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 Father, we thank you for Jesus. We thank you for Christmas. We thank you for the birth of the Savior.

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 Father, we confess before you that so much of what makes us happy depends upon circumstances

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 and that much of how we understand Christmas has been shaped by secularism and consumerism.

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 And so, Father, we ask that you help us to remember Jesus, his birth, and to celebrate it.

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 Celebrate it as much as we can with others.

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 And we are so grateful that both online and in person we are able to remember and celebrate his birth today.

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 Pour out the Holy Spirit upon us. Draw us close to Jesus.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, there's very technical things about the liturgical year.

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 If you are Lutheran or Anglican or Roman Catholic, you understand that the visit of the wise men isn't actually part of the Christmas story.

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 That's epiphany.

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 The circumcision of Jesus isn't part of the Christmas story.

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 That's on the octave day of Christmas.

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 Christmas.

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 And you can well imagine.

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 Some Anglicans and Roman Catholics and Lutherans can be very anal about all of this type of stuff.

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 But in our general culture, when we think of Christmas, we think of everything from the shepherds to the birth to the magi coming.

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 And we sort of, in our culture and in our imagination and much of our hymns, we think of all of them going together.

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 But one of the things that we leave out when we're thinking of that big story is the fact that you have this very, very tender moment in verse 20.

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 Well, let's just read it and listen to this very, very tender moment in Luke chapter 2, verses 19 and 20.

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 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.

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 It's very tender.

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 I'm not saying that in a dismissive way at all.

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 It really is very, very tender.

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 The birth of a newborn child is almost always a cause for great celebration.

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 And the mom looking at the baby and it's just a wonderful moment.

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 And you could well imagine any mother, if there'd been all this talk about angels and all of that stuff and the message.

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 And, of course, Mary knew how the baby came to be.

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 And you can just well imagine her pondering them in her heart.

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 And then in verse 20, it says,

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 And the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen as it had been told them.

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 It's all very good.

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 And then the next thing is they said, oh, by the way, eight days later, this poor little baby,

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 they took a knife to his private parts and cut off part of it.

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 That's usually not part of the whole Christmas story.

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 In fact, you don't normally have Christmas cards with that as part of it.

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 You'll see Christmas cards with the magi, with the shepherds, with the angels.

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 This part, they sort of skip out of the Christmas story.

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 And actually, it's interesting.

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 I bumped into a friend yesterday.

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 I hadn't seen him in about a month.

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 And he's Jewish, at least nominally.

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 And I wished him a belated Hanukkah.

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 And he wished me a Merry Christmas.

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 And then he asked me what I was going to preach on on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.

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 It's always very interesting.

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 He's a secular Jewish fellow who always often asks me what I'm going to preach on.

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 So I said that, well, actually, I said by surprise, I'm going to speak on the concept of dwelling,

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 God dwelling with us on Christmas Eve.

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 And on Christmas morning, I'm talking about something that might interest you.

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 I'm talking about the circumcision of Jesus.

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 Jesus was Jewish.

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 He got circumcised.

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 And he went, oh, yeah, I guess.

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 But sort of had never thought of it, that Jesus was Jewish and he would have been circumcised.

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 But for many people, it's sort of an awkward thing.

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 The idea of circumcision is, frankly, for many in our culture, barbaric.

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 And it just seems like a horrible thing to do,

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 that you would go and willfully hurt a baby eight days after he is born.

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 But we're going to walk into it.

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 One of the things which is interesting, this thing which seems barbaric, is actually,

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 it's actually really, it really is interesting.

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 I watch a lot more Netflix and Amazon Prime than my wife does, mainly because if I exercise at home,

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 I usually have something on while I'm exercising.

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 So I watch more things on Netflix and Amazon Prime than my wife does.

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 And sometimes I'll watch something and I'm getting into it a little bit and I'll think,

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 this is exactly the sort of thing my wife would like to watch.

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 And sometimes I'll stop it right there to watch it from the beginning with her.

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 And other times I finish it because I actually, if it's a good movie or a good show,

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 I enjoy watching it a second time.

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 And the second thing is, I actually get almost as much pleasure, maybe even more,

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 knowing that Louise is going to like it and watching it with her.

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 And knowing that she's going to like it and just as I experience, in a sense,

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 her experiencing the movie is a good thing.

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 And one of the things I'll do, which is maybe Bada, she's a very good wife,

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 so she doesn't complain about me too much.

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 But one of the things I'll do, if it's a very, very well-crafted movie,

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 we just watched something the other day that I'd already seen.

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 And she sort of had dozed off because we were watching it late night.

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 And I said, no, well, let's start it off tomorrow.

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 And then the next day, as we started to watch it, I said,

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 just what happens right here is actually really important for the rest of the movie.

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 And there's many times in movies, and sometimes I'll sort of bugger,

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 like a third of the way, and I'll say, this is actually really important.

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 It's just something that comes up in the course of the story

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 that you can either easily just yawn over.

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 But in terms of if it's a very well-done story,

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 you'll end up seeing that actually something which happened at the beginning

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 or the third or the two-third mark

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 is really important to understand everything that went on.

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 It's really important to understanding how the movie makes sense,

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 the type of story that's being told.

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 And so here we have this thing, which for many of us in our culture,

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 and many Christians, they see it as something barbaric.

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 The idea that you take this beautiful little baby boy,

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 eight days old,

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 and then take a knife to his private part

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 and cut something off is just like I'm squeamish.

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 It's a very squeamish idea.

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 But this weird thing that seems barbaric

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 is actually a really important bit

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 to help bring together the whole big story of the Bible

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 and to help us to really enter into and appreciate

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 what it is that Jesus has done for us.

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 Because one of the things which is so wonderful about the Bible

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 is it doesn't just sort of give us doctrinal truths

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 like Jesus was the firstborn from the dead

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 or that he set aside his glory and didn't cling to being God

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 and they give these doctrinal things.

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 But much of how the Bible communicates its reality

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 is told in the form of story.

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 And there's this overarching story told with lots of different...

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 Sort of like if you ever read the novel World War Z.

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 And if you read the novel World War Z,

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 you have newspaper reports,

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 you have interviews,

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 you have actual stories,

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 you have eyewitness accounts strung over

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 all these different genres from the beginning to the end.

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 And it actually makes a very powerful story.

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 And that's a good way to understand what the Bible is.

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 You have laws,

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 you have sacrifices,

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 you have these weird wars,

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 you have Jesus,

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 you have all this crazy stuff in the book of Revelation.

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 And God,

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 the master storyteller,

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 is telling this one big story

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 by using all these different genres

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 spread out

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 because he's the same yesterday,

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 today and forever.

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 He can begin to tell a story

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 in the year 2000 BC

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 and end it in the year 33 BC

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 or 50 BC or 60

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 or when all the New Testament's written.

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 So this idea of circumcision

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 is one of those weird little things

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 that if I was watching it with Louise

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 and it first appears in the Bible,

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 I'd nudge her and say,

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 this is really important for the rest of the story.

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 So just before we get into why it's important,

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 we're going to watch a little movie

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 that just helps to bring the story of Jesus to life,

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 a mini movie,

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 and then we'll continue on.

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 And part of this shows a little bit of the angst

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 that Mary and Joseph experience.

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 One of the things which is

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 the story with Jesus being circumcised

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 actually touches on a human experience

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 which all of us know.

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 Maybe some of us are living it right now.

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 And if we aren't living it right now

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 or if it's never been true in our own life,

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 we know people for whom it's true.

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 I know of three or four different women

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 who lived when they were still

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 in their late teens and early 20s

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 that lived at home with their dad and mom

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 and brothers and sisters.

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 But the dad had done something so bad to them

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 that in each of these cases,

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 they went somewhere between two to four years

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 living in the same house with their father

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 without ever saying a word to him.

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 Like not once.

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 That actually requires profound self-discipline.

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 They treated him as if he was part

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 of the furniture in the house

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 because the dad had done something so bad

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 that they just refused

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 any type of conversation with them.

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 Many of us probably know friendships

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 where something has happened in the friendship.

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 Maybe a secret has been betrayed.

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 A confidence has been betrayed.

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 That leads to the cutting off

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 of the relationship,

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 that the friendship comes to an end,

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 maybe permanently.

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 We all know, of course, of marriages

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 where there can be a type of betrayal

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 that leads to a cutting off

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 of the other person

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 and ending of the relationship

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 completely and utterly.

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 And then, of course,

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 we have our normal types of things

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 with mortgages and financial arrangements.

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 If you stop making your mortgage payments

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 at some point in time,

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 the promises of what happens

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 if you stop making the payment

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 is exercised and they repossess the house.

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 I once...

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 It's a very, very funny story.

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 I mean, he's gone to be with Jesus.

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 But even if he was here,

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 he wouldn't mind it.

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 But there used to be a multi-multi-millionaire

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 who came to the church.

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 I've told you about him before.

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 He'd like to take me

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 to the most expensive restaurant in Ottawa

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 and tell me to order whatever I wanted on the menu.

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 It was also one of those remarkable times

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 where you get to see how that, you know,

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 the 1% of 1% of 1% of 1% lives

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 where he would look at the menu

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 and then he would just close it

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 and say to them,

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 I don't see anything on there I want.

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 This is what I want.

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 And he would just tell them.

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 And they wouldn't say,

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 get a hike, get what's on the menu.

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 They'd say, thank you, Mr. Blank.

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 We'll do that for you.

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 And that's, I guess, what it's like

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 when you have lots of zeros,

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 zeros, like a number

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 and then lots of zeros

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 in your bank account and your assets.

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 Anyway, one of the things which was so funny,

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 we came back, we'd walked somewhere

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 just to have a coffee this particular time.

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 When we came back, his car was gone.

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 And it turned out that he'd forgot

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 to be making the payments on his lease

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 and it had been repossessed while we were out,

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 which is a very, very funny thing.

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 But the point is,

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 we're all familiar with the fact

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 that commitments are made

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 and that part of making commitments

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 is that there's a sense,

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 an important sense,

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 that you have these things

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 that you need to do

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 to maintain the relationship,

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 to maintain the covenant.

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 And if you don't do it,

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 you get cut off.

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 It's a very, very common human experience.

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 So one of the things

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 which is quite remarkable

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 about the Christian story

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 is that we discover

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 right at the very, very beginning,

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 in fact, at the very, very, very beginning

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 of the Christian story,

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 we see that it's understood

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 that God has made human beings

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 to be in a relationship with him,

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 a relationship where we are at peace with him,

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 comfortable with him,

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 in joy, in a sense, with him,

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 and that it's human beings

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 that break this relationship.

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 And even in the breaking of the relationship,

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 which brings death and sin

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 and suffering into the world,

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 God, even there,

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 makes a promise

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 that he is going to make it right

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 because human beings

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 can no longer make it right.

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 And it's not very much longer

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 in the story after that

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 with this constant promise

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 that there's going to be,

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 in a sense, a line

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 that God will, in a sense,

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 orchestrate in the human race

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 and it's out of this particular line

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 that a savior and redemption

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 is going to happen.

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 It's a little bit like

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 if you read The Lord of the Rings

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 and you imagine what it was like

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 at the beginning of The Lord of the Rings

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 long before Aragon comes onto the stage

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 because when you meet Aragon

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 and you figure out who he is,

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 he's the son of,

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 the son of,

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 the son of,

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 the son of,

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 the son of,

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 and you can see

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 that there's this sense

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 of destiny with Aragorn

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 that long, long ago

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 there was going to be

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 this particular person

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 that was going to set

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 the evil right.

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 The same type of thing

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 is there in the biblical story.

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 And so we get this

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 turning point in the story

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 when Abraham arrives

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 and Abraham is sort of

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 an odd choice of God.

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 He worshipped the moon.

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 He worshipped the moon

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 and God calls him

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 to stop worshipping the moon

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 and come to this land

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 that he is going to give him.

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 And the way this covenant

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 or commitment

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 that God makes with Abraham,

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 that he's going to make

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 a relationship with Abraham,

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 it's not done sort of

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 in the way a lawyer

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 would write up a contract.

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 In the Bible,

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 it's told in the form of a story

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 and it goes between

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 chapter 12 of Genesis

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 and chapter 17 of Genesis.

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 And over those six chapters,

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 this idea of a covenant

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 that God is going to make

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 with Abraham

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 that's going to bless

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 the entire world

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 and ultimately lead to redemption

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 is told in the form of a story

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 in a variety of incidents.

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 And first we get the promise

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 that God makes to Abraham

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 that from his seed

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 that there will be

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 this blessing

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 that will bless

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 the entire world,

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 all the people

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 who have lived

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 and are living

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 and will live.

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 And then in chapter 15,

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 we get this very,

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 very odd story

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 of Abraham,

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 God speaking once again

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 about this covenant.

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 And in the ancient world,

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 so if you make

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 a mortgage nowadays,

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 they just say,

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 you know,

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 you don't look at

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 the fine print too bad,

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 but basically

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 there's all these things

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 if you stop making

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 the payments,

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 they're going to do

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 this, this, this, this to you

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 and they come after you

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 and they make sure

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 they can get as much

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 of their money back

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 as they possibly can.

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 That's how it works.

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 And in a sense,

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 God is going to make

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 a covenant with Abraham

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 and the bank

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 doesn't usually,

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 I mean,

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 if you're really rich,

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 I guess you can negotiate

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 these things with the bank,

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 but basically you just,

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 you pick the best rates.

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 They said all the terms

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 and all the penalties

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 are on you.

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 That's how it works.

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 All of the penalties

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 are on you.

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 And so God,

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 in chapter 15,

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 he makes his covenant

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 with Abraham

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 and back in those days

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 what they would do

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 is they would,

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 they would take an animal

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 and they'd kill the animal

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 and they'd cut the animal

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 in half

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 and they'd put maybe

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 a couple of animals

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 as part of the sacrifice

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 and the person

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 who was the weak person

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 in the contract

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 or in the covenant,

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 he or she would have

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 to walk between

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 all of the killed,

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 the animals

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 that had been cut in half.

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 And it was enacting,

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 they wouldn't write it down

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 on paper,

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 it was enacting,

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 this is what's going

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 to happen to you

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 if you don't keep

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 the terms of the covenant.

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 You see these animals

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 killed,

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 cut in half

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 that you're walking between,

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 you don't keep up

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 the covenant,

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 this is your fate.

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 And one of the things

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 which is so remarkable here,

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 it's the beginning

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 of one of these themes

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 that comes throughout

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 the entire rest of the Bible

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 and culminates in Jesus,

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 is that you'd expect now

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 in the story

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 for Abraham

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 to get up

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 and walk between

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 these animals

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 because God is vastly

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 more powerful.

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 But what happens?

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 No, God puts Abraham

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 into a deep sleep.

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 And it's obvious

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 in the language

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 that he's put him

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 into a sleep

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 that in a sense

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 he's come into God's presence.

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 And who walks

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 between the animals?

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 It's God,

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 not Abraham.

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 God walks

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 between the animals.

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 Does it symbolically

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 in terms of some smoke

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 and with a torch.

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 In other words,

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 God says,

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 if you fail

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 to keep the terms

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 of this relationship,

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 I'm going to be the one

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 who pays the price.

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 And it's only after that

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 in chapter 17

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 that there's something

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 for Abraham to do.

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 And you see,

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 this is one of the things

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 that begins

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 this great pattern

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 in the Bible.

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 In the Ten Commandments,

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 it begins,

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 I am the one

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 who redeemed you

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 out of slavery

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 in Egypt,

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 therefore this is

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 how you live.

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 And redemption

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 always precedes

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 living with God.

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 And so even here

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 in chapter 15

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 and 16 and 17,

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 first you have the promise

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 in chapter 12,

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 other things happen.

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 Chapter 15,

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 then something else

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 happens in chapter 16.

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 And then in chapter 17,

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 when Abraham is to enter

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 into this covenant

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 that God has already said

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 that he is going to be

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 the one who bears

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 the punishment,

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 the cost,

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 if the covenant isn't made.

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 And then for the whole covenant

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 to be completed,

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 what happens to Abraham?

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 He's circumcised.

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 In the story,

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 he's 99 years old

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 when it happens.

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 Everybody in his household

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 is circumcised.

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 Ishmael is 13.

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 And it's a very,

00:17:47.219 --> 00:17:48.079
 very interesting thing.

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 The Bible would find

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 female circumcision

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 completely abhorrent

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 because we know

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 that one of the reasons

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 that women are circumcised

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 is a part of a male dominance

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 over women.

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 And in particular,

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 it's to remove

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 any sense of pleasure

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 for them

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 in conjugal relations

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 between a husband

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 and a wife.

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 It's a very oppressive thing

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 to do to a woman.

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 And the Bible knows

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 nothing of it.

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 In terms of this,

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 for a man,

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 it has nothing to do

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 with his eventual ability

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 to sire children

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 or experience pleasure

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 in the conjugal act.

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 But there's this

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 symbolic thing,

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 so to speak,

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 of the source of life,

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 of ongoing life,

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 which is cut in a tiny way.

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 God takes the big promise

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 upon himself

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 and to be part of this covenant,

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 to enter into it

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 for the Jewish people,

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 Abraham takes this small,

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 symbolic,

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 but still costly

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:42.820
 and very powerful,

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.700
 symbolic act

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 that he's entering

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 into the covenant.

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 And as you see

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 the rest of the story develop,

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 you see that God desires

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 not just mere lineage

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 of one person

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 circumcised to another

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 and biological inheritance

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 because the entire

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 original point

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 of the covenant

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 in Genesis 12

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 is that there's some way

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:02.100
 that the entire human race

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 is to be blessed,

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 that this covenant

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 is to point to something

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.519
 beyond that

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 which is merely physical,

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 which is to be,

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 in fact,

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 something deeply spiritual.

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 And so we see here

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 this promise

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 of some great gift

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 of life

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 and it's in that context

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 that we have Jesus coming

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 and his circumcision.

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 And before I say

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 a few more words,

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 we'll watch another movie

00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:26.220
 that helps to bring home

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 something special

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 about the person of Jesus.

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 Is it going to work?

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 Okay.

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 Throws off my rhythm.

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 Anyway,

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 so one of the things then,

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 we have this interesting thing

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 at the beginning of this story

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 which continues on,

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 these variety of different images

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 of the fact that

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 God wants to enter

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 into a relationship with us.

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 There's consequences

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:57.059
 for breaking the relationship

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 and the fact of the matter is

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.900
 is if you read

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 what we call the Old Testament

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 and our Jewish friends

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 call the Torah or the Tanakh,

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 you'll see that

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:06.160
 human beings broke it constantly,

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 that the Jewish people

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 broke it constantly.

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 And it's not that we are

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.319
 to take from that

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 that the Jewish people

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 are particularly bad

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 or particularly virtuous.

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 In a sense,

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 they are everyone

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 and that human beings

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 aren't able

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 to keep the terms

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 of God's covenant

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 or relationship.

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 So here we have Jesus

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:26.319
 entering the story now

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:29.559
 and he gets circumcised.

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 But we,

00:20:30.719 --> 00:20:32.639
 and in other words,

00:20:32.719 --> 00:20:34.139
 he now enters into

00:20:34.139 --> 00:20:36.079
 the covenant people,

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 the covenant relationship

00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:38.960
 that God has desired

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:40.079
 to have with his people.

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:43.139
 But at the same time,

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:44.579
 Jesus is going to be the one

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.379
 who ends up dying

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.299
 upon the cross.

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:48.179
 So what we actually see

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:49.339
 in the person of Jesus

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:50.419
 is this wonderful

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:51.199
 coming together

00:20:51.199 --> 00:20:52.059
 of the story.

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:54.299
 We see that on one hand,

00:20:54.439 --> 00:20:55.199
 Jesus is part

00:20:55.199 --> 00:20:56.220
 of the covenant people.

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:58.119
 He identifies with those

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.679
 who are to be

00:20:58.679 --> 00:21:00.119
 in a relationship with God.

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.720
 And while all of us

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.480
 aren't able to keep

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.939
 the covenant

00:21:02.939 --> 00:21:04.019
 in the way that we should,

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:05.799
 he is able to keep it perfectly.

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 And yet at the end

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 of the story,

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 he in a sense experiences

00:21:09.939 --> 00:21:11.439
 the true and greater

00:21:11.439 --> 00:21:12.659
 circumcision.

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 He is both part of the line

00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.740
 of chapter 17

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:17.599
 where Abraham is circumcised

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 and he is in fact

00:21:19.139 --> 00:21:21.639
 reenacting chapter 15

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 where God himself

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 takes upon himself

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:25.699
 the consequences

00:21:25.699 --> 00:21:27.220
 and punishments

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:28.220
 that come

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 if people aren't able

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 to keep the covenant.

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 And so it is

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.699
 that by Jesus'

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 in a sense

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 physical circumcision

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 and the true

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:38.460
 and greater circumcision

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.060
 that happens

00:21:39.060 --> 00:21:40.220
 with his death

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 upon the cross

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.600
 as the Lamb of God

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 who takes away

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.180
 the sin of the world,

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.680
 he both represents

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 the people

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 and he represents God

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 to create

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:50.480
 a new covenant,

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 a new covenant

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 where God begins

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:54.120
 to dwell with us

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 in a new way.

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 That everything

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 in the,

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 what we call

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 the Old Testament

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 and what our Jewish friends

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.060
 call the Tanakh,

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 everything is pointing

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 to this time

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 where God is going

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.960
 to keep

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:06.820
 not only chapter 15

00:22:06.820 --> 00:22:08.080
 and chapter 17

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 of Genesis

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 but also chapter 12.

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 That it's only

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 when God,

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.440
 the Son of God,

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.440
 perfect God

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.460
 and perfect man

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 dies

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 on the cross

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 that there is

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.480
 this possibility

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.500
 of a blessing

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.340
 that will go

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 to all

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:24.240
 in the human race

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.380
 who put their faith

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:26.100
 and trust

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 in Jesus.

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 And that

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 when we put

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.820
 our faith

00:22:29.820 --> 00:22:30.259
 and trust

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.900
 in Jesus,

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 in a sense

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.400
 what happens

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.039
 as we've talked

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.359
 before,

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.359
 you reach your hand

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.019
 out to Jesus

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:36.460
 and you can't reach him

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.099
 but his hand

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:37.980
 can reach yours

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:39.379
 and he takes you

00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:40.460
 and you in a sense

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.500
 enter into him

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 and he enters

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.980
 into you

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.160
 and so that all

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.319
 that he accomplished

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:46.319
 by his life

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:47.420
 and all that he accomplished

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.319
 by his death

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:49.700
 and all that he accomplishes

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.619
 by his resurrection,

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.519
 you enter into that

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.599
 as he enters

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.059
 into you

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.940
 taking away

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:56.019
 your sin

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:57.200
 and your punishment

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.220
 and your shame

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:59.779
 and all that you deserve

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.879
 for not having lived

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 a holy life

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 and

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:05.279
 I'm just going to finish

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 this thought

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:06.240
 you'll just be ready

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.619
 to point

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 okay

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:08.299
 and so that is

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.639
 this true and greater

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.720
 it's also the promise

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:12.259
 of a spiritual reality

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.240
 that now enters

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.899
 into you

00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:14.180
 that

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.660
 you now

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:17.039
 by being united

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.639
 to Christ

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.700
 you're united with him

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.440
 now

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:21.000
 and into eternity

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.899
 that death

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:23.200
 is the ending

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:24.759
 of this one created order

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.460
 and the entering

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.220
 into what God

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.779
 has promised

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.460
 of the new heaven

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.099
 and the new earth

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:29.119
 and now we finally

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.759
 have the video

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.480
 that I would have shown

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.319
 a few minutes earlier

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:36.379
 and in the same region

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.379
 there were shepherds

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.119
 out in the field

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:39.319
 keeping watch

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.000
 over their flock

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.559
 by night

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.919
 and an angel

00:23:41.919 --> 00:23:42.319
 of the Lord

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.099
 appeared to them

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.939
 and the glory

00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:44.399
 of the Lord

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:45.259
 shone around them

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:46.339
 and they were filled

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.599
 with great fear

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.399
 and the angel

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:48.939
 said to them

00:23:48.939 --> 00:23:49.639
 fear not

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.500
 for behold

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.220
 I bring you

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.859
 good news

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.740
 of great joy

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.319
 that will be

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.359
 for all the people

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:56.200
 for unto you

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.279
 is born this day

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.879
 in the city

00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.339
 of David

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.960
 a savior

00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:00.059
 who is Christ

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.539
 the Lord

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.640
 and this

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.400
 will be a sign

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:02.819
 for you

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.660
 you will find

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.240
 a king

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.440
 wearing a magnificent

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.039
 crown

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:09.819
 no dad

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.880
 that's not it

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:12.420
 oh really

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:14.400
 let me try it again

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:16.519
 for unto you

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.660
 is born this day

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.240
 in the city

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.740
 of David

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.299
 a savior

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.220
 who is Christ

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.740
 the Lord

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.920
 and this

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.740
 will be a sign

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.180
 for you

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:24.600
 you will find

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.279
 a powerful

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.160
 well trained

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.840
 soldier

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.939
 no dad

00:24:27.939 --> 00:24:28.899
 you did it again

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.919
 that's not right

00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:31.199
 okay

00:24:31.199 --> 00:24:32.419
 how about this

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:33.619
 and this will be

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.339
 a sign for you

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.159
 you will find

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:36.059
 a democratically

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:37.039
 elected president

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:38.339
 what

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.159
 no

00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:40.740
 a trendy

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:42.000
 motivational speaker

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:45.079
 no way

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.159
 a big tech

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.599
 CEO

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:49.259
 a movie star

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:51.000
 time traveling

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.539
 cyborg

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:53.960
 no

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.259
 no

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.619
 none

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:55.000
 none of those

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.379
 are right

00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:56.000
 the shepherds

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.639
 we can't find

00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.720
 any of those

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.500
 okay

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:58.819
 then

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.299
 little miss

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.859
 know it all

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.779
 what did

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.440
 they find

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:05.139
 for unto you

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:06.299
 is born this day

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.259
 in the city

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.879
 of David

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.680
 a savior

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.819
 who is Christ

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.339
 the Lord

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.240
 and this

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.980
 will be a sign

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.440
 for you

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.339
 you will find

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.379
 a baby

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.460
 wrapped in

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.740
 swattering cloths

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.259
 and lying

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.980
 in a manger

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.559
 oh that's

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.099
 right

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:20.180
 a baby

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.799
 does that even

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.320
 make sense

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:23.220
 a baby

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.960
 is totally

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.420
 helpless

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.480
 yeah but if

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.400
 Jesus didn't

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.299
 come as a baby

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.640
 then he wouldn't

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.140
 have known

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.700
 what it was

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.700
 like to grow up

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.720
 ah but wait

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:33.039
 why did he

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:34.019
 have to grow up

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:36.759
 that's easy

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.960
 to save us

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.500
 ah

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.420
 well then that

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.360
 means that the

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:41.299
 best part about

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.620
 Christmas is

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.580
 the baby

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:44.360
 right

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.440
 the baby

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:47.519
 oh

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.320
 well

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.379
 guess it's

00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:49.700
 time you

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.019
 get some

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.339
 sleep

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.240
 we got a

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.659
 big day

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.119
 ahead of us

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.500
 tomorrow

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.939
 no

00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:54.000
 we're not

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.439
 done with

00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:55.159
 the story

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:56.740
 okay

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:58.179
 just a little

00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:58.679
 longer

00:25:58.679 --> 00:26:01.559
 and suddenly

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.740
 there was with

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.220
 the angel

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.039
 a multitude

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:05.339
 of the heavenly

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.379
 host praising

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.539
 God and saying

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.399
 glory to God

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.139
 in the highest

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:10.279
 and on earth

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.399
 peace among

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:12.379
 those with whom

00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:12.899
 he is

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:21.580
 Jesus was cut

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:22.080
 off that we

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.380
 could be

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.120
 connected in

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:24.880
 Jesus was

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.759
 cut off

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.540
 that we

00:26:26.540 --> 00:26:26.880
 could be

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.519
 connected in

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.519
 one of the

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.860
 things that

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.680
 makes human

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.540
 life so hard

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:31.280
 is that you

00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:31.860
 are the one

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.420
 who has done

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.140
 that wrong

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.740
 that makes

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.500
 you cut off

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.920
 and in many

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.220
 of our

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.740
 relationships

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.340
 there's no

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:37.900
 way to

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.620
 redeem that

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.100
 there's no

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.460
 way to

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.120
 make atonement

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:40.519
 for it

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:40.860
 there's no

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.560
 way to

00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:42.180
 fix that

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:43.400
 and this

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:43.820
 is this

00:26:43.820 --> 00:26:44.640
 profound

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.299
 part of

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.759
 the Bible

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.279
 of Jesus

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.019
 being cut

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.340
 off

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:48.060
 of entering

00:26:48.060 --> 00:26:48.779
 into what

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.100
 it means

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.360
 to be

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:49.799
 cut off

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.039
 in the

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.640
 most complete

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.100
 and perfect

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.480
 way

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.180
 when he

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.680
 dies upon

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.140
 the cross

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.560
 saying my

00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:54.060
 God my

00:26:54.060 --> 00:26:54.560
 God why

00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:54.900
 have you

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.440
 forsaken

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:55.720
 me

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:57.140
 that is in

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.600
 fact the

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:58.220
 very very

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.039
 means that

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.400
 Jesus'

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.140
 death upon

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.539
 the cross

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.860
 is that

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.320
 true and

00:27:01.320 --> 00:27:01.620
 greater

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.480
 circumcision

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.400
 that we

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.820
 see

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:05.100
 promised

00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:06.480
 first with

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:06.920
 Abraham

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.799
 in the

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.340
 stories in

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:08.700
 Genesis

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.560
 and then in

00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:10.420
 Jesus in

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.940
 his birth

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:12.039
 and then in

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.460
 his death

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.200
 and resurrection

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.440
 that Jesus

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.220
 enters into

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.720
 our life

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.379
 in weakness

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.240
 that when we

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.639
 put our

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.079
 faith and

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.579
 trust in

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.500
 him our

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.099
 separation

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.740
 from God

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.339
 is ended

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:22.559
 that in a

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.240
 sense a

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.920
 very real

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.359
 and true

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:24.859
 sense our

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.200
 eternal

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.960
 destiny with

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.359
 him is

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.839
 guaranteed

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.879
 that we

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:28.599
 can hope

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.019
 in that

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.779
 and trust

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.559
 in that

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.519
 and that

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.240
 he is present

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.879
 with us now

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.480
 even in our

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.899
 weakness

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:35.039
 even in those

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.659
 moments of

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.500
 abandonment

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.799
 or breaking

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:39.180
 that seems so

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:40.180
 insoluble and

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.819
 maybe on this

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.159
 side of the

00:27:41.159 --> 00:27:41.799
 grave they are

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:43.019
 but we have

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.159
 Jesus to

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.659
 teach us

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.359
 and help us

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:46.220
 to humble

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:47.539
 us to

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.419
 make amends

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:49.240
 of life to

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.379
 say that we

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.859
 are sorry

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.339
 that we are

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.399
 guilty because

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:52.980
 our identity

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.819
 is no longer

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.779
 rooted in our

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.480
 ability to

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.180
 keep control

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.740
 of things

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.759
 our identity

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.659
 begins to be

00:27:58.659 --> 00:27:59.200
 rooted more

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.519
 and more

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.919
 and more

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.899
 in Jesus

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:02.460
 and his

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.379
 true and

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:03.659
 greater

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.460
 circumcision

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.279
 his being

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.980
 cut off

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.419
 that we can

00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:06.919
 be connected

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.500
 into him

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.159
 and into

00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:08.500
 God

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.139
 for all

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.539
 eternity

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.619
 let's watch

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.119
 this final

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.480
 movie

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:17.880
 why

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:20.019
 why

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.539
 why

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.420
 why

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:23.519
 why

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.900
 did

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.380
 Jesus

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.059
 come to

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.500
 earth

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:28.279
 why forsake

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.019
 the majesty

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.920
 and fellowship

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.660
 of heaven

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:33.180
 exchanging a

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:34.339
 palace for a

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.779
 stable

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:36.379
 immortal

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:37.160
 comforts

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.759
 for a

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.039
 feeding

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.539
 trough

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:40.279
 and robes

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.920
 of glory

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.440
 for the

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.779
 feeble

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.259
 body

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.740
 of an

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.240
 infant

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:45.220
 an

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.339
 unparalleled

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.859
 irony

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.639
 this

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.500
 supreme

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.319
 unrivaled

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.859
 nobility

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.980
 experiencing

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.759
 absolute

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.599
 and total

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.539
 humility

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:55.519
 our

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.079
 sovereign

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.680
 God

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:58.119
 Emmanuel

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:59.899
 as a

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.299
 baby

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:02.539
 he

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.859
 didn't

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.180
 come

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.399
 to

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:03.680
 heap

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.139
 shame

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.539
 upon

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.000
 sinners

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.960
 or to

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.259
 judge

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.440
 and

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.740
 cast

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:06.940
 out

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.119
 the

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.700
 impious

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.440
 but to

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.680
 break

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.119
 bread

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.579
 with

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:09.859
 those

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.279
 called

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:11.119
 unrighteous

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.680
 he

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:12.980
 didn't

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.299
 come

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.519
 to

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.200
 illuminate

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.460
 every

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.099
 mystery

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.480
 of the

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.919
 cosmos

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.619
 or to

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.180
 enlighten

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.379
 the

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:18.039
 intellectual

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.819
 but to

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.240
 fulfill

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.480
 the

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.960
 testimony

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.319
 of

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.799
 prophets

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.339
 clothed

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.500
 in

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.240
 rags

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.980
 he

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.279
 didn't

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.519
 come

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.700
 to

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.079
 elevate

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.319
 a

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:25.579
 single

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.000
 nation

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.680
 or to

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.139
 advocate

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.399
 a

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:27.879
 particular

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.559
 political

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.419
 affiliation

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.340
 he came

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:30.640
 because

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.100
 he saw

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:31.519
 you

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.460
 broken

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.259
 in

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.500
 need

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.660
 of

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.220
 salvation

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:36.200
 he

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.500
 saw

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.700
 you

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.240
 lost

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.480
 and

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.080
 abandoned

00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:39.340
 crying

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:39.880
 out

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.620
 surrounded

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.200
 by deaf

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.720
 ears

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.220
 fighting

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.519
 through

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.740
 the

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.160
 tears

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.400
 but

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:43.700
 beaten

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.200
 down

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.420
 by

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:44.620
 the

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.140
 torments

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.380
 of

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.600
 this

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.080
 world

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:47.500
 and

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.000
 unable

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.300
 to

00:29:48.300 --> 00:29:48.640
 bear

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:48.920
 your

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.480
 distress

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.240
 he

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.840
 renounced

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.100
 his

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.480
 eternal

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.000
 throne

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.740
 walked

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.000
 the

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.400
 earth

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:53.940
 bore

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.220
 the

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.820
 stripes

00:29:54.820 --> 00:29:55.440
 accepted

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:55.700
 the

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.140
 nails

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.720
 and

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.019
 gave

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.200
 up

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.400
 his

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.860
 last

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.460
 breath

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:58.960
 so

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.160
 that

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.579
 you

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.140
 could

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.720
 receive

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.019
 the

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.400
 breath

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.660
 of

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.220
 life

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:07.920
 our

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.700
 God

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:10.380
 our

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:11.100
 holy

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:12.360
 infinite

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:13.100
 God

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:14.579
 beheld

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:14.980
 your

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.579
 pain

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:17.420
 perceived

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.180
 your

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.740
 heart

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:20.100
 and

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.600
 determined

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:20.960
 that

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.279
 your

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.840
 soul

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.180
 was

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.519
 worth

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.000
 dying

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.480
 for

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:25.819
 from

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.000
 the

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.360
 manger

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:27.460
 to

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:27.660
 the

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.200
 cross

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.900
 to

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.080
 the

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:29.480
 empty

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.000
 tomb

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.600
 it

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:31.740
 is

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.140
 all

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.420
 a

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.900
 story

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.160
 of

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.720
 profound

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.500
 love

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.860
 of

00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.059
 a

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.420
 savior

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.740
 who

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.279
 rescued

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.600
 his

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:38.000
 children

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.299
 from

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.980
 darkness

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.240
 of

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.400
 a

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.900
 blameless

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.319
 king

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.960
 who

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.380
 declared

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.600
 that

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:42.860
 no

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.519
 sacrifice

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.900
 was

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.140
 too

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.500
 great

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.860
 for

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.080
 the

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.319
 sake

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.500
 of

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.660
 his

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.000
 beloved

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.819
 creation

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:52.100
 why

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.440
 did

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.759
 Jesus

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.160
 come

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.360
 to

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.700
 earth

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:55.960
 he

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.279
 came

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.519
 for

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:56.819
 you

00:30:56.819 --> 00:31:01.639
 just

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.259
 stand

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.419
 and

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:02.539
 bow

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:02.639
 our

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:02.839
 heads

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.019
 in

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.339
 prayer

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.759
 in

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.200
 closing

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:11.139
 now

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.439
 father

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:12.319
 we give

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.480
 you

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:12.839
 thanks

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.039
 and

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.359
 praise

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.579
 you

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:13.720
 are

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 storyteller

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 2000

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 years

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 ago

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 story

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 will

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 be

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 true

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 and

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 deep

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 and

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 real

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 to

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 us

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 understand

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 politics

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 how

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 we

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 understand

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 being

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 good

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 neighbors

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 how

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 we

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 understand

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 business

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 how

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 understand

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 service

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 and

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 family

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 friendship

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 and

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 love

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 how

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 we

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 understand

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 prayer

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 and

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 how

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 we

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 understand

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 hope

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 father

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 we

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 ask

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 that

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 you

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 bring

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 this

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 story

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 deep

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 into

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 our

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 hearts

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 live

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 lives

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 that

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 bring

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 you

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 glory

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 and

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 we

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 ask

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 all

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 of

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 this

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 in

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 Jesus

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 your

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 son

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 and

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 our

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 savior

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 amen