WEBVTT 00:00:00.420 --> 00:00:05.060 Father, as we prepare to reflect upon your word and to be fed by your word, 00:00:05.219 --> 00:00:09.540 Father, we know that we ultimately have come here this morning to be fed by you. 00:00:10.179 --> 00:00:11.540 You have no needs. 00:00:11.779 --> 00:00:15.099 We are one unending, constant, unfailing need. 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:18.740 And so, Father, we know you do not need our praise. 00:00:18.859 --> 00:00:20.640 You love our praise, but you do not need it. 00:00:20.699 --> 00:00:22.820 But we come, Father, to receive from you, 00:00:23.420 --> 00:00:27.760 to receive grace from you through your word, 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:31.120 through the Holy Communion, through the prayers, 00:00:31.500 --> 00:00:32.820 through the songs, through the music, 00:00:33.060 --> 00:00:34.820 through the presence of Jesus in our midst. 00:00:34.939 --> 00:00:37.859 We desire, Father, to receive from you. 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:42.219 So we ask that your Holy Spirit would grant us hearts that are deeply receptive 00:00:42.219 --> 00:00:46.180 to all that you desire to give us and do in our lives this morning. 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:50.980 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen. 00:00:51.780 --> 00:00:53.020 So please be seated. 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:56.700 Those of you, if you were here at the beginning, 00:00:56.700 --> 00:01:01.300 this is the most unusual church service that we do in the whole year. 00:01:01.400 --> 00:01:03.000 It's the most informal church service. 00:01:03.620 --> 00:01:07.960 Our numbers range anything from about 19 or 20 people to about 50. 00:01:09.060 --> 00:01:10.900 People are just in a bit of a different mood. 00:01:11.260 --> 00:01:12.900 I'm not even wearing a clergy shirt. 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:16.140 And our sermon is a bit different, and it's especially different. 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:18.900 I usually intersperse my sermon with some videos. 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:22.260 And this first video we're going to show is a longer video. 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:23.300 It's 12 minutes long. 00:01:23.299 --> 00:01:26.780 Usually they're short ones, but we don't have as many kids at this service. 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:32.420 But it fits in very powerfully with the John text that we're going to look at 00:01:32.420 --> 00:01:38.560 in our theme of the difference between Christian Christmas and Canadian or secular Christmas. 00:01:39.219 --> 00:01:44.780 So please enjoy this video, and then I'll continue on with the sermon topic. 00:01:44.780 --> 00:01:45.780 Thank you. 00:01:45.780 --> 00:01:46.780 Thank you. 00:01:48.780 --> 00:01:51.439 I think it's a very, very powerful line. 00:01:52.659 --> 00:01:58.500 Before I saw this video, I hadn't realized it was 50 years ago that that iconic picture was first shown. 00:01:59.540 --> 00:02:02.000 I was 12 years old when that happened. 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:04.319 You can figure out my age from that. 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:06.500 And I remember it very clearly, actually. 00:02:06.520 --> 00:02:10.240 It was quite a momentous thing for those of us who are old enough to remember it. 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:15.600 But I thought the line for the astronaut, that it's far more important and remarkable that God walked on earth 00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:21.040 than that a man walked on the moon, it's a very powerful line. 00:02:21.820 --> 00:02:26.939 If you turn your Bibles to John chapter 1, that is the message. 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:30.300 In a sense, what that is doing is just reflecting what the Bible teaches. 00:02:30.300 --> 00:02:37.020 And because John wants to communicate that as clearly as he can. 00:02:37.160 --> 00:02:44.060 Each of Matthew and in many ways, each of the gospel writers communicates the divinity of Jesus. 00:02:44.340 --> 00:02:48.300 But John does it in a very, very powerful and ingenious way. 00:02:49.340 --> 00:02:50.680 If you listen to it like this, 00:02:50.760 --> 00:02:53.420 In the beginning was the Word, John chapter 1, verse 1. 00:02:53.460 --> 00:02:57.400 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 00:02:57.400 --> 00:02:59.819 He was in the beginning with God. 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:05.240 All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:10.900 In him was life, and the light, and the life was the light of men. 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:15.240 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:17.500 Let's sort of pause here for a second. 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:22.280 You know, just every Christmas, I've been ordained. 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:27.900 I got ordained in 1985, and so I've now, I think this is, if I'm counting right, 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:30.080 this is my 34th Christmas as a pastor. 00:03:30.580 --> 00:03:33.000 So every year I have to reflect on these texts. 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:38.379 And I don't know if I could, I wish I could say that every year I learn something new about them, 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:40.120 but I often do. 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:43.219 And this year, something really struck me about it. 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:45.460 It's just, like, several things about it. 00:03:45.460 --> 00:03:48.400 Because I've often puzzled around the word, word. 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:50.939 Like, why did he use something like that? 00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:54.420 And this year, two things struck me about it. 00:03:55.080 --> 00:04:00.680 The first thing, I've continued to think about my trip to Angola a year and a half ago. 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:07.920 And as some of you know, I had the great privilege of being able, invited to go to a people group 00:04:07.920 --> 00:04:10.000 that had just recently heard the gospel. 00:04:10.180 --> 00:04:16.139 A missionary organization had figured out a way to connect with a semi-nomadic tribe on the Kalahari Desert. 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:23.899 And so I was there to speak to missionaries, and I had an opportunity to preach to this group. 00:04:23.899 --> 00:04:30.379 And I had to preach with two translators, because some of the people spoke Portuguese, 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:33.139 and others just spoke the nomadic language. 00:04:33.379 --> 00:04:36.319 So I would say a few words, and then it would be said in Portuguese, 00:04:36.579 --> 00:04:41.279 and then it would be said in the language of the semi-nomadic tribe. 00:04:42.239 --> 00:04:48.899 And I think I've shared with you, I caused, there'd be sometimes I'd say something which is very simple, 00:04:48.899 --> 00:04:56.519 and there'd be this long argument between people as to what the best way was to try to translate that word into the local language. 00:04:57.099 --> 00:05:00.599 One of them was when I tried to describe to them, I was just trying to relate to them at the beginning, 00:05:00.719 --> 00:05:05.179 and I said I came from a place that had over three meters of snow last winter, 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:08.419 because that's how much snow we get. 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:11.959 They had this long, long, long talk. 00:05:12.019 --> 00:05:16.060 It took almost five minutes, because there was no word in their language for snow. 00:05:16.060 --> 00:05:22.420 So I ended up translating it that I came from where there were three meters of ice every winter, 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:28.800 which just left them all shaking their head, wondering how you could have three meters of ice land on you and live. 00:05:30.139 --> 00:05:31.680 But we just kept on going. 00:05:32.139 --> 00:05:37.319 But, you know, but just something simple like that, if you think about it, the challenge of the missionary. 00:05:39.100 --> 00:05:41.199 If you think about the challenge of the missionary, 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:51.860 how do you communicate the gospel, Jesus, to a tribe in, a semi-nomadic tribe in the Kalahari? 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:53.620 How do you translate it to the Inuit? 00:05:54.599 --> 00:05:57.060 How can you, it's really interesting. 00:05:57.139 --> 00:06:02.019 I was in Kenya a couple of years ago, and I shared with the Kenyans that there was an Eskimo with me. 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:05.360 He wasn't with me right then, but he was, I was staying with him. 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:09.960 And they were all unbelievably fascinated that there was an Eskimo in Kenya. 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:14.180 And I said to, I said to my friend, I said, probably if you lined up and said I'm a real Eskimo, 00:06:14.280 --> 00:06:17.300 there'd be a whole pile of people who'd want to line up and take your picture with them, 00:06:17.340 --> 00:06:20.000 just because it would be so, it was so unusual to them. 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:23.699 But anyway, how do you translate the gospel to the Inuit? 00:06:23.900 --> 00:06:31.000 How do you translate the gospel to, I mean, to a sub, you know, a tribe from the Kalahari? 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:33.519 Or to go back, you know, my ancestors, I'm Irish. 00:06:33.819 --> 00:06:39.220 So, you know, 17, 1800 years ago, my ancestors stripped themselves naked, 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:41.540 painted themselves blue, and taunted the Romans. 00:06:42.899 --> 00:06:47.379 How do you communicate the gospel to people who would think that the way to fight the Romans 00:06:47.379 --> 00:06:50.600 is to take all your clothes off and paint yourself blue and yell at them? 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:53.019 I mean, how do you communicate the gospel to all of that? 00:06:53.459 --> 00:06:55.699 And if you think about it, it's really complicated. 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:57.339 But John is so brilliant. 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:00.000 He's so brilliant. 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:01.540 That's what struck me this time. 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:04.959 Under the influence of the Holy Spirit, he uses simple things. 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:12.060 He's going to communicate who Jesus is with such simple words as light and darkness and word and life. 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:17.519 Every culture has those types of ideas. 00:07:17.699 --> 00:07:18.399 Every culture. 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:22.519 And, you know, and so you could go back and you could read, you know, 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:24.939 we have really learned people here like Victor, 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:28.540 and he could probably tell you all about the Greek idea of the Logos and all that. 00:07:28.540 --> 00:07:31.140 And sure, that was there in John's mind probably, 00:07:31.660 --> 00:07:34.960 because John would be the first one to say that he's not smart enough. 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:37.860 He just learned from Jesus, and he's just passing it on. 00:07:38.540 --> 00:07:42.360 But you think about, just think about how unbelievably exciting it would be 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:44.180 if when they went to the moon, 00:07:44.400 --> 00:07:47.900 when they went to the moon and they went to leave their plaque, 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:52.120 if they found something that obviously was a word on the moon. 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:56.340 Like, it would be electrifying. 00:07:56.439 --> 00:08:00.959 It would be the front page news of every newspaper on the planet. 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:04.720 It would be the lead news item of every news station on the planet. 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:08.019 It would be tweeted a hundred gazillion, 00:08:08.100 --> 00:08:09.280 and it would break the internet. 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:10.780 It would be tweeted so much. 00:08:12.060 --> 00:08:13.840 And in fact, if there was a picture of it, 00:08:13.860 --> 00:08:14.920 it would break Instagram. 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:17.500 It would be shared so much. 00:08:17.540 --> 00:08:21.620 If they found something that looked like a word on Mars or on the Earth. 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:22.060 Why? 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:25.360 Well, because a word, what does a word communicate to you? 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:27.939 A word communicates that there's a person, 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:29.420 that there's a mind, 00:08:29.580 --> 00:08:30.680 that there's an intelligence, 00:08:31.180 --> 00:08:32.180 that there's language, 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:33.320 that there's communication, 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:33.920 that there's relationship. 00:08:34.620 --> 00:08:36.840 It would communicate all of these things 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:39.139 in a very, very powerful way. 00:08:39.139 --> 00:08:40.620 One of the problems I had, 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:43.480 when I spoke to this tribe, 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:44.620 when I preached, 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:46.480 and one of the problems I had 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:48.460 was I used the word Holy Spirit. 00:08:49.659 --> 00:08:50.259 And they didn't have, 00:08:50.319 --> 00:08:50.939 they had, I don't know, 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:51.980 I'm going to get this wrong. 00:08:52.059 --> 00:08:55.319 I think they had like 37 different words for spirit. 00:08:55.759 --> 00:08:58.080 But they didn't have a word for spirit in general. 00:08:58.699 --> 00:09:00.439 They'd have a way to identify a spirit 00:09:00.439 --> 00:09:01.860 connected to a tree and a bush 00:09:01.860 --> 00:09:03.019 and this and this and this and this. 00:09:03.059 --> 00:09:04.319 But they didn't have one word for it. 00:09:04.340 --> 00:09:05.960 That was another one of those words that I was sharing. 00:09:06.340 --> 00:09:07.960 And it caused this long discussion 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:10.540 as to how on earth they were going to try to communicate it. 00:09:11.180 --> 00:09:12.580 And fortunately or unfortunately, 00:09:12.580 --> 00:09:15.740 I used that word about 20 times in the sermon actually. 00:09:16.540 --> 00:09:22.560 But here you have these very, very, very simple words. 00:09:23.379 --> 00:09:24.600 And what it's communicating 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:26.300 is at the very, very beginning, 00:09:27.019 --> 00:09:28.460 the God who does exist, 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:30.800 one of the best ways to understand 00:09:30.800 --> 00:09:32.120 that the God who exists 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:34.160 is that he is the word. 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:37.439 And we, 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:38.620 if you just think about 00:09:38.620 --> 00:09:39.879 what it would be like to see word 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:41.600 on a planet like Mars, 00:09:42.539 --> 00:09:44.600 or if all of a sudden 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:45.639 one of the space stations 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:46.699 that listened to communications 00:09:46.699 --> 00:09:48.579 from the deep space 00:09:48.579 --> 00:09:50.439 got something from the deep space 00:09:50.439 --> 00:09:51.480 that was clearly a word 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:52.659 and would be electrifying 00:09:52.659 --> 00:09:54.039 because if all of it signifies, 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:55.259 in the same way, 00:09:55.339 --> 00:09:57.259 John effortlessly is trying to communicate 00:09:57.259 --> 00:09:59.039 something very important about God 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:00.600 and something very important 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:01.579 about human beginnings. 00:10:01.580 --> 00:10:03.540 See, every system of thought, 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:04.240 either, 00:10:04.620 --> 00:10:05.440 the first, 00:10:05.860 --> 00:10:07.860 the thing that causes all things to be 00:10:07.860 --> 00:10:09.180 is either a who or a what. 00:10:11.300 --> 00:10:13.480 Christians believe that a what makes no sense. 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:15.980 And as science progresses, 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:18.060 everyday science makes the fact, 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:20.580 the idea that everything began with a what 00:10:20.580 --> 00:10:21.340 rather than a who, 00:10:21.500 --> 00:10:22.440 more and more impossible. 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:25.480 It's the thing that doesn't want to be reported 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:26.120 in the press. 00:10:26.800 --> 00:10:28.000 Every development of science 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:28.840 shows that evolution 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:30.060 is more and more impossible. 00:10:30.620 --> 00:10:31.220 All the time. 00:10:31.220 --> 00:10:31.940 Every day. 00:10:32.340 --> 00:10:33.500 Science is just pushing it 00:10:33.500 --> 00:10:34.860 to become less and less possible. 00:10:35.660 --> 00:10:37.279 So here we have this wonderful text 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:38.160 and he's trying to communicate 00:10:38.160 --> 00:10:39.320 in a very powerful way. 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:40.399 Listen to it again. 00:10:40.460 --> 00:10:41.639 In the beginning was the Word. 00:10:42.660 --> 00:10:44.460 And the Word was with God. 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:46.259 And the Word was God. 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:48.660 He was in the beginning with God. 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:50.480 All things were made through him 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:51.100 and without him 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:52.920 was not anything made that was made. 00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:54.399 In him was life 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:55.740 and the life was the light of men. 00:10:56.340 --> 00:10:57.779 The light shines in the darkness 00:10:57.779 --> 00:10:59.440 and the darkness has not overcome it. 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:01.020 I was doing it from memory. 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:01.960 I didn't have my glasses. 00:11:03.560 --> 00:11:04.460 And then it goes on. 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:05.760 It talks about John the Baptist. 00:11:06.900 --> 00:11:08.360 And then if you just come on down, 00:11:08.420 --> 00:11:09.440 if you just want to skip down 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.160 to verse 11, 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:12.980 he came to his own 00:11:12.980 --> 00:11:14.039 and his own people 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:14.939 did not receive him. 00:11:14.939 --> 00:11:16.459 But to all who did receive him, 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:17.519 who believed in his name, 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:18.579 he gave the right 00:11:18.579 --> 00:11:20.360 to become children of God 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:21.719 who were born not of blood 00:11:21.719 --> 00:11:22.839 nor of the will of the flesh 00:11:22.839 --> 00:11:23.719 nor of the will of man 00:11:23.719 --> 00:11:24.379 but of God. 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:26.860 And the Word became flesh 00:11:26.860 --> 00:11:28.539 and dwelt among us 00:11:28.539 --> 00:11:29.819 and we have seen his glory, 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:31.740 glory as of the only Son 00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:32.519 from the Father, 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:34.559 full of grace and truth. 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:34.879 You see, 00:11:34.939 --> 00:11:36.219 what John is trying to communicate 00:11:36.219 --> 00:11:38.919 is that God walked on the earth. 00:11:40.699 --> 00:11:42.199 And I'm just going to unpack that 00:11:42.199 --> 00:11:43.399 very briefly in two ways, 00:11:43.479 --> 00:11:44.979 but could we just see a short video 00:11:44.979 --> 00:11:46.179 before I do that? 00:11:46.179 --> 00:12:16.159 Thank you. 00:12:16.179 --> 00:12:17.739 God's children by adoption 00:12:17.739 --> 00:12:19.419 and by grace. 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:21.839 It will be his accomplishment, 00:12:22.339 --> 00:12:23.339 his sacrifice, 00:12:24.019 --> 00:12:25.299 his perfect life, 00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:27.179 which is somehow offered for us. 00:12:27.239 --> 00:12:29.779 And here's two takeaways for us. 00:12:29.819 --> 00:12:31.139 If you could put the first one up, 00:12:31.579 --> 00:12:32.120 Andrew. 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:35.639 My situation must be vastly worse 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:36.799 than I imagine 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:39.439 if the Word became flesh 00:12:39.439 --> 00:12:40.679 to live, 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:42.279 if the Word became flesh 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:44.159 had to live and die to save me. 00:12:44.179 --> 00:12:45.359 I think I'm missing a word there. 00:12:46.179 --> 00:12:47.399 My grammar bad? 00:12:47.899 --> 00:12:48.379 Yes. 00:12:49.019 --> 00:12:51.059 My situation must be vastly worse 00:12:51.059 --> 00:12:51.799 than I imagine 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:53.559 if the Word became flesh 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:55.299 to live and die to save me. 00:12:56.099 --> 00:12:57.959 It really struck me this week. 00:12:59.239 --> 00:13:00.579 If God couldn't do it 00:13:00.579 --> 00:13:01.239 some other way, 00:13:01.319 --> 00:13:02.059 if he couldn't have just 00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:03.179 sacrificed an angel 00:13:03.179 --> 00:13:03.919 or, I don't know, 00:13:04.019 --> 00:13:05.219 Barb or Andrew or me 00:13:05.219 --> 00:13:06.419 or something like that 00:13:06.419 --> 00:13:07.439 and we were all saved, 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:11.639 my situation must be vastly worse 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:12.620 than I imagine 00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:13.399 even when I am 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:15.139 in my most depressed state 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:18.519 if the Word became flesh 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:20.620 to live and die to save me 00:13:20.620 --> 00:13:21.659 and to save you. 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:25.919 Our situation is vastly worse. 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:28.759 Our doom is far deeper. 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:33.379 But at the same time 00:13:33.379 --> 00:13:35.460 that this is communicating this to us, 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:38.159 it's also communicating something else 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:38.899 because, you see, 00:13:39.059 --> 00:13:40.939 the very same text says 00:13:40.939 --> 00:13:42.159 that if we put our faith 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:43.179 and trust in Jesus, 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:45.360 that he gives us the right 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:47.200 to become the children of God, 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:49.519 that he makes us the children of God 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:51.419 when we believe and receive him. 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:53.379 And if on one hand, 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:56.939 this story is in a very odd way, 00:13:56.940 --> 00:13:57.960 in a very subtle way, 00:13:58.540 --> 00:14:00.700 communicating how vastly worse 00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:01.720 our situation is 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.160 than we ever could possibly imagine 00:14:03.160 --> 00:14:05.360 that the Word had to become flesh 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:06.760 to live and die to save us. 00:14:06.800 --> 00:14:07.400 At the same time, 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:08.180 when we put our faith 00:14:08.180 --> 00:14:08.960 and trust in Jesus, 00:14:09.060 --> 00:14:09.640 what does that say 00:14:09.640 --> 00:14:10.540 about our security? 00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:11.820 If you could put up 00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:12.760 the next point, Andrew. 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:16.560 My need for a secure salvation 00:14:16.560 --> 00:14:18.360 must be vastly greater 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:19.340 than I imagine 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:21.760 if the Word became flesh 00:14:21.760 --> 00:14:23.400 to live and die to save me. 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:28.159 Not only is my need vastly greater, 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.299 but my need for a secure salvation 00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:32.740 must be vastly greater. 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:35.279 And the Lord has provided us 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:37.399 this unbelievably secure salvation, 00:14:38.139 --> 00:14:39.840 the very same God 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:42.179 who created all things, 00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:44.399 who is the source of all life 00:14:45.059 --> 00:14:47.240 and all ability to think 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:47.679 and reason, 00:14:47.819 --> 00:14:49.220 that very same God 00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:50.980 who formed and created the planets 00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:52.259 is the same God 00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:53.659 who died on the cross 00:14:53.659 --> 00:14:54.340 to save me. 00:14:54.420 --> 00:14:55.720 And when I put my faith 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:56.740 and trust in Him, 00:14:57.100 --> 00:14:58.600 I am putting my faith 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:00.240 and trust in something greater 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:01.899 than the entire sum 00:15:01.899 --> 00:15:02.820 of the universe, 00:15:03.340 --> 00:15:04.379 that which holds 00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:05.779 all of the universe together. 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.159 That is the security 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:07.960 of my hope 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:08.740 and my salvation 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:09.920 when I trust in Him. 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:16.539 And one of my themes 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:18.319 throughout these last sermons 00:15:18.319 --> 00:15:20.240 is we Christians in the West 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:20.799 and Canada 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:22.419 are increasingly being confused 00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:23.860 by the difference 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:25.099 by Canadian Christmas 00:15:25.099 --> 00:15:26.299 and Christian Christmas. 00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:27.779 They're two different things. 00:15:28.599 --> 00:15:29.379 Maybe at one time 00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:30.099 they were one thing, 00:15:30.199 --> 00:15:30.959 but now they've become 00:15:30.959 --> 00:15:31.819 two different things 00:15:31.819 --> 00:15:33.459 and we're increasingly confused. 00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:35.740 And I'm not trying to solve 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:37.699 what Christian Christmas should be, 00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:39.740 but if you go back 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:41.200 and you look at the Ten Commandments 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:42.100 and you see about the way 00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:42.759 they talk about 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:43.600 keeping the Sabbath 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:44.340 and the Lord's Day, 00:15:44.400 --> 00:15:46.140 you see some very basic principle 00:15:46.140 --> 00:15:48.040 expressed in those commandments 00:15:48.040 --> 00:15:48.980 about how it is 00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.740 that we're to celebrate 00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:50.960 the Lord's Day 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:51.780 and from that 00:15:51.780 --> 00:15:52.460 how to celebrate 00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:53.440 any type of act 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:54.400 of Christian remembrance. 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:56.340 And I've summarized it like this 00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:57.140 if you could put it up. 00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:59.259 In celebration of His birth, 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:01.420 remember with others, 00:16:02.060 --> 00:16:03.180 rejoice with others, 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.900 recommit with others, 00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:06.460 feast with others. 00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:07.840 See, in a sense 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:09.280 that's what every Lord's Day 00:16:09.280 --> 00:16:09.940 is to be about. 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.080 On the Lord's Day 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:12.040 we gather together 00:16:12.040 --> 00:16:12.840 with others 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.920 to remember, 00:16:14.379 --> 00:16:15.360 to remember Jesus, 00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:16.519 to remember the Gospel, 00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.519 to remember who He is, 00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:18.220 what He's accomplished. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.980 And so when we come 00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:20.639 on a Sunday, 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:21.780 on the Lord's Day, 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:23.360 we come to rejoice 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:25.500 at who He is 00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:26.680 and what He's accomplished for us 00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:27.600 and what He's done for us. 00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:29.100 And it's not just a matter 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:30.200 of rejoicing, 00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:31.200 but to recommit. 00:16:31.920 --> 00:16:33.280 To recommit once again 00:16:33.280 --> 00:16:33.920 to the Gospel, 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:35.019 recommit to Jesus 00:16:35.019 --> 00:16:36.000 and say, 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.539 Lord, you know, 00:16:36.579 --> 00:16:37.980 this week I had a terrible week. 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:39.259 I denied you constantly. 00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:41.539 I was mean and rude to my wife. 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:43.039 I was terrible to my kids. 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:44.720 I was an atrocious boss 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:46.120 or an atrocious guy 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.220 under a boss 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:48.220 or gal under a boss. 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:49.039 And I'm just so glad 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:50.419 I can come to you once again 00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:51.000 and I can say, 00:16:51.079 --> 00:16:52.379 I've really messed up this week. 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.960 Thank you that my security 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:54.899 is in you, Jesus. 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:57.000 And I recommit to you again. 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:58.259 I recommit to you. 00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:59.559 And then the Lord's Day 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:00.819 is also a day of feasting 00:17:00.819 --> 00:17:02.220 with others. 00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.200 And so, you know, 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:06.259 I guess all the message is 00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:07.819 is that we've shared 00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:08.960 the four fundamental 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:10.579 primary stories of Christmas. 00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:12.039 And I don't know 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.240 how Christian Christmas 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.660 will develop over the years, 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.799 but I know that 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:17.180 however it develops, 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:18.119 it will develop 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:19.500 around these four pillars 00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:20.379 where once again, 00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:21.299 every year we say, 00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:22.059 we're going to remember 00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:22.700 once again, 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.640 the birth of Jesus. 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:25.339 Comes up throughout the year, 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:25.759 obviously, 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.859 different sermon texts 00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.299 and all that, 00:17:27.399 --> 00:17:28.179 but there's going to be 00:17:28.179 --> 00:17:28.819 one time a year 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:29.500 we're going to always 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.259 really commit 00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:31.599 and we're going to remember 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.179 with others 00:17:32.179 --> 00:17:33.459 and we're going to rejoice 00:17:33.459 --> 00:17:34.139 with others 00:17:34.139 --> 00:17:34.979 and we're going to reconnect 00:17:34.979 --> 00:17:35.599 with others 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.339 and we're going to feast 00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:36.939 with others 00:17:36.939 --> 00:17:38.119 as we celebrate 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:40.000 and allow the fundamental stories 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.899 to shape who we are 00:17:40.899 --> 00:17:41.899 and shape how we celebrate, 00:17:42.139 --> 00:17:42.639 how we remember, 00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:43.259 how we rejoice 00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:44.119 and how we recommit. 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:45.939 Just going to show 00:17:45.939 --> 00:17:46.839 one last video 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:47.359 before we, 00:17:47.439 --> 00:17:47.879 and then I'll say 00:17:47.879 --> 00:17:48.559 a closing prayer 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:49.039 and we'll move on 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.659 with our service. 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.619 Just a piece of 00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:52.000 free advertisement. 00:17:52.219 --> 00:17:52.479 I don't know, 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.119 we Anglicans 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.759 don't get often 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.479 many chances 00:17:54.479 --> 00:17:56.000 to pat ourselves 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.599 on the back 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:57.240 so to speak 00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:58.339 in a humble, 00:17:58.939 --> 00:17:59.759 unassuming way. 00:18:00.959 --> 00:18:02.419 The space video 00:18:02.419 --> 00:18:03.000 was done 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:04.659 by an Anglican evangelist. 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.279 Yes, 00:18:05.439 --> 00:18:07.619 that is not an oxymoron, 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.919 Anglican evangelist, 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:10.659 by an Anglican evangelist 00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:11.119 out of England 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:12.299 called Glenn Scrivener 00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:14.500 and this last thing, 00:18:14.639 --> 00:18:15.299 you're going to see 00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:16.079 Glenn Scrivener 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:17.000 and he's done 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.839 this other thing as well 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:19.139 and as a good evangelist, 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:20.299 all of his two things 00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:20.799 were free. 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.519 We had to pay 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.339 for the middle video 00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:24.519 but the other two things 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.279 are completely free. 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:26.099 You can go look him up. 00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:27.059 He's with an organization 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:28.119 called Speak Life 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:28.639 in the UK 00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:30.279 and he also has 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:31.259 a weekly podcast 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:31.740 by the way 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.359 about how to share 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:32.819 the faith 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.579 and do other types 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:33.920 of things 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.940 which can be very helpful 00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:36.379 but let's watch 00:18:36.379 --> 00:18:37.240 this last one 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.799 and then we'll just 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.539 close in prayer 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.299 and we'll keep on 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:40.019 with our service. 00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:43.559 every idiot 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:44.220 who goes about 00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.980 with Merry Christmas 00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:45.539 on his lips 00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.220 should be boiled 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:47.000 with his own pudding 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.599 and buried 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:48.440 with a stake of holly 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.059 through his heart. 00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:58.339 I like the darkness 00:18:58.339 --> 00:19:00.000 at least it's cheap 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:01.319 I keep adjusted 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:02.059 to the gloom 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.980 the creeping doom 00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:04.119 that soon consumes 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:05.220 the earth in tombs 00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:06.619 I hum its tune 00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.539 assume its tone 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.419 and make my home 00:19:08.419 --> 00:19:09.139 right here 00:19:09.139 --> 00:19:10.460 in the only world 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:10.899 we know 00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:12.399 this world of woe 00:19:12.399 --> 00:19:13.460 let others 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.779 throw their festive flings 00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.539 I think I'll keep 00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.879 my five gold rings 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:19.060 four calling birds 00:19:19.060 --> 00:19:21.220 three French hens 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:22.560 two turtle doves 00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:23.500 she loves the doves 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.240 yeah shove it 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.020 on the card above 00:19:25.020 --> 00:19:26.960 no never fear my dear 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.720 I'll pay it all 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.660 next year 00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:30.240 for now we'll drink 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:31.200 to Christmas cheer 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:32.340 and deck the halls 00:19:32.340 --> 00:19:33.320 with tinsel bling 00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:34.160 forget what our 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:35.000 tomorrows bring 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:36.020 we'll raise a glass 00:19:36.020 --> 00:19:37.060 of festive sherry 00:19:37.060 --> 00:19:38.100 eat and drink 00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:39.240 and be quite merry 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:41.140 Merry Christmas everyone 00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:42.800 and what's your wish 00:19:42.800 --> 00:19:44.260 from me my son 00:19:44.260 --> 00:19:45.460 a hamper full 00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.440 of festive fun 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.700 with snowdrops 00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.259 rainbows 00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:49.080 furry mittens 00:19:49.080 --> 00:19:50.120 unicorns 00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:51.039 and mule and kittens 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:52.299 Santa's sleigh 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.380 may bring them near 00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:54.900 but were you good 00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.880 for me this year 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:57.000 why yes 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.759 I think 00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:59.320 I didn't sink 00:19:59.320 --> 00:20:00.059 as low as some 00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.539 I know 00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:01.500 although 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.600 hey no 00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:04.000 Father Christmas 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:05.519 mind your own business 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:07.420 the kids might believe 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.320 but they are naive 00:20:08.320 --> 00:20:09.440 I know for certain 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:11.140 I see through the curtain 00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:12.860 but when you strip it all bare 00:20:12.860 --> 00:20:14.080 what exactly is there 00:20:14.080 --> 00:20:15.580 see Scrooge looks 00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.939 darkness full in the face 00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:17.859 embracing the chill 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.799 but he loses the will 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.339 to hope 00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:20.659 the shopper copes better 00:20:20.659 --> 00:20:21.639 throws off fetters 00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.879 wears garish sweaters 00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:23.899 but becomes a debtor 00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:24.859 spending now 00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.720 but nothing later 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.480 tending down 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.539 into death's crater 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:29.699 Santa offers Christmas cheer 00:20:29.699 --> 00:20:30.859 the most wonderful time 00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.319 of the year 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:32.220 but is it real 00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:33.500 at least Scrooge 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.159 knew the deal 00:20:34.159 --> 00:20:34.980 with the dark 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:36.659 in this stark world 00:20:36.659 --> 00:20:37.639 can we face facts 00:20:37.639 --> 00:20:38.439 like Scrooge 00:20:38.439 --> 00:20:39.639 then paint it rouge 00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:40.379 like the shopper 00:20:40.379 --> 00:20:41.199 proper banter 00:20:41.199 --> 00:20:41.839 like Santa 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:43.519 but below the ho ho ho 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:45.019 can we know a truth 00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.940 beneath treacle 00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:48.059 good news of great joy 00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.920 for all people 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:51.039 are we able to strip back 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.879 to the stable 00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:53.879 this fable made flesh 00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:55.379 our maker enmeshed 00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:56.059 in the mess 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.920 to bless us 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.680 possess us 00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.759 and be heaven's yes 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.519 to our race 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:01.420 to embrace us in grace 00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:03.180 ever more in our place 00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:04.339 pledging flesh 00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:05.240 blood and bone 00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:06.440 to exchange a throne 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.160 for a manger 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:08.579 endangering all 00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:09.779 to be present to you 00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:11.400 to be God's present 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:11.980 to you 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:13.700 if you're Santa 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.279 or shopper 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:15.220 or any such thing 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:16.039 if you're shepherd 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.599 or Mary 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:17.140 or Joseph 00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.799 or king 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.900 for this 00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:20.599 the herald angels sing 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:22.759 in him the light shines 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.819 and all is forgiven 00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:25.099 to you 00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:26.400 this Christmas child 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:26.860 is given 00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:43.859 let's just stand 00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.859 for a moment 00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:46.119 stretch a bit 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:47.139 and let's close 00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:48.199 the sermon 00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:48.979 part in prayer 00:21:48.979 --> 00:21:51.759 Father thank you 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.379 for Jesus 00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:54.359 Father thank you 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:56.079 we confess before you 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.659 that we often 00:21:56.659 --> 00:21:57.659 flatter ourselves 00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:58.199 too much 00:21:58.199 --> 00:21:58.779 to detect 00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.679 or hate our own sin 00:21:59.679 --> 00:22:01.139 we flatter ourselves 00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:02.359 to forget 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:03.319 how 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:06.119 how doomed we were 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:07.019 apart from Jesus 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:08.779 and 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:11.099 we thank you 00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:11.439 Father 00:22:11.439 --> 00:22:12.299 that you saw 00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.339 our great need 00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:14.899 and you 00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:16.599 provided the only way 00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.439 for us to be made 00:22:17.439 --> 00:22:18.079 right with you 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:19.619 when you're the 00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:21.379 the word was made flesh 00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:22.539 the word became flesh 00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:24.079 when Jesus came amongst us 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:25.220 to live a perfect life 00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.079 that we could not live 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.559 and die 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.500 the death 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.559 that we could not die 00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.659 bearing the doom 00:22:29.659 --> 00:22:31.259 that we could not bear 00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.859 and eat it all for us 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.399 out of love 00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:34.779 Father help us 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.680 to remember this 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:37.019 to recommit to this 00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:38.240 to rejoice with this 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.379 and to celebrate 00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:40.319 and to feast 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.799 around the memory 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.940 and this we ask 00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.799 in the name of Jesus 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.899 your son and our savior 00:22:44.899 --> 00:22:45.940 amen