WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.780 to one starting at verse 26. 00:00:09.060 --> 00:00:12.480 In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, 00:00:12.740 --> 00:00:16.300 God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:20.339 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, 00:00:20.660 --> 00:00:22.339 a descendant of David. 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:24.879 The virgin's name was Mary. 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:27.620 The angel went to her and said, 00:00:27.620 --> 00:00:30.760 "'Greetings, you who are highly favoured. 00:00:31.220 --> 00:00:33.620 The Lord is with you.'" 00:00:33.620 --> 00:00:36.600 Mary was greatly troubled at his words 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:39.120 and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:41.400 But the angel said to her, 00:00:42.020 --> 00:00:44.679 "'Do not be afraid, Mary. 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:47.740 You have found favour with God. 00:00:48.540 --> 00:00:51.100 You will conceive and give birth to a son 00:00:51.100 --> 00:00:53.340 and you are to call him Jesus. 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:57.660 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. 00:00:58.340 --> 00:01:01.920 The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.939 and he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever. 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.340 His kingdom will never end.'" 00:01:10.939 --> 00:01:13.340 "'How will this be?' 00:01:13.340 --> 00:01:15.439 Mary asked the angel. 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:18.340 "'Since I am a virgin.'" 00:01:18.340 --> 00:01:20.980 The angel answered, 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:24.020 "'The Holy Spirit will come on you 00:01:24.020 --> 00:01:27.740 and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:33.020 So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God. 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:36.820 Even Elizabeth, your relative, 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:39.200 is going to have a child in her own age 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:42.879 and she who was said to be unable to conceive 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:45.140 is in her sixth month. 00:01:45.140 --> 00:01:49.719 For no word from God will ever fail. 00:01:51.579 --> 00:01:55.019 "'I am the Lord's servant,' Mary answered. 00:01:55.739 --> 00:01:59.140 "'May your word to me be fulfilled.'" 00:01:59.140 --> 00:02:01.280 Then the angel left her. 00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:03.599 Ralph. 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:10.479 Can I pray for you? 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:10.879 Sure. 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:11.400 Yeah. 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:13.719 Just going to pray and pray for Ralph 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:16.340 as he speaks this morning. 00:02:16.459 --> 00:02:16.959 Let's pray. 00:02:19.519 --> 00:02:21.939 Father, we thank you for your word, 00:02:22.340 --> 00:02:24.299 for this historical account 00:02:24.299 --> 00:02:26.319 that has been recorded for us. 00:02:26.359 --> 00:02:27.099 It's truth. 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:30.379 But yet we don't want it just to be 00:02:30.379 --> 00:02:34.120 history and mere ink on a page. 00:02:34.740 --> 00:02:37.740 We want it to be words that travel deep 00:02:37.740 --> 00:02:40.859 to the understanding of our mind 00:02:40.859 --> 00:02:42.539 and changing our hearts 00:02:42.539 --> 00:02:46.219 till we grasp afresh the wonder of who you are. 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:49.039 And we ask for your help to Ralph. 00:02:49.699 --> 00:02:51.259 Fill him and us 00:02:51.259 --> 00:02:53.659 with your spirit's power 00:02:53.659 --> 00:02:57.379 for we need your help. 00:02:57.379 --> 00:02:59.659 And we ask 00:02:59.659 --> 00:03:01.740 that you will help us. 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:04.319 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:05.599 Amen. 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:08.219 Thanks, Ralph. 00:03:10.379 --> 00:03:11.379 Thank you, Johnny. 00:03:11.379 --> 00:03:20.960 This month we celebrate 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:24.379 arguably the most earth-shattering event 00:03:24.379 --> 00:03:26.419 in all of history. 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:28.699 Just over 2,000 years ago, 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:30.680 according to the scriptures, 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:34.219 Jesus, God the Son, 00:03:35.180 --> 00:03:37.579 the second person of the Trinity, 00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:40.579 became a man. 00:03:41.379 --> 00:03:43.180 God 00:03:43.180 --> 00:03:45.019 became 00:03:45.019 --> 00:03:46.439 a man. 00:03:47.539 --> 00:03:49.060 Let that sink in 00:03:49.060 --> 00:03:50.780 for one moment. 00:03:52.099 --> 00:03:53.180 I think it's as if you were out 00:03:53.180 --> 00:03:55.000 for a midnight walk 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.919 on one of these dark December nights. 00:03:58.579 --> 00:03:59.379 And as you're walking, 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:01.120 you decide to gaze up 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:03.019 up to the night sky, 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:04.219 into the darkness. 00:04:04.460 --> 00:04:05.120 And you start to see 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:06.579 these weak little starlights. 00:04:06.580 --> 00:04:08.480 And suddenly, 00:04:08.700 --> 00:04:10.340 your eyes are blinded 00:04:10.340 --> 00:04:12.740 by the sudden appearance 00:04:12.740 --> 00:04:14.580 of a midday sun 00:04:15.200 --> 00:04:16.240 in the middle of the night. 00:04:16.379 --> 00:04:18.319 And you're just overwhelmed. 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:23.480 such is the cosmic upheaval 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:26.279 of Jesus Christ, 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:28.839 God the Son, 00:04:29.420 --> 00:04:30.040 becoming 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:31.959 a man. 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:32.560 man. 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:34.680 We confess, 00:04:35.419 --> 00:04:36.419 as Christians, 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:37.079 that Jesus 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:39.560 is truly God 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:42.620 and truly man. 00:04:42.620 --> 00:04:44.560 we say that Jesus 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:46.579 is one person 00:04:46.579 --> 00:04:49.939 in two natures. 00:04:51.540 --> 00:04:51.939 Jesus 00:04:51.939 --> 00:04:52.840 has, 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:54.040 always has, 00:04:54.139 --> 00:04:55.220 and always will have, 00:04:55.420 --> 00:04:56.660 his divine 00:04:56.660 --> 00:04:57.740 nature. 00:04:58.420 --> 00:04:58.899 Infinite 00:04:58.899 --> 00:05:00.359 across time 00:05:00.359 --> 00:05:00.959 and space, 00:05:01.339 --> 00:05:03.139 holding power 00:05:03.139 --> 00:05:03.979 without limit, 00:05:04.599 --> 00:05:05.199 knowing 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:07.459 all things. 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:09.639 But this same 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:10.560 Jesus 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:12.099 took on 00:05:12.099 --> 00:05:13.659 a human nature. 00:05:14.479 --> 00:05:14.679 Jesus 00:05:14.679 --> 00:05:15.319 took on 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:16.219 human 00:05:16.219 --> 00:05:17.279 flesh, 00:05:18.779 --> 00:05:19.479 fragile, 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:21.039 humble, 00:05:21.739 --> 00:05:22.439 bound 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:22.779 and 00:05:22.779 --> 00:05:23.459 limited 00:05:23.459 --> 00:05:24.819 to a body 00:05:24.819 --> 00:05:26.259 and a human 00:05:26.259 --> 00:05:27.159 soul. 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:29.040 soul. 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:29.240 So our 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:29.600 Christmas 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:30.400 celebrations, 00:05:30.980 --> 00:05:32.040 if they're to have 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:33.160 any meaning 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:34.939 beyond shopping 00:05:34.939 --> 00:05:36.020 and decorations 00:05:36.020 --> 00:05:37.080 and food 00:05:37.080 --> 00:05:37.840 and family, 00:05:38.300 --> 00:05:39.020 must 00:05:39.020 --> 00:05:40.400 come back 00:05:40.400 --> 00:05:41.540 to this 00:05:41.540 --> 00:05:42.640 simple 00:05:42.640 --> 00:05:43.760 truth. 00:05:44.900 --> 00:05:45.640 God 00:05:45.640 --> 00:05:47.000 became 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:48.080 man. 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:51.240 But how 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:51.640 can the 00:05:51.640 --> 00:05:52.040 infinite 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:54.080 exist 00:05:54.080 --> 00:05:54.660 together 00:05:54.660 --> 00:05:55.200 in one 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--> 00:06:39.439 nursing as a 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:40.120 baby at his 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:40.900 mother's breast 00:06:40.900 --> 00:06:43.620 and also at the 00:06:43.620 --> 00:06:44.300 same time keep 00:06:44.300 --> 00:06:45.120 that whole 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:46.500 universe going? 00:06:46.500 --> 00:06:46.560 thing? 00:06:47.819 --> 00:06:48.519 You can't 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:49.519 honestly believe 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:50.379 the idea that 00:06:50.379 --> 00:06:51.139 Jesus was a 00:06:51.139 --> 00:06:52.079 God living 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:52.680 among us 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:53.839 at the same 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:54.660 time a man 00:06:54.660 --> 00:06:55.199 and the same 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:56.019 time God. 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:57.920 That's crazy 00:06:57.920 --> 00:06:58.639 how those two 00:06:58.639 --> 00:06:59.139 things go 00:06:59.139 --> 00:06:59.500 together. 00:06:59.620 --> 00:07:00.500 A man maybe, 00:07:00.500 --> 00:07:01.800 but also God 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:02.459 at the same 00:07:02.459 --> 00:07:02.939 time? 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:03.980 No way. 00:07:03.980 --> 00:07:06.280 I don't 00:07:06.280 --> 00:07:06.500 know if you've 00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:06.920 ever thought 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:07.180 about it, 00:07:07.200 --> 00:07:07.600 when Jesus 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:08.819 was a young 00:07:08.819 --> 00:07:10.259 boy helping 00:07:10.259 --> 00:07:11.300 his father 00:07:11.300 --> 00:07:12.000 Joseph in 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:12.580 carpentry, 00:07:13.420 --> 00:07:14.040 would Jesus 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:14.420 have needed 00:07:14.420 --> 00:07:15.319 to ask what 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:16.000 that tool 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:17.340 was or what 00:07:17.340 --> 00:07:17.960 this tool 00:07:17.960 --> 00:07:18.700 was or how 00:07:18.700 --> 00:07:19.300 that worked? 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:20.939 Or because 00:07:20.939 --> 00:07:21.540 Jesus was 00:07:21.540 --> 00:07:22.660 God, would 00:07:22.660 --> 00:07:23.160 he have known 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:23.640 the answer 00:07:23.640 --> 00:07:24.120 already? 00:07:26.100 --> 00:07:27.120 How was it 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:27.780 that Jesus 00:07:27.780 --> 00:07:29.340 on the earth 00:07:29.340 --> 00:07:30.120 could say that 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:30.439 there were 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:31.060 things like the 00:07:31.060 --> 00:07:32.379 hour of his 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:33.960 return that he 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:34.839 did not know? 00:07:35.239 --> 00:07:36.519 Surely, if he's 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:37.719 God, he knows 00:07:37.719 --> 00:07:38.959 all things. 00:07:40.699 --> 00:07:41.159 And finally, 00:07:41.339 --> 00:07:42.039 why is it even 00:07:42.039 --> 00:07:43.000 important to 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:44.199 ask these 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:44.799 questions? 00:07:45.359 --> 00:07:46.199 Why should we 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:46.599 care? 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:48.359 Is it not 00:07:48.359 --> 00:07:49.299 enough to just 00:07:49.299 --> 00:07:50.019 trust that he 00:07:50.019 --> 00:07:50.859 died for our 00:07:50.859 --> 00:07:52.079 sins and 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:52.620 believe? 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:55.000 How is the 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:55.879 incarnation, 00:07:57.319 --> 00:07:58.560 God taking on 00:07:58.560 --> 00:07:59.459 flesh, relevant 00:07:59.459 --> 00:08:00.839 to us? 00:08:02.859 --> 00:08:03.740 Maybe you found 00:08:03.740 --> 00:08:04.300 something like 00:08:04.300 --> 00:08:04.920 your question 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:05.680 in that list 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:06.900 or maybe not. 00:08:07.220 --> 00:08:07.660 Maybe your 00:08:07.660 --> 00:08:08.360 head hurts 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:09.600 already and 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:09.920 you're just 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:10.519 waiting for the 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:10.920 end of the 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:11.379 sermon so you 00:08:11.379 --> 00:08:11.759 can get back 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:12.160 to planning 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:12.780 your Christmas. 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:15.319 But as we 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:16.680 gaze at the 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:19.280 manger and 00:08:19.280 --> 00:08:20.660 we think about 00:08:20.660 --> 00:08:21.840 the creator and 00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:22.939 we wonder at 00:08:22.939 --> 00:08:23.620 his coming, 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:27.300 we do so so 00:08:27.300 --> 00:08:27.860 that we would 00:08:27.860 --> 00:08:29.899 love him, 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:31.939 so that we 00:08:31.939 --> 00:08:33.100 would worship 00:08:33.100 --> 00:08:34.220 him, 00:08:35.100 --> 00:08:36.000 so that we 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:37.120 would proclaim 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:38.440 him. 00:08:38.899 --> 00:08:40.480 That's why we 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:41.700 are asking these 00:08:41.700 --> 00:08:42.460 questions this 00:08:42.460 --> 00:08:42.779 morning. 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:44.379 We look in 00:08:44.379 --> 00:08:45.639 faith to 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:46.879 Jesus, the 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:47.460 God 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:48.220 man. 00:08:48.220 --> 00:08:48.279 man. 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:50.160 And if we 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:52.060 love him now 00:08:52.060 --> 00:08:53.040 by faith, 00:08:53.740 --> 00:08:55.000 then one day 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:55.940 we will enjoy 00:08:55.940 --> 00:08:57.820 him forever in 00:08:57.820 --> 00:08:58.980 heaven by 00:08:58.980 --> 00:08:59.879 sight. 00:09:00.779 --> 00:09:01.980 This morning I 00:09:01.980 --> 00:09:02.460 want us to 00:09:02.460 --> 00:09:03.580 know this 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:05.279 Jesus, this 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.160 Jesus, one 00:09:07.160 --> 00:09:08.940 person in two 00:09:08.940 --> 00:09:10.700 natures, fully 00:09:10.700 --> 00:09:12.519 divine and 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:14.240 fully human. 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:20.759 I'm going to 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:21.919 turn to Luke 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:22.659 chapter 1 00:09:22.659 --> 00:09:23.680 where we read 00:09:23.680 --> 00:09:24.279 this morning. 00:09:24.779 --> 00:09:25.560 Let's turn to 00:09:25.560 --> 00:09:25.899 the scriptures 00:09:25.899 --> 00:09:27.259 Luke chapter 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:27.680 1. 00:09:29.620 --> 00:09:30.519 The angel 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:31.560 Gabriel came 00:09:31.560 --> 00:09:32.360 to announce 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:34.139 to the virgin 00:09:34.139 --> 00:09:34.919 girl Mary that 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:35.500 she would give 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:36.639 birth to a 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:37.000 son. 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:38.120 We see that 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:39.560 in verse 31. 00:09:40.700 --> 00:09:41.299 Gabriel 00:09:41.299 --> 00:09:42.159 speaking, you 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:43.240 will conceive 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:44.560 and give 00:09:44.560 --> 00:09:45.639 birth to a 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:47.060 son and 00:09:47.060 --> 00:09:47.480 you are to 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:48.240 call him 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:49.019 Jesus. 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:50.860 Notice 00:09:50.860 --> 00:09:52.560 the details. 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:54.460 Mary will 00:09:54.460 --> 00:09:55.480 conceive, that 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:55.879 is she will 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:56.940 become pregnant 00:09:56.940 --> 00:09:58.720 and give 00:09:58.720 --> 00:09:59.980 birth to 00:09:59.980 --> 00:10:00.600 a son. 00:10:01.980 --> 00:10:03.019 The son 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:04.120 will come 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:05.700 from Mary. 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:07.060 This baby 00:10:07.060 --> 00:10:07.419 will be 00:10:07.419 --> 00:10:08.620 conceived in 00:10:08.620 --> 00:10:09.480 her body 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:10.960 and born 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:12.299 of her. 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:14.659 He will 00:10:14.659 --> 00:10:15.360 be her 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:16.560 son and 00:10:16.560 --> 00:10:17.379 she is to 00:10:17.379 --> 00:10:18.139 give him 00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:18.940 the name 00:10:18.940 --> 00:10:20.879 Jesus, which 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:21.480 means he 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:22.259 saves or 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:23.460 God saves. 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:26.440 Verse 32, 00:10:27.139 --> 00:10:27.820 like each 00:10:27.820 --> 00:10:28.419 of us, Jesus 00:10:28.419 --> 00:10:29.659 has a family 00:10:29.659 --> 00:10:30.159 history. 00:10:30.560 --> 00:10:31.019 He will be 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:31.639 great and 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:32.139 will be called 00:10:32.139 --> 00:10:32.680 the son of 00:10:32.680 --> 00:10:33.019 the most 00:10:33.019 --> 00:10:33.379 high. 00:10:33.940 --> 00:10:34.460 The Lord 00:10:34.460 --> 00:10:35.080 God will 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:35.539 give him 00:10:35.539 --> 00:10:36.080 the throne 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:36.620 of his 00:10:36.620 --> 00:10:37.539 father or 00:10:37.539 --> 00:10:38.519 his ancestor 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:39.899 David. 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:41.460 In this 00:10:41.460 --> 00:10:42.100 case, Jesus' 00:10:42.379 --> 00:10:42.899 family history 00:10:42.899 --> 00:10:43.360 goes back 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:44.539 to King 00:10:44.539 --> 00:10:45.500 David. 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:48.480 Later, we're 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:48.659 going to 00:10:48.659 --> 00:10:49.000 come to 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:49.279 some of 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:49.899 the unusual 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:51.639 aspects of 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:52.519 Jesus' 00:10:52.740 --> 00:10:53.279 conception, 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:54.639 especially 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:55.439 Mary's 00:10:55.439 --> 00:10:56.500 virginity. 00:10:57.299 --> 00:10:57.779 But for 00:10:57.779 --> 00:10:58.919 now, I 00:10:58.919 --> 00:10:59.360 want us to 00:10:59.360 --> 00:10:59.899 notice this, 00:11:00.019 --> 00:11:00.720 that Jesus 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:03.139 truly comes 00:11:03.139 --> 00:11:03.939 from Mary. 00:11:04.659 --> 00:11:05.379 He is 00:11:05.379 --> 00:11:07.000 truly descended 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:07.840 from King 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:08.320 David. 00:11:09.340 --> 00:11:10.740 Mary becomes 00:11:10.740 --> 00:11:11.500 pregnant, 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:13.440 carries a 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:15.259 growing baby 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:16.419 within her, 00:11:17.179 --> 00:11:17.740 and as we 00:11:17.740 --> 00:11:18.480 know, gives 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:19.500 birth to a 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:20.860 son to 00:11:20.860 --> 00:11:21.480 whom she 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:22.019 gives the 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:22.700 name Jesus. 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:23.879 If we look 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:24.580 on to the 00:11:24.580 --> 00:11:25.299 next page 00:11:25.299 --> 00:11:26.200 in chapter 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:28.179 2, and 00:11:28.179 --> 00:11:28.419 again, 00:11:28.580 --> 00:11:28.960 familiar 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:29.879 verses, the 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:30.659 story of the 00:11:30.659 --> 00:11:31.039 birth of 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:32.240 Jesus, chapter 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:33.519 2, and 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:33.980 let's read 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:34.779 verse 6. 00:11:34.779 --> 00:11:37.139 While they 00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:37.679 were there, 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:38.419 that's Joseph 00:11:38.419 --> 00:11:38.959 and Mary 00:11:38.959 --> 00:11:40.159 in Bethlehem, 00:11:40.500 --> 00:11:41.419 the time 00:11:41.419 --> 00:11:42.120 came for 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:42.819 the baby 00:11:42.819 --> 00:11:43.360 to be 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.740 born, and 00:11:44.740 --> 00:11:45.240 she gave 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:45.959 birth to 00:11:45.959 --> 00:11:46.720 her firstborn 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:47.059 son. 00:11:48.059 --> 00:11:48.699 She wrapped 00:11:48.699 --> 00:11:48.959 him in 00:11:48.959 --> 00:11:50.039 cloths and 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:50.740 placed him 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:51.220 in a 00:11:51.220 --> 00:11:51.539 manger, 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:52.579 because there 00:11:52.579 --> 00:11:53.000 was no 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:53.799 guest room 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:55.299 available for 00:11:55.299 --> 00:11:55.720 them. 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:58.039 You see, 00:11:58.100 --> 00:11:58.620 these verses 00:11:58.620 --> 00:11:59.519 recorded by 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:00.039 Luke are 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:01.179 telling us, 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:01.899 in many ways, 00:12:01.899 --> 00:12:02.139 of a 00:12:02.139 --> 00:12:03.799 normal birth, 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:05.019 a normal 00:12:05.019 --> 00:12:05.799 birth of 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:06.600 a baby. 00:12:07.340 --> 00:12:07.980 Luke, the 00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:08.500 careful 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:09.539 historian, even 00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:10.259 notes that 00:12:10.259 --> 00:12:11.360 Jesus was 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:11.840 Mary's 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:13.679 firstborn 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:14.559 son. 00:12:15.939 --> 00:12:16.240 You know 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:16.559 that Mary 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:17.059 would go on 00:12:17.059 --> 00:12:17.259 to have 00:12:17.259 --> 00:12:17.919 other children. 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:19.740 Jesus grew 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:20.299 up with 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:21.600 brothers and 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:22.579 sisters in 00:12:22.579 --> 00:12:23.240 his family. 00:12:24.179 --> 00:12:24.480 He would 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:25.019 have played 00:12:25.019 --> 00:12:25.480 with them. 00:12:26.100 --> 00:12:26.360 He would 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:27.079 have learned 00:12:27.079 --> 00:12:28.539 from them. 00:12:29.740 --> 00:12:30.220 As the 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:31.199 oldest brother, 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:31.560 he would 00:12:31.560 --> 00:12:32.240 have cared 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:32.980 for them. 00:12:35.660 --> 00:12:36.720 Verse 21, 00:12:37.100 --> 00:12:37.780 chapter 2. 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:40.680 On the 00:12:40.680 --> 00:12:41.320 eighth day, 00:12:41.400 --> 00:12:41.580 when it 00:12:41.580 --> 00:12:42.300 was time to 00:12:42.300 --> 00:12:43.120 circumcise the 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:44.200 child, he 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:44.840 was named 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:46.520 Jesus, the 00:12:46.520 --> 00:12:46.940 name the 00:12:46.940 --> 00:12:48.480 angel had 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:49.080 given him 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:50.259 before he 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:51.560 was conceived. 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:53.780 On the 00:12:53.780 --> 00:12:54.560 eighth day, 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:55.520 Jesus is 00:12:55.520 --> 00:12:56.720 taken to 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:57.160 be 00:12:57.160 --> 00:12:58.660 circumcised. 00:12:58.659 --> 00:12:58.759 Christ. 00:13:00.179 --> 00:13:01.139 We cannot 00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:01.740 miss the 00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:02.319 fact that 00:13:02.319 --> 00:13:04.019 Jesus is 00:13:04.019 --> 00:13:05.980 truly human. 00:13:06.860 --> 00:13:07.899 A man 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:09.600 born in 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:10.579 the flesh. 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:12.379 He is 00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:12.879 fully 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:14.279 human. 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.379 But I think 00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:17.740 it's a good 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.519 point here to 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:19.539 maybe pause 00:13:19.539 --> 00:13:20.019 for a second 00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:20.399 and ask, 00:13:20.839 --> 00:13:21.639 what does 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:22.480 it mean 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:23.799 when we 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:25.360 say that 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:26.179 Jesus is 00:13:26.179 --> 00:13:27.000 fully 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:27.919 human? 00:13:28.179 --> 00:13:28.559 Fully 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:28.939 human? 00:13:29.579 --> 00:13:29.959 Truly 00:13:29.959 --> 00:13:30.339 human? 00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:32.699 Well, 00:13:33.659 --> 00:13:34.219 and people 00:13:34.219 --> 00:13:35.899 throughout the 00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:36.479 church history 00:13:36.479 --> 00:13:37.359 have tried to 00:13:37.359 --> 00:13:38.039 figure this 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:38.399 out in 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:39.019 different ways 00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:40.120 and some 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:40.500 have said 00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:40.979 that, well, 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:41.579 maybe Jesus 00:13:41.579 --> 00:13:42.319 only has a 00:13:42.319 --> 00:13:43.259 human body 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:44.799 like ours. 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:46.599 But would 00:13:46.599 --> 00:13:47.620 we say that 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.739 to be truly 00:13:48.739 --> 00:13:49.279 human is 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:50.419 just to 00:13:50.419 --> 00:13:51.019 have a 00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:51.819 physical body, 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.719 to have 00:13:52.719 --> 00:13:53.740 skin and 00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:54.639 bones and 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:55.319 sinew and 00:13:55.319 --> 00:13:55.819 guts? 00:13:57.059 --> 00:13:57.419 Well, of 00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:57.980 course not. 00:13:58.159 --> 00:13:58.580 When we 00:13:58.580 --> 00:13:59.039 say someone 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:00.399 is truly 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:02.519 human, it 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:03.559 means more 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:04.559 than just a 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:05.759 physical body. 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:08.539 Humans, we 00:14:08.539 --> 00:14:09.220 have a 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:10.539 body and 00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.439 a soul. 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:12.740 It's not 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.399 just dead 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:14.159 flesh that 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:14.679 makes us 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:15.039 human. 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:17.080 So whatever 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:17.799 is true to 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:19.159 say of 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:19.779 me as a 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:21.319 human must 00:14:21.319 --> 00:14:21.939 also be 00:14:21.939 --> 00:14:22.559 true of 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:24.139 Jesus as 00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:24.879 a human. 00:14:25.939 --> 00:14:26.419 Otherwise, 00:14:26.819 --> 00:14:27.319 Jesus would 00:14:27.319 --> 00:14:28.119 be less 00:14:28.119 --> 00:14:29.619 than human. 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:31.239 You see, 00:14:31.319 --> 00:14:31.699 Jesus did 00:14:31.699 --> 00:14:32.179 not simply 00:14:32.179 --> 00:14:33.379 appear to 00:14:33.379 --> 00:14:33.959 be a man, 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:35.159 a divine 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:35.859 being that 00:14:35.859 --> 00:14:36.219 kind of 00:14:36.219 --> 00:14:36.619 comes into 00:14:36.619 --> 00:14:37.219 a shell 00:14:37.219 --> 00:14:37.500 of a 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.119 human body. 00:14:39.079 --> 00:14:39.279 Jesus 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:40.079 isn't acting 00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:40.859 like a 00:14:40.859 --> 00:14:41.579 puppeteer 00:14:41.579 --> 00:14:42.079 that pulls 00:14:42.079 --> 00:14:42.719 the strings 00:14:42.719 --> 00:14:43.119 on a 00:14:43.119 --> 00:14:43.599 wooden 00:14:43.599 --> 00:14:44.139 doll. 00:14:45.099 --> 00:14:45.299 No, 00:14:45.459 --> 00:14:46.179 Jesus has 00:14:46.179 --> 00:14:47.139 a full 00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:48.239 humanity 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:49.279 like 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:50.440 ours, 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.060 yet 00:14:52.060 --> 00:14:53.000 without 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:54.080 sin. 00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:55.960 The book 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:57.039 of Hebrews 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:59.120 is so 00:14:59.120 --> 00:14:59.620 helpful 00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:01.680 in helping 00:15:01.680 --> 00:15:02.320 us to 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:03.680 think about 00:15:03.680 --> 00:15:04.139 Jesus. 00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:05.060 Let's turn 00:15:05.060 --> 00:15:06.360 to the 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:06.659 book of 00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:07.000 Hebrews. 00:15:07.379 --> 00:15:07.879 We could 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:08.259 read the 00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:09.000 whole book 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:10.840 to understand 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:11.539 who Jesus 00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:12.740 is, but 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:13.180 just some 00:15:13.180 --> 00:15:13.500 verses 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:14.120 particularly 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.500 helpful. 00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:14.919 Hebrews 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:15.840 chapter 2 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:17.360 and verse 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:19.139 17. 00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:20.200 Hebrews 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:20.860 chapter 2 00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:21.160 and verse 00:15:21.160 --> 00:15:22.540 17 and 00:15:22.540 --> 00:15:23.080 18. 00:15:23.340 --> 00:15:23.700 Page 00:15:23.700 --> 00:15:25.000 1202. 00:15:28.800 --> 00:15:29.519 Hebrews 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:29.780 2 00:15:29.780 --> 00:15:30.220 17. 00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:31.280 For this 00:15:31.280 --> 00:15:31.720 reason, 00:15:32.160 --> 00:15:32.460 he, 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:32.960 and that 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:33.480 is Jesus, 00:15:33.780 --> 00:15:34.180 had to 00:15:34.180 --> 00:15:34.740 be made 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.680 like them, 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.360 that's us, 00:15:37.300 --> 00:15:37.860 fully 00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:39.680 human in 00:15:39.680 --> 00:15:41.019 every way 00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:42.800 in order 00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:43.220 that he 00:15:43.220 --> 00:15:43.920 might become 00:15:43.920 --> 00:15:44.660 a merciful 00:15:44.660 --> 00:15:45.500 and faithful 00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.299 high priest 00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:47.299 in service 00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:47.879 to God, 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.820 and that 00:15:48.820 --> 00:15:49.240 he might 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:50.240 make atonement 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:51.240 for the 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:52.559 sins of 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:53.120 the people, 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.879 because he 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.679 himself 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.820 suffered 00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:57.779 when he 00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:58.340 was tempted. 00:15:58.720 --> 00:15:59.360 He is 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.940 able to 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:01.820 help those 00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:02.179 who are 00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:03.000 being tempted. 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.059 And just 00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:05.440 over the 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:05.879 page, 00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:07.399 chapter 4 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:08.720 and verse 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.539 15. 00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:10.539 Chapter 4 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:10.960 and verse 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:11.539 15. 00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:14.500 for we 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:14.860 do not 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.419 have a 00:16:15.419 --> 00:16:16.179 high priest 00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:17.179 who is 00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:17.879 unable to 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:18.659 feel sympathy 00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:19.480 for our 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:20.039 weaknesses, 00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.139 but we 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:21.740 have one 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.259 who has 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:22.919 been tempted 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:24.360 in every 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:24.719 way, 00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:26.240 just as 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.120 we are, 00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:29.019 yet he 00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:30.099 did not 00:16:30.099 --> 00:16:30.839 sin. 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:35.519 Jesus 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.639 is fully 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.759 human, 00:16:37.920 --> 00:16:38.600 like us 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:39.160 in every 00:16:39.160 --> 00:16:39.540 way, 00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:40.740 yet 00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:41.740 without 00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.639 sin. 00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:45.120 Jesus 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.660 had to 00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:46.080 grow. 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.300 Jesus 00:16:47.300 --> 00:16:48.420 had to 00:16:48.420 --> 00:16:48.879 grow. 00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:50.379 Just like 00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:50.620 us, 00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:51.540 physically, 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:52.920 mentally, 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:54.480 spiritually, 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:55.620 Jesus 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.259 grew. 00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:57.819 Jesus 00:16:57.819 --> 00:16:58.519 had to 00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.439 learn 00:16:59.439 --> 00:17:00.460 things 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:01.100 in his 00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.399 human 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.000 nature 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.779 and in 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:02.960 his 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.340 mental 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:04.079 capacities. 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:04.920 Just like 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.839 any child 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:07.140 grows 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:08.319 and learns 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:08.900 things. 00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:09.700 And we 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.379 turn back 00:17:10.379 --> 00:17:11.879 to Luke, 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.700 back to 00:17:13.700 --> 00:17:14.440 chapter 2 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:15.799 of Luke. 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:19.039 That's 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:19.319 page 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:20.160 1027. 00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:22.299 Sorry, 00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.039 this is 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.759 verse 40, 00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:24.680 next page, 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:25.559 1028, 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.159 if you're 00:17:26.159 --> 00:17:26.519 using the 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:26.740 church 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.179 Bible. 00:17:28.139 --> 00:17:28.500 Luke 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.119 chapter 2 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:29.539 and verse 00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.700 40. 00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:34.379 And the 00:17:34.379 --> 00:17:34.899 child, 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:35.299 that is 00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:35.679 Jesus, 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:37.599 grew and 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:38.099 became 00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:38.919 strong. 00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:40.000 He was 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.839 filled with 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:42.200 wisdom and 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.740 the grace 00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:43.440 of God 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:44.519 was on 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:44.839 him. 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:45.879 And then 00:17:45.879 --> 00:17:46.159 to the 00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:46.480 end of 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:46.940 the chapter 00:17:46.940 --> 00:17:47.460 in verse 00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:48.240 51 and 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.740 52. 00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.519 Then 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:51.599 Jesus, 00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:52.399 he went 00:17:52.399 --> 00:17:52.960 down to 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:53.599 Nazareth 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:54.500 with them, 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:54.960 that's his 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.500 parents, 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.539 and was 00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.639 obedient to 00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.019 them. 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:00.480 But his 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:01.319 mother treasured 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:01.839 all these 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.519 things in 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.419 her heart. 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:05.079 And Jesus 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:06.859 grew in 00:18:06.859 --> 00:18:07.899 wisdom and 00:18:07.899 --> 00:18:09.379 stature and 00:18:09.379 --> 00:18:10.379 in favor with 00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:12.500 God and 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.299 man. 00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:16.139 Do you see 00:18:16.139 --> 00:18:16.879 how Jesus is 00:18:16.879 --> 00:18:17.679 described in 00:18:17.679 --> 00:18:18.839 those verses? 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:20.899 Jesus, he 00:18:20.899 --> 00:18:23.039 physically and 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:24.220 mentally and 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:25.459 spiritually in 00:18:25.459 --> 00:18:26.059 his relationship 00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.639 with God, 00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.799 grew and 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.799 became strong. 00:18:29.159 --> 00:18:29.720 He grew in 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.419 wisdom and 00:18:30.419 --> 00:18:31.179 stature and 00:18:31.179 --> 00:18:32.399 favor with 00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:34.159 God and 00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:34.959 man. 00:18:37.459 --> 00:18:38.480 So even 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.480 though this 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.559 is one 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:41.679 person, 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:42.980 this is 00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:44.379 Jesus Christ 00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:44.740 who is 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:46.700 also God, 00:18:47.560 --> 00:18:48.360 when he 00:18:48.360 --> 00:18:49.800 acts through 00:18:49.800 --> 00:18:50.760 his human 00:18:50.760 --> 00:18:51.600 nature, 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:53.700 he doesn't 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:55.480 violate what 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.300 it means to 00:18:56.300 --> 00:18:57.540 be human. 00:18:59.540 --> 00:19:00.380 You see, 00:19:00.520 --> 00:19:01.300 his human 00:19:01.300 --> 00:19:02.060 nature isn't 00:19:02.060 --> 00:19:03.280 mixed in 00:19:03.280 --> 00:19:03.860 some way with 00:19:03.860 --> 00:19:04.340 the divine 00:19:04.340 --> 00:19:04.980 nature to 00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.920 create some 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:06.520 sort of 00:19:06.520 --> 00:19:07.360 special 00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:08.200 superman. 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.240 man. 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.620 That's not 00:19:09.620 --> 00:19:10.019 what we're 00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.860 talking about. 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:15.120 Jesus had 00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:17.900 to grow in 00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.380 his human 00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:19.880 nature, in 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.779 his relationship 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.340 with the 00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:21.700 Father. 00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:23.660 He isn't 00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:24.840 reliant in 00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:25.440 his human 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:25.960 nature and 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.779 acting through 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.299 his human 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:28.380 nature with 00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:29.000 his eternal 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.799 relationship with 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.680 the Father as 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.160 God the 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:31.440 Son. 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.680 Jesus, the 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.559 man, had 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:35.220 to grow in 00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:36.200 favor with 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:37.039 God. 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:39.600 And Jesus 00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.940 had limits 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:42.400 in his 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:44.019 knowledge, in 00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.640 his human 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:45.000 nature. 00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.640 He had a 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:46.920 human mind, 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:49.220 not knowing 00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:50.200 what carpentry 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:51.319 tool did 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.940 what, and 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.600 he had to 00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:53.299 learn that. 00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:55.360 Jesus had to 00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:55.980 memorize 00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.660 scripture. 00:19:56.860 --> 00:19:57.240 He had to 00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:58.180 learn his 00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:59.019 memory verses, 00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.259 if you like. 00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.000 In his 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.080 human mind, 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.680 he did not 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.340 know the 00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:06.279 time of 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.980 his return 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.519 to the 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.819 earth. 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:10.980 his human 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.620 mind doesn't 00:20:11.620 --> 00:20:12.740 have exhaustive 00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.720 knowledge. 00:20:14.360 --> 00:20:14.940 Only the 00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:16.720 divine mind 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:18.279 knows all 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:19.340 things. 00:20:20.580 --> 00:20:21.279 So Jesus, 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:21.740 the one 00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.279 person, 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.080 through his 00:20:24.080 --> 00:20:24.860 human nature 00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:26.080 and through 00:20:26.080 --> 00:20:26.740 his will, 00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:27.700 his human 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.480 will, had 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:28.840 to learn 00:20:28.840 --> 00:20:30.680 obedience to 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.480 his heavenly 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:33.400 Father's will. 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:33.460 will. 00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:35.100 So Jesus, 00:20:35.540 --> 00:20:36.480 acting through 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.060 his human 00:20:37.060 --> 00:20:37.759 nature, can 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.780 truly say, 00:20:39.560 --> 00:20:41.140 yet not my 00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.780 will be 00:20:41.780 --> 00:20:42.880 done, but 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:44.220 your will 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.880 be done. 00:20:46.320 --> 00:20:47.180 The human 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:48.140 will of the 00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:49.019 Son is 00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:51.220 truly obedient 00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:52.200 to the 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:53.720 divine will 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:55.259 of God. 00:20:55.360 --> 00:20:55.720 It is 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.440 true 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.560 obedience. 00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:57.700 Jesus, 00:20:57.919 --> 00:20:58.919 Jesus, 00:20:59.099 --> 00:20:59.599 the man. 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.759 There is 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:05.220 much to 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:06.179 rejoice and 00:21:06.179 --> 00:21:06.960 find comfort 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:08.079 in all of 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.799 this truth. 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.279 Rejoice 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.279 because in 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.720 Jesus we 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.480 see that sin 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:12.879 is not 00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.639 needed to 00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:14.220 be human. 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.700 In Jesus 00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.480 we see what 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:16.879 it is to 00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:17.539 live free 00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.099 from sin 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:19.019 and perfect 00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.859 obedience as 00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:21.200 a human in 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:21.980 relation to 00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.539 God. 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.259 Adam, the 00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.819 first man, 00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.579 was created 00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.539 without sin. 00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:28.099 Now Jesus 00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:29.460 is born as 00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:29.980 the new 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:31.439 Adam, again 00:21:31.439 --> 00:21:32.799 without sin, 00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:33.259 but where 00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:34.539 Adam failed, 00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.659 Jesus 00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:37.039 succeeds. 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:38.919 And as a 00:21:38.919 --> 00:21:39.399 result we 00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:39.839 can truly 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.339 say there 00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.980 is no one 00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:42.500 more human 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.839 than Jesus 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.699 Christ. 00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.240 He is free 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.759 from the 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.399 shackles of 00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:49.039 sin and he 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.500 was the most 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.639 truly human 00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:51.299 person that 00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:52.019 ever lived 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.599 and ever 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.619 flourished. 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.460 Therefore, 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.439 brothers, 00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.539 and sisters, 00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.939 you and 00:21:57.939 --> 00:21:59.279 I have 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.099 hope. 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.480 You and 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.919 I have 00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:02.119 hope. 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.659 Jesus came 00:22:03.659 --> 00:22:04.519 down and 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.299 lived as 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.079 a man 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:07.859 so that 00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.379 we can 00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:09.059 reach up 00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:10.220 and live 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.699 with God. 00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:13.339 All that 00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:14.059 we truly 00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.679 are in 00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:15.319 our body 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.839 and our 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.399 soul 00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:16.839 and our 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.199 will 00:22:17.199 --> 00:22:17.599 and our 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.000 mind, 00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:18.759 Jesus 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.659 has taken 00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:20.599 on to 00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.159 himself 00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:22.579 and redeemed 00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:24.019 for us. 00:22:24.439 --> 00:22:24.859 Hallelujah. 00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:26.979 When we 00:22:26.979 --> 00:22:27.539 read the 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:27.859 scriptures 00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:29.139 and meditate 00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.659 on the 00:22:29.659 --> 00:22:30.139 life of 00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:30.439 Jesus, 00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:31.299 we know 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:31.679 that his 00:22:31.679 --> 00:22:32.619 actions on 00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:33.379 earth were 00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:34.839 truly done 00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.459 as a 00:22:35.459 --> 00:22:35.879 man. 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.199 It wasn't 00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:38.159 some fakery 00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:39.119 or illusion 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:40.519 or mask 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.099 wearing. 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.799 Jesus truly 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.659 took to 00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:45.119 himself at 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:46.139 the incarnation 00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:47.159 both a 00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:48.240 body and 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.019 a soul 00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:50.079 like ours. 00:22:50.459 --> 00:22:51.219 He lived 00:22:51.219 --> 00:22:52.199 a truly human 00:22:52.199 --> 00:22:53.139 life for us 00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.840 and in 00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.000 our 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.480 place. 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.300 And again, 00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.520 there are 00:22:56.520 --> 00:22:56.800 many 00:22:56.800 --> 00:22:58.060 applications 00:22:58.060 --> 00:22:58.580 of these 00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:59.000 truths. 00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.440 Here's 00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.780 one. 00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:01.140 How do 00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.759 you feel 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.180 when you 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.540 wake up 00:23:02.540 --> 00:23:02.740 in the 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:02.980 morning 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.240 about 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.460 your 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:03.820 body? 00:23:05.820 --> 00:23:06.259 For 00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.680 many of 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:06.960 us at 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.259 a certain 00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.759 point in 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.220 our lives, 00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.020 it's a 00:23:09.020 --> 00:23:09.340 battle. 00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:10.240 It's a 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.560 battle. 00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.880 The aches 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.160 and the 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.680 pains 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.040 and the 00:23:13.040 --> 00:23:13.520 stiffness, 00:23:14.520 --> 00:23:15.080 the 00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:15.640 limitations 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.140 of not 00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.420 being able 00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.700 to get 00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.259 out this 00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.660 morning, 00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.420 to be 00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.740 with our 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.280 friends. 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.200 we'd 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.579 love to 00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.200 babysit for 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.480 someone, 00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:21.779 but we 00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.339 just don't 00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.440 have the 00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.799 energy. 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.700 It may 00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.139 even be 00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:27.160 that our 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:28.480 minds feel 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.839 weak and 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.940 frail and 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.920 plagued by 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:33.019 doubts and 00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:34.200 darkness at 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.720 times. 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.059 Well, the 00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.960 incarnation brings 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:39.700 us hope and 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.339 the incarnation 00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:41.539 seeds our 00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.539 patience for 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.180 each and 00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.819 every day 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.379 that is a 00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:44.720 struggle. 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.200 Because Jesus 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.720 lives forever 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.460 in a human 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:48.899 body, 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.819 and with a 00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.500 human mind 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.279 just like 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.720 ours, 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.619 forever 00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.899 united to 00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.379 a full 00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:54.960 humanity. 00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:56.539 He suffered 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.220 common 00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.099 infirmities 00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:59.160 like us. 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.259 He got 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.859 tired. 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.740 Jesus got 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.119 weary. 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.619 He knew 00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.759 true sorrow. 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.079 He cried 00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.980 out in 00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.319 pain and 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.980 anguish. 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.319 When you 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.839 read the 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.319 Psalms, 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.819 they are 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.440 the words 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.379 of Jesus. 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.839 He knows 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:17.079 you and 00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.119 he knows 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:19.160 your pain. 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:21.200 more than 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.579 that, 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.319 he has 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.079 gone through 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:24.379 pain and 00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:24.819 he has 00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.539 gone through 00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:27.039 death for 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:28.759 you so 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.079 that you 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.779 may finally 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:31.579 enjoy a 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.660 body and 00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.660 a soul that 00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.599 is free from 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:36.139 sin and 00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:37.000 free from 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.079 all of 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.639 life's 00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.299 infirmities. 00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.960 He suffered 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:42.059 in the body 00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.180 for us 00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:44.100 that we 00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.720 may know 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.259 ultimate 00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.700 relief and 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.620 freedom in 00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.960 his sight 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.840 forever. 00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:54.720 Jesus, 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.080 however, 00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:55.680 was not 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.180 just a 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.480 man. 00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.779 The 00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.080 scriptures 00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:59.299 reveal time 00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.279 and again 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.759 that the 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.240 man, 00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.960 Jesus Christ, 00:25:03.080 --> 00:25:03.920 is also 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.600 God 00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.360 himself. 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.539 Come 00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.980 in the 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.519 flesh. 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:08.639 man. 00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.139 Jesus, 00:25:09.139 --> 00:25:10.079 Jesus, 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.240 is the 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.940 God 00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.920 man. 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.799 His 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.839 humanity 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.339 was in 00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.039 closest 00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.099 possible 00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.960 relationship 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.400 to his 00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.879 divine 00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.420 nature 00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.139 as is 00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.779 possible 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.359 without 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.819 mixing 00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.960 the two 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.700 together. 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:25.819 Luke 00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.680 chapter 1 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.139 again and 00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.579 the announcement 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.099 to Mary 00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.879 verse 34. 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:32.500 How will 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.480 this be? 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.620 Mary asked 00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.040 the angel, 00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.160 since I 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.820 am a 00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:37.180 virgin. 00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.000 How can 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.620 I conceive 00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.160 a baby? 00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.680 The angel 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.040 answered, 00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.520 The Holy 00:25:43.520 --> 00:25:44.160 Spirit will 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.680 come on 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:44.900 you, 00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.740 and the 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.320 power of 00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:46.720 the Most 00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.340 High will 00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:47.960 overshadow 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.180 you, 00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:48.860 so the 00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.540 Holy One 00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:49.840 to be 00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.500 born will 00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.240 be called 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:52.140 the Son 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.760 of God. 00:25:53.760 --> 00:25:54.120 Jesus 00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.700 had a 00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.340 normal human 00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:55.720 birth, 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.460 but his 00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.160 conception 00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.780 was anything 00:25:57.780 --> 00:25:58.480 but normal. 00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.940 we speak 00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.440 of the 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:00.799 virgin 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.319 birth, 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.900 but really 00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.180 we should 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.620 talk about 00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:02.900 the 00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:04.059 virginal 00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.819 conception. 00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.400 That would 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:05.779 be more 00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.240 accurate. 00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.640 We see 00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.059 that the 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:09.099 Holy One, 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.980 the Son 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.519 of God 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.579 that was 00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:11.860 to be 00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:12.220 born, 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.380 was conceived 00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.019 from the 00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.700 power of 00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.360 the Father 00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:16.940 and by 00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.500 the work 00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.819 of the 00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.539 Holy Spirit. 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:19.640 And you 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.099 see the 00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.680 triune 00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.120 God 00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:22.539 always works 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.120 as one, 00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:23.740 Father, 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.259 Son, 00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.980 and Spirit, 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:25.940 and it's 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.620 one action 00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.200 of all 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.099 three persons 00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.859 of God 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.500 in the 00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:29.879 virginal 00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.439 conception 00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:31.899 finds its 00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:33.000 ending on 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.539 Jesus. 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.179 And he 00:26:35.179 --> 00:26:35.539 is the 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.959 one then 00:26:35.959 --> 00:26:36.619 that takes 00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:36.959 on a 00:26:36.959 --> 00:26:37.359 humanity 00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.199 to himself 00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:38.980 and is 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.579 conceived 00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.219 within the 00:26:40.219 --> 00:26:40.599 womb of 00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.119 Mary by 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.659 the power 00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.299 of God 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.279 because 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.879 nothing 00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:45.099 is impossible 00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.699 with 00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:46.240 God. 00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:47.980 And Luke 00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.599 paints an 00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:48.959 intimate 00:26:48.959 --> 00:26:50.059 portrait of 00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:51.039 this once-in-time 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.679 conception 00:26:51.679 --> 00:26:52.799 as God 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.179 works 00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:54.339 silently 00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.719 yet 00:26:54.719 --> 00:26:55.719 powerfully 00:26:55.719 --> 00:26:56.079 in the 00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.659 womb of 00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.200 Mary to 00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.519 bring about 00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.259 the miracle 00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.380 of God 00:26:59.380 --> 00:26:59.860 the Son 00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.160 in the 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.600 flesh. 00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:02.620 And there's 00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:02.900 another 00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.779 portrait that 00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.360 I want to 00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.800 turn to 00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:05.200 and that's 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.759 from the 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.700 Gospel of 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.360 John and 00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:07.840 we're moving 00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.460 around a 00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.759 little bit 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.240 this morning 00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.540 in our 00:27:09.540 --> 00:27:10.220 Bibles but 00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.340 this is 00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:13.400 such a 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.100 big theme 00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:15.480 it covers 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.840 all of 00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.180 scriptures 00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.640 really. 00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.700 Christ 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:20.660 coming to 00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.100 us. 00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:22.159 John 00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.980 chapter 1 00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:24.079 and verse 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.939 14 00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:26.719 and 18 00:27:26.719 --> 00:27:28.019 because 00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.599 John in 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:28.879 his 00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.379 Gospel 00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:30.799 he paints 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.139 for us 00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.579 the same 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.139 scene but 00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:32.439 from a 00:27:32.439 --> 00:27:32.719 different 00:27:32.719 --> 00:27:33.219 angle. 00:27:33.639 --> 00:27:34.039 It's like 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.619 if Luke 00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:35.980 was an 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.259 intimate 00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.740 portrait 00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:38.079 John is 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.459 like the 00:27:38.459 --> 00:27:39.079 wide 00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.740 landscape. 00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:40.740 In 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.019 John 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.799 chapter 1 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.419 verse 00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.039 14 00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.959 the 00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:44.839 word 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.500 that is 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.119 Jesus 00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:47.339 eternally 00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.959 the word 00:27:47.959 --> 00:27:49.000 became 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.859 flesh 00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.819 and made 00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.220 his 00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.839 dwelling 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.779 among us 00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.940 we have 00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.599 seen his 00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.099 glory 00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.759 the glory 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.140 of the 00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.480 one and 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.759 only 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.140 son 00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:58.380 who came 00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:58.819 from the 00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.240 father 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.059 full of 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.500 grace 00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.420 and truth 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.059 and down 00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.500 to verse 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.900 18 00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.940 no one 00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.319 has ever 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.720 seen 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.160 God 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:06.839 but the 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.279 one 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.640 and only 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.180 son 00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.960 who is 00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.619 himself 00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.140 God 00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.900 and in 00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.559 the closest 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.539 relationship 00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.119 with the 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.539 father 00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.539 has made 00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.119 him known 00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:20.719 cosmic 00:28:20.719 --> 00:28:21.239 scene 00:28:21.239 --> 00:28:22.000 spanning 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.639 eternity 00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:22.979 the 00:28:22.979 --> 00:28:23.579 eternal 00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.659 word 00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.379 and John 00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:25.959 sees the 00:28:25.959 --> 00:28:26.379 eternal 00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:27.019 word 00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.899 in all 00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.159 his 00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.579 grand 00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.000 scope 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.519 Jesus 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.599 becoming 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.459 flesh 00:28:31.459 --> 00:28:32.059 and dwelling 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.459 amongst 00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:33.039 all of 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.379 us 00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:35.099 the one 00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.459 and only 00:28:35.459 --> 00:28:35.859 son 00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.159 who is 00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:36.459 both 00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:37.039 God 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:38.719 and at 00:28:38.719 --> 00:28:38.899 the same 00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.259 time in 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.599 closest 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.339 relationship 00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:41.059 with God 00:28:41.059 --> 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