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 Do turn me to John chapter 1.

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 John 1.

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 So it's on page 886.

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 What's the identity of the baby?

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 That's the core and the heart of the Christmas message.

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 And John in his gospel focuses not on the events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ.

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 There are no shepherds.

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 There are no angels.

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 But John identifies for you why the baby was born.

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 At the carol, who is he on yonder stall?

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 And our worship depends at this Christmas on our being able to grasp who is this baby that lies in the manger.

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 And so I've got three answers that I want to give you from John 1.

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 The first answer is this.

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 The baby in the manger is God.

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 Secondly, the baby in the manger is God made man.

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 And thirdly, the baby in the manger is God made man for our salvation.

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 And if you take those three statements, in lots of ways they encompass the whole of the message of Christmas.

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 The baby in the manger is God.

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 The baby in the manger is God made man.

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 And the baby in the manger is God made man for our salvation.

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 The first points are much longer than the other two.

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 So first of all, the baby in the manger is God.

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 John, in his gospel, gives us the larger backlog in how Christmas is to be seen and to be understood.

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 Matthew and Luke, they tell you the story.

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 They give you the immediate context.

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 They tell you of Herod and the wise men and the angels and the shepherds.

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 But John doesn't do that.

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 John gives you the larger context for the coming of Jesus Christ.

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 It's here that our minds and our understanding are enlarged so that we see the real meaning of Christmas.

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 And we see the real sheer glory of Christmas.

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 So, verse 1, can you hear the echo?

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 If you know your Bible, surely you hear the echo, don't you?

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 In the beginning.

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 In the beginning, God.

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 The Bible begins, Genesis chapter 1.

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 But in John chapter 1, it's in the beginning was the word.

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 In Genesis, the first book of the Bible, God the creator is at work, isn't he, to form the heavens and the earth and to form human beings in his own image.

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 He's the creator.

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 But in John 1, we have the same creator, God, revealing himself again in power and glory and grace.

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 And here he is coming to make a new beginning, a new creation.

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 And so Genesis 1, creation.

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 John 1, a new creation.

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 He's saying in John 1, the only parallel for what I'm about to tell you is the creation of the universe.

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 And that is the backlog that John wants us to see in the coming of this baby lying in a manger.

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 Echoing the creation of the universe at the beginning of time.

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 Here is the creator God at work in his fallen world to recreate man.

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 And four men and women are fresh in his image.

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 And that new humanity that God here in Christ is setting about creating consists in verse 13 of those who are born not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but born of God.

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 Now that is the point of the description of Christ as the word.

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 We often look at verse 1, let me read to you verse 1.

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 In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.

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 And what preachers often do is they often want to say, well, John is talking about here a means of communication.

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 A means of self-expression.

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 A means of revelation.

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 So in the same way that my words this morning reveal what I'm thinking, and what I'm speaking to you reveals what's going on inside,

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 they communicate a message to you.

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 And that is true.

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 That is what John is saying in one way about the Lord Jesus.

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 That Jesus is the word.

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 Jesus is the one who reveals.

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 He manifests what God wants to say to human beings.

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 It's the revelation of God in all his glory.

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 But the word in John 1 is much, much more than that.

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 Because do you remember in Genesis chapter 1, how did God create?

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 Do you remember that?

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 How did God create?

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 He spoke, didn't he?

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 Catechism says God spoke all things into being by the word of his power in the space of six days and all very good.

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 He speaks and says, let there be light.

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 And there was light.

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 And so we discover that the word of God is God acting in creation.

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 And now here in the new creation, God is acting again, isn't he?

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 That is the significance of Jesus being called the word.

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 The word is God in action.

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 God bringing the world into being by his word.

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 And here in Christ, God is bringing in a new world.

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 A new age.

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 God is bringing a new humanity into being.

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 As he sends his son forth from the heavens.

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 And so John is preparing you and I for the fact that in Christ's coming,

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 God is beginning to do something of majestic proportions.

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 And that is what we need to grasp.

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 That the baby in the manger is the living God acting in his world.

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 There's the same dynamic in that little baby.

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 As when God called out into the darkness.

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 And commanded light to come forth.

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 That when he spoke and created the universe.

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 That same authority.

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 That same creation power.

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 Is there in this tiny little baby.

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 That's what John is saying to us.

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 It's a very remarkable thing.

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 That as the only begotten son was the agent of creation.

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 Verse 3.

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 All things were made through him.

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 And without him was not anything made that was made.

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 So the only begotten son.

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 Is the agent of the creation.

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 But of the new creation too.

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 It is he who invades this fallen world.

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 And gives life and light and hope.

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 And this Jesus is the baby in the manger.

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 Now do you notice how John describes Christ as the word.

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 There's kind of four areas that he does that.

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 He describes him.

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 First of all in relation to time.

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 And then in relation to God.

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 And then in relation to the universe.

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 And then in relation to humanity.

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 So can you see first of all.

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 He describes the word in relation to time.

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 In the beginning.

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 Was the word.

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 He is eternal.

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 That's the significance of this phrase.

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 John is saying.

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 That he had no beginning.

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 While other forms and other things had a beginning.

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 The son of God was eternal.

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 The word was eternal.

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 When time began.

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 Christ was there.

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 For all eternity.

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 And John is emphasizing.

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 That the baby born in Bethlehem.

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 Had existed with the father.

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 Through all eternity.

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 So this beginning of days.

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 In Bethlehem.

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 Was not the beginning of days for him.

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 He was.

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 When the beginning came.

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 And from all eternity.

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 He had existed.

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 With the father.

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 So his relationship to time.

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 Is he is eternal.

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 And that's really important.

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 Because only God is eternal.

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 Do you remember the catechism again?

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 What is God?

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 God is infinite.

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 Eternal.

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 This baby in Bethlehem.

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 Has the very characteristic.

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 Has the very attributes.

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 Of the Godhead.

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 Here is the eternal son.

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 The eternal word.

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 But secondly.

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 He describes the word in relationship to the Godhead.

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 So can you see verse one again?

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 In the beginning was the word.

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 And the word was with God.

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 And the word was God.

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 God.

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 Notice.

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 The two things he says there.

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 It's not only that he was in the beginning.

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 And the word was God.

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 But the word was with God.

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 And that demonstrates to us.

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 That the word.

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 The son.

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 The Christ.

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 He has a separate entity.

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 A separate personality.

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 Within the Godhead.

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 He was with God.

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 God.

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 But you must understand that.

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 He was a kind of percentage of God.

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 Or part of God.

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 He is a separate personality.

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 Within the Godhead.

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 He is distinct from the Father.

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 And yet he is one with the Father.

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 So God the Son is a distinct person.

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 A distinct being.

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 Yet he has all the attributes.

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 And all the essence of the Godhead.

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 The word was God.

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 What does that do to our worship this Christmas?

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 Well it means we won't patronize him.

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 It means we won't lullabies him.

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 That it is God in the manger.

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 And so we will bow down before him.

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 And that is the significance of Christmas.

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 Here in the manger.

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 It is the eternal God himself.

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 Co-equal with the Father.

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 Having come down to be man.

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 Third way he describes.

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 The word is he talks about him in relation to the universe.

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 Doesn't he?

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 Look at verse 3.

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 All things were made through him.

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 And without him was not anything made that was made.

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 Again.

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 You've got the language.

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 All the way through.

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 In verse 3, 4 and 5.

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 The language of Genesis 1.

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 The language of God.

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 The language of God.

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 The language of God.

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 The language of beginning.

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 The language of made.

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 The language of life.

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 And light.

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 And darkness.

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 And so on.

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 And so now he who was the creator of the universe.

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 Has come.

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 To be creator again.

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 In his own world.

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 To recreate.

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 And reform.

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 Men and women.

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 Into the image of God.

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 Who have turned from him.

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 In.

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 Rebellion.

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 and so in relationship to the universe

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 he is its creator

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 do you grasp that?

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 Lo within a manger lies

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 he who built the starry skies

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 must lead us to worship

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 in ecstasy isn't it?

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 that God the creator of the ends of the earth

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 is a babe in a manger

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 fourthly in relation to men

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 look he is the life giver

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 look at verse 4

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 in him was life

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 and the life was the light of men

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 so John is telling us something here

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 which is mind bending

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 he's telling us that Christ is not only the creator

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 the agent of creation at the beginning

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 but he's the animator

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 he's the way that life came through to us

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 that where there was life

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 life came through Christ

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 and so God called didn't he

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 inanimate creation

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 into being

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 God formed mountains

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 and seas

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 and dry land

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 but then he brought life

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 and where did that life come from?

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 that life came from the Lord Jesus

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 it came from Christ

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 in him was life

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 the simple fact is this

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 there is no life outside of Jesus Christ

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 that applies to physical life as well as spiritual life

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 it may well be that John's concentration in his gospel

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 is on spiritual life

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 but physical life is exactly the same

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 it is in Christ

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 and so if you have life this morning

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 if you are alive this morning

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 some of you don't look like you're alive

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 but you have life this morning

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 because it has come through the Lord Jesus

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 he is the animator of creation

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 that's not a very good way of putting it

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 the glorious truth is that John is

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 undoubtedly using a double meaning

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 that not only is life kind of vested in Christ

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 in its general form

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 but the basic meaning of life in John's gospel

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 is spiritual life

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 and that is found in Christ

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 so in the deepest sense

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 the fullest sense

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 the life that is in him

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 is eternal life

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 and in giving himself to us

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 he gives us life

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 and that life illumines the hearts of men

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 in him was life

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 and the life was the light of men

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 the light shines in the darkness

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 and the darkness has not overcome it

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 you see what John is saying

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 just in his opening words

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 he's saying whichever direction you look at

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 the baby in the manger is God

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 the eternal creating animating Lord of life

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 the baby in the manger is God

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 but then he goes on to tell us

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 that the baby in the manger is God made man

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 the climax is in verse 14

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 the word became flesh

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 the word that was in the beginning

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 the word that was God

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 who was with God

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 the word who created all things

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 became flesh

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 and he dwelt among us

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 full of grace

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 and full of truth

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 in 9 to 11

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 it's kind of trailed there

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 we're told that

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 the true light

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 which gives light to everyone

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 was coming into the world

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 that's the world of Bethlehem

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 in verse 10

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 we're told that he was

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 in the world

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 and the world was made through him

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 yet the world did not know him

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 verse 11

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 he came to his own

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 and his people did not receive him

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 but the baby in the manger

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 is God made man

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 is taught in verse 14

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 most clearly

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 and this is the mystery

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 of the new creation

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 that is in Christ

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 and so in the first creation

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 in Genesis 1

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 God made man

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 to bear his image

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 in the second creation

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 God became man

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 to bear our sin

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 in the first creation

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 God made man

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 to bear his image

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 in the second creation

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 God became man

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 to bear our sin

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 when he says

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 that the word became flesh

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 he was no less God

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 when he became flesh

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 our Lord Jesus Christ

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 didn't lessen his godness

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 he was not therefore

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 God minus something

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 he was God

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 together with what

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 he had made

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 taking on our humanity

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 so that he who

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 had made man

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 now came to experience

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 what it was like

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 to be a man

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 that's what the incarnation

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 means

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 it means that

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 the Lord Jesus

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 took on our flesh

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 it means that

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 he entered

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 into fully

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 what it means

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 to be human

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 he experienced

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 our frailty

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 he understood

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 our weakness

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 he wept

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 with our tears

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 he was exhausted

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 with our tiredness

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 he came under pressure

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 like you and I do

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 he experienced

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 temptation

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 from Satan

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 like we do

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 he was tested

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 and tempted

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 in every point

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 as we are

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 he was a baby boy

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 and then

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 an adolescent

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 and then a full grown

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 man

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 and at every stage

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 he became

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 what he was

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 for our sakes

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 so that he might

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 enter into our

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 humanity

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 and this is what

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 the incarnation

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 means

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 it means that

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 the Lord of glory

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 has taken on

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 human flesh

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 there's not an

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 iota

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 of your

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 experience

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 which the Lord

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 Jesus has not

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 entered into

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 personally

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 and that's what

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 constitutes him

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 as a saviour

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 who understands

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 the needs

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 of his people

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 the Lord Jesus

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 has entered

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 into every

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 possible area

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 of your flesh

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 in order that

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 he might be

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 your saviour

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 literally

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 what John

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 says there

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 it says that

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 he tabernacled

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 amongst us

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 can you see that

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 he dwelt

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 amongst us

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 he was made

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 flesh

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 and dwelt

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 among us

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 verse 14

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 and there's no

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 doubt a reference

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 there isn't there

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 to the end of

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 Exodus

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 where the

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 tabernacle is

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 set up

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 right at the

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 heart of the

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 camp of Israel

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 in the midst

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 of God's

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 people

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 and in Exodus

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 40

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 when the

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 tabernacle

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 is established

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 we're told

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 that the glory

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 of God

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 it so filled

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 the tabernacle

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 that Moses

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 couldn't enter it

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 he couldn't get

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 near it

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 because the

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 glory of God

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 filled the

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 tabernacle

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 God came

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 down and

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 filled his

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 tabernacle

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 with glory

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 and it

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 burned out

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 from the

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 tabernacle

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 now do you

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 see what Jesus

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 is doing here

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 he is coming

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 amongst us

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 making

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 his flesh

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 his tabernacle

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 in order that

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 out of his

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 flesh

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 something of

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 the glory

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 of God

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 would burn

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 and shine

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 and that is

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 ultimately the

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.279
 end of his

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 saving ministry

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 enters into

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 our flesh

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 in order that

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 our manhood

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 and our

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 womanhood

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 would be a

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 tabernacle

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 for his

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 glory to

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 shine

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:22.079
 we beheld

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 his glory

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 we've seen

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 his glory

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 glory as

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 of the

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 only

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 son

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 from the

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 father

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 full of

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 grace

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 and truth

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 you might

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 remember the

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 transfiguration

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 where his

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 glory

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:43.480
 bursts forth

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.700
 on that

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 mountain

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 and suddenly

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.120
 the veil of

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 the Lord

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:47.720
 Jesus

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.819
 is torn

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 and suddenly

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.659
 the glory

00:21:51.659 --> 00:21:52.200
 of who he

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 is is seen

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.700
 on that

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 mountain

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:56.039
 it couldn't

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 be contained

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.359
 and Peter

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 speaking about

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 it years

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.619
 later

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 he says

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.859
 we beheld

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.599
 his glory

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:05.799
 and Jesus

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.359
 says this

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.779
 the night

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.259
 before he

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 dies

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 he says

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 to his

00:22:08.439 --> 00:22:08.779
 father

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.439
 the glory

00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:09.899
 you have

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:10.639
 given me

00:22:10.639 --> 00:22:12.299
 I have

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.879
 given them

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:16.680
 the glory

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:16.980
 that you

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.320
 have given

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:17.640
 me

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 I have

00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:18.240
 given

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.640
 them

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 and that

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.560
 glory

00:22:21.560 --> 00:22:22.260
 he came

00:22:22.260 --> 00:22:23.200
 to bear

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.860
 in order

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.160
 that

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.680
 we might

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.140
 know the

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:27.140
 very glory

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.640
 of God

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.460
 shining through

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:28.860
 our human

00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:29.340
 flesh

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:32.760
 it's what the

00:22:32.760 --> 00:22:33.260
 purpose of his

00:22:33.260 --> 00:22:34.080
 grace and salvation

00:22:34.080 --> 00:22:35.340
 ultimately is

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:36.380
 it's the glory

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.160
 ultimately of what

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:38.300
 the angels sing

00:22:38.300 --> 00:22:39.380
 the Lord Jesus

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:40.240
 through human

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.180
 flesh that he

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.760
 has redeemed

00:22:41.760 --> 00:22:42.520
 and sanctified

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:45.680
 the glory

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.299
 of Christmas

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.940
 is it is

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.639
 possible that

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:48.299
 through your

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:49.079
 flesh

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:51.240
 the glory

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.740
 of Christ

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.379
 might shine

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:55.119
 and God

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:56.000
 became man

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.500
 for that

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:59.279
 that leads me

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.740
 to the last

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.079
 of the three

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.400
 areas

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:00.779
 the baby

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.200
 in the manger

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.759
 is God

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:03.139
 the baby

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.660
 in the manger

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.700
 is God

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.460
 made man

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:07.480
 and the baby

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.180
 in the manger

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.700
 is God

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.240
 made man

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.599
 for our

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.119
 salvation

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:13.739
 here's

00:23:13.739 --> 00:23:14.199
 here's the

00:23:14.199 --> 00:23:14.639
 real issue

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:16.179
 did God

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.639
 the son

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.059
 the second

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.319
 person

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.539
 of the

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:17.839
 trinity

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.679
 why did

00:23:18.679 --> 00:23:19.199
 he become

00:23:19.199 --> 00:23:20.879
 come down

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.359
 to be made

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.179
 flesh for man

00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:24.639
 well it was

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:25.459
 certainly to reveal

00:23:25.459 --> 00:23:26.219
 the glory of God

00:23:26.219 --> 00:23:28.159
 to reveal his

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:28.859
 grace and his

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.539
 truth in the

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:29.859
 world

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.819
 but it was to

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.419
 deal with

00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:31.719
 wasn't it

00:23:31.719 --> 00:23:32.399
 two specific

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:33.059
 areas

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:34.639
 where his

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.439
 glory had been

00:23:35.439 --> 00:23:36.139
 obscured

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.340
 and challenged

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:39.460
 first of all

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:39.880
 in the area

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.700
 of death

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:42.060
 in the world

00:23:42.060 --> 00:23:43.700
 and then the

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.520
 area of darkness

00:23:44.520 --> 00:23:45.080
 in the world

00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:47.960
 so think again

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.640
 of Genesis 1

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.640
 think of that

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.560
 first creation

00:23:50.560 --> 00:23:50.980
 account

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.720
 when God

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.480
 spoke into

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 the first

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 creation

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 do you remember

00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:54.500
 what it says

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 there was

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.520
 darkness

00:23:55.520 --> 00:23:56.100
 over the face

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.560
 of the earth

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 and that

00:23:58.820 --> 00:23:59.300
 darkness

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 there was

00:23:59.800 --> 00:24:00.440
 evidence

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.840
 wasn't it

00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:01.259
 evidence

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.060
 of the need

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:02.680
 for light

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.440
 and life

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:05.700
 and God

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.500
 spoke into

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.100
 that darkness

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.600
 and there

00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.640
 was light

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:11.360
 it was waiting

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:11.900
 for God

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.259
 to say

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.840
 let there be

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.100
 light

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 but here

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.180
 the darkness

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.799
 in John 1

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.440
 is sinister

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.380
 it is an

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.160
 evil darkness

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 the new

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.320
 element in

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:21.000
 that darkness

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:22.000
 is death

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:24.059
 and men

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.200
 loved darkness

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.840
 rather than

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.519
 light we're told

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.059
 because their

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.900
 deeds were evil

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.840
 and that is why

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.440
 Christ has come

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.980
 into the world

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:33.180
 he came to

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:34.200
 give life

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.740
 in him

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.700
 was life

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.580
 says John

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:37.440
 and that life

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.259
 is eternal life

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.160
 spiritual life

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 because there

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.160
 was spiritual

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:43.140
 death in man

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 and the

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.380
 fallen world

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.180
 is the shadow

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.880
 of death

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.420
 over it

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.019
 and Christ

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.960
 came in our

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.420
 flesh

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.320
 in order

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:52.539
 that he might

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.019
 deal with the

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 ultimate darkness

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 it's what John

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 means when he

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.080
 says in verse 9

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 he says the true

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 light which gives

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.680
 light to everyone

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 who's coming to

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 the world

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 he was in the

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.539
 world and the

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.459
 world was made

00:25:06.459 --> 00:25:07.000
 through him

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 yet the world

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.839
 did not know

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 him

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 he came to

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.659
 his own

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 and his own

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 people did not

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:16.179
 receive him

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:20.019
 so in John 1

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 you've got the

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.599
 first mystery

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.299
 which is the

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 incarnation

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 haven't you

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 this mind

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 bending truth

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 that God

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 has become man

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 but the second

00:25:28.739 --> 00:25:29.679
 mystery of John 1

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.680
 is the rejection

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 of Christ

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 the mystery of

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 the rejection

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 of the son

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 of God

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 because he

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 came for those

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.060
 who were in

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 darkness

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 and he came

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 to bring light

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 but they didn't

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.380
 want it

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 they were blinded

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 to him

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 he came to

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 his home

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 he came to

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 his own

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 people

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 but his own

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 people would

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.939
 not receive

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 him

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 he was

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 despised

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 and rejected

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 by those

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:02.779
 he came

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 for

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:06.019
 what did

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.439
 he come to

00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:06.599
 do

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.179
 John tells

00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:07.439
 us in

00:26:07.439 --> 00:26:07.979
 verses 12

00:26:07.979 --> 00:26:08.559
 and 13

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:11.679
 but to

00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:12.439
 all who

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:13.759
 did receive

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.079
 him

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.719
 who believed

00:26:15.719 --> 00:26:16.199
 in his name

00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:16.879
 he gave the

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.219
 right to

00:26:17.219 --> 00:26:17.799
 become children

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.339
 of God

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:18.679
 who were

00:26:18.679 --> 00:26:19.199
 born not

00:26:19.199 --> 00:26:19.839
 of blood

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 nor of the

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.000
 will of the

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.479
 flesh

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:23.559
 nor of the

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.559
 will of God

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.700
 of man

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.440
 but of God

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:29.799
 he came

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.500
 to bring

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.860
 life

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.799
 to raise

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:33.039
 from spiritual

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.620
 death

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:35.620
 those without

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.099
 God and

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.680
 without hope

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:41.200
 but the

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.680
 Christ who

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.440
 became man

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:46.839
 who was in

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.339
 a tiny

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.900
 crib

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:50.120
 grew up to

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.599
 be the son

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.179
 of God

00:26:51.179 --> 00:26:53.000
 crucified

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.379
 on a

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:53.699
 cross

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:56.659
 in order

00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:57.119
 that by

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.839
 his death

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.199
 he might

00:26:58.199 --> 00:26:58.559
 put an

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.359
 end to

00:26:59.359 --> 00:26:59.559
 our

00:26:59.559 --> 00:26:59.899
 spiritual

00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:00.299
 death

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.000
 and raise

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.379
 us

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:02.599
 to spiritual

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:02.980
 life

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:05.659
 that's what's

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:06.359
 behind John's

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.319
 words to all

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.819
 who received

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.119
 him who

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.500
 believed in

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.819
 his name

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.179
 he gave

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.639
 power to

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:09.899
 become

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.359
 children of

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.639
 God

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:12.819
 how does

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.079
 he do

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.379
 that

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:15.740
 well he

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.079
 does that

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.619
 by offering

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.219
 himself

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.319
 death

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:20.500
 and that's

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.819
 what Christmas

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.200
 is about

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.600
 really isn't

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:21.819
 it

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:24.900
 he offers

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.420
 us his

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:25.740
 son

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:28.180
 to all

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:29.019
 who received

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.299
 him

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:34.339
 and it is in

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.019
 Christ that

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.519
 there is

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.299
 life

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:38.539
 and so dead

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.200
 sinners who

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.839
 sit in

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.360
 darkness

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:40.920
 need

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.579
 Christ

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:45.659
 and if

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.039
 Christmas

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.639
 for you

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:46.939
 is just

00:27:46.939 --> 00:27:47.379
 some kind

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.919
 of nice

00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:48.519
 warm

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.599
 fairy story

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.699
 you need

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.279
 Christ

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:54.720
 and to

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.079
 all who

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.559
 received

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.199
 him he

00:27:56.199 --> 00:27:56.819
 gave

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:58.179
 the right

00:27:58.179 --> 00:28:01.339
 to become

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.779
 children of

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.079
 God

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:05.379
 and so

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.740
 can I ask

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:05.919
 if you

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.460
 grasped that

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.919
 this Christmas

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:09.159
 that the

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:09.759
 eternal son

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.119
 of God

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.619
 the creator

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:10.859
 of the

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.240
 ends of

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.740
 the earth

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.700
 who has

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.480
 formed you

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.900
 who has

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.960
 made you

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:16.599
 offers himself

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.240
 to you

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:20.120
 he offers

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.620
 himself to

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:20.779
 you to

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.079
 come into

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.480
 your life

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.099
 and to

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.720
 recreate

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.200
 you

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.740
 what you

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.039
 need

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.299
 have you

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.700
 received

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:26.920
 him

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:29.859
 it's not

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.140
 enough to

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.559
 be religious

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.339
 it's not

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.700
 enough to

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.400
 align yourself

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:32.839
 with God's

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.079
 people

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.779
 it's not

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.160
 enough to

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.339
 have a

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.779
 reputation

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.120
 as a

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.480
 Christian

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.720
 it is

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.160
 have you

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.700
 received

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.140
 Jesus

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.740
 Christ

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:42.079
 because

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:43.120
 to as

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.779
 many as

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.299
 received

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.660
 him

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:47.400
 he gave

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:47.660
 the right

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:47.880
 to be

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.079
 children

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.500
 of God

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:52.660
 that you

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.539
 might be

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.299
 brought to

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.539
 him

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:56.019
 that you

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.900
 might discover

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:58.120
 the mystery

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.279
 and glory

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.799
 of having

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.559
 the creator

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:00.960
 of the

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.519
 universe

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.960
 inhabiting

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.640
 your life

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:06.100
 and making

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.920
 it his

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.799
 tabernacle

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:10.759
 that was

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.000
 true

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.440
 you would

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.880
 go out

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.079
 of this

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.319
 church

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.480
 wouldn't

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.559
 you

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:12.860
 walking

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.319
 on air

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:16.460
 you would

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.920
 rejoice

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:19.460
 that the

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.960
 word became

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.420
 flesh

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:22.880
 and dwelt

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.360
 among us

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:24.380
 let's pray

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.820
 let's종

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:26.220
 of

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.500
 a

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