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 I would like you to turn your Bibles this morning to the passage that we are going to study

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! Matthew chapter 1. We're going to be looking at verses 18 through 25, which brings to us one of the

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 pieces of the Christmas story. I go back and forth on telling you this in advance, but I suppose I

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 will. I am a very, very poor secret keeper. My wife knows me well enough to know that if I buy her a

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 present, I just can't help it. I've got to tell her ahead. It's so much fun to buy her presents. It's

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 like, I can't wait. And so, Lord willing, should He allow, I, next year on Christmastime, am going to

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 preach through the genealogies of Christ. That's actually an accurate response because there is

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 not a single word in the Scripture that is not for our benefit. Is that not right? And what it says in

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 Romans, and I love the passage in Romans 15 verse 4, it says, these things are written for our

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 encouragement. So, by the way, we will not get bogged down, Lord willing. I have a whole year to

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 work on this, trust me. Prayer, prayer, prayer, prayer, prayer, prayer, lots of prayer. But when we

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 look at the genealogy of Christ together, it is going to be a rich, a rich overview of the plan of God

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 in bringing us redemption. That's what that is. By the way, no matter where you are in the Bible,

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 ultimately, the path leads back to Jesus. Do you know that? Do you realize that? Because He is the

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 center of the book that we love and are thankful for. And so, I want you to know in advance,

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 Lord willing. That's what I intend to preach on next year. And I almost kind of bumped over there

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 this year, but I thought, no, we've already got this far in the process, and I want you to be in

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 prayer this morning. Now, a second thing that I will say to you is that preaching is an active

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 and demanding responsibility, but also listening is an active and demanding responsibility. And I want to

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 plead with you to do that which I have probably done more repetitiously than any other thing that I

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 have asked you to do in the almost 27 years that I have served as your pastor, and that is that you

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 pray for me. Pastor Saul and I are humbled by your kindness in thinking about us around this Christmas

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 season. We are thankful for your generosity. You are a wonderful congregation to serve among.

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 And your gift is something that we are thankful for. But I know I can speak for my brother and

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 companion in the gospel when I say that while we are thankful for that, the thing that we appreciate

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 even more is that you are a persistently prayerful people for those who serve among you. We're thankful

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 for that. And so, it goes without saying that if I'm going to open the book, you're going to keep your

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 eyes open and you're also going to pray. And you can multitask, at least most people can. And so,

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 I ask that as I am preaching that you pray that the Spirit of God would enable me to bring the Word

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 with authority and with accuracy and with the affection of heaven and that you also would be

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 affected by it. And you can do that, can you not? Please understand this. Listen to me carefully.

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 Prayer makes average preaching better. I don't have an intention of being average in preaching,

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 but I recognize that as the Scripture says, we have this treasure in earthen vessels.

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 And so, please multitask that you might be enabled by the Spirit of God to be part of what He's doing.

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 Let's pray. Our Father, we ask the power of the Spirit that You have given to us as believers

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 to anoint my lips, that I may speak with unction, and that Your people may attend to the teaching of

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 the Word of God with the enabling of the Spirit. For as Jesus rightly taught us in John 15, apart from

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 Me, You can do nothing. And so, we ask that this morning we would hear carefully, we would allow the

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 Word of God to make a difference in our lives, and as we listen to the Word of God, that it would

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 have an effect that we would be different in the way we think and the way we act, that the unbelieving

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 world might be drawn to the cross, and we might be a joy and a delight to You. We ask this in Your

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 precious name. Amen. Let me have you look at Matthew chapter 1, verse 18. It says,

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 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place on this way. When His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,

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 before they came together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband,

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 Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.

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 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream,

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 saying, Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is

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 conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you will call His name Jesus,

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 for He will save His people from their sins. I want you to understand that at the heart of

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 preaching is really the wonderful responsibility of communicating what God has to say. Preaching is

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 really not about being witty. It's not about having some sappy stories or poems that kind of resonate

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 off the heart, and they sound good in and of themselves. Really, preaching is about being

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 clear about what God has already revealed to you, and I trust that that is what you are looking for

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 this morning, is to hear the Word of God stated clearly and with conviction and with a desire that

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 you are formed by what you hear. I've got to admit that life is foggy. Do you understand what I mean by

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 that? It's not as easy to have it all focused and in line, and there are so many dissonant little

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 voices that are calling out to us and trying to have an effect on us, and life can be a little

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 confusing. I was shopping the other evening, and I just couldn't help but notice that the retail

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 culture really doesn't get Christmas. Do you understand that? I mean, you know, you can have a

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 little baby Jesus in a Cretion. You can have a great big old jolly Santa Claus right next to the

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 same setting, and you can have...so which is really Christmas? I took a walk around my neighborhood a

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 couple nights ago, and I counted up in my proximity. That's just one loop of a little area. There were 33

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 houses, I think, that were decorated with Christmas. At least, that's what I say. They had lights hung all

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 over the place, and I thought, AEP must love this season. You know, it's like cha-ching, and I mean,

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 there were some houses that I thought should have their own transformer. It was pretty serious.

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 Powerful. Hallelujah. Somebody must work for AEP. But I remember walking around, and I had to...I kind

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 of...at the end of the circle, I noticed aside from fat little blow-up Santa Claus, I really didn't get any

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 idea that Christmas had anything to do with any kind of religious focus. Aside from the festive mood

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 and the lights and things like that, no indication. And it's not just in the stores.

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 My computer inbox is just filled, filled with help of messages of things that I really didn't know I

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 needed to be warmer, to be happier, to be more productive, to be more satisfied. I mean, just

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 an incessant delete, delete, delete, delete, because they just clog up the system.

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 And I'll admit, I get caught up in the flow a little bit, too. I was sitting there in the family

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 room, Judith and I together, and I was sitting there on my laptop, and she looked over, and she said,

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 hey, what are you doing? I was actually reading the news at the moment, and I admitted that, and I said,

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 well, I just happened to be kind of flying through some of the news articles, and she says, oh, really?

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 I said, why? She said, well, you never want to buy anything until right around Christmas,

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 and then you buy things that other people were thinking about buying for you.

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 And she said, stop, don't do it. And so I thought to myself, well, what prompts me around Christmas

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 time to begin thinking about things that I desperately need? And it has to be the advertisements.

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 So I admit, the tractor beam of retail draws me in just like the rest of you, and it's pretty easy

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 to get caught up in what's going on with the season. And so I want to take the Word of God and

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 lay it out like a compass and say, where's true north and what really is this time all about?

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 So I want you to turn in our passage here just to verse 21 in particular as we focus on this text,

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 and let me make three points that rise out of the passage itself. First of all,

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 it's undeniable that Christmas is about Jesus, isn't it? That's what Christmas is really about.

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 And so I trust that as you celebrate Christmas as a family, and that's a good thing to do,

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 now listen to me, don't kind of read the Christmas story kind of out of obligation like,

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 okay, when I get back to church, I'll be able to say, pastor, we read this Christmas story.

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 We're good. Hey, listen, weave the Lord Jesus into the life of your family in more than just that

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 particular thing. Make Him center, not just of that day, but of every day. And we look here at

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 this passage, and as you look, you recognize verse 21, it says, listen, you'll call His name Jesus.

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 Now question, how many of you know what the name Jesus actually means? Just, you can have three

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 options. Nod your head, that's one. Smile at me real big like you're kind of doing a dental thing,

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 or just raise your hand. A, B, C. Some of you are going like this, and you need to stop, okay?

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 Hey, listen, up here, up here. Here's what Jesus means. It means Jehoshua is salvation. Joshua,

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 Jesus, the Lord is Savior. When Joseph was given instructions on what to name his son,

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 he said, listen, you're going to call Him God is Savior, Lord is Savior, because that's what He's all

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 about. No matter where you are in this wonderful book, Jesus is the recurring theme, and all things

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 come back to Him. Now, in the Old Testament, the hints are a little harder to see on occasion.

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 Wouldn't you agree with that? You recognize in particular, let me give you a couple of illustrations.

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 You remember when Abraham was called to sacrifice his only son, and up the hill he went, and remember,

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 his son Isaac says, hey, listen, where's the sacrificial lamb? Where's the sacrifice? And what did

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 Abraham say? God will provide. God will provide. And the New Testament becomes profoundly more clear when,

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 as Jesus was coming, John the Baptist says, behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

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 The New Testament makes the issue of the centrality of Christ and the story of redemption much clearer,

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 and both Matthew and Luke lay out some of the details of the first Christmas,

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 and though each of the accounts give us a different set of facts, nevertheless, at the center of all of these

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 facts is the Lord Jesus. Our text today explains the miracle birth. It explains how Joseph intended to respond

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 and how the Spirit of God came to him, where actually an angel of the Lord came to him and pointed out that he was

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 not to handle things appropriately. And the Old Testament, as we have just alluded to, really

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 points towards Jesus with prophecies and symbolic imagery. I'm reminded of the fact that when in the

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 Old Testament a believer sinned, the way in which to deal with that sin was through sacrifice, and as he

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 sacrificed, he was not thinking that the blood of that bull or that goat or that lamb, whatever it was,

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 was actually an adequate atonement for sin. But he was thinking forward to the day that God had

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 promised would come when someone he would send would be the substitute and the sacrifice for sin.

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 The theme of God's provision is the lone bright star against the incredibly dark background and backdrop

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 of what took place in Genesis chapter 1. I want you to think just for a moment back to Genesis chapter 1,

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 chapter 3. Actually, I said chapter 1, I meant 3. 315, where remember after Adam and Eve had sinned and God

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 comes to them, he makes this statement. He says, I will put enmity between you and the woman, talking about

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 Satan, the serpent, and he says, between you and your offspring, and he will bruise your head,

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 and you shall bruise his heel. It's called the proto-evangelism or evangelism, but it's the first reference

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 to the fact that God would provide a sacrifice for our sin.

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 We see throughout the Old Testament sacrificial system the reference to the fact that God would provide,

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 and when in the temple people would come and offer their sacrifice,

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 they were thinking of the day that God would provide His Son to be the sacrifice.

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 I want you to look at two more texts in which we see things a little more clearly,

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 particularly in the New Testament. If you will, turn to John chapter 5.

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 John chapter 5, verse 39.

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 Very interesting statement that Jesus makes to His detractors,

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 who were specialists in the Old Testament.

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 They prided themselves in knowing what the Bible had to say, the Old Testament.

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 And by the way, Jesus had a lot of fun with them. One of the things that He would say

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 was, have you never read? What was their attitude towards that?

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 It was like, duh.

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 I mean, the supreme insult to say to a Pharisee,

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 now listen to me, the Pharisees were so well versed in the Bible,

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 the Old Testament, that you could have them,

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 you could give them a reference and they could recite the whole thing,

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 or you could start a sentence and they could finish it.

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 We can do that with a couple things.

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 Here's an illustration.

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 For God so loved the world.

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 See, you can do that, but how many of you can go much beyond that one?

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 The Pharisees had it down cold.

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 And Jesus loved to point out to them that while they heard the Scriptures,

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 the Scriptures didn't make any difference to the way they lived.

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 In John chapter 5, verse 39, He says,

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 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life,

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 and it is they that bear witness to Me.

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 If you were to walk into my office,

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 and you were to sit in the chairs that are in there,

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 behind you would be the verses that I see when I study.

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 One of them is John chapter 5, verse 39,

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 and it is written out, and then it says this,

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 How does this sermon testify to Christ?

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 You see, the Scriptures bear witness to Jesus.

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 Let me have you look at another one in particular,

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 and this is over in the book of Luke,

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 just a brief comment on this.

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 And I, for one, am inclined to think that probably Hebrews,

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 a wonderful book,

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 is the more complete unpacking of what Jesus taught on that road

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 and the little sermon that He gave to those two grieving disciples.

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 Look at Luke chapter 24, verse 25.

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 And He said to them,

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 O foolish ones and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken,

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 was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things

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 and enter into His glory?

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 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets,

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 He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

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 So when Jesus came that first Christmas,

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 He who was God's gift to a broken and wicked world

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 was and is also the central figure of it.

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 And I cannot help but wonder this morning,

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 as we gather and we sit under the teaching of the Word of God,

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 whether or not Jesus is really central in your life.

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 Do you understand that?

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 Is He at the very center?

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 Or have other things crowded Him out?

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 I'm reminded of what it says over in the book of Revelation

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 where Jesus, as He writes to the church,

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 He says there at Laodicea,

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 you have lost your, what?

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 Your first love.

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 Can I tell you something about love?

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 It doesn't do well unnurtured and uncared for.

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 Do you realize that?

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 It can fade and lose its power.

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 And so this morning, as you sit and listen to the preaching of the Word of God,

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 ask yourself that practical question,

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 how connected is my heart

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 to the beauty and the glory of the Lord Jesus who came to be my Savior.

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 Second thing that I want you to see going back to that passage in Matthew

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 is that Christmas is about salvation.

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 Christmas is about salvation.

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 And I've got to tell you,

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 I can understand why the world gets so bent out of shape

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 when we, with any level of clarity,

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 declare what Christmas is really all about.

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 You look at the passage there in Matthew chapter 1

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 and mark what it says.

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 It says that Jesus came to be our Savior.

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 And so we recognize, as you look at the passage

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 and think about it here just for a moment,

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 it says He came to save.

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 The Bible is crystal clear

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 that men cannot save themselves.

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 That's really actually pretty offensive.

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 Do you understand that?

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 I mean, for one,

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 we'd like to believe that God grades on the curve,

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 at least the curve that works for us.

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 And we don't mind the way He treats other people.

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 I mean, they're scoundrels

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 and they deserve what they've got coming.

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 But us?

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 Hey, cut me slack.

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 I'm doing my best.

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 The truth of the matter is

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 is that all mankind is in a predicament

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 that He's eternally dangerous.

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 In the face of that,

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 we have a tendency to be a little bit like the rich fool

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 over there in Luke chapter 12, verse 16 through 21.

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 Remember the rich fool?

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 He had it all happening.

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 It was good.

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 He was gathering just beaucoup.

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 It was coming in.

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 In fact, he had so much

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:09.039
 that, you know,

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:11.559
 he decides, he reaches the point and says,

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 hey, I am kicking back

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 because I've got enough

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 to kind of coast on towards the sunset.

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 You know, I'll buy myself a third vacation home.

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 I'm going to have an RV and a yacht

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 and I'm in.

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 I'm on.

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 It's a good, good thing.

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 Remember what Jesus said to him,

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 thou fool,

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:34.860
 tonight your soul will be required of you.

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 When we read the remainder of that lesson,

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:42.419
 we realize this self-focused man

00:21:42.419 --> 00:21:44.559
 really was not thinking about eternity at all

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 and in consequences, he was doomed.

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:51.779
 Others are amazingly pleased with themselves

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 and their relative goodness.

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 I had a wonderful chance earlier,

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:57.439
 well, it's actually last week.

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.079
 I keep forgetting.

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 Sunday is the beginning of a new week, right?

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.259
 Gotcha.

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 Okay, yeah, it is.

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 But last week,

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:06.180
 I had the chance to share the gospel with a guy.

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.480
 We had a little extra time.

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 We're sitting in a hospital

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 and so how we drifted left of center,

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 I don't know how it happened.

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 But anyway,

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:18.720
 he got to talking about spiritual things

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 and he shared with me

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 that he was a very generous and kind man

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 and he didn't judge other people.

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 And so I followed up

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 and asked him the logical question.

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 I said,

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 so Hitler's in heaven?

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 Do you follow the logic there?

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 I mean,

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 he doesn't judge

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 and God doesn't judge

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 and everybody's okay.

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 And I said,

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 well,

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 is Hitler in heaven?

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 Well,

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.080
 he got a little flustered

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 but he says,

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 no,

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 I don't think so.

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 I said,

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 well,

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 if Hitler's not in heaven,

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 how far down the line

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 do you have to come

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 with being nasty and naughty

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 to get to the point

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 that God cares about it?

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 You know what the answer is?

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 The Bible tells us

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 all have sinned

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 and come short

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 of the glory of God.

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 There is none that are righteous,

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 no,

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 not one.

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 And I didn't give him the reference.

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 You know,

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 sometimes,

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 how many of you figured out

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 that sometimes the reference

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 is like sticking a finger

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 in a guy's eye

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 is like dingbat,

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 boom,

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 Bible verse,

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 boom,

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 you know,

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 not to be done.

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.400
 Okay.

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 I said,

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.519
 you know,

00:23:27.800 --> 00:23:28.820
 truth of the matter is

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 is if God's holy

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 and perfect

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 and his mother

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 was in surgery,

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 I said,

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 you know what,

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 I bet you you're hoping

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 that the doctor

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 is exercising

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 all due caution

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 and you want

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 a bug-free environment

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 for your mother's surgery

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 right now,

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 right?

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 Well,

00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:44.560
 yeah.

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 I mean,

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 I remember when my father

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 would scrub for surgery

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 and I thought,

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 you know,

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 hit it a lick

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 with water

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 and leave it go.

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 You know,

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 go on in.

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 You know,

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:56.559
 timer running,

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:56.779
 ding,

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:56.980
 ding,

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 ding,

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 you know,

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 and there was

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.400
 this protocol

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.600
 of putting on gloves

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 and gown

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 and it's like,

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:04.960
 oh,

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.779
 but you know what?

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.140
 If what you want to do

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:10.200
 is come out of surgery

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 without an infection,

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.840
 do those kind of things

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.420
 make a difference?

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 And the answer is yes.

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 Well,

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:19.779
 heaven has zero infection.

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:25.100
 I'm reminded

00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:25.620
 of what it says

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:27.819
 over in Hebrews chapter 9

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 where it says,

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.100
 it's appointed unto man

00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:30.819
 once to die

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 and after that,

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.539
 the judgment.

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 It's really surprising

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.620
 to tell people

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 that there will be

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.039
 no do-overs.

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 Do I get a second chance?

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.640
 No.

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 And if you have not

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.200
 trusted in Christ

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.080
 and you are planning

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:48.080
 to face the judgment

00:24:48.080 --> 00:24:48.740
 on the basis

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:50.360
 of your own self-righteousness,

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.459
 the answer from Scripture

00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.839
 is you are doomed.

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:57.119
 The truth of the matter

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:57.919
 is is that the Bible

00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:58.679
 makes it clear

00:24:58.679 --> 00:24:59.719
 that all mankind

00:24:59.719 --> 00:25:02.799
 is utterly unable

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:05.179
 to save themselves.

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:08.019
 It's one thing

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.539
 to be told

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.079
 that we need

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.759
 to be saved.

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:12.199
 It's another thing

00:25:12.199 --> 00:25:12.699
 to be told

00:25:12.699 --> 00:25:13.319
 that you can't

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.039
 do it yourself.

00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:17.819
 And when we read here

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.779
 in this passage,

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:21.660
 He will save

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.420
 His people

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.420
 from their sins.

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.059
 The supposition

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.700
 of the text

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:27.299
 is that we can't do it.

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:28.359
 We need someone else

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.099
 to do it.

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.519
 Think with me

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.059
 just for a moment

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.859
 to another passage.

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.799
 And so if you want

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.500
 to follow along,

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.139
 I want you to turn

00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:34.619
 in your Bible

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:36.379
 over to Ephesians chapter 2

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:38.299
 where the apostle

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:40.899
 in the second chapter

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.500
 of Ephesians

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:44.000
 does just a phenomenal job

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.740
 of explaining

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:46.299
 some of the details

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.579
 of salvation.

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.460
 and look what He says

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.699
 there in Ephesians chapter 2.

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:50.939
 It says,

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:53.079
 for by grace...

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:54.119
 Now what does grace mean?

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:56.199
 It means I get something

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:57.179
 that I didn't earn.

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:59.740
 I am amazed...

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.759
 Everybody look up

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.339
 and smile at me

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.259
 so I know you're with me.

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.179
 Like this.

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.559
 I'm amazed

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.460
 at how many people

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:07.000
 go to church

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.699
 and at the end

00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:09.139
 of the day

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.939
 really believe

00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.539
 that the reason

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.980
 they're getting

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.480
 into heaven

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.059
 is because

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:13.699
 they're pretty good people.

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:16.319
 Now I admit

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:17.319
 there are some churches

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.059
 where the gospel

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.640
 doesn't have

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:20.580
 a floating chance.

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:23.100
 But don't deceive yourself.

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:26.039
 It's only by the grace

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.440
 of God

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.980
 that a person

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.420
 comes to faith.

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.500
 There it is

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.120
 in verse 8.

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.380
 It says,

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.039
 for by grace

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.759
 you have been saved

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.340
 through faith

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:35.039
 and this is not

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.799
 of your own...

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.160
 What?

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.080
 Doing.

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.319
 Knock, knock, knock.

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.559
 Hi Tim.

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.159
 How are you getting in?

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.339
 Well, I've been

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.019
 a pretty good person.

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.539
 Ha!

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.659
 You know,

00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:48.480
 anybody that knows me

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.039
 knows that

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:50.179
 is a lie.

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.899
 And it's the same thing

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.319
 for you.

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:54.899
 Now aren't you glad

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:55.659
 everybody doesn't know

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.539
 all the things about you

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.220
 that God does?

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.039
 But the truth of the matter

00:26:58.039 --> 00:27:00.019
 is you're not getting there

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:01.099
 because of who you are.

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.279
 You're getting there

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:05.000
 because God sent His Son

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:07.819
 to die for your sins.

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:12.759
 I want you to go back

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.200
 with me now

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.679
 to Matthew

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.460
 as we recognize

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.139
 the third point.

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:18.619
 Christmas is about

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.700
 saving us

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:21.399
 from our sins.

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.759
 Looking at

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.720
 Matthew chapter 1

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.240
 verse 21

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.159
 and picking up again

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:27.819
 on that theme

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.500
 there in the text

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.859
 it says,

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.939
 for He will save

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.579
 His people

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:33.279
 from their sins.

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:58.519
 God has ordained agents

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.460
 such as our families

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.539
 to help us with that.

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:02.019
 Our conscience

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.019
 that bears witness.

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.480
 And the government.

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.839
 I was driving

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.619
 in a particular area

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.139
 the other day

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:08.899
 and I happened to notice

00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:09.680
 that people were being

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.899
 exceptionally prudent

00:28:10.899 --> 00:28:12.099
 in their driving skills.

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:14.660
 And I thought,

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.019
 hmm,

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:17.079
 what is all this about?

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:19.579
 And then when I rounded

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.039
 the corner

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.700
 I discovered

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:22.279
 what was prompting

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.960
 their conscience.

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.700
 It was an officer

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.139
 of the law

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:26.059
 sitting over in the berm

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.220
 and kind of sitting there

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.839
 happily waiting

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.639
 for someone

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:29.440
 who was brain dead

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.960
 to go by.

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:31.259
 So, you know,

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:31.839
 and I,

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:33.500
 everybody and I

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.359
 kind of rolled

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:34.980
 the traffic

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.399
 and you know

00:28:35.399 --> 00:28:35.879
 what happened

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.459
 after we were

00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:36.980
 out of sight?

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.599
 Guess what happened?

00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:38.099
 Does anybody know

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.500
 what happened?

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.439
 Does anybody know

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:40.859
 what happened?

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:44.000
 Everybody just burned

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.459
 the petrol

00:28:44.459 --> 00:28:45.059
 like they had

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.720
 no thought

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.379
 in their mind

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.399
 of what was dangerous.

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.519
 And off they went

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.259
 and I'm sitting there

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.379
 going,

00:28:50.459 --> 00:28:50.919
 ooh,

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.759
 okay.

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.059
 Here's the truth.

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:58.339
 all men

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.980
 are sinners.

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:03.319
 Even with the restraints

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.960
 in place

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:06.339
 the heart of man

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:07.519
 is a dark place

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.240
 and a factory

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:10.019
 for every imaginable sin.

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.980
 I want you to understand

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.399
 that sin harms man

00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:16.440
 in this present life

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:18.220
 and it condemns

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.139
 in the life to come.

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:21.259
 Turn back in your Bible.

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.319
 I've referenced Genesis

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.379
 a number of different times

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:24.200
 and so we're going to take

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.820
 a couple minutes.

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:26.120
 You can keep your finger

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.520
 in Matthew

00:29:26.520 --> 00:29:27.120
 if you wish

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:28.480
 or not

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.940
 but go to Genesis

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.880
 chapter 3

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:32.120
 as we look at

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:33.220
 what God has to say

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.980
 about sin

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.980
 in Genesis chapter 3.

00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.480
 And by the way

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.920
 let me tell you

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.440
 a little secret

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.400
 about Bible study.

00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:40.620
 It's always good

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.160
 to get it right

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.760
 from the beginning.

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.600
 Would you understand that?

00:29:43.780 --> 00:29:44.620
 How many of you

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.700
 have done math problems

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.020
 that rely upon you

00:29:47.020 --> 00:29:48.160
 getting the starting facts

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.680
 right?

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:51.040
 And if you get

00:29:51.040 --> 00:29:52.280
 the starting facts wrong

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.119
 what happens as you

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:54.019
 go down the line?

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.819
 Do you understand

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:57.039
 that it only gets worse?

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.000
 Okay.

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.759
 Well Genesis 3

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:02.019
 I've been talking

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:03.279
 so let me get there.

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.220
 I want you to recognize

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.720
 as you look at

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.539
 Genesis chapter 3

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.319
 that first of all

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.660
 sin leads man

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:11.519
 to be self-deceived.

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:15.139
 Look at Genesis chapter 3

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:15.960
 verse 7.

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:16.879
 It says

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.980
 then the eyes of both

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.440
 were opened

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.700
 after they had sinned

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.580
 and they knew

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.519
 that they were naked.

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:22.960
 Okay.

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.100
 Now

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:26.620
 the reasonable thing

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.200
 to do when you

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.120
 recognize you're naked

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.559
 is say

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.100
 hey God

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:30.519
 I have sinned

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.840
 and I desperately

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:33.019
 need your help.

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.500
 Right?

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:35.200
 What'd they do?

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.860
 Oh look at the passage.

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.340
 It says

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.900
 what they did

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.559
 was they grabbed

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.200
 fig leaves

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.120
 and sewed them together

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.900
 and made themselves

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.559
 loincloths.

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.299
 Hey what do you think?

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.799
 Looks good right?

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.420
 Did I fool you

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.980
 with my fig leaves?

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:51.319
 Listen to me carefully

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:52.339
 so you don't miss this.

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:54.980
 Sin leads mankind

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:57.400
 to be self-deceived.

00:30:58.799 --> 00:31:00.880
 Instead of recognizing

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.759
 and admitting

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:03.059
 the broken

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:05.160
 and helpless state

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:06.819
 that sin produces

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:09.500
 we try to cover ourselves

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.480
 one way or another

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.880
 with fig leaves.

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.380
 Second

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:17.640
 sin leads mankind

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.580
 to have broken

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:19.980
 relationships with God.

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.420
 Verse 8

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.880
 they heard the sound

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.860
 of the Lord God

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:26.280
 walking in the garden

00:31:26.280 --> 00:31:27.940
 in the cool of the day

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:29.100
 and the man

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.940
 and his wife

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:31.460
 hid themselves

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.720
 from the presence

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:34.380
 of the Lord God.

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:45.720
 prior to sin

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:49.480
 Adam and Eve

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.100
 welcomed

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:52.400
 their communion

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.040
 with God.

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.620
 They enjoyed it.

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.380
 They found pleasure

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:56.980
 in the presence

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.780
 of the Almighty.

00:31:59.560 --> 00:32:00.420
 And do you know

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.820
 something?

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:02.040
 Listen to me carefully.

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.319
 in the heart

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.960
 of every believer

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:07.680
 is a longing

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.460
 for the day

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.639
 when we will have

00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:10.539
 complete

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.920
 whole

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:13.379
 unfettered

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:15.200
 unrestricted

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.819
 communion

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:17.159
 with the Lord

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:18.240
 of hosts.

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.639
 I love

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.420
 Psalm 16

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.779
 11

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.480
 where it says

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.859
 in thy presence

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.559
 is the what?

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.599
 The fullness

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.279
 of joy

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:28.399
 and that your right hand

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:28.920
 are pleasures

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.500
 evermore.

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.900
 And here in Genesis

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.820
 we find that

00:32:34.820 --> 00:32:36.480
 man and woman

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.560
 incredibly deceived

00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:38.240
 by sin

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.940
 thought that they

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.500
 could actually

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.400
 hide from God

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.759
 and he didn't

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.200
 see them.

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.680
 Third thing

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.400
 is that sin

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.759
 leads mankind

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.380
 to have broken

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.039
 relationships

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.880
 with one another.

00:32:50.560 --> 00:32:51.019
 It was really

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.860
 interesting in this

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.400
 conversation

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.120
 that I referenced

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.539
 earlier

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:55.220
 the man let me

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.820
 know that he was

00:32:55.820 --> 00:32:56.440
 fully persuaded

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.340
 that all wars

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:58.200
 were the consequences

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.840
 of religion.

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.620
 How many of you

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:02.059
 figured out

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.620
 that sometimes

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:03.360
 arguing is not

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:03.960
 a good idea?

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.080
 You know?

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.700
 In the presence

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.180
 of a man

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.600
 who's fully

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.059
 persuaded

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:10.220
 you know

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.620
 it's just

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.840
 you just have

00:33:11.840 --> 00:33:12.200
 to kind of

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.840
 wait for the

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.180
 opening

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.940
 such as

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:15.220
 since God

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.960
 doesn't judge

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.360
 is Hitler

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:17.019
 going to heaven?

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.259
 You know

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.680
 you just give

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.279
 him enough rope

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.700
 and then what

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.319
 happens is

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.220
 there's kind of

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:21.039
 a tripping process

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.819
 that takes place

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.400
 and I remember

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.019
 this person

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.140
 going on

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:25.039
 about the subject

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.960
 of all wars

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:28.019
 being the consequences

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.680
 of religion

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:30.000
 and I said

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.359
 hmm

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:32.059
 I let him talk

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.460
 and I said

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:34.440
 I'm wondering

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.319
 what religion

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:36.720
 led Mao Zedong

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.240
 to slaughter

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.960
 50 million Chinese

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:40.599
 you know that

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:40.819
 right?

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:43.079
 I said

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.359
 or

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.799
 while we're

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.339
 talking about it

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.660
 I'm thinking

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.660
 about Pol Pot

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.799
 how many of you

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.339
 know Pol Pot?

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.379
 or I said

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:50.879
 what about the

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.480
 Hutus and the

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.980
 Tutsis?

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.740
 you know

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:55.079
 no that's

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.639
 about religion

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:57.520
 that's because

00:33:57.520 --> 00:33:57.940
 of the heart

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.600
 of darkness

00:33:58.600 --> 00:34:00.420
 the heart

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.040
 of darkness

00:34:01.040 --> 00:34:03.580
 and when we

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:04.480
 read what the

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.120
 scriptures have

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.480
 to say

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.180
 we understand

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:07.800
 that when

00:34:07.800 --> 00:34:08.840
 Adam and Eve

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.000
 fell into sin

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.860
 it affected

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.900
 their relationships

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.980
 in a millisecond

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.800
 now here was

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.519
 the man who

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.180
 just moments

00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:17.140
 earlier was

00:34:17.140 --> 00:34:18.039
 doing cartwheels

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.740
 because God

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.260
 had given him

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.700
 a wife

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.700
 and now he

00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:21.940
 turns like a

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.780
 brute and he's

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.200
 willing to

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:24.180
 sacrifice her

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.859
 on the altar

00:34:24.859 --> 00:34:25.839
 if it'll get

00:34:25.839 --> 00:34:26.359
 him off the

00:34:26.359 --> 00:34:26.639
 hook

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.839
 you know

00:34:27.839 --> 00:34:28.319
 what he says

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:30.480
 you know

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.879
 this sin

00:34:30.879 --> 00:34:31.339
 problem I

00:34:31.339 --> 00:34:31.679
 wouldn't be

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.139
 having if it

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.419
 wasn't for

00:34:32.419 --> 00:34:32.759
 that girl

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.099
 you gave

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.299
 me

00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:35.980
 I mean

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:37.039
 what a

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.500
 boor

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.799
 that's a

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.339
 polite word

00:34:39.339 --> 00:34:40.639
 are there any

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.099
 boors here

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:42.259
 I don't think

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.519
 so

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:45.000
 you see

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.699
 here was

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.259
 Adam by

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:47.779
 the way

00:34:47.779 --> 00:34:49.139
 listen

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:51.519
 Adam was

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.079
 the one who

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.599
 had been

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.139
 given the

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.619
 operating

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.259
 instructions

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.739
 for the

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.099
 garden

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.359
 do you

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:55.679
 understand

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.059
 that

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:59.319
 and he

00:34:59.319 --> 00:34:59.900
 had stood

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.359
 by

00:35:00.359 --> 00:35:01.920
 as he

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.420
 watched

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.920
 Eve

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.440
 trundle

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.699
 over

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.480
 and listen

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.859
 to the

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:05.259
 snake

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:06.139
 and he

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.599
 listened

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.039
 and heard

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.440
 what was

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.839
 happening

00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.599
 and he

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.019
 let her

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.559
 go right

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:09.819
 ahead

00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:10.239
 and do

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.519
 it

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:13.500
 by the

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.799
 way

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.960
 all of

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.179
 you who

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.440
 are out

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.579
 here

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.059
 are men

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.519
 God

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:17.920
 is not

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.359
 in favor

00:35:18.359 --> 00:35:18.679
 of you

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.119
 being a

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.619
 passive

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:19.980
 low

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.460
 life

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:22.460
 he's

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.639
 not

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:22.980
 asking

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.139
 you

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.400
 to be

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.539
 an

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.159
 ayatollah

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:26.260
 but buddy

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:27.199
 he expects

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.460
 you to

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.780
 protect

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.280
 your wife

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.940
 by providing

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.260
 a little

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.559
 bit of

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:29.860
 Bible

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.320
 help

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.559
 on

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.019
 issues

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:36.780
 let's

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.079
 come to

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.420
 one more

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.780
 thing

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:40.079
 Christmas

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.539
 is about

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.800
 great

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.179
 news

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:43.059
 that's

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.179
 what

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.500
 Christmas

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.940
 is

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.840
 now

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.039
 let's

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.179
 be

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.579
 honest

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.920
 great

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.139
 news

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.599
 is always

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.059
 prefaced

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.420
 by

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.599
 terrible

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.119
 news

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.659
 do you

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:51.820
 follow

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.079
 that

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:54.380
 and let

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.599
 me tell

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:54.699
 you

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:54.940
 something

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.400
 you can't

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.679
 get to

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:55.860
 good

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.079
 news

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.299
 without

00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:56.639
 dealing

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:56.840
 with

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:56.940
 the

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.179
 bad

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:57.440
 news

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.779
 first

00:35:57.779 --> 00:35:58.059
 everybody

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.460
 smile

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.719
 at me

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:58.960
 so you

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.340
 understand

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.539
 where

00:35:59.539 --> 00:35:59.679
 I'm

00:35:59.679 --> 00:35:59.920
 going

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.420
 you

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:00.860
 can't

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.059
 get

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.219
 to

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:01.480
 good

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.799
 news

00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:02.259
 without

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.940
 accepting

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.360
 bad

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.019
 news

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:09.500
 how do

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.739
 I want

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.039
 to say

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.340
 this

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.659
 this

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.139
 last

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.480
 week

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.719
 has

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.019
 been

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.460
 quite

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.659
 a

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:12.840
 little

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.299
 dust

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:13.599
 up

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:15.599
 over

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:18.480
 ill

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.039
 advised

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.900
 comments

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:22.039
 made

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.579
 in

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.500
 questionable

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.219
 environments

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.759
 I thought

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.119
 about the

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.460
 passage

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.059
 that says

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.900
 don't

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.239
 throw

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.559
 your

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.059
 pearls

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.299
 to

00:36:28.299 --> 00:36:28.960
 swine

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.299
 lest

00:36:29.299 --> 00:36:29.559
 they

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:29.920
 turn

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.319
 again

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.500
 and

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.819
 rend

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:30.960
 you

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.199
 that's

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:31.360
 one

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.579
 thought

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:31.839
 that I

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:32.079
 had

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.559
 but

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:32.839
 another

00:36:32.839 --> 00:36:33.059
 one

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.219
 is

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.460
 this

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.639
 is

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:33.779
 hey

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:34.139
 listen

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.819
 I

00:36:34.819 --> 00:36:35.239
 could

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:36.420
 regardless

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.819
 of the

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.299
 environment

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:37.940
 recite

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.940
 Romans

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.339
 chapter

00:36:39.339 --> 00:36:39.779
 one

00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:40.079
 and I

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.299
 tell

00:36:40.299 --> 00:36:40.420
 you

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.619
 what

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:40.739
 if

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:40.980
 people

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.380
 understood

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.599
 what

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:41.880
 Romans

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.179
 chapter

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.500
 one

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.839
 said

00:36:42.839 --> 00:36:43.400
 they'd

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:43.539
 want

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:43.639
 to

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.059
 crucify

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.279
 me

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:44.559
 in this

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:44.559


00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:44.960
 contemporary

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.319
 culture

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:45.519
 do you

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.800
 understand

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.120
 that

00:36:46.120 --> 00:36:46.940
 so

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.320
 here's

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.460
 what

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:47.860
 Christians

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.220
 get to

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.500
 do

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.620
 kind

00:36:49.620 --> 00:36:49.740
 of

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.000
 shut

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.180
 up

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:50.280
 and

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:50.460
 act

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.660
 like

00:36:50.660 --> 00:36:50.780
 you

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:50.980
 don't

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.220
 care

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:52.320
 and

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:52.480
 by

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.559
 the

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.720
 way

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.059
 does

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.240
 that

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.420
 make

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.720
 Jesus

00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:54.039
 happy

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.280
 what's

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.400
 the

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:54.720
 answer

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:56.539
 smile

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.740
 at

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:56.860
 me

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.000
 because

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.160
 you're

00:36:57.160 --> 00:36:57.260
 going

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:57.320
 to

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.480
 hate

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.600
 me

00:36:57.600 --> 00:36:57.740
 for

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:57.960
 this

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.680
 no

00:36:58.680 --> 00:37:00.620
 I

00:37:00.620 --> 00:37:00.760
 mean

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.100
 at

00:37:01.100 --> 00:37:01.240
 the

00:37:01.240 --> 00:37:01.400
 end

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.519
 of

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:01.600
 the

00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:01.780
 day

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.100
 you

00:37:02.100 --> 00:37:02.320
 have

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.460
 to

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:02.720
 choose

00:37:02.720 --> 00:37:02.940
 which

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.320
 side

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:03.559
 you're

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.860
 on

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:05.400
 can

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:05.519
 you

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:05.660
 be

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:05.800
 a

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:05.900
 little

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.120
 more

00:37:06.120 --> 00:37:06.580
 discreet

00:37:06.580 --> 00:37:06.700
 and

00:37:06.700 --> 00:37:06.780
 a

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:06.860
 little

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:06.860


00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.080
 more

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.440
 gentle

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.599
 and

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.719
 the

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:08.019
 answer

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.239
 is

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.579
 yes

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.019
 but

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.299
 let

00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:09.440
 me

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.759
 tell

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:09.900
 you

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.219
 something

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.539
 about

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:10.940
 truth

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.340
 it

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.599
 makes

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.099
 those

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.239
 who

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:12.480
 don't

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.679
 want

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:12.799
 to

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.019
 hear

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.219
 it

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:13.799
 upset

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:16.940
 now

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.139
 here's

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.239
 the

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.500
 truth

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:19.559
 bad

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.860
 news

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.159
 comes

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:20.500
 before

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.819
 good

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.199
 news

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:22.559
 here's

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:22.719
 what

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:22.980
 Jesus

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.420
 said

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:25.360
 remember

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.519
 the

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.059
 Pharisees

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.340
 they

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.500
 were

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.679
 all

00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:26.840
 lit

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.000
 up

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.199
 all

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.340
 the

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.599
 time

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:27.739
 I

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:27.799
 mean

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:27.940
 they

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.259
 walked

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:28.539
 around

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.699
 with

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:28.799
 a

00:37:28.799 --> 00:37:29.179
 perpetual

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.699
 grunt

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:30.639
 a

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.000
 groan

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.799
 grumble

00:37:31.799 --> 00:37:32.739
 forget

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.659
 they

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.000
 they

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.179
 were

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.579
 unhappy

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:35.039
 people

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:36.960
 they

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.079
 were

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.299
 looking

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:37.500
 like

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.739
 some

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:37.859
 of

00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:37.960
 you

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.179
 this

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.460
 morning

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.639
 you

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:38.759
 know

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:38.879
 it's

00:37:38.879 --> 00:37:39.000
 like

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.139
 why

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.339
 come

00:37:39.339 --> 00:37:39.480
 to

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:39.759
 church

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:39.919
 you

00:37:39.919 --> 00:37:40.059
 can

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.319
 frown

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:40.460
 at

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.759
 home

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:43.899
 okay

00:37:43.899 --> 00:37:46.939
 and

00:37:46.939 --> 00:37:47.259
 and

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:47.779
 Jesus

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.439
 really

00:37:48.439 --> 00:37:48.839
 was

00:37:48.839 --> 00:37:50.339
 merciless

00:37:50.339 --> 00:37:51.460
 on

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.739
 them

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:55.519
 and

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:55.779
 Jesus

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:56.059
 made

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.199
 it

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.480
 clear

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:59.279
 they

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.380
 are

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.580
 all

00:37:59.580 --> 00:38:01.060
 stewed

00:38:01.060 --> 00:38:01.180
 and

00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:01.660
 steamed

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:01.920
 and

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.519
 he

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.720
 says

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:02.840
 hey

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.060
 let me

00:38:03.060 --> 00:38:03.220
 tell

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:03.320
 you

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:03.660
 something

00:38:03.660 --> 00:38:04.760
 the

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:04.960
 only

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.240
 people

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:05.380
 who

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.620
 need

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:05.740
 a

00:38:05.740 --> 00:38:06.060
 physician

00:38:06.060 --> 00:38:06.280
 are

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:06.519
 those

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.660
 who

00:38:06.660 --> 00:38:06.880
 are

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:08.240
 sick

00:38:08.240 --> 00:38:11.880
 and

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.180
 so

00:38:12.180 --> 00:38:13.260
 the

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.480
 truth

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.600
 of

00:38:13.600 --> 00:38:13.600


00:38:13.600 --> 00:38:13.800
 matter

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.140
 is

00:38:14.140 --> 00:38:14.280
 is

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.420
 that

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:14.720
 beloved

00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:14.980
 we

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.300
 cannot

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.700
 save

00:38:15.700 --> 00:38:16.320
 ourselves

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:17.560
 we

00:38:17.560 --> 00:38:17.940
 stand

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.460
 justly

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:18.800
 condemned

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.140
 before

00:38:19.140 --> 00:38:19.280
 a

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.480
 holy

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:19.860
 God

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.460
 and

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:20.680
 there

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:20.960
 are

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.560
 every

00:38:21.560 --> 00:38:21.840
 one

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:21.980
 of

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.160
 us

00:38:22.160 --> 00:38:22.320
 in

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.480
 here

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.660
 that

00:38:22.660 --> 00:38:22.860
 do

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.120
 not

00:38:23.120 --> 00:38:23.340
 know

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.720
 Christ

00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.980
 are

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.420
 just

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:24.640
 a

00:38:24.640 --> 00:38:25.360
 heartbeat

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:26.100
 from

00:38:26.100 --> 00:38:26.540
 hell

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:31.619
 but

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:31.759
 the

00:38:31.759 --> 00:38:31.940
 good

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.159
 news

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:32.340
 is

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:32.739
 this

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:34.599
 Jesus

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.279
 came

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:36.019
 into

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.460
 the

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.840
 world

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.119
 to

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:37.440
 save

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:37.880
 sinners

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:39.639
 that's

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:39.920
 why

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:41.759
 and

00:38:41.759 --> 00:38:42.079
 those

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.259
 who

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:42.639
 cry

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:42.920
 out

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.179
 to

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.619
 him

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:45.119
 for

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.719
 salvation

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.699
 will

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:46.860
 be

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.259
 saved

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:49.259
 does

00:38:49.259 --> 00:38:49.360
 it

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:49.460
 get

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.639
 any

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:49.820
 better

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.019
 than

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.259
 that

00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:52.340
 well

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:52.500
 what

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 do

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 I

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:52.840
 have

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 to

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 do

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:54.980
 just

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.939
 accept

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 the

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 reality

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.599
 the

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.379
 undeniable

00:38:58.379 --> 00:38:59.239
 clear

00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.919
 evidence

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 that you

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 are a

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.960
 scoundrel

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:03.259
 and hopelessly

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:03.839
 unable to

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:04.559
 save yourself

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:05.460
 and God

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.279
 seeing your

00:39:06.279 --> 00:39:06.759
 condition

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:08.000
 sent Jesus

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.480
 to be

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.739
 your

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 savior

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 doesn't

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 it count

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 that I

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 went to

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 a good

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:13.500
 church

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.960
 grew up

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 and knew

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 all the

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 Sunday

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 school

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 lessons

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 even

00:39:15.939 --> 00:39:16.199
 was

00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:16.819
 baptized

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 let me

00:39:20.779 --> 00:39:21.000
 tell you

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 something

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:21.779
 there

00:39:21.779 --> 00:39:22.000
 will be

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.439
 lots

00:39:22.439 --> 00:39:22.599
 of

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:23.039
 baptists

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.199
 in

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:23.420
 hell

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 how

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:26.460
 can

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 I

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:26.860
 say

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.159
 that

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 well

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.119
 there

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.159
 will

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:28.259
 be

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 Presbyterians

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 there

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 too

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 and

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.380
 there

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.400
 will

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 be

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 Methodists

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 and

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.219
 there

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:30.259
 will

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 be

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 other

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 people

00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:31.039
 here's

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 the deal

00:39:31.279 --> 00:39:31.920
 you don't

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.259
 get to

00:39:32.259 --> 00:39:32.500
 heaven

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:32.960
 by being

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.299
 a member

00:39:33.299 --> 00:39:33.599
 of a

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:33.860
 church

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.119
 or

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.839
 wearing

00:39:34.839 --> 00:39:34.980
 a

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.319
 particular

00:39:35.319 --> 00:39:35.819
 label

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:37.299
 you get

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.420
 to

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.619
 heaven

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.079
 by having

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.440
 faith

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:38.659
 in the

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:38.799
 Lord

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:39.099
 Jesus

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.519
 Christ

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.699
 and

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:39.819
 in

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 him

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.299
 alone

00:39:40.299 --> 00:39:41.799
 and

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:42.119
 faith

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:42.319
 in

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:42.639
 Christ

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.019
 means

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.319
 coming

00:39:43.319 --> 00:39:43.460
 to

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.579
 the

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:43.819
 point

00:39:43.819 --> 00:39:44.039
 where

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.299
 you

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 with

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 all

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.759
 humility

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:46.619
 say

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:46.980
 I

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 am

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 a

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 miserable

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 wretch

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 justly

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.619
 condemned

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:49.980
 before

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 God

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.639
 who

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 is

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 holy

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 and

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 I

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 cry

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 out

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:52.819
 to

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 Jesus

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.339
 and

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 ask

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 that

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 he

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 save

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:54.880
 me

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:56.139
 do

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:56.239
 you know

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:56.500
 what it says

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.659
 in the

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:56.880
 Bible

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:58.079
 I love

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 this

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 I like

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 saying it

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 to

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 everybody

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 whosoever

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 calls

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 upon

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 the

00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:02.060
 Lord

00:40:02.060 --> 00:40:03.180
 shall

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 be

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 saved

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:06.920
 how

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 should

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 I

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 end

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 a

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 Christmas

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 message

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 I

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 should

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 end

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 it

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 this

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 way

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 by

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 saying

00:40:15.600 --> 00:40:15.840
 that

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 the

00:40:16.040 --> 00:40:16.480
 gospel

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:16.780
 is

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 something

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 that

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.140
 to

00:40:18.140 --> 00:40:18.560
 every

00:40:18.560 --> 00:40:19.019
 believer

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.300
 is

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:19.980
 profoundly

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.540
 sweet

00:40:20.540 --> 00:40:20.860
 because

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.140
 when

00:40:21.140 --> 00:40:21.300
 you

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.740
 hear

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:22.260
 what

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:22.700
 Jesus

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:23.040
 has

00:40:23.040 --> 00:40:23.460
 done

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.760
 for

00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:24.160
 you

00:40:24.160 --> 00:40:24.800
 that

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.140
 makes

00:40:25.140 --> 00:40:25.360
 you

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:25.600
 say

00:40:25.600 --> 00:40:26.100
 that's

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 my

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:27.000
 Jesus

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:29.480
 and

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:29.659
 for

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:29.900
 you

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.099
 who

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.320
 do

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:30.559
 not

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:30.780
 know

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:31.179
 Christ

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:31.420
 that

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:31.699
 sit

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.039
 this

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.400
 morning

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:33.000
 under

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.240
 the

00:40:33.240 --> 00:40:34.139
 preaching

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:34.800
 of

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:34.980
 the

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.179
 word

00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:35.380
 of

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.860
 God

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:38.679
 have

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:38.840
 an

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.340
 opportunity

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:39.639
 to

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:39.920
 cry

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.179
 out

00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:40.360
 and

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:40.539
 say

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:40.920
 I

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.400
 am

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:41.760
 a

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:42.300
 sinner

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:44.079
 and

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.260
 I

00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:44.500
 need

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.079
 Christ

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.920
 to

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:46.420
 save

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:46.820
 me

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:48.240
 and

00:40:48.240 --> 00:40:48.400
 the

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:48.699
 Bible

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:49.320
 says

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:51.280
 whosoever

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:51.820
 calls

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.179
 upon

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:52.400
 the

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:52.659
 name

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:52.800
 of

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:52.940
 the

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.219
 Lord

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:53.960
 shall

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.179
 be

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:54.659
 saved

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:56.119
 let's

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 pray

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 a

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 Thank you.