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 Well, good morning.

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 Welcome to the second Sunday in Advent.

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 We're Baptists.

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 We don't tend to pay attention to that very much.

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 But hey, it's a great thing to celebrate.

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 The remembrance of how God worked to send his son.

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 In fact, that's what Advent is, right?

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 Advent is meant to be an anticipatory celebration.

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 For those who walked through it the first time, they didn't always know what was going to come.

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 But for we who are able to look back on it, we are able to look at it and know that this anticipation has a fulfillment.

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 That what we're looking forward to on Christmas Day has already happened.

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 And what a good thing it is that we come together to celebrate Advent this morning.

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 What I want to ask you as we begin is, what stirs your heart to joyful praise this morning?

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 Some of you love the Christmas season.

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 And when the garlands come out and the lights go on and you've already been baking and you've already been decorating.

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 And there's just a joy to this season in the cultural expressions of how we celebrate it that just warms your heart.

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 Some of you have found great refuge in the Hallmark Channel's 25 movies leading up to Christmas.

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 And found great joy in that.

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 Some of you are looking forward to snow.

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 Maybe some of you for the first time if you're from another country or another part of the U.S.

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 where snow doesn't happen.

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 Even as we've sung this morning some of the great classic Christmas carols.

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 Maybe that brings back memories of Christmas's past with family and celebration.

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 There are lots of things in this season that can easily spark our hearts to joy and to praise.

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 It's also true that it may be that this season is hard for you.

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 It may be hard for you to have a joyful heart of praise.

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 Some of you students may be thinking,

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 I can't even think about that until I get over my exam period and get through my work.

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 Some of you, this season is a memory of a lost one more than a joyful celebration.

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 Maybe the Hallmark movies aren't very helpful for you because they picture happy endings.

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 And you are struggling with broken relationships, strains, and family.

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 Maybe some of you are facing great trials this year.

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 Financially, health-wise.

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 Or maybe it's that you're struggling with a sense of superficiality in the Christmas celebration that goes on around you.

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 You look at it and you think,

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 Really?

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 Is this what it looks like?

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 Frosty the Snowman?

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 Really?

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 Can't it get better than this?

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 And so you struggle with the superficiality and the sentimentality of our cultural expression.

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 And so it's hard.

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 Maybe it's hard for you this morning to have a joyful heart in this Advent season.

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 Well, my friends, whether you are loving this time of year and it's easy,

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 or whether this is a hard time of year for you and you are struggling,

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 this morning I want to point us to the fact that our hearts were made for joyful praise.

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 This is actually what we were created for.

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 We don't always know how to get there and we struggle to keep it up.

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 But this is what we were made for is joyful praise.

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 And that's why this season we are actually doing an Advent series on songs.

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 Songs from the Gospel of Luke, songs of praise in response to what people have seen God done.

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 We'll do Mary's song and Zechariah's song.

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 We'll do the angel's song.

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 We'll do the song of Simeon in the temple.

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 And we're going to look at these over the next four Sundays

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 to spark our hearts, we hope,

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 to a deep and abiding reason for us to have joy this season.

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 That our hearts might be turned to praise,

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 regardless of our circumstances.

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 We're going to look this morning at the first song,

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 the song of Mary in Luke chapter 1, verse 45 is where it begins.

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 It is somewhere in your pew Bible.

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 The bulletin gives you a number,

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 because I never forget to remember to write it down.

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 Anyone?

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 8.56.

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 8.56.

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 There we go.

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 8.56 in your pew Bibles, if you want to look there.

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 We're going to look at that together,

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 and then we will consider how this song points us

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 to the things that may produce in us abiding joy and praise.

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 So let's look together at Luke.

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 I'm actually going to begin, I want to give it some context.

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 So we're going to go all the way back to verse 26,

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 because I want to get the run-up of the whole thing.

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 So verse 26 of chapter 1 is where we're going to start.

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 In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee named Nazareth,

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 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David,

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 and the virgin's name was Mary.

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 And he came to her and said,

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 Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you.

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 But she was greatly troubled at this saying,

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 and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.

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 And the angel said to her,

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 Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

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 And behold, you will conceive in your womb,

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 and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

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 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High.

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 And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.

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 And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever,

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 and of his kingdom there will be no end.

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 And Mary said to the angel,

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 How will this be, since I am a virgin?

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 And the angel answered her,

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 The Holy Spirit will come upon you,

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 and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.

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 Therefore, the child to be born will be called Holy,

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 the Son of God.

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 And behold, your relative Elizabeth,

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 in her old age,

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 has also conceived a son,

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 and this is the sixth month with her,

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 who was called barren.

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 For nothing will be impossible with God.

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 And Mary said,

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 Behold, I am the servant of the Lord.

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 Let it be to me according to your word.

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 And the angel departed from her.

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 In those days,

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 Mary arose and went with haste

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 into the hill country to a town in Judah.

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 And she greeted the house of Zechariah,

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 and greeted,

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 entered the house of Zechariah,

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 and greeted Elizabeth.

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 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary,

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 the baby leaped in her womb.

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 And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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 And she exclaimed with a loud cry,

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 Blessed are you among women,

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 and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

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 And why is this granted to me,

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 that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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 For behold,

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 when the sound of your greeting came to my ears,

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 the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

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 And blessed is she who believes

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 that there would be a fulfillment

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 of what was spoken to her from the Lord.

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 And Mary said,

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 My soul magnifies the Lord,

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 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

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 for he has looked upon the humble,

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 a state of his servant.

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 For behold,

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 from now on all generations will call me blessed.

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 For he who is mighty has done great things for me,

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 and holy is his name.

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 And his mercy is for those who fear him

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 from generation to generation.

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 He has shown strength with his arm.

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 He has scattered the proud

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 in the thoughts of their hearts.

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 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones

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 and exalted those of humble estate.

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 He has filled the hungry with good things,

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 and the rich he has sent away empty.

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 He has helped his servant Israel

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 in remembrance of his mercy,

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 as he spoke to our fathers,

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 to Abraham,

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 and to his offspring forever.

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 And Mary remained with her about three months

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 and returned to her home.

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 Friends, will you pray with me?

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 Lord, we thank you this morning for this text.

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 We thank you for your word that reveals to us

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 the kind of God that you are.

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 Lord, in your character and in your nature,

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 and also in your work in this world.

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 Lord, thank you for this song of praise.

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 Lord, we pray that as we look at it together this morning,

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 Lord, that you will help us,

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 help us to be those

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 who are filled with joyful praise

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 because of you.

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 Lord, I ask for your help this morning.

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 Lord, that as I proclaim your word,

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 Lord, that you would fill me with your spirit

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 and enable me.

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 Lord, I pray for all of us

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 that we would receive from you your word.

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 Lord, that you would use it this morning

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 to encourage our hearts.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Friends, Mary's song of praise

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 points us to a great truth,

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 a great truth about who God is

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 and what he has done.

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 And as we consider it,

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 I pray that it will move us,

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 give us a deeper and an abiding grounds

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 for joyful praise in our lives.

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 We see in this passage

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 that God has come

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 in fulfillment of his promises

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 in unexpected ways

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 to save his people.

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 And that's what we're gonna do.

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 We're gonna walk through those three things.

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 God has come to fulfill his promises.

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 God has done it in unexpected ways.

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 And he has done it

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 so that he might save his people.

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 So that's what we're gonna do this morning.

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 So let's look at the first one.

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 God has come in fulfillment of his promises.

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 Now when we stop and we think about

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 the context in which Mary was,

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 she lived in Israel in the first century

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 or maybe a few years before.

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 Let's not get all hung up on that.

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 And she lived in a time

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 when Israel was under Roman rule.

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 Oh, there was a king, Herod,

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 who ruled over the nation of Israel,

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 but he was appointed by the Romans

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 and answerable to them.

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 And he was not the anointed king

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 from God Most High

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 to rule over his people.

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 And so the people of God,

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 the descendants of Abraham,

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 living as a nation,

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 were longing and crying out.

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 They were crying out for a savior.

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 They were crying out to be delivered

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 from this political and social oppression.

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 They were looking for freedom

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 from the Roman rule.

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 They were looking for a restoration

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 of the glory of God's kingdom

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 as they remembered back

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 to King David

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 and to Solomon

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 and the glory of the palace

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 and the temple

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 and the kingdom that extended

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 far further than it did

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 at the time of Mary's song.

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 People were longing

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 for that kind of deliverance,

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 that kind of ruler.

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 For those of you who know

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 the words of the hymn we sung earlier,

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 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,

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 it's a beautiful expression

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 of the kinds of longings.

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 Come and free captive Israel.

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 And it's what they wanted.

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 It's what they longed for.

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 And when the angel comes to Mary

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 and announces,

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 you're going to have a child,

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 he then goes on

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 and he describes this child

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 in terms that for any Jew

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 of that time would have had

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 a resonance and a meaning

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 and an incredible thing.

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 First of all,

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 his name will be Jesus,

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 which means he saves.

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 And he will be a great man.

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 He will be called

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 the Son of the Most High.

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 And here's where the resonances

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 start to pick up

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 into these hopes.

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 He will sit on the throne

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 of his father David

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 and his kingdom

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 will last forever.

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 That's basically

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 what we see in verses 31

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 and following

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 as the angel comes

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 and announces

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 what God wants to do

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 and is planning to do

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 through Mary.

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 That this child

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 who will come

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 will be the fulfillment

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 of all of those hopes.

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 He's going to come

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 to be a deliverer.

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 He's going to restore

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 the kingdom.

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 He's going to restore

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 God's rule

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 over God's people.

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 And you see it

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 even in Mary's song.

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 Turn with me.

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 Turn with me.

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 Look at verses 40

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 or where is it?

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 So verses 51 and 52.

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 Right?

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 As Mary's looking forward,

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 she says,

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 he has shown strength

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 with his arm.

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 This is an Old Testament image

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 that God has given them

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 over and over again.

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 The strength of God's arm

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 is the strength

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 of a deliverer

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 and specifically

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 the strength of a deliverer

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 to deliver his people

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 in military battle,

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 in military conquest,

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 to overthrow the enemies

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 who would come

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 and try to attack

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 God's people.

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 And he has brought down

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 the mighty from,

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 not just the mighty

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 in society

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 or the mighty

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 in their own minds,

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 but he has brought them

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 down from their thrones.

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 There is a very clear

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 sociopolitical understanding

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 and Mary,

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 having grown-ups

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 from all accounts

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 as a fairly devout Jew,

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 knew these words

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 and these phrases

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 from the Psalms

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 and from the prophets.

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 And her song recognizes

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 all of those things.

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 And so Mary believed

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 that the baby,

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 she was starting

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 to make these connections.

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 What the angel told me

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 is that this baby

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 is going to be

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 this deliverer,

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 the hope that we've been

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 longing for for so long.

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 You look at the end

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 of Mary's song.

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 He has helped

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 his servant Israel

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 in remembrance

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 of his mercy

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 as he spoke to our fathers,

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 to Abraham,

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 and to his offspring forever.

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 Do you remember

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 the promise to Abraham?

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 Out of you,

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 I will make you

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 a great nation

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 and I will bless you

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 and I will make

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 your nation great

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 among all the nations

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 of the world

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 and I will make you

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 a blessing to the world

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 through it.

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 And if you were

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 a first century Jew,

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 you would think,

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 this isn't that.

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 Whatever we are,

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 we are not

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 that great nation

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 being a blessing

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 to the nations around us.

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 And so,

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 with this announcement

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 of this baby,

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 with this announcement

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 of this child

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 who would come

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 to do all of these things,

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 Mary sees it and says,

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 God is finally

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 fulfilling his promises.

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 God is finally doing

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 what we have longed

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 for him to do

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 and what he said

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 he would do.

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 And I'm not even sure

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 if Mary understood

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 the fullness of it

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 in this moment.

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 I think it's striking

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 when she says,

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 how can this be?

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 She's not thinking,

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 how could this be

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 that he will be

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 the son of the most high

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 and sit on the throne

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 of David forever?

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 She's thinking,

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 how can this be

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 because I've never been

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 with a man

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 and you're telling me

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 I'm going to have a baby.

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 I think that's what

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 Mary's surprised about.

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 And so,

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 I think it takes her

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 a while to get there.

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 But by the time

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 she sings this song,

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 I think she's recognized

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 a little bit more fully.

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 God is faithful

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 to his promises

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 and he will do

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 the thing that he said

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 he will do.

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 Friends,

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 I wonder if that

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 brings joy

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 to your heart

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 this morning.

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 Have you ever considered

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 how much you are

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 a part of

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 the same strain

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 and the same promises

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 and the same history

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 of redemption

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 that the Bible

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 talks about

00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:04.599
 from beginning to end?

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 That God has been

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 faithful to his promises

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 to provide

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 a deliverer

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 and a savior

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 for his people

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 and recognize

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 that we have

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 the privilege

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 of looking back

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 on the central event,

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 the central work,

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 the pinnacle

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 of what God

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 has done

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 to accomplish

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 that work

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 of redemption

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 to save a people

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 for himself

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 and for his glory.

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 We don't have to wonder

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 like the Old Testament saints

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 and to peer

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 into the future

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 and to hope

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 that we might understand

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 as Peter says

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 what these things

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 are about.

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 We can look back

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 and we can know them

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 and we can know them

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 with confidence.

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 friends,

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 I also hope

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 that you see

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 that

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 this is a

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 recognition

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 that the God

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.339
 of the Bible

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 is a God

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 who sees you.

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 He sees you

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 in your circumstances

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:05.519
 just as he saw

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 Israel,

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 just as he saw

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 Mary,

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 he sees you

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 in your circumstances

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 and his plan

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 is one of salvation.

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 I wonder

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 if

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 you've given up

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 hope of that.

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 I wonder

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 if you've given up

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.720
 hope that God

00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:24.000
 can actually fulfill

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 his promises

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 to you.

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 I wonder

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.759
 if you've settled

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 for

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 a kind

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 of Christianity

00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.440
 that

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.859
 is going

00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:34.680
 through the motions

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 but has no hope

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:38.240
 and no joy.

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 maybe your hearts

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:43.120
 have been battered

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 through trials

00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:45.059
 and suffering.

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 Maybe your life

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 is so full

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.759
 of good things

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:50.079
 that it's been easy

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.700
 to take him

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.279
 for granted.

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 But friends,

00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:55.740
 remember,

00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:57.099
 God sees you

00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:58.579
 and he knows you

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.859
 and he will be faithful

00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:01.819
 to all the promises.

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 Think of these promises.

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 I will never leave you

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 nor forsake you.

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 I will give them

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.799
 eternal life

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.940
 and they will never perish

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:14.279
 and no one

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:15.559
 will snatch them

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.700
 out of my hand.

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 As the Father

00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:20.620
 has loved me,

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.539
 so also I

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.700
 have loved you.

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.839
 Whoever believes

00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.380
 in me

00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:27.900
 shall not live

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.579
 in darkness

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.559
 nor die

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 but he shall live

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 and he shall live

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.140
 forever.

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 Friends,

00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.880
 these are some

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.960
 of just a few

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:39.380
 of the precious promises

00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:42.259
 that God has given us.

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.420
 In the words

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.900
 of Jesus

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.900
 to us,

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.400
 these are the things

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:47.100
 that God has done

00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:47.980
 for us.

00:20:49.620 --> 00:20:50.100
 And so,

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.700
 like Mary,

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:52.059
 I pray that you will not

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:55.960
 lose hope

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.720
 that God

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.379
 can be faithful

00:20:57.379 --> 00:20:57.940
 to you

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.980
 but I pray

00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:00.200
 that you will,

00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:00.919
 like Mary,

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.700
 have joyful praise

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.220
 in the thought

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.799
 of a God

00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:06.519
 who is faithful.

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:11.839
 And in his keeping

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.599
 of his promises,

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.919
 he produces for us

00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:15.099
 and gives us a ground

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:16.740
 for joyful praise.

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 So that's the first thing

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:20.299
 is that God

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:20.940
 has done this

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.460
 in keeping

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.240
 with his promises.

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.519
 The second thing

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.359
 is that this God

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:24.960
 has done it

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:26.660
 in unexpected ways.

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.680
 Think for a minute

00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.620
 about the narrative

00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.380
 that comes right

00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:33.380
 before this song.

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:37.220
 Think of the absurdity

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:37.579
 of it.

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.420
 The fruit

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:40.640
 of a barren womb

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:42.200
 leaps with joy

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.160
 for the fruit

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:44.420
 of a virgin womb

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:45.580
 to confirm

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:46.380
 that God

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:46.840
 is bringing

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:48.140
 salvation to the world.

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.220
 That's how we're

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.080
 supposed to read that.

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.240
 That's what we're

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.200
 supposed to see

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.039
 in the connection

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:57.400
 between Mary

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.420
 and Elizabeth

00:21:58.420 --> 00:22:00.100
 in those verses

00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:01.480
 39 to 45.

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.500
 What is this

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.140
 all about?

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.759
 A God

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:08.019
 who is doing

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.820
 the impossible

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:10.140
 is confirming

00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:10.980
 that by doing

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:12.000
 another impossible

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.940
 thing in order

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.519
 to give us

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.300
 confirmation

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.339
 that what he

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.919
 is actually

00:22:15.919 --> 00:22:16.419
 doing

00:22:16.419 --> 00:22:17.659
 is possible.

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.659
 He made

00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:20.639
 a barren woman

00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:22.839
 Elizabeth

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:25.240
 able to have

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.799
 a child

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.159
 so that that

00:22:27.159 --> 00:22:27.659
 child might

00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:28.379
 bear witness

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.599
 to another

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.519
 child who's

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.220
 going to come

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.960
 from a virgin

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.399
 womb

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.379
 one who had

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:34.240
 never known

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.579
 one who was

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.059
 conceived

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.980
 miraculously

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.720
 by the work

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.099
 of God

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.519
 and the Holy

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:38.940
 Spirit.

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.200
 And the fruit

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.779
 of this

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:44.119
 is a Savior

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.500
 who will

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:44.899
 come and

00:22:44.899 --> 00:22:45.279
 save the

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.579
 world.

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.139
 And it's

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 helpful to

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 stop and

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.019
 think because

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.579
 Mary is

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.039
 aware of

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.899
 this that

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:55.119
 God isn't

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.660
 doing this

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.359
 great work

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.879
 in any

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.960
 expected way.

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 It's not

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.799
 through the

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.180
 rich and

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.539
 powerful.

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.099
 It's not

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.500
 through the

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.079
 who's who

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.980
 of first

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.399
 century

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:03.920
 Jerusalem.

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.799
 It's not

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.319
 even within

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.940
 the proper

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.619
 religious

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.319
 structures

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:10.299
 powers or

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.859
 authorities.

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 Mary is

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.579
 from an

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:13.980
 obscure

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.539
 town.

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.399
 What good

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:15.859
 can ever

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.879
 come from

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.500
 Nazareth?

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 And we

00:23:23.659 --> 00:23:24.720
 see this

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.599
 beginning of

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:27.220
 as we

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.779
 continue to

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.079
 see in

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:29.019
 Luke and

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.599
 one of the

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.240
 great themes

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.859
 of Luke is

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.339
 this theme

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.579
 of the

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.339
 great reversal

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.299
 that God

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.879
 brings down

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:34.659
 the high

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:36.559
 and exalted

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 and raises

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:38.200
 up the lowly

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 and the

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.620
 neglected and

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 the overlooked.

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 This is a

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.140
 pattern of

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.500
 God's

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.799
 kingdom.

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:44.059
 This is a

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.559
 way in

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.259
 which God

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.860
 is in

00:23:45.860 --> 00:23:46.559
 his character

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:46.960
 and in

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.500
 his works

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.799
 that he

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 has special

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.680
 care for

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.220
 those that

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.880
 we don't

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.420
 have care

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.080
 for in

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.640
 our normal

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.400
 humanness.

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.039
 God does

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.680
 this great

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:59.000
 reversal in

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.460
 the way that

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 he does it.

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.819
 Look with me

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.220
 for a few

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.680
 minutes at

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.019
 Mary's

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:03.160
 language in

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:04.299
 this song.

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.720
 Look at

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.319
 verse 48

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.880
 with me for

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.140
 a minute.

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.500
 He has

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.920
 looked on

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.539
 the humble

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.360
 estate of

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.920
 his servant.

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.380
 She

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:15.140
 recognizes

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:16.340
 who am

00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:16.740
 I?

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:17.860
 Who am

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.220
 I that

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.680
 God would

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.200
 choose me

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.539
 to do

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.880
 this?

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.759
 I have

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.340
 nothing to

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:21.680
 commend

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.360
 myself.

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.160
 Verse 50

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:26.259
 and 51

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.000
 we see that

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:28.279
 his mercy

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.840
 is for

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.519
 those who

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.440
 fear him.

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:30.980
 That is

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.420
 for those

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.380
 who recognize

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.500
 how great

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.220
 God is

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.559
 and how

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.299
 little we

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.799
 are and

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.380
 who submit

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:36.940
 to him

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:38.720
 as opposed

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.120
 to the

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.520
 proud

00:24:39.520 --> 00:24:39.940
 whom

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.820
 he

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:41.660
 scatters.

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.240
 Verse 52

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:44.580
 he's brought

00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:45.220
 down the

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.640
 mighty from

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.280
 their thrones

00:24:46.280 --> 00:24:46.620
 but he

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.380
 has exalted

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:47.980
 those

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.060
 of humble

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:49.600
 estate.

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:50.680
 Those who

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.520
 are nobodies

00:24:51.520 --> 00:24:52.400
 become

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.240
 somebodies

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.240
 because of

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.660
 God.

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:57.120
 Verse 53

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:58.360
 he has

00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:58.780
 filled the

00:24:58.780 --> 00:24:59.480
 hungry with

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.200
 good things

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.900
 but the

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.340
 rich he

00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:01.700
 has sent

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.060
 away

00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:02.520
 empty.

00:25:03.800 --> 00:25:04.000
 In a

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.340
 common

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.119
 first century

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.899
 understanding

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:08.199
 being rich

00:25:08.199 --> 00:25:09.419
 and having

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:09.939
 plenty

00:25:09.939 --> 00:25:10.539
 was a sign

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:10.980
 of God's

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.379
 blessing

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:12.199
 and being

00:25:12.199 --> 00:25:12.599
 hungry

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.039
 and being

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.419
 needy

00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:14.019
 was a sign

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.559
 of God's

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.019
 cursing.

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:17.259
 It was a

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.859
 misunderstanding

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:19.500
 of who God

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.279
 really is

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:23.119
 and when God

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.899
 comes to do

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.399
 this work

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:25.139
 of salvation

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:26.019
 when God

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.699
 comes to do

00:25:26.699 --> 00:25:27.679
 this most

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:28.480
 central work

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.159
 in all of

00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:29.619
 history

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.899
 he does it

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.279
 in this

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.799
 unexpected

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.480
 way

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:34.160
 to confound

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.660
 all of

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:34.860
 our

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.660
 expectations

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:37.220
 to confound

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.759
 all of

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.200
 our

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:40.259
 the ways

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.680
 that we

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:40.980
 would have

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.319
 thought

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:41.660
 that he

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:41.980
 would have

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.460
 done it.

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.420
 Sometimes

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.099
 I'm afraid

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.700
 to quote

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:48.960
 this

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.380
 because I'm

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.620
 afraid

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:49.839
 you're

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.039
 going to

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.240
 think

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.160
 this is

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.360
 a good

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:52.319
 the musical

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.980
 Jesus Christ

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.440
 superstar

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.120
 which is

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.680
 beautiful

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.079
 in its

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.519
 music

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.559
 blasphemous

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:56.880
 in its

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.720
 portrayal

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.160
 of Jesus

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.920
 but

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.620
 absolutely

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.900
 fascinating

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.519
 in its

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.500
 portrayal

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:02.800
 of the

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.320
 disciples

00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:03.860
 and their

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.580
 confusion

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:06.400
 so did I

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:06.920
 qualify that

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.360
 well enough

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:07.800
 okay here

00:26:07.800 --> 00:26:08.080
 we go

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:09.040
 so Judas

00:26:09.040 --> 00:26:09.620
 has this

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.600
 great song

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.740
 Jesus

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:13.320
 why did

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:13.740
 you come

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.240
 at this

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.740
 time

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.620
 to this

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.060
 plan

00:26:16.060 --> 00:26:16.720
 every time

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.040
 I look

00:26:17.040 --> 00:26:17.300
 at you

00:26:17.300 --> 00:26:17.800
 I don't

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.420
 understand

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.460
 why you

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:19.880
 chose

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.259
 such a

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.580
 backward

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.100
 time

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.920
 and such

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.400
 a great

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.840
 land

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.759
 if you'd

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:23.940
 come

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.420
 today

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:24.960
 in the

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.100
 1970s

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.340
 when it

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:26.660
 was written

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.380
 you would

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.720
 have swept

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.080
 the whole

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.519
 nation

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.980
 Israel

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.779
 in 4 BC

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.259
 had no

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.560
 mass

00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:31.240
 communication

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.800
 don't you

00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.080
 get me

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.420
 wrong

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.460
 anyway I

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.860
 can sing

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.200
 it to you

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.600
 I grew

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.100
 up on it

00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:35.400
 it's

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.880
 part of

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.000
 my

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.380
 childhood

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.140
 but it's

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.620
 fascinating

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.279
 to think

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.700
 about

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:40.340
 this is

00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:40.860
 a modern

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.320
 person

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:41.779
 thinking

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.279
 about the

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.620
 birth of

00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:42.860
 Jesus

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.320
 and looking

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.560
 at it

00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:43.720
 and saying

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.720
 why in

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.220
 the world

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.700
 would God

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.400
 ever do

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.860
 it this

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.220
 way

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.180
 why would

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.759
 he ever

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.240
 pick

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.259
 a backward

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.940
 place

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.980
 a small

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.340
 town

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:52.700
 in the

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:52.940
 middle

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.279
 of the

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.540
 big

00:26:53.540 --> 00:26:53.880
 Roman

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.500
 empire

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.480
 why would

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.019
 he ever

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.460
 pick

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.579
 someone like

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.240
 Mary

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.200
 why would

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.660
 he ever

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.340
 do any

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:00.900
 of these

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.640
 things

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:04.740
 one part

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.019
 of it is

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.700
 because that's

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.140
 the kind

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.600
 of God

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:06.980
 that he

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.440
 is

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:09.140
 when we

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.680
 read from

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.140
 Micah

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.279
 earlier

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.180
 O Beth

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:14.619
 you who

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:14.819
 are

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:16.019
 lowly

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.240
 you who

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.500
 are

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.960
 a nothing

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.539
 town

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.579
 out of

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.019
 you will

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.460
 come

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.619
 a great

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.180
 thing

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:28.000
 God

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.480
 doesn't

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:30.000
 come

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.059
 with

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.399
 pomp

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:31.579
 and

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.079
 circumstance

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.519
 in the

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.920
 ways that

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.519
 we expect

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.859
 but he

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.660
 comes in

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.700
 quietly

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:37.079
 he

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:38.059
 comes in

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:39.339
 humbly

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:41.079
 the

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.500
 God

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.259
 of the

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.919
 universe

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:43.859
 takes on

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:44.279
 human

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.879
 flesh

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.859
 and

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.539
 almost

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.679
 inconceivably

00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:48.759
 if you'll

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.279
 excuse the

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.539
 pun

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.299
 he becomes

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.199
 an embryo

00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:52.159
 within

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:53.299
 a woman's

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.980
 body

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:57.379
 and this

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:57.720
 is how

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.179
 God is

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.579
 going to

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.079
 save the

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.480
 world

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:04.500
 he does

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.919
 this of

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.199
 course

00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:05.799
 because

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:07.259
 he knows

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.900
 our frame

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:09.740
 and he

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.039
 knows

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.500
 that we

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.920
 need a

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.359
 God

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.039
 we need

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.660
 a salvation

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.119
 that will

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.500
 come

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.680
 to us

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:16.420
 and identify

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.519
 with us

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.740
 there are

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.259
 some of us

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.720
 who might

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.640
 in our

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.039
 arrogance

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.900
 and pride

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.379
 think

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:23.400
 well yeah

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.920
 I'm good

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.259
 enough

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.619
 God

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:24.839
 should

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.299
 save me

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.500
 because

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.859
 I'm

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.140
 really

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.640
 great

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:28.240
 but most

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.500
 of us

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.700
 know

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:28.980
 that we're

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.379
 not

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.879
 most of

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.039
 us

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.400
 when we

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.920
 really

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.500
 honestly

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.879
 think

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.379
 about it

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:34.400
 we know

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.700
 at the

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.099
 core

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.440
 of our

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.759
 being

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.099
 that we

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.460
 are not

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.799
 that

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:39.680
 and we

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.039
 need a

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.299
 savior

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.700
 who will

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.059
 come

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.680
 and identify

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.440
 with us

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.240
 not in

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.399
 our

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.720
 greatness

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.240
 but in

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.399
 our

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:44.720
 weakness

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:48.240
 this is

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.579
 the good

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.940
 news of

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.419
 the gospel

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:49.919
 that God

00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:50.419
 has come

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:51.200
 for the

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.539
 humble

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.159
 for the

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.919
 downtrodden

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.339
 for the

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.779
 forgotten

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.799
 for the

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.419
 outsiders

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:56.119
 for the

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.960
 ragamuffins

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.079
 who say

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.940
 who cry

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.399
 out who

00:28:59.399 --> 00:28:59.740
 me

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.740
 not in

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.339
 despair

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.200
 but in

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.599
 grateful

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.059
 joy

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:04.159
 you would

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.700
 actually

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.980
 care about

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.359
 me

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.919
 you

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:07.119
 would

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.500
 come

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.799
 to

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.240
 save

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.679
 me

00:29:08.679 --> 00:29:09.240
 you

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.459
 would

00:29:09.459 --> 00:29:09.859
 come

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.799
 and

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.099
 allow

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.599
 me

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:11.859
 to

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.019
 be

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.159
 a

00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:12.339
 part

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.479
 of

00:29:12.479 --> 00:29:12.799
 your

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.299
 kingdom

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:17.899
 you've

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.099
 come

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.399
 to make

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:18.579
 me

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:18.899
 a part

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:19.039
 of

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.159
 your

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.639
 family

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:23.099
 this is

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.279
 what

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.619
 Mary

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:23.939
 is

00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:24.859
 overwhelmed

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.219
 with

00:29:25.219 --> 00:29:25.559
 joy

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.979
 about

00:29:25.979 --> 00:29:27.659
 that

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:27.939
 God

00:29:27.939 --> 00:29:28.159
 would

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:28.439
 choose

00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:28.719
 someone

00:29:28.719 --> 00:29:29.039
 like

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.319
 her

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.199
 she

00:29:30.199 --> 00:29:30.479
 knows

00:29:30.479 --> 00:29:30.759
 she's

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:30.979
 not

00:29:30.979 --> 00:29:31.419
 special

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:31.699
 she

00:29:31.699 --> 00:29:31.939
 knows

00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:32.219
 she's

00:29:32.219 --> 00:29:32.519
 not

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.059
 unique

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.559
 she

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:33.839
 knows

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.000
 that

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.159
 she

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.480
 doesn't

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.819
 have

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.139
 any

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.779
 claim

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.379
 to

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:36.700
 God

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:36.839
 or

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.059
 any

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.639
 particular

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.079
 moral

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.559
 standing

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:38.919
 before

00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.240
 God

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.379
 that

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.919
 God

00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:40.079
 would

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.319
 choose

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.579
 her

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.159
 rather

00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:41.419
 than

00:29:41.419 --> 00:29:41.779
 someone

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.319
 else

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:47.599
 but

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.799
 God

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:47.960
 has

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.279
 come

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.359
 for her

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:50.319
 and God

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.460
 has

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.740
 come

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.440
 for us

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.419
 to

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:52.759
 deliver

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.279
 us

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.619
 from

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:53.819
 our

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.500
 wretchedness

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:57.859
 there

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.019
 is

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.180
 a

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.400
 sting

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.519
 in

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.660
 the

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:58.980
 tail

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.259
 for

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.579
 those

00:29:59.579 --> 00:29:59.759
 of

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.059
 us

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.700
 who

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:00.920
 do

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.279
 trust

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.440
 in

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.039
 ourselves

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.220
 for

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.519
 those

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.660
 of

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:03.839
 us

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:03.960
 who

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.119
 are

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.640
 uncomfortable

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.140
 when

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.359
 we

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.640
 have

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:05.839
 to

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.359
 depend

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:06.799
 on

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.299
 others

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.059
 for

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.460
 those

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.279
 of

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.559
 us

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:09.880
 when

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.039
 it

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.220
 is

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.640
 scary

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:10.980
 to

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.359
 admit

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:11.579
 our

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.099
 weakness

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:13.079
 our

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.680
 inability

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.960
 or

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.400
 our

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.960
 failure

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:17.599
 for

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:17.960
 those

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.180
 who

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.880
 expect

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.359
 to

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.579
 have

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:19.700
 a

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:19.880
 good

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.220
 life

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.559
 because

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:20.819
 we

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:20.980
 have

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.240
 worked

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.640
 hard

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.140
 and

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.380
 done

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.799
 right

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:24.399
 for

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.799
 those

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:24.980
 who

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.099
 have

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.500
 become

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.859
 too

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.339
 accustomed

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:27.659
 to

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:27.899
 this

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.220
 Christmas

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.759
 story

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:28.980
 and

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.139
 have

00:30:29.139 --> 00:30:29.539
 forgotten

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.799
 the

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.119
 wonder

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.680
 of

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.159
 grace

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:34.579
 Jesus

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:34.819
 has

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.039
 come

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.240
 for

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.500
 you

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.879
 too

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:37.859
 but

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.000
 he

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.139
 will

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.440
 come

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:38.559
 in

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:38.680
 a

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:38.799
 way

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:38.980
 that

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.139
 will

00:30:39.139 --> 00:30:39.440
 humble

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.940
 you

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:42.180
 will

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.039
 call

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.259
 you

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.500
 to

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.039
 forsake

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.879
 those

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.480
 places

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.680
 those

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.339
 positions

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:49.879
 for

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.159
 Jesus

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.500
 came

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:50.740
 not

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:50.960
 for

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.119
 the

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.399
 healthy

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:51.639
 but

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:51.819
 for

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.019
 the

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.319
 sick

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.039
 not

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.240
 for

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.419
 the

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:53.659
 self

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:54.019
 righteous

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.500
 but

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.700
 for

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.179
 sinners

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:58.119
 and

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.359
 this

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.579
 is

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.519
 this

00:30:59.519 --> 00:30:59.700
 is

00:30:59.700 --> 00:30:59.939
 what

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:00.899
 Mary

00:31:00.899 --> 00:31:01.480
 sees

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.859
 even

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.119
 in

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:03.359
 even

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.559
 in

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:03.720
 a

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:03.980
 kernel

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.259
 of

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.419
 it

00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:05.740
 and

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.079
 so

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:08.919
 Jesus

00:31:08.919 --> 00:31:09.259
 has

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.740
 come

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.879
 in

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.379
 fulfillment

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.039
 of

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.339
 God's

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.779
 promises

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.659
 in

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:13.899
 this

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:14.619
 unexpected

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.299
 way

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.839
 which

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.079
 leads

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.240
 us

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.419
 of

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:17.819
 course

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.639
 to

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:18.839
 the

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.039
 third

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.279
 part

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.460
 he

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.659
 has

00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:20.159
 come

00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:20.819
 to

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.179
 save

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:21.559
 us

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:23.480
 this

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.619
 is

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:23.779
 what

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.019
 Mary

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.240
 knew

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.440
 from

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:24.579
 the

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:24.779
 very

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.200
 beginning

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.539
 when

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.759
 she

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:25.980
 knew

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.200
 that

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.379
 her

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.679
 son

00:31:26.679 --> 00:31:26.919
 was

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.099
 to

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.259
 be

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.579
 called

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.139
 Jesus

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:30.639
 which

00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:30.940
 means

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.159
 he

00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:31.799
 saves

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:33.119
 and

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.259
 it

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.679
 is

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:33.980
 at

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.119
 the

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.359
 very

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.819
 title

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.240
 it

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.419
 is

00:31:35.419 --> 00:31:35.619
 the

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:35.940
 header

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:38.019
 to

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.240
 her

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.579
 song

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:38.779
 look

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:38.960
 with

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.099
 me

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.379
 again

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:39.659
 verse

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:40.339
 47

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:42.699
 my

00:31:42.699 --> 00:31:43.220
 soul

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.220
 magnifies

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.500
 the

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.839
 Lord

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.519
 and

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.740
 my

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.259
 spirit

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.139
 rejoices

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.980
 in

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.539
 God

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.179
 my

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:49.799
 savior

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:54.359
 she

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.740
 knew

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:56.980
 somehow

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.759
 Mary

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.119
 knew

00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:00.500
 that

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:00.740
 this

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.079
 baby

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.359
 would

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:01.679
 be

00:32:01.679 --> 00:32:02.740
 the

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.000
 means

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.220
 by

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.480
 which

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:03.720
 she

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:03.899
 would

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.079
 be

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.500
 delivered

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:07.659
 he

00:32:07.659 --> 00:32:07.799
 would

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.000
 not

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.259
 come

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.399
 in

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:08.939
 privilege

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.240
 or

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.680
 power

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.380
 but

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.500
 he

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.640
 would

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:10.880
 come

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.000
 in

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.299
 humble

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.779
 estate

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.120
 and

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.600
 out

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:12.740
 of

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.380
 obscurity

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.600
 he

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:14.820
 would

00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.080
 not

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.660
 come

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:17.059
 riding

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.360
 on a

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.539
 white

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:17.880
 horse

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.120
 with

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.279
 an

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.600
 army

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:18.900
 in

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.080
 his

00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:19.400
 back

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.640
 to

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:19.900
 free

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.059
 his

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.299
 people

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.539
 from

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.019
 oppression

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:22.279
 but

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.440
 he

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.620
 would

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.019
 surround

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.440
 himself

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:23.680
 with

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.019
 12

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.519
 smelly

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.900
 fishermen

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:26.700
 he

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:26.840
 would

00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:27.000
 not

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.160
 be

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.299
 a

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.559
 mover

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.059
 or

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.480
 shaker

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.640
 in

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:28.759
 the

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.080
 corridors

00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:29.380
 of

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.759
 power

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.340
 he

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:30.500
 would

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:30.759
 never

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.200
 hold

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.400
 an

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.799
 office

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.140
 either

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:32.620
 political

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.080
 or

00:32:33.080 --> 00:32:33.500
 religious

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:35.100
 but

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.259
 by

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.460
 the

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.840
 power

00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:36.059
 of

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.220
 an

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:37.019
 indestructible

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.720
 by

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.400
 love

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.220
 and

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.640
 obedience

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.059
 to

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.279
 his

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.680
 father

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:44.059
 he

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.279
 would

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.559
 wield

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:44.759
 an

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.460
 influence

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.519
 beyond

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.120
 all

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.960
 other

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:50.059
 his

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.500
 salvation

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.820
 did

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.039
 not

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.539
 come

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.039
 in

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.360
 freedom

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:52.680
 from

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:52.960
 Roman

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.440
 oppression

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:56.240
 but

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.440
 he

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.980
 knew

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.279
 and

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.660
 looked

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.039
 at

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.600
 the

00:32:58.600 --> 00:32:58.880
 depth

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.059
 of

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.200
 the

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.460
 human

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.920
 soul

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.140
 and

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.360
 saw

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.559
 that

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:00.720
 the

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.039
 greatest

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.580
 oppression

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:01.820
 and

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:01.960
 the

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.460
 greatest

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:04.380
 captivity

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:05.240
 of

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.400
 the

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.680
 human

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.100
 heart

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:06.340
 is

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.600
 that

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:06.900
 of

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.860
 sin

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.160
 and

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.320
 of

00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:08.759
 death

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:11.619
 Jesus

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.000
 came

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.160
 and

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.339
 he

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.579
 saw

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:12.779
 that

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.059
 that

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.279
 was

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.700
 actually

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:13.920
 the

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.240
 great

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.579
 enemy

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:14.859
 that

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.119
 needed

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.339
 to

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.539
 be

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.279
 overthrown

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:18.859
 and

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.180
 so

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.379
 he

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.720
 did

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.980
 he

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.400
 defeated

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.599
 the

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:21.879
 power

00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.039
 of

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.220
 sin

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.400
 and

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.759
 death

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:24.220
 not

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.460
 by

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.039
 combat

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.420
 but

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.680
 by

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.500
 sacrifice

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:28.700
 rather

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.119
 than

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:30.119
 overcoming

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.660
 he

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.740
 offered

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.180
 himself

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.579
 up

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:34.079
 he

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.359
 offered

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.720
 himself

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:34.960
 up

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.059
 on

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.180
 the

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.559
 cross

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:35.799
 to

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.099
 die

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.259
 in

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.460
 our

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.960
 place

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.460
 to

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.680
 take

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:37.900
 the

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.259
 penalty

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.599
 for

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.019
 our

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.579
 sins

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:43.420
 to

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.839
 bear

00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:44.240
 the

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.539
 wrath

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.740
 of

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.119
 God

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.559
 against

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.059
 our

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:47.119
 unrighteousness

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:51.140
 he

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.579
 was hung

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:51.940
 between

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.259
 two

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.799
 thieves

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:55.720
 scorned

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.079
 by the

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.680
 crowds

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:59.779
 and as

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.099
 he

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.660
 went

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.180
 to

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.799
 the

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.279
 very

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.759
 place

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:02.940
 of

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.160
 his

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.720
 glory

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:05.180
 was

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.359
 the

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.660
 greatest

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.119
 place

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.279
 of

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.480
 his

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.180
 humiliation

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.380
 salvation

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:11.260
 and this

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.539
 is the

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.920
 kind of

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.180
 God

00:34:12.180 --> 00:34:12.559
 that we

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.059
 serve

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:14.220
 a

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:14.420
 God

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.579
 who

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:14.900
 comes

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.139
 to

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.539
 save

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.980
 us

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:17.880
 in

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.180
 this

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:18.639
 way

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:22.039
 he

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.360
 humbled

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.860
 himself

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.159
 unto

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.500
 death

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.740
 even

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.039
 death

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.320
 on a

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.720
 cross

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:26.460
 for

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:26.860
 us

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:28.139
 so that

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.480
 having

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.900
 raised

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.139
 from

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.320
 the

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.519
 dead

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.860
 having

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.079
 been

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.400
 raised

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.599
 from

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:30.780
 the

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.019
 dead

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.559
 and

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.840
 having

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.280
 defeated

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.539
 the

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.880
 power

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.300
 of sin

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.500
 and

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:33.780
 death

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.240
 and

00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.500
 having

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.720
 been

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.060
 raised

00:34:35.060 --> 00:34:35.240
 to

00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:35.700
 eternal

00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:36.200
 life

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.680
 he

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:36.920
 is

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.160
 now

00:34:37.160 --> 00:34:37.480
 able

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.760
 to

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.019
 give

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.260
 to

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.640
 all

00:34:38.640 --> 00:34:38.860
 who

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.160
 call

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:39.360
 on

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.700
 him

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:42.780
 forgiveness

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.420
 of sin

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:45.440
 a new

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.860
 birth

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.960
 a new

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.440
 life

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.320
 freedom

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.760
 from the

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.060
 power

00:34:49.060 --> 00:34:49.600
 of sin

00:34:49.600 --> 00:34:50.100
 in our

00:34:50.100 --> 00:34:50.600
 lives

00:34:50.600 --> 00:34:51.940
 freedom

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.240
 from

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.920
 despair

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:54.620
 freedom

00:34:54.620 --> 00:34:54.980
 from

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.500
 wondering

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.280
 whether

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.960
 there's

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.420
 a God

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.780
 who will

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.019
 help

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.440
 us

00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:01.900
 for

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.280
 because

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.460
 he

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.619
 has

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.940
 come

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.179
 and

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.500
 saved

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.760
 us

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:03.900
 in

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.000
 the

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.159
 way

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.320
 that

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.500
 he

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.760
 has

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:04.980
 we

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.260
 know

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:05.460
 the

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.760
 answer

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:05.980
 to

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.320
 all

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:07.059
 these

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.519
 things

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:10.740
 and

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.000
 friends

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.300
 when we

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 know

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 this

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 it's

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.860
 joy

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 it's

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 joy

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 to

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 know

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 these

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.519
 things

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:19.159
 all

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.340
 the

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.599
 glitter

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:19.800
 and

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 all

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.119
 the

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 tinsel

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.679
 and

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:20.840
 all

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 the

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 hallmark

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 movies

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 can't

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 begin

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 to

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 plumb

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 the

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 depths

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.240
 of

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 the

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 joy

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 that

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 is

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 possible

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 from

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 knowing

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.739
 that

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.119
 God

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.359
 has

00:35:31.359 --> 00:35:31.619
 done

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.000
 this

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.259
 for

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.679
 us

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.359
 in

00:35:33.359 --> 00:35:33.819
 Christ

00:35:33.819 --> 00:35:34.920
 and

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.219
 that

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.719
 as

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:35.900
 we

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.359
 trust

00:35:36.359 --> 00:35:36.579
 and

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.000
 believe

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.420
 in

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.799
 him

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:38.339
 as

00:35:38.339 --> 00:35:38.519
 we

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.980
 receive

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 him

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.659
 as

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 our

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.440
 savior

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 as

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 our

00:35:41.379 --> 00:35:41.819
 lord

00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.440
 as

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.619
 our

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.420
 deliverer

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:44.239
 this

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.440
 is

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.619
 the

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:44.940
 great

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.299
 joy

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:45.539
 that

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:45.699
 is

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.480
 unshakable

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.440
 this

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.619
 is

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:47.779
 the

00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:48.239
 great

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:49.139
 promise

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.940
 that

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.299
 leads

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:50.480
 us

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:50.699
 to

00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:51.239
 praise

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.639
 even

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.859
 in

00:35:51.859 --> 00:35:51.980
 the

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.299
 darkest

00:35:52.299 --> 00:35:52.980
 moments

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:54.659
 this

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:54.839
 is

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:55.019
 the

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.440
 joy

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:57.359
 that

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:57.700
 cannot

00:35:57.700 --> 00:35:58.260
 be

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:59.400
 snuffed

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.820
 out

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.559
 by

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.559
 superficiality

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:01.780
 and

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.760
 sentimentality

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:09.160
 my

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.480
 soul

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:10.120
 magnifies

00:36:10.120 --> 00:36:10.380
 the

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.660
 lord

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:12.440
 and

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.620
 my

00:36:12.620 --> 00:36:12.940
 spirit

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.539
 rejoices

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:13.800
 in

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.160
 god

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:15.019
 my

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.380
 savior

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.620
 let's

00:36:16.620 --> 00:36:16.820
 pray

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.340
 together

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:21.860
 lord

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.039
 we

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.600
 thank you

00:36:22.600 --> 00:36:23.140
 for

00:36:23.140 --> 00:36:23.400
 this

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.860
 song

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.380
 and

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:24.579
 for

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:24.860
 how

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.059
 it

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.880
 reminds

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.140
 us

00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:26.340
 of

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.519
 your

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.140
 faithfulness

00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:27.300
 to

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:27.460
 your

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.980
 promise

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.900
 of

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.380
 your

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.340
 upside

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.760
 down

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.140
 nature

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:31.340
 of

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.500
 the

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.780
 way

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.000
 that

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.140
 you

00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:32.519
 save

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.820
 us

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.440
 that

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.660
 you

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:33.940
 would

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.640
 do

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:34.940
 so

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.079
 in

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.220
 a

00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:35.400
 way

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.640
 that

00:36:35.640 --> 00:36:36.260
 humbles

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.579
 us

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.039
 before

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.400
 you

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.000
 and

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.420
 brings

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.000
 down

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.300
 our

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:40.019
 pride

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.700
 and

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:40.860
 our

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.320
 self

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:42.700
 lord

00:36:42.700 --> 00:36:43.039
 and

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.340
 makes

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.539
 us

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:43.860
 nothing

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.320
 before

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.720
 you

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:46.219
 yet

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.439
 lord

00:36:46.439 --> 00:36:46.639
 in

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:46.839
 that

00:36:46.839 --> 00:36:47.099
 very

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.559
 place

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:47.719
 is

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:47.919
 where

00:36:47.919 --> 00:36:48.139
 we

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.539
 see

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:50.299
 lord

00:36:50.299 --> 00:36:50.500
 our

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.899
 savior

00:36:50.899 --> 00:36:52.259
 for

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.559
 that's

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.679
 what

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:52.839
 he

00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.079
 did

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.319
 for

00:36:53.319 --> 00:36:53.759
 us

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:56.139
 lord

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.279
 i

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:56.500
 pray

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.719
 for

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.000
 those

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.279
 this

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:57.679
 morning

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:59.500
 lord

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.879
 who

00:36:59.879 --> 00:37:00.959
 may

00:37:00.959 --> 00:37:01.159
 be

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.679
 wondering

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:03.959
 lord

00:37:03.959 --> 00:37:04.199
 if

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.500
 this

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.980
 if

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.159
 this

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.299
 is

00:37:05.299 --> 00:37:05.480
 all

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.799
 real

00:37:05.799 --> 00:37:06.000
 if

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.159
 this

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.299
 is

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:06.480
 all

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:06.839
 true

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.539
 god

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:07.659
 i

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:07.859
 pray

00:37:07.859 --> 00:37:08.079
 for

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.299
 them

00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:08.559
 this

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.000
 morning

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.839
 i

00:37:09.839 --> 00:37:10.099
 pray

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.299
 that

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:10.459
 they

00:37:10.459 --> 00:37:10.639
 would

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:10.959
 see

00:37:10.959 --> 00:37:11.159
 the

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.599
 glory

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.639
 of

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.179
 jesus

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:14.379
 and i

00:37:14.379 --> 00:37:14.599
 pray

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:14.859
 that

00:37:14.859 --> 00:37:15.000
 you

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.139
 would

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.379
 bring

00:37:15.379 --> 00:37:15.619
 them

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.819
 to

00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:16.019
 a

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.399
 place

00:37:16.399 --> 00:37:17.739
 of

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.099
 faith

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.299
 that

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:18.460
 they

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:18.699
 would

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:19.079
 choose

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.559
 christ

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.079
 today

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:22.079
 lord

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.219
 i

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.419
 pray

00:37:22.419 --> 00:37:22.679
 for

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:22.960
 those

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.139
 of

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.299
 us

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:23.519
 this

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:23.799
 morning

00:37:23.799 --> 00:37:23.980
 who

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.119
 have

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.359
 already

00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:24.659
 made

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:24.859
 that

00:37:24.859 --> 00:37:25.339
 decision

00:37:25.339 --> 00:37:26.219
 and

00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:26.399
 who

00:37:26.399 --> 00:37:26.559
 have

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.000
 chosen

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.500
 christ

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.819
 lord

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:27.980
 i

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.239
 pray

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:28.460
 that

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.619
 we

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:28.839
 would

00:37:28.839 --> 00:37:29.259
 meditate

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:30.159
 on

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.319
 your

00:37:30.319 --> 00:37:31.099
 faithfulness

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:32.099
 and

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.299
 on

00:37:32.299 --> 00:37:32.940
 the

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.500
 remarkable

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:33.940
 way

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.179
 that

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.319
 you

00:37:34.319 --> 00:37:34.639
 worked

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:34.819
 your

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.319
 salvation

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:35.719
 for

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:35.919
 our

00:37:35.919 --> 00:37:36.239
 good

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:38.000
 lord

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.199
 in

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.379
 that

00:37:38.379 --> 00:37:38.659
 in

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.859
 meditating

00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:40.139
 on

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.379
 these

00:37:40.379 --> 00:37:40.779
 things

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.639
 lord

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:41.799
 you

00:37:41.799 --> 00:37:42.179
 fill

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:42.379
 our

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:42.680
 hearts

00:37:42.680 --> 00:37:42.900
 with

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.260
 joyful

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:43.760
 praise

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:45.200
 we

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.420
 pray

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.640
 these

00:37:45.640 --> 00:37:45.940
 things

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.140
 in

00:37:46.140 --> 00:37:46.400
 jesus

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:46.800
 name

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.940
 amen