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 Now, can you turn with me in your Bibles to the book of Matthew,

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 as we continue to explore the early chapters of Matthew's Gospel.

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 Matthew's Gospel, we're going to read from chapter 1, verse 18 to verse 25.

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 And we're going to consider today the virgin birth and the incarnation of Jesus

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 becoming flesh and dwelling among us.

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 Matthew chapter 1, verse 18.

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 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.

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 His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph.

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 But before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

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 Because Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace,

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 he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

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 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,

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 Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife,

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 because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,

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 because he will save his people from their sins.

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 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet.

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 The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son,

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 and they will call him Emmanuel, which means God with us.

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 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him

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 and took Mary home as his wife.

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 But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son,

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 and he gave him the name Jesus.

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 Amen. This is God's word.

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 Now, as we come to a passage like this,

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 as we begin to explore together the virgin birth,

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 perhaps some of us will be here with questions,

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 wondering how this can be.

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 We are dealing with a profound mystery here,

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 as J.I. Packer puts it,

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 and we're talking about the babyhood of the Son of God.

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 And we're talking about the union of God and man

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 in the person of Jesus,

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 and all that by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 As we come to this passage,

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 we discover striking things about the identity of Jesus.

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 So as we've been thinking through this morning,

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 in verse 23,

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 we are told the child in the manger was God.

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 But then as the angel speaks to Joseph,

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 we discover that the child in the manger was God

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 who became human by the creative power of God,

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 And we're told something striking too about the purpose,

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 about the mission of this child.

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 He is, verse 21, God's promised Savior.

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 So as we sit here today,

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 what do we make of this?

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 Is this truth that causes us to worship?

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 Or perhaps it causes us to wonder

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 and to have questions?

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 You maybe saw in the news this week

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 of the sale of Einstein's so-called God letter,

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 selling for two million pounds.

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 It was a letter written a year before he died.

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 Einstein was a man who,

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 through his life,

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 seemed to wrestle with science

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 and his own sort of Jewish faith.

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 But in that short letter,

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 he speaks of the Bible.

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 And he calls it a collection of venerable,

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 but still rather primitive legends.

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 And he speaks on religion in general

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 as an incarnation of a primitive superstition.

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 Words that are echoed by folks in our own day,

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 like Richard Dawkins,

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 who would describe miracles

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 and the virgin birth

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 as a story for unsophisticated people

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 and for children.

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 And so that's the understanding

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 of some within the scientific community

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 and some within our community.

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 Perhaps you're here today

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 and you have significant questions

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 about what we just read.

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 Or maybe you're having conversations

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 with friends at work

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 or in your community

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 and they have questions

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 at this time of year

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 about what we believe

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 about the virgin birth.

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 Or maybe we're wondering,

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 even as Christians,

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 is the virgin birth something

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 that really matters anyway?

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 Is it something that should be central

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 or can we,

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 and some parts of the church

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 are doing this,

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 shall we just sort of ignore it?

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 It's kind of embarrassing

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 and hard to deal with.

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 Well, before we really get into the text,

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 can I suggest two reasons

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 why I think the virgin birth

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 and the incarnation

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 are reasonable

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 and are crucially important

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 for our faith,

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 that they're not just

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 a primitive superstition.

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 The two things that I would say,

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 first of all,

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 is just thinking about the text,

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 think about it in terms

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 of the difficult detail

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 that this is giving to us.

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 The virgin birth

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 is not something

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 that's going to make Christianity

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 seem more plausible.

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 If people were writing this

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 as a work of fiction,

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 they would have no good reason

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 for making that up.

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 It's a unique claim.

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 You look around

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 all of the various religions

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 and you're not going to find

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 another example

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 of God taking on

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 full humanity

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 to live in his creation.

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 This isn't something

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 that's been copied

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 from another belief system.

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 central to our text

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 in Matthew

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 is that passage

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 and especially Isaiah 7.14

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 that Donald read for us.

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 And we need to understand

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 that that was not

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 a key messianic prophecy.

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 There weren't lots and lots

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 of Jewish people

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 waiting,

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 looking around for virgins

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 who would give birth

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 to a baby

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 who would be God's savior.

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 If this was a work of fiction

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 and if the writer

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 was wanting to say,

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 here is a special child

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 who's come into the world,

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 there would be other ways

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 to do it.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 what happens when

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 God is going to do

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 something new,

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 when God is going to

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 provide a deliverer sometimes

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 or provide a child

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 a promise,

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 that child will be born

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 to a barren woman.

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 That's often the pattern

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 in the Old Testament.

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 So it doesn't fit

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 with an existing type

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 or pattern.

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 And there doesn't appear

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 at a human level

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 to be any benefit

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 whatsoever

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 in giving Jesus Christ

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 such dubious origins.

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 And we find all

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 through his life

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 people asking questions

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 and people being scandalized

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 because of questions

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 about who his father was.

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 So it's a difficult detail.

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 And when we come

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 to difficult details,

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 it leads us often to think,

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 well, the best explanation

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 for it is because it's true.

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 The best explanation

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 for the virgin birth

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 is that Matthew,

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 the New Testament writers,

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 the eyewitnesses,

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 the church,

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 through most of history,

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 believed it to be true.

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 Scaling back a little bit,

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 the question of whether

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 we think the virgin birth

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 is reasonable or ridiculous

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 will in large part

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 depend on our worldview

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 and on certain faith beliefs.

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 So for people like Einstein

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 and Dawkins,

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 if you believe in a closed universe

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 that where either

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 there is no God

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 or there's no God

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 who intervenes,

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 then of course,

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 something miraculous

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 like a virgin birth

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 seems pure following.

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 There's a Christian scholar

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 and debater and writer

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 by the name of

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 William Lane Craig.

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 He said when he first

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 came across

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 the idea of the virgin birth

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 before he was a Christian,

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 he wrote it off

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 as being something absurd.

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 I mean,

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 he didn't have

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 the ability

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 to create from nothing

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 a male child.

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 Where did the male

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 Y chromosome come from

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 was one of his questions.

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 But nevertheless,

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 he kind of

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 pinned in that doubt

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 and continued to explore

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 the life of Jesus.

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 And as he read

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 into the life

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 and the teaching

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 and the death of Jesus

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 and the significance

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 of his death for sinners

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 and as he looked

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 at the historical

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 reliable evidence

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 for the resurrection,

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 Lane Craig was persuaded

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 that the Bible speaks truth.

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 And when you understand

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 that the Bible speaks truth

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 and you go to the beginning

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 of the Bible,

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 you meet the God

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 who created a whole cosmos

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 just by speaking.

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 And therefore,

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 Lane Craig concluded

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 creating a Y chromosome

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 is child's play

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 compared to that.

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 So it depends

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 on our view

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 of the world.

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 It depends

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 on our understanding

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 of the universe.

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 The God of the Bible

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 didn't wind up the world

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 and let it go

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 and then stands back

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 and doesn't get involved.

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 He intervenes

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 in supernatural ways,

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 in miracles.

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 So if we believe

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 in a God

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 who created

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 by intelligent design,

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 then the virgin birth

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 stands as

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 entirely reasonable.

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 How do you and I

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 or how can you and I

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 believe this kind

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 of deep mystery?

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 Something that

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 on the surface

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 seems as Craig

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 but it absurd.

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 Well, it requires faith,

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 doesn't it?

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 And it needs for us

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 to know Jesus

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 personally.

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 Let me try and illustrate

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 how this process works.

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 So I had to visit

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 a friend in St. Andrews

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 for the first time

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 this week

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 and I wasn't entirely

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 sure where he lived

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 so that was my first question

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 where exactly

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 am I supposed to be going

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 but then when I arrived,

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 second question then

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 is after making

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 that journey,

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 is my friend in?

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 So as I got out

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 of my car,

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 I saw that his car

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 was also parked

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 on the street.

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 That was a good sign.

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 As I got closer

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 to the door,

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 I saw that the lights

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 were on

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 and the front door

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 was unlocked.

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 So those are

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 good signs,

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 aren't they?

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 They're good clues

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 but they're not decisive.

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 Could have been his wife,

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 could have been another

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 family member

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 that was in the house

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 but

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 as soon as I

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 knock the door

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 and my friend

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 opens,

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 now the question

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 is answered

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 once and for all

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 with absolute

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 certainty.

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 Those clues,

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 that's secondary evidence,

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 not as important

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 as meeting

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 my friend

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 face to face.

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 And that's at the

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 heart of Christianity

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 is meeting

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 with Jesus

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 and that's a gift

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 that he gives.

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 Jesus spoke to Nicodemus

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 in John chapter 3

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 and he said,

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 I tell you the truth,

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 no one can see

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 the kingdom of God

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 unless he is born again.

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 We need that miracle

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 of new life

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 to be worked in us

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 before this makes sense.

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 Ultimately,

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 to see the child

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 in the manger

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 as God's chosen king

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 requires

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 the gift of faith.

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 So if you're here

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 and you want

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 to believe,

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 you want to believe

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 in Jesus,

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 you want to know more,

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 then ask God

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 for the gift of faith.

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 And for our family

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 and friends

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 who don't believe,

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 that's what we need

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 to pray for them,

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 that God would give

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 to them

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 the gift of faith

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 that they might hear

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 and believe.

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 So that just by way

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 of introduction

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 to say that I think

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 the virgin birth

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 is both reasonable

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 and really important

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 for our faith

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 and I hope we'll see

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 that as we go.

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 Let's think now

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 about our text,

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 let's think about

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 the history

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 of the incarnation.

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 Read with me again

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 verse 18.

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 This is how

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 the birth

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 of Jesus Christ

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 came about.

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 Now notice,

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 Matthew writes

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 presuming

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 that his first readers

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 know

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 about the virgin birth,

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 about the virgin conception.

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 So he's writing

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 sometime between 60

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 and 80 AD.

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 He's writing

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 at a time

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 when some of the eyewitnesses

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 were still alive.

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 he's writing

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 of a truth

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 that was accepted

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 by the church

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 for some 1800 years.

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 He's presuming

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 that they know

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 this story.

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 His mother Mary

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 was pledged

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 to be married

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 to Joseph

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 but before they

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 came together

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 she was found

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 to be with child

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 through the Holy Spirit.

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 So we've got

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 this human couple

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 in focus

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 who we met

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 last week

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 in verse 16

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 in the family line

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 of King David

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 and they are

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 Mary and Joseph

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 and they are betrothed.

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 So there's this

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 binding agreement.

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 They're not married yet

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 but it's binding

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 like a marriage.

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 It's a legal

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 commitment

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 to one another.

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 But

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 in their

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 situation

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 where they're

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 unmarried

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 and where they've

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 never slept together

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 Joseph discovers

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 that Mary is pregnant.

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 You see that

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 the information

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 is told

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 from Joseph's

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 point of view.

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 But just imagine that.

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 We get used to the

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 Christmas story

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 don't we?

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 We've heard it

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 lots of times before

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 but imagine

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 the shock

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 and the hurt

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 and confusion

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 when Joseph

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 discovers

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 his bride-to-be

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 is pregnant.

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 Bear in mind too

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 that he lives

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 in a very conservative

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 religious society.

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 Remember the shock

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 and the shame

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 and the scandal

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 that comes

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 with this

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 kind of news.

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 Verse 19

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 what do we discover

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 about Joseph?

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 Joseph her husband

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 was a righteous man

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 and did not want

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 to expose her

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 to public disgrace

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 so he had in mind

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 to divorce her

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 quietly.

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 He's a righteous man

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 he's living by God's law

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 and in God's law

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 if someone is unfaithful

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 you do not need

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 to marry

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 or remain married

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 to them.

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 And so Joseph

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 doesn't want to

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 marry Mary

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 but he still

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 cares for her

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 doesn't want to

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 publicly

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 disgrace her

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 so he has in mind

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 a quiet

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 divorce.

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 He doesn't know

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 about the angel's

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 announcement

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 to Mary

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 and what God

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 has done

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 in Mary

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 at this stage.

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 So he's made

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 that decision

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 I'm going to

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 divorce her

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 quietly

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 I don't want

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 that scandal

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 and to live

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 with that hurt

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 but after his

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 decision

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 verse 20

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 an angel of the Lord

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 appeared to him

00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:54.779
 in a dream

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 and said

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 Joseph son of David

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 do not be afraid

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 to take Mary

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 home as your wife

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 because what's

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 conceived in her

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 is from

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 So the angel

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 comes in a dream

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 and says

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 do not fear.

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 Now a lot of times

00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:10.560
 when the angels

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 come to people

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 they say

00:15:12.660 --> 00:15:13.480
 do not be afraid

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 because people

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 are quaking

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 in terror

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 because of the

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 appearance

00:15:17.520 --> 00:15:18.720
 of the angels

00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:19.300
 in power

00:15:19.300 --> 00:15:19.960
 and glory

00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:20.560
 but here

00:15:20.560 --> 00:15:22.320
 it's not the angel

00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:23.759
 that Joseph

00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:25.160
 is afraid of

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 rather

00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:27.340
 he had been afraid

00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:27.960
 to take Mary

00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:29.200
 home as his wife

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 but he's told

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 don't be afraid

00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:32.400
 she's not been

00:15:32.400 --> 00:15:33.360
 unfaithful

00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:34.800
 what's conceived

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 in her

00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:35.600
 is from

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 the Holy Spirit

00:15:36.300 --> 00:15:37.140
 there's been

00:15:37.140 --> 00:15:38.180
 a new life

00:15:38.180 --> 00:15:39.820
 creative work

00:15:39.820 --> 00:15:41.759
 through the Holy Spirit

00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:43.140
 in the womb

00:15:43.140 --> 00:15:44.080
 of Mary.

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 Notice it's

00:15:45.640 --> 00:15:46.720
 Joseph son of David

00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:47.220
 a reminder

00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:47.960
 that Joseph's

00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:49.440
 in King David's

00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:50.120
 family line

00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:51.800
 verse 21

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 she will give birth

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:53.160
 to a son

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 and you

00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:55.240
 are to give him

00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:55.920
 the name Jesus

00:15:55.920 --> 00:15:56.920
 because he will

00:15:56.920 --> 00:15:57.840
 save his people

00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:58.940
 from their sins

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 it was Joseph

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 you are to name

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 him Jesus

00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:03.540
 in naming

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 Jesus

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 that would be

00:16:04.540 --> 00:16:04.880
 a sign

00:16:04.880 --> 00:16:05.980
 of legal adoption

00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:06.560
 that would be

00:16:06.560 --> 00:16:06.980
 a sign

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.620
 of Jesus

00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.540
 being taken

00:16:08.540 --> 00:16:09.000
 legally

00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.540
 into

00:16:09.540 --> 00:16:10.680
 the family

00:16:10.680 --> 00:16:11.140
 line

00:16:11.140 --> 00:16:12.200
 of King David

00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:13.060
 which is so important

00:16:13.060 --> 00:16:13.720
 as we'll see

00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:15.240
 to the promises

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.820
 and we thought

00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:16.220
 about that

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:16.920
 last week

00:16:16.920 --> 00:16:17.540
 as well

00:16:17.540 --> 00:16:19.240
 how does

00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.320
 Joseph

00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:21.260
 react

00:16:21.260 --> 00:16:23.080
 verse 24

00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:23.660
 when Joseph

00:16:23.660 --> 00:16:24.260
 woke up

00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:36.799
 Joseph

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.600
 stands like

00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:38.559
 other figures

00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:38.960
 of faith

00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:39.399
 you can read

00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:39.779
 about in the

00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:40.259
 Old Testament

00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:40.939
 and did like

00:16:40.939 --> 00:16:41.279
 Mary

00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:42.299
 as we discovered

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.860
 in Luke's

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.240
 gospel

00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:44.419
 with obedience

00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:45.799
 to the word

00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:46.299
 of God

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 in his case

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.319
 that meant

00:16:49.319 --> 00:16:50.139
 taking Mary

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.559
 home

00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:52.139
 as his wife

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:53.379
 but we're told

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.059
 importantly

00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:55.120
 there is no

00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:56.019
 sexual union

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:57.200
 until after

00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:58.820
 Jesus is born

00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:00.120
 and

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.860
 Jesus

00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:02.340
 is legally

00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:03.500
 adopted

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:03.899
 given

00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.799
 the name

00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.819
 Jesus

00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:08.339
 now two points

00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:09.140
 of application

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:09.759
 as we think

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.220
 about the

00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.940
 history

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:12.579
 the events

00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:13.299
 that we have

00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:13.619
 here

00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:14.960
 the first

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:17.799
 general point

00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.660
 about labelling

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.039
 people

00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:21.119
 we discover

00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:21.940
 in the story

00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:22.660
 of Jesus

00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:23.019
 and his

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.420
 family

00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:25.240
 they were

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.860
 labelled

00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.920
 wrongly

00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.900
 as it turned

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.039
 out

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.720
 but labelling

00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.180
 people

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:30.759
 is damaging

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 this week

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 I've heard

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 of two

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 stories

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 of women

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 who were

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 looked down

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 on

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 ignored

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 rejected

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 within

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 their churches

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 because of

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 their past

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 because of

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 accusations

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 about their

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 past

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 because of

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 disapproval

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 about family

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 situation

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 labelled

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 and

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 rejected

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 that's wrong

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 isn't it

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 we must

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 both believe

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 and live

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 out

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 the gospel

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 of grace

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 grace that

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 covers sin

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 and shame

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 grace that

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 gives people

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 welcome

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 so labelling

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 people

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 as we see

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 in the story

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 of Jesus

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 and his

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 family

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 is damaging

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 and his

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 wrong

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 and the

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 second thing

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 we see

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 at a very

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 basic level

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 is that

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 faith in

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 God

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 is not

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 always easy

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 faith in

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 God

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 comes with

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 a cause

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 you read

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 the gospels

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 and you

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 sense the

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 shame and

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 the scandal

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 that Mary

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 and Joseph

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 lived under

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 the accusations

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 against Mary

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 the questioning

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 of who

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 Jesus

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 father is

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 rejecting him

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 because of his

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 unknown

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 parentage

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 it was

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 costly

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 for Joseph

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 to obey

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 and faith

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 will always

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 come with a

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 cause

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 of different

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 kinds

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 perhaps for us

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 it might be

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 the loss of

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 our reputation

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 because of

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 our Christian

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 beliefs

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 because we

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 hold things

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 like the virgin

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 birth to be

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 true

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 perhaps it

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 will be for

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 us a loss

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 of independence

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 where we're

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 no longer

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 free to

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 say I'm

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 just going

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 to do

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 whatever I

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 want regardless

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 of consequences

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 because we

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 want to

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 submit to

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 God

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 it's costly

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 in the sense

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 that we're

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 called daily

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 to die to

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 ourselves

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 for the sake

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 of God

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 and the good

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 of others

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 we're called

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 constantly to

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 put others

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 ahead of

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 ourselves

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 so that

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 costs us

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 in our time

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 and our energy

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 and our

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 resources

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 in the

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 emotion

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 and care

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 that we

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 pour out

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 for the

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 sake of

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 others

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 it's costly

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 to say

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 Jesus is

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 my Lord

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 because it

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 means submitting

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 with all

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 of our lives

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 and all

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 of our

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 hearts

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 to him

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 a couple

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 of weeks

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 ago at

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 the church

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 planting

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 conference

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 up in

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 St.

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 Columbus

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 the minister

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 of a new

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 church plant

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 in Glasgow

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 Christ Church

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 Glasgow

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.439
 Jonathan

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 de Groot

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 was speaking

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 about their

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 first convert

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 he is an

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 Iranian

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 student

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 who began

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 reading the

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 Bible with

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 a friend

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 began exploring

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 the claims

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 of Jesus

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 and came to

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 faith

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 in the Lord

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 Jesus

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 and began

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 to tell

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 his Iranian

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 friends

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 about what

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 he now

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 believes

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 now one

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 of those

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.679
 friends has

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 since reported

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 back to

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 the authorities

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 in Iran

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 and so

00:20:34.679 --> 00:20:35.099
 Jonathan

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 de Groot

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 was talking

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 to this

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 man who's

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 newly started

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 trusting in

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 Jesus

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 and he was

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:40.940
 asking him

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 do you

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 realize

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 the cost

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 that will

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 be involved

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 for you

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 and the man

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 said yes

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 I know

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 that if I

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 go back

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.720
 to Iran

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 there is a

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 fair chance

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:52.279
 that people

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 will want

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 me killed

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 but he

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 said

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 since this

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 is true

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 since Jesus

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 is Lord

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 he said

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:02.180
 it's worth

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 it

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.259
 faith is

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.099
 costly

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:07.000
 faith in

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.379
 Jesus

00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:08.599
 is worth

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 it

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 now that's

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.779
 the historical

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:14.259
 events

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.099
 around the

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 incarnation

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 but let's

00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:16.919
 think together

00:21:16.919 --> 00:21:18.059
 for a few

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 minutes

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:19.000
 about the

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 significance

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:21.659
 of the

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:22.279
 incarnation

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.079
 of Jesus

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 taking on

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.759
 human flesh

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 and dwelling

00:21:26.439 --> 00:21:27.099
 among us

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 the big

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 so what

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 question

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:31.019
 why do

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 you and

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 I need

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 the story

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 of the

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 birth

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:35.460
 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 well we

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 find in

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:37.980
 our text

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 three words

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 that take

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 us right

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.180
 to the

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.579
 heart of

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.160
 the gospel

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 the first

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.960
 word to

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.279
 think about

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.920
 is salvation

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.559
 we find it

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:46.839
 in verse

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 21

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 she will

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 give birth

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 to a

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 son

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 and you

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 are to

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 give him

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 the name

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 Jesus

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 because he

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 will save

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:54.980
 his people

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:56.119
 from their

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 sins

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.620
 are you

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 discovering

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 your footnote

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 the name

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 Jesus

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 means

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:01.140
 God

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:02.500
 saves

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 here is

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:05.559
 the rescuer

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 here is

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.759
 the saviour

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 promised

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 and what do

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.420
 we discover

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:09.940
 about him

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.319
 in verse

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.880
 23

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 he is

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:13.079
 God

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:16.220
 the psalm

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 that we

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 read

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.299
 just before

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:18.700
 the psalm

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 that we

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.559
 sang rather

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 just before

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.980
 reading from

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 Matthew

00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:22.240
 ends in

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 this way

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.500
 psalm 130

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 let me

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:25.039
 remind you

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 of the

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.500
 closing two

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.960
 verses

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:28.299
 oh Israel

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 written to

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.559
 the people

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:29.920
 of God

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.420
 put your

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.900
 hope

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.920
 in the

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 Lord

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:33.279
 for with

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 the Lord

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.680
 is unfailing

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 love

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 and with

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.619
 him

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.740
 is full

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.400
 redemption

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:39.779
 release from

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.180
 slavery

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.559
 another way

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.880
 of talking

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.119
 about

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.759
 salvation

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:43.440
 and then

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.759
 it says

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.619
 he himself

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.980
 will redeem

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.720
 Israel

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:48.000
 from all

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.720
 their sins

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.680
 in the

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.200
 Old Testament

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.980
 the Lord

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.420
 himself

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.000
 will redeem

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.339
 Israel

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:52.759
 from their

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.059
 sins

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.900
 New Testament

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.299
 what do we

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.700
 discover

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.519
 Jesus

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.879
 will save

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.539
 his people

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.400
 from their

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.639
 sins

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:58.960
 what's the

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.660
 angel saying

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:01.059
 the child

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.460
 in the

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:01.879
 manger

00:23:01.879 --> 00:23:03.599
 is God

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.099
 the Savior

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.480
 Jesus

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:05.960
 is how

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.460
 God is

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.720
 going to

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.319
 carry out

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.980
 his

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:09.119
 rescue

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:10.559
 now

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.900
 just to

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.460
 think for

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.900
 a moment

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.700
 about Jesus

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.779
 unique birth

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.200
 what does

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.299
 that teach

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.740
 us that

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.119
 we need

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.599
 somebody

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:19.019
 we need

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.500
 the Son

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.920
 of God

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.400
 to come

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:20.720
 to be

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.319
 our Savior

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:23.019
 it says

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.319
 to us

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.639
 we need

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:24.419
 a rescuer

00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:25.720
 who comes

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.619
 from outside

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.839
 in order

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.399
 to save

00:23:28.399 --> 00:23:28.700
 us

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.819
 so on the

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.220
 one hand

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.779
 we think

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.079
 about the

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.579
 virgin birth

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.039
 it speaks

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.299
 a word

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:32.819
 of judgment

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.200
 on us

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.599
 because it

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:33.980
 says that

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.519
 none of us

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.439
 by ourselves

00:23:35.439 --> 00:23:36.759
 are good

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.179
 enough for

00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:37.539
 a holy

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.059
 and perfect

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.500
 God

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.679
 and that

00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:40.200
 none of us

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.039
 by ourselves

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.899
 have the

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:42.339
 ability

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.259
 to find

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.659
 our way

00:23:43.659 --> 00:23:44.179
 back to

00:23:44.179 --> 00:23:44.480
 God

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:46.480
 that left

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.460
 to ourselves

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.640
 we would

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:48.940
 all

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.640
 remain

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.039
 under

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.299
 the

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.720
 judgment

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.019
 of

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.360
 God

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.940
 with

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.160
 no

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.400
 hope

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:52.579
 of

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:52.920
 mercy

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.160
 and

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.660
 forgiveness

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:55.700
 but

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:57.480
 the

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.940
 virgin birth

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.180
 doesn't

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.640
 just speak

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.160
 judgment

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.480
 to it

00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.779
 it also

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.279
 speaks

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.900
 grace

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.799
 to us

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.100
 because

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.539
 who is

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.960
 the baby

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.220
 in the

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.539
 manger

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.460
 he is

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.000
 Jesus

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.299
 the God

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.620
 man

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:08.360
 born in Bethlehem

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.360
 to die

00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:10.039
 on the cross

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:11.500
 at Calvary

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:13.480
 now does it

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.640
 matter to us

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.660
 that Jesus

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.220
 is both

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.680
 human

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.480
 and divine

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.460
 as the

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.700
 Bible

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.420
 makes clear

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.860
 absolutely

00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:21.420
 it does

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.600
 he needs

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:22.960
 to be

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.480
 fully

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.019
 human

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.740
 to save

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:24.980
 us

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.560
 to save

00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:25.900
 us

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.840
 he must

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:28.180
 identify

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.840
 with us

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:30.259
 he comes

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.799
 to be

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.420
 a perfect

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.100
 representative

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.680
 to be

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.519
 one of

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:33.820
 us

00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:35.720
 he's not

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.299
 like

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:38.060
 Superman

00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:39.740
 the comic

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.320
 book hero

00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:41.680
 he appears

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.180
 to be

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.680
 like a man

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:42.960
 but he's

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.200
 actually

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.759
 from another

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.120
 planet

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.560
 he's not

00:24:44.560 --> 00:24:45.140
 human

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.799
 at all

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.460
 that's

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.879
 not

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.220
 how

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.759
 Jesus

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.399
 came

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:50.039
 Jesus

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.379
 came

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:50.740
 fully

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.039
 God

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.500
 and

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.339
 fully

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:53.139
 human

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:54.159
 and he

00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:54.519
 needs

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:54.839
 to be

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.099
 fully

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.419
 human

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.279
 in order

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.440
 to identify

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.819
 with us

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.259
 also

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.039
 to obey

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.480
 the law

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.019
 for us

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.440
 we need

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.059
 somebody

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.419
 who can

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:01.639
 keep

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.099
 the law

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.819
 we need

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.259
 somebody

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.619
 who can

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:03.960
 please

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.319
 God

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.059
 we need

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.419
 someone

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:05.779
 who is

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.220
 faithful

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.659
 in loving

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:06.940
 God

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.299
 and loving

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.519
 other

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:07.759
 people

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:07.940
 it's

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.099
 not

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.539
 us

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.599
 we need

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:09.740
 a

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.440
 representative

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.980
 Jesus

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.840
 comes

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.820
 in his

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.220
 perfect

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.680
 obedience

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.259
 to fully

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.620
 obey

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.059
 the law

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.519
 for us

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.019
 and

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:17.440
 he comes

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.380
 to suffer

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.840
 the punishment

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.559
 for human

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:20.960
 sin

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.960
 in a

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.380
 human

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.279
 body

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.080
 we need

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.279
 him

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.799
 as our

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.279
 perfect

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.980
 substitute

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.940
 representative

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:28.279
 and sacrifice

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:30.120
 he takes

00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:30.940
 our place

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:32.900
 dies

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.220
 in our

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.660
 place

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.799
 so that

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.080
 we might

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:35.240
 know

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.700
 forgiveness

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:37.240
 it matters

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.700
 that he's

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.320
 fully human

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.079
 and it

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.579
 matters

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:39.980
 too

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.799
 that he's

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.119
 fully

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.659
 divine

00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:43.159
 quoting

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.759
 from

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.519
 the

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.859
 new

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.240
 city

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:46.019
 catechism

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:47.079
 because

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:48.039
 of his

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.679
 divine

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.639
 nature

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.819
 his

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.579
 obedience

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.859
 and

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.559
 suffering

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.779
 would be

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.359
 perfect

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.779
 and

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.980
 effective

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.460
 that what

00:25:59.460 --> 00:25:59.839
 Jesus

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.519
 does

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.419
 is perfect

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:02.460
 and effective

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.460
 satisfying

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.559
 the law

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:04.980
 of God

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.700
 satisfying

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.460
 the just

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.299
 judgment

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.839
 of God

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.480
 bearing

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.199
 the anger

00:26:09.199 --> 00:26:09.980
 against sin

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.159
 and defeating

00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:11.699
 death

00:26:11.699 --> 00:26:12.579
 in order to

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.000
 give us

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.539
 new life

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:13.839
 and to

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.319
 bring us

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.559
 into

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.119
 favor

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.240
 with

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.419
 God

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:20.519
 so we

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.139
 hear this

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:21.779
 word of

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.599
 salvation

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.699
 in the

00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:24.179
 coming

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:24.899
 of

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:25.539
 Jesus

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:27.319
 we also

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.740
 hear

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.579
 and it's

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:28.939
 connected

00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:29.519
 we hear

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.139
 a word

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:31.339
 of promise

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.339
 look at

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.399
 verse 22

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:35.200
 all

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.640
 this

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.019
 took

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.680
 place

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.580
 to

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.400
 fulfill

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:40.320
 that's a

00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:40.480
 word

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.860
 connected

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.040
 to

00:26:41.040 --> 00:26:41.360
 promise

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.700
 isn't it

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:41.900
 all

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.140
 this

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:42.360
 took

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.700
 place

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:42.920
 to

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.400
 fulfill

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.380
 what

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:44.560
 the

00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:44.880
 Lord

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.220
 had

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.780
 said

00:26:45.780 --> 00:26:46.620
 through

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:46.940
 the

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.380
 prophet

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:47.740
 and then

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.100
 we get

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.440
 that

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.519
 quote

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.800
 from

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.259
 Isaiah

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.620
 chapter

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.200
 7

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.000
 verse

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.620
 14

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.480
 God

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.360
 keeps

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:55.120
 his

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.800
 promise

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:57.059
 Jesus

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.759
 comes

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.460
 as

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.759
 the

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.139
 savior

00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.639
 king

00:26:59.639 --> 00:26:59.839
 that

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.259
 Isaiah

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.919
 spoke

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.240
 of

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.559
 some

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.159
 700

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.759
 years

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.359
 earlier

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:05.079
 now

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.319
 if we

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.700
 were to

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.379
 spend a bit

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.700
 of time

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.500
 in Isaiah

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.579
 chapter

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.099
 7

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.740
 to 11

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.339
 the focus

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:11.500
 is on

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.319
 a

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.740
 child

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:12.960
 a

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.480
 promised

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.879
 child

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.240
 who is

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.419
 the

00:27:14.419 --> 00:27:15.139
 answer

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:16.359
 to the

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.899
 judgment

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:18.200
 that the

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.899
 people were

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.319
 under

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.099
 because of

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.319
 their

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.859
 rebellion

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.339
 against

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.779
 God

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 and we

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.180
 learn some

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.680
 remarkable

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.519
 things about

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.159
 that child

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.100
 in that

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.480
 section

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.860
 so in

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.140
 chapter

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:28.100
 7

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:29.180
 as we're

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.880
 told here

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:31.120
 the child

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.440
 to be

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.820
 born

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:32.380
 is

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.100
 Emmanuel

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:34.120
 God

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:35.400
 with us

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:37.300
 in Isaiah

00:27:37.300 --> 00:27:37.720
 chapter

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.200
 9

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.400
 we discover

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.940
 that among

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.480
 the child's

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.840
 name is

00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:41.759
 mighty

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.860
 God

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:44.340
 and then

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.860
 in Isaiah

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.740
 chapter 11

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.540
 we discover

00:27:46.540 --> 00:27:47.360
 that this

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:47.940
 child will

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.759
 rule in

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.660
 supernatural

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:51.120
 power

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:53.580
 God's

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:54.600
 promise

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.240
 of

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.119
 redemption

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:56.779
 comes

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.019
 as

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.419
 God

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.939
 himself

00:27:57.939 --> 00:27:58.459
 comes

00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:58.959
 as

00:27:58.959 --> 00:27:59.319
 our

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.839
 savior

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.439
 king

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:01.699
 in his

00:28:01.699 --> 00:28:01.939
 son

00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.240
 Jesus

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.819
 Christ

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.719
 this

00:28:03.719 --> 00:28:04.039
 promise

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.439
 is a

00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:04.859
 sign

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.980
 it's a

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.179
 sign

00:28:06.179 --> 00:28:06.799
 to Israel

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:08.019
 that they

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.259
 had

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.819
 endured

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.699
 much

00:28:09.699 --> 00:28:10.419
 hardship

00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:11.399
 that they

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:11.719
 had

00:28:11.719 --> 00:28:12.399
 questions

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:12.939
 has

00:28:12.939 --> 00:28:13.259
 God

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.819
 forgotten

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.199
 us

00:28:14.199 --> 00:28:14.659
 will

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.000
 God

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.199
 be

00:28:15.199 --> 00:28:15.719
 faithful

00:28:15.719 --> 00:28:15.959
 to

00:28:15.959 --> 00:28:16.099
 his

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.419
 promise

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:16.599
 and

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:16.859
 here's

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.000
 the

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.500
 answer

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.679
 God

00:28:18.679 --> 00:28:19.480
 does

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.980
 keep

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.240
 his

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.759
 promise

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.539
 God

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.099
 delights

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.640
 to show

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.379
 love

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:23.839
 and

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.500
 salvation

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.220
 to

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.640
 those

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:25.920
 who

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.619
 turn

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:26.900
 to

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.240
 him

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:29.539
 and

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:29.819
 this

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.519
 sign

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:32.700
 also

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.700
 stands

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.000
 as a

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.500
 promise

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.599
 to us

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:37.299
 when

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.579
 God

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:37.900
 makes

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.079
 a

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.759
 promise

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.339
 he

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.680
 keeps

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:40.940
 it

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:43.539
 we

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:43.879
 know

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.160
 from

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.640
 experience

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:44.900
 don't

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.019
 we

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.180
 the

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.559
 pain

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:45.740
 of

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.079
 broken

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.559
 promises

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:46.920
 sometimes

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.359
 we let

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.559
 other

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:47.879
 people

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.200
 down

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.119
 good

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.799
 intentions

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.859
 but

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:50.980
 we

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.200
 become

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.759
 forgetful

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.000
 or we

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.220
 lack

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.359
 the

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.819
 resources

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.700
 to

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:53.940
 keep

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.139
 that

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:54.500
 promise

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.579
 and

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:55.720
 we

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:55.960
 know

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.159
 the

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:56.500
 pain

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.980
 of

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.000
 promises

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.319
 made

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.480
 to

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.740
 us

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:58.919
 that

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.059
 are

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.440
 then

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.440
 broken

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.859
 disappointing

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.859
 maybe

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.139
 we have

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.259
 the

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.559
 question

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:03.759
 will

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.039
 God

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.319
 be

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.759
 any

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.559
 different

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:07.139
 maybe

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:07.359
 we've

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.539
 heard

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:07.720
 the

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.039
 phrase

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.480
 promises

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.700
 are

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:08.899
 only

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.079
 as

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.339
 strong

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.500
 as

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.619
 the

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:09.919
 person

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.139
 who

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:10.419
 makes

00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:10.659
 them

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.720
 who

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.099
 is

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.220
 it

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.339
 that

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.519
 made

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.720
 this

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.259
 promise

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.039
 to

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.419
 Isaiah

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:14.679
 some

00:29:14.679 --> 00:29:15.099
 700

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.619
 years

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.519
 earlier

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.539
 it's

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:17.639
 the

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:17.759
 one

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:17.900
 who

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.299
 delivered

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.900
 on

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.079
 that

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.400
 promise

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:19.639
 by

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:19.920
 giving

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.139
 us

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.460
 Jesus

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.059
 who

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.299
 is

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.460
 the

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.879
 child

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.579
 in

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:22.740
 the

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.099
 manger

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.119
 he

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.259
 is

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.420
 the

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.839
 perfect

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.119
 son

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.259
 of

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.579
 God

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.400
 come

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.599
 to

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:26.779
 be

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.059
 our

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.519
 rescuer

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.799
 come

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:27.960
 to

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.099
 be

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.299
 a

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.839
 sign

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.920
 that

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.180
 God

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.359
 is

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:30.859
 faithful

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.920
 that

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.099
 we

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.500
 can

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.279
 trust

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.740
 him

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.519
 in

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.639
 a

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:34.960
 world

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.200
 of

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.599
 broken

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.059
 promises

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.319
 and

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.920
 disappointment

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.660
 here

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:37.819
 is

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.099
 one

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.319
 who

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.480
 will

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.940
 never

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.779
 let

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:39.980
 us

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.319
 down

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:42.480
 the

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.940
 third

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.579
 word

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:43.799
 that

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.039
 was

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.180
 to

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.460
 think

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.799
 about

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:46.299
 connected

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.759
 to

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.659
 the

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.000
 virgin

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.399
 birth

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:48.519
 and

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.659
 the

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:48.879
 coming

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.079
 of

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.399
 Jesus

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.980
 and

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.359
 connecting

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.599
 us

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:50.740
 to

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:50.879
 the

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.240
 gospel

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.500
 is

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.779
 that

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.019
 of

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.980
 presence

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.940
 back

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.159
 to

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.399
 verse

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:55.039
 23

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.319
 the

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.740
 virgin

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.000
 will

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.200
 be

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.460
 with

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.839
 child

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.639
 and

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:57.779
 will

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:57.960
 give

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.279
 birth

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.480
 to

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.680
 a

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:58.980
 son

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.680
 and

00:29:59.680 --> 00:29:59.799
 they

00:29:59.799 --> 00:29:59.960
 will

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.299
 call

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.700
 him

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.759
 Emmanuel

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.859
 which

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.440
 means

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.339
 God

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:05.039
 with

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.500
 us

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.799
 who

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:06.940
 is

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.059
 the

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.399
 child

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:07.559
 in

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:07.659
 the

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.000
 manger

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.299
 he

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.399
 is

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:08.519
 the

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:08.879
 divine

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.159
 son

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.319
 of

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.619
 God

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:09.779
 who

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:09.899
 has

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.200
 come

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.440
 to

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.619
 be

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:10.919
 with

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.279
 us

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.940
 has

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.299
 taken

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.559
 on

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.019
 human

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.619
 nature

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.240
 in

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.559
 order

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.039
 that

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.259
 he

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.559
 might

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.960
 be

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.700
 with

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.359
 us

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:19.399
 it's

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.899
 significant

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.200
 that at

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.319
 the

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.639
 beginning

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:20.940
 and the

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.220
 end

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.379
 of

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.859
 Matthew's

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.200
 gospel

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.539
 you get

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:22.759
 this

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.420
 promise

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.500
 of

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.099
 Emmanuel

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.700
 so here

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.059
 in chapter

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.379
 1

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.619
 verse

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.299
 23

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:29.660
 before

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.220
 Jesus

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.099
 comes

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.539
 into the

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.759
 world

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.059
 there is

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.259
 this

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.680
 announcement

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:32.980
 he will

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.119
 be

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.379
 God

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:33.599
 with

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:33.779
 us

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.139
 and

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.259
 then

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.379
 you

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:34.500
 go

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.740
 right

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:34.859
 to

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:34.960
 the

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.099
 very

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.399
 end

00:30:35.399 --> 00:30:35.920
 chapter

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.539
 28

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:36.839
 verse

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.480
 20

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.039
 just

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.460
 before

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.200
 so

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 Jesus

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 has

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.319
 died

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.460
 on

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 the

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:40.860
 cross

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 and

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.559
 he's

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.279
 resurrected

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 and

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 he's

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 about

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 to

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.539
 return

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:43.700
 to

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 the

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.059
 glory

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.240
 of

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.480
 heaven

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.019
 and

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.180
 he's

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.420
 giving

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:45.660
 the

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.259
 commission

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.500
 to

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.620
 the

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.160
 disciples

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.880
 to

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.240
 preach

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.400
 the

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.600
 good

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:48.900
 news

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.039
 to

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 all

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 nations

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.380
 and

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.539
 then

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:50.680
 he

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:50.960
 says

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.100
 to

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:51.220
 them

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.600
 I

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.019
 am

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.480
 with

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.819
 you

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.759
 always

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.860
 to

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:54.980
 the

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.120
 very

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.340
 end

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.460
 of

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.559
 the

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.519
 beginning

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:56.700
 of

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:56.819
 the

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.200
 gospel

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.579
 end

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:57.680
 of

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:57.799
 the

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.240
 gospel

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.140
 God

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.480
 is

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.840
 with

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.259
 us

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.079
 in

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.920
 Jesus

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.200
 it's

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.319
 a

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.500
 rich

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.880
 promise

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:04.460
 we

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.579
 have

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:04.680
 a

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:04.940
 family

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.480
 wedding

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.559
 this

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.900
 Christmas

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.460
 a few

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.700
 days

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.019
 after

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.680
 Christmas

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.660
 and

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.120
 thinking

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.360
 about

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.980
 marriage

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.360
 marriage

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:11.799
 is a

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.400
 promise

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.900
 of

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:14.039
 withness

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.799
 isn't

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.220
 it

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:16.360
 even

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:16.700
 in the

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.019
 vows

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.319
 that we

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.620
 take

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:17.779
 we

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.660
 promise

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.460
 a

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.700
 husband

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:19.880
 and

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.039
 wife

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.620
 promise

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:20.940
 in

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.620
 riches

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:21.880
 and

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.299
 poverty

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.720
 to be

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.000
 with

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.220
 each

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.480
 other

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.120
 in

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.559
 sickness

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:24.980
 and

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.160
 in

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.460
 health

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:25.860
 to be

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.420
 with

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.759
 and

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.180
 for

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.500
 each

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.799
 other

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.860
 and

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:28.980
 so

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.100
 it's

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.259
 a

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.700
 joyful

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.460
 celebration

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:30.759
 of

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.600
 witness

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:31.940
 and

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.440
 community

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.660
 and

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.000
 friendship

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.200
 and

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.319
 they're

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:33.579
 all a

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:33.779
 gift

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.019
 from

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.420
 God

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.100
 but

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.259
 in

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.160
 those

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.600
 marriage

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:37.039
 promises

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.420
 there's

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.720
 also

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.019
 that

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.860
 reality

00:31:38.860 --> 00:31:40.259
 till

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.720
 death

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.740
 do

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.220
 us

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.299
 part

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:45.539
 the

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.880
 coming

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.120
 of

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.480
 Jesus

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:47.700
 is

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.220
 different

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.420
 here is

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.840
 the one

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.120
 time

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.460
 where we

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:50.940
 can be

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.220
 with

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.759
 someone

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.539
 and

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.680
 it

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:52.860
 will

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.360
 never

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.259
 come

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.480
 to

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.660
 an

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:54.960
 end

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.900
 this

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.079
 is

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.279
 the

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:57.440
 withness

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.259
 that

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.759
 every

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.380
 heart

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.360
 truly

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:01.620
 longs

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:01.819
 for

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.600
 because

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:02.799
 it's

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:02.960
 for

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.299
 now

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:04.079
 and

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.339
 it's

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.700
 for

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.720
 eternity

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.639
 and

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:06.799
 it's

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.059
 right at

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.200
 the

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.539
 heart

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.720
 of

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:07.839
 the

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.119
 Bible

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.899
 we

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.299
 go back

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.559
 to the

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:09.799
 garden

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.019
 of

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.279
 Eden

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.980
 Adam

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.139
 and

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.359
 Eve

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.119
 living

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.379
 in a

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.700
 perfect

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.099
 world

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.819
 what's

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.019
 God

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.259
 doing

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.539
 he's

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.980
 walking

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.419
 and

00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:16.039
 talking

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.819
 with

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.099
 them

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.359
 in the

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.720
 garden

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:20.019
 the

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.360
 nation

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:20.559
 of

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:20.900
 Israel

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.860
 set

00:32:21.860 --> 00:32:22.200
 free

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.680
 from

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:22.980
 Egypt

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:24.460
 and

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:24.660
 they

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.559
 camp

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.220
 around

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.100
 the

00:32:27.100 --> 00:32:27.720
 tabernacle

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:27.940
 the

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.319
 tent

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.600
 of

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:28.920
 God

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.319
 as

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.579
 the

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.160
 newly

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.819
 established

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.579
 nation

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:31.779
 of

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.000
 God

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.319
 God

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.519
 is

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.059
 literally

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.400
 and

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:34.120
 symbolically

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.700
 in the

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:34.920
 middle

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.120
 of

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.259
 their

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.680
 national

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.059
 life

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:37.559
 and

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:37.880
 Jesus

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.279
 comes

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.600
 Jesus

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:38.960
 comes

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.120
 as

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.819
 friend

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.019
 of

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.279
 sinners

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.500
 to

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.799
 offer

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.559
 friendship

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.839
 with

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.100
 God

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.480
 to be

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.140
 God

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.559
 with

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.900
 us

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.960
 we go

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.200
 to the

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.340
 end

00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:45.440
 of

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.519
 the

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.759
 Bible

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.040
 what's

00:32:46.040 --> 00:32:46.160
 the

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.480
 hope

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.620
 of

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:46.759
 the

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:46.980
 new

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.380
 heaven

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.000
 and

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.160
 the

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.460
 newer

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.480
 God

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.060
 dwelling

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.960
 with

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.120
 his

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.440
 people

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.980
 forever

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:53.540
 what's

00:32:53.540 --> 00:32:53.700
 the

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.000
 hope

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.120
 of

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.259
 the

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.660
 hearts

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:54.840
 of

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.060
 every

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.480
 Christian

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.660
 that

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:55.920
 one

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.180
 day

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.780
 we'll

00:32:56.780 --> 00:32:57.080
 see

00:32:57.080 --> 00:32:57.580
 Jesus

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:58.340
 face

00:32:58.340 --> 00:32:58.540
 to

00:32:58.540 --> 00:32:58.860
 face

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.180
 having

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.420
 been

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.019
 like

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.259
 him

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.880
 we'll

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.040
 get

00:33:01.040 --> 00:33:01.220
 to

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.420
 be

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.820
 with

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.220
 him

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.480
 forever

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.800
 God

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:05.360
 with

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.920
 us

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:07.060
 is our

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:07.440
 way to

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.780
 enjoy

00:33:07.780 --> 00:33:08.160
 life

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.380
 with

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.860
 God

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.620
 is our

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.040
 way to

00:33:10.040 --> 00:33:10.400
 enjoy

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.840
 life

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.660
 the way

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.320
 that it

00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:12.860
 was made

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.420
 to be

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:15.720
 it's a

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:15.980
 wonderful

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.580
 promise

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:17.080
 to us

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.279
 as

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:17.660
 Christians

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.039
 that we

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.220
 are

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.900
 never

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:20.259
 alone

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:22.279
 when we

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.460
 have

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.900
 Jesus

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.680
 in

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.060
 heaven

00:33:24.060 --> 00:33:24.539
 we

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.080
 always

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:25.340
 have

00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:25.680
 someone

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:25.900
 to

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.180
 turn

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.420
 to

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:26.680
 we

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.000
 always

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.200
 have

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.480
 someone

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.640
 who

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:27.779
 is

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.039
 there

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.300
 for

00:33:28.300 --> 00:33:28.600
 us

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:29.160
 who

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:29.560
 is

00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:29.900
 with

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.380
 us

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:32.060
 even

00:33:32.060 --> 00:33:32.180
 when

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.300
 we

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.480
 think

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.820
 about

00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:33.900
 why

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.140
 and

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:34.460
 who

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.940
 Matthew

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.160
 wrote

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.320
 the

00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:35.680
 gospel

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:35.900
 to

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.100
 he's

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.360
 writing

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.560
 the

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:37.000
 gospel

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.519
 to

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.660
 a

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:37.820
 group

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 of

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 Christians

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 who

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 are

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 facing

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 the

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 persecution

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 of

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 the

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 Roman

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 Empire

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 and he's

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 saying to

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 them

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 hold on

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 Jesus

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 is with

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 you

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 Jesus

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 has

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 you

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 you are

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 secure

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 in him

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 what we

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 discovered in

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 the story of

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 Christmas is

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 that Jesus

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 became one

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 of us

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 Jesus

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 walked in

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 our shoes

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 in order

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 to rescue

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 us

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 in order

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 to remain

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 with us

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 in order

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 to be

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 our

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 forever

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 king

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 and

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 here's

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 why

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 the

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 Christmas

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.239
 story

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 is

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 so

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 precious

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 to

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 us

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 because

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 it

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 reminds

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 us

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 of

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 God's

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 extravagant

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 grace

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 to us

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 that saw

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 Jesus

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 leave the

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 glory

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 of

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 heaven

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 to be

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 born

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 as a

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 baby

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 to be

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 born

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 in

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 that

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 stable

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 to

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 then

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 die

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 on a

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 cross

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 for

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 the

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 sins

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 of

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 his

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 people

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 so

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 that

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 he

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 might

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 one

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 day

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 be

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 with

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 his

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 bride

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 his

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 church

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 forever

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 God