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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 Kids, we get to talk together this morning.

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 If you'll join me up here on the stairs, we're going to talk for just a couple of minutes.

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 Good morning.

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 Is anybody up here excited for Christmas?

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 Do you like Christmas?

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 Oh, y'all like Christmas, huh?

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 Is that fun?

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 I'm excited for Christmas.

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 I really like Christmas a lot.

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 Here's what we're going to do this Christmas, okay?

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 This is December the 1st.

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 Every Sunday in December, we're going to come up here on these stairs and talk about Christmas

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 together, okay?

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 And we're going to talk especially about one thing each week that kids love about Christmas.

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 So you're going to have to help me with some things that you love about Christmas.

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 I really am having a hard time thinking of anything.

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 But we're going to celebrate Christmas because when we celebrate Christmas, we're celebrating

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 Jesus' birth, aren't we?

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 Isn't that?

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 We're going to talk about how these things that we love about Christmas teach us about

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 Jesus.

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 What do you think we might should talk about today?

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 Hey, James, how are you?

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 Hey, man, you want to sit with us?

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 Will you sit with me?

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 Awesome.

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 Perfect.

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 I brought some of these things this year.

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 Do y'all know what these are?

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 What are they?

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 Lights.

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 Lights.

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 Does anybody see any other Christmas lights in this room anywhere?

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 Yeah, there are some on the trees.

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 That's good.

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 There's another kind over there.

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 You can't see it very well, but do you see the candles?

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 One of them has a little light at the top of it that Miss Allison lit earlier.

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 Candles are special kinds of Christmas lights.

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 There are even some fun Christmas lights on Pastor Will's socks.

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 That's exciting, huh?

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 Yeah, yeah.

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 Christmas lights everywhere.

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 Are there some up there on the screen?

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 All over the place, lots of Christmas lights.

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 Who likes to look at Christmas lights?

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 Me.

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 Yeah, me too.

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 Every year, my family either goes and drives around to look at them or sometimes walks through

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 to see Christmas lights.

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 And here's what I want you to think about.

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 When you see Christmas lights, I want you to remember that Jesus is the light of the world.

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 Did you hear Miss Lindsay just sing that?

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 The light of the world, glory to the light of the world.

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 Why is it so important that Jesus is the light of the world?

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 Because without light, it's dark.

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 Dark.

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 And if it's dark, we can't see anything, can we?

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 Well, except for very light things.

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 Well, that's true.

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 Only if there's light can we see in the dark, right?

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 Yeah.

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 And so Jesus comes.

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 Jesus comes to help us see God.

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 To help us know what God is like.

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 To know how much God loves us.

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 And those are really important things that we need, aren't they?

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 Isn't it awesome that Jesus comes to give us light so that we can know who God is and

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 how he loves us?

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 See, Jesus is a light that never goes out, isn't he?

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 So that when you trust him, you're never going to be completely in the dark.

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 You can talk to him anytime.

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 We call that praying, don't we?

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 You can ask for his help.

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 You can trust that he loves you all the time.

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 So when you see Christmas lights this year, you're going to remember that Jesus is the

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 light of the world.

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 Very good.

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 The light of the world.

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 Let's pray and then I'll let you go.

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 Jesus, we are so thankful that you are the light of the world.

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 We're thankful that you being light, you didn't keep all that light up in heaven with you,

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 but you came and at Christmas you were born.

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 You came into this world so that these kids could know light, could know God, and could

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 know how much you love them.

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 We're so thankful for that.

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 And so we pray that this Christmas we would know you more.

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 We would rejoice in you more and we would love your light.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 All right.

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 Some of you are going to go out the back doors.

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 You see Miss Katie waving back there to go to kids worship with you, kindergarten and first

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 grade.

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 Go with Miss Katie and the rest of you can go back to your seats, okay?

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 Thank you so much.

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 Don't trip.

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 Thank you.

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 Yeah.

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 I do especially want to think about Christmas with our kids this year.

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 I really want for them to be able to understand the good news of Christmas in their own words

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 that they can follow along with.

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 But I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that kids are not the only ones here this morning

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 who get excited about some of these Christmas things like lights.

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 Anybody else like Christmas lights?

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 Okay.

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 See, some of us still love Christmas things.

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 So we're going to talk a little bit more too about these same themes.

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 We're actually now, and kids, you can listen along and still learn with us.

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 We're going to go beginning to end of the Bible's story this morning.

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 But at the heart of the good news about the light of the world is Isaiah chapter 9.

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 That's where we're going to start.

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 We heard part of it read for us earlier.

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 And one of the reasons it's so helpful to us is that it makes the darkness of this world

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 very tangible.

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 And we're going to feel that because then the light's going to shine into that darkness

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 that we can understand a little bit more.

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 Follow with me as I read the first five verses of Isaiah 9.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish.

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 In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali.

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 But in the latter time, he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan,

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 Galilee of the nations.

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 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.

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 Those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.

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 You have multiplied the nation.

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 You have increased its joy.

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 They rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the

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 spoil for the yoke of his burden and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor.

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 You have broken as on the day of Midian.

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 For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood

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 will be burned as fuel for the fire.

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 Thus far, God's holy word.

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 On the way out, it was terrible, terrible.

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 I screamed.

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 I just wanted to get out to see the light.

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 That's the way Mario Sepulveda described enduring darkness for 10 weeks as one of 33 Chilean miners

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 trapped 2,000 feet underground back in 2010.

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 You probably remember the news coverage.

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 Those 33 miners had emergency rations.

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 They had battery-operated headlamps.

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 But many were convinced they would never survive the darkness long enough to be rescued.

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 Thankfully, with the help of some experts from around the world, including many from NASA,

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 some of you may have helped, they were rescued.

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 Finally, light broke in to the darkness of the collapsed mine.

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 One by one, the miners were pulled up to safety,

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 to the cheers of family and people watching around the world at that point.

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 When you have been in darkness so complete and so oppressive for so long,

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 terrible, terrible,

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 you long for the light to break in.

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 And you rejoice when it does.

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 That's the story of Advent.

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 That's what we're celebrating in this season.

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 It's the story of Isaiah chapter 9.

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 And what we can't afford to do at Christmastime or any other time

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 is to underestimate the darkness.

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 And therefore, as a result of underestimating the darkness,

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 not rejoice the way we should in the light.

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 Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light,

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 Madeline Lingle once wrote.

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 I think we have a tendency, most of us,

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 to ignore our need, our weakness, our darkness,

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 to focus on our strengths, on our resources,

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 on the great things about ourselves.

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 Notice how for God's people, they have to face darkness,

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 even as light is promised.

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 In several different ways, they have to deal with it.

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 The most prominent aspect of darkness for them and for us,

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 we have to acknowledge this.

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 It's our sin.

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 The context here in Isaiah 9 is that God's people have turned away from Him.

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 They have bowed down to idols.

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 They have looked for life in their own pursuits,

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 in their own priorities.

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 They have forsaken the Lord, Isaiah says.

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 They've rebelled against Him.

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 They are utterly estranged.

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 Those are Isaiah's words, kids.

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 That means they were far away from God.

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 Far, far away.

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 Now, there's two different ways to get far away from God,

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 at least two general ways.

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 Some of them have gotten far from God just by trusting themselves.

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 I mean, they were doing pretty well.

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 They looked pretty good.

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 They're very moral.

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 They're quite humanly successful.

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 Many of them probably would have been in church.

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 All the while disregarding God's laws.

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 Neglecting the poor, for example.

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 Worshiping their own power.

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 Others of them were also far from God,

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 but they've gotten there a different way.

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 They've gotten there by just running as fast as they could away from God.

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 Turning their backs on God.

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 Calling everything He said was good, evil.

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 Calling everything He said was evil, good.

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 And just mocking those who loved Yahweh and loved His Word.

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 Like their brothers and sisters, their hope was in man,

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 in their internal wisdom and resources.

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 It wasn't in God.

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 But at the end of the day, both kinds of sinners end up far from God,

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 don't they?

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 And don't we?

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 As a result, all around, Isaiah says,

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 as he concludes this right up to the verses we just read,

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 he says they're going to find distress and darkness,

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 the gloom of anguish.

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 They'll be thrust into thick darkness.

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 You understand why.

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 God is light.

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 In Him, there's no darkness at all.

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 So darkness is distance from God.

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 And so when you run far away from God,

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 sin separates us from God.

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 I really want us to face up to this reality.

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 Y'all, there is enough darkness in each of us

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 to keep us far, far away from God,

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 trapped deep underground forever.

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 There is plenty of that in each of us.

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 We're going to see that the story of the Bible

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 is not one of problem outside of me,

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 solution inside of me.

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 That's not the story of the Bible.

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 That's the good news of modern America.

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 That's what we like to think.

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 No, the story of the Bible,

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 the gospel of Jesus,

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 is problem inside of me,

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 solution from outside of me.

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 It is light breaking into darkness.

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 The Advent longing that we're feeling this morning,

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 that we're living in as we sing,

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 come, come, Emmanuel.

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 It's felt most by those who are most desperate

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 to be rescued.

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 People like me.

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 People like me who get to pick the people

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 that they'll love best

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 and still let them down

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 and hurt them

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 because I love myself better.

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 People who do things that look good

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 but do them just because they want to look good.

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 Who pridefully think that the best path forward

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 is typically,

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 and if I'm honest,

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 always,

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 for everyone just to listen to me

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 and do what I say,

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 wouldn't it all be better?

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 The darkness of our sin,

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 that I would think that's true.

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 That has me far from God, right?

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 The most terrible reality possible,

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 that I would be far from Him.

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 Don't overlook that darkness

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 in your own heart.

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 Don't try to pretend it's okay

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 or you're actually a lot better than Will.

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 I know you are,

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 but it doesn't actually make you perfect either.

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 It's important to acknowledge, though,

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 that sometimes darkness is not from our sin,

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 but it's from our suffering,

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 perhaps from the sin of others,

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 maybe from injustice,

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 from the attacks of the powers of darkness

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 in this world.

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 Look at verse 4.

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 They're dealing with this.

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 For the yoke of His burden,

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 the staff for His shoulder,

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 the rod of His oppressor,

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 you have broken.

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 This is true of every single person

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 in this room.

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 You're a sinner.

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 And others have sinned against you.

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 Those are true for every one of us.

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 You may feel darkness in this world

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 like Job.

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 Not because you're horrible,

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 but because you're human.

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 Satan and his minions

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 and other sinners

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 fight against you.

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 And the darkness of confusion

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 and depression

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 and despair

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 is real.

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 It's terrible.

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 And you long for the light.

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 Finally,

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 there's a third category of darkness.

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 I think it's the darkness of death.

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 Verse 5.

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 For every boot of the tramping warrior

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 in battle tumult,

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 every garment rolled in blood

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 will be burned.

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 God's people have faced here

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 the trauma of war.

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 It's awful.

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 Terrible.

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 As a result,

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 the fear of death,

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 the grief of loved ones lost,

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 as Assyrians have carried them

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 into exile.

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 There's not much in this world

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 that feels darker,

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 more terrible,

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 is there?

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 Some of us feel that

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 especially right now.

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 Especially around the holidays.

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 We know that darkness.

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 I hope that you're starting

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 to identify

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 some of the ways

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 that you personally

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 are presently

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 experiencing darkness.

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 darkness.

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 But I thought it'd be helpful

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 as we struggle to do that

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 to take a step back,

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 look from 30,000 feet

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 at the story

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 of light and darkness

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 in the Bible.

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 We're just going to hit

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 a few highlights.

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 But it's one of the best lenses

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 through which to read

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 the Christmas story

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 is this lens of darkness

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 and light.

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 You know plenty of books

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 and movies

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 that develop this theme

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 as the centerpiece

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 of great masterpieces.

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 But the reason

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 that darkness and light,

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 good and evil,

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 resonate so deeply with us

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 is that it is

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 the great story

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 of all of history.

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 Notice some important patterns

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 from the very beginning

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 of the Bible story.

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 First, that light

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 must break through

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 into the darkness.

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 It's always that way.

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 Darkness was over

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 the face of the deep

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 when God said what?

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 Let there be light.

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 Light breaking into the darkness

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 as God speaks

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 His perfect world

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 into existence.

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 Of course, it's not long

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 into the story

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 till the powers

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 of darkness invade.

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 Our rebellion against God

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 breaks His perfect creation.

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 Sin starts to cast

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 its shadow over this world.

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 Darkness is palpable.

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 It's spreading

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 as we are driven out where?

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 From God's presence

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 far from Him

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 into the darkness

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 away from the one

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 who's light.

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 I want you to see something

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 in Exodus 10

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 because I want you to know

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 that God knows

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 how awful darkness is.

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 He sends darkness

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 as one of the plagues

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 on Egypt

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 over the whole land

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 while He spares

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 His beloved people

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 from a darkness

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 that He calls

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 a darkness

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 to be felt.

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 Some of you know

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 that weight,

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 that discouragement,

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 the chains

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 of emotional darkness,

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 felt,

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 heavy,

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 overwhelming

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 darkness.

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 Some of you,

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 we've talked about

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 this together.

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 You've told me

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 you liken yourself

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 in many ways

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 to Job.

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 If you had to guess

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 the book in the Bible

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 where the word dark

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 appears the most times,

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 would you have guessed

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 the book of Job?

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 Over 40 times.

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 It's often the darkness

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 of suffering,

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 evil happening

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 to you,

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 that confusion

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 part of darkness

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 where there's a sovereign God

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 that you love,

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 but you don't understand Him.

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 You can't figure Him out.

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 I don't know

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 what He's doing.

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 That darkness

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 just keeps getting worse.

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 It grows through the story

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 as Proverbs highlights

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 the darkness

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 that the wicked experience

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 because they stumble

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 and don't even know

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 what tripped them.

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 That's how dark it is.

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 They couldn't even see

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 what they're falling over.

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 It's deep darkness.

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 That's where sinners live

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 apart from God, right?

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 Without His light.

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 So dark we can't even see

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 what we're tripping on.

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 It's where God's people are,

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 far from Him

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 in the darkness of exile

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 for years and years.

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 Oh come,

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 oh come Emmanuel,

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 disperse the gloomy

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 clouds of night

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 and death's dark shadows

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 put to flight.

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 That's where they are.

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 That's the longing

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 that they have

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 when God sends

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 prophet

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 after prophet

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 after prophet

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 to tell them what?

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 to tell them

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 where to look for light.

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 They are 2,000 feet

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 underground

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 so to speak.

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 But He wants them

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 to see glimmers

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 of hope

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 to know light

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 is coming.

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 He wants to say to them

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 don't be foolish

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 and just settle

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 for darkness.

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 Just give up

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 and decide

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 there's no hope

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 and just settle

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 for the darkness.

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 But He also doesn't

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 want them to look

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 for light

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 from their own

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 battery operated headlamps.

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 He knows they won't

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.919
 give you life

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 for long

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 if you just look

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 to yourself

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 and what you have

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 there underground

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 in your darkness

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 and it won't last.

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 It might look like light

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 for a few moments

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 or days

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 but you need

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 real light

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.619
 He says.

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:52.319
 Isaiah chapter 60

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.599
 darkness shall cover

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:53.960
 the earth

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.899
 thick darkness

00:20:54.899 --> 00:20:55.599
 to peoples

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 where's the hope?

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 But the Lord

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.659
 Yahweh

00:20:58.659 --> 00:20:59.859
 will arise

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 upon you.

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 His glory

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.859
 will be seen

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.319
 upon you.

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 That's the hope

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 isn't it?

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 It's rooted

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 in what God

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:08.060
 is like.

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 The prophet Ezekiel

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.440
 compares Him

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 to a shepherd.

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 Look at this.

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.779
 As a shepherd

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 seeks out his flock

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 when he's among

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.019
 his sheep

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.920
 that have been scattered

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 so will I

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 seek out my sheep

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 and I will

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 rescue them

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 from all the places

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.259
 where they've been scattered

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 on a day of clouds

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 and thick darkness.

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 You notice

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:27.100
 this side of the stage

00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.900
 for today

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 is far from God.

00:21:29.320 --> 00:21:29.440
 Okay?

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 Far from God.

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 He's over there

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.100
 somewhere

00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.980
 just for the purpose

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.560
 of this sermon.

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 There ain't no darkness

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:38.140
 strong enough

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.880
 God is saying

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.800
 that could tear you

00:21:39.800 --> 00:21:40.740
 out from my heart.

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.960
 That's our hope

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:44.720
 that He would insist

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.680
 that He breaks

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.860
 into our darkness.

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:48.000
 The prophet Micah

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.640
 reminds us

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.820
 that when I fall

00:21:49.820 --> 00:21:51.000
 I shall rise.

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:52.100
 When I sit

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:53.240
 in darkness

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.600
 the Lord

00:21:54.600 --> 00:21:55.560
 Yahweh

00:21:55.560 --> 00:21:56.860
 will be a light

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.779
 to me.

00:21:58.060 --> 00:21:58.340
 Light

00:21:58.340 --> 00:21:59.300
 breaking in

00:21:59.300 --> 00:22:00.500
 because the shepherd

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:02.019
 plunges into the darkness

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.680
 to rescue His sheep

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.900
 because the glory

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.879
 of the Lord

00:22:05.879 --> 00:22:06.500
 is coming

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.940
 because God is light

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.539
 and in Him

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.359
 is no darkness

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:09.779
 at all

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.879
 and He will not

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.480
 have us stay

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.160
 far from Him

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.500
 will He?

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.200
 He

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.660
 and His glory

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.700
 are coming

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:18.119
 and they are coming

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.420
 how?

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.680
 In a child

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:24.000
 Isaiah 9 says.

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 They're coming

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.400
 in a child.

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 Are you feeling

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.599
 at this point

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.180
 in the story

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:30.799
 the back and forth

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.680
 battle between

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:33.539
 darkness and light

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.779
 in the Bible story?

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.779
 You see how that

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.539
 unfolds?

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.339
 Darkness lands

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:38.420
 some punches early

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:39.500
 looking strong

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:41.160
 but then something

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.720
 happens

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.640
 right in the middle

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.119
 of the story

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:43.940
 right at the heart

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.200
 of it

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.380
 what we're celebrating

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:46.000
 in this season

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.559
 the light shines

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.240
 in the darkness

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.539
 and the darkness

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:51.920
 has not overcome it.

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.940
 That's Christmas

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:55.799
 that in the dark streets

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 of the little town

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.980
 of Bethlehem

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.799
 shines what?

00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:01.900
 The everlasting light

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.579
 amen

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:04.960
 that keeps shining

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:07.099
 light really breaks

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:08.120
 through in the person

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:09.460
 of the Christ child

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.019
 in the manger

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.900
 and His light

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:14.460
 will not be snuffed out.

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.259
 That's what it means

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.000
 the darkness

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:17.000
 will not overcome it

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.920
 it will not be snuffed out

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.640
 not even

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.440
 when the sun

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.440
 stops shining

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.400
 in the middle

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:23.359
 of the day

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.339
 while Jesus

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.799
 hangs on the cross

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:27.839
 when for all the world

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.579
 it appears

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.660
 that darkness

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:31.000
 has finally won

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:32.220
 no

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.519
 the light

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:35.299
 still shines again

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.519
 because the darker

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.619
 the night gets

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.440
 the brighter

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.640
 the light shines

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:41.000
 don't forget that

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.019
 especially those of you

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.779
 who are feeling

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:44.380
 dark right now

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:46.140
 the light is

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.300
 especially coming

00:23:47.300 --> 00:23:47.700
 it will be

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.680
 especially bright

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.900
 He is coming

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.960
 to rescue

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.060
 and that

00:23:52.060 --> 00:23:52.820
 in many ways

00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:53.740
 that's for all of us

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.220
 because see

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.120
 the Bible says

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.460
 we love darkness

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:59.200
 not maybe all the time

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.300
 maybe it's scary to us

00:24:00.300 --> 00:24:01.620
 but we love darkness

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:03.300
 because we love our sin

00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:06.200
 and we love ourselves

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:10.720
 it's rebels like us

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:12.300
 who love darkness

00:24:12.300 --> 00:24:14.080
 who need rescuing

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:15.119
 and what does Jesus

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.980
 say to people

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.619
 like that

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:18.559
 I am

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.679
 the light

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:21.439
 of the world

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:23.779
 He explains

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.740
 what that means

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.139
 He's saying

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:26.059
 He's going to

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:27.279
 forgive the sins

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.399
 of desperate

00:24:28.399 --> 00:24:29.619
 sin addicts

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:30.399
 like you

00:24:30.399 --> 00:24:30.960
 and me

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:32.179
 He'll show the way

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:33.000
 to God

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:34.240
 for lost

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.179
 confused

00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:35.939
 hurting

00:24:35.939 --> 00:24:36.779
 wanderers

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.299
 in the dark

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.439
 He'll even bring

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:39.679
 life in the face

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.279
 of death

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.480
 for the fearfully

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:43.500
 hopelessly condemned

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:45.079
 glory

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.680
 to the light

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.860
 of the world

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:49.180
 we should sing that

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.700
 over and over

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.759
 Jesus comes

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.620
 and delivers us

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.579
 from the domain

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.480
 of darkness

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.620
 the dark world

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.339
 in which we live

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.460
 that's Colossians 1

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.900
 and brings us where

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.620
 into

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.779
 His

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:02.079
 kingdom

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.839
 and so we are

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.319
 to declare

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.980
 the praises

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.559
 of Him

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.220
 who called us

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.900
 out of darkness

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.960
 into His

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.380
 marvelous light

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.700
 breaking into

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.880
 our darkness

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.840
 so no more

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.820
 hiding in the dark

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:15.280
 as Derek reminded us

00:25:15.280 --> 00:25:16.260
 that's from 1 John

00:25:16.260 --> 00:25:17.600
 live in the light

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.500
 that is broken in

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.360
 to rescue you

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:20.120
 reflect it

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:21.060
 shine it

00:25:21.060 --> 00:25:22.320
 live honestly

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:22.960
 hopefully

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.800
 because the light

00:25:23.800 --> 00:25:24.360
 has come

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:26.940
 and the light

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.740
 will never leave

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:30.580
 Jesus the judge

00:25:30.580 --> 00:25:31.160
 in Revelation

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:32.860
 sets all things

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.260
 right

00:25:33.260 --> 00:25:35.100
 all the unjust

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.840
 oppression

00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:37.200
 and suffering

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.220
 that are a part

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.839
 of the darkness

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.500
 of this world

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.200
 will somehow

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:41.460
 be corrected

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.460
 once and for all

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.039
 as He makes

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:44.740
 all things new

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:46.559
 glory comes

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.799
 and death

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.700
 will be no more

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.980
 as everlasting life

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.700
 reigns

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:52.100
 glory comes

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:53.160
 and God Himself

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.200
 will be the light

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.279
 of the heavenly city

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.740
 forever

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.779
 so that darkness

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.480
 is banished

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.779
 to hell forever

00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:00.079
 and we are always

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.000
 near the light

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.220
 of life forever

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.120
 glory

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:04.640
 to the light

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.380
 of the world

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:06.160
 He does that

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:07.880
 He makes that reality

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:09.160
 something that we know

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:10.400
 and look forward to

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:13.720
 that's the Cliff Notes

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.620
 version

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.960
 of the battle

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.880
 of darkness

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.900
 and light

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:19.160
 I hope it gets you

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.880
 excited for Christmas

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:22.240
 I hope you see

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.580
 in that

00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:23.680
 the hope

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.640
 that we celebrate

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:26.000
 at least

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.840
 get you excited

00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:27.759
 for seeing Christmas

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.900
 lights sometime soon

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:30.200
 and realizing

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.860
 that they are

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.580
 piercing

00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:32.600
 the darkness

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.660
 of your neighborhood

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.700
 or your city

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.440
 the way that

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:37.019
 Jesus in this story

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:38.820
 pierces the darkness

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:39.700
 of this world

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.779
 as the light

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.519
 of the world

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.840
 His breaking in

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.660
 as the light

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.420
 of the world

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.460
 is the highlight

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:47.120
 of that story

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:49.660
 so let's finish

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.340
 by going back

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:51.240
 to Isaiah 9

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:53.300
 we stopped

00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:54.180
 just short

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:55.100
 of the best part

00:26:55.100 --> 00:27:00.620
 hang with me

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:00.920
 and follow

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.680
 the line of thought

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:03.460
 for just a minute

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.960
 what he's saying

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.740
 is that light

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.600
 is going to break

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.299
 into darkness

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.980
 joy is coming

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.560
 in the place

00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:10.460
 of anguish

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.140
 and now he's going

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:12.240
 to say why

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.779
 that's what starts

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.440
 at verse 4

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.640
 for

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:17.000
 first reason

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.440
 the unjust

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.120
 suffering

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.820
 and oppression

00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:20.920
 will be over

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.560
 yay

00:27:21.560 --> 00:27:24.400
 for

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.900
 war and death

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.860
 will be defeated

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.480
 finally

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.420
 yay

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:30.700
 and then this

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.000
 is the way

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.680
 the Hebrew works

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.120
 it builds

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.759
 to a third

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.160
 four

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.820
 that is at

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.620
 the foundation

00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.259
 of those

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.920
 first two

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.759
 all of those

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.580
 things ultimately

00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:38.080
 happen

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.880
 for

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:41.060
 enlightened

00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:41.560
 people

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:42.220
 will finally

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.019
 figure out

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.320
 how to build

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:45.300
 an economically

00:27:45.300 --> 00:27:46.000
 sustainable

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:47.120
 world

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:48.060
 to live in

00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:48.560
 no

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:50.779
 for

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.620
 a strong

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.000
 leader

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.940
 will arise

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.820
 to set things

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.740
 straight for a few

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.460
 years with all the

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.259
 right policies

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:58.000
 no

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.920
 not really

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:01.460
 don't forget

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.980
 as

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.740
 as our hearts

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.740
 do go in those

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.200
 directions

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:06.099
 that those are

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.140
 human options

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:07.460
 they're

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.200
 they're like

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.339
 battery operated

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.099
 headlamps

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.619
 to those

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.700
 in underground

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.279
 darkness

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.940
 those are the

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.319
 things we're

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.879
 drawn to

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.559
 and you can

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.180
 understand it

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.559
 can't you

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.220
 because it's

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.779
 really really

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.720
 dark over here

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.640
 and when we get

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.160
 any glimmer

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.519
 we think

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.119
 that's the thing

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.839
 that's what I

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.039
 need

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.599
 that's going

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:21.900
 to give me

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.180
 life

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.779
 that's going

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.160
 to rescue

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.440
 me

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.079
 and it

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.839
 won't

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:29.959
 the light

00:28:29.959 --> 00:28:30.919
 has to break

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.579
 in from

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.179
 outside

00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:33.419
 darkness

00:28:33.419 --> 00:28:34.179
 can't drive

00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:34.899
 out darkness

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.759
 only light

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.519
 can do that

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.879
 Martin Luther

00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.519
 King Jr

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:41.240
 side note

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.519
 on that

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.000
 as we think

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.839
 about sitting

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.199
 over here

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:43.419
 in the

00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:43.779
 darkness

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.879
 as you

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.279
 think about

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.959
 talking to

00:28:45.959 --> 00:28:46.759
 your friends

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.399
 and your

00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:47.779
 neighbors

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:49.459
 because we

00:28:49.459 --> 00:28:50.139
 all feel

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.859
 this darkness

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.659
 at some

00:28:51.659 --> 00:28:52.059
 level

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:53.299
 and in

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.799
 different

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.419
 ways

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:56.680
 we realize

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.920
 that our

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.400
 lights

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.180
 that we're

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.460
 attracted to

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.180
 have batteries

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.620
 that are

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.380
 going to run

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.660
 out

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.340
 that are

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.700
 already

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.220
 maybe running

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.519
 dim

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.120
 or flickering

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.400
 a little

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.600
 bit

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.080
 and we

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:06.920
 all know

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.279
 that

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.259
 so do

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.720
 our friends

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.000
 and our

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.259
 neighbors

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.680
 so it's

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.240
 actually a

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.019
 great way

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:12.100
 in conversation

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.759
 into the

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.080
 hope

00:29:13.080 --> 00:29:13.759
 of the

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.060
 light

00:29:14.060 --> 00:29:14.400
 of the

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.720
 world

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:16.460
 to be

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.860
 honest

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:18.580
 to ask

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:19.660
 where do

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.259
 you feel

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.400
 darkness

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:23.960
 despair

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:25.720
 discouragement

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.900
 if you're

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.360
 willing to

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.880
 get honest

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.500
 maybe then

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.880
 the two

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.120
 of you

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.500
 can be

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.860
 honest

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.200
 enough

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.620
 with one

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:30.880
 another

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.340
 that it

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:31.860
 gets dark

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.140
 enough

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.819
 that you'll

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.579
 both long

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.039
 for the

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.519
 real light

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.799
 for the

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.100
 light of

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.480
 the world

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.220
 together

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:38.759
 what a

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:38.980
 beautiful

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.559
 opportunity

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.779
 anyway

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.920
 back to the

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.579
 last four

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.579
 and the real

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.220
 thing that it

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.019
 says in

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.740
 verse six

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.819
 four

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.980
 at the root

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.519
 of all of

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.640
 it

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.400
 where's the

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:50.019
 light coming

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.440
 from

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.519
 a child

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.100
 is born

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.959
 a son

00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:53.599
 is given

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.039
 this is the

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.379
 part you

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:54.699
 know there's

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:55.099
 a reason

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.799
 it's memorable

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:57.379
 the ruler

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.000
 of all

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.939
 the light

00:29:58.939 --> 00:29:59.259
 of the

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.740
 world

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.939
 that's where

00:30:00.939 --> 00:30:01.439
 the light's

00:30:01.439 --> 00:30:02.199
 coming from

00:30:02.199 --> 00:30:04.019
 see he is

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:05.219
 the wonderful

00:30:05.219 --> 00:30:06.139
 counselor

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:07.399
 I hope these

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:08.000
 names will make

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.959
 sense to you

00:30:08.959 --> 00:30:09.159
 now

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.740
 that you'll

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.179
 understand

00:30:10.179 --> 00:30:11.059
 who Jesus

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.439
 is being

00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:12.359
 identified as

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.259
 in this

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.759
 story of

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.419
 light and

00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:14.799
 dark

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.839
 literally

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.339
 he's a

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.740
 wonder

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.339
 of a

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.939
 counselor

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.699
 full of

00:30:18.699 --> 00:30:19.599
 supernatural

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.459
 wisdom

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.519
 so when we

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.880
 feel that

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.480
 we're wandering

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.220
 in the

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.579
 darkness

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.420
 groping around

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.019
 for the best

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.779
 path forward

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.400
 where we're

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.000
 confused

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.660
 we're searching

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.680
 desperately for

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.160
 hope

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.319
 the child

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:31.200
 king breaks

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.000
 in as a

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:33.000
 brilliant light

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.579
 and what does

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:33.819
 he say

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.079
 he says

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.940
 follow me

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:37.019
 trust me

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.900
 order your

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.840
 entire life

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.720
 to know me

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.620
 to know my

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:41.220
 way of life

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.620
 when you know

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.539
 so little else

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.180
 for sure

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:44.539
 I will bring

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.120
 you home to

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.380
 God

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.779
 you just have

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.600
 to know me

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:49.039
 and he's

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.500
 also

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.819
 the mighty

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.439
 God

00:30:51.439 --> 00:30:52.559
 it's a title

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.139
 used for

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.939
 Yahweh himself

00:30:53.939 --> 00:30:54.519
 even in the

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.519
 next chapter

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.279
 it's perhaps

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.959
 the clearest

00:30:56.959 --> 00:30:57.719
 of these four

00:30:57.719 --> 00:30:58.379
 titles in

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:58.919
 highlighting

00:30:58.919 --> 00:31:00.099
 the divinity

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.639
 of this

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.240
 promised

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.139
 child

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.939
 king

00:31:02.939 --> 00:31:03.579
 he's doing

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.259
 God stuff

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.639
 isn't he

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:05.240
 what's the

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.799
 God stuff

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.099
 that he's

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.399
 doing in

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:06.859
 our story

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.579
 light

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.740
 powerfully

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.159
 breaking

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:09.879
 into darkness

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.259
 that's what

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.859
 God does

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:12.000
 he doesn't

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.459
 just have

00:31:12.459 --> 00:31:13.439
 wise plans

00:31:13.439 --> 00:31:14.799
 he can make

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.399
 them happen

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.920
 he can deliver

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.440
 the weak

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.940
 and the

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.360
 oppressed

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:19.340
 he can break

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:20.100
 our bonds

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:20.680
 of sin

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.500
 and addiction

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.480
 and self

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.320
 obsession

00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:24.540
 in fact

00:31:24.540 --> 00:31:25.840
 his strength

00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:27.400
 never wearies

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.280
 so nothing

00:31:28.280 --> 00:31:29.400
 is impossible

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.080
 for him

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.900
 the darkness

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.780
 will not

00:31:31.780 --> 00:31:32.500
 overcome

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.440
 the mighty

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.960
 God

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:36.480
 and he's

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.160
 the everlasting

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:38.080
 father

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:39.480
 a name

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.120
 speaking to

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.820
 his kind

00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.560
 protection

00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:42.060
 of his

00:31:42.060 --> 00:31:42.540
 people

00:31:42.540 --> 00:31:43.920
 maybe you

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.340
 don't think

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:44.940
 of light

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.400
 that way

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.740
 but this

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.019
 is what

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.680
 light

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:46.980
 is

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.900
 all of us

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.140
 who've been

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.600
 entrusted

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.019
 to his

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.759
 faithful

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.299
 care

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.160
 all of a

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.360
 sudden

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:51.759
 those of

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.059
 us who

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.059
 maybe your

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.440
 darkness

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.120
 feels like

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.500
 no one

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.279
 ever stands

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.799
 up for

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.120
 you

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:58.100
 speaks up

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.740
 to defend

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.240
 you

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.700
 argues

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.660
 your cause

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.039
 against

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.019
 the bully

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.840
 ever brings

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.519
 relief

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.779
 in the attack

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.240
 that you're

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.620
 facing

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.080
 maybe you

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:07.680
 feel that

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.100
 way

00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:09.500
 listen

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.180
 this child

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.600
 king

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.720
 most certainly

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.259
 will do

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:13.480
 those things

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.259
 he is the

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.160
 everlasting

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.240
 father

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.200
 who holds

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.519
 you in

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.039
 his arms

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.700
 and never

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.539
 lets you

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.839
 go

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.920
 who defeats

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.819
 all of

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:23.079
 his and

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:24.539
 our enemies

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.360
 including

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:26.480
 the powers

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.480
 of darkness

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.240
 that you don't

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.740
 even know

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.319
 or understand

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.799
 that he drives

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:32.059
 out by his

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.500
 light

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.740
 and he welcomes

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.400
 you home

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:34.940
 again

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:36.019
 when you've

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.519
 sinned

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.140
 again

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.980
 when you've

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.500
 gone away

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:38.980
 from God

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.759
 because his

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.440
 love and

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.200
 commitment to

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.700
 you never

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.559
 fail and

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.159
 never end

00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:43.519
 he's your

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.179
 everlasting

00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:44.879
 father

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:47.679
 finally he's

00:32:47.679 --> 00:32:48.299
 the prince

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:50.200
 of peace

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:51.819
 he makes

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.679
 wars cease

00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:53.419
 to the ends

00:32:53.419 --> 00:32:54.000
 of the earth

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.519
 he breaks

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.039
 the bow

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.919
 and shatters

00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.879
 the spear

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:58.679
 death

00:32:58.679 --> 00:32:59.579
 himself

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.159
 our

00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:00.980
 last

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.599
 enemy

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:03.779
 is defeated

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.980
 as his

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.399
 light

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:06.220
 shines

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.720
 into our

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.159
 world

00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:08.139
 and in the

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.559
 place

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.039
 of the

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.480
 darkness

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.279
 the reign

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.639
 of this

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:10.960
 child

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.299
 king

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.700
 brings

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.600
 a restoration

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.580
 of life

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:14.240
 the way

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.480
 that it

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.100
 was meant

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.940
 to be

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.759
 in God's

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.519
 good creation

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.340
 wrongs

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.900
 are now

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.500
 made right

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.580
 sad things

00:33:20.580 --> 00:33:21.519
 come untrue

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.920
 hope

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.700
 springing

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.319
 eternal

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.920
 when the

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.279
 prince

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:25.019
 of peace

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.819
 is on

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.740
 the throne

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:28.180
 that's

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:29.039
 the light

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:30.080
 of the world

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.600
 that's

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.319
 who he

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:32.100
 is

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:34.960
 Jesus

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.059
 the light

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.680
 of the world

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.220
 come

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:38.259
 so that we

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.759
 will not

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.299
 walk

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:40.200
 in

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.079
 terrible

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:42.160
 darkness

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.700
 that

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.079
 will not

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.579
 remain

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.460
 in bondage

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.940
 to our

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.599
 sin

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.539
 far

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.220
 from

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.759
 God

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.420
 that's

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.720
 why he

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.039
 came

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:51.039
 so that

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.279
 we will

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.440
 not

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.779
 remain

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.420
 hopeless

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.619
 and discouraged

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.420
 in our

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.099
 suffering

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:56.000
 and warfare

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.900
 against evil

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.559
 so that

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.920
 we will

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.420
 not remain

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.240
 fearful

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.279
 of death

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:01.160
 darkness

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:02.079
 is driven

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.480
 out

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.980
 because

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.700
 light

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.660
 breaks in

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:05.700
 and shines

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.500
 and keeps

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.940
 shining

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:08.480
 so listen

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:10.460
 don't

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.099
 look

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.740
 for that

00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:12.119
 light

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:13.059
 anywhere

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:14.159
 else

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:16.659
 don't

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:16.880
 think

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.119
 this

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.800
 Christmas

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.320
 light

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.820
 will come

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.019
 from

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.440
 just some

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.220
 good

00:34:20.220 --> 00:34:20.720
 holiday

00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:21.800
 feelings

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:23.039
 it doesn't

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.599
 last

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.400
 you know

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.820
 that

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.940
 don't

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.119
 think

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.579
 Christmas

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:26.940
 light

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.220
 is going

00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:27.539
 to come

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:27.820
 when you

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.159
 get the

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.820
 gift

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.260
 that you've

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.780
 been asking

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.139
 for

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.679
 and it's

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.179
 finally

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:31.960
 the thing

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.460
 you wanted

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.980
 under the

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.260
 tree

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.840
 and if you

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.280
 just could

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.820
 have afforded

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.099
 to make

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.480
 it a little

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.960
 bit bigger

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.380
 or better

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.639
 it would

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:36.820
 have been

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.100
 an even

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:37.500
 brighter

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.840
 light

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.280
 and that

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:38.620
 would have

00:34:38.620 --> 00:34:39.100
 satisfied

00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:39.420
 you

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:41.420
 don't

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.700
 think it's

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:41.880
 going to

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.100
 come

00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:42.519
 when world

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.880
 leaders

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.480
 finally get

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.840
 it together

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.300
 sort out

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:44.760
 their differences

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.500
 stop fighting

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.980
 for global

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.440
 supremacy

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.980
 and decide

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.280
 to have

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.780
 peace on

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:47.960
 earth

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.559
 that way

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:50.200
 don't

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:50.500
 think it's

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.680
 going to

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:50.880
 come

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.160
 when your

00:34:51.160 --> 00:34:51.580
 family

00:34:51.580 --> 00:34:52.440
 is finally

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.080
 Christmas

00:34:53.080 --> 00:34:53.660
 miracle

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:54.460
 completely

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.019
 kind to

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.380
 one another

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.700
 for an

00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:56.059
 entire

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.539
 day

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:59.760
 no

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:01.340
 no

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.640
 those are

00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:02.000
 glimmers

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.580
 of light

00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:04.400
 the light

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.900
 of the

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.340
 world

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.160
 is the

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.559
 light

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.519
 that we

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.019
 need

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:09.759
 the light

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.099
 we need

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.440
 because it's

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.859
 still pretty

00:35:10.859 --> 00:35:11.659
 dark down

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.319
 here isn't

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:12.719
 it

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:14.179
 right

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:16.859
 it's easy

00:35:16.859 --> 00:35:17.139
 to get

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.759
 discouraged

00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:19.299
 to give

00:35:19.299 --> 00:35:20.119
 up hope

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:21.159
 as we wait

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:22.139
 for the light

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.960
 God's people

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.339
 did it

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:23.899
 often

00:35:23.899 --> 00:35:25.460
 sometimes they

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.879
 gave up

00:35:25.879 --> 00:35:26.219
 waiting

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.940
 that's where

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.679
 some of you

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.699
 are living

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.319
 right now

00:35:29.319 --> 00:35:30.219
 I get

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.659
 that

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.679
 it's so

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.159
 hard

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:33.259
 it can

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:33.519
 feel

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.480
 so dark

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.480
 and

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.480
 what I

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.719
 want you

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:36.899
 to do

00:35:36.899 --> 00:35:37.159
 is to

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.559
 imagine

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.059
 for me

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.619
 being one

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.019
 of those

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.819
 last

00:35:39.819 --> 00:35:41.000
 33

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.579
 miners

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.119
 to be

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.639
 rescued

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.719
 especially

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:44.219
 if you're

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.539
 feeling

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.019
 darkness

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.339
 heavy

00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:45.739
 this morning

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:46.019
 can you

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.219
 put

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.559
 yourself

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:46.920
 in their

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.259
 shoes

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:47.920
 you're

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.139
 one of

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.539
 the last

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.839
 ones

00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:49.119
 being

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.599
 rescued

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.299
 you're

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:50.480
 there

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.179
 underground

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:52.139
 in the

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.440
 dark

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.819
 see

00:35:52.819 --> 00:35:53.159
 they had

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.480
 to wait

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.759
 a while

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.139
 they could

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.440
 only

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.099
 bring up

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.579
 the miners

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.219
 in this

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.619
 rescue

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.119
 capsule

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:58.299
 one man

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:58.679
 at a

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.079
 time

00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:00.219
 very slowly

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:01.199
 and very

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.739
 carefully

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.459
 and there

00:36:02.459 --> 00:36:03.079
 were 33

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.539
 of them

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.179
 this was

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.839
 a multi

00:36:04.839 --> 00:36:05.559
 day

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.519
 operation

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.980
 it wasn't

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.419
 an immediate

00:36:08.419 --> 00:36:09.899
 rescue

00:36:09.899 --> 00:36:12.099
 what gave

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.919
 them hope

00:36:12.919 --> 00:36:14.559
 think about

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.819
 that

00:36:14.819 --> 00:36:15.319
 what would

00:36:15.319 --> 00:36:15.639
 give you

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.099
 hope

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:17.059
 as you

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.599
 waited

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:17.799
 you're

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:18.000
 number

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.699
 32

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:20.839
 waiting

00:36:20.839 --> 00:36:21.859
 underground

00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:23.399
 what gives

00:36:23.399 --> 00:36:23.879
 you hope

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.619
 well

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:26.500
 the light

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.039
 had broken

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:28.159
 in once

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:29.299
 which meant

00:36:29.299 --> 00:36:30.059
 it could

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.619
 do so

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.039
 again

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.779
 it was

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.619
 no longer

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:32.960
 utter

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.659
 darkness

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.380
 around

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.699
 them

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.480
 now

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.400
 shafts

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.840
 of light

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.099
 could

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.779
 break

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.119
 in

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.579
 here

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:38.980
 and there

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:40.360
 and they

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:41.039
 were confident

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:42.460
 that that

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.860
 rescue

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.380
 capsule

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.039
 that came

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.599
 once

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.920
 would come

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.380
 again

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.340
 for every

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.799
 one of

00:36:47.799 --> 00:36:47.980
 them

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.440
 because

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.860
 they knew

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.099
 there were

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.500
 people up

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.619
 there

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:49.820
 that were

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:49.980
 going to

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.119
 say

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.239
 we're

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:50.400
 not

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.639
 leaving

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:50.860
 him

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.079
 down

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.320
 there

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:52.980
 you

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.279
 can't

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:53.440
 leave

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.579
 him

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:53.739
 I

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.079
 love

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.500
 him

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.579
 I'm

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:55.759
 coming

00:36:55.759 --> 00:36:56.119
 back

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.500
 for him

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.659
 that

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:57.000
 rescue

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.340
 capsule

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.519
 was

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:57.639
 going

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:57.900
 to come

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.079
 back

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.219
 till

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.579
 every

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:58.900
 last

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.099
 one

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.279
 of them

00:36:59.279 --> 00:36:59.440
 had

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.320
 right

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:02.880
 listen

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.739
 friends

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:05.539
 especially

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.119
 friends

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.480
 feeling

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:06.679
 the

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.179
 darkness

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:08.900
 the

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.199
 light

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:09.519
 of the

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.860
 world

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.360
 has

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.739
 broken

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.139
 into

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.480
 this

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.900
 dark

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.460
 world

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.320
 once

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:14.279
 and we

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:14.480
 can

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.960
 still

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.320
 see

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:15.579
 some

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:15.900
 of the

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.440
 shafts

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.820
 of light

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:17.239
 breaking

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.539
 in

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.219
 bits

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.940
 of his

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.579
 glory

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:20.099
 some

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.480
 of them

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.000
 in you

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.619
 and me

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:21.940
 in this

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.380
 glorious

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:22.960
 creation

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.340
 as we

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.880
 reflect

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.460
 his

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:24.900
 image

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.239
 in this

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.519
 world

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.219
 bits

00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:26.699
 of his

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.299
 love

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:27.900
 and

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.719
 righteousness

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:30.500
 and grace

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.839
 let your

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:32.500
 life

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.480
 shine

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:34.139
 his

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.980
 light

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:36.579
 but

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.159
 mostly

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:37.980
 mostly

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.719
 we see

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.059
 it in

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:40.119
 glimpses

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.759
 of his

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.359
 restoration

00:37:41.359 --> 00:37:41.980
 of our

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.659
 relationship

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:43.359
 with him

00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:44.159
 moments

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.500
 that he

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:45.239
 comforts

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:45.619
 us with

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.459
 the presence

00:37:46.459 --> 00:37:46.859
 of his

00:37:46.859 --> 00:37:47.239
 spirit

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.859
 moments

00:37:47.859 --> 00:37:48.399
 he lifts

00:37:48.399 --> 00:37:48.959
 our heart

00:37:48.959 --> 00:37:49.779
 and worship

00:37:49.779 --> 00:37:50.379
 together

00:37:50.379 --> 00:37:51.119
 moments

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.879
 he shines

00:37:51.879 --> 00:37:52.379
 the good

00:37:52.379 --> 00:37:52.659
 news

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:53.000
 of the

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.480
 gospel

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.199
 into

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.699
 our

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.339
 lives

00:37:55.339 --> 00:37:55.939
 and

00:37:55.939 --> 00:37:56.500
 through

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.059
 our lips

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.299
 to

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:57.820
 others

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:59.480
 see

00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.639
 the

00:37:59.639 --> 00:37:59.840
 light

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.059
 of the

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.259
 world

00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:00.519
 has

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:00.980
 come

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.579
 and

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:01.759
 has

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.000
 left

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.199
 us

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.380
 with

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:02.699
 so

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:02.900
 many

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.320
 reasons

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:03.779
 to

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:04.179
 believe

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.599
 that

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:04.799
 he

00:38:04.799 --> 00:38:05.059
 will

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.480
 break

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.799
 in

00:38:05.799 --> 00:38:06.460
 again

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.960
 for

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.639
 every

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.500
 single

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.079
 one

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.299
 of

00:38:09.299 --> 00:38:09.539
 us

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:09.880
 to

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.420
 rescue

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.860
 us

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.239
 to

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.719
 bring

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.000
 us

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.440
 home

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:14.460
 if

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:14.559
 you

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.779
 can't

00:38:14.779 --> 00:38:14.920
 see

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.059
 any

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.159
 of

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.340
 those

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.779
 lights

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:17.900
 even

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.059
 as

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.159
 I

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:18.539
 talk

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.759
 about

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:18.860
 them

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:18.980
 it

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.239
 still

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.559
 feels

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:19.900
 dark

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.119
 to

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.420
 you

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.659
 see

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:21.820
 a

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.099
 Christmas

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.559
 light

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.639
 there

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:23.739
 will

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:23.860
 be

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 a lot

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.299
 of

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 them

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.659
 this

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 year

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 you

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.599
 won't

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:25.759
 be

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:25.920
 able

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.079
 to

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 miss

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.420
 them

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:28.099
 they're

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.420
 brightest

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.679
 at

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:28.960
 night

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.799
 when

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:29.980
 it's

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.339
 dark

00:38:30.339 --> 00:38:32.420
 when

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:32.539
 you

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.679
 see

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:32.819
 a

00:38:32.819 --> 00:38:33.099
 Christmas

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.400
 light

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.639
 this

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:33.880
 year

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:35.199
 kids

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:35.500
 what

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.579
 are

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 we

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.059
 remembering

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.239
 when

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.360
 we

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.500
 see

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:36.619
 a

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:36.880
 Christmas

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.219
 light

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:37.639
 Jesus

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:37.960
 is

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.239
 the

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:40.219
 light

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.420
 of

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:40.599
 the

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:40.960
 world

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.400
 very

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.880
 good

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 it's

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:42.500
 harder

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:42.719
 to

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:42.920
 say

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.139
 out

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.460
 there

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:46.539
 remember

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.719
 that

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:46.860
 the

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.059
 light

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.159
 of

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.259
 the

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.440
 world

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.940
 came

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:49.099
 and

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:49.360
 so

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:49.519
 is

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:49.839
 coming

00:38:49.839 --> 00:38:50.319
 back

00:38:50.319 --> 00:38:52.139
 thank

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.440
 him

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.380
 for

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.599
 that

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:53.860
 hope

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.059
 even

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.199
 if

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.339
 it's

00:38:54.339 --> 00:38:54.480
 all

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:54.679
 you've

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:54.980
 got

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:57.079
 reset

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.400
 your

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:57.760
 heart

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.519
 to

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:58.780
 find

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.360
 light

00:38:59.360 --> 00:38:59.860
 and

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:00.420
 life

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.059
 there

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.500
 in

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:01.920
 Jesus

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.760
 the

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.099
 wonderful

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:03.719
 counselor

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.460
 the

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:04.699
 mighty

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.320
 God

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.900
 the

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.340
 everlasting

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:06.980
 father

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.559
 the

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:07.940
 prince

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.159
 of

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.760
 peace

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.960
 the

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.159
 light

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.280
 of

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.400
 the

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.840
 world

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:12.860
 let's

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.099
 pray

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:16.339
 Jesus

00:39:16.339 --> 00:39:16.679
 forgive

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.259
 us

00:39:17.259 --> 00:39:19.699
 for

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:20.279
 preferring

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:20.460
 our

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.880
 darkness

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.159
 to

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.319
 your

00:39:21.319 --> 00:39:21.739
 light

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:24.480
 for

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.819
 thinking

00:39:24.819 --> 00:39:25.059
 the

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.339
 things

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:25.559
 that

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.639
 we

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:26.819
 could

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:27.179
 grasp

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.599
 onto

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:27.980
 and

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:29.719
 find

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:30.059
 hope

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.239
 in

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:30.400
 we're

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:30.500
 going

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:30.619
 to

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.099
 satisfy

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.460
 us

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:31.619
 and

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:31.880
 show

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.079
 us

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.239
 the

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:32.500
 way

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.139
 home

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:33.759
 forever

00:39:33.759 --> 00:39:35.679
 thank

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:35.799
 you

00:39:35.799 --> 00:39:35.960
 that

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.059
 you

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.259
 do

00:39:36.259 --> 00:39:36.559
 forgive

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:36.699
 us

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:36.920
 thank

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.059
 you

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.179
 that

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.319
 your

00:39:37.319 --> 00:39:37.519
 light

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:38.159
 continues

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.739
 to

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.259
 shine

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:40.120
 thank

00:39:40.120 --> 00:39:40.280
 you

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.440
 that

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.620
 we

00:39:40.620 --> 00:39:40.840
 can

00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:41.520
 celebrate

00:39:41.520 --> 00:39:42.140
 that

00:39:42.140 --> 00:39:43.060
 that

00:39:43.060 --> 00:39:43.340
 your

00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:43.940
 advent

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.600
 once

00:39:44.600 --> 00:39:45.760
 assures

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:46.200
 us

00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:46.420
 that

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.660
 your

00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:47.160
 advent

00:39:47.160 --> 00:39:47.560
 will

00:39:47.560 --> 00:39:48.040
 happen

00:39:48.040 --> 00:39:48.480
 again

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:48.720
 and

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:48.960
 so

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.220
 we

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:49.640
 wait

00:39:49.640 --> 00:39:49.860
 and

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.120
 we

00:39:50.120 --> 00:39:50.380
 pray

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:50.760
 come

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.060
 Lord

00:39:51.060 --> 00:39:51.460
 Jesus

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.280
 come

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:52.840
 quickly

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:54.180
 that

00:39:54.180 --> 00:39:54.340
 we'll

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:54.540
 live

00:39:54.540 --> 00:39:54.640
 in

00:39:54.640 --> 00:39:54.780
 your

00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:55.200
 light

00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:56.940
 perfectly

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.340
 and

00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:57.840
 fully

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.580
 forever

00:39:58.580 --> 00:39:58.900
 we

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.440
 long

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.660
 to

00:39:59.660 --> 00:39:59.840
 see

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.380
 darkness

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:01.220
 destroyed

00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:02.180
 and

00:40:02.180 --> 00:40:02.660
 light

00:40:02.660 --> 00:40:02.940
 to

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.460
 shine

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:05.380
 and

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:05.540
 we

00:40:05.540 --> 00:40:05.900
 thank

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.060
 you

00:40:06.060 --> 00:40:06.220
 that

00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:06.360
 we

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:06.680
 find

00:40:06.680 --> 00:40:06.880
 that

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:07.120
 hope

00:40:07.120 --> 00:40:07.340
 in

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:07.600
 you

00:40:07.600 --> 00:40:08.280
 in

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.580
 Jesus

00:40:08.580 --> 00:40:09.020
 name

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:10.320
 amen

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:12.320
 for

00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:12.539
 more

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.059
 information

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.679
 visit

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:13.900
 us

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.320
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