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 Well, please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to the book of Matthew.

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 Book of Matthew, this one week break in between our series and Philippians.

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 We're pausing just for one week to go through the Christmas story this morning on the Sunday before Christmas.

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 And so this morning we'll be in Matthew chapter 1 and our text will be verses 18 through 25.

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 And I always encourage you to please, I encourage you to have a Bible open in front of you.

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 There's Bibles, copies of God's Word in the seat backs in front of you if you didn't bring your own.

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 And if you don't have a Bible at all, take that one home.

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 It's our gift to you.

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 We want you to have a copy of God's Word available to you.

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 So when you found it, Matthew chapter 1 verses 18 through 25,

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 let's please stand in honor of the reading of God's Word if you are able.

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 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way.

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 When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph before they came together,

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 she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

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 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame,

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 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,

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 for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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 She will bear a son, and he shall call his name Jesus,

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 for he will save his people from their sins.

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 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet.

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 Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

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 and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means God with us.

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 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him.

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 He took his wife but knew her not until she had given birth to a son,

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 and he called his name Jesus.

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 Father, as we look to this familiar story, we ask God,

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 would you give us eyes of faith and hearts of faith?

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 Would you give us fresh eyes to see this story in all of its beauty and all of its glory?

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 And God, we ask that you would show us Christ.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Would you please be seated?

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 I had the opportunity last Saturday to give a brief gospel presentation

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 at the German Christmas market here in All in All.

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 This is now the third year that I've had that opportunity,

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 and I look forward to it every year.

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 But every single year is a challenge because I am allotted two minutes.

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 Two minutes to share the gospel.

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 And each year, as I prepare and think about cramming this glorious story into just two minutes,

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 I remember, I think back on the story of Charles Spurgeon.

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 I'm not sure exactly where I first heard this,

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 but he shares a story of an occurrence that happened early on in his ministry.

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 He said,

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 One day in 1857, a day or two before preaching at the Crystal Palace,

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 I went to decide where the platform should be fixed.

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 They didn't have microphones and amplification like we do.

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 It had to be positioned just right to maximize his voice.

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 So he said,

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 I went to decide where the platform should be fixed,

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 and in order to test the acoustic properties of the building,

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 I cried out in a loud voice,

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 Behold the Lamb of God,

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 which taketh away the sin of the world.

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 He said that out in one of the galleries,

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 there was a workman who knew nothing of what was being done.

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 He heard the words,

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 and they came like a message from heaven to his soul.

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 He was smitten with conviction on account of sin,

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 put down his tools, went home,

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 and there after a season of spiritual struggling,

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 found peace and life by beholding the Lamb of God.

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 It's an encouragement for me,

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 whether in two minutes or 42 minutes,

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 we believe that the gospel is the power of God for salvation to all who believe.

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 But what stood out to me this year is,

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 as I thought and I prepared and I got ready for that moment,

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 and those two minutes as I prepared to share,

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 I thought about just how familiar so many people are with the story of Christmas.

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 Probably a few thousand people came through over two weekends there,

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 and you really couldn't escape it if you walked through.

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 There were manger scenes set up all over the place.

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 There were Christmas hymns being sung over the speakers.

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 There were musicians there playing these familiar Christmas songs.

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 The whole thing was called the Christ Kindle Marked,

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 Christ Child Market.

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 Everybody there was so near to the story of Christmas.

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 But here's what I told them.

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 Just because you're familiar with the story of Christmas,

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 I don't take it for granted that you truly understand the message of the gospel.

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 Just because you're familiar with Christ,

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 I especially don't take it for granted that you have faith in Christ.

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 I feel that same burden as I prepared to preach this familiar story this morning of the birth of Jesus.

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 I would be willing to bet that everybody in this room this morning,

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 as we come close to Christmas this year,

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 just a few days away,

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 I would be willing to bet that at least all of you on some level are at least familiar with the story of Christmas.

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 You've heard these words before.

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 You're familiar with the story of Christ's birth.

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 You've seen the baby in the manger.

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 You've heard and you've sung these Christmas hymns,

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 maybe for years and for years and for years.

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 But please,

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 don't make the fatal mistake

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 of confusing familiarity for faith.

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 There is an eternity of difference

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 between familiarity with Jesus

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 and faith in Jesus.

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 As we look again to the birth

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 and the wonder of Jesus this Christmas,

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 don't make that fatal mistake.

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 I want to spend our time this morning looking once again to this familiar story of Jesus' birth.

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 And I want to ask the question,

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 who is this child in the manger?

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 Who is this child

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 that we still talk about

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 and sing about

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 and celebrate some 2,000 years later

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 after his birth?

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 Who is Jesus?

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 We need to understand this

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 and be reminded of this once again

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 so that

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 we might know him

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 and trust in him

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 and love him

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 and worship him

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 and honor him

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 as he deserves

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 this Christmas.

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 Who is this child?

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 Who is this child?

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 We get answers in three places

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 here in Matthew chapter 1.

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 Three places where we get answers to that question.

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 Who is this child?

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 First,

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 the circumstances of Jesus' birth

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 show us who he is.

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 The circumstances

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 surrounding his birth story,

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 they teach us a little bit about who he is.

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 Look there with me again to verse 18.

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 Sometimes new parents,

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 as they have a new child,

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 bring a new baby into the world,

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 I've been in conversations before,

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 they like to share the birth stories.

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 Have you ever had those conversations?

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 You share the stories

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 of how your child came into the world.

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 But listen,

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 I have yet to see

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 and to hear a story

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 that matches this one.

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 The birth of Jesus Christ

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 begins with a scandal.

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 Matthew tells us

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 Mary,

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 his mother,

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 was betrothed to Joseph.

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 That betrothal period

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 was a little bit

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 like an engagement period,

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 but it's much more

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 legally formal than that.

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 Mary and Joseph,

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 they were legally bound together

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 to be married.

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 So all of the legal,

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 all of the official,

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 all of the procedural agreements

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 were set.

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 You really didn't call off

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 a betrothal

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 for just on a whim

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 like we might call off

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 an engagement today.

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 There's really only a few ways

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 out of a betrothal,

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 death being one,

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 divorce being another.

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 And so Mary and Joseph

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 are set to be married,

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 but that marriage

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 was not yet officially official,

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 and they had not yet

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 consummated their marriage.

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 And that's an important detail

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 because here's the scandal.

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 Matthew tells us

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 before they came together,

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 Mary was found

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 to be with child.

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 It's a scandal.

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 No way around it.

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 In fact,

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 this was grounds

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 to call the whole thing off.

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 Under Jewish law,

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 Joseph had full grounds

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 to call the thing off.

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 In fact,

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 adultery was legal grounds

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 to stone the guilty party.

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 And yet it says,

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 Joseph,

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 being a just man

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 and unwilling

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 to put her to shame,

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 he resolved

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 to divorce her quietly.

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 But as he thought

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 about all of this,

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 as he processed,

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 something unusual happened.

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 It says,

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 as he considered

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 these things,

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 behold,

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 an angel of the Lord

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 appeared to him

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 in a dream.

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 And he gave him

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 some marriage advice.

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 He said,

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 Joseph, son of David,

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 do not fear

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 to take Mary

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 as your wife.

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 Why?

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 For that which is conceived

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 in her

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 is from the Holy Spirit.

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 Sometimes as we read

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 our Bible,

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 we can kind of get used

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 to things like this,

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 angels speaking

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 and divine encounters,

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 revelation.

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 We should recognize

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 this is anything

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 but normal.

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 This is not

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 a normal occurrence.

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 Most people do not

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 hear from angels.

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 This is an incredibly

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 unusual

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 and unique experience.

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 And the message

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 that he gives

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 is almost even

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 more strange

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 than that.

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 He says,

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 this child

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 in the womb

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 of your betrothed

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 isn't the result

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 of infidelity.

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 This isn't some

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 tragic mistake.

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 It's not the result

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 of sin.

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 This is the work

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 of God.

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 This is the product.

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 This child

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 in the womb

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 of Mary

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 is unlike

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 any other child

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 that's ever been born.

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 He will be

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 both God

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 and man.

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 He will be

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 born of the Spirit

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 of God

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 without an earthly father.

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 He'll be carried

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 in the womb

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 of the virgin

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 but he'll have

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 this divine nature.

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 He'll be fully divine

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 and yet fully man.

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 I assume

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 that you've heard

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 that before

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 but ask yourself again

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 do you fully grasp

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 the importance

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 of why that matters

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 so much?

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 Why do we make

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 such a big deal

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 about this virgin birth

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 and why does it matter

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 that the baby

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 in the manger

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 is born of God

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 and born of a virgin?

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 And the answer

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 to that question

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 it has everything

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 to do with

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 who Jesus is

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 and why Jesus

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 has come.

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 And we sing about it

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 often in the song

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 Come Behold

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 the Wondrous Mystery

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 Come Behold

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 the Wondrous Mystery

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 and the dawning

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 of the King

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 He the theme

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 of Heaven's praises

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 robed in frail humanity

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 in our longing

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 in our darkness

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 now the light

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 of life has come

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 look to Christ

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 who condescended

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 took on flesh

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 to ransom us

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 the eternal

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 Son of God

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 became man

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 took on

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 human flesh

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 in order

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 to redeem

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 us

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 it goes on

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 Come Behold

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 the Wondrous Mystery

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 He the perfect

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 Son of Man

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 in His living

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 in His suffering

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 never trace

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 nor stain

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 of sin

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 see the true

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 and better Adam

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 come to save

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 the hell bound man

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 Christ the great

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 and sure fulfillment

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 of the law

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 in Him

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 we stand

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 this child

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 is born

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 to be

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 the second Adam

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 He's born

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 to be the

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 true

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 and better

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 Adam

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 you think

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 about the

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 story of

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 Adam

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 and Eve

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 in the

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 garden

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 Adam

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 in the

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 garden

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 failed

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 in the

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 garden

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 of Eden

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 Adam

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 failed

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 and was

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 kicked out

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 of the

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 garden

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 he was

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 cursed

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 he was

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 sentenced

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 to death

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 and separation

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 from God

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 but not only

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 him

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 it's Adam

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 and all

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 those who

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 he represented

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 it's Adam

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 and every

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 child who's

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 ever been

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 born

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 of Adam

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 it's Adam

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 and every

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 human who's

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 ever been

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 naturally

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 descended

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 from the

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 line

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 of Adam

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 we are

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 all born

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 under

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 Adam's

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 curse

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 we all

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 inherit

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 Adam's

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 guilt

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 we all

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 inherit

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 Adam's

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 natural

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 separation

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 from God

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 we all

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 inherit

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 Adam's

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 natural

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 sin

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 nature

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 you want

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 to know

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 why you

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 sin

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 it's because

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 you are

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 born a

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 sinner

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 in Adam

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 every

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 child

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 who's

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 ever been

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 born

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 has been

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 born

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 in Adam

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 except

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 for one

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 the angel

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 says there's

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 something different

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 about this

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 child

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 this child

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 isn't born

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 of ordinary

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 means

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 he isn't

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 born with

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 Adam as

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 a father

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 he doesn't

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 inherit

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 Adam's

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 guilt

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 he doesn't

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 inherit

00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:21.840
 Adam's

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 curse

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 he doesn't

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 inherit

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 Adam's

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 sin

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 nature

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 this

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 child

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 is the

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 head

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 of a

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 new

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 and better

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 covenant

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 this

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 child

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 is

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 the

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 head

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 the

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 beginning

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 of a

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 new

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 and better

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 human

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 race

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 if this

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 child

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 succeeds

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 then all

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 that he

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 represents

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 succeed

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 if this

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 child

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 conquers

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 then all

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 who are

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 counted

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 in him

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 conquer

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 if this

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 child

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 lives

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 perfectly

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 then all

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 who are

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 included

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 in him

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 are reckoned

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 as if

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 they

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 have

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 lived

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 perfectly

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 praise

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 God

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 he's

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 the

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 true

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 and better

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 Adam

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 never

00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:01.779
 trace

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 nor

00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:02.819
 stain

00:14:02.819 --> 00:14:03.840
 of sin

00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:04.179
 where the

00:14:04.179 --> 00:14:04.759
 first Adam

00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:05.580
 disobeyed

00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:06.019
 and failed

00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:06.600
 the second

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 Adam

00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:07.419
 has come

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 and has

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 lived

00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:08.939
 perfectly

00:14:08.939 --> 00:14:10.139
 where the

00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:10.700
 first Adam

00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:11.419
 led us

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 out of the

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 presence of

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 God

00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:13.600
 the second

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 Adam

00:14:13.939 --> 00:14:14.480
 has come

00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:14.960
 to bring

00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:15.480
 us back

00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.039
 into the

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 presence

00:14:16.319 --> 00:14:16.879
 of God

00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:18.000
 where the

00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.580
 first Adam

00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:19.539
 allowed the

00:14:19.539 --> 00:14:19.879
 serpent

00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:20.559
 to deceive

00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:21.159
 and to

00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:21.740
 destroy

00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.419
 his bride

00:14:22.419 --> 00:14:22.980
 the second

00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:23.340
 Adam

00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:23.960
 has come

00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:24.840
 to finally

00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:25.500
 crush the

00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:25.840
 head of

00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.340
 the serpent

00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:26.899
 and to

00:14:26.899 --> 00:14:27.399
 defend

00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:27.980
 and redeem

00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:28.819
 his bride

00:14:28.819 --> 00:14:30.819
 for as

00:14:30.819 --> 00:14:31.259
 by one

00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:31.620
 man's

00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:32.340
 disobedience

00:14:32.340 --> 00:14:32.720
 the many

00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.220
 were made

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 sinners

00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.179
 so by

00:14:34.179 --> 00:14:34.439
 with the

00:14:34.439 --> 00:14:35.059
 one man's

00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:35.620
 obedience

00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.279
 the many

00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:36.779
 will be

00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:37.339
 made

00:14:37.339 --> 00:14:38.359
 righteous

00:14:38.359 --> 00:14:40.639
 these unique

00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:41.399
 circumstances

00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:42.120
 around Jesus

00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:42.819
 birth are

00:14:42.819 --> 00:14:43.639
 significant

00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.319
 because they

00:14:44.319 --> 00:14:44.939
 tell us that

00:14:44.939 --> 00:14:45.859
 this child

00:14:45.859 --> 00:14:46.679
 is the

00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:47.099
 God

00:14:47.099 --> 00:14:47.599
 man

00:14:47.599 --> 00:14:48.459
 the true

00:14:48.459 --> 00:14:49.179
 and better

00:14:49.179 --> 00:14:49.519
 Adam

00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:50.459
 the hope

00:14:50.459 --> 00:14:51.219
 of life

00:14:51.219 --> 00:14:51.659
 for all

00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:51.959
 who have

00:14:51.959 --> 00:14:52.539
 been cursed

00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:53.739
 with death

00:14:53.739 --> 00:14:54.339
 not only

00:14:54.339 --> 00:14:54.659
 this

00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:55.120
 second

00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:56.959
 second

00:14:56.959 --> 00:14:57.359
 Jesus'

00:14:57.719 --> 00:14:58.519
 lineage

00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:00.019
 teaches us

00:15:00.019 --> 00:15:00.339
 who he

00:15:00.339 --> 00:15:00.699
 is

00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:02.360
 Jesus'

00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:03.000
 lineage

00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:04.379
 teaches us

00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:05.100
 who he

00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:05.300
 is

00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:05.640
 you might

00:15:05.640 --> 00:15:06.480
 notice

00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:06.780
 as you

00:15:06.780 --> 00:15:07.080
 look up

00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:07.580
 above our

00:15:07.580 --> 00:15:07.980
 passage

00:15:07.980 --> 00:15:08.460
 there's a

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 long list

00:15:09.780 --> 00:15:10.600
 of names

00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:11.200
 right up

00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:11.540
 there in

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 verses 1

00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:13.220
 through 17

00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:13.879
 I've preached

00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:14.240
 on this

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.780
 long list

00:15:14.780 --> 00:15:15.180
 of names

00:15:15.180 --> 00:15:15.600
 before

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 but I

00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.700
 spared you

00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:17.340
 this morning

00:15:17.340 --> 00:15:18.480
 of having

00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:19.000
 to have me

00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.920
 read this

00:15:19.920 --> 00:15:20.379
 out loud

00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:20.900
 to you

00:15:20.900 --> 00:15:21.500
 this year

00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:22.740
 but I

00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:23.040
 want you

00:15:23.040 --> 00:15:23.200
 to know

00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:23.580
 this isn't

00:15:23.580 --> 00:15:24.340
 just filler

00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:25.259
 information

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:25.680
 here

00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:26.020
 he's not

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 just trying

00:15:26.420 --> 00:15:27.440
 to meet

00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:28.000
 his word

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.400
 count

00:15:28.400 --> 00:15:28.800
 here

00:15:28.800 --> 00:15:29.280
 as he

00:15:29.280 --> 00:15:29.680
 writes the

00:15:29.680 --> 00:15:30.220
 gospel of

00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:30.519
 Matthew

00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.399
 this is

00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:31.620
 a

00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:32.580
 genealogy

00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:33.540
 of this

00:15:33.540 --> 00:15:33.920
 newborn

00:15:33.920 --> 00:15:34.519
 child

00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:35.960
 and it

00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:36.899
 tells us

00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:37.680
 who he

00:15:37.680 --> 00:15:38.139
 is

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 I know

00:15:39.680 --> 00:15:39.940
 over the

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 past several

00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:40.779
 years

00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.100
 there's

00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:41.379
 kind of

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:41.639
 been a

00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:42.080
 rise

00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:42.340
 of

00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:42.639
 different

00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.120
 companies

00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:43.639
 that do

00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.460
 ancestry

00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:45.340
 type of

00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:45.800
 research

00:15:45.800 --> 00:15:46.320
 maybe you've

00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:46.700
 done some

00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:46.960
 of that

00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:47.279
 before

00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:47.800
 I know

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 some of

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.500
 them are

00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:49.320
 getting in

00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:50.080
 some trouble

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 right now

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 for losing

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 their data

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 so if you've

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 done it

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 you might

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 want to

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 look into

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 that

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 but I

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 think it's

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 clear that

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 a lot of

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 people are

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 interested to

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 know where

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 they come

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 from

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 and to

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 have a

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 sort of

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 sense of

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 belonging

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 and identity

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 and ancestry

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 genealogy

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 it kind of

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 gives us a

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 little bit of

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 that rooted

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 sense of

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 identity

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 Jewish culture

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 was very

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 interested in

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 genealogy

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 and for

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 them it

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 had everything

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 to do with

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 belonging

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 and identity

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 only the

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 point here

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 isn't just

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 to trace

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 a family

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 tree

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 the point

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 here is

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 to trace

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 a promise

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 actually

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 multiple

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 promises

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 here

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 Jesus'

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 lineage

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 shows us

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 that he

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 is the

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 fulfillment

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 of the

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 promises

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 of

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 God

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 ever

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 since

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 Genesis

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 3

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 15

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 God

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 has

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 been

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 promising

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 that

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 he

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 would

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 send

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 someone

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 to

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 restore

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 what

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 sin

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 has

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 broken

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 ever

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 since

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 Genesis

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 3

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 he

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 has

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 promised

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 that he

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 would

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 send

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 somebody

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 who

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 would

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 crush

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 the

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 head

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 of

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 the

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 serpent

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 ever

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 since

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 Genesis

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 3

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 in the

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 fall

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 in the

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 garden

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 God's

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 people

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 have

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 looked

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 forward

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 to

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 and

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 longed

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 for

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 and

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 expected

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 someone

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 who

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 will

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 come

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 the

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 seed

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 of

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 the

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 woman

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 who

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 will

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 come

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 and

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 restore

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 what's

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 been

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 broken

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 in the

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 fall

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 when

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 will

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 the

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 Christ

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 come

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 here

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 Matthew

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 chapter 1

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 verse 1

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 tells us

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 this is the

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 book

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 of the

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 genealogy

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 the son

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 of David

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 the son

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 of Abraham

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 every

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 single Jew

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 would have

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 known the

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 significance

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 of this

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 sentence

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 this

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 child

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 is not

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 just

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 an

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 ordinary

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 child

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 Matthew

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 says

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 Christ

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 fulfillment

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 of the

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 hope

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 of Israel

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 one

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 that

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 we've

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 been

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 waiting

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 for

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 promised

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 Messiah

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 the

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 long

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 awaited

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 king

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 in

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 delivery

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 he's

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 the

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 anointed

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 one

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 he's

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 the

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 Christ

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 he

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 says

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 he's

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 the

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 promised

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 son

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 of

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 Abraham

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 and

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 we're

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 getting

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 ready

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 to

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 preach

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 through

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 Genesis

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 next

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 year

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 this

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 will

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 be

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 sort

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 of

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 a

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 preview

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 for

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 you

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 in

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 Genesis

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 chapter

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 12

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 we'll

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 be

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 there

00:18:06.159 --> 00:18:06.899
 in

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 August

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 Genesis

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 chapter

00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:09.139
 12

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 God

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 made

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 a

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 covenant

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 with

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 Abraham

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 he

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 made

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 a

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 promise

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 he

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 promised

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 that

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 he

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 would

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 make

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 out

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 of

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 Abraham

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 a

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 great

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 nation

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 and

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 he

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 promised

00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:20.639
 to

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 bless

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 him

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 and

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 promised

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 to

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 make

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 his

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 name

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 great

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 so

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 that

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 he

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 would

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 be

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 a

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 blessing

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 and

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 he

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 said

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 I

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 will

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 bless

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 those

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 who

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 bless

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 you

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 and

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 those

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 who

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 dishonor

00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:29.000
 you

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 I

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 will

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 curse

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 in

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 you

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 all

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 the

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 families

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 of

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 the

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 earth

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 shall

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 be

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 blessed

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 this

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 covenant

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 it

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 was

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 incredibly

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 significant

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 for the

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 Jewish

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 people

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 it

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 marked

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 out

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 their

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 identity

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 it

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 marked

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 out

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 their

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 hope

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 it

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 marked

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 out

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 their

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 belonging

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 to

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 the

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 people

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 of

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 God

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 to

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 be

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 a

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 son

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 of

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 Abraham

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 was

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 to

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 be

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 a

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 child

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 of

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 God

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 but

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 now

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 Matthew

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 is

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 showing

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 us

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 that

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 all

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 of

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 this

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 all

00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:58.919
 of

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 these

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 promises

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 are

00:19:00.399 --> 00:19:01.179
 found

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 in

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 Jesus

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 he

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 is

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:04.939
 the

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 promised

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 seed

00:19:05.899 --> 00:19:06.099
 of

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 Abraham

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 this

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 this

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 child

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.379
 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 heir

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 of

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 all

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 of

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 the

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 promises

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 God

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 made

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 to

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 Abraham

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 this

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 child

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 true

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 fulfillment

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 of

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 the

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 Abrahamic

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 covenant

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 it's

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 in

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 him

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 that

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 all

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 the

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 nations

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 of

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 the

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 earth

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 will

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 be

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 blessed

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 through

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 faith

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 in

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 him

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 it's

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 in

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 him

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 by

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 faith

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 in

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 him

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 that

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 one

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 is

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 included

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 in

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 the

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 people

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 of

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 God

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 it's

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 in

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 him

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 true

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 son

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 of

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 God

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 it's

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 in

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 him

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 that

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 all

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 nations

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 all

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 peoples

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 of

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 the

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 earth

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 can

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 be

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 called

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 sons

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 and

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 daughters

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 of

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 God

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 as

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 his

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 kingdom

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 that's

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 the

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 true

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 promised

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 land

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 for

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 all

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 of

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 God's

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 people

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 Jew

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 and

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 Gentile

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 alike

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 it's

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 his

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 life

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 and

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 his

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 death

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 and

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 his

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 resurrection

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 and

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 all

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 the

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 many

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 benefits

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 of

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 the

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 gospel

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 that

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 are

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 held

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 out

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 and

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 offered

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 to

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 the

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 world

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 that's

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 the

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 blessing

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 for

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 the

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 nations

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 it's

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 in

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 Jesus

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 that

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 we

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 find

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 our

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 identity

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 our

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 hope

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 our

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 belonging

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 to

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 the

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 people

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 of

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 God

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 Christ

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 the

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 son

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 of

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 Abraham

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 not

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 only

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 this

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 he

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 says

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 he's

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 also

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 the

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 promised

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 son

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 of

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 David

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 son

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 of

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 David

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 2nd

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 Samuel

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 chapter

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 7

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 God

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 makes

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 another

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 promise

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 another

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 covenant

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 with

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 David

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 and

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 David

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 wanted

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 to build

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 God

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 a

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 house

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 he

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 wanted

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 to build

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 a temple

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 for the

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 Lord

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 but the

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 Lord

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 responded

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 and said

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 no no no

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 you're not

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 going to

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 build me

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 a house

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 guess what

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 I'm

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 going to

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 build

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 you

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 a house

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 here's

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 what he

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 promised

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 when your

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 days are

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 fulfilled

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 and you

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 lie down

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 with your

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 fathers

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 I will

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 raise up

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 your

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 offspring

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 after you

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 who

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 shall

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 come

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 from

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 your

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 body

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 and I

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 will

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 establish

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.259
 his

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 kingdom

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.799
 he

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 shall

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 build

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 a

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 house

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 for

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 my

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 name

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 and I

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 will

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.659
 establish

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 the throne

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 of his

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 kingdom

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 forever

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 I will

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 be to him

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 a father

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 and he

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 shall be

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 to me

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 a son

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 he

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 promised

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 David

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.519
 your

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 throne

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.359
 will be

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 established

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 forever

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 only what

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 happened

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 as we

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 as we

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.319
 look through

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 this list

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 of names

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 Solomon

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 came

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:06.440
 and went

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:08.119
 Rehoboam

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.539
 came

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.099
 and went

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 Abijah

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:11.039
 came

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 and went

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 Asaph

00:21:12.159 --> 00:21:12.500
 came

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:12.919
 and went

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 Jehoshaphat

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 came

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 and went

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 Joram

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 came

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 and went

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 Uzziah

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:16.919
 came

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 and went

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 you thought

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 I wasn't

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 going to

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.639
 read those

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 names

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:19.739
 I couldn't

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 resist

00:21:20.199 --> 00:21:21.539
 some of

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:21.979
 these guys

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 were decent

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 leaders

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 and some

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 of them

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 were okay

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 kings

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 but all

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 of them

00:21:26.719 --> 00:21:27.279
 were sinners

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 and all

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 of them

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 died

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 none

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 of them

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 met up

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 to this

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 expectation

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 of a

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 forever

00:21:32.399 --> 00:21:32.819
 king

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 not one

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 of them

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 met up

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 to the

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 longing

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 and expectation

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 of fulfillment

00:21:37.679 --> 00:21:38.039
 of this

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.500
 promise

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.079
 I will

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.519
 give you

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 a kingdom

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.879
 forever

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:42.679
 Matthew

00:21:42.679 --> 00:21:43.099
 says

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:43.799
 this child

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.379
 in the

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:44.759
 manger

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:46.919
 he is

00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:47.759
 the promised

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.319
 king

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:50.200
 the point

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.559
 of this

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 long list

00:21:51.659 --> 00:21:52.099
 of names

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.460
 is to

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 link

00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:54.099
 this child's

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:55.179
 legal claim

00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:56.139
 to the throne

00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:56.779
 of David

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.879
 to show

00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:59.099
 he is

00:21:59.099 --> 00:21:59.839
 the fulfillment

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.939
 of all the

00:22:00.939 --> 00:22:01.339
 promises

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.939
 of God

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 he is

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 the one

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.740
 that Isaiah

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.820
 announced

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 to us

00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:06.900
 a child

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.420
 is born

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 to us

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.360
 a son

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.799
 is given

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:11.320
 the government

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.860
 shall be

00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:12.539
 upon his

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 shoulder

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.279
 and his

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 name

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:13.920
 shall be

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 called

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 wonderful

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.580
 counselor

00:22:15.580 --> 00:22:16.519
 mighty

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.039
 God

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.940
 everlasting

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.740
 father

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.120
 prince

00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:19.779
 of peace

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 of the

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 increase

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.840
 of his

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 government

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:23.080
 and of

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 peace

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.700
 there will

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 be no

00:22:24.080 --> 00:22:24.460
 end

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.120
 on the

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 throne

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.039
 of David

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 and over

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 his

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.100
 kingdom

00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:27.799
 to establish

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.160
 it

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.640
 and to

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.039
 uphold

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.279
 it

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.920
 with

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 justice

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 and with

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 righteousness

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:31.759
 from

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.019
 this

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.339
 time

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.819
 forth

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.420
 and

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.740
 forever

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.160
 more

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:35.500
 he's

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.779
 the one

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.000
 that

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.579
 that

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.019
 Daniel

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.640
 saw

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.519
 the one

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.000
 who came

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.579
 with the clouds

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.019
 of heaven

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:41.200
 one like a son of man

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:42.640
 who came to the ancient of days

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:44.539
 and was presented before him

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.839
 and to him was given

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.839
 dominion

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:48.240
 and glory

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.640
 and a kingdom

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:51.420
 that all peoples

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.000
 nations

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.759
 and languages

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.839
 should serve him

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.819
 his dominion

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.619
 is an everlasting

00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:56.259
 dominion

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.879
 which shall not

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.519
 pass away

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.240
 and his kingdom

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.879
 is one

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.960
 that shall not

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.580
 be

00:23:00.580 --> 00:23:01.800
 destroyed

00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:02.520
 Jesus

00:23:02.520 --> 00:23:03.540
 is

00:23:03.540 --> 00:23:04.240
 the promised

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.640
 king

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:07.700
 we sing another song

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.220
 at Christmas

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.140
 come thou long

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.760
 expected

00:23:09.760 --> 00:23:10.340
 Jesus

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:11.220
 and second verse

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.940
 goes like this

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:13.580
 born thy people

00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:14.280
 to deliver

00:23:14.280 --> 00:23:16.420
 born a child

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.940
 and yet

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.660
 a king

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:19.780
 born to reign

00:23:19.780 --> 00:23:20.280
 in us

00:23:20.280 --> 00:23:20.720
 forever

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.360
 now

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.460
 thy gracious

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.140
 kingdom

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:24.080
 bring

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.879
 church

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.519
 we get to

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.000
 rejoice

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.559
 at Christmas

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:26.980
 time

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.879
 that we look

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.240
 back

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.799
 and realize

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.379
 the king

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.699
 has come

00:23:30.699 --> 00:23:32.240
 Jesus

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.619
 is the promised

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:33.980
 king

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.399
 he has

00:23:34.399 --> 00:23:35.779
 come already

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.480
 to defeat

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.119
 our greatest

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.519
 enemy

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.859
 he has come

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.199
 already

00:23:39.199 --> 00:23:40.059
 to establish

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.500
 and to

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.419
 inaugurate

00:23:41.419 --> 00:23:42.079
 his kingdom

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.879
 and we look

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.679
 forward to the

00:23:43.679 --> 00:23:44.039
 time

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.639
 as we pray

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.240
 and we sing

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.799
 come thou

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.099
 long

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.579
 expected

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.059
 Jesus

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:48.079
 when the king

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.839
 will return

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.419
 to finish

00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:49.740
 what he

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.039
 begun

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.419
 he will

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:51.839
 return

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.919
 to establish

00:23:52.919 --> 00:23:53.659
 his kingdom

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.320
 in full

00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:55.120
 to finally

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.640
 defeat

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.200
 our enemies

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.180
 to finally

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.740
 establish

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.400
 peace

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.480
 to finally

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.480
 bring us

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.460
 home

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.880
 exactly as

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.360
 God has

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:03.840
 promised

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:05.660
 Jesus'

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.540
 birth story

00:24:06.540 --> 00:24:07.200
 tells us

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.640
 who he is

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.000
 his birth

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.519
 family

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.360
 tells us

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.940
 who he is

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.420
 and lastly

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.060
 we see here

00:24:12.060 --> 00:24:13.440
 that his name

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.360
 tells us

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:15.519
 who he is

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.860
 third

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.700
 the names

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.340
 of Jesus

00:24:17.340 --> 00:24:18.700
 tell us

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.600
 who he is

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:19.900
 you know

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.400
 each time

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.740
 that Amanda

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.160
 and I

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:23.259
 had a baby

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.819
 on the way

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.480
 three times

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:24.740
 now

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:24.940
 we got

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.559
 three boys

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.839
 every single

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.180
 time

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.599
 we wrestled

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.240
 we toss

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.819
 out this

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.279
 name

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.640
 or that

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:30.940
 name

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.460
 we discuss

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:31.879
 what we

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.279
 wanted to

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.740
 name our

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.119
 children

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.619
 because the

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.539
 name is

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.259
 important

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.579
 it's

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.140
 representative

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:37.119
 of who

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.579
 they might

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:37.879
 be

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.180
 I think

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.420
 I still

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.900
 have a

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.299
 list

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.720
 on my

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.599
 phone

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.500
 of notes

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.099
 of what

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.519
 we might

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.200
 name our

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.660
 children

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.680
 even the

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.180
 first two

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.519
 we didn't

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.980
 know if

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.140
 they were

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.279
 going to

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.480
 be a

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.720
 boy

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.079
 or a

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.319
 girl

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.660
 so we

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:47.879
 had to

00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.160
 have

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.879
 boy names

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.160
 picked

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.420
 out

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:49.799
 we had to

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.000
 have

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.559
 girl names

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.180
 picked out

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.799
 and we

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.779
 spent a lot

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.180
 of time

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:54.059
 discussing the

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.859
 names of

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.480
 our coming

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.379
 children

00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:56.919
 Mary and

00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:57.419
 Joseph didn't

00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:57.879
 have that

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.279
 problem

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.659
 did they

00:24:58.659 --> 00:25:00.659
 they were

00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.339
 told exactly

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.700
 what to

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.079
 name their

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.559
 child

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:04.299
 two names

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.859
 here

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.480
 actually

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:07.159
 and just

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:07.599
 like with

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.339
 the genealogy

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.019
 these aren't

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.579
 just empty

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:09.980
 names

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.919
 these names

00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:12.079
 hold within

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.500
 them

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.399
 promises

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.419
 of God

00:25:14.419 --> 00:25:15.019
 held out to

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.419
 you this

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:15.680
 morning

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.139
 church

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:17.460
 Jesus

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:19.180
 verse 21

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.940
 and Emmanuel

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.980
 verse 23

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.500
 the name

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.080
 Jesus

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:25.460
 literally

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.340
 means

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:27.200
 savior

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.840
 means

00:25:28.840 --> 00:25:30.220
 deliverer

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.580
 verse 21

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.080
 says she

00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:32.460
 will bear

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:32.880
 a son

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.120
 and you

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.480
 shall call

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.040
 his name

00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:34.860
 Jesus

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.480
 why

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.480
 for he

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.400
 will save

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:38.200
 his people

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.920
 from their

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.580
 sins

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:41.240
 as we

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.020
 look to

00:25:42.020 --> 00:25:42.480
 the manger

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:42.820
 and we

00:25:42.820 --> 00:25:43.620
 see the

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.020
 baby

00:25:44.020 --> 00:25:44.520
 Jesus

00:25:44.520 --> 00:25:45.360
 this baby

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:45.700
 in the

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:45.980
 manger

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.840
 is born

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.400
 to be

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.100
 the savior

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.720
 of the

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.240
 world

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.880
 what we

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.259
 celebrate

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.200
 at Christmas

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.519
 is the

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:52.880
 beginning

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.680
 of the

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.120
 answer

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.580
 to our

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:55.039
 greatest

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.920
 problem

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:57.480
 I don't

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.840
 know what

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.140
 you would

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.660
 consider to

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:58.940
 be your

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.240
 greatest

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.720
 problem

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.220
 this year

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.400
 whether

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.779
 it's

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.360
 stress

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:03.519
 or financial

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.460
 issues

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.019
 or health

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.480
 issues

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.279
 or family

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.799
 issues

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.340
 whatever it

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:07.740
 may be

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.380
 we need

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.819
 to understand

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.500
 that our

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.120
 greatest

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.819
 problem

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.680
 is none

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.100
 of these

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.420
 things

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.840
 these are

00:26:12.840 --> 00:26:14.000
 far downstream

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.620
 from our

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.180
 true greatest

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.620
 problem

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:17.059
 our greatest

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.799
 problem

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.459
 yours and

00:26:18.459 --> 00:26:18.819
 mine

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.399
 is our

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.959
 sin

00:26:19.959 --> 00:26:21.719
 not just

00:26:21.719 --> 00:26:22.239
 our sin

00:26:22.239 --> 00:26:22.899
 but the

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.919
 result of

00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:24.459
 our sin

00:26:24.459 --> 00:26:25.099
 is God's

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.599
 wrath

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.599
 against our

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.099
 sin

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.479
 we need to

00:26:28.479 --> 00:26:28.919
 know that

00:26:28.919 --> 00:26:29.799
 left to

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.419
 ourself

00:26:30.419 --> 00:26:31.299
 our greatest

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.899
 problem is

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.639
 God's holy

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.119
 wrath

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.979
 his justice

00:26:33.979 --> 00:26:34.399
 and his

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.819
 holiness

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.599
 when that's

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.119
 paired with

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.659
 our sin

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:36.939
 and our

00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:37.099
 guilt

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.599
 that is a

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.059
 problem

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.719
 for us

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:41.000
 but here

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.519
 the angel

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.039
 says

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:43.680
 here is

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.559
 hope

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.940
 for sinners

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.460
 like me

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:48.500
 here is

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.579
 a savior

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.740
 for sinners

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.420
 like you

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:53.019
 here is a

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.240
 a deliverer

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.539
 he's

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.180
 Jesus

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.700
 for he

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.440
 will save

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.120
 his people

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.759
 from their

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.339
 sins

00:26:58.339 --> 00:27:00.380
 how will he

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.819
 do it

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:02.819
 in the most

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.380
 unthinkable

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.660
 way

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.160
 God

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.860
 himself

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.680
 comes

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.680
 to save

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.160
 us

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.740
 from the

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.000
 wrath

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.500
 of God

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.980
 God

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.480
 himself

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.299
 becomes

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.140
 man

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:13.279
 God

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.720
 himself

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.140
 comes

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.360
 to

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:15.240
 live

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.940
 in our

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.480
 place

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.039
 and to

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.539
 perfectly

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.080
 fulfill

00:27:18.080 --> 00:27:18.519
 all the

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.019
 requirements

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.400
 of the

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:19.620
 law

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:19.820
 that

00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:20.279
 you

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.600
 and I

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:20.779
 have

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.279
 failed

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.519
 and

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:21.860
 failed

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.060
 and

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:22.340
 failed

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:22.539
 because

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.860
 none

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.100
 of us

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.240
 can

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.640
 do it

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.519
 and then

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.799
 God

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.259
 himself

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.460
 has

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:25.779
 come

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:25.920
 and

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.100
 has

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.680
 suffered

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.200
 and

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.700
 died

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.259
 in our

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.620
 place

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.240
 God

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.799
 himself

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.320
 saves

00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:30.820
 sinners

00:27:30.820 --> 00:27:31.279
 by

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.779
 God

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.299
 bearing

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.560
 the

00:27:32.560 --> 00:27:32.880
 wrath

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.140
 of

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.560
 God

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:34.160
 against

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.460
 our

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.840
 sin

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.039
 this

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.299
 is the

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.720
 gospel

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:38.399
 God

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:38.759
 himself

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.500
 becomes

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.220
 sin

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.839
 for us

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.139
 so that

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.659
 in him

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.220
 we might

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.659
 become

00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:42.899
 the

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.359
 righteousness

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.839
 of God

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:46.539
 therefore

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.519
 as Paul

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.940
 says in

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.700
 Philippians 2

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.059
 God

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.319
 has

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.019
 highly

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.940
 exalted

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.579
 him

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.220
 and bestowed

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.740
 on him

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.619
 the name

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.279
 that is

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.599
 above

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.480
 every name

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.859
 so that

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.259
 at the

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.799
 name

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.539
 of Jesus

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.919
 every knee

00:27:58.919 --> 00:27:59.460
 should bow

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.960
 in heaven

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:01.159
 and on earth

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.899
 and under

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.299
 the earth

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.659
 and every

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:02.980
 tongue

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.399
 confess

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.240
 that Jesus

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.960
 Christ

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.700
 is Lord

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.059
 to the

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.440
 glory

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.160
 of God

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.380
 the

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:07.740
 father

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:10.360
 there is

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.799
 salvation

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.240
 in no

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.799
 one else

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:13.759
 for there is

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.460
 no other

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.140
 name

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:16.380
 under heaven

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:17.700
 given among

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.519
 men by which

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.279
 we must

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.440
 be saved

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.000
 only

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:22.259
 the name

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.360
 of Jesus

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:25.880
 and everyone

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.500
 who calls

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.240
 upon the name

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.519
 of the

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.819
 Lord

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:29.340
 will be

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:29.920
 saved

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:32.460
 I wonder

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:34.160
 what you

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.000
 think of

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.320
 when you

00:28:35.320 --> 00:28:36.000
 hear the

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.380
 name

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.000
 Jesus

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:39.279
 I wonder

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.740
 if it's

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.640
 just

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.560
 familiar

00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:42.560
 to you

00:28:42.560 --> 00:28:42.860
 if it's

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.519
 just normal

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.140
 and ordinary

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.740
 to you

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.519
 or I wonder

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.840
 if you

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.519
 hear the

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.820
 name

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.220
 Jesus

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.600
 and you

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:47.800
 say

00:28:47.800 --> 00:28:48.380
 that

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:49.120
 is my

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.980
 salvation

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:55.160
 Jesus

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.779
 is the

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.300
 first name

00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:56.900
 verse 22

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.380
 gives us

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:57.759
 a second

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.180
 name

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.799
 for this

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.180
 child

00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.920
 finally

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.519
 we see

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:00.940
 his name

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.420
 is Jesus

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.000
 and second

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.720
 his name

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.279
 is

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.519
 Emmanuel

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.180
 look there

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.880
 to verse 22

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:07.740
 verse 22

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.400
 it tells us

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.519
 all of this

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.620
 took place

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.420
 to fulfill

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.820
 what the

00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:12.220
 Lord had

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.640
 spoken

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.500
 by the

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.920
 prophet

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.400
 behold

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.640
 the

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.039
 virgin

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.380
 shall

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.900
 conceive

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.380
 and bear

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.840
 a son

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.500
 and they

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.720
 shall

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.080
 call

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.380
 his

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.980
 name

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.160
 Emmanuel

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.299
 which

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.880
 means

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.560
 God

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:23.700
 with us

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.019
 this is

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.440
 the second

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:24.799
 name

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.299
 Emmanuel

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.400
 God

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.940
 with us

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.360
 some

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:28.500
 700

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.479
 years

00:29:29.479 --> 00:29:30.319
 before

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.719
 the birth

00:29:30.719 --> 00:29:31.019
 of this

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.359
 child

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.599
 think

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:31.819
 about

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.179
 that

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:33.779
 700

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.879
 years

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.579
 before

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:35.839
 this

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.259
 baby

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.659
 was

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:36.959
 born

00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:37.139
 the

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.519
 prophet

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.019
 Isaiah

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.259
 was

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.059
 talking

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.579
 about

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.799
 the

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.059
 birth

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.199
 of

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:40.379
 this

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:40.799
 child

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:42.679
 prophesied

00:29:42.679 --> 00:29:42.899
 that

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:44.059
 a virgin

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.339
 would

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.819
 conceive

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.240
 and bear

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.659
 a son

00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:46.399
 and prophesied

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:46.679
 that they

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.379
 would call

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.939
 his name

00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:48.519
 Emmanuel

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:50.799
 let me

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.059
 just

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:52.419
 walk you

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:52.779
 through the

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.199
 story of

00:29:53.199 --> 00:29:53.539
 the Bible

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.079
 real quick

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.359
 here

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:56.740
 ever since

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.219
 the garden

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.539
 when Adam

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.920
 and Eve

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.420
 were cast

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.059
 out of

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.559
 the presence

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.079
 of God

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.480
 mankind

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.980
 has

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.799
 needed

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.660
 an answer

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.460
 to this

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.240
 problem

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:07.680
 we cannot

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.360
 be with

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:08.660
 a holy

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.059
 God

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:11.200
 our sin

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.480
 has

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.720
 distanced

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.180
 us

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.579
 from

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.220
 a holy

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.620
 God

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:14.960
 our sin

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.160
 has

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.839
 separated

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.200
 us

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.400
 from

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.680
 God

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.019
 we had

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.180
 it

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.819
 for a

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.120
 moment

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.400
 in the

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.640
 garden

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:18.920
 and it

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.059
 is

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.460
 gone

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.960
 and yet

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.519
 by his

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.079
 grace

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.420
 as we

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.819
 read

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.259
 through

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.500
 our

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.759
 Old

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.200
 Testament

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.759
 as we

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.180
 lead up

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.460
 to the

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:25.720
 coming

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.200
 of Christ

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.600
 we see

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.100
 by his

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.519
 grace

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.840
 God

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.039
 has

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:29.019
 continuously

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.860
 made a

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.180
 way

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.519
 and made

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.980
 a way

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.319
 and made

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.720
 a way

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.799
 to be

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.319
 with his

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:33.799
 people

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.860
 in part

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.360
 God was

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:36.640
 with Israel

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:36.940
 in the

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.319
 pillar of

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.759
 cloud

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.640
 and of

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.000
 fire

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.500
 he guided

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.860
 them through

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.400
 the wilderness

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.840
 and out

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:41.460
 of exile

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.900
 God made

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.240
 a way

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.539
 to be

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.039
 with them

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.299
 in the

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.960
 tabernacle

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.380
 and his

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.960
 presence

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.420
 dwelt

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:46.980
 there

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.480
 especially

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.039
 within this

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.380
 tent

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.720
 as they

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.539
 journeyed

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:49.759
 on their

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:49.980
 way to

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.100
 the

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.420
 promised

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.819
 land

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.880
 then when

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.200
 they got

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.380
 there

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.620
 God

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.279
 was with

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.640
 them

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:53.880
 God

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.259
 was with

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.440
 them

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.700
 in the

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.480
 temple

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.759
 in a

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:55.880
 more

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.420
 stable

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.700
 in a

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:56.820
 more

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:57.280
 lasting

00:30:57.280 --> 00:30:57.700
 way

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:57.900
 this

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.080
 was

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:58.800
 really

00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.000
 the

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.440
 pinnacle

00:30:59.440 --> 00:30:59.940
 of God's

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.280
 presence

00:31:00.280 --> 00:31:00.860
 with them

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.160
 in the

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.740
 Old Testament

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.600
 but even

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.860
 then we know

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.460
 this was not

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.940
 enough

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:07.340
 all of these

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:08.920
 were wonderful

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:10.680
 but partial

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.600
 offerings

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.800
 of the presence

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.380
 of God

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:15.340
 the problem

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.160
 of sin

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:17.360
 still remained

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:19.180
 the need

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.360
 for reconciliation

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.400
 with a holy

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.759
 God

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:23.340
 still remained

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:25.059
 all of the

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.579
 limitations

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.539
 of place

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.659
 and people

00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:28.439
 and physical

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:29.079
 restraints

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.980
 still remained

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.339
 even the

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:30.579
 temple

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.139
 as glorious

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.519
 as it

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.779
 was

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.319
 it served

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.039
 both as a

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.379
 reminder

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:33.939
 of God's

00:31:33.939 --> 00:31:34.359
 presence

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.019
 but also

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.500
 of his

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.240
 distance

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:37.679
 our sin

00:31:37.679 --> 00:31:38.839
 still separated

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.439
 man from

00:31:39.439 --> 00:31:39.939
 God

00:31:39.939 --> 00:31:42.139
 but now

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:43.879
 Matthew

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.519
 says

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.480
 now

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:47.059
 Emmanuel

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.959
 has

00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:48.819
 come

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:50.679
 God

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.559
 with

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.299
 us

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.799
 has

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.399
 come

00:31:53.399 --> 00:31:54.919
 this

00:31:54.919 --> 00:31:55.299
 baby

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.579
 in the

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:55.919
 manger

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:56.200
 Paul

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.480
 says

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.599
 in

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.000
 Colossians

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.299
 1

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.919
 is the

00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.379
 image

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.919
 of the

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.379
 invisible

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.839
 God

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.319
 and in

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.960
 him

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.879
 all the

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.240
 fullness

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.859
 of God

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.379
 was pleased

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.879
 to dwell

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.859
 and through

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.279
 him

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.299
 to reconcile

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.460
 to himself

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.299
 all things

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.740
 whether on

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.119
 earth

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.720
 or in

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:09.940
 heaven

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.259
 making

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.879
 peace

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.519
 by the

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.899
 blood

00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:12.619
 of his

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.180
 cross

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:14.159
 at Christmas

00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:14.700
 we look

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:14.980
 and we

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.680
 recognize

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.379
 Christ

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:16.839
 our

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.339
 savior

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.940
 has

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.460
 come

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.519
 he

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.920
 is

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.640
 Emmanuel

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.980
 God

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.579
 with

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.140
 us

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:24.279
 he

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.720
 is

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.240
 God

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.519
 and

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.019
 sinners

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:27.319
 reconciled

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.579
 this is

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.840
 what we

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.279
 celebrate

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.779
 at Christmas

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.299
 church

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.759
 God

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:30.960
 has

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.340
 come

00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:32.720
 to us

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.279
 no longer

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.640
 is his

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.079
 presence

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:34.920
 with us

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.620
 restrained

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.299
 by sin

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.519
 he

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.980
 has

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.299
 paid

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.519
 for

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.720
 our

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:37.980
 sin

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.200
 that

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.579
 curtain

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:38.880
 in the

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.140
 temple

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.779
 is torn

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.420
 in two

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.840
 we

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.059
 have

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.600
 access

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.019
 to

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.360
 him

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:42.600
 by

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.180
 faith

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.620
 in

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.220
 Christ

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.799
 no longer

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.160
 is his

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.480
 presence

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.900
 with us

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.380
 limited

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.759
 to just

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.079
 one

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.600
 particular

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:49.100
 people

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.299
 he

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.519
 has

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:49.839
 come

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.100
 for

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:50.319
 the

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.839
 nations

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.140
 he

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.299
 has

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.059
 come

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.299
 for

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.660
 you

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.980
 no

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.339
 longer

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.740
 is his

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.120
 presence

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.539
 limited

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.920
 to one

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.460
 particular

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.059
 place

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.200
 he

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.319
 can

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.480
 be

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.880
 known

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.100
 and

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.519
 he

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.620
 can

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:58.759
 be

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.220
 worshipped

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.360
 in

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.579
 all

00:32:59.579 --> 00:32:59.740
 and

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.360
 in

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.900
 Pakistan

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.360
 and

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.539
 in

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:01.900
 Jordan

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.140
 and

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.360
 in

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:02.680
 Kenya

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:02.940
 and

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.100
 in

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.519
 Taiwan

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.819
 and

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:05.059
 Uzbekistan

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.140
 and no

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.539
 longer

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:06.880
 is his

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.220
 presence

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.500
 something

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.819
 that we

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.220
 only

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.539
 wait

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:08.759
 for

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.039
 in the

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.360
 future

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.579
 he

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:09.799
 has

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.220
 come

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.579
 and

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:10.740
 you

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:10.960
 may

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.420
 know

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.839
 him

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.200
 and

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.380
 his

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:12.779
 presence

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.099
 with

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.359
 you

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:14.000
 right

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:15.059
 now

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:18.259
 and

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.420
 by

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.740
 knowing

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:18.940
 him

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.180
 now

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.359
 we

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.519
 can

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.319
 look

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.700
 forward

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:20.880
 to

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.000
 the

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.359
 time

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.720
 that

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:21.980
 John

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.299
 saw

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.440
 in

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.620
 his

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.019
 vision

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.759
 behold

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.000
 the

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.299
 dwelling

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.779
 places

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.079
 of

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.680
 God

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:25.819
 is

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:25.980
 with

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.299
 man

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.359
 he

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.519
 will

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.819
 dwell

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.059
 with

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.339
 them

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.519
 and

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.099
 they

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.220
 will

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.400
 be

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.620
 his

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:29.960
 people

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.220
 for

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.559
 God

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.059
 himself

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.240
 will

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.359
 be

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:31.620
 with

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.000
 them

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.859
 as

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.039
 their

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.519
 God

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:39.200
 friend

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.339
 have

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.440
 you

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.620
 heard

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:39.799
 these

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.019
 things

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.380
 before

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:43.880
 do

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.240
 not

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.880
 pass

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.260
 over

00:33:45.260 --> 00:33:45.680
 this

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.220
 incredible

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.900
 truth

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.380
 this

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.900
 Christmas

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:49.260
 as

00:33:49.260 --> 00:33:49.540
 something

00:33:49.540 --> 00:33:50.260
 routine

00:33:50.260 --> 00:33:51.520
 as

00:33:51.520 --> 00:33:51.760
 something

00:33:51.760 --> 00:33:52.360
 familiar

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:53.760
 don't

00:33:53.760 --> 00:33:54.200
 lose

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.380
 your

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:54.960
 wonder

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.380
 at

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.660
 this

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.160
 truth

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.040
 God

00:33:57.040 --> 00:33:57.440
 has

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.040
 come

00:33:58.040 --> 00:33:58.420
 to

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.880
 be

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.300
 with

00:33:59.300 --> 00:33:59.880
 us

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:02.820
 Charles

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:03.320
 Spurgeon

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:04.360
 preached

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.760
 a Christmas

00:34:04.760 --> 00:34:05.060
 Eve

00:34:05.060 --> 00:34:05.460
 sermon

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.800
 170

00:34:06.800 --> 00:34:07.600
 years

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:07.940
 ago

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.320
 December

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:08.840
 24

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.019
 1854

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.840
 let

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:10.960
 me

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.400
 quote

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.679
 him

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:11.820
 and

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.000
 just

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.219
 listen

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.320
 to

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.500
 the

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.019
 wonder

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.440
 in

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.599
 his

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.000
 words

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.860
 so

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:15.980
 the

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.259
 virgin

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:16.619
 mary

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.000
 called

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.219
 her

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.579
 son

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.199
 Emmanuel

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.259
 that

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.380
 there

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.559
 might

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.739
 be

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:19.900
 a

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.340
 meaning

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.820
 in

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.059
 his

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.519
 name

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.099
 God

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.420
 with

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.800
 us

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.940
 my

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.480
 soul

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.139
 ring

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.460
 these

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.860
 words

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.300
 again

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.840
 God

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.079
 with

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.519
 us

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.659
 God

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:28.699
 oh

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:28.880
 it

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.019
 is

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.179
 one

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.280
 of

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.400
 the

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.719
 bells

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:29.900
 of

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.340
 heaven

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.960
 let

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.119
 us

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.500
 strike

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.679
 it

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:31.880
 yet

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.320
 again

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.739
 God

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:32.980
 with

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.360
 us

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.380
 oh

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:34.960
 it

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.079
 is

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.259
 a

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:35.579
 stray

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.000
 note

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.199
 from

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.400
 the

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.800
 sonnets

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:36.980
 of

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.679
 paradise

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.159
 God

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:38.380
 with

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.800
 us

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.739
 oh

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 of

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 us

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 notes

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 of

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 the

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 singing

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 of

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 Jehovah

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 he

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 rejoices

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 his

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 church

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 singing

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 has

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 lost

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 that

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 name

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 had

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 that

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 name

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 earth

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 and

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 it

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 heaven

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 is

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 God

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 us

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 is

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 alone

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 because

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 the

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 savior

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 is

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 thee

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 me

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 in

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 the

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 desert

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 where

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 vegetation

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 grows

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 I

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 can

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 still

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 say

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 God

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 with

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 us

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 put

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 me

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 on

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 the

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 wild

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 ocean

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 and

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 let

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 my

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 ship

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 dance

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 madly

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 on

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 the

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 waves I will still say Immanuel God with us mount me on the sunbeam and let me fly beyond the western sea still I would say God with us let my body dive down into the depths of the ocean let me hide in its caverns still I could say as a child of God God with us I am in the grave sleeping there in corruption still I can see the footmarks of Jesus I can see the footmarks of Jesus and the footmarks of Jesus.

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 He trod the path of all his people and still his name is God with us.

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 If you are struggling this Christmas with worry and anxiety,

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 look to Christ and remember God is with you.

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 If you are struggling with some lingering sin in your life,

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 whatever that may be,

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 friend, look to Christ and remember God is with you.

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 He has come to save sinners like you.

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 If you find yourself spiritually sluggish this Christmas,

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 look to Christ.

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 God is with us.

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 And if you find yourself far from God this Christmas,

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:49.040
 friend, look to Christ.

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 God has come down to you so that you can be near to God and not just know about him and be familiar with him,

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 but to truly know God.

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 But it's in Christ and only in Christ that you can know him.

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 So look to Christ this Christmas, church.

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 Behold the Lamb of God this Christmas who taketh away the sin of the world.

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 Look to this child and behold the true and better Adam who has lived perfectly in your place to save ruined sinners from what our sin deserves.

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 Behold in the manger the promised seed of Abraham.

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 Behold the promised King of David.

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 Behold the Christ.

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 Behold Jesus the Savior of the world.

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 Behold Emmanuel, God with us.

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 Look to Christ and let his name be praised in your hearts, in your families, in this church, in this community, in the world this Christmas now and to eternity.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we praise you for Emmanuel, God with us.

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 Lord, we praise you for Christ, for his coming, for his humility, for his mission to save sinners.

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 Lord, we pray that if there are any who have joined us this morning who do not know Christ by faith,

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 would you give them the gift of faith right this moment?

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 Cause them and lead them to call out to you for saving mercy and to know that they will receive it in full

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 if they only look to Christ in faith.

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 We pray, Father, would you be exalted as we remember you this Christmas.

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 We love you.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.