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 Father, sometimes your word is very, very puzzling and hard to understand and not what we were expecting.

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 And Lord, today that's one of those times.

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 And so we ask that your Holy Spirit would illuminate our hearts and minds so that we might understand your word

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 and that it would give us great comfort in your great offer of grace to know that Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us every day of our lives.

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 And until we see you face to face and enter the new heaven and the new earth for all eternity.

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 So Father, bring your word home to us.

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

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 Please be seated.

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 Amen.

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 It says the solemn setting of the timepiece.

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 So it's a Christmas sermon.

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 Let's consider doom, judgment, and hell.

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 Now, you might be wondering that you might say this is the weirdest Christmas sermon that I have ever heard.

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 Even the fact that we are going to consider doom, judgment, and hell.

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 You go, I thought this was a Christmas sermon.

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 Well, here's what happened.

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 So we have a church plant, Messiah West slash Messiah Kanata.

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 And so the pastor there, who's an associate of this church, he and I are talking about, like, what should we preach for Christmas?

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 You know, we'll have 18th, 24th, and 25th will be our Christmas services.

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 They won't have a service on the 24th.

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 We do.

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 And so we're talking about what to preach on.

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 And he's just starting out in ministry.

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 I've been doing this, you know, since, you know, since, you know, Moses was a little baby.

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 And so we're just talking about it.

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 And then he said, you know, well, let's, you know, let's, why don't we do this?

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 Like, there's this very ancient Bible reading pattern that goes way back.

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 It's over 1,600 years old.

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 And according to this very ancient Bible reading pattern, on Christmas, you would read, the gospel text would be John, John 1.

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 And the non-gospel text would be from Hebrews chapter 1.

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 And why don't we do, like, one of each of that?

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 And then we're talking about what to do.

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 And then they said, you know what, why, you know, the other big Christmas text is in Matthew.

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 But rather than preaching on Matthew, why don't we preach, you know, Matthew quotes Isaiah 7.

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 So why don't we read the Isaiah 7 text?

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 And I say, sure, let's do that.

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 And so that's what we're doing.

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 But here, lo and behold, two things happen.

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 The first thing that happens is, and this, by the way, is what happens to me all the time when I preach from the Old Testament.

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 I look at it for the first time and I think to myself, what on earth am I going to say about this weird text?

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 The second thing, actually, there were three things that happened.

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 The second thing that happened is, and this happens to many people when they look at Isaiah 7 for the first time.

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 For Christians who know that he gets quoted in Matthew, they go, how on earth does this text connect?

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 Like, why did Matthew think this was a, like, what's going on here?

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 And then the third thing that happened to me is that I'm getting to read into it.

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 I realize that it's a text that talks about human doom and God's judgment.

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 But it does it in the context of a profound offer of grace.

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 So, let's look.

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 If you have your Bibles, the text will be up on the screen.

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 But if it's always better to have your own Bibles, you can look around and see if I've missed the context.

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 Just one other note, just checking for some of you.

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 Don't watch the soccer game pretending to look at your Bible on your phone or your iPad.

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 That's sort of not, like, if you want to do that, you can go out there and just watch the soccer game and, you know.

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 In fact, actually, it's going to be important to be hypocritical to do it, which is sort of connected to the text.

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 Anyway, Isaiah 7.

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 I have the wrong book open.

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 Here we go.

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 Isaiah 7.

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 So, here's how it goes.

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 Isaiah 7, verse 10 to 17.

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 Just one thing to know.

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 This book was written somewhere between, like, the 740-ish B.C. to 800 and, you know, 810 or 90 or something like that B.C.,

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 which is a long time ago, and people might wonder how on earth you could ever think you could get anything worthwhile from something which was written that long ago.

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 But it actually has a very profound psychological insight, and a very, very profound psychological insight, even though it was written so long ago,

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 which, of course, I would expect because I think it's not only something that was written so long ago, but it's also God's Word.

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 So, that's an old text, and here's how it goes.

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 Verse 10, Isaiah 7, verse 10.

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 Again, the Lord spoke to Ahaz, ask a sign of the Lord your God.

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 Let it be deep as Sheol, sort of like that's another word for hell, or high as heaven.

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 Now, just sort of pause there for a second.

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 Like, who are these people and what's going on?

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 Like, why does it say again?

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 So, okay.

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 So, basically, Ahaz is the king of Judah.

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 And, like, right now when we think of Israel, there's just the one nation of Israel, and it's called Israel.

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 But back in those days, the Jewish nation got divided into two separate countries with two different kings.

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 The northern one, and throughout this, it's going to be called either Ephraim or Israel.

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 And the southern one is called Judah, after the main tribe that stayed with King David's line of sons.

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 So, Ahaz is the king.

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 And what's going on here is actually a perennial issue, and it's just as prevalent as an issue today.

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 I was reading a news report a little while ago that Poland has been arming itself, has been on a major arms race,

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 because they don't trust the Americans in the European Union to protect them.

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 If Russia was to continue to expand or there were some other types of problems.

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 They don't trust Germany.

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 They don't trust the EU.

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 And learning from Ukraine, where the Ukrainians have sort of had to deal with this themselves,

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 they've been arming themselves to the teeth.

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 So, there's something like, and you know about all the saber rattling that's going around,

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 about Chinese expansion and Taiwan.

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 And so, this is just like reading, watching BBC World News, reading The Economist,

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 like just following the world.

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 It's as old as history.

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 And what's happened is there's this very, very mighty empire called the Assyrian Empire.

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 And they've been quiet for about three decades.

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 But they've gotten restless.

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 They've been dealing with some internal things.

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 They've gotten dealt with.

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 They've gotten restless.

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 They want to expand their empire.

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 And they're looking down to this region where there's a whole lot of small nations.

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 And what's happened is they've decided they're going to invade.

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 The Assyrians are going to evade.

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 They're starting to move down.

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 And so, the small nations do what small nations do compared to a mighty empire.

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 A couple of them get together and say,

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 maybe if we form an alliance, if we all work together,

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 there'll be enough of us so we can resist the Assyrian army.

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 And scholars differ whether there's two or four nations in it.

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 We know there's two.

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 But basically, that northern kingdom, which is called Israel now, back then,

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 and not Judah, which is under David,

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 and this other group, a nation that we would now call Syria,

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 and potentially two other nations.

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 Scholars disagree whether Edom and Philistia were also involved in it.

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 But they decide they're going to create an alliance to resist the Assyrian empire.

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 And they want Judah to join them.

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 And Ahaz is having cold feet about wanting to join them.

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 And so, these nations decide they're going to do,

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 well, they're going to do what happens all the time in the world.

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 In fact, wasn't there just an attempt to have a coup in Germany?

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 So, what they decide to do is they're going to send some troops,

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 and I guess some special forces types down there.

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 They're going to kill Ahaz, put their puppet in place,

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 and that puppet will now rule that country,

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 and they will now, depending on how you count,

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 three or five nations will all work together to resist the Assyrians.

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 So, Assyria, so Ahaz is the king,

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 and he knows that there's this pressure that's been going on.

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 And when it says, again, that was because just before this,

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 Isaiah has confronted him about this whole situation

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 and calling him that he needs to trust God's promises,

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 the Lord's promises, that he would protect the Davidic line,

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 he would protect his people,

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 and that Ahaz has to trust in the Lord,

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 that that's the primary way.

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 It doesn't mean that you don't bring in water.

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 It doesn't mean you don't arm your troops.

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 But beyond all of those things,

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 the fundamental thing is that he needs to trust the Lord.

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 That's what's just gone on.

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 And so, he's speaking to him again.

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 That's why, look at verse 10 again.

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 Again, the Lord spoke to Ahaz.

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 So, he spoke to him earlier.

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 That's verses 1 to 9.

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 You can go read that later if you want.

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 And Ahaz, he says to Ahaz,

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 listen, you need a sign to show

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 that God is actually going to do what he's promised,

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 that he'll protect you, the nation,

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 that there will be victory,

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 that you will not succumb to Assyria

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 and be conquered by it.

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 And so, verse 11,

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 ask a sign of the Lord,

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 your God.

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 Let it be as deep as hell

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 or as high as heaven.

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 And what we see here that's going on

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 is very, very, very significant.

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 You see, and this is what,

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 if you just, if you were to read the whole book,

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 and then if you were to read 2 Kings,

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 and you look around,

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 and you read very, very carefully,

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 what you discover is that Ahaz

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 has already made up his mind about what to do.

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 Between the first nine verses and this,

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 the first account and this one,

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 he's already made his mind up.

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 And what he's done is he's taken money,

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 he's emptied the treasury,

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 he's taken many of the most precious items

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 of the temple,

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 and he's given them to the king of Assyria.

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 He's already become a vassal

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 of the Assyrian empire,

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 and he's paid off the Assyrians

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 to invade Israel and Syria

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 and the other countries and kill them.

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 He's already done that.

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 Now, he's hidden it from the people,

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 but he's already done that.

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 That's what he's done.

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 Now,

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 what you think,

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 when you realize this,

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 one of the things then you're going to see

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 right off the bat,

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 this is a,

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 when you understand this,

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 this, what you have here

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 is a profound act of grace by God.

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 A profound act of grace.

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 Ahaz is given an opportunity to repent

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 and to trust in the Lord.

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 He's very unworthy.

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 In fact,

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 if you were an Israelite back then

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 and you understood that he's,

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 in fact,

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 sold the most precious items

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 from your worship and your temple,

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 and emptied your treasury,

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 like you would be furious at him.

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 But God offers him

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 a chance to repent.

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 He offers him grace.

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 And he says,

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 you can pick a sign

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 to show

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 that not only am I offering you

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 a chance to come under,

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 back under the Lord,

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 but I'm offering a chance

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 to show you

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 that the Lord will,

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 in fact,

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 keep his promise to you

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 to protect you.

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 And you can ask any sign you want.

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 It can be as deep as hell.

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 It can be as high as heaven.

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 How does Ahaz respond?

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 Well, look at verse 12.

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 It tells us how he responds.

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 And see,

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 when you understand this,

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 you understand,

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 well, here,

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 listen to it.

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 But Ahaz said,

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 verse 12,

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 I will not ask

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 and I will not put the Lord

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 to the test.

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 Ah, he's so pious.

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 He is such a godly man.

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 But he's not.

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 His answer isn't pious.

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 You know,

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 it's like back in the day,

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 I don't think they do it anymore.

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 You know,

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 when a U.S. president

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 got in trouble,

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 what would you see

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 the next Sunday?

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 You'd see the biggest,

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 fattest,

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 blackest Bible

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 they could find

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 in his hand

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 as he's walking into church.

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 And that's what Ahaz is doing.

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 Yes, I'm very pious.

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 Of course,

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 it's wrong

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 to put the Lord to the test.

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 No,

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 that's not what's going on, Ahaz.

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 You're refusing grace.

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 You're refusing

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 the opportunity

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 to repent.

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 And you do not want,

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 you do not want it

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 come to light

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 that the Lord

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 is going to deliver you

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 and you just gave away

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 all the money.

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 How will that look

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 for Ahaz?

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 Because for Ahaz,

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 what's most important

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 is Ahaz.

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 that's what's most important.

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 And that's going to just

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 knock the legs underneath.

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 You see,

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 the Bible has nothing

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 to do with your daily life.

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 None of us

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 or none of the world

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 ever does anything

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 to do remotely with that.

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 We're never concerned

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 with appearances

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 and our own importance

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 and position.

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 You know,

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 so I like to say

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 in this church,

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 one of the problems

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 people have

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 when they read the Bible

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 is they expect

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 something like

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 a Hallmark movie

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 and they get

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 human reality

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 in all its mess.

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 And it catches us

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 by surprise.

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 So,

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 how does the Lord

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 respond

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 to Ahaz's

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 hypocrisy

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 and his refusal

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 to accept grace?

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 His refusal

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 to accept

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 the opportunity

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 to repent?

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 Well,

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 that's what is happening

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 in the next verses.

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 Verses 13

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 through 16

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 in particular.

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 We see how the Lord

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 responds.

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 And here's how

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 the Lord responds.

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 Look at verse 13.

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 And he said,

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 here then,

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 O house of David.

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 And when Isaiah speaks,

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 it's God speaking.

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 And he said,

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 here then,

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 O house of David.

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 Because Ahaz

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 isn't just

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 Ahaz.

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 He is,

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 in a sense,

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 the current

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 representative

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 of the house

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 of David,

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 which the Jewish

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 people have been

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 hoping

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 that it is

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 through that house

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 that the Messiah

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 will come.

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 it's through that

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 house,

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 that line,

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 that the Messiah

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 will come.

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 And so,

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 the Lord speaks

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 to Ahaz

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 because there's

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 something more

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 important than

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 you

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 here,

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 Ahaz.

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 O house of David,

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 is it too little

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 for you

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 to weary men

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 that you weary

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 my God also?

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 So God calls him

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 on this hypocrisy.

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 This isn't godliness,

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 Ahaz.

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 This is just

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 your attempt

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 to try to

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 weary me,

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 wear me down.

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 And frankly,

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 which is going to

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 happen when people

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 hear what you've done,

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 you're just wearying

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 people as well.

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 Your hypocrisy

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 accomplishes nothing.

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 Your superficial,

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 surface religion

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 and piety

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 accomplishes

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 absolutely nothing

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 other than

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 to weary people

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 and to weary

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 people of the

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 true and living

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 God.

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 Now,

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 for us,

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 when we catch

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 people in hypocrisy

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 of such a major

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 thing,

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 we write them

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 off.

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 We cancel

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 them.

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 We ghost

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 them.

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 Is that what

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 God does?

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 Well,

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 let's look what

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 he says next.

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 Verse 14.

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 Therefore,

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 the Lord himself

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 will still give

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 you a sign.

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 What's the sign?

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 And for those of you

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 who are Christians

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 and you're familiar

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 with the Bible story,

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 here's the sign.

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 Behold,

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 the virgin shall

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 conceive and bear

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 a son and shall

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 call his name

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 Emmanuel.

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 Right?

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 You see,

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 this sign is

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 originally given

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 to a hypocrite

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 who's rejected

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 grace.

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 Rejected the sign,

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 rejected the

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 opportunity to

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 repent and

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 God says,

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 I'm going to

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 give you a sign

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 anyway.

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 And it's this

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 sign that

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 Matthew,

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 700 years

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 later,

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 will say is

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 fulfilled in

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 the birth of

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 Jesus,

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 the virgin

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 birth of

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 Jesus.

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 And,

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 well,

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 we're going to

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 talk again.

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 And some of

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 you guys say,

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 whoa,

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 whoa,

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 whoa,

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 okay,

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 George,

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 what's,

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 uh,

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 ba,

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 ba,

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 ba,

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 ba,

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 ba,

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 ba,

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 ba,

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 ba,

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 ba,

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 ba,

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 virgin birth.

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 I mean,

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 that's how,

00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:41.379
 like,

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 George,

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 just to even

00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:42.879
 talk about a

00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:43.519
 virgin birth

00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:44.340
 just shows

00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:44.939
 that you're

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 ignorant,

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 you don't

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 know science,

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 you can't

00:16:48.579 --> 00:16:49.000
 think.

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 And God

00:16:50.439 --> 00:16:50.840
 with us,

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 I thought God

00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:51.860
 was everywhere.

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 Like,

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:52.340
 George,

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:52.720
 none of this

00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:53.220
 makes sense.

00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:53.539
 So,

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 by the way,

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 I'm not going

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 to talk about

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 that right now.

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 I'll just

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 sort of put a

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 little sticky

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.600
 note with it.

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 If you want to

00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:00.600
 hear me talk

00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.019
 about it,

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.439
 come on

00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:02.019
 Christmas Eve

00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.460
 or Christmas

00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:02.960
 morning or

00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.220
 both,

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 because I'm

00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:03.840
 going to

00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:04.180
 talk about

00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:04.599
 one on

00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:05.240
 Christmas Eve

00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:05.819
 and one on

00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:06.440
 Christmas

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:06.839
 morning.

00:17:07.379 --> 00:17:07.839
 How can

00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:08.299
 God be

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:09.019
 present if he's

00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.379
 everywhere,

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 and how can

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.599
 there be a

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:11.259
 virgin birth?

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 And you

00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:12.759
 don't have

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:13.099
 to kiss

00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:13.539
 your brains

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 goodbye to

00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:14.480
 believe it.

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 It's not a

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 matter that

00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:15.619
 they were

00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.240
 all gullible

00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:16.640
 that they

00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:17.240
 believed this

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:17.559
 sign.

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:20.099
 But the

00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:20.400
 other thing

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:20.700
 you might

00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:21.220
 ask is,

00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:21.480
 George,

00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:21.839
 it seems

00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.759
 a little

00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:24.000
 bit unfair

00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:24.799
 to Ahaz

00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:26.000
 to say

00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:27.460
 that I'm

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:27.640
 going to

00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:27.940
 give you

00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:28.559
 a sign,

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 and by

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.519
 the way,

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 you're

00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:30.039
 going to

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 have to

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:31.039
 wait 700

00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:31.980
 years to

00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.420
 see it.

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 That seems

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:35.420
 not quite

00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:36.680
 gracious of

00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.160
 God.

00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:38.259
 Well,

00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:39.039
 let's look

00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:40.019
 at the rest

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.500
 of what is

00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:40.759
 said.

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:42.460
 Verse 14,

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:43.140
 we'll read

00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:44.099
 verse 14

00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:44.359
 again,

00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:44.900
 therefore the

00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:45.500
 Lord himself

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:45.900
 will give

00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:46.500
 you a sign,

00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:46.980
 behold,

00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:47.480
 the virgin

00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.319
 shall conceive

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.359
 and bear a

00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:49.579
 son,

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:49.980
 and shall

00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:50.500
 call his

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.279
 name Emmanuel.

00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.819
 Verse 15,

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 he shall eat

00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:54.140
 curds and

00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:55.180
 honey when

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 he knows how

00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.539
 to refuse the

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 evil and

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.420
 choose the

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 good.

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 For before

00:17:58.799 --> 00:17:59.460
 the boy knows

00:17:59.460 --> 00:17:59.799
 how to

00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.379
 refuse the

00:18:00.379 --> 00:18:00.839
 evil and

00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.279
 choose the

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:01.460
 good,

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.039
 the land

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.920
 whose two

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.460
 kings you

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:03.879
 dread will

00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:04.420
 be deserted.

00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:05.859
 Now,

00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.279
 just sort of

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 pause there.

00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:07.980
 It depends a

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.339
 little bit on

00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:09.119
 the context,

00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.700
 but in one

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.480
 of the context,

00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:12.360
 the language

00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:12.960
 of curds

00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:13.440
 and honey

00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:14.299
 is a

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:14.620
 reference,

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.000
 and that's

00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:15.440
 the reference

00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:15.720
 here,

00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:16.740
 is a reference

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.779
 to devastation.

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.400
 It's a reference

00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:20.259
 to the fact

00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:20.819
 that what you

00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:21.519
 really need,

00:18:21.580 --> 00:18:22.000
 you just have

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 one little,

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 you have a

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.160
 couple of

00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:23.500
 goats,

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.539
 and you need

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.400
 to just be,

00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.080
 all you can

00:18:26.080 --> 00:18:26.559
 do is just

00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:27.259
 basically eat

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:28.140
 found stuff.

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 You have your

00:18:28.600 --> 00:18:29.140
 goats that you

00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:29.920
 keep alive,

00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:30.940
 because goats

00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:32.000
 can survive,

00:18:32.080 --> 00:18:32.400
 they're very

00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:32.860
 hardy,

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.640
 and you're just

00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:34.700
 surviving on

00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.220
 their milk and

00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:35.720
 the honey that

00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:36.360
 you can find.

00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:38.479
 It's an image

00:18:38.479 --> 00:18:38.799
 in this

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.779
 particular case

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:41.899
 of great

00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.479
 hardship.

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.740
 And what he's

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.459
 saying is that

00:18:45.459 --> 00:18:46.419
 there's a boy

00:18:46.419 --> 00:18:47.039
 who's going to

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.539
 be born,

00:18:47.699 --> 00:18:48.339
 and before the

00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:49.039
 boy, in a sense,

00:18:49.139 --> 00:18:50.079
 reaches the age

00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:51.939
 of being able

00:18:51.939 --> 00:18:52.799
 to make moral

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.859
 decisions that

00:18:53.859 --> 00:18:54.419
 are binding,

00:18:54.679 --> 00:18:55.219
 which let's say

00:18:55.219 --> 00:18:55.939
 would be around

00:18:55.939 --> 00:18:56.459
 12,

00:18:56.639 --> 00:18:57.279
 before this

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.839
 happens,

00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:58.839
 the nations

00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.559
 that you fear,

00:19:00.699 --> 00:19:01.279
 they will no

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.899
 longer be a

00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.119
 worry.

00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:05.319
 Now,

00:19:05.939 --> 00:19:06.219
 so,

00:19:07.159 --> 00:19:07.719
 what,

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.619
 so,

00:19:08.679 --> 00:19:09.519
 so here's

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.119
 the issue.

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.899
 I could go all

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:12.500
 grammar nerd on

00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.959
 you at this

00:19:12.959 --> 00:19:13.519
 point in time,

00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:14.359
 but it's a sermon,

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.759
 not a grammar nerd

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.599
 lecture,

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 but basically what

00:19:18.159 --> 00:19:18.879
 happens is if you

00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:19.519
 look at the text

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:19.839
 very,

00:19:19.939 --> 00:19:20.099
 very,

00:19:20.159 --> 00:19:20.379
 very,

00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:21.379
 very carefully,

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.119
 what's happening

00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:23.619
 here is that

00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:24.179
 there's a,

00:19:24.179 --> 00:19:25.159
 there's a bit of

00:19:25.159 --> 00:19:25.939
 room in the

00:19:25.939 --> 00:19:27.139
 word virgin,

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 and there's a

00:19:28.659 --> 00:19:29.559
 subtle shift in

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.359
 the language,

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 and when you

00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:31.799
 combine that with

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.460
 the context,

00:19:32.659 --> 00:19:33.379
 what you see

00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:34.579
 is that God

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:38.000
 promises a

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:40.980
 sign for his

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.919
 time right then,

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.700
 for Ahaz,

00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:45.039
 but at the same

00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.519
 time that he

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.480
 promises a sign

00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:46.700
 that,

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.319
 that can be

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:47.919
 understood for

00:19:47.919 --> 00:19:48.180
 right,

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:49.119
 right then,

00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:50.879
 he also,

00:19:52.379 --> 00:19:53.559
 it also would be

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:54.240
 obvious to

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:55.019
 everybody that

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:56.240
 that couldn't be

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.819
 all of the

00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:57.279
 sign,

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:59.099
 because the

00:19:59.099 --> 00:19:59.599
 sign,

00:19:59.919 --> 00:20:00.639
 that sign

00:20:00.639 --> 00:20:01.419
 isn't as

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:01.960
 deep as

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:03.100
 hell and

00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:03.580
 as high

00:20:03.580 --> 00:20:04.160
 as heaven,

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.680
 that there's,

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.620
 like that

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.519
 language and

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.820
 the other

00:20:07.820 --> 00:20:08.400
 language that

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:09.500
 goes on implies

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.259
 that there has

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.880
 to be a

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:12.000
 later fulfillment

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.560
 that is

00:20:12.560 --> 00:20:12.980
 greater,

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.240
 and it comes

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.620
 with this

00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:15.259
 subtle shift

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.800
 of boy,

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.420
 so here's the

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:17.660
 thing,

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.320
 the fundamental

00:20:18.320 --> 00:20:18.900
 meaning of

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.400
 virgin is

00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:19.800
 virgin,

00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:21.480
 but it also

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:21.860
 has,

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.259
 in a sense,

00:20:22.320 --> 00:20:22.800
 a secondary

00:20:22.800 --> 00:20:23.279
 meaning,

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.060
 that it could

00:20:24.060 --> 00:20:24.660
 just mean a

00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:24.900
 woman,

00:20:25.080 --> 00:20:25.620
 a young woman

00:20:25.620 --> 00:20:25.960
 who's a

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.500
 virgin right

00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:26.740
 now,

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.340
 but isn't a

00:20:27.340 --> 00:20:27.960
 virgin when she

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.580
 has a boy,

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.419
 it goes from

00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:30.059
 child to

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.319
 boy,

00:20:30.639 --> 00:20:31.839
 and what

00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:32.279
 he's saying

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:32.659
 is that

00:20:32.659 --> 00:20:33.339
 right now,

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.839
 within 12

00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.399
 years,

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.559
 within the

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.179
 time that a

00:20:38.179 --> 00:20:38.419
 boy,

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.639
 even in the

00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:40.059
 midst of

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.859
 devastation,

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.579
 is old

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.059
 enough that

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.460
 he can be

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:43.179
 held responsible

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:43.639
 for his

00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:44.619
 moral decisions,

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.919
 Syria and

00:20:46.919 --> 00:20:47.460
 the northern

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.179
 kingdom of

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:48.819
 Israel will

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.539
 not be a

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:49.980
 concern,

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:52.099
 and that

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:53.299
 prophecy came

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.679
 true.

00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:57.039
 within two

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.400
 years,

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.080
 Syria was

00:20:58.080 --> 00:20:58.640
 destroyed,

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:01.259
 and in

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.840
 less than a

00:21:01.840 --> 00:21:02.560
 dozen years,

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.400
 not only was

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:03.840
 the northern

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.360
 kingdom

00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:04.980
 destroyed,

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.560
 it was

00:21:05.560 --> 00:21:06.120
 destroyed,

00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:06.700
 destroyed,

00:21:06.840 --> 00:21:07.240
 destroyed,

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.779
 destroyed,

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.340
 destroyed,

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:08.860
 destroyed.

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:10.860
 There are,

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.420
 in fact,

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.360
 every Jewish

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:12.980
 person you

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:14.120
 meet is

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:16.600
 descended from

00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:17.160
 either the

00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:17.680
 tribe of

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:17.960
 Levi,

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.560
 Benjamin,

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.080
 or Judah,

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.840
 because all

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.259
 of the other

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.500
 tribes were

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.200
 lost,

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.380
 in 722

00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:25.279
 when Assyria

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.000
 crushed the

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.819
 northern kingdom

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.920
 and carried

00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:28.340
 the Jewish

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.000
 people away

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.519
 to vanish

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.220
 into history.

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.980
 You see,

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:35.059
 if you think

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.580
 about it for

00:21:35.580 --> 00:21:35.920
 a second,

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:36.360
 you know,

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.840
 just because

00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:38.480
 they didn't

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.259
 have TikTok

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.880
 and flush

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.880
 toilets didn't

00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.400
 mean people

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:42.860
 back then

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.259
 were dumb.

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:44.539
 In fact,

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:44.819
 there's an

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.279
 argument that

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.420
 would be

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:45.860
 made that

00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:46.559
 TikTok is

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.080
 making you

00:21:47.080 --> 00:21:48.180
 dumber than

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.660
 they were.

00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:51.240
 Bit of an

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.860
 aside point,

00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:52.840
 TikTok

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.339
 doesn't

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:53.740
 raise your

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.079
 IQ.

00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:55.579
 Probably

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.419
 lowers it,

00:21:57.619 --> 00:21:58.059
 as with

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.639
 most social

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:58.980
 media.

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.379
 And if

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:02.459
 Isaiah just

00:22:02.459 --> 00:22:03.500
 made prophecies

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.039
 and all of

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.539
 them were for

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.579
 700 years in

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.059
 the future,

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:07.179
 or 2,700

00:22:07.179 --> 00:22:07.959
 years in the

00:22:07.959 --> 00:22:08.240
 future,

00:22:08.419 --> 00:22:09.079
 or 3,000

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.619
 years in the

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:09.859
 future,

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.379
 who on earth

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:10.699
 would have

00:22:10.699 --> 00:22:11.259
 believed him

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.619
 or kept

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.159
 his book?

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.779
 He had to

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.220
 be having

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.939
 prophecies

00:22:14.939 --> 00:22:15.779
 fulfilled that

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.519
 were fulfilled

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.240
 right then,

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.759
 and that's

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.220
 what happened

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.919
 in his life.

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.439
 Like,

00:22:20.459 --> 00:22:21.119
 this profound

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:21.519
 thing,

00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:22.379
 the Syrian

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:23.000
 threat that

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.340
 he so

00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:24.200
 dreaded was

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.780
 completely

00:22:24.780 --> 00:22:25.300
 removed,

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.580
 and the

00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:26.820
 threat from

00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.300
 Israel was

00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:27.880
 completely

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.600
 removed.

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.540
 But at

00:22:31.540 --> 00:22:31.860
 the same

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:32.160
 time,

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.640
 when people

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:33.140
 saw that,

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.580
 they said,

00:22:34.020 --> 00:22:34.280
 okay,

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:34.480
 well,

00:22:34.540 --> 00:22:34.920
 that's like,

00:22:35.020 --> 00:22:35.260
 whoa,

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:35.660
 like,

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.100
 who would

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:36.440
 have seen

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.180
 that coming?

00:22:38.100 --> 00:22:38.640
 But at

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.000
 the same

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.260
 time,

00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:39.620
 they go,

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:40.380
 yeah,

00:22:40.520 --> 00:22:40.720
 yeah,

00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.040
 yeah,

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:41.320
 yeah,

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:41.600
 yeah,

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:41.820
 yeah,

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.060
 yeah,

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.380
 you know,

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.160
 but that's

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.600
 not a

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:46.040
 sign that's

00:22:46.040 --> 00:22:46.460
 as deep

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.160
 as hell

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:47.560
 and as

00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:48.040
 high as

00:22:48.040 --> 00:22:48.360
 heaven.

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:49.599
 they were

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:49.959
 already

00:22:49.959 --> 00:22:50.740
 familiar with

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.679
 people as

00:22:51.679 --> 00:22:52.519
 a people that

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.059
 God made

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.799
 promises that

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.139
 would be

00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:54.919
 fulfilled right

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.399
 in the here

00:22:55.399 --> 00:22:55.779
 and now,

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.319
 but also

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.099
 pointed down

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.659
 history.

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.759
 And so it

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:02.839
 was that

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.539
 Matthew makes

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.099
 his profound

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.759
 announcement,

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.779
 and I'm sorry,

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.199
 but it's not

00:23:07.199 --> 00:23:07.559
 going to be up

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.039
 on the screen

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.500
 because I

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.019
 forgot to

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.419
 send the

00:23:09.419 --> 00:23:10.399
 text to

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:10.759
 the tech

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.719
 people to

00:23:11.719 --> 00:23:12.139
 put it on

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.459
 screen,

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:12.939
 but listen

00:23:12.939 --> 00:23:13.299
 to how

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.000
 Matthew chapter

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.839
 one goes

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:17.940
 like this,

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.559
 verse 18

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.200
 to 25,

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.539
 now the

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:19.960
 birth of

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.599
 Jesus Christ

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.160
 took place

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.720
 in this way

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.059
 when his

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.680
 mother Mary

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.099
 had been

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.660
 betrothed

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.180
 to Joseph

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:25.240
 before they

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.980
 came together,

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.880
 in other words,

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.339
 before they

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:27.819
 came together

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.339
 sexually,

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.240
 she was

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.619
 found to

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:29.940
 be with

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.660
 child from

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:30.980
 the Holy

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.400
 Spirit.

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.819
 She had

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.200
 a virgin

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.640
 birth.

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.640
 She wasn't

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.099
 a virgin

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.819
 who married

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.380
 and then

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:37.539
 had sexual

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.059
 knowledge

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.640
 and then

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.299
 gave birth.

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.099
 She never

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.799
 had sexual

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.359
 knowledge

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.200
 and she

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.519
 became

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.960
 pregnant.

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:47.960
 Before they

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.299
 came to

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:48.900
 be together,

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.460
 she was

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.779
 found to

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.039
 be with

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.519
 child from

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:50.819
 the Holy

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.380
 Spirit and

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:51.819
 her husband

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.259
 Joseph,

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.759
 being a

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.400
 just man

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:53.799
 and unwilling

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.160
 to put

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.400
 her to

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.740
 shame,

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.180
 resolved to

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.700
 divorce her

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.180
 quietly.

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.539
 But as he

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.319
 considered those

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.619
 things,

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.039
 behold,

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.660
 an angel of

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:00.900
 the Lord

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.539
 appeared to

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.059
 him in a

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.400
 dream,

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.460
 saying,

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.380
 Joseph,

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.200
 son of

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.720
 David.

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.559
 Notice

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.779
 that?

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.579
 House of

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:07.880
 David.

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.680
 Ahaz's

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.319
 actions,

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.660
 as we're

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.039
 going to see

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.680
 in a moment,

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:14.340
 began the

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:15.060
 process that

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.620
 ended the

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.039
 house of

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.420
 David,

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.180
 apparently,

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:18.220
 from being

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.620
 able to

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:18.880
 rule.

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.680
 Joseph,

00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:22.140
 son of

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.380
 David,

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:22.820
 do not

00:24:22.820 --> 00:24:23.340
 fear to

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.840
 take Mary

00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:24.220
 as your

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.560
 wife,

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.039
 for that

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.539
 which is

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.019
 conceived

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.500
 in her

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.180
 is from

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.080
 the Holy

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:28.500
 Spirit.

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.000
 She will

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.519
 bear a

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:30.799
 son,

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.720
 and you

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.200
 shall call

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.660
 his name

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.080
 Jesus,

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.720
 which means

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.799
 God saves,

00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:36.820
 for he

00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.759
 will save

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.460
 his people

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.060
 from their

00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:39.560
 sins.

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.639
 God

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.559
 saves.

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:41.619
 And then

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:41.940
 Matthew

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.220
 says,

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.619
 all this

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.159
 took place

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:43.779
 to fulfill

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.200
 what the

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.659
 Lord had

00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:45.220
 spoken by

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.779
 the prophet.

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.579
 What had

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.019
 he spoken?

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.639
 Behold,

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.200
 the virgin

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.079
 shall conceive

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.480
 and bear

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.940
 a son,

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.319
 and they

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.799
 shall call

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.399
 his name

00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:52.319
 Emmanuel,

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.179
 which means

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:54.720
 God with

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.059
 us.

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.339
 When

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.940
 Joseph woke

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.500
 from sleep,

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:57.980
 he did as

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.440
 the angel

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.700
 of the

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.339
 Lord commanded

00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.539
 him.

00:24:59.639 --> 00:24:59.839
 He took

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.319
 his wife,

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:00.700
 but knew

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.139
 her not

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:01.599
 until she

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:01.899
 had given

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.339
 birth to

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.799
 a son,

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.179
 and he

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.659
 called

00:25:03.659 --> 00:25:04.759
 the son's

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.099
 name

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.599
 Jesus.

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:06.799
 God

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.359
 saves.

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:12.479
 Now,

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.379
 some of

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:13.519
 you are

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:13.639
 saying,

00:25:13.699 --> 00:25:13.859
 George,

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.139
 you said

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.319
 you were

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.479
 going to

00:25:14.479 --> 00:25:14.879
 talk about

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.439
 doom and

00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:15.839
 judgment.

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.419
 I haven't

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:17.679
 heard,

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.199
 I don't

00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:18.519
 know why

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:18.719
 on earth

00:25:18.719 --> 00:25:19.079
 you said

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.279
 that.

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:19.559
 Is that

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:19.839
 just one

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.059
 of those

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.599
 cheap

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.079
 things you

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.299
 did at

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.679
 the beginning

00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:22.079
 as a

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.699
 teaser to

00:25:22.699 --> 00:25:23.019
 get our

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.459
 attention?

00:25:24.459 --> 00:25:24.659
 No,

00:25:24.719 --> 00:25:25.019
 look at

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.719
 verse 17.

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.219
 Go back

00:25:26.219 --> 00:25:26.639
 to Isaiah

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.379
 chapter 7

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:27.679
 and look

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:28.519
 at verse 17.

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:28.939
 And this

00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:29.519
 is a very

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.399
 profound

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:32.219
 insight

00:25:32.219 --> 00:25:33.299
 about the

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.599
 human

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.219
 condition.

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:37.019
 So,

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.740
 it hasn't

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.380
 been revealed

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.259
 that Assyria,

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.160
 that Ahaz

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.720
 has already

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.380
 paid off

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.940
 Assyria,

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.299
 that he's

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.900
 already made

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.500
 himself a

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.059
 vassal

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:46.140
 to Assyria.

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.480
 But look

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.400
 at verse 17.

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:48.980
 Okay,

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.480
 because the

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:49.960
 land's going

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.180
 to be

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.559
 deserted

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.819
 and there's

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.380
 this image

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:52.799
 of the

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.600
 devastation.

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:53.980
 There's still

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.299
 going to be

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.920
 devastation

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.299
 that Israel

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.759
 has to

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.140
 face.

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.460
 Verse 17,

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.920
 the Lord

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.339
 will bring

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.960
 upon you

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.440
 and upon

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.039
 your people

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.519
 and upon

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.180
 your father's

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.380
 house.

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.940
 Notice that?

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.019
 Upon you,

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.640
 upon your

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.000
 house,

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.319
 and upon

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:05.039
 your people.

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.140
 Such days

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.440
 as have

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.160
 not come

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.660
 since the

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.039
 day that

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.559
 Ephraim,

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.400
 that's another

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.819
 name for

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.279
 Israel,

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.000
 departed from

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.279
 Judah.

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.480
 What's this

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.359
 terrible doom?

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.559
 The king

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:17.099
 of Assyria.

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.200
 Now,

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.440
 what's

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.920
 happening here?

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:23.039
 His hope

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.880
 and confidence

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:26.200
 is his

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.539
 doom.

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.920
 His hope

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:33.420
 and confidence

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.880
 is his

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.240
 doom.

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.240
 If there

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.519
 was a

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:40.779
 point,

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.000
 it would

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:42.160
 be this.

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.840
 Apart

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:44.120
 from God's

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.700
 grace in

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.180
 Christ,

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:47.140
 your hope

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.860
 is in

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.920
 fact your

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.340
 doom.

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.500
 See,

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.039
 one of the

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.480
 things that

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.000
 people have

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.400
 about the

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.900
 doctrine of

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:55.200
 judgment in

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.759
 Christianity

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.240
 and about

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.800
 hell is that

00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.840
 we often say,

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.300
 yeah, yeah, yeah,

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.779
 yeah, yeah, yeah,

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.200
 I mean, this is

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.799
 just completely

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.180
 and utterly

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.480
 fair.

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.099
 Here I am

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.419
 wanting to

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:01.639
 live a

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.000
 completely

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.379
 and utterly

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:02.919
 fine and

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.519
 normal life

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.359
 and God

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.419
 grabs me

00:27:05.419 --> 00:27:05.819
 by the

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.220
 hair and

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.359
 drags me

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.740
 off to

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.220
 this place

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.819
 and inflicts

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.240
 all of

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.440
 these

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.079
 tortures

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.599
 upon me

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:10.859
 and this

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.399
 is a

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:11.899
 completely

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.859
 abhorrent

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.379
 image.

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.819
 No, no,

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.139
 no, no,

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.559
 no, no,

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.740
 no, no,

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:17.859
 no.

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:21.119
 What if

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:22.000
 happens

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:23.299
 in judgment

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.399
 is that

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:25.240
 God says

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:27.019
 your will

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.839
 be done.

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.740
 All your

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.359
 life you've

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.819
 wanted to

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.419
 serve money,

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.399
 you will

00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:34.099
 spend eternity

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.959
 serving money.

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:36.799
 All your

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:38.139
 life you

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.799
 were concerned

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.579
 about maintaining

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.459
 your appearance,

00:27:42.199 --> 00:27:43.699
 all you'll

00:27:43.699 --> 00:27:44.179
 do is

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:44.740
 try to

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.179
 manage your

00:27:45.179 --> 00:27:45.559
 appearance

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:45.879
 for all

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.279
 eternity.

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:48.039
 all your

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.660
 life you've

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.099
 just wanted

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.660
 power,

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.399
 well that's

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:50.819
 just what

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.059
 you're going

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.359
 to have,

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.639
 it's going

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.139
 to consume

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.319
 you,

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.599
 it's going

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:52.879
 to eat

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.220
 you up,

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.519
 it's going

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.859
 to spit

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.220
 you out,

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.680
 you can't

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:54.960
 live in

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.480
 a universe,

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.579
 you can't

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.339
 live in

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:57.819
 eternity

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:59.099
 with a

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.920
 billion people

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.399
 who all

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:00.759
 want to be

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.180
 the center

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.440
 of the

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.960
 universe,

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:04.000
 that means

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.359
 you're just

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.680
 going to be

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.180
 locked up

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.859
 by yourself

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.440
 and your

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.000
 desire to

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.480
 have that

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:07.859
 which you

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.160
 can't

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.660
 possibly

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.559
 ever have

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.259
 because that's

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.660
 just not

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.319
 reality,

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.460
 that will

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.099
 eat you

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.539
 up.

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.139
 Your

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.960
 hope

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.720
 apart from

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.220
 Christ

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.500
 is your

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.860
 doom.

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.720
 We already

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.079
 see it on

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.340
 this side

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.620
 of life,

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.000
 don't we?

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.420
 We see

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:24.920
 marriages

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.600
 messed up

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.299
 because people

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.240
 have wanted

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.559
 to serve

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.220
 their sexual

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.900
 appetites,

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.600
 to serve

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:31.000
 money,

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.600
 to serve

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.140
 career,

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.559
 to serve

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.079
 all sorts

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.700
 of foolish

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.579
 things,

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.600
 to maybe

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.440
 serve a

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.880
 political

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:39.140
 party or a

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.720
 business that

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.400
 just chews you

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.079
 up and spits

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.420
 you out,

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.819
 and we see

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.200
 it already

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.819
 even on this

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.180
 side of the

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.460
 grave,

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.019
 and that's

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.759
 this profound

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.220
 thing.

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.920
 But some

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.259
 of you might

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.420
 say,

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:47.680
 George,

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:47.940
 are you

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.299
 saying that

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.900
 Christians are

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.160
 better?

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.539
 Are you

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.139
 saying that

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:52.240
 that's not

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.859
 your case?

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.240
 Are you

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.539
 saying,

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.000
 George,

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:55.039
 that you

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.700
 and other

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.680
 Christians like

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:56.920
 you,

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.279
 that you

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.859
 somehow or

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:59.160
 another aren't

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.779
 like this,

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.359
 that you just

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.960
 have the right

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.500
 types of

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.940
 desires,

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.379
 and you're

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:02.839
 able to

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.079
 repent?

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.420
 No,

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.579
 no,

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:03.720
 no,

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.000
 no,

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.240
 no,

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.420
 no,

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.559
 no,

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:04.680
 no,

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:04.759
 no,

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.139
 that's not

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.440
 what this

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.839
 text is

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.240
 all about.

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.759
 The text is

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.240
 that I

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.460
 desperately need

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.220
 this good news

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.839
 from God,

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.579
 a good news

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.079
 that will go

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.779
 down to the

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.299
 depths of

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.159
 hell and

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:15.579
 the heights

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.059
 of heaven.

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:18.099
 I need one

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.919
 who can both

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.699
 deal with the

00:29:19.699 --> 00:29:20.220
 depths of

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.839
 hell and the

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.319
 heights of

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.579
 heaven,

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.500
 but will be

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.359
 with me

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:24.240
 and with

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.519
 you.

00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:25.279
 That's what

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.019
 I need.

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.859
 That's what

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.519
 I need.

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:29.740
 You see,

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.240
 the fact of

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.500
 the matter

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.859
 is,

00:29:30.939 --> 00:29:31.659
 is what,

00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:32.179
 remember how

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:32.819
 the text

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.599
 all began?

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.599
 The Lord

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.819
 offers grace

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.619
 to the

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.220
 unworthy

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:38.319
 Ahaz.

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:39.879
 And the

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.240
 fact of

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.480
 the matter

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.879
 is,

00:29:40.939 --> 00:29:41.299
 is that

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.720
 the Lord

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.279
 does not

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.919
 need my

00:29:42.919 --> 00:29:43.819
 worthiness,

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:45.019
 I need

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.980
 his grace.

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.539
 You,

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.339
 the Lord

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.759
 does not

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.379
 need your

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.079
 worthiness,

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.899
 you need

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:53.099
 his grace.

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.319
 And the

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.779
 good news

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.079
 of the

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.599
 gospel

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:58.039
 isn't,

00:29:59.579 --> 00:29:59.839
 well,

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.279
 read this

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.899
 text and

00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:01.259
 go ahead

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.720
 and do it.

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.099
 No,

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.259
 no,

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.399
 no,

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.659
 no,

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:02.819
 no,

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.000
 no,

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.059
 no.

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.399
 You see,

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.000
 what happens

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.359
 is,

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.059
 you know,

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.839
 I've never

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:07.119
 swam,

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.740
 been caught

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.119
 up in a

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.539
 riptide,

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.000
 I've heard

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.519
 about them,

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:09.720
 and I,

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:09.919
 you know,

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.720
 I know there's

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.319
 places on the

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.779
 Ottawa River

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.139
 you're not

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:12.599
 supposed to

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.179
 swim because

00:30:13.179 --> 00:30:13.639
 there's these

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.500
 deadly currents,

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.359
 and I know

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.759
 that very

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.639
 strong swimmers

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.159
 can go there

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.480
 and they can

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.200
 capture it

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.740
 by currents

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.119
 and they can

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.700
 be dragged

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.679
 down and

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:22.159
 they can

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:23.279
 go to their

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.859
 doom even

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.119
 though they're

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.399
 very,

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:24.960
 very strong

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.379
 swimmers,

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.000
 and the

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.500
 message of

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.980
 the gospel

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.559
 is not

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.159
 that when

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:28.679
 I am

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:29.339
 caught in

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.220
 the riptide

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.679
 and the

00:30:30.679 --> 00:30:31.279
 currents

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.200
 of my

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.980
 desires

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.639
 that will

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.119
 be my

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.679
 doom,

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.500
 that God

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.160
 calls down

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.720
 from heaven

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.200
 and says,

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:38.440
 swim like

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.200
 this.

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.100
 Well,

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:42.000
 that's useless

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.799
 advice.

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:46.080
 I will

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.700
 still be

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.560
 consumed by

00:30:47.560 --> 00:30:48.259
 the riptide,

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:48.980
 the currents

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.480
 of my

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.539
 desires

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.360
 apart from

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.940
 Christ?

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.860
 No.

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.400
 I have

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.820
 one who

00:30:58.820 --> 00:30:59.200
 is both

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.920
 very humble

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.580
 but very,

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.539
 very strong,

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:03.779
 who jumps

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.279
 into the

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.899
 riptide of

00:31:04.899 --> 00:31:05.139
 my

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.779
 currents

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:09.000
 and is

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.440
 right in

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:09.779
 in my

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.240
 mess

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:12.839
 and I

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.159
 cannot

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.819
 fight

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:15.220
 the power

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.819
 of the

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.379
 currents

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.019
 of my

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.639
 desires

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.740
 that are

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.000
 my

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.420
 doom

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.659
 but I

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:21.119
 have a

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.819
 strong and

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.619
 certain hope

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.500
 and his

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.899
 name is

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.299
 Jesus

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.359
 and he

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:25.859
 is God

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.500
 with us

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.319
 and he

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.700
 jumps

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.500
 into the

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.059
 currents

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:30.140
 of my

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.680
 desire

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.539
 that will

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.240
 doom me

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:34.099
 and he

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:35.279
 rescues

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.960
 me.

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.220
 That is

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.819
 my hope

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.400
 in life

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:39.940
 and death.

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.740
 I have

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.220
 no other.

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.799
 I cannot

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.319
 swim.

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:48.319
 I need

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.720
 one who

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.019
 can.

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:55.679
 And

00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:55.960
 Jesus

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.480
 comes

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.919
 amongst

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:57.359
 us

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.159
 in human

00:31:58.159 --> 00:31:58.659
 history.

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.700
 He is

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.079
 not a

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.519
 deistic

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.339
 or amorphous

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.879
 God.

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.679
 God

00:32:02.679 --> 00:32:02.919
 who is

00:32:02.919 --> 00:32:03.339
 everywhere

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.019
 is another

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.379
 way of

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.759
 saying that

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:04.919
 he is

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.299
 nowhere.

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:07.039
 Little

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.500
 pointer.

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.700
 You say

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.019
 God is

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.339
 everywhere,

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:09.980
 you have

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.319
 just said

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.500
 he is

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.799
 nowhere.

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.079
 He is

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.279
 not

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.700
 distant.

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.539
 He

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.259
 comes

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:17.440
 with us

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.759
 and he

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.000
 lived

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.379
 amongst

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:18.879
 us.

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.259
 And

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.640
 because

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.039
 of who

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.319
 he is,

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.559
 because

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:20.759
 he is

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.319
 God

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.879
 with us,

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.359
 he can

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.879
 transcend

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.920
 time and

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.519
 history and

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.819
 he can

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.220
 be with

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.599
 you and

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.059
 with me.

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.980
 The death

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.500
 he dies,

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:28.960
 he dies

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.579
 with me.

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.279
 He dies

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.640
 in a

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:30.839
 sense

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:32.740
 for the

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.299
 currents

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.879
 in my

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.579
 life that

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.220
 I cannot

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.879
 fix.

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:37.200
 And he

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.660
 dies on

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.180
 the cross

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.740
 for me and

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.660
 he understands

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.299
 those currents.

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.119
 He bears

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.839
 them and

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:43.039
 he rises

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.519
 from the

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.000
 dead having

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.460
 defeated

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.759
 them.

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.299
 And he

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.759
 is with

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.140
 me and

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.579
 it's now

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:46.980
 his

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.539
 righteousness

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:47.900
 that

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.279
 closes

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.720
 me,

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.259
 clothes

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.779
 me and

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.480
 it's

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.900
 his

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.319
 taking

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.619
 my

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.019
 place

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.240
 that

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.859
 pardons

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.220
 me.

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.920
 And he

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.319
 is with

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.759
 me now.

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.039
 You know,

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.220
 there's

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.599
 wonderful

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.460
 words from

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.119
 that great

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.720
 old hymn,

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.119
 Great is

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.299
 Thy

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.859
 Faithfulness.

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:01.160
 Pardon

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.859
 from sin

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.140
 and a

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.400
 peace

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.579
 that

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.180
 endureth

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:04.940
 your own

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.220
 dear

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.920
 presence

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.920
 to cheer

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.839
 and to

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.240
 guide.

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.559
 That is

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.079
 Emmanuel.

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.259
 That is

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.839
 God with

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.200
 us.

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.700
 your own

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.000
 dear

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.519
 presence

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.160
 to cheer

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.980
 and to

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.279
 guide.

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.539
 I want

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.019
 to close

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.580
 by saying

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:22.000
 the words

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.279
 of a

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.620
 Christmas

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.080
 carol.

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.619
 it's the

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.480
 last verse

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.079
 of a

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.259
 little

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.599
 town

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:25.759
 of

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.359
 Bethlehem.

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.419
 Listen

00:33:27.419 --> 00:33:27.699
 to how

00:33:27.699 --> 00:33:28.199
 profound

00:33:28.199 --> 00:33:28.779
 it is.

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.379
 I'm not

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.579
 going to

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:30.759
 attempt

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.119
 to sing

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:31.299
 it.

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.039
 O

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.460
 holy

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.919
 child

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:34.179
 of

00:33:34.179 --> 00:33:35.000
 Bethlehem,

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:35.679
 right,

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.279
 Emmanuel,

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.439
 descend

00:33:37.439 --> 00:33:38.019
 to us

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.579
 we pray.

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:39.699
 Cast

00:33:39.699 --> 00:33:40.379
 out our

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:40.839
 sin

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.839
 and enter

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.240
 in.

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.159
 Be

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:43.619
 born

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:44.519
 in us

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.139
 today.

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.039
 We

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.579
 hear the

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:46.980
 Christmas

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.639
 angels

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.599
 the great

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.099
 glad

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.659
 tidings

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.059
 tell.

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:50.899
 O

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.599
 come to

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.000
 us,

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.839
 abide

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.160
 with

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.559
 us,

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.279
 our

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.819
 Lord

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.880
 Emmanuel.

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.299
 That

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.240
 is

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.779
 the

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.259
 gospel.

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.839
 That

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.440
 is the

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.640
 good

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.059
 news.

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.440
 For

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.700
 those

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.160
 of us

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:05.019
 who

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.380
 believe

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.839
 and trust

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:05.980
 in

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.380
 Emmanuel

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:06.799
 today

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.099
 is an

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.519
 opportunity

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.039
 to say

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.320
 Lord

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:08.739
 Jesus

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.300
 thank you

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.880
 so much

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:11.320
 that you

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.679
 did not

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.139
 come for

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.280
 the

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.559
 worthy

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:12.980
 but for

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.119
 the

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.579
 unworthy.

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.380
 I

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.539
 am

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.019
 unworthy

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:17.639
 and I

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:17.780
 am

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.159
 yours.

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.559
 Be

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.000
 Emmanuel

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.500
 with me

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.719
 every

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:20.980
 day.

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.280
 Every

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.480
 day

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:22.920
 until I

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.219
 see you

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.559
 face to

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:23.900
 face.

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:24.880
 And if

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.079
 you are

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.480
 here and

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.699
 you have

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:25.900
 not

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.139
 known

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.400
 him

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.599
 then

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:26.920
 just

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.659
 look up

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:28.860
 those

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.199
 last

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.599
 words

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.019
 of a

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.159
 little

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.440
 town

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.579
 of

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.099
 Bethlehem

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.960
 and

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.320
 make it

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.519
 your

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.059
 conversion

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.579
 prayer.

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.820
 Let's

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.179
 stand.

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.539
 I'm

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.699
 going to

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:38.960
 say it

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.260
 again.

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.460
 For

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.820
 some of

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.059
 you it

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.599
 can be

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:41.239
 an act

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.699
 of just

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.699
 remembrance

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.440
 of Christ

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:43.760
 and a

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.400
 recommitment

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.900
 to Christ

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.239
 and for

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.599
 some it

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.059
 can be

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.639
 an

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:46.920
 entering

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.199
 into

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:47.619
 Christ

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.019
 or

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.300
 having

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:48.539
 him

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:48.800
 enter

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:49.019
 into

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.239
 you.

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.199
 O

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.500
 holy

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.099
 child of

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.759
 Bethlehem

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.259
 descend

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.799
 to us

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.319
 we pray

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:54.119
 cast out

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.619
 our sin

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.119
 and enter

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.799
 in be

00:34:55.799 --> 00:34:56.219
 born in

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.779
 us today.

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.819
 We hear

00:34:57.819 --> 00:34:58.339
 the Christmas

00:34:58.339 --> 00:34:58.880
 angels

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.480
 the great

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.279
 glad tidings

00:35:00.279 --> 00:35:00.659
 tell

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:02.019
 O come

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.599
 to us

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.159
 abide

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.819
 with us

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.599
 my

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.219
 Lord

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:05.839
 our

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:06.319
 Lord

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:06.980
 Emmanuel.

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.779
 Father we

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.159
 ask that

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.500
 your Holy

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.940
 Spirit

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:11.019
 would grip

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.380
 us with

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.619
 this

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.519
 profound

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.059
 gospel

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.460
 message

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.079
 and help

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.400
 us to

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.599
 live

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.179
 every day

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.539
 knowing

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.980
 that our

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.239
 sins

00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:16.579
 have been

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.259
 pardoned

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:18.420
 that we

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.839
 can then

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:19.579
 confess our

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.079
 new and

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.759
 daily sins

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.100
 to you

00:35:21.100 --> 00:35:21.380
 knowing

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.680
 that they

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:21.780
 have

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.040
 already

00:35:22.040 --> 00:35:22.260
 been

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.880
 pardoned

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.060
 by

00:35:23.060 --> 00:35:23.560
 Emmanuel

00:35:23.560 --> 00:35:24.020
 who

00:35:24.020 --> 00:35:24.660
 lived

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:24.920
 with

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.200
 us

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:25.420
 and

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.560
 entered

00:35:26.560 --> 00:35:26.840
 into

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.100
 our

00:35:27.100 --> 00:35:27.780
 life

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:27.980
 and

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.260
 died

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.820
 for us

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.820
 and help

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:29.980
 us

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.520
 Father to

00:35:30.520 --> 00:35:30.940
 live each

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.400
 day not

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:31.740
 on our

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.260
 own and

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.600
 not in

00:35:32.600 --> 00:35:32.940
 our own

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.400
 power

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:35.440
 but that

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.740
 we would

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.240
 walk with

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.700
 Emmanuel

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.340
 that he

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.660
 would be

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:37.920
 God

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.480
 with us

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.040
 that he

00:35:39.040 --> 00:35:39.280
 would

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:40.440
 heal

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.860
 our

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.400
 desires

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.060
 that he

00:35:42.060 --> 00:35:42.280
 would

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.800
 tame

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.040
 our

00:35:43.040 --> 00:35:43.580
 desires

00:35:43.580 --> 00:35:44.640
 that he

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:45.020
 would

00:35:45.020 --> 00:35:45.900
 inflame

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.460
 godly

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.980
 desires

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:48.760
 that he

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.200
 would make

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:49.580
 us more

00:35:49.580 --> 00:35:50.100
 human

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.319
 as we

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:52.059
 follow him

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:53.500
 and prepare

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.039
 to see you

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.480
 face to

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.839
 face

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:56.099
 and enter

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.460
 into the

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.900
 new heaven

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.259
 and the

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:57.639
 new earth

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:57.940
 for all

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.279
 eternity

00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:59.219
 and we

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.619
 ask this

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.000
 in the name

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.440
 of Jesus

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:00.960
 your son

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.279
 and our

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:01.619
 savior

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.639
 and all

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:02.960
 God's

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.619
 people said

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.819
 amen

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:04.839
 amen

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:06.840
 You