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 Luke chapter 1, and we're reading from verses 57 through to 80, which is the end of the chapter.

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 Zechariah is being struck dumb because he didn't believe Gabriel when Gabriel told him that he and his wife, as an aged couple, they were going to have a baby.

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 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.

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 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

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 And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they would have called him Zechariah after his father.

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 But his mother answered, No, he shall be called John.

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 And they said to her, None of your relatives is called by this name.

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 And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called.

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 And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, His name is John.

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 And they all wondered.

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 And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, Blessing God.

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 And fear came on all their neighbors.

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 And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea.

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 And all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What then will this child be?

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 For the hand of the Lord was with him.

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 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

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 for he has visited and redeemed his people, and raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

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 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

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 that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

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 to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,

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 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham,

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 to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,

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 might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

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 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High,

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 for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

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 to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins.

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 Because of the tender mercy of our God,

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 whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high,

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 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

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 to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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 And the child grew and became strong in spirit,

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 and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 For those who don't know me, my name's David.

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 I'm one of the pastors here.

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 Our world longs for peace.

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 Everywhere and every day,

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 we just see hostility and violence break out.

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 Rarely do we see peace break out.

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 But boy, we're used to seeing hostility and violence break out, aren't we?

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 From the biggest picture where it's war,

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 Ukraine and everywhere around the world.

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 Terrorist attacks,

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 conspiracy theories and the bloodshed and the mayhem they caused this week in Queensland.

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 Road rage.

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 Even coming down to the micro picture of our own families.

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 Hostility breaks out so quickly and so easily, doesn't it?

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 Even here at church, you can get into trouble for changing the sermon title,

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 mucking up small groups and, dare I say it, mucking up the children's title.

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 My goodness me.

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 So there's always a breakout, isn't there?

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 We long for peace.

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 We long for safety and stability and rest.

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 Peace and rest go together.

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 We just want to know that in our world of chaos,

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 that all is well for us.

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 Everywhere and every day,

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 I think therefore people are searching for peace.

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 Numerous different pathways

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 to just try and find that peace that is so critical to us,

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 to our sense of well-being in this world.

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 The problem is that most of the pathways our world offers us to peace

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 are so shallow and so fragile

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 that we know they're so easily lost.

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 And therefore, even as we chase for these peace things,

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 we're actually becoming more anxious and even depressed

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 because the things we look to for peace,

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 we just know could evaporate before us in just a moment.

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 Everywhere and every day,

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 people are looking for peace in the wrong direction.

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 But the historian Luke,

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 whose word we're looking at this morning,

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 he wrote a biography of the life of Jesus,

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 one of the four biographies.

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 Luke points us in a totally different direction

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 when it comes to the issue of peace.

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 He's convinced that he's discovered the secret,

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 unlocked the key to real peace, real safety,

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 real rest in this chaotic and uncertain world.

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 And remember, he's a historian,

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 and he promised that all his stuff was compiled

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 on the basis of solid research.

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 He says this stuff because he believes it.

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 He's got good reason to believe it.

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 Historical, substantial reasons to believe it.

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 And he believes that peace has come into our world

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 in the person of Jesus Christ.

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 He believes that peace,

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 the peace that everybody's looking for,

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 comes from God.

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 And that lovely phrase of having broken into our world

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 in the person of Jesus.

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 I said a minute ago that peace rarely breaks out.

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 Well, Luke's telling us this morning

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 that peace does break out.

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 It has broken out in our world.

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 And he showcases, therefore,

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 in the early part of his writings

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 around about the birth of Jesus,

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 he showcases several Christmas songs

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 inspired by Jesus,

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 some even before Jesus was born.

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 Last week we looked at Mary's song,

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 and that showcased God's grace and mercy.

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 Grace and mercy coming to us in our world

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 in Jesus.

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 And Zachariah's song this morning

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 we're going to look at

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 adds to that

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 because he adds not only to grace and mercy,

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 but he adds to the concept of peace.

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 The promise of peace.

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 Peace which God says he will establish.

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 Peace that God says he'll bring to us

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 in our world

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 through the kingdom of Jesus.

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 And that causes Zachariah to overflow

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 or burst into song.

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 That song, as I said last week,

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 doesn't necessarily mean it was sung.

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 It's just a picture of an overflow

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 of an expression of delight.

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 Oh, and thanks.

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 Because Jesus will deliver

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 the life of peace,

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 the life of rest,

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 the life of security

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 that we all long for.

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 Now just stop there at that point.

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 We'll dig into these concepts in a minute.

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 But just stop at that point

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 and just imagine that.

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 Imagine what Luke is telling us,

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 that we can have

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 a life of peace

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 without fear.

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 Wouldn't that make you want to sing?

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 Well, let's jump into the text

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 and see how Zachariah and Elizabeth

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 were blown away

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 by an immediate and personal experience

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 of God's grace,

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 mercy, and peace.

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 Now, by the way,

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 if you're a visitor

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 and you didn't get one of these,

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 you can just nab one

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 off the back table,

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 I think,

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 if there's any left.

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 Just a sermon outline,

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 some of the points I'll be saying.

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 So, go back to the stuff

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 that Gareth referred to

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 when he was doing the reading.

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 Go back to chapter 1,

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 verse 6 and 7.

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 And we'll just put this in context.

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 Chapter 1, verse 6.

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 Zachariah and Elizabeth,

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 Zachariah is a priest,

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 his wife Elizabeth,

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 they were both righteous before God,

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 walking blamelessly

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 in all the commandments

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 and statutes of the Lord.

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 But they had no child

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 because Elizabeth was born

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 and both were advanced in years.

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 There you are.

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 You've set yourself

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 in the whole of your life

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 to honour the Lord.

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 Connection back to Malachi again.

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 Yet, at the same time,

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 you were childless.

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 And so, what that meant for you

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 in those days

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 was you were living in shame.

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 Because in those days,

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 to be barn,

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 to be without child

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 as a couple,

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 was to be thought

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 to be under God's judgment,

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 to be people

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 under God's disfavour,

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 displeasure.

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 And so, you've got this

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 sort of terrible mix

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 for this couple,

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 determined to serve the Lord

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 and be glad

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 in their service of Him,

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 and yet living

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 a lifetime of shame.

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 And they're old.

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 They're old.

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 That chance of a child,

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 humanly speaking,

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 has passed them by.

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 And suddenly,

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 because of God's

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 miraculous intervention,

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 we jump into the story

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 then this morning,

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 suddenly,

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 well,

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 nine months later,

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 you're actually holding

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 the child

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 that you'd always wanted,

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 the child you'd always

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 longed for.

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 And you're bursting

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 with thankfulness

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 because this little

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 miracle child

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 showcases

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 a personal experience

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 of how God

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 delights to save

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 or reverse

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 the fortunes

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 of His people.

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 They turn them

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 from shame

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 into a position

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 of honour

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 and delight.

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 Look at chapter 1,

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 verse 25.

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 Chapter 1,

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 verse 25.

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 Try that one.

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 Yep.

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 I'm on the wrong page here.

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 We'll get there eventually.

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 Chapter 1,

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 verse 25.

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 Thus the Lord,

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 Zacharias says,

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 thus the Lord

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 has done for me

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 in the days

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 when He looked on me

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 to take away

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 my reproach

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 among people.

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 The birth of John

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 turns disgrace

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 and shame

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 to honour

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 and joy

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 for Zacharias.

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 Same sort of things

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 in chapter 1,

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 verse 58.

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 On the eighth day

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 they came

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 to circumcise

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 the child

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 and they would have

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 called him

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 Zacharias

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 after his father

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 but his mother

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 sorry,

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 and her neighbours

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 and relatives

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 heard that the Lord

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 had shown

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 great mercy to her

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 and they rejoiced

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 with her.

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 Mercy

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 spilled into shame

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 turns to honour

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 and delight

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 and thankfulness.

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 God's grace

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 and mercy

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 delivers

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 comfort

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 and hope

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 and peace

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 into their

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 restless

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 anxious lives.

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 The naming

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 of John

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 as God

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 directed it

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 says it all

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 that John

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 actually means

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 grace and mercy.

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 Their miracle

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 child

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 was destined

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 to be a key

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 player

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 among God's

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 people.

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 John would be

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 as we're told

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 in the song

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 as it was rehearsed

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 in the song

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 John would be

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 God's messenger

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 bringing grace

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 and mercy

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 and peace

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 to God's people

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 and that means

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 the reversal

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 of God's judgment

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 forgiveness

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 a new opportunity

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 praise God

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 as he deserved

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 to be praised.

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 If you look

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 at chapter 1

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 verse 65

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 suddenly

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 their fortunes

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 among the locals

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 were turned around

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 fear came

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 on all their neighbours

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 and all these things

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 were talked about

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 through all the hill

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 country of Judea.

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 Now

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 what was Zachariah

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 and Elizabeth

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 going to do now?

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 A lifetime of shame?

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 Were they going to

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 sort of puff

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 their chests out

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 and say well actually

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 no

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 you lot look

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 we're now

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 blessed and favoured

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 by the Lord.

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 No

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 they didn't do

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 that at all.

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 They very quickly

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 pushed the focus

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 onto their child

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 and then onto

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 Mary's child

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 as we'll see

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 in a moment.

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 Why did they do that?

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 Because they knew

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 it was their child

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 who would be used

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 as a key player

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 in God's salvation plan.

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 Just like Elijah of old

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 and Zachariah

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 and Elizabeth

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 were just delighted

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 to be part

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 of God's

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 intervention

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 God's plan

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 as it were.

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 and indeed

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 their own names

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 add to that focus

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 the showcase

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 here that Luke's

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 bringing to us.

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 Zachariah means

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 God remembers

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 his covenant.

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 Elizabeth means

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 God is absolutely

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 faithful.

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 So their

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 personal experience

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 is a zoomed

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 in picture

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 of what is

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 about to happen

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 in God's world

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 at large.

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 an experience

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 of God's grace

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 and mercy

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 bringing peace.

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 So if that's

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 their personal experience

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 then how much more

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 would they want

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 to sing?

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 How much more

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 would they want

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 to honour

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 and praise the Lord

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 when they think

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 of what they've

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 experienced

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 now being applied

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 globally?

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 And so

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 Zachariah

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 rehearses

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 then an

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 immediate

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 global experience

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 of God's

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 grace and mercy

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 and peace

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 and salvation.

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 What did

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 Zachariah

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 have prayed

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 for all his

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 lifetime?

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 Well he had

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 prayed

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 that the Lord

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 would establish

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 his kingdom

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 and establish

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 his covenant

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 would save

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 his people

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 as he had

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 promised

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 that they

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 bring the

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 new age

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 of salvation.

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 Now it's

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 happening

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 and he's

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 part of it.

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 Verse 67

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 Zachariah's

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 song is

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 actually called

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 a prophecy.

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 That shouldn't

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 trip us up

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 because I

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 think that

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 just tells

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 us that

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 it is a

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 song but

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 it's actually

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 meant to be

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 something that

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 we then in

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 subsequent

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 generations

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 join into.

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 It's meant to

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 be written

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 down and

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 recorded and

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 learned from

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 and joined

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 with.

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 Shaped and

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 inspired by

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 God's

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 spirit

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 Zachariah's

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 song is a

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 model to

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 us then of

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 God's

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 commitment

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 to salvation.

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 In his

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 grace and

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 mercy God

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 comes to

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 his people.

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 So if you

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 look at the

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 very first

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 lines there

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 verse 68

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 the thing

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 that bubbles

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 up into

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 praise is

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 in the first

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 sentence.

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 God would

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 personally come

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 into his

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 world.

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 God would

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 actually drop

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 in as it

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 were and

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 visit his

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 people to

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 redeem them

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 for he has

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 visited and

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 redeemed his

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 people.

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 A few years

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 ago I

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 watched a

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 documentary in

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 America.

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 A group

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 there were

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 trying to

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 help Vietnam

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 war veterans

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 many of whom

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 are homeless

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 and in

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 really bad

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 state.

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 The forgotten

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 generation

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 they called

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 them.

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 They were

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 trying to

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 get them

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 into homes

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 and the

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 documentary was

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 one particular

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 African-American

00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:59.340
 soldier in a

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 really bad

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 way.

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 He managed

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 eventually

00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:02.319
 under this

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 group to

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 be given

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 a small

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 one-bedroom

00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:08.039
 unit and

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.319
 he was

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 delighted.

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 His very

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 first visitor

00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:12.660
 the next

00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:13.940
 day was

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 Michelle

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:14.879
 Obama.

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 She was

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.160
 the patron

00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:17.779
 of this

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 group of

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 people who

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 were actually

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 trying to

00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:20.920
 give homes

00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:21.960
 to Vietnam

00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:22.420
 veterans.

00:17:23.539 --> 00:17:24.139
 So here

00:17:24.139 --> 00:17:24.579
 was this

00:17:24.579 --> 00:17:25.440
 guy and

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:25.980
 he was in

00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:26.539
 bad shape.

00:17:26.639 --> 00:17:27.059
 He hadn't

00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:27.740
 really cleaned

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.059
 up or

00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:28.299
 anything.

00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:28.720
 He was

00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.359
 just there

00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:29.619
 in his

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 house so

00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:31.079
 excited.

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.660
 His first

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 visitor was

00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:32.720
 the first

00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:34.039
 lady of

00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:34.559
 America.

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 And she

00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:36.559
 just came

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 in.

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 Of course

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 there were

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.039
 cameras there

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.859
 but as far

00:17:38.859 --> 00:17:39.399
 as you could

00:17:39.399 --> 00:17:39.839
 see it was

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.339
 just a very

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 ordinary thing.

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 She came

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 in and

00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.059
 sat down

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:43.440
 and he

00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:43.839
 offered her

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.099
 a cup

00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:44.500
 of coffee

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.519
 and she

00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:45.899
 said yep

00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.119
 she would

00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:46.339
 have a

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:46.579
 cup of.

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:48.099
 There they

00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:48.299
 were.

00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:49.679
 He was

00:17:49.679 --> 00:17:50.359
 blown away.

00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:52.960
 Now

00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:54.139
 why was

00:17:54.139 --> 00:17:54.379
 he blown

00:17:54.379 --> 00:17:54.639
 away?

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 Well he

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.159
 actually told

00:17:56.159 --> 00:17:56.279
 him.

00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:57.000
 He could

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.759
 not believe

00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.579
 that somebody

00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.639
 so important

00:17:59.639 --> 00:18:01.299
 would come

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:02.159
 to him in

00:18:02.159 --> 00:18:02.659
 all his

00:18:02.659 --> 00:18:03.500
 humbleness.

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.819
 All his

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.599
 dirtiness.

00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:09.980
 To see how

00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:10.480
 he was doing.

00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.179
 To have a

00:18:11.179 --> 00:18:11.579
 cup of with

00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:11.720
 him.

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:12.659
 It was a

00:18:12.659 --> 00:18:13.259
 very powerful

00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:13.659
 picture.

00:18:15.059 --> 00:18:15.859
 Well I

00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:16.079
 think it's

00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:16.379
 a great

00:18:16.379 --> 00:18:16.919
 picture that

00:18:16.919 --> 00:18:17.119
 we can

00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:17.579
 use here.

00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:18.659
 God

00:18:18.659 --> 00:18:19.119
 doesn't

00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:20.079
 hold back

00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:21.839
 waiting for

00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.619
 his dirty

00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:24.720
 lost people

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.539
 guilty people

00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:26.379
 to come

00:18:26.379 --> 00:18:26.679
 to him.

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 He knows

00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:27.839
 jelly well.

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 Remember

00:18:28.159 --> 00:18:28.599
 what we

00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:28.839
 said in

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.119
 Malachi?

00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:30.099
 God knows

00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:30.519
 jelly well

00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:30.819
 his people

00:18:30.819 --> 00:18:31.159
 wouldn't

00:18:31.159 --> 00:18:31.539
 come to

00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:31.740
 him.

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 So what

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:33.919
 does God

00:18:33.919 --> 00:18:34.099
 do?

00:18:34.179 --> 00:18:34.519
 He takes

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:34.960
 the initiative

00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:36.079
 and comes

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:36.399
 to his

00:18:36.399 --> 00:18:36.679
 people.

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.839
 He comes

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.399
 to them

00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:38.799
 at their

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.240
 point of

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.559
 need.

00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:41.140
 He comes

00:18:41.140 --> 00:18:41.620
 to us

00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:41.900
 at our

00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:42.259
 point of

00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.500
 need.

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.279
 That's

00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:45.579
 God's

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.099
 character.

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:47.940
 Grace

00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.720
 and mercy.

00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:51.299
 Coming to

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:52.019
 those who

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.900
 lack peace

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 who are

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 anxious to

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 give them

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 peace.

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 God cares

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 deeply for

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 his people.

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 He wants

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 to have

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 relationship.

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 The relationship,

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 the good life

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 that he created

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 them for.

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 the relationship

00:19:07.580 --> 00:19:07.920
 and good

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 life which

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 ultimately only

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 he can

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 give.

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 So he

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 visits us

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 in our

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 place.

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 He comes

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 to show

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 us what

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 he has

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 on offer.

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 A home.

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 A real

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 family.

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 Real

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 hope.

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 And he

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 does that

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 for people

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 who otherwise

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 are homeless

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 and hopeless

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 and fearful.

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 people.

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 That's an

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 amazing

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 statement just

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 by itself.

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 And one we

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 should never

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 lose when we

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 think about

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 Christmas.

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 This is God

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 coming to

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 us in

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 our need.

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 So

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 familiar to

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 us and yet

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 so powerful

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 when we

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 think about

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 it.

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 Not only

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 does he

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 come to

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 us but

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 he redeems

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 his people.

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 Verse 69

00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.240
 again.

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 He has

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 visited and

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.660
 redeemed his

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 people.

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 How does

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 he do that?

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 Well he

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 has raised

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 up a

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 horn of

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 salvation for

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 us.

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 That's an

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 Old Testament

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.759
 picture of

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 a powerful

00:20:10.579 --> 00:20:11.660
 saviour figure

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.720
 in the

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 house of

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 his servant

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 David.

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 This is

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 Messiah.

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 This is

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 the long

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 promised,

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 long awaited

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 king and

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.180
 saviour,

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 Messiah,

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 whom God

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 said would

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 come to

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 deliver the

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:23.859
 salvation,

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.400
 promised.

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 Come to

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 redeem or

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 save his

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 people.

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 And so

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 Zechariah has

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 moved the

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 spotlight from

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 himself and

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 Elizabeth,

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 from his

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 own son.

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 He's now

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 speaking about

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 Mary's child

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 yet to be

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 born.

00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:42.600
 Jesus would

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 be God's

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.579
 specially

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.400
 equipped

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:47.660
 saviour.

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 Jesus would

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 come and do

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 what no

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.480
 other prophet

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:56.180
 or king

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.779
 before him

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.080
 had been

00:20:57.080 --> 00:20:57.420
 able to

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:57.680
 do.

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 He would

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 come and

00:20:59.580 --> 00:20:59.800
 he would

00:20:59.800 --> 00:21:01.340
 deliver God's

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 people from

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.660
 their sin.

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.259
 He would

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.960
 deliver them

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:05.120
 into peace

00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:06.080
 and hope.

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 He would

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.700
 destroy their

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.140
 enemies.

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 We'll say more

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:12.519
 about that in a

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:12.640
 minute.

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 He'd bring them

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 into a place of

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:16.680
 safety to enjoy

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.380
 the good life.

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 And why?

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 Why is all this

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 happening?

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 Well,

00:21:21.840 --> 00:21:22.700
 Zechariah knows

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.380
 very well why

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 it's all

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 happening.

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 It's a very

00:21:24.560 --> 00:21:25.160
 simple answer

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.759
 for Zechariah

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:27.100
 because God

00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.940
 said that's

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.279
 what he would

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:28.560
 do.

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 God remembered

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:30.920
 his covenant,

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.540
 his covenant

00:21:31.540 --> 00:21:32.060
 with Abraham,

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:32.740
 his covenant

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.300
 right through

00:21:33.300 --> 00:21:33.600
 the Old

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 Testament,

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 repeatedly

00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.240
 saying,

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 yes,

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 I'm doing

00:21:36.300 --> 00:21:36.500
 this.

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.160
 It is on

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.580
 track.

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 From

00:21:43.320 --> 00:21:44.000
 Abraham's

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.259
 time,

00:21:44.360 --> 00:21:44.740
 God had

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.300
 promised he

00:21:45.300 --> 00:21:45.900
 would show

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:47.380
 mercy on his

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:48.120
 guilty people

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:48.720
 and not

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.300
 destroy them.

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 Remember how

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.160
 the Lord

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.680
 describes his

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.000
 people in

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:53.940
 Malachi 2?

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.360
 He says,

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:55.540
 well,

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.480
 I know

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.160
 jolly well

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.960
 that you

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.320
 guys have

00:21:58.320 --> 00:21:58.760
 never,

00:21:59.020 --> 00:22:00.020
 ever had a

00:22:00.020 --> 00:22:00.480
 heart to

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.100
 obey me.

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.580
 And yet I

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:03.940
 will still

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.380
 keep my

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:04.980
 covenant and

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.640
 my promise to

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.080
 you that I

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.580
 will come to

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:06.740
 you.

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.320
 You won't

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:07.880
 come to me,

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:08.920
 but I will

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.440
 come to you

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.680
 as I

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.020
 promised.

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:18.039
 God

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.200
 and he

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:18.599
 delivers

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:18.859
 them,

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.500
 not just

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.220
 redeems

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.379
 them,

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.680
 but he

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.079
 delivers

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.579
 them into

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.480
 fear-free

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.759
 acceptance and

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.720
 relationship with

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.039
 himself.

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.740
 Look at

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.400
 verse 74

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:27.639
 and verse 75.

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.400
 We're

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.000
 delivered from

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.440
 the hand of

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.940
 our enemies,

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.279
 might serve

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.799
 him without

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.500
 fear in

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.180
 holiness and

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.639
 righteousness

00:22:34.639 --> 00:22:35.359
 before him

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:35.740
 all our

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.099
 days.

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:40.299
 redeeming,

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.559
 Jesus'

00:22:42.719 --> 00:22:43.059
 redeeming

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.559
 work would

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:43.959
 mean

00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:45.419
 deliverance

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:46.819
 from being

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:47.579
 held prisoner

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:47.959
 by their

00:22:47.959 --> 00:22:50.719
 enemies and

00:22:50.719 --> 00:22:51.179
 deliverance

00:22:51.179 --> 00:22:52.219
 into a

00:22:52.219 --> 00:22:52.919
 new state

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:54.119
 of safety

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.819
 and security

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.439
 and acceptance

00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:56.099
 and obedience.

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.559
 And verses

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.359
 76 through

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:58.939
 79,

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.919
 his son

00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:01.339
 John, he

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.719
 realized,

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.439
 would be part

00:23:02.439 --> 00:23:02.719
 of that

00:23:02.719 --> 00:23:03.279
 dawning

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.379
 edge of

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:04.899
 salvation.

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:04.980
 salvation.

00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:06.560
 He would

00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:07.660
 be the

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.040
 prophet,

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.680
 ultimately the

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.380
 final prophet

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.780
 that would

00:23:09.780 --> 00:23:10.500
 be the

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.759
 one that

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.400
 would introduce

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.600
 God's

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:12.980
 Messiah,

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:13.400
 God's

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:13.620
 Savior,

00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:14.080
 Jesus.

00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:18.980
 How would

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.180
 he do

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.440
 that?

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.340
 Well, he

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:20.840
 would actually

00:23:20.840 --> 00:23:21.800
 help God's

00:23:21.800 --> 00:23:22.960
 people develop

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.980
 a new sense

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.259
 of their

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.759
 sinfulness.

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.960
 And by

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:30.400
 that, then,

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.980
 a new sense

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.220
 of their

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.140
 need for

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.759
 God's grace

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.280
 and mercy,

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:33.840
 a new

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.600
 longing for

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:34.800
 it.

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:37.220
 So, in

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.920
 God's plan,

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.300
 the two

00:23:38.300 --> 00:23:38.740
 things would

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.340
 marry up

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:40.519
 just as

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.000
 God's people

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.740
 became more

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.000
 and more

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.780
 aware of

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:43.540
 their need

00:23:43.540 --> 00:23:44.780
 to be

00:23:44.780 --> 00:23:45.120
 saved.

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.519
 Up pops

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:47.880
 Jesus,

00:23:48.040 --> 00:23:48.420
 the Savior.

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.720
 John would

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.320
 teach them

00:23:57.320 --> 00:23:58.620
 that their

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.620
 greatest need

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.160
 was not

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.720
 deliverance

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.060
 from their

00:24:01.060 --> 00:24:01.500
 political

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.019
 enemies,

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:04.480
 military

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.019
 enemies.

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.740
 John would

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.139
 teach them

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:07.599
 their greatest

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.079
 need was

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.099
 deliverance

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.599
 from the

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:09.879
 enemy

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.259
 within.

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.000
 See, what

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.339
 had happened

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.619
 was that

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:13.139
 God's people

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.619
 had come to

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:13.980
 think of

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:15.319
 salvation as

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.000
 been livered

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.920
 from all the

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.359
 enemies out

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.579
 there.

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:17.920
 So, they

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.299
 thought, well,

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.799
 okay, if we can

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.240
 get rid of the

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.740
 Romans, we can

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.180
 get rid of all

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.579
 these people,

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.099
 and then Israel

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.700
 will be great

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.000
 again.

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:25.019
 And we'll be

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:26.379
 able to be

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.099
 God's people as

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.399
 we're meant

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:27.619
 to be

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:27.879
 God's

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.099
 people.

00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:30.539
 Well, John's

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.379
 mission, as

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.079
 has the

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.839
 prophets before

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.299
 him, being

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.119
 to say that

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:34.619
 not right.

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.579
 You need

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.799
 deliverance from

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.199
 the enemy

00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:37.579
 within.

00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.199
 It's your

00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:39.240
 hearts that

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.459
 are the

00:24:39.459 --> 00:24:41.699
 problem, not

00:24:41.699 --> 00:24:42.619
 your geopolitical

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.339
 circumstances.

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.779
 And this is

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.219
 what Jesus

00:24:50.219 --> 00:24:51.179
 comes to

00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:51.559
 deliver,

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.599
 deliverance

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:52.939
 from the

00:24:52.939 --> 00:24:53.519
 enemy within,

00:24:53.699 --> 00:24:54.079
 deliverance

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.759
 from rebellious

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.219
 hearts.

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:58.259
 Deliverance

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.059
 from the

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.539
 guilt of

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.159
 that rebellion,

00:25:00.959 --> 00:25:02.019
 the sin and

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.500
 the offense

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.759
 that it

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.099
 causes.

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.899
 Deliverance

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.259
 from the

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:06.019
 fear of not

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.799
 being acceptable

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.459
 to God

00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:08.019
 because of

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.419
 their sin.

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.059
 Deliverance

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.339
 from the

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.679
 fear of

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.319
 ultimately being

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:13.579
 rejected by

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.480
 God because

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.659
 of their sin

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.179
 and their

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.839
 failure to

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.219
 live under

00:25:17.219 --> 00:25:17.679
 his rule.

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.419
 And in

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.339
 that bleakness,

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.639
 in that

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:25.079
 darkness, we

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.579
 have a metaphor

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.159
 working here,

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.719
 as we saw in

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.980
 Malachi, that

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.700
 Jesus, therefore,

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.360
 would be like

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:30.100
 the brilliant

00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:33.299
 sunrise after

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.200
 the long,

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.360
 dark night of

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.079
 misery and

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.339
 sin.

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.980
 And once

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.579
 again, God's

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.180
 people would

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.819
 bask in the

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:45.120
 sunlight, in

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.620
 the warmth,

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:45.920
 in the

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:47.500
 newness that

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.400
 that sunrise of

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:48.940
 Jesus would

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.220
 bring.

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.259
 Quite

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.700
 literally,

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.819
 Zacharias says,

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.740
 that Jesus

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:55.240
 would deliver

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.960
 them from

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.000
 darkness and

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.500
 the shadow

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.220
 of death

00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:00.880
 into the

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.500
 new light

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.079
 of life.

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.940
 Quite

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.400
 literally,

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.380
 Jesus would

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:05.660
 be the

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.039
 light of the

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.299
 world.

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.240
 And so,

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:09.660
 we just

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.279
 pause there

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.460
 and flesh

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:11.859
 out that

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.420
 metaphor a

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.759
 little bit.

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.339
 Death does

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.200
 cast a shadow

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.880
 over life,

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.299
 doesn't it?

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.919
 I was just

00:26:18.919 --> 00:26:19.720
 listening to the

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.440
 TV last night

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:20.639
 and they were

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:20.980
 talking about

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.480
 a show about

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.180
 Harry Houdini.

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.819
 And he was

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:25.299
 known as the

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.000
 man who

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.440
 cheated death

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.839
 and avoided

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:30.059
 death until

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.559
 death caught

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:30.960
 up with him.

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.299
 I thought,

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:32.659
 that was a

00:26:32.659 --> 00:26:33.119
 really interesting

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.579
 way of saying

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:33.759
 that.

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.119
 It was almost

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.559
 as if he had

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.039
 done something

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.519
 amazing.

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.919
 But no,

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.659
 he was just

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.159
 like the rest

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:38.379
 of us.

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.419
 It just hadn't

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.879
 caught up with

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.000
 him.

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.539
 Death casts a

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.819
 shadow over

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.599
 all of life.

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:45.539
 And when we're

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.200
 young, I think,

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.980
 we don't think

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.180
 about it.

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.680
 I certainly

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.140
 didn't think

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.480
 too much

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.900
 about death

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.319
 whenever I

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:49.640
 was young.

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.120
 Or perhaps

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:53.740
 we just ignore

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.240
 it when we're

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.460
 young.

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.259
 But here's the

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.799
 shadow because

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.420
 we know the

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.440
 jolly well that

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.660
 100% of people

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.000
 die.

00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:02.360
 Death will come

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.019
 to all of us.

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.940
 No matter how

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.660
 hard we try and

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.099
 avoid it.

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.660
 And death

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.460
 forces us to

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.000
 ask the big

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.599
 questions of

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.079
 life, doesn't

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.259
 it?

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.180
 Well, okay,

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.700
 what then?

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.039
 Is there a

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.200
 God?

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.819
 What will I

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:20.440
 have to say

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.599
 to him?

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.000
 What will he

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.360
 have to say

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.740
 to me?

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.420
 Well,

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.860
 Zacharias

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.319
 tells us

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.519
 here that

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:30.680
 Jesus will

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.740
 remove all

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.079
 of those

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:33.339
 fears of

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.720
 death.

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:36.839
 Why?

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.880
 Because he

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.339
 will deal

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.680
 with our

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.900
 sin, which

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.180
 is the

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.599
 thing that

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.380
 makes us

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:42.180
 alienated from

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.500
 God.

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.680
 He will

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.039
 make us

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.900
 acceptable to

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.180
 God.

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.280
 He will

00:27:48.280 --> 00:27:48.580
 bring us

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:48.940
 into a new

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.440
 relationship

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.800
 with God

00:27:49.800 --> 00:27:50.280
 and therefore

00:27:50.280 --> 00:27:50.900
 the fear

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.860
 can dissipate.

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.380
 Now imagine

00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:00.400
 that being

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.060
 spoken by

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.580
 somebody like

00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:02.100
 Zacharias.

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.600
 Remember what

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.200
 Zacharias was?

00:28:03.300 --> 00:28:03.620
 He was a

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:03.960
 priest.

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.040
 What does

00:28:05.040 --> 00:28:05.380
 that mean?

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:05.860
 Well, it

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.220
 means that

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.220
 every single

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.840
 day of his

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:09.560
 life he

00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:10.420
 had been in

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.800
 the temple,

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.720
 which I

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.500
 picture in my

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.840
 mind, whether

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.280
 this is a good

00:28:13.280 --> 00:28:13.820
 picture or not,

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.259
 but this is a

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.740
 country picture.

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.400
 I just

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:16.220
 picture it

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.440
 like an

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:16.920
 abattoir.

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.100
 Blood and

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.620
 guts everywhere.

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.259
 And if

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.660
 you've been

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.180
 involved in

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.460
 the killing

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.960
 of animals

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.820
 up close,

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.380
 there's a

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:28.140
 distinct smell

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.820
 and the

00:28:28.820 --> 00:28:29.259
 smell never

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.800
 gets nicer

00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:30.540
 after you

00:28:30.540 --> 00:28:31.140
 do it for

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.400
 a long

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.900
 time, believe

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.140
 me.

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.780
 It's a

00:28:33.780 --> 00:28:34.340
 distinct

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:35.140
 smell of

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.580
 death.

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.940
 And there

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.580
 was Zacharias

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.259
 day after

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.000
 day offering

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.360
 sacrifices.

00:28:41.540 --> 00:28:41.720
 Why?

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:43.019
 Because he

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.660
 cared for his

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.120
 people and

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.939
 his role

00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:45.219
 as a

00:28:45.219 --> 00:28:45.679
 priest was

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:46.259
 to be

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.379
 an

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.019
 intermediary

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.659
 to try

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.979
 and provide

00:28:48.979 --> 00:28:49.759
 the sacrifices

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.179
 that would

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:51.139
 allow the

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.819
 relationship

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:53.399
 between the

00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:53.959
 clean God

00:28:53.959 --> 00:28:54.359
 and his

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:54.839
 dirty people

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.419
 to continue

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:56.859
 to deal

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.159
 with sin.

00:28:57.679 --> 00:28:58.359
 And now

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.339
 he gets a

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.019
 glimpse that

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:01.339
 this is all

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.879
 coming at an

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.019
 end.

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.399
 He's going to

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:02.919
 be out of a

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:05.159
 job because

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:07.980
 Jesus would

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.420
 offer a

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.220
 sacrifice once

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.740
 for all.

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.740
 Deal with

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.240
 our sin once

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.720
 for all.

00:29:13.080 --> 00:29:13.380
 Make us

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:14.040
 acceptable to

00:29:14.040 --> 00:29:14.580
 God once

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:15.080
 for all.

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.160
 And that

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:20.240
 will guide

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.640
 our feet

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.000
 into the

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.300
 way of

00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:21.640
 peace.

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.240
 Imagine the

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.620
 joy that

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:28.860
 would have

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.200
 brought to

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.600
 Zacharias.

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:35.839
 this Jesus

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:37.219
 would restore

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:39.219
 relationship

00:29:39.219 --> 00:29:40.399
 with God

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:41.099
 forever.

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:45.559
 But there's

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:45.879
 one more

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.639
 thing that

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.759
 Zacharias

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.759
 throws in

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.019
 here.

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:49.939
 Because

00:29:49.939 --> 00:29:50.699
 ultimately God

00:29:50.699 --> 00:29:51.159
 takes us

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.699
 home to be

00:29:51.699 --> 00:29:52.019
 with him

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.939
 forever in

00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:53.379
 rest and

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:53.679
 peace.

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.679
 The idea of

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:56.199
 guiding our

00:29:56.199 --> 00:29:56.839
 feet into

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.240
 the way of

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.459
 peace.

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.939
 It's again a

00:29:58.939 --> 00:29:59.439
 picture of

00:29:59.439 --> 00:30:00.439
 a pathway.

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.639
 It's pushing

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.439
 us down a

00:30:02.439 --> 00:30:02.859
 particular

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.879
 pathway in

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.279
 life.

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.719
 If you

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.120
 look again

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.559
 at those

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.960
 verses

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:14.579
 74 and

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.259
 75.

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.400
 The idea

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:19.380
 of a

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:19.819
 wonderful

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:21.079
 freedom to

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.640
 serve the

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:23.059
 Lord without

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.860
 fear all

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.400
 our days.

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.460
 Now, one

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:27.799
 of the things

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.259
 I know in

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.559
 my own

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.259
 life and

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.600
 one of the

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.100
 things I'm

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.779
 bumping up

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.440
 against as

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.220
 I speak with

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.819
 people here

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.539
 on every

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.360
 day, every

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:35.579
 week of

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.120
 my ministry

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:37.319
 is the

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.799
 fear that

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.360
 can get into

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:39.960
 our heads and

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.339
 can get into

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.919
 our hearts.

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.899
 We struggle

00:30:44.899 --> 00:30:45.759
 to serve the

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.939
 Lord, but

00:30:46.939 --> 00:30:47.500
 we're fearful.

00:30:49.659 --> 00:30:49.899
 Well,

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.879
 Zachariah is

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.399
 talking here

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:53.779
 about freedom

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.399
 from fear,

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.899
 freedom to

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.599
 serve the

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:56.879
 Lord.

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.059
 Now, what's

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.740
 the basis of

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.199
 that freedom?

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.639
 What's the

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.199
 basis of

00:31:00.199 --> 00:31:00.740
 freedom from

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:00.980
 fear?

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.019
 Well, it's

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.839
 simply Jesus

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:06.759
 and taking

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.439
 Jesus at

00:31:07.439 --> 00:31:07.959
 his word

00:31:07.959 --> 00:31:08.899
 that he

00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:10.500
 will reconnect

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.139
 us to

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:12.099
 God, having

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.579
 dealt with

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.139
 our sins,

00:31:14.459 --> 00:31:15.439
 and having

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:15.859
 dealt with

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.259
 our sins,

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.000
 there's no

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.759
 longer any

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:20.039
 reason for

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.519
 God to be

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.179
 alienated from

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:21.379
 us.

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:21.740
 The

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.399
 relationship's

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:23.519
 restored forever.

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:27.599
 And the

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.059
 end point of

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.319
 that?

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.240
 Salvation,

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:32.740
 peace,

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.839
 rest.

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:39.359
 I spoke

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.359
 earlier about

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:41.240
 that Vietnam

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:42.240
 veteran.

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.019
 He was

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.439
 blown away

00:31:43.439 --> 00:31:43.839
 that Michelle

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.539
 Obama would

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:44.899
 come to

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.279
 visit him,

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.559
 but the

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:45.839
 end of the

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.419
 story was

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.259
 actually even

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.959
 more surprising,

00:31:48.879 --> 00:31:49.599
 because after

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:50.079
 having her cup

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.500
 of tea and

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.879
 her biscuit,

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.299
 and that's

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.819
 literally what

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:51.899
 it was,

00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:52.179
 a cup of

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:52.459
 coffee and

00:31:52.459 --> 00:31:52.740
 a biscuit,

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:53.099
 that's

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.539
 literally what

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.759
 it was,

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.839
 she said to

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.159
 this guy,

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.039
 now, I've

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.519
 come to your

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.059
 place and

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.459
 you've made

00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:57.759
 me at

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.379
 home, I

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.779
 want you to

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.039
 come to

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.720
 my place,

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.819
 and I want

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.299
 you to feel

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.039
 at home and

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.559
 make my

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.019
 place your

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.419
 place.

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.459
 Well, can

00:32:05.459 --> 00:32:05.799
 you imagine

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.579
 the consternation

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:08.379
 that Vietnam

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:09.779
 vet felt?

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:12.720
 It was such

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.159
 a beautiful

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.639
 finish.

00:32:15.439 --> 00:32:15.839
 The old

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.339
 soldier was

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.839
 overwhelmed,

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.799
 from homelessness

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.359
 to the

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.899
 White House,

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:23.699
 from shame

00:32:23.699 --> 00:32:24.859
 to honor,

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.399
 and that

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:30.099
 was the

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.339
 deal.

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:30.980
 She said

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.279
 she had

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.679
 come to

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.279
 his place

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.220
 and her

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.600
 intention

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.120
 was to

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.620
 take him

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.039
 back to

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.220
 her

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.640
 place.

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.180
 Such a

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.779
 great picture

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.380
 of salvation.

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.039
 God comes

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.480
 to us,

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.380
 seeks us

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.640
 out,

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:46.220
 pursues us

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.880
 when we

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.480
 would have

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.259
 no regard

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.779
 for him,

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.299
 fixes the

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.740
 mess that

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.160
 we've made

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.660
 through our

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.279
 rebellion and

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.700
 our sin,

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.960
 takes the

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.819
 punishment that's

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.600
 due to us

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:00.740
 on our

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.199
 behalf,

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.599
 makes us

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.519
 acceptable to

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.779
 God when

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.240
 we have no

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.759
 right to be

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.199
 even near

00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:07.559
 God,

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.679
 and caps it

00:33:09.679 --> 00:33:10.359
 all off by

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:10.539
 saying,

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.259
 now I'm

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.500
 going to

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.039
 take you

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.519
 home to

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:12.919
 be with

00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:13.399
 me forever.

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.440
 forever.

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.580
 We lose

00:33:19.580 --> 00:33:20.320
 all that as

00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:20.800
 we celebrate

00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:21.420
 Christmas and

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:22.040
 focus on a

00:33:22.040 --> 00:33:22.620
 little baby.

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.600
 Of course,

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.980
 Christmas begins

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.440
 with a little

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.360
 baby, but no

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:27.980
 ordinary baby.

00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:31.360
 God's King and

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:32.300
 Savior coming to

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.840
 do all of

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.060
 that.

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.280
 He sorts out

00:33:34.280 --> 00:33:34.759
 our heads,

00:33:35.340 --> 00:33:36.160
 he renews our

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.860
 hearts through

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.519
 the power of the

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.160
 Spirit within us,

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:39.019
 he gives us new

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.680
 desires, new

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.340
 attitudes, new

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:41.060
 delight in serving

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:42.180
 him, and

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:43.080
 finally he makes

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:43.779
 clear that he

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.620
 won't be finished

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:47.019
 with us until

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.860
 he has us back

00:33:47.860 --> 00:33:48.519
 at home in

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.240
 heaven with

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.900
 him forever.

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:54.279
 Now, the

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.920
 promises all

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.600
 leading up to

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.400
 being saved,

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.380
 he's delivered

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.600
 on.

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:00.799
 Why do we

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.259
 find it so

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.600
 hard to

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:03.080
 accept that

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.840
 he'll deliver

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:04.220
 on all the

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.720
 promises he

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.779
 makes to us

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.400
 after we're

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:06.680
 saved?

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:12.820
 we need to

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.820
 take Jesus

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.639
 at his

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:14.960
 word.

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.460
 Sin has

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.820
 been dealt

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:20.180
 with, freedom

00:34:20.180 --> 00:34:20.960
 from fear of

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.360
 death, new

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.579
 life, and

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:23.940
 ultimately

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.579
 heaven.

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.000
 Now, surely

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.460
 that's something

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.840
 to make you

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.260
 sing about,

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.360
 isn't it?

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:35.920
 Now, two

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.780
 parting thoughts

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:36.980
 then.

00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:39.420
 If you're a

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.620
 believer, then

00:34:40.620 --> 00:34:41.559
 you've got lots

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.099
 to sing about.

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.480
 And let's

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.780
 sing from the

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.599
 song sheet that

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.300
 Jesus gives

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:48.620
 us.

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:51.220
 Let's not go

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:51.820
 through and cross

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.280
 out the words

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:52.820
 we're not sure

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.380
 about and write

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:53.940
 in our own

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.559
 interpretation,

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:56.059
 because nothing

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.680
 we're sure will

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.420
 write in a lot

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.500
 more fear and

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.320
 uncertainty again.

00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:02.360
 But then we

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.780
 won't be singing

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.240
 from Jesus

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:03.700
 song sheet,

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.420
 will we, if

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.880
 we do that?

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:08.280
 But it may be

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.880
 that you're here

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.860
 this morning and

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.559
 you actually think

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.320
 you've got nothing

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.680
 to sing about

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:13.300
 because you're

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:13.940
 still living in

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.960
 the shadow of

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.500
 death, living

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.980
 in fear,

00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:18.240
 desperately trying

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:19.320
 to find community.

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:20.300
 You're not

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:21.320
 actually a

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.660
 believer.

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.400
 You're still

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.059
 longing for a

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.680
 place of safety,

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.039
 you're still

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.460
 longing for

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.940
 security.

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.260
 You're still

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:31.220
 longing to find

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:31.780
 a way to

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:34.440
 live when

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.280
 life seems so

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.980
 fragile and

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.780
 uncertain and

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.080
 lonely.

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:43.059
 Well, the

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.660
 song sheet says

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:43.940
 it all.

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.420
 Turn to

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.740
 Jesus.

00:35:48.600 --> 00:35:49.920
 He's come to

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.680
 you in this

00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:52.420
 world, in your

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.019
 situation.

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.139
 life.

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:56.780
 He's offering

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.960
 you your very

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.059
 heart's desire.

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.380
 And he's

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:05.259
 gently challenging

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.920
 you to give up

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.960
 looking for these

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.960
 things elsewhere,

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:11.019
 as you've been

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:14.119
 doing, and find

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.599
 them in him.

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:14.699
 him.

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:17.239
 And he promises

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:19.219
 that his light

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.880
 will dispel

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.799
 darkness and

00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:21.519
 fear in your

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:21.900
 life.

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.599
 And he tells

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.039
 you that his

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:26.119
 light is already

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.599
 shining.

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:29.239
 What you need to

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:30.380
 do is step out of

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:32.119
 darkness into his

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:34.259
 light and be

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:36.139
 healed and feel

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:37.659
 the sunrise warm

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.279
 you through and

00:36:38.279 --> 00:36:39.839
 through and comfort

00:36:39.839 --> 00:36:40.139
 you.

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:42.799
 and give you

00:36:42.799 --> 00:36:43.500
 that sense that

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.799
 yes, all is

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:45.539
 well in the

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.319
 world, in

00:36:46.319 --> 00:36:46.619
 Jesus.

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:50.099
 Pray with me.

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.299
 Lord, the

00:36:57.299 --> 00:36:58.519
 words here, in

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.079
 some ways, are

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.900
 just so simple

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.639
 and so clear.

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.980
 Jesus is

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.980
 light and

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.619
 life and

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:06.960
 peace.

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.519
 He has come

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.960
 to us.

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.519
 You have

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.119
 pursued us,

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.739
 Lord, when we

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.319
 wouldn't pursue

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.579
 you.

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.339
 You've pursued

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:13.699
 us.

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.079
 You've brought

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:17.139
 us to

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 Jesus and

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 you've brought

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.699
 Jesus to

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:19.000
 us.

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.819
 Lord, for

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:24.279
 those here this

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.699
 morning who have

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.519
 not yet turned

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:28.519
 to Jesus, but

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.059
 are searching

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:30.659
 for peace, I

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.219
 pray, Lord, that

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.739
 you might just

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:32.699
 fill their minds,

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:33.199
 flood their

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.719
 hearts with the

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:35.299
 fact that Jesus

00:37:35.299 --> 00:37:36.239
 is what they've

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.920
 been looking for

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.440
 all along.

00:37:39.379 --> 00:37:39.879
 And for those,

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.300
 Lord, who are

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:41.400
 already believers

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.880
 but struggle to

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.680
 take Jesus as

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:44.099
 word and

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.660
 therefore still

00:37:44.660 --> 00:37:47.140
 fearful, I

00:37:47.140 --> 00:37:47.660
 pray, Lord, that

00:37:47.660 --> 00:37:48.320
 we might actually

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:49.380
 just be able to

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:49.980
 go back to

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:51.559
 singing from

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.300
 your song

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:54.180
 sheet, the

00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:54.780
 song sheet that

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.460
 quite literally

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.240
 says, Jesus

00:37:56.240 --> 00:37:57.300
 has done it

00:37:57.300 --> 00:38:00.260
 all and all to

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 him we owe.

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 I pray in Jesus'

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.420
 name.

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:02.820
 Amen.

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.920
 Thanks very much

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.440
 for listening to

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:05.579
 me.

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:07.079
 Thank you so much

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.240
 for listening to me.

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.820
 Thank you.

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:07.840
 Thank you.

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 Thank you.