinion likely

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.920
 one of the

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:33.059
 most misinterpreted

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.720
 verses in

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:33.980
 Luke's

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.380
 account.

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:37.060
 what many

00:22:37.060 --> 00:22:38.140
 people see

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.440
 in these

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.040
 verses is

00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:39.380
 that the

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:39.760
 shepherds

00:22:39.760 --> 00:22:40.300
 went and

00:22:40.300 --> 00:22:41.420
 saw Jesus

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:41.980
 and then

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.880
 went out

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:43.420
 into the

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:43.860
 town and

00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.660
 began spreading

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.240
 the word of

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.540
 what they

00:22:45.540 --> 00:22:45.840
 had been

00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:46.400
 told by

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.020
 the angels

00:22:47.020 --> 00:22:48.100
 about the

00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.680
 child to

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.080
 all the

00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:49.860
 townspeople.

00:22:50.540 --> 00:22:50.720
 And all

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.440
 the townspeople

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.060
 were amazed

00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:52.440
 and then

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.300
 for some

00:22:53.300 --> 00:22:53.740
 reason we

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.300
 go back to

00:22:54.300 --> 00:22:54.840
 Mary who

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.540
 pondered the

00:22:55.540 --> 00:22:56.200
 happenings of

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.600
 the night

00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.680
 and then we

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.140
 go back to

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.760
 the shepherds

00:22:58.760 --> 00:22:59.340
 who then

00:22:59.340 --> 00:22:59.900
 returned to

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.540
 their flocks

00:23:00.540 --> 00:23:01.900
 praising God

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.420
 for all they

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.020
 had heard and

00:23:03.020 --> 00:23:04.100
 seen after an

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.899
 evening of

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.619
 door-to-door

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.859
 evangelism.

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.240
 And from

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.639
 this have

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:08.980
 come all

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.379
 kinds of

00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:09.799
 interesting

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.539
 embellishments

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.339
 about how

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.919
 the shepherds

00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:12.439
 ran through

00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:13.000
 the town

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.759
 knocking on

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.419
 doors with

00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:15.259
 giddy excitement

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.639
 proclaiming the

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.500
 Messiah's birth.

00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:19.819
 And look how

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.559
 excited and

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.480
 eager they are

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.419
 to share the

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:22.759
 news of

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.359
 Christ's birth

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.419
 and so how

00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:24.899
 much more

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.639
 should we be

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.099
 too?

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.139
 I have a

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.639
 different take

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.299
 on this verse

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.819
 than many and

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.519
 you can take

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.099
 it or you

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.779
 can leave it

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:34.180
 for whatever

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.639
 it's worth

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.079
 to you.

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.740
 But I think

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.079
 it makes

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.599
 much more

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.039
 sense of

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.500
 the flow

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.000
 of Luke's

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.680
 account here

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.819
 and the

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.420
 key word

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:40.799
 here I

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.160
 think is

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.500
 in verse

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.160
 17

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:43.279
 that word

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.859
 spread.

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.099
 When they

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.619
 had seen

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.859
 him they

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.579
 spread the

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:49.139
 word concerning

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.700
 what had been

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.480
 told them about

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.619
 this child.

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.220
 In English

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.639
 the word

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.619
 spread carries

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.259
 the idea of

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.960
 taking something

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.799
 around all

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.519
 over the place

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.079
 and so it's

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.940
 no surprise

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.339
 that we've

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.879
 kind of come

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.280
 to that

00:24:00.280 --> 00:24:00.740
 imagining

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.340
 that I

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:01.560
 just

00:24:01.560 --> 00:24:02.160
 described.

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.300
 But the

00:24:04.300 --> 00:24:05.080
 original word

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:05.680
 here doesn't

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.240
 have that

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.060
 connotation at

00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.360
 all.

00:24:08.020 --> 00:24:08.560
 Quite

00:24:08.560 --> 00:24:09.020
 literally

00:24:09.020 --> 00:24:11.060
 it would be

00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:11.500
 more like

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.060
 and having

00:24:12.060 --> 00:24:12.840
 seen they

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.840
 made known

00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:15.880
 they revealed

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:17.480
 concerning the

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.960
 words which

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.260
 had been

00:24:18.260 --> 00:24:18.840
 spoken to

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.280
 them about

00:24:19.280 --> 00:24:19.960
 this child.

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.180
 So the

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.580
 shepherds

00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:23.560
 arrive and

00:24:23.560 --> 00:24:24.220
 after seeing

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.760
 the baby

00:24:24.760 --> 00:24:25.420
 lying in the

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:25.940
 manger they

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.660
 make known

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.500
 they reveal

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.500
 what they

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.440
 heard concerning

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.539
 this child

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:30.980
 from the

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.380
 angel.

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:33.000
 Make known

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.460
 to who?

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.820
 Reveal to

00:24:35.820 --> 00:24:36.100
 who?

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.180
 I think

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.559
 that verse

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:41.860
 19 speaks

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.500
 of Mary

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.320
 treasuring up

00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:43.700
 all these

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.600
 things because

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.400
 the shepherds

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.420
 are still there

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.880
 with her.

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.600
 They made it

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.120
 known to

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.539
 her, to

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.279
 Joseph and

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.240
 to others

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.620
 who had

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.440
 perhaps gathered

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.980
 with them.

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.480
 And all

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:58.960
 who heard

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.200
 it,

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:01.240
 are amazed.

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.440
 Like this

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.779
 child here

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:05.100
 is the

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.299
 Messiah.

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.759
 You saw

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.600
 angels that

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.019
 told you

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.500
 that this

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.320
 child here

00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:08.740
 is the

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.220
 Messiah?

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.120
 No wonder

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.460
 they were

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:13.840
 amazed.

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.259
 No wonder

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.620
 they were

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.259
 astonished.

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.740
 Mary and

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.240
 Joseph were

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.860
 probably the

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.360
 only ones

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:18.880
 there who

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.700
 didn't think

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.259
 that sounded

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.779
 crazy.

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.539
 You guys

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.019
 think that

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.660
 this baby

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.200
 right here

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.920
 is the

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.460
 Messiah?

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.559
 Messiah.

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:28.960
 But it

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.220
 wasn't

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.740
 crazy to

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.059
 Mary.

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.840
 She

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.400
 treasured up

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.759
 all these

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.259
 things and

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.759
 pondered them

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.059
 in her

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.440
 heart.

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.500
 She knew

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.940
 who her

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.799
 baby was

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:40.660
 nine months

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:42.059
 before this

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.640
 moment when

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.900
 Gabriel told

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:45.100
 her who he

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:45.539
 would be.

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.640
 This was just

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.500
 more confirmation.

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:49.019
 This made it

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.779
 even more

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.519
 precious to

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.759
 her.

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:54.079
 And then

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.640
 after the

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.140
 shepherds

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:56.259
 visit and

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.700
 make known

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:57.980
 what they

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.240
 had heard

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.640
 and seen,

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.160
 they return

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.539
 to the

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.859
 fields,

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.319
 praising

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.539
 God along

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.940
 the way.

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.819
 Imagine that

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.119
 you were

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.539
 there in

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.079
 that moment

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:06.339
 with Mary

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.799
 and Joseph.

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.400
 You stumbled

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.160
 upon this,

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.779
 not intentionally,

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.460
 but here you

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.680
 are.

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.160
 There's this

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:12.559
 couple in

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.119
 a stable.

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.900
 There's this

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.980
 baby in a

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.740
 feeding trough.

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.599
 congratulations

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.740
 on the

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.119
 birth of

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.619
 your son.

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.259
 And then

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.660
 all of a

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.160
 sudden these

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.859
 shepherds

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:29.059
 stumble in

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:31.579
 and they

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:33.140
 start talking

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.640
 about how

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.160
 they just

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:35.519
 saw angels

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:38.539
 and that

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.079
 this child

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.460
 is the

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.859
 Messiah.

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.359
 Would you

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.879
 believe them?

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:54.039
 most of us

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.720
 here recognize

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:56.000
 and believe

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.819
 what the

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.400
 angel said

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.819
 that night

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.319
 about this

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.700
 child,

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.900
 that he is

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.400
 the Savior

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.920
 and the

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.299
 Messiah

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:04.160
 and the

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.420
 Lord.

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.019
 Maybe you're

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.400
 here though

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.879
 this morning

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.160
 and you

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.440
 haven't

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:08.799
 believed

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:10.799
 that or

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.079
 haven't

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.559
 embraced

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.019
 this.

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.819
 I wonder,

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.379
 is there

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:16.640
 something

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.220
 holding you

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.579
 back?

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:23.200
 what's

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.839
 keeping you

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.500
 from fully

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.019
 embracing

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.940
 Jesus as

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.460
 your

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.119
 Savior?

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.920
 That

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.700
 child born

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.279
 that night

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.519
 as your

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.900
 King,

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:34.119
 as your

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.480
 Lord?

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.960
 There's one

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.480
 question I

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.000
 couldn't shake

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.460
 this week

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.879
 as I was

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.539
 thinking through

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.160
 all this.

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.339
 Why did

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.359
 God choose

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.579
 a manger?

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:52.759
 why did

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.259
 he select

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.059
 shepherds

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:55.720
 to receive

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.359
 the great

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:56.980
 announcement?

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.720
 I was

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.240
 reminded of

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.519
 what the

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.220
 Apostle Paul

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.660
 said to

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.099
 the church

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.619
 at Corinth

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.039
 and I'll

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.440
 just read

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.980
 these verses

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.779
 for you

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.779
 from 1

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.339
 Corinthians

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.220
 chapter 1.

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.640
 The

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.259
 Apostle Paul

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.920
 wrote this.

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.119
 He said,

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.539
 for the

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.279
 foolishness

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.900
 of God

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:14.539
 is wiser

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.740
 than human

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.160
 wisdom

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:18.059
 and the

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.460
 weakness

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.660
 of God

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:21.059
 is stronger

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.840
 than human

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.440
 strength.

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.740
 Brothers and

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.059
 sisters,

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.579
 think of

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:26.880
 what you

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.279
 were when

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.519
 you were

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.880
 called.

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.240
 Not many

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.539
 of you

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:32.259
 were wise

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.360
 by human

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:33.960
 standards.

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.860
 Not many

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.740
 were influential.

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.819
 Not many

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.400
 were of

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.059
 noble birth.

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.640
 But God

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.539
 chose the

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.519
 foolish things

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.660
 of the

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.039
 world

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.400
 to shame

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.019
 the wise.

00:28:48.580 --> 00:28:49.140
 God

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.620
 chose the

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.280
 weak things

00:28:50.280 --> 00:28:50.600
 of the

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:50.940
 world

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:52.200
 to shame

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.019
 the strong.

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.500
 God

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.060
 chose the

00:28:56.060 --> 00:28:56.500
 lowly

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.040
 things of

00:28:57.040 --> 00:28:57.500
 this world

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.840
 and the

00:28:57.840 --> 00:28:58.600
 despised

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:59.240
 things

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:01.360
 and the

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.759
 things that

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.280
 are not

00:29:02.280 --> 00:29:03.400
 to nullify

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:03.920
 the things

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.380
 that are.

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.740
 Why?

00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.620
 So that

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:09.120
 no one

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:10.000
 may boast

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.780
 before him.

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:14.839
 God

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.200
 had a

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.460
 great

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.879
 purpose

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.139
 in

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.539
 choosing

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.599
 and

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.099
 using

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.700
 despised

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.940
 and lowly

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.460
 things

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.579
 and people

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:25.119
 so that

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.720
 no one

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.500
 may boast

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.359
 before him.

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.000
 To

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.559
 shame

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.460
 the

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.059
 wise

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:33.240
 of this

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.660
 world.

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.359
 Those

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.660
 who are

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.519
 wise

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.000
 in their

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.240
 own

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.680
 eyes.

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.559
 Here

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:37.799
 it is

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.099
 again.

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.339
 This

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.920
 is God's

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.279
 signature

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.879
 move.

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.799
 He's

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.240
 using

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.839
 the

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.379
 lowly

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.019
 and the

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.379
 humble

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:44.859
 and the

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.180
 weak

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.279
 to

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.740
 humble

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.000
 the

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.480
 proud

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.460
 and the

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.839
 mighty

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.579
 and the

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.099
 strong.

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.259
 God

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.660
 chose a

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.000
 manger

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.319
 and

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.019
 shepherds

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.799
 in part

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.700
 because that's

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.240
 the last

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.839
 place

00:29:58.839 --> 00:30:00.019
 that the

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.500
 proud

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.440
 and the

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.940
 wise

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.399
 and the

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:03.059
 influential

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.920
 and the

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.339
 powerful

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.920
 would look

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:06.139
 for a

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.399
 king,

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:08.720
 for a

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.019
 savior.

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.240
 God

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.160
 is

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.839
 worthy

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.399
 of

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.079
 praise.

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.399
 He's

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:14.920
 worthy

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.500
 of

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.059
 praise.

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.359
 He's

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.079
 worthy

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:18.420
 of

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:20.079
 praise

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:21.399
 and glory

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:22.099
 and

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:23.059
 exaltation

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.559
 for his

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.119
 true

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.779
 wisdom

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.899
 and power

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.960
 and strength

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:28.920
 and that's

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.119
 God

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.579
 himself.

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.899
 The

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:31.200
 one who

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.759
 gave us

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.160
 life.

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.779
 The

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.279
 one who

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.139
 brought us

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.680
 into being

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.139
 and it's a

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.700
 difficult thing

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.319
 to accept

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.920
 but this

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.359
 is the

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:38.940
 truth that's

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.420
 said through

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:39.800
 the whole

00:30:39.800 --> 00:30:40.220
 Bible.

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.539
 We are

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.080
 not the

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.539
 center of

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.160
 the universe.

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.600
 The world

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.200
 does not

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.820
 revolve

00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.279
 around

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.960
 us.

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.660
 It

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.060
 rightly

00:30:50.060 --> 00:30:50.759
 revolves

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.480
 around

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.860
 him.

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.759
 He

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.700
 is at

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.200
 the center

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.860
 of

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.360
 everything

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.860
 and it's

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.220
 a good

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.600
 thing.

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.300
 For us

00:30:59.300 --> 00:30:59.820
 to boast

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.460
 in ourselves,

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:00.940
 for us

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.320
 to think

00:31:01.320 --> 00:31:01.880
 highly of

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.340
 ourselves

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.920
 is a

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.360
 spiritual

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:04.039
 violence

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.680
 against

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.460
 the one

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.160
 who truly

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.800
 deserves

00:31:06.800 --> 00:31:07.960
 all glory

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.940
 and honor

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.840
 praise

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.100
 and

00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:10.700
 acknowledgement.

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.079
 And so

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.460
 what does

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.019
 God do?

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.140
 He

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.519
 humbles

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.160
 the proud

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:19.380
 by choosing

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.779
 the lowly,

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.759
 the despised,

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:24.059
 and the weak

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.600
 to accomplish

00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:26.799
 his unsearchable

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.340
 plans.

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.900
 Even his

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.460
 plan to

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.920
 save,

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.840
 it comes

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.279
 through a

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.180
 nobody girl

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.600
 from

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:35.400
 Nazareth.

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:37.100
 it comes

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.500
 through a

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.860
 feeding

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.320
 trough

00:31:38.320 --> 00:31:38.640
 in a

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:38.980
 small

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.440
 town.

00:31:40.540 --> 00:31:41.180
 It's

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.540
 revealed

00:31:41.540 --> 00:31:41.840
 to

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.180
 sheep

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.660
 herders.

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.200
 It comes

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.540
 through a

00:31:44.540 --> 00:31:45.040
 cross.

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.500
 It's

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.759
 carried

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.180
 forward

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.440
 by

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.040
 fishermen

00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:49.660
 and a

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:49.940
 former

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.380
 tax

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.880
 collector.

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.880
 This is

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 God's

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.580
 signature

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 work of

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 power

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:56.100
 on

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 display.

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 That's

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 where it

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 starts,

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 but it's

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.300
 not where

00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:01.780
 it ends.

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:04.960
 God's

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.379
 plan will

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.599
 take

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.000
 Jesus

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.980
 from the

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.379
 manger

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:08.839
 to the

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.139
 throne.

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 It will

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.619
 take him

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:11.960
 from the

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.420
 cross

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.940
 to the

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.240
 empty

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.660
 tomb.

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 It will

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.619
 take him

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.599
 from earth

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.279
 to the

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.799
 heights of

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 heaven.

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:20.899
 His

00:32:20.899 --> 00:32:21.220
 first

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.779
 coming was

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.359
 lowly

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 and meek,

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 seen and

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.920
 known by

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.399
 only a

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:25.680
 few.

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 But his

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.359
 second coming

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.779
 will be

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 glorious

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 and powerful

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 and every

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.119
 eye will

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:34.059
 see and

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 every knee

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.839
 will bow

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:37.679
 and every

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.220
 tongue will

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.899
 confess that

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 he is

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.740
 Lord to

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 the glory

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.720
 of God

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.220
 the Father.

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 This is

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.579
 God's

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:42.839
 way.

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 I love

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 the news

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.059
 that the

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.379
 angels

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:49.759
 brought.

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.940
 God's

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.619
 offer of

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.079
 peace

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:54.220
 is here.

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.039
 Salvation

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.879
 has come

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 and yet

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.099
 only those

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.599
 willing to

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:00.920
 humble

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.599
 themselves

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:03.159
 go to

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 the

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.779
 stable

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.940
 and bend

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.460
 their knee

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.000
 before the

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.639
 child in

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.119
 the feeding

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.619
 trough

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:09.200
 will receive

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.859
 this peace

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:11.839
 and salvation.

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.859
 I think

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.359
 the question

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.799
 it brings

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.279
 us to

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:17.559
 had we

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.079
 been there

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:20.220
 and even

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.639
 today

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:21.960
 will you

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.279
 humble

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.799
 yourself

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.480
 to worship

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.099
 this king?

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:28.759
 will you

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.279
 embrace

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.000
 the seeming

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.839
 foolishness

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.399
 of all

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:31.759
 this

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:33.399
 to believe

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:33.819
 in his

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.159
 name?

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:37.240
 Will you

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.799
 give him

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.399
 the honor

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:39.119
 and glory

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.539
 that he

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.179
 deserves

00:33:40.179 --> 00:33:40.779
 though the

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.179
 world

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:41.740
 doesn't

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.199
 see it?

00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:46.759
 There is

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.379
 only one

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.240
 among men

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.099
 who is

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.539
 worthy

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:51.319
 the

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:51.740
 Christ

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.839
 our

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.299
 Savior

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.720
 our

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.079
 Lord.

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.440
 Let's

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.680
 pray.

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.920
 Father in

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.119
 heaven

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:08.500
 many of

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.800
 us

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.800
 love

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.159
 these

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.599
 words

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.279
 and

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.599
 believe

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:11.779
 them

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.119
 with all

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.259
 our

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:12.639
 hearts

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:14.300
 but

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.320
 for

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.619
 anyone

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.019
 who may

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.340
 not

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.599
 Lord

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.039
 we pray

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.460
 and ask

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.719
 that

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.619
 faith

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:18.920
 would be

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.320
 found

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.220
 in their

00:34:20.220 --> 00:34:20.640
 hearts

00:34:20.640 --> 00:34:22.460
 not just

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.800
 in this

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.019
 room

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.519
 but also

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.880
 in our

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.400
 community

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:26.360
 Lord

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:26.720
 we all

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:27.039
 need

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.300
 you

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.220
 we all

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:28.519
 need

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.720
 your

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.220
 salvation

00:34:29.220 --> 00:34:32.280
 you are

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.740
 the king

00:34:32.740 --> 00:34:33.039
 that our

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.280
 hearts

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.720
 truly

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.280
 desire

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:36.160
 we grow

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.880
 dissatisfied

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.360
 with

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.740
 government

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.580
 and bureaucracy

00:34:39.580 --> 00:34:40.559
 and politics

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.100
 and all

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:41.700
 this stuff

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:44.780
 because

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.300
 our hearts

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:45.720
 long

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.580
 for the

00:34:46.580 --> 00:34:47.059
 perfect

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:48.760
 true

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.480
 justice

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.720
 real

00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.260
 peace

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:52.540
 decisions

00:34:52.540 --> 00:34:52.980
 made

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.160
 and

00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:53.740
 righteousness

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:54.320
 that

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.840
 really

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.460
 work

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:58.680
 and

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:58.900
 one

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.180
 day

00:34:59.180 --> 00:34:59.860
 we cling

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.180
 to that

00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.560
 promise

00:35:00.560 --> 00:35:01.060
 that you

00:35:01.060 --> 00:35:01.260
 will

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:01.660
 provide

00:35:01.660 --> 00:35:02.000
 that

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.200
 when

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:03.380
 your

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.580
 son

00:35:03.580 --> 00:35:04.080
 returns

00:35:04.080 --> 00:35:04.340
 to

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.640
 reign

00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:06.860
 blessed

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.100
 be

00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:07.280
 your

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.580
 name

00:35:07.580 --> 00:35:09.080
 amen

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:11.860
 up

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:13.139
 Wrong

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:15.079
 way

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:17.019
 man

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.779
 In

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.639
ん

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:18.799
 praise

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.500
 the

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.299
 hard

00:35:20.299 --> 00:35:21.079
 to

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:22.699
 fight

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.059
 for the

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:24.059
 мон