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 So anyway, Advent, hope.

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 We now move on to the second one, and that is actually about peace.

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! There's a famous passage in Scripture that we always use this time of year.

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 Isaiah chapter 9, verse 2 is when they said there's a people who are walking in deep darkness.

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 We've heard that before, right?

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 Isaiah 9, 2.

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 And then the prophecy for Christmas comes in verse 5 to 7.

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 If you've got your phones or what I prefer even more is a paper Bible,

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 I'd love for you to open up now and follow me as I go through.

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 Because I think it is really interesting as we go through this passage,

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 I'm going to unpack a word that we always hear.

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 We always hear the word peace, but what does it actually mean?

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 And as I look at Isaiah chapter 9, where there's a prophecy of this child that is going to be coming.

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 For to us, a child is born, a son is given.

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 And then it's really Isaiah chapter 9, verse 2.

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 If there's a Christmas passage, this is probably it.

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 So the context of it is,

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

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 Those who dwell in a land of deep darkness, on them light has shone.

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 And then verse 6 is where we're going to kind of jump into a little bit.

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 For to us, a child is born, to us, a son is given.

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 And the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

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 And then it carries on,

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 Of the increase of his government and of peace, there will be no end.

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 There will be no end to peace.

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 And then the passage that Wes came and read for us in Luke chapter 2 is when the shepherds were watching their flock by night.

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 And then they're told about the coming of this baby lying in a manger.

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 And this baby is then going to bring peace.

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 Because suddenly the angels appear in the sky and they're singing.

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 They're singing glory to God in the highest.

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 And there will be peace on earth.

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 The question I want to unpack for us today is what's a baby got to do with peace?

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 Why does the coming of a baby bring about peace?

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 If, in fact, I personally don't use the word peace to describe babies.

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 Have we met EJ?

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 EJ, bless her, we love her.

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 Where is she?

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 She's in there now, of course.

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 That's why it's a little bit more peaceful.

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 It is not, peace is not the word.

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 In fact, I've, and of course, Christina and I, we're expecting our baby that's coming in March.

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 And you know what?

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 If you've been a parent, put your hand up if you've been a parent.

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 Put your hand up if you've looked after a teeny little baby.

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 Kara, peace is not the word.

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 Right?

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 What I don't understand is when people say, oh, how did you sleep last night, Felix?

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 And then Felix goes, oh, I slept like a baby.

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 What?

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 So you woke up every two hours and then you woke yourself up because you pooped your pants?

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 Yes.

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 Baby and peace.

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 It doesn't really connect.

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 It doesn't really link.

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 So therefore, what is it about the baby that brings us peace on earth?

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 Peace that will know no end.

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 Because the truth is we don't really live in a world that has peace right now.

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 You look at Israel and Gaza.

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 You look at what's happening in Ukraine.

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 You look anywhere.

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 Anywhere.

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 You look within your own families.

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 There probably isn't peace.

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 But maybe there's something else we have to do first.

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 And this is where we're going to need a little bit of interaction.

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 I did promise Nathan that I was going to pick on him and ask him some questions.

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 So this is me being really kind and giving you some warning.

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 What does peace mean to you?

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 Have a think now.

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 When Jesus, or when we say peace be with you, what does it actually mean?

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 What does peace mean to you?

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 Turn to the person next to you.

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 If you don't know them, this is a great chance to introduce and say, hi, my name is D.

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 And peace to me means D.

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 Okay.

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 One minute.

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 What does peace mean to you?

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 Go.

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 Thank you.

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 I picked on you two enough.

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 All right, all right.

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 Here we go, here we go.

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 What's peace then?

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 What's peace to you?

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 Let's start with Nathan.

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 Nathan, what's peace to you?

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 Peace is knowing that God is in control even though you're walking through different things in life.

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 Peace is knowing that God is in control even though you're walking through different things in life.

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 Like it.

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 I really like that.

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 Peace.

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 What else is it about peace?

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 Connie?

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 I knew it.

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 Oh, wow.

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 You preempted and already paved the way.

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 Man.

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 What is it?

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 I'll just.

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 Being insecure in Christ and.

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 Oh, finding stillness in body, mind, heart, spirit.

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 Do I need to use.

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 Oh, these are longer.

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 Oh, thank you.

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 Thank you, Rocky.

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 Seriously, that earring is so cool.

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 Peace.

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 What else is peace?

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 Shum, what's peace to you?

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 Being present and undistracted.

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 Being present and undistracted.

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 That is good.

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 That is really good.

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 One last one.

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 One last one.

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 I'm going to go for you, Lawrence.

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 At the back.

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 What's peace to you, Lawrence?

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 Wow, Rebecca.

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 You guys are getting good at this.

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 You're like passing it on.

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 Okay.

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 Rebecca.

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 A choice to live in harmony with people around you, even though you may be disagreeing.

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 Oh, wow.

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 That's a big one.

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 That's huge.

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 And that is completely correct.

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 Well done, Lawrence.

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 You married up.

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 Well done.

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 Okay.

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 You know, when I Googled peace, it was, people would say it's the absence of conflict.

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 Right?

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 I've actually got a colleague of Young Life, from Young Life, who's actually in Palestine

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 right now.

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 And we're asking him, how can we help you?

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 What do you need?

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 And he's just saying, we're just praying for peace.

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 We're just praying for peace.

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 Where there is harmony.

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 Where, in some ways, there is absence of conflict.

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 But the truth is, that's just one aspect of peace.

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 A worldly kind of peace, which is, oh, as long as you're not fighting, there is peace.

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 Going back to being parents of young children.

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 Mothers just wanting a moment of peace.

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 Can I just have a moment where you're not fighting?

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 Where you're not arguing?

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 Where you don't need me for something?

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 I just need to sit and relax for one moment.

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 I need a moment of peace.

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 But peace, of course, isn't just the absence of conflict.

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 It's not just the absence of fighting.

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 Aidan's lying down in a way that looks very peaceful right now.

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 Because it's a state of mind.

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 It's not just the absence of conflict.

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 There's a presence of something else that allows you to remain still in the heart, soul, and mind.

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 Even when you're still walking through all these different circumstances.

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 With people who are disagreeing with you on very different things.

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 Put your hand up if you would say that in this current moment in your life right now, you have peace.

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 That's good.

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 Because the hard thing is, how do we get this kind of peace?

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 Jesus talks about peace as well.

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 In John chapter 14, he says,

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 Peace I give to you.

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 Peace, my peace I leave with you.

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 This peace that the world cannot give.

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 So do not let your hearts be troubled.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 And it's not even about circumstance.

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 Because John 14, what's happening in John 14?

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 John 13 is the Last Supper.

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 Judas then heads off to start in motion,

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 essentially the betrayal of Jesus that leads to the death of Jesus.

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 And so John 13 is that.

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 And John 14, Judas is gone.

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 Judas is gone to start the thing.

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 And then Jesus tells the disciples,

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 Peace I leave with you.

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 This guy's about to die.

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 This guy's about to be nailed to a cross.

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 And yet he says,

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 My peace I leave with you.

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 My peace I give you.

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 It has nothing to do with circumstance.

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 Ironically, in that season,

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 it was a season called Pax Romana.

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 Pax Romana, as historians would describe,

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 is the peace of Rome.

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 What that meant is,

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 actually in that short span of time,

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 maybe a hundred years or so,

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 there was peace.

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 The Roman Empire had taken over so much

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 that there was peace.

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 But it wasn't a real peace.

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 It was a coerced, forced kind of peace.

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 It was like,

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 Abide by our rules,

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 and you won't have any trouble.

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 It was that kind of peace.

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 And yet the Jews,

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 they knew that there wasn't true peace.

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 The Jews knew that they were still being oppressed.

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 The Jews knew that they still weren't in the place

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 that they should have been.

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 And yet Jesus here is saying,

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 My peace I leave with you.

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 My peace I give you.

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 The world cannot give it.

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 Do not let your hearts be troubled.

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 Or afraid.

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 What does a baby have to do with peace?

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 And the answer is,

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 not really much at all.

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 It's what that baby ends up becoming

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 that gives us peace.

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 Because the baby in a manger,

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 lying swaddled for that moment,

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 so they could take a photo

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 for the nativity postcard

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 that we'll use in 2,000 years' time,

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 that moment of peace will be gone.

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 As soon as the cows make an extra loud noise,

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 wake the baby up,

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 and then there will be no peace.

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 But it's what that baby then becomes.

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 It's who that baby is,

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 and what that baby ends up doing,

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 and it's the life that baby ends up living,

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 and the death of that baby ends up dying,

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 that gives us the peace.

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 And I want to unpack that a little bit for us today.

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 Because when you have peace,

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 when this baby comes,

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 this arrival of a baby,

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 does a couple things.

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 The first thing it does is this.

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 It gives us the peace of God.

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 I'm going to put us all on the spot again.

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 When you think about the word peace in the Bible,

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 do any Bible verses come to mind?

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 Anyone?

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 Does anyone remember a Bible verse

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 that has something to do with peace?

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 Alex?

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 Peace that transcends all understanding.

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 Well done.

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 Round of applause, Alex.

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 Solid.

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 Solid.

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 Rejoice in the Lord.

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 Again, I will say rejoice.

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 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone.

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 The Lord is at hand.

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 Do not be anxious about anything,

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 but in everything,

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 by prayer and supplication,

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 with thanksgiving,

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 let your requests be made known to God,

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 and the peace of God,

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 which surpasses understanding,

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 will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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 The peace of God will guard your hearts and minds.

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 You don't have to be anxious at all.

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 I love that passage.

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 It's everywhere.

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 Philippians chapter four, verse four to seven.

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 But the key to that isn't actually,

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 do not be anxious about anything, for me.

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 The key to that passage isn't even,

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 put in everything with prayer and supplication,

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 with thanksgiving.

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 It isn't that bit.

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 The key there is the Lord is at hand.

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 The Lord is near.

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 So don't be anxious about anything.

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 What does the arrival of baby Jesus do for us when peace?

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 It tells us that God wants to be with us.

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 That God would choose to leave heaven

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 and come and be with us.

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 Emmanuel, God with us.

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 Don't you have that person

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 that if you were to walk into something

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 that was scary for you,

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 if you have that person with you,

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 suddenly it will just be calm.

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 We had this in the first few weeks

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 when my children went to a new school

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 and it was like,

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 daddy, can you walk with me

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 all the way to the door?

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 As far as you possibly can

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 before you get taken away by security.

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 And if I could, as a parent,

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 I would love to even sit

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 in the dining hall with my kids,

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 sit in the classroom with my kids.

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 Or when Ruben's going to try and play basketball

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 in the playground,

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 I would love to be there with him.

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 Don't you have that person that,

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 oh, if that person was here,

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 it would just calm me right down.

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 Right?

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 Do we have those kinds of people?

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 There's a scene in Avengers Endgame

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 where there's the big battle.

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 Thanos is coming with his whole just army.

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 And then it's like,

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 oh man, this doesn't look good.

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 But of course it's Marvel,

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 so it will end up good.

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 Apart from more recent Marvel entries.

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 And so we're like,

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 oh my goodness,

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 something's going to happen.

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 Something's going to happen.

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 But then Captain Marvel comes.

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 Captain Marvel,

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 one of the most powerful superheroes.

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 And the moment she comes in,

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 he's kind of like,

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 oh, Captain Marvel's here.

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 We're going to be just fine.

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 The arrival of baby Jesus

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 tells us that God wants

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 to actually be with us.

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 I don't know what you're nervous about.

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 I don't know whether it's going into work

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 because work is just going to be brutal this week

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 as we head up to Christmas.

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 I don't know if it's because of the gossip

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 that you have with the colleagues

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 that you have around you

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 and you're just like,

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 oh, this is going to be hard.

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 Or maybe it's the Christmas family meal

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 that you have to go to

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 where you have to field those same questions

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 from the uncles and aunties

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 that you get all the time,

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 which gets you all anxious and worked up.

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 What if I told you

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 the arrival of baby Jesus

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 reminds us that God wants to be with you.

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 And because he is near,

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 because he is at hand,

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 you have the peace of God

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 that transcends understanding.

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 What does that mean?

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 It means it doesn't make sense.

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 It means you don't really understand

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 why you have this peace,

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 but you do.

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 This happened for us

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 during the fifth wave

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 when everyone was leaving Hong Kong

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 and it was just a mess

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 and people were just like,

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 what is happening?

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 We're going to be shut down.

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 There's going to be three tests

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 that we all have to do

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 and all the people that we knew

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 were heading out.

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 And I was like, you know what?

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 God, what do you want us to do here

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 in this season?

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 And he's like,

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 just have a peace

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 that surpasses understanding.

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 Any meeting that you have,

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 any lunch that you have,

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 any coffee that you have,

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 any time that you have with people,

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 let them see the peace of God in you,

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 which is what?

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 Man, things aren't going well.

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 Things are pretty busy and hectic.

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 Yet James seems to have this peace

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 that doesn't make sense.

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 This peace of God

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 that surpasses understanding.

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 The arrival of baby Jesus

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 gives us that peace.

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 I like to think that Joseph,

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 his dad,

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 had the same peace.

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 Can you just put yourself

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 in Joseph's shoes for a second?

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 I think he couldn't have survived

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 what he was about to go through

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 were it not for the fact

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 that he had the peace of God with him.

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 So he's engaged to Mary.

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 And then Mary comes to him one day

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 and says,

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 Hey Joseph,

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 I know we're about to get married,

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 but I need to tell you something.

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 And then she tells,

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 well,

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 so actually I'm pregnant.

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 And then Joseph is like,

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 how did that happen?

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 There was no biology,

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 sex education at that time,

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 but it was like,

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 you're pregnant?

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 How did that happen?

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 Oh my goodness.

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 Can you imagine what that would mean

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 for people in that society?

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 That the girl that you're actually

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 about to be getting married to

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 is now pregnant.

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 And then the girl says,

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 Oh, don't worry.

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 Don't worry.

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 Nothing bad has happened.

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 The baby comes from the Holy Spirit.

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 And then Joseph must be like,

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 Huh.

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 Huh.

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 It would almost have been easier

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 if it was something else.

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 But now I'm going to have to explain

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 to all our village

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 that my fiance is pregnant

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 because of an invisible force

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 got her pregnant.

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 This is going to be fun.

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 The peace of God,

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 the Tristan's understanding

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 that allows us to have this peace

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 even when things don't make sense,

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 even when circumstances

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 don't make sense.

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 The arrival of baby Jesus

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 reminds us that God

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 wants to be with us.

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 And if he's with us,

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 then it's all going to be okay.

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 It's even,

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 he's even more powerful

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 than Captain Marvel.

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 Of course,

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 there's an even more beautiful

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 biblical gospel truth

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 in that scene at the end

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 because it's not the power

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 that wins the battle.

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 It's the sacrifice.

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 It's the sacrifice of

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 Robert Downey Jr.

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 May he rest in peace.

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 Though I hear he's actually coming back.

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 Anyway,

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 that's a different thing.

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 The peace of God

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 that surpasses understanding.

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 The question I have for you here

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 in this first point is this.

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 Do you display that peace?

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 Do you display that peace

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 that surpasses understanding

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 to the people that you have

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 in your life,

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 to your sphere of influence?

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 When people talk to you,

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 when people spend time with you,

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 do they like,

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 man,

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 there is a peace about JP

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 that I just can't simply understand.

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 He just makes me feel like

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 everything's going to be okay.

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 We're supposed to be

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 the type of people

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 when other people spend time with us,

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 they will feel as though,

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 ah,

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 you know what?

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 Everything's going to be okay.

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 Because the arrival of baby Jesus

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 gives us that peace

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 from within.

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 Because it's saying,

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 God wants to be with us.

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 The second is this.

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 The arrival of baby Jesus

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 tells us something about peace

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 that's really necessary.

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 And it's what Rebecca

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 talked about here is

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 when we truly understand

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 what the arrival of baby Jesus means,

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 it means that we have peace

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 with other people as well.

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 That there is a peace with others.

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 There's another passage

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 in the scripture

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 that talks a lot about peace.

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 That says,

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 Jesus,

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 he himself is our peace

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 and it's Ephesians 2.

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 Can you turn with me

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 to Ephesians 2?

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 I want to show you

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 a few things there.

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 Ephesians 2,

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 let me tell you

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 a little bit of the context.

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 I just said that

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 we live in a world

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 where everyone's

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 fighting each other.

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 Everyone's just

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 arguing

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 with each other.

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 The context here

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 for Ephesians 2

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 is that the church

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 was started

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 was that there were

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 two groups of people

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 within the same church

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 were arguing.

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 Have you ever heard of that?

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 How ridiculous

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 and ludicrous

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 does that sound?

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 That people within a church

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 would argue with each other

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 and yet here we are.

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 They're arguing.

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 The Jews against the Gentiles.

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 They're looking at each other

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 going,

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 oh, you guys shouldn't be here.

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 You guys,

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 oh, you don't do faith

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 in the right way.

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 Dr. Alex and I

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 were having a lunch

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 a couple days ago

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 with a good friend of Alex's

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 and he was asking me,

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 hey, if Christianity is true,

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 why are there so many denominations?

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 Why are there so many people

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 arguing about

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 so many different things?

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 Why does it seem like

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 you don't,

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 you guys don't even

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 seem to have the answer?

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 You're just fighting.

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 You see,

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 if we truly understood

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 the arrival of baby Jesus

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 and the message

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 that that comes with,

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 we would have peace

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 with others.

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 And Paul's actually

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 writing about that

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 that I want to unpack,

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 but I want to tell you

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 first of all

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 that it has something

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 to do with humility.

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 In order to have peace

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 with others,

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 that baby Jesus

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 that comes

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 lying in a manger,

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 swaddled up,

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 what's that trying to show us?

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 Is trying to show us

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 that this battle is won

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 not through force,

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 but through humility.

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 That Isaiah 9 one,

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 he's a wonderful counselor.

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 He's mighty God,

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 which actually in another version

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 is basically mighty warrior.

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 Psalm 46 says,

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 the nations rage,

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 the kingdoms totter.

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 He utters his voice

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 and the earth melts.

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 That's how strong

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 and powerful this God is.

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 And that's why he says,

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 be still and know

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 that I am God.

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 If I open my voice,

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 you are going to melt.

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 So stop fighting

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 is what he's saying.

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 He could come

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 and force peace onto us,

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 yet he comes in the form

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 of a baby

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 in humility.

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 The arrival of baby Jesus

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 gives us peace with others

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 because we're reminded

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 that in order to get peace,

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 it starts with humility.

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 It starts with knowing

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 what he's done for us.

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 It's not just the absence

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 of conflict.

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 It is actually

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 the presence of humility.

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 Ephesians 2.

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 Ephesians 2 verse 13

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 says this,

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 but now in Christ Jesus,

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 you who once were far off

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 have been brought near

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 by the blood of Christ.

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 For he himself

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 is our peace

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 who has made us both one

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 and has broken down

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 in his flesh

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 the dividing wall

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 of hostility.

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 He's saying,

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 Paul's saying,

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 hey look,

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 there's two groups here.

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 You've got the Jews

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 over this side,

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 you've got the Gentiles

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 over this side,

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 you've got the people

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 who used to be KFCI

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 this side,

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 and you've got the people

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 who used to be

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 the gathering this side.

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 You have two sides

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 and it does not make sense.

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 Jesus came

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 and preached peace

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 to those who were far off

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 and to those who were near

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 and they break down

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 that dividing wall

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 of hostility.

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 By the way,

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 those two sides

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 we should never need

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 to label again.

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 We are one church.

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 In fact,

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 there's plenty of people

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 here who were neither.

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 Paul's saying,

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 we are one.

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 Why?

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 Because Christ himself

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 is our peace

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 and he came

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 and broke down

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 that dividing wall

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 of hostility.

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 The arrival of baby Jesus

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 breaks down any walls

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 because through humility

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 those walls

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 are broken down.

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 The question

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 that we have then is,

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 are we proponents

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 of that peace?

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 do we truly recognize

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 that?

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 If it carries on

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 in Ephesians 2,

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 it says this,

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 verse 16,

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 verse 15,

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 by abolishing the law

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 of commandments

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 expressed in ordinances

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 that he might create

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 in himself one new man

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 in place of the two,

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 so making peace

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 and might reconcile

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 us both to God

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 in one body

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 through the cross,

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 thereby killing

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 the hostility.

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 And he came

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 and preached peace

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 to you who were far off

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 and peace to those

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 who were near

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 for through him

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 we both have access

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 in one spirit

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 to the father.

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 There is no special access

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 because you're a Jew.

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 There is no special access

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 because now you're a Gentile.

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 We all go to the father

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 the same way.

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 It's through Jesus.

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 You are one.

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 You are one.

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 The question is,

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 are we proponents

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 of that peace

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 or are we actually

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 sitting on the sidelines

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 with our arms crossed

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 looking across

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 at the other side

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 of the fence

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 going,

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 those people.

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 The arrival of baby Jesus

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 should remind us

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 of the humility

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 where it's like,

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 man,

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 we are all one.

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 Jesus in his sermon

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 on the mount

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 says,

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 blessed are those

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 who are the peacemakers

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 for they shall be what?

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 Anyone know?

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 Known as the children

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 of God.

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 Ellie, yes.

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 Blessed are the peacemakers

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 for they shall be called

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 the children

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 or the sons of God.

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 If you truly understood

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 who you are in God

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 as a child of God,

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 as a son

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 and as a daughter of God,

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 you would be a peacemaker.

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 You might then ask,

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 okay,

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 so what does that look like?

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 I'll tell you

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 what it looks like.

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 All of us

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 who are in a workplace

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 or in some kind of field

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 or actually

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 any of us

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.360
 who are surrounded

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 by human beings,

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 by family,

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 by friends,

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 tell you what you

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 are about to see

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 during this Christmas

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 as you spend time

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 with these people.

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 There is conflict.

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 There's people

00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:16.880
 talking bad stuff

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 about other people.

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 There's people

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 who don't like other people.

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.759
 There's people

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.580
 who are annoyed

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 at other people.

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 You know what

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 you're supposed to be

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.380
 as a child of God?

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 You're supposed

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 to be the peacemaker.

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 I think those of us

00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:29.980
 who are working

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 in offices

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 will especially

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:32.740
 know this right now.

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.720
 Ken's just smiling

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 because he knows

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.139
 it's a battlefield

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 out there.

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.659
 We're supposed

00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:39.639
 to be peacemakers.

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.019
 What does that mean?

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.839
 What does that look like?

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.519
 It means when you're

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.379
 at the coffee machine

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:48.039
 and someone's

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:49.599
 talking bad

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.859
 about someone else

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:52.579
 and telling it to you,

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 you're supposed

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:53.640
 to say,

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.359
 yeah,

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:56.420
 but maybe

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 there's another side.

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 We're supposed

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 to help them

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 understand

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 another perspective

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 because your goal

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.620
 is peace.

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 It isn't,

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.620
 oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.140
 Wait till you hear

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.960
 what they said to me.

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.660
 That's not

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.359
 the right answer.

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.019
 We're supposed

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.740
 to be proponents

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 of peace

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.620
 where we,

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.579
 as children of God,

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.500
 because of the arrival

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.200
 of baby Jesus,

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.319
 have the humility

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.940
 to kind of take ourselves

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.559
 out of the equation

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.920
 and bond people together.

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.779
 Can you have,

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.440
 do you have people

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.240
 in your life right now

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.779
 who are fighting

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 who you think,

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.319
 maybe there is something

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.779
 I could do.

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.740
 Maybe I could help

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.200
 in some way.

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.039
 Maybe it's just

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.980
 to help one side

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:33.839
 dissipate their frustration

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:35.019
 so they can understand

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.539
 the other side

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.079
 a little bit more.

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.819
 Do you have that person

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.200
 in your life?

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.859
 Do you have those people

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.299
 in your life?

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:41.200
 Because the arrival

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.819
 of baby Jesus

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.700
 brings with it

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.599
 peace.

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.920
 Brings with it

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.779
 a peace that comes

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:47.039
 from humility.

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.940
 And I'll tell you one thing,

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.519
 it's not easy.

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.480
 Being that proponent

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.399
 of peace is not easy

00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:52.180
 and it's going to be hard.

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.399
 But it gives me

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.160
 to my final point.

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.399
 The arrival of baby Jesus

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:57.119
 not only gives you

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:58.079
 the peace of God

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:59.259
 that surpasses understanding,

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.279
 it not only grants you

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.720
 peace with others,

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.680
 ultimately,

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.259
 ultimately that peace

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.220
 comes from one place.

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.440
 The peace with God.

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.940
 Ourselves.

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.420
 That's the key.

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:16.660
 if we understand

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.340
 that actually

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:18.740
 the arrival of baby Jesus

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.539
 tells us that God

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.460
 wants to be with us

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.840
 because at the core of it,

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.860
 the core problem

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.580
 that we have,

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.460
 the core problem

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.360
 that each of us have

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.420
 is that we have been

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:28.320
 separated from God.

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.720
 That we have been separated.

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:31.800
 Why is there so much

00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:33.539
 conflict within our families?

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.200
 Why is there so much

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.400
 conflict within our churches?

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.019
 Why is there so much

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.900
 conflict in our city?

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:38.279
 It's because we have all

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:39.880
 been distanced

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:41.080
 and separated from God.

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.439
 The arrival of baby Jesus

00:26:42.439 --> 00:26:43.799
 first and foremost

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:45.619
 is addressing that situation.

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.119
 That Ephesians 2 passage

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.939
 of the verse 12

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.500
 says this,

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.579
 remember that you were

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.059
 at that time

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:53.179
 separated from Christ,

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.559
 alienated from the

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.339
 commonwealth of Israel

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.240
 and strangers to the

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.919
 covenants of promise,

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.579
 having no hope

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.220
 and without God

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.599
 in the world.

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.359
 You say, hey,

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:01.199
 before you talk about

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:01.859
 unity together,

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.059
 let me remind you one thing.

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.960
 You were separated.

00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:05.379
 You were lost.

00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.559
 You were blind.

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.859
 You had no hope

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.480
 and without me.

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:10.059
 But Jesus came

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:11.200
 and preached peace

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.379
 to you.

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.500
 I was watching a TED talk

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:15.980
 with Christina

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.599
 the other night

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:19.700
 and it was the title,

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.399
 which they're always

00:27:20.399 --> 00:27:20.980
 really kind of

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.559
 catchy titles.

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:22.019
 It was like

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:23.579
 the single parenting skill

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:25.099
 that every parent

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.619
 should have.

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.159
 And of course,

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.279
 as parents who are failing

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.240
 on a daily basis,

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:30.460
 we were attracted

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.179
 in to watch it.

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.859
 And you know what

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.799
 the one trait

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.419
 that they said,

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.779
 the recommendation

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.940
 they had for parents is?

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:38.159
 To be good at repairing.

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:40.620
 The speaker was saying,

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:40.820
 actually,

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.980
 that's the main thing,

00:27:42.100 --> 00:27:43.820
 to be good at repairing

00:27:43.820 --> 00:27:44.620
 because you're going

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.279
 to make mistakes.

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.180
 You're going to sever

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.840
 your relationship

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.480
 with your child

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.500
 in some way.

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:49.100
 You're going to be

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:50.680
 disconnected some way.

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:52.140
 When you end up shouting,

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.040
 the example she had

00:27:53.040 --> 00:27:53.940
 was if you're shouting

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.519
 at your child

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.720
 across the kitchen

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.960
 because they're being

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.740
 sport and entitled

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:59.720
 and then you end up

00:27:59.720 --> 00:27:59.980
 shouting

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.560
 and then they leave

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.220
 and then they slam

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.759
 the door behind them,

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.500
 all of that,

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:05.120
 be good at repairing

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:06.279
 was the answer.

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.739
 And how she said

00:28:08.739 --> 00:28:09.639
 that you should do it

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:11.059
 is to go back

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:12.039
 to that point

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:13.159
 of disconnection.

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:15.299
 So if you were fighting

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.839
 with someone,

00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:17.119
 let's say Danny and Grace

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:19.019
 are fighting about something

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:21.859
 and of course Danny's wrong.

00:28:22.239 --> 00:28:25.119
 So Danny's got to figure out

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:28.500
 how to repair the connection.

00:28:29.239 --> 00:28:30.379
 The thing to do

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:31.779
 is to go back

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.539
 to that moment.

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:34.579
 let's say Danny

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:36.139
 then apologizes to

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:37.259
 Hey Grace,

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:39.119
 that moment there

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.879
 in the scene

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:41.519
 where I left the toothbrush

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.240
 on the left side

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:43.200
 instead of the right side,

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.579
 my bad.

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.279
 That's like,

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.779
 I know how that made you feel.

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.980
 Even though I think

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.859
 it might be the other way around.

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.180
 Danny's like,

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.319
 this is such a stupid example

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.180
 because it's the opposite.

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.500
 The whole point

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.460
 of the TED Talk

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.759
 was saying

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.440
 you've got to be good

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.819
 at repairing.

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.619
 You've got to go back

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.159
 to that scene.

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.399
 Hey,

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.460
 do you know what I said

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.259
 to you there

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.059
 in the living room

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.539
 the other day?

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.819
 Actually,

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.539
 that was out of order.

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.759
 And actually,

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.299
 I said it

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.299
 because I was frustrated.

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.440
 I said it

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.079
 because of this.

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.960
 You go back

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.860
 to that scene

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:14.660
 and you repair it.

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.579
 In some ways,

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.160
 she also said,

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.360
 actually,

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.079
 that's essentially

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.259
 why counseling

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.720
 is so good,

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.400
 why therapy

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.319
 is so good

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.840
 because you get

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.240
 a space

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.059
 where you sit back

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.840
 into a spot

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.880
 where you go back

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.279
 to that,

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.180
 you process

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.279
 that moment

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.180
 of disconnection

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.940
 with someone else

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:31.080
 in a safe space

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:33.320
 and that's when

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:34.100
 the repair begins.

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.299
 Why does

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.560
 baby Jesus,

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:39.200
 prince of heaven,

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:40.080
 prince of peace,

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.860
 come to this world?

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.140
 Because he's trying

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.680
 to go back

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.380
 to that moment

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:44.640
 of disconnection

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:46.200
 and he's trying

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.900
 to repair

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.940
 that disconnect

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:49.299
 that you and I

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.060
 all have

00:29:50.060 --> 00:29:50.880
 the moment

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.440
 we choose

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:51.980
 ourselves

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.820
 over God.

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.080
 Romans 5,

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:55.580
 1 says,

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.779
 we get peace

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.559
 with God

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:59.220
 through Jesus.

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.079
 Until you remember

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.819
 and you recognize

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.199
 that actually

00:30:02.199 --> 00:30:02.879
 you're distanced

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.299
 from God

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:03.980
 all the way

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.839
 from your OG

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.379
 ancestor,

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.019
 Adam and Eve,

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.699
 when they chose

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:07.859
 to go their own way,

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.759
 when they chose

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.240
 the flesh

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.259
 over the spirit

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.019
 that leads to death

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.500
 as opposed

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.639
 to life and peace,

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.139
 until you recognize

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:15.740
 that you were

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.720
 separated from God,

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.500
 then you won't

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.019
 get the peace

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.319
 of God

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.839
 and you won't

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.579
 get the peace

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.039
 with others.

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.659
 It starts

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:23.139
 with that.

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:26.320
 Jesus coming

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:27.320
 to this world

00:30:27.320 --> 00:30:28.880
 is trying to go

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.280
 back to that

00:30:29.280 --> 00:30:30.140
 point of disconnection.

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.060
 The Garden of Eden

00:30:31.060 --> 00:30:32.000
 is where the point

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.640
 of disconnection

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:32.960
 comes,

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:33.860
 where Adam

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.300
 would even go,

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.520
 God,

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:35.120
 can you really

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.560
 be trusted?

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.400
 Did you really

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.320
 say what you said?

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:38.140
 Should we really

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.620
 follow you?

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.520
 Jesus,

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:41.060
 baby Jesus,

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.720
 comes back

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.820
 to the earth

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.380
 and goes back

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:44.120
 to another garden,

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.080
 the Garden of

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.620
 Gethsemane

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:47.780
 and he repairs

00:30:47.780 --> 00:30:49.500
 and he surrenders

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:49.940
 his will

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.980
 and he says,

00:30:51.300 --> 00:30:51.520
 God,

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.520
 not my will,

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:54.180
 but yours.

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.259
 Why?

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.960
 Because he had

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.860
 our separation

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.380
 in mind

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.440
 because he was

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.820
 going back

00:30:58.820 --> 00:30:59.380
 to that scene

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.120
 of disconnection

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:01.060
 to bring about

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.820
 reconciliation.

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:04.080
 That is why

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.920
 we have a baby Jesus.

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.680
 That's why

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.380
 Christianity

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.300
 remains to be

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:08.100
 the only one

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:09.300
 that addresses

00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:09.900
 the issue

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.880
 that we have

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.740
 which is disconnection

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.580
 because we have

00:31:12.580 --> 00:31:13.000
 a God

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:14.560
 who comes to us

00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:16.100
 in the form

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.580
 of a baby

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:17.460
 and says,

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.180
 I want connection

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.600
 with you.

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.320
 No other religion

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:20.780
 does that.

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.759
 All the other ones

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.000
 say,

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.560
 hey,

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.179
 we've got to

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:23.599
 figure out

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:23.839
 a way

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.240
 to become

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.639
 perfect

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:25.139
 so we can

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:25.559
 get to that

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:25.859
 place.

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.779
 The truth is

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.220
 we can never

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.639
 get to that

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:27.919
 place.

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.179
 The truth is

00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:29.539
 the only way

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:29.859
 we can get

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.279
 to that place

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.700
 is if that

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.099
 place comes

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.480
 to us.

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.879
 That's what

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.299
 the arrival

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.919
 of baby Jesus

00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:34.200
 does.

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.119
 Let me finish

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.639
 with asking you

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:37.899
 this.

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.740
 Would you

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.379
 welcome

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:41.839
 the arrival

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.839
 of baby Jesus

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.659
 in your life?

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.299
 Would you

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.960
 welcome the

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.839
 peace of God

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.659
 that surpasses

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:48.419
 understanding?

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.179
 The peace

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:49.659
 that doesn't

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.259
 make sense?

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.640
 Can you

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.259
 commit with

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.160
 me as

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.660
 you leave

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.320
 this place

00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:56.480
 to go back

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.940
 into the

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.380
 world that

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.940
 you're in

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.740
 and have

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.240
 a peace

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.740
 that doesn't

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.320
 make sense?

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.080
 So the

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:01.820
 next time

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:03.660
 someone's

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.080
 complaining

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:05.180
 in your

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:06.120
 company about

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:06.560
 the future

00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:07.259
 or is worried

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.980
 about something,

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.120
 you can display

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.680
 to them a

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.360
 peace of God.

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.640
 Why?

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.240
 Because

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:13.320
 the arrival

00:32:13.320 --> 00:32:13.960
 of baby Jesus

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.720
 tells you and

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.420
 reminds you that

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.980
 God wants to

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.480
 be with us.

00:32:16.540 --> 00:32:16.880
 In fact,

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.700
 God is with

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.200
 you right

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.460
 now.

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.680
 He is near,

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.520
 he is at

00:32:20.520 --> 00:32:20.860
 hand,

00:32:21.020 --> 00:32:21.640
 so you don't

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.020
 have to be

00:32:22.020 --> 00:32:22.520
 anxious about

00:32:22.520 --> 00:32:22.860
 anything.

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:24.900
 Can you

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:26.240
 display that

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.820
 kind of peace

00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:27.440
 of God that

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.860
 surpasses

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.340
 understanding?

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.200
 And secondly,

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.440
 when I asked

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.740
 you, hey,

00:32:32.800 --> 00:32:33.300
 are there people

00:32:33.300 --> 00:32:33.900
 in your lives

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.620
 that you're

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.100
 not at peace

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.320
 with?

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.680
 This is the

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.280
 season to do

00:32:38.280 --> 00:32:38.480
 it.

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.720
 Because there

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.220
 is a baby

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.220
 that comes to

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.840
 show you what

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.620
 humility looks

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:43.880
 like.

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.820
 That baby,

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:46.279
 God himself,

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.960
 who if he

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.419
 uttered his

00:32:47.419 --> 00:32:47.720
 voice,

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.439
 everything,

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.460
 everyone would

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.759
 melt,

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.899
 and yet he

00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:51.720
 chose to come

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.159
 in the form

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.619
 of a baby.

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.039
 That means

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.659
 there's someone

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.519
 in your life

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:55.980
 that you can

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.559
 display the

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.179
 same level

00:32:57.179 --> 00:32:57.759
 of humility

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.899
 to.

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.279
 And you're

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.480
 like, oh,

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.480
 but what if I

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.159
 humble myself

00:33:02.159 --> 00:33:02.619
 and then they

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:03.099
 trample all

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.480
 over me?

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.059
 Then they

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.519
 trample all

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.859
 over you.

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:09.039
 The Lord,

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.480
 the King,

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.339
 the one who

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.939
 ends up bringing

00:33:10.939 --> 00:33:12.119
 redemption and

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.960
 reconciliation to

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.379
 the whole world

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:14.179
 was nailed to

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:14.740
 a cross.

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:16.559
 for you.

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.460
 You can be

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.460
 a doormat

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:21.639
 because your

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.259
 savior went

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.740
 onto the

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.240
 cross to

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.179
 die for

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:24.379
 you.

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.059
 Now, if

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.439
 you get to

00:33:25.439 --> 00:33:25.939
 a point where

00:33:25.939 --> 00:33:26.559
 you are

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.119
 getting so

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.779
 taken advantage

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.279
 of that you

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.679
 end up on

00:33:28.679 --> 00:33:29.099
 a cross,

00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.639
 then come

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:31.059
 and talk to

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.159
 me.

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:32.220
 We'll try

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.519
 and figure

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.879
 out a

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.220
 solution.

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.139
 But until

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:36.519
 then, I

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:36.919
 think there's

00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:37.519
 still humility

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.039
 that we can

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.240
 show.

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.559
 I think there's

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.019
 still peace.

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.460
 And if you

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.460
 are a child

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.839
 of God,

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.399
 then you're

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:42.839
 not supposed

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.519
 to just let

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.179
 people walk

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.120
 all over

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.360
 you.

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:45.700
 Not to

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.019
 say that's

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.620
 what you're

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.120
 going to go

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.360
 out and

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.480
 do.

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.039
 Hey, everyone,

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.440
 walk all

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.820
 over me.

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.820
 But you

00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.100
 have a

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:51.480
 peace of

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.820
 God that's

00:33:51.820 --> 00:33:52.039
 like, you

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.340
 know what,

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:53.180
 whatever happens.

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.880
 I'm just

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.259
 going to be

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.880
 as faithful

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.580
 as I can,

00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:56.360
 as kind

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.960
 as I can,

00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.600
 knowing that

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.140
 my savior

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.759
 lives and is

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.200
 standing right

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.640
 next to me.

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.900
 so there's

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.259
 nothing that

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.680
 you can do

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.560
 to me that

00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:02.800
 is going

00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:03.120
 to affect

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.759
 my situation.

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.040
 It's not

00:34:04.040 --> 00:34:04.240
 going to

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.900
 hinder my

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.420
 promotion because

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:05.880
 if God wants

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.400
 my promotion,

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:06.980
 he will

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.580
 promote me.

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.660
 And if God

00:34:09.660 --> 00:34:10.140
 wants me to

00:34:10.140 --> 00:34:10.780
 be popular

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.680
 and be able

00:34:11.680 --> 00:34:12.160
 to succeed

00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:12.680
 in a certain

00:34:12.680 --> 00:34:13.680
 arena of my

00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:14.200
 life, he

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:14.640
 will do it

00:34:14.640 --> 00:34:15.039
 for me.

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.160
 So I don't

00:34:17.160 --> 00:34:17.500
 need to

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.019
 scrounge and

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.200
 I don't

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.400
 need to

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.840
 strive and

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.220
 strain and

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.660
 stress for

00:34:19.660 --> 00:34:20.000
 it because

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.460
 God is

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.840
 with me.

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.440
 Can we

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.820
 be that?

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.140
 Can we

00:34:23.140 --> 00:34:24.220
 be the

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.820
 peacemakers

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.360
 because we

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.740
 are children

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.059
 of God?

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.179
 And finally,

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.739
 would you

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.480
 humble yourself

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.440
 at the

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.599
 throne of

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:31.860
 Jesus?

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.920
 Would you

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.779
 humble yourself

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:36.699
 by the

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.360
 baby in a

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:37.619
 manger,

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.320
 recognizing

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.779
 that he

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:40.380
 came to

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.679
 save you

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:43.039
 and me,

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.279
 that we

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:45.000
 were separated,

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.940
 we were

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.400
 disconnected,

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.559
 we chose

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.039
 our own

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:49.139
 way, we

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:50.239
 turned our

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.659
 backs on

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:52.900
 God, yet

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.340
 now we

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.940
 have peace

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.340
 with him.

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:56.120
 That word

00:34:56.120 --> 00:34:57.079
 peace, the

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.600
 Old Testament

00:34:57.600 --> 00:34:58.760
 word is

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.260
 shalom.

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.900
 We heard of

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.120
 that?

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:02.160
 Shalom.

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.500
 What does

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.840
 that mean?

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:04.120
 Shalom means

00:35:04.120 --> 00:35:05.500
 wholeness.

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.039
 It's

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.640
 complete.

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.579
 It's not,

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:08.960
 okay, so

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.380
 when I think

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.760
 about peace

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.260
 sometimes, I

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.740
 think about

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.519
 a lake,

00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:12.579
 calmness,

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.340
 no human

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.900
 beings around,

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:14.920
 not even my

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.600
 children, well

00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:15.960
 definitely not

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.320
 my children,

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:18.300
 nor my wife,

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.019
 just complete

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.920
 utter silence,

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:20.660
 just me,

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.180
 that's peace.

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.720
 But that

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.220
 isn't real

00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:22.760
 peace that the

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.260
 Bible talks

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:23.480
 about.

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.219
 The word

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:25.159
 shalom means

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.599
 that things

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.360
 are complex,

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.519
 things are

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.740
 complicated, yet

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.260
 there is a

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:30.179
 wholeness to

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.599
 it because

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:32.059
 everything fits

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:33.139
 together in

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.599
 the right

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.320
 place.

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.260
 Who's old

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:37.679
 enough to

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.360
 remember what

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.460
 you used to

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.740
 do in

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:41.059
 Microsoft

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:42.619
 Windows where

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.119
 you have

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:44.079
 defragmentation?

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.460
 Who remembers

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.679
 that?

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.340
 Oh, Albert,

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.940
 I know you

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.320
 got me.

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.219
 Albert and

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.719
 Paul, the

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.119
 guys with

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.400
 the same

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.880
 hairstyle as

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.139
 me, we

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.559
 got this.

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:53.599
 I used to

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.099
 love doing

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.539
 defrag.

00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:55.239
 I mean, I

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:55.539
 didn't really

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.840
 know what

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.820
 I did, but

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.279
 you just got

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.719
 this picture,

00:35:57.779 --> 00:35:58.519
 this logo that

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.239
 the puzzle was

00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.719
 like getting

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.259
 fixed.

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.980
 We all, yeah, I

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.420
 mean, my wife

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.980
 always gives me

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.619
 grief about my

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.320
 wardrobe because

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.820
 like, I'm,

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:07.059
 anyway, so.

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.340
 And after a

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.860
 while of using

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.420
 wardrobe or your

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.039
 bookcase or your

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.779
 bookshelf, everything

00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:12.639
 just goes into,

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.940
 like, it starts

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.460
 getting messy,

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.719
 right?

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.679
 Whenever you do

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.340
 anything in life,

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:16.940
 it starts to get

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.239
 messy.

00:36:17.899 --> 00:36:18.500
 I know Ellen

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.799
 likes to organize

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.839
 her phone apps in

00:36:20.839 --> 00:36:22.099
 the right color, and

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:23.039
 it's all, her phone

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.500
 screen is just

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.079
 immaculate.

00:36:24.879 --> 00:36:25.859
 Mine starts off that

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.459
 way too, but then

00:36:26.459 --> 00:36:27.179
 suddenly you start to

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.899
 download apps, and

00:36:27.899 --> 00:36:28.339
 then you go to

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:28.859
 Shenzhen and you

00:36:28.859 --> 00:36:29.339
 have to download all

00:36:29.339 --> 00:36:29.979
 these new apps, and

00:36:29.979 --> 00:36:31.059
 then suddenly my

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:32.659
 whole screen looks

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.259
 completely different,

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.219
 and then I need a

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.559
 defrag.

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.979
 I need someone to

00:36:35.979 --> 00:36:36.599
 come in to help

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.539
 tidy everything up.

00:36:39.479 --> 00:36:40.639
 That process of

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:42.259
 defragmentation, what's

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:42.979
 that haming for?

00:36:43.899 --> 00:36:44.259
 Shalom.

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.079
 Wholeness.

00:36:46.439 --> 00:36:46.839
 Complex.

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.479
 Yet complete.

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.619
 I believe that's the

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.259
 kingdom of God that

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.779
 we're heading to.

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.799
 I believe that's the

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:55.059
 shalom that baby Jesus

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.599
 is bringing.

00:36:56.899 --> 00:36:57.859
 And it starts with

00:36:57.859 --> 00:36:58.099
 us.

00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:00.779
 Would you let this

00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:02.439
 baby, and what he

00:37:02.439 --> 00:37:04.039
 does, and his life,

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.719
 and his death, and

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.339
 his resurrection,

00:37:05.859 --> 00:37:06.739
 defrag your life,

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:07.799
 organize it back into

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:09.339
 a way where you have

00:37:09.339 --> 00:37:10.259
 shalom.

00:37:11.919 --> 00:37:12.739
 When you have

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:13.459
 shalom, you will

00:37:13.459 --> 00:37:14.139
 have the peace of

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:15.019
 God, you will have

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:16.299
 peace with others, and

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:17.159
 you will have peace

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:18.719
 with God.

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.960
 That is what we're

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.359
 aiming for.

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.579
 Peace has come,

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:29.500
 and our king is with

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:29.819
 us.

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:37.200
 Jesus, we thank you.

00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:41.100
 That you would leave

00:37:41.100 --> 00:37:42.200
 heaven's throne as the

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 prince of peace, and you

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 would come into the dark

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:49.200
 world that we live in, and

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:50.039
 that you would bring light,

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.240
 that you would bring

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:52.640
 peace.

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 peace.

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 And so we pray for shalom

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:59.480
 over every single person

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.039
 in this room.

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:03.619
 We live complex lives, in a

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:05.119
 complex city, in a complex

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:08.079
 world, that so often feels

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.420
 incomplete, and it truly

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.299
 isn't complete.

00:38:12.859 --> 00:38:13.859
 Until you come.

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:16.500
 would you bring

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:16.920
 shalom.

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:16.960
 shalom?

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 Would you bring those who

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:22.760
 feel distant to you

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:24.860
 back into your arms?

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 Would you meet us at our

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:30.800
 point of disconnection, and

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:33.500
 repair, and reconcile us to

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.099
 God the Father?

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:41.039
 Jesus, this Advent season, we

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:42.159
 await your arrival.

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 Arrival filled with humility

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:47.699
 and peace.

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 Thank you, Lord.

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 And it's in your name, the

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:00.619
 name that all governments, the

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:02.739
 whole world, will rest on.

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:05.339
 Where there will be peace

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 that has no end.

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 It's in your name, that name,

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 that we pray.

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 Amen.