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 Matthew 1, 18-25.

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 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about.

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! His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph,

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! but before they came together,

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 she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

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 Because Joseph, her husband, was faithful to the law

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 and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace,

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 he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

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 But after he had considered this,

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 an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,

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 Joseph, son of David,

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 do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife

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

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 She will give birth to a son

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 and you are to give him the name Jesus

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 because he will save his people from their sins.

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

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 The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son

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 and they will call him Emmanuel,

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 which means God with us.

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 When Joseph woke up,

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 he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him

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 and took Mary home as his wife.

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 But he did not consummate their marriage

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 until she gave birth to a son

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 and he gave him the name Jesus.

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 Can you imagine how Joseph must have felt?

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 What do you mean you're pregnant?

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 Joseph, I'm telling you,

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 I haven't been with another man.

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 I'm telling the truth.

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 You haven't been with another man

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 and yet you're pregnant?

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 Am I missing something?

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 Did someone do this to you?

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 No, Joseph.

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 I told you I had a visitor a few months back.

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 He was an angel sent from God.

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 He told me that I would become pregnant by the Spirit of God

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 and that this child,

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 are you kidding me, Mary?

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 Do you expect me to believe

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 that an angel appeared to you

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 sent from God?

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 That you're pregnant by the Spirit of God?

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 God, how could you do this to me?

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 I don't even know what to say to you.

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 We can only imagine how that conversation went.

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 We get a little bit of a hint.

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 Joseph was going to break off the engagement,

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 which was the equivalent of a divorce

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 back in their culture and time.

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 He obviously didn't believe Mary.

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 Otherwise, he wouldn't have even been thinking

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 about getting a divorce.

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 But he also truly loved Mary.

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 Even though he didn't believe her,

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 he didn't want to expose her to public disgrace.

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 He didn't want to ruin her life,

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 even though she had just broken his heart.

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 And so he was looking at getting a quiet divorce,

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 keeping it on the down low.

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 It was an honorable thing to do.

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 But after he had considered this,

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 an angel of the Lord appeared to him

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 in a dream

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 and said,

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 Joseph, son of David,

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 do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife,

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 because what is conceived in her

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 is from the Holy Spirit.

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 She will give birth to a son

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 and you are to give him the name Jesus

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 because he will save his people

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 from their sins.

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 Wow.

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 What an emotional roller coaster that must have been.

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 First, he finds out that the young lady

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 that he has chosen is pregnant.

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 Then, he gets this news from the angel.

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 The last thing that he would have ever expected

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 to happen.

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 She's telling the truth.

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 He really is conceived

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 by the Holy Spirit of God.

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 Can you imagine Joseph's reaction?

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 Like, I can't believe this.

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 She's telling the truth.

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 Who can I tell this to?

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 If I tell anybody this news,

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 they're going to think I'm crazy.

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 A son conceived from the Holy Spirit of God.

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 That's amazing.

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 But what's even more amazing

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 is this one thing that the angel from God said

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 about this child to Joseph.

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 You are to give him the name Jesus.

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 Jesus, which in the Greek of Matthew's day,

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 Iesus.

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 But Iesus was the equivalent of the Hebrew name,

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 Yeshua.

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 Yeshua.

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 Which literally means,

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 Yahweh saves.

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 God saves.

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 You are to give him the name Jesus.

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 God saves.

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 Because he will save his people

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 from their sins.

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 I'm going to guess that Joseph

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 was maybe a little surprised

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 at that last part.

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 Perhaps like many of the other

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 Jewish people of his day,

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 he would have expected the angel to say,

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 because he will save his people

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 from their enemies.

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 Like the Romans.

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 The angel had said to Mary

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 that the child to be born

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 would be a great king.

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 That he would take up the throne

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 of his father,

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 David,

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 their ancestor,

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 King David.

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 It had been centuries

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 since the Jewish people

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 enjoyed true freedom

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 as a sovereign nation.

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 Like back in the days

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 of King David.

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 The Romans had conquered

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 the land of Israel

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 and they ruled over it

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 with an iron fist.

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 It was from the Roman Empire

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 that the Jewish people

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 longed for deliverance.

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 This is not what the angel

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 said to Joseph.

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 You are to call him Jesus.

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 You are to give him

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 the name Jesus.

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 God saves.

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 Because he will deliver

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 his people

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 from their sins.

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 According to God

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 and the words

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 that he spoke

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 through the prophets

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 long before Joseph

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 was born,

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 there was a greater enemy

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 than the Romans.

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 A bigger problem

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 than national sovereignty.

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 According to God,

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 the sins of his people

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 are an even greater threat.

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 An even bigger problem.

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 Sin is not a word

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 that we use much today

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 outside of the church.

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 But in this context,

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 it refers to the countless ways

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 that people have turned

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 away from God.

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 To the many ways

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 that we intentionally

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 ignore God

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 or disobey

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 his commands.

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 Sin generally refers

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 to the things

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 that we think

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 or say

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 or do

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 that are contrary

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 to the good ways

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 that God has made us for.

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 Things like selfishness.

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 pride,

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 pride,

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 hatred,

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 deceit,

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 rebelling against authority,

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 immoral behavior,

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 and the list goes on.

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 But the overarching problem

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 of sin

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 is not just

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 the ugliness of it

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 or how it wrecks

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 our relationships

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 with each other.

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 The overarching problem

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 of sin

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 is what we deserve

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 for it

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 as people

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 who have turned

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 our backs

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 on the God

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 who created us.

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 we have essentially

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 spit in the face

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 of our maker.

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 We were under

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 his authority

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 at the beginning.

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 He made us

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 and therefore

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 he has the rights

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 to us

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 but we rebelled

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 and humanity

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 continues to rebel.

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 the overarching

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 problem

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 with our sins

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 is that they put us

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 in a dangerous

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 position

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 before God.

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 He is good.

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 He is just.

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 God has been saying

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 it throughout his book.

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 A day is coming

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 when he will take

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 the seat of justice

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 and once for all

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 put everything right.

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 He will ensure

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 that no one

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 gets away

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 with the wrongs

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 that they have done

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 whether that be

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 great evil

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 or the smallest

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 of selfish acts.

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 The ugliness

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 of sin

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 will be eradicated

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 from his world

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 and that's a problem

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 for us

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 because we are all

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 guilty of sin

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 against him

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 and against

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 one another.

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 Sin is our

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 greatest problem.

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 It is our

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 greatest enemy

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 and it's not just

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 some disease

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 that we

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 innocently caught.

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 We ourselves

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 are responsible

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 for every sin

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 we have committed.

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 This is what

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 half the Bible

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 is about.

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 We're in deep

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 trouble with God

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 and it's our fault

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 because we

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 have sinned

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 against him.

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 But now listen

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 to these words

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 of the angel

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 again.

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 She,

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 Mary,

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 will give birth

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 to a son

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 and you are

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 to name him

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 Jesus.

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 God saves

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 because he

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 will save

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 his people

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 from

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 their sins.

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 This child

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 in Mary's womb

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 is going to

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 rescue his people

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 from the guilt

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 that they have

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 because of

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 their sins.

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 Salvation

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 will come

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 through the child

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 born of Mary.

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 Amazing.

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 Jesus,

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 the son of God

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 came into our

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 world on a

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 rescue mission.

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 It was a

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 rescue mission

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 that would cost

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 him his life.

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 He would die

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 on a Roman

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 cross

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 and there

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 receive upon

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 himself the

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 justice of

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 God

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 for the sins

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 committed

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 by all

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 who would

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 believe in

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 him

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 so that

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 we could

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 be forgiven

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 completely

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 and let

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 off the

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 hook

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 completely

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 for every

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 sin we've

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 ever committed.

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 Why would

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 God make a

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 deal like

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 this?

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 His own

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 son's death

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 for our

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 deliverance.

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 God's answer

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 from the pages

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 of the Bible

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 is that no

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 matter how

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 far from

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 home we've

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 run,

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 ignoring him,

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 doing what

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 we know is

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 wrong,

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 God's answer

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 is this,

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 I love

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 you and

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 I want you

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 to come

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 home.

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 For God

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 so loved

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 the world

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 that he

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 gave his

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 one and

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 only son

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 that whoever

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 believes in

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 him shall

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 not perish

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 but have

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 eternal life

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 for God

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 did not

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 send his

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 son into

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 the world

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 to condemn

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 the world

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 but to

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 save the

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 world

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 through him

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 whoever

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 believes in

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 him is

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 not

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 condemned

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 but whoever

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 does not

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 believe

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 stands

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 condemned

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 already.

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 if you're

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 here this

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 morning

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 and you

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 haven't

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 believed in

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 Jesus

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 I want to

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 encourage you

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 it's not too

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 late to

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 make peace

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 with God

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 it's not too

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 late to open

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 your heart

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 to the most

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 wonderful and

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 fulfilling

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 relationship that

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 we can have

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 our relationship

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 with God

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 if you're

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 looking for

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 help on how

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 to do this

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 or guidance

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 you can

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 feel free to

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 talk to me

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 after the

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 service or

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 anyone else

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 here that

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 you know

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 and trust

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 we'd love to

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 sit with you

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 and pray with

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 you

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 but for those

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 of us who

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 have this

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 hope and

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 this faith

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 in Jesus

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 and who

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 know him

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 Christmas is a

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 special time

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 it's an

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 occasion for

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 sober

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 reflection

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 because we

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 needed a

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 savior

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 we needed

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 salvation

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 but it's

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 also an

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 occasion for

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 great celebration

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 because long

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 ago in

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 Bethlehem a

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 child was

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 born and

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 he wasn't

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 just any

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 child

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 he was a

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 child who

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 would grow up

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 to do what

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 no one else

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 could

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 to save

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 his people

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 from their

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 sins

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 let's pray

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 father in

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 heaven we

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 thank you

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 for sending

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 your son

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 Jesus

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 the ultimate

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 gift

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 a gift we

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 could never

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 repay

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 you don't

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 even want us

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 to try to

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 repay because

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 it cannot be

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 repaid

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 a gift of

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 grace

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 a gift of

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 your kindness

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 and mercy

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 to us

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 and I pray

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 Lord that

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 you would

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 just enable

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 us this week

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 to celebrate

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 deeply and

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 fully

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 your son

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 our salvation

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 your desire

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 to be

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 with us

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 our Christ

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 and our

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 king

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 the one who

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 will come

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 and reign

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 forever

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 someday

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 what a

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 wonderful thing

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 that you have

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 done we

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 just thank you

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 and we

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 praise you

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 for your

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 awesome goodness

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 and sending

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 Jesus to us

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 in his name

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 amen

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 I'll invite the

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 music team to

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 come up and

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 lead us in one

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 more song

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 up and

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 up

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