WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.380 Well, first of all, we're going to look. 00:00:01.459 --> 00:00:02.899 So we're going to do this in three parts. 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:06.480 And first of all, we're going to look at Jesus, the child. 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:10.200 You know, Christmas can be distracting. 00:00:10.740 --> 00:00:13.339 That's, I think, a word that you can use about Christmas. 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:15.240 There's so much going on. 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:18.480 I like to say there's so much stuff around Christmas. 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:21.440 I think this image maybe sums it up. 00:00:21.740 --> 00:00:23.760 On the left-hand side, if you can see that, 00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:26.679 on the left-hand side, there's somebody who's gone to town 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:27.699 on their house with lights. 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:29.300 Maybe that's what yours looks like. 00:00:29.820 --> 00:00:31.500 But, you know, there's so much stuff, isn't there? 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:33.600 There's buying presents for people. 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:35.280 There's visiting friends and family. 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:36.780 You know, a lot of this stuff is good. 00:00:36.859 --> 00:00:37.520 Don't get me wrong. 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:40.820 But, you know, there's carol services and concerts 00:00:40.820 --> 00:00:43.700 and there's child nativity programs to go to. 00:00:43.700 --> 00:00:46.200 There's so much stuff involved with Christmas. 00:00:46.980 --> 00:00:48.460 You know, the corporate world, they'll say, 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:49.780 you need all this stuff. 00:00:50.019 --> 00:00:51.439 It'll make you happy. 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:53.679 It can all be so distracting. 00:00:54.780 --> 00:00:56.920 But, you know, even within the story of Christmas 00:00:56.920 --> 00:00:59.200 or the nativity, as we would refer to it, 00:00:59.299 --> 00:01:00.719 it can be distracting. 00:01:01.199 --> 00:01:04.120 We sometimes get distracted with the sheep, 00:01:04.679 --> 00:01:06.359 with the animals, with the shepherds, 00:01:06.459 --> 00:01:10.819 with this star that guided the wise men. 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:12.979 We can think about all this stuff. 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:16.060 But, you know, Christmas is about a birth. 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:19.799 It is about a child being born. 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:23.659 It is the main event of Christmas. 00:01:24.459 --> 00:01:26.379 And, you know, it was also a real event. 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:29.179 It was actually something that happened. 00:01:29.299 --> 00:01:34.039 It is not just a nice story that we like to dream up again every year. 00:01:34.039 --> 00:01:36.719 No, it was a real event. 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:40.719 And, you know, it wasn't all quiet and calm. 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:43.539 We like to sort of paint that picture, don't we? 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:44.299 Even that picture. 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:45.000 That looks lovely. 00:01:45.140 --> 00:01:46.439 That looks like a nice place to be. 00:01:47.579 --> 00:01:49.239 You know, I've been to two births. 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:52.439 And it's not quiet. 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:53.979 And it's not calm. 00:01:54.859 --> 00:01:56.879 And it's not clean like that. 00:01:57.140 --> 00:01:57.919 It's messy. 00:01:59.939 --> 00:02:03.019 Babies are loud after they've been born. 00:02:03.140 --> 00:02:03.699 They cry. 00:02:03.819 --> 00:02:04.759 They make loads of noise. 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:05.759 You'll hear my two. 00:02:06.099 --> 00:02:07.179 And they're grown up a bit. 00:02:07.340 --> 00:02:09.459 But you'll still hear them as the night goes on. 00:02:09.460 --> 00:02:13.439 You know this film? 00:02:13.980 --> 00:02:15.140 Anyone know what this film is? 00:02:16.620 --> 00:02:17.340 The Nativity. 00:02:17.600 --> 00:02:19.560 Sana, my oldest, she loves this film. 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:21.260 This is a good film. 00:02:21.340 --> 00:02:23.200 But they are acting out the Nativity. 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:24.740 So what they do is that they say, 00:02:24.819 --> 00:02:26.140 well, to act it out, 00:02:26.540 --> 00:02:28.760 we need to go and see what a real birth's like. 00:02:28.920 --> 00:02:30.540 So they sneak into the hospital. 00:02:31.060 --> 00:02:32.860 And this is a screenshot from the moment 00:02:32.860 --> 00:02:34.800 that they look into the hospital room. 00:02:35.200 --> 00:02:36.319 And then just after this, 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:37.879 the two teachers faint. 00:02:39.460 --> 00:02:41.099 But you know, it's not glorious. 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:43.360 It's not filled with glory. 00:02:43.860 --> 00:02:44.520 A birth. 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:46.700 So why do we remember it? 00:02:47.420 --> 00:02:48.819 Why do we do this every year? 00:02:49.980 --> 00:02:51.800 Do we remember other people's birthdays? 00:02:52.939 --> 00:02:53.300 Maybe. 00:02:53.760 --> 00:02:56.300 Maybe our family or some friends. 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:58.200 Does anyone know anyone from history's birthday? 00:03:00.620 --> 00:03:01.540 Anyone at all? 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:03.140 I don't. 00:03:03.260 --> 00:03:04.400 I don't know anyone's birthday. 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:05.300 You might think like, 00:03:05.379 --> 00:03:06.180 oh, maybe Queen Elizabeth. 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:07.400 She was born in this state. 00:03:08.340 --> 00:03:09.020 I don't. 00:03:09.020 --> 00:03:09.939 And you don't either. 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:12.200 So why do we remember this birthday? 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:14.439 And you might be sitting there going, 00:03:14.760 --> 00:03:16.200 it probably wasn't actually his birthday. 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:17.600 And I would agree with you. 00:03:18.340 --> 00:03:20.840 It might not have actually been the day that he was born. 00:03:20.939 --> 00:03:22.340 But it is what we mark, isn't it? 00:03:22.340 --> 00:03:25.540 It's the time of year that we mark Jesus' birthday. 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:27.100 So why do we do it? 00:03:28.600 --> 00:03:30.760 Well, because it is completely unique. 00:03:31.700 --> 00:03:33.280 There was no birth like it. 00:03:33.740 --> 00:03:35.120 Think how many births go on. 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:36.620 All the time. 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:37.439 Every year. 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:38.280 In the royal. 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:39.140 Alone. 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:40.759 All the time. 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:43.340 This one was unique. 00:03:43.539 --> 00:03:44.420 We read it, didn't we? 00:03:45.180 --> 00:03:45.659 Emmanuel. 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:47.240 God with us. 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:48.960 That's what that passage says. 00:03:49.500 --> 00:03:50.920 God with us. 00:03:52.580 --> 00:03:54.379 Jesus, he had a human mother. 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:54.980 Mary. 00:03:55.480 --> 00:03:56.540 We know Mary, don't we? 00:03:57.400 --> 00:03:58.980 We know he had a heavenly father. 00:03:58.979 --> 00:03:59.219 God. 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:01.280 God. 00:04:02.179 --> 00:04:03.039 As man. 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:03.879 As a child. 00:04:04.679 --> 00:04:05.419 On earth. 00:04:07.519 --> 00:04:09.939 And you know, we've got to hear that and go, 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:10.579 well, why? 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:12.919 Why did God come? 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:16.639 That's got to be the question that we ask. 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:19.480 Well, the clue is in the name. 00:04:20.420 --> 00:04:21.339 What day is it today? 00:04:23.599 --> 00:04:24.500 Christmas Eve. 00:04:25.219 --> 00:04:26.019 Christmas Eve. 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:27.259 It's not named as such. 00:04:27.259 --> 00:04:29.800 But what do we think of when we think of Eve? 00:04:31.139 --> 00:04:35.639 We think of that first rebellion against God. 00:04:36.039 --> 00:04:37.480 Eve, she took that fruit. 00:04:37.579 --> 00:04:39.439 We can read that story in Genesis. 00:04:39.620 --> 00:04:40.599 She took that fruit. 00:04:40.779 --> 00:04:43.339 That first act of rebellion against God. 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:45.980 And sin came into the world. 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:49.079 And since then, we've all been messing up things. 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:51.039 Since then, haven't we? 00:04:51.779 --> 00:04:53.399 We all make mistakes. 00:04:54.300 --> 00:04:56.560 We all rebel against God. 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:59.220 It was not the way that it was meant to be. 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:01.040 And that's a problem. 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:05.579 And that is why the child was born. 00:05:07.139 --> 00:05:10.019 So we have had Jesus the child. 00:05:10.379 --> 00:05:14.079 And the first thing we look at is Jesus fully God. 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:20.800 God is born as a child into this very earth that we walk. 00:05:21.899 --> 00:05:23.000 You know, that's mad. 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:29.240 Sometimes I think we can hear that or we can say these words and we just let it wash over us. 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:31.419 You know, that's crazy. 00:05:31.420 --> 00:05:32.420 The king of kings. 00:05:32.420 --> 00:05:34.840 The king of kings. 00:05:34.840 --> 00:05:36.560 The lord of lords. 00:05:36.900 --> 00:05:41.900 The creator of everything that we know and think about and can look at. 00:05:43.340 --> 00:05:45.080 Was born in a cowshed. 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:52.819 Jesus, he leaves the splendor of glory to come to a broken world. 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:59.180 He did so to die for self-orientated rebels. 00:05:59.300 --> 00:06:00.879 People who just think about themselves. 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:01.939 That's us, isn't it? 00:06:02.779 --> 00:06:03.839 And he did so. 00:06:03.899 --> 00:06:05.019 He did so intentionally. 00:06:05.540 --> 00:06:07.040 He did so willingly. 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:15.900 And as he did so, he was hated and he was rejected on earth as he lived that out. 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:20.140 And he did so all so that forgiveness could be available. 00:06:21.100 --> 00:06:27.560 That those separated from God, as we looked at with the sin that came into the world, that's us. 00:06:27.640 --> 00:06:30.720 Those who are separated from God can have forgiveness. 00:06:31.939 --> 00:06:34.320 Can have a home with him forever. 00:06:35.220 --> 00:06:36.879 Because of the work that he did. 00:06:37.580 --> 00:06:40.160 While he was here on earth. 00:06:41.780 --> 00:06:43.680 Jesus, fully God. 00:06:44.840 --> 00:06:47.160 Well, you might be sitting there and thinking, well, was he God? 00:06:47.980 --> 00:06:48.800 Was he God? 00:06:49.980 --> 00:06:51.980 Did he actually claim to be God? 00:06:52.300 --> 00:06:53.340 Well, we read that passage. 00:06:53.520 --> 00:06:54.759 And thank you, Cater, for reading it. 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:56.560 We read that passage of his baptism. 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:58.720 That was the start of his ministry. 00:06:58.860 --> 00:06:59.540 And he is baptized. 00:07:00.700 --> 00:07:03.820 And we have this amazing event where the heavens are torn open. 00:07:04.820 --> 00:07:05.720 And it is said, 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:07.600 You are my beloved son. 00:07:08.100 --> 00:07:10.380 With you, I am well pleased. 00:07:11.340 --> 00:07:15.520 You know, that's just one event that we can read of. 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:19.420 One instance in the Bible where Jesus is claiming to be God. 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:22.040 We have the I am statements. 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:26.840 It might be a bit unfair, but some Christmas Eve homework, if you want it. 00:07:27.340 --> 00:07:33.120 Let's go home and look up the instances where Jesus says that he is God. 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:35.620 Or that others claim that he is God. 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:39.699 You know, the biggest thing for me is that the Jews, they tried to stone him. 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:42.300 Because they said it was blasphemy. 00:07:42.459 --> 00:07:44.819 Because he was saying that he was God. 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:48.000 And you know, he didn't just talk the talk. 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:50.259 But he walked the walk. 00:07:50.259 --> 00:07:55.079 I missed a slide. 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:56.879 Here's a representation. 00:07:57.659 --> 00:07:58.279 It's not working. 00:07:59.259 --> 00:08:01.680 Of God on earth. 00:08:03.060 --> 00:08:05.680 That he walked around on this earth. 00:08:06.459 --> 00:08:07.759 You know, how did it help? 00:08:07.980 --> 00:08:10.579 How did it help that Jesus was fully God? 00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:12.000 Couldn't a person have done this? 00:08:12.539 --> 00:08:14.079 Couldn't a person have done his work? 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:18.500 Well, Jesus, he could live a mistake-free life. 00:08:19.419 --> 00:08:21.099 Only because he was God. 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:22.599 He could be sinless. 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:25.939 But despite that, he was willing to die. 00:08:26.699 --> 00:08:28.819 He was willing to take that upon himself. 00:08:28.979 --> 00:08:31.719 That separation from God that we deserve. 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:34.220 He was willing to take that. 00:08:35.059 --> 00:08:37.579 But he was resurrected and he's alive today. 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:42.439 Proving that what he said about himself was true. 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:44.900 That it was all true. 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:46.480 The cross. 00:08:46.560 --> 00:08:48.420 It's a funny time of year to think about the cross. 00:08:48.740 --> 00:08:49.760 Oh no, that's Easter. 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:51.980 You know, but it's all the same story. 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:54.720 He came so that he could die. 00:08:57.180 --> 00:08:59.340 Jesus, fully God. 00:08:59.420 --> 00:09:01.100 Do you know what his name means? 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:01.680 Jesus. 00:09:02.620 --> 00:09:04.620 Well, it means Jehovah saves. 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:08.320 Or the Lord or God saves. 00:09:08.740 --> 00:09:10.420 That was what he was sent for. 00:09:10.419 --> 00:09:19.259 And because he was fully God, he is the only way back to him to be made right again. 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:23.000 So, part three. 00:09:24.419 --> 00:09:25.979 Part three of the trilogy. 00:09:26.979 --> 00:09:27.500 So, Jesus. 00:09:28.079 --> 00:09:29.219 We've had the child. 00:09:29.959 --> 00:09:31.240 We've had fully God. 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:34.179 And now we're going to see fully man. 00:09:34.179 --> 00:09:37.679 You know, it was more than just a birth. 00:09:38.019 --> 00:09:39.239 That's what we remember, don't we? 00:09:40.419 --> 00:09:44.679 But, you know, this child grew into an older child. 00:09:44.959 --> 00:09:45.919 And into a teenager. 00:09:46.779 --> 00:09:48.579 And into a young adult. 00:09:49.139 --> 00:09:50.259 And then into adulthood. 00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:55.359 You know, he lived just like you and I. 00:09:55.699 --> 00:09:57.079 We have the quiet years. 00:09:57.159 --> 00:09:59.259 We have the years we don't really hear about in the Bible. 00:09:59.259 --> 00:10:03.439 From about age one through to age 30. 00:10:04.139 --> 00:10:06.240 But, you know, he would have lived like anyone else. 00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:07.919 His dad was a carpenter. 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:08.600 Joseph. 00:10:09.059 --> 00:10:11.200 So, he would have learnt the family trade. 00:10:12.179 --> 00:10:14.580 He would know a hard day's work. 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:17.980 Would have ended the day picking the splinters out of the hands. 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:21.139 Tired having been on his feet all day. 00:10:22.299 --> 00:10:24.039 He knew what it was like to have a family. 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:26.379 He knew what it was like to have friends. 00:10:26.379 --> 00:10:27.240 To grow up. 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:30.879 To learn at the local synagogue as a Jew. 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:32.419 Learn from the Torah. 00:10:33.539 --> 00:10:35.100 He would have known all of these things. 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:39.120 And then we have his years that are recorded in the Bible. 00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:40.980 And the stories that we can read about. 00:10:41.340 --> 00:10:42.399 Of his work. 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:43.139 His ministry. 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:45.939 He's been through life. 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:47.039 As a man. 00:10:47.939 --> 00:10:48.700 So, Jesus. 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:50.139 He knows what it's like. 00:10:50.740 --> 00:10:52.820 He knows what it's like to be a person. 00:10:53.980 --> 00:10:54.759 Fully man. 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:58.159 He knows what it's like in the good times. 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.939 He also knows what it's like in the bad times. 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:03.819 He knows what it's like to be hungry. 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:06.939 To be cast out. 00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:11.720 He was cast out almost as a weirdo at times. 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:13.179 As a strange person. 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:16.980 He knows what it's like to face pain. 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:19.659 To be a victim of injustice. 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:19.939 Jesus. 00:11:23.379 --> 00:11:25.259 But he knows what it's like to share a meal. 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:26.500 To have friends. 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:27.319 To have family. 00:11:27.459 --> 00:11:28.199 To love people. 00:11:29.439 --> 00:11:31.339 He also knows what it's like to be tempted. 00:11:33.379 --> 00:11:37.579 You know, I think the most human trait might be crying. 00:11:38.699 --> 00:11:42.120 You know, when I think of Jesus' fact that he was fully man. 00:11:42.980 --> 00:11:44.879 Think of the shortest verse of the Bible. 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:45.659 Jesus wept. 00:11:45.659 --> 00:11:46.459 Jesus wept. 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:48.879 And if you know that story. 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:50.079 You know why he was crying. 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:52.519 His friend Lazarus had just died. 00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:57.480 And he, quite naturally, was sad about that. 00:11:58.439 --> 00:12:01.199 So, he knows what it's like to have lost people. 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:03.600 You know, not just his friend. 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:06.699 But it's reckoned that he actually lost his dad. 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:07.519 Joseph. 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:09.899 He's not talked about during his ministry. 00:12:10.379 --> 00:12:13.000 So, they reckon that he maybe lost his dad when he was young. 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:17.039 He knows what it's like when things go wrong. 00:12:18.100 --> 00:12:20.139 So, he can sympathize with us. 00:12:20.340 --> 00:12:21.360 We read that in Hebrews. 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:22.779 Thank you, Ben, for reading that. 00:12:23.179 --> 00:12:27.539 That passage, it says that he can be our great high priest. 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:29.220 What does that mean? 00:12:29.899 --> 00:12:31.580 Well, it means that he can relate to us. 00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:36.620 The high priest was one that was to be between the people of Israel, the Jews, and God. 00:12:37.059 --> 00:12:38.539 It was interceding for them. 00:12:38.539 --> 00:12:42.240 You know, Jesus is our great high priest. 00:12:42.419 --> 00:12:46.120 Because he knows what it's like to live a life on this earth. 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:50.959 He was fully man as well as being fully God. 00:12:51.699 --> 00:12:54.659 And he does intercede for us. 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:58.939 He's there to listen to us and help us in our lives. 00:12:58.940 --> 00:13:06.960 But, you know, despite all of this suffering and the life he had to live, which wasn't an easy one. 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:12.580 But because of love, he came down and he gave it all. 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:13.680 He gave himself. 00:13:15.220 --> 00:13:16.440 He came as a child. 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:18.440 He came as God. 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:19.820 He came as a man. 00:13:19.820 --> 00:13:20.820 Why? 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:24.200 Well, he did it to satisfy a holy God. 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:25.879 A just God. 00:13:26.580 --> 00:13:29.260 And we can think of joy when we think of his coming. 00:13:29.400 --> 00:13:33.280 Because of the opportunity it gives us to trust in him. 00:13:34.260 --> 00:13:39.480 And to have that joy knowing that we have been made right with the God who created us. 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:40.440 Who made us. 00:13:40.520 --> 00:13:41.340 Who loves us. 00:13:42.020 --> 00:13:45.660 And wants us to spend eternity with him forever. 00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:51.219 So this Christmas time as we have fun, which I'm sure we will. 00:13:51.699 --> 00:13:53.699 Enjoy time with family and friends. 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:55.399 Eat probably too much food. 00:13:56.179 --> 00:13:59.240 Open presents that we did or did not want. 00:14:00.579 --> 00:14:03.939 Then we can remember the one who, yes, was born. 00:14:04.439 --> 00:14:05.919 And that's important to remember that. 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:10.639 But also the man who grew up and lived his life. 00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:13.079 The fact that he was fully man. 00:14:13.079 --> 00:14:15.179 That he was also fully God. 00:14:15.659 --> 00:14:16.799 And that uniqueness. 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:22.120 And that reason why we celebrate the birth of Jesus at this time of year. 00:14:24.719 --> 00:14:25.779 Let me just pray. 00:14:27.719 --> 00:14:31.299 God and Father, we just thank you so much for the Lord Jesus. 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:34.100 We thank you for the short time tonight. 00:14:34.219 --> 00:14:40.179 We can see from your word, the Bible, just some of the truths about him and his life. 00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:40.639 We thank you. 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:45.859 We thank you that it's still so relevant for us today. 00:14:46.059 --> 00:14:49.139 Because we all need to be made right with you. 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:54.439 We thank you that we can look with such joy at his coming. 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.560 If we are in the right position with you. 00:14:58.560 --> 00:15:00.460 And so we thank you for Christmas. 00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:05.440 We thank you for the opportunity it is to see loved ones and friends and family. 00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:08.020 And to have time away from work. 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:11.360 And when we can hopefully just quieten down for a period. 00:15:12.040 --> 00:15:13.860 Just pray that you'll help each one of us. 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:16.960 And to remember the truth that we've heard. 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:20.759 And that you will bless each one of us as we go. 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:22.919 So we just commit these things to you. 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:24.300 In Jesus name. 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:24.940 Amen. 00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:25.100 Amen. 00:15:25.860 --> 00:15:25.940 Amen. 00:15:25.940 --> 00:15:26.940 Amen. 00:15:26.940 --> 00:15:27.940 Amen. 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:27.940 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:27.940 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:27.940 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:27.940 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:27.940 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:27.940 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:27.940 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:27.940